On August 3, 1999, typhoon Olga wreaked havoc all over Southeast Asia and the Korean Peninsula. More than 160 lives were taken by the deadly typhoon in North and South Korea. According to reports, the typhoon brought one of the heaviest rains recorded in the Korean peninsula that cost $657 million in damages.  In the Philippines, the devastating storm caused one of the most catastrophic landslides in the country, particularly the tragic Cherry Hills Subdivision landslide in Antipolo City,...

The perpetrator in the hijacking of Philippine Airlines Flight 812 that happened on May 25, 2000, using the name “Augusto Lakandula” as his alias, committing one of the most bizarre hijacking incidents in history, as some would say the Filipino version of D.B. Cooper. For those who don’t know, D.B. Cooper is a criminal who, in 1971, hijacked a commercial plane traveling from Portland, Oregon, to Seattle, Washington, and later parachuted out of the aircraft with the ransom money. Up to this...

There have been various instances across the globe in which a person had predicted their eventual death.  A brief google search would show you that some notable celebrities and artists had also bizarrely predicted their demise, which in some cases were nerve-rackingly accurate. Sadly, you will find the name of the late comedian and activist Arvin "Tado" Jimenez on the list of famous individuals who had foreshadowed their own death. Before Tado's sudden demise, he posted two Instagram...

On June 28, 2015, the body of Tania Camille Dee was found buried in a shallow grave wrapped in a blanket with a plastic bag over her head in the backyard of a house located at Sta. Maria Subdivision, Barangay Balibago, Angeles City, Pampanga. Autopsy reports indicate the suspect ruthlessly shot her in the back of the head. She was only 33 years old at the time of her gruesome death. Tania Camille Dee was reported missing on June 21, 2015. The day before, she went out to meet her estranged...

The use and distribution of illegal substances have been an ongoing problem since drug cartels figured out how to grow their syndicates into multimillion-dollar empires. Drug syndicates thrive on their customers’ addiction caused by narcotics, which has become a very dangerous cycle that doesn’t seem to end. In a generation where rave parties have been a massive occurrence for social events, it is well-documented across the globe that many people, particularly teenagers and young adults,...

On November 18, 2009, one of the most controversial road rage incidents and manhunts of the 2000s happened in the Philippines. The victim, in this case, was Renato Ebarle Jr., a son of a former presidential chief of Staff, Renato Ebarle Sr. He was shot and killed by Jason Ivler, a nephew of singer and songwriter Freddie Aguilar. Witnesses saw the suspect go over to his victim's car and shoot him multiple times after a traffic altercation at the corner of Boni Serrano Street and Ortigas...

"Tell my kids I love them," were the final words Rhona Fantone said to her sister, Rhoda, on the phone. Rhona and her husband, Jay Barcelon, were having marital problems. Rhona decided to stay with her sister, who lived only 15 minutes away but had to retrieve her belongings and clothes from her residence. Sadly, her estranged husband was present, and a violent fight occurred. Both ended up in the hospital, but only one of them lived. CONNECT WITH US ▸ msha.ke/phmurderstories Here are...

Digital Forensics was unheard of in the early 1990s. Its breakthrough has led to various crime-solving practices that most law enforcement agencies worldwide utilize nowadays. It makes us wonder, how did it evolve in the first place? Well, in our episode for today, you'll find out why. In 1991, the murder of Julie Snodgrass in the Philippines was the case that paved the way for the evolution of Digital Forensics. Agents from the Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center based in Maryland,...

Have you wondered why bad things happen to good people? It shatters our hearts when uncalled-for things happen to people with golden hearts. In October 2016, Gerardo Maquidato Jr. was one of the driver awardees of Grab Philippines recognized for giving a courtesy ride to a sick passenger. His story went viral after the passenger's family posted about him on Facebook. Divine Lactao Ornum booked a GrabCar for her sister, Prima, who was on her way to Quezon City to pick up blood bags for her...

On August 6, 2008, just a few moments before celebrating her 23rd birthday, Tara Santelices and her best friend Joee Mejias were heading home from a gig. Both took a Rizal-bound jeepney ride. Little did they know back then that it would be the last jeepney ride that Tara would ever take as a robber ended up taking her life into his own hands, making this incident one of the most tragic jeepney robberies. Tara Santelices lived an inspiring life. She had a lot of goals and aspirations ahead...

Hostage-taking situations are one of the most discussed cases in the Philippines. After all, most of these kinds of incidents in the country conclude very badly and, in other instances, deadly. The incident at the Taguig Hall of Justice in 2007 caught the entire country’s attention as a movie stuntman, and his common-law-wife held four people hostage for an entire day, ironically, inside a place where people expect justice. Hostages were punched, kicked, and pistol-whipped;...

Kristelle "Kae" Davantes was a 25-year-old hardworking professional filled with high hopes and dreams, only to be disrupted by a group of heartless men capable of committing sinister acts to make ends meet. Kae's demise in 2013 was one of the most horrific cases in the Philippines. She was robbed, abducted, strangled, stabbed, and thrown off a bridge. Her killers didn't even give her a chance to live. Thus greed prevailed over their conscience. CONNECT WITH US ▸...

Have you watched the hit horror movie The Exorcism of Emily Rose? If yes, have you ever wondered if someone from the Philippines has experienced the same thing or even worse? Well, if you have, the story of Clarita Villanueva comes to mind. She was a 17-year-old orphan from Bacolod that moved to Manila in the early 1950s to work as a maid at first, but after eloping with a man who turned out to be married, Clarita left him and ended up working as a prostitute in hopes of improving her...

On July 15, 1997, Gianni Versace, one of the world's most respected and admired fashion icons, was on his usual early morning routine, getting coffee and magazines at his preferred cafe three blocks away from his posh mansion in Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, Florida. Afterward, Gianni Versace went back home, and as soon as he reached the marbled front steps of his mansion, a dark-haired man wearing knee-length shorts, a gray tank top, a baseball cap, and a backpack came from behind and shot...

Like most people, we get fascinated by how the mind of a killer works, why a particular person got murdered, and when they will catch the suspect. PH Murder Stories is a podcast that intends to provide quality content and thorough research about murder and related infamous crimes primarily in the Philippines. The creators of this podcast do not tolerate fake news. This is an attempt to break the stigma of digital platforms being utilized as a political tool. We assure every listener that our...

On January 18, 1961, one of the most infamous murders in the 1960s jolted the entire nation after news reports came out about a policeman who committed suicide after shooting his very own wife, daughter, and son-in-law. This story features the Cabading family murders. It was a tragic case of a father's wrath that turned into a deadly rampage. Pablo Cabading, the father, persuaded Lydia, his daughter, and Leonardo Quitangon, his son-in-law, to stay and live at his residence on Zapote Street...

In February 2014, a gruesome incident happened in the town of Ampatuan, Maguindanao, that shocked locals in the area after investigators discovered a mutilated body of a middle-aged woman without her internal organs. Unfortunately, this wasn't the first time that a notorious crime happened in Ampatuan, as the area was more infamously known for being the site of the Maguindanao Massacre, one of the Philippines' deadliest bloodbaths and one of the world's worst killing incidents of...

There's a saying. Heroes come and go, but legends are forever. Nieves Fernandez was a legendary Filipina guerilla leader from the province of Leyte that unbelievably fought against the Japanese forces during the height of World War II. Her courageous efforts in fending off the country's enemies at the time earned her the nickname, The Silent Killer. WEBSITE ▸ https://phmurderstories.com Episode notes and sources are found here! YOUTUBE ▸ https://bit.ly/3sm11n4 SOCIALS ▸...

On New Year's Eve of 2011, 35-year-old Reynaldo Dagsa, a Barangay councilman from Caloocan City, requested his family to wake him up before midnight to join in on the new year's festivities in the wonder of the fireworks around them. He was taking pictures of his wife, daughter, and mother-in-law outside their home on New Year's Day when the gunman, Arnel Buenaflor, came from behind a car and cold-bloodedly shot Dagsa on his right forearm and chest. What makes this case peculiar is that...

On May 16, 2008, eight bank employees, a security guard, and a depositor were lined up and blown out their heads after a group of men robbed the Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) located at Science Park Branch in Cabuyao, Laguna. This summary execution-style robbery was tagged as the bloodiest bank robbery in the country's history, as they were all sprawled on the floor with a single gunshot to their head. WEBSITE ▸ https://phmurderstories.com Episode notes and sources are...

​Every generation has had its own share of "It" girls. These icons were trendsetters when it came to fashion and lifestyle, and everyone who's anyone wanted to be like them; or even have just a whiff of their aura. Their legacies stood the test of time. They would eventually be known for years, even decades beyond their lifetime. During the 1950s in the Philippines, one such "It" girl was Elvira Manahan. Elvira Manahan was a society and fashion icon in the Philippines whose reputation...

On May 4, 2022, a 51-year-old mentally disabled woman was found dead inside her house located in the town of Sibonga, 51 kilometers southeast of Cebu City. Authorities quickly figured out what happened after the victim's 19-year-old son confessed that he killed his own mother because he could not stand the bullying he's been getting from his friends and classmates due to her mental illness. WEBSITE ▸ https://phmurderstories.com Episode notes and sources are found here! YOUTUBE ▸...

On June 7, 2017, then-Mayor Gisela Boniel of Bien Unido, Bohol, was abducted and presumed killed after her husband, former Board Member Niño Rey Boniel pleaded guilty to the murder of his wife in February 2022.   In the past five years, there have been a lot of twists and turns in this case that ended up with the most obvious conclusion. However, there is more to this story that needs to be thoroughly covered, such as the missing body of Gisela Boniel. WEBSITE ▸...

On September 19, 2014, during typhoon Mario's rampage in the Philippines, a 75-year-old woman was stabbed to death by her house helper after the latter was discovered stealing items inside her home. The victim was Zenaida Sison, the mother of actress Cherry Pie Picache, who lived alone at her two-story house on Lazcano Street, Barangay Paligsahan, Quezon City. Her killer's name is Michael Flores. He had been working for six months as a houseboy at Sison's residence. Later on, the...

In September 2016, a British aristocrat’s daughter involved in the illegal drug trade in the Philippines was killed amid the government's controversial War on Drugs. Many spectators have pointed toward the Philippine National Police. However, investigators suspect that her former boyfriend was behind the brutal slaying. Maria Aurora Moynihan was a 45-year-old British-Filipina woman who was linked to selling illegal drugs. Three years ago, she posted bail after being arrested for the alleged...