The Vizconde massacre case was one of the true crime stories that defined the 1990s in the Philippines, leading to the trial of the century and spawning 3 movies years later. Several perpetrators were already sent to prison, yet the case is still unsolved to this day. Listener discretion is advised due to the graphic and sensitive nature of these stories. • Episode photos: instagram.com/p/CrXoVcvuZLm / References: storiesafterdark.home.blog / Facebook page: facebook.com/storiesafterdarkph /...

In 1995, two female overseas Filipino workers, Flor Contemplacion and Sarah Balabagan, were sentenced to death abroad for the crime of murder. Sarah managed to escape capital punishment but Flor, unfortunately, didn't. • Episode photos: instagram.com/p/CrXi6BBu8CU / References: storiesafterdark.home.blog / Facebook page: facebook.com/storiesafterdarkph / Twitter: twitter.com/afterdarkph / Support the show on Patreon: patreon.com/storiesafterdark / Share your feedback, case suggestions and...

The "anting-anting" is a talisman, amulet or charm often heard of in Filipino folklore and mythology, in tales where the wearer is granted supernatural powers, like in "The Anting-Anting of Captain Von Tollig," a short story by Sargent Kayme. • Episode photos: instagram.com/p/Cp50COwhQPC / References: storiesafterdark.home.blog / Facebook page: facebook.com/storiesafterdarkph / Twitter: twitter.com/afterdarkph / Support the show on Patreon: patreon.com/storiesafterdark / Share your feedback,...

The "anting-anting" is a talisman, amulet or charm often heard of in Filipino folklore and mythology, in tales where the wearer is granted supernatural powers, like in "Told at the Club," a short story by Sargent Kayme. • Episode photos: instagram.com/p/CpNYPKsvhGh / References: storiesafterdark.home.blog / Facebook page: facebook.com/storiesafterdarkph / Twitter: twitter.com/afterdarkph / Support the show on Patreon: patreon.com/storiesafterdark / Share your feedback, case suggestions and...

In 1986, socialite, TV host and movie star Elvira Manahan was brutally murdered in her Forbes Park residence by a man rumored to be her lover. Listener discretion is advised due to the graphic and sensitive nature of these stories. • Episode photos: instagram.com/p/Co6MPMVv2n4 / References: storiesafterdark.home.blog / Facebook page: facebook.com/storiesafterdarkph / Twitter: twitter.com/afterdarkph / Support the show on Patreon: patreon.com/storiesafterdark / Share your feedback, case...

Award-winning Filipino writer and journalist Nick Joaquin published in 1961 a short story titled "The House on Zapote Street" which was based on a tragic true crime. Jessica, host of the true crime and mystery podcast The Asian Madness Podcast, lends her voice in this episode for the second of two parts of that story. • Episode photos: instagram.com/p/CnPh1hMPzpX / References: storiesafterdark.home.blog / Facebook page: facebook.com/storiesafterdarkph / Twitter: twitter.com/afterdarkph /...

Award-winning Filipino writer and journalist Nick Joaquin published in 1961 a short story titled "The House on Zapote Street" which was based on a tragic true crime. Jessica, host of the true crime and mystery podcast The Asian Madness Podcast, lends her voice in this episode for the first of two parts of that story. • Episode photos: instagram.com/p/CnPh1hMPzpX / References: storiesafterdark.home.blog / Facebook page: facebook.com/storiesafterdarkph / Twitter: twitter.com/afterdarkph /...

In 1966, a Filipino exchange nurse was one of 9 women inside a townhouse in Chicago where Richard Speck committed mass murder. Fortunately, she was able to escape and she would later testify in court, pointing to him as the culprit. Listener discretion is advised due to the graphic and sensitive nature of these stories. • Episode photos: instagram.com/p/CmjDF-2PYP8 / References: storiesafterdark.home.blog / Facebook page: facebook.com/storiesafterdarkph / Twitter: twitter.com/afterdarkph /...

From 2017 to 2021, there were three stories of civilians being killed that were among the most shocking the country had ever seen, as they were committed by members of the Philippine National Police and two of them were even captured on video. Listener discretion is advised due to the graphic and sensitive nature of these stories. • Episode photos: instagram.com/p/ClUeFKBh9Iv / References: storiesafterdark.home.blog / Facebook page: facebook.com/storiesafterdarkph / Twitter:...

In 1992, a promotional scheme was launched by Pepsi in the Philippines promising a chance to win 1 million pesos, but an error in the mechanics proved to be fatal. Listener discretion is advised due to the sensitive nature of this story. • Episode photos: instagram.com/p/CkynDGIB_fW / References: storiesafterdark.home.blog / Facebook page: facebook.com/storiesafterdarkph / Twitter: twitter.com/afterdarkph / Support the show on Patreon: patreon.com/storiesafterdark / Share your feedback, case...

This is a story from the No Sleep subreddit, written by Levi who goes by the Twitter handle @nineaetharia. Jessica, host of the true crime and mystery podcast The Asian Madness Podcast, lends her voice in this episode. Listener discretion is advised due to the graphic and sensitive nature of this story. • Episode photos: instagram.com/p/CjBUDuFvJt6 / References: storiesafterdark.home.blog / Facebook page: facebook.com/storiesafterdarkph / Twitter: twitter.com/afterdarkph / Support the show on...

On September 9, 1995, the usually quiet neighborhood of Panorama Ville in Sta. Rosa, Laguna was disturbed by the discovery of the entire Payumo family murdered inside their own home. Listener discretion is advised due to the graphic and sensitive nature of this story. • Episode photos: instagram.com/p/CiUoQNDutdr / References: storiesafterdark.home.blog / Facebook page: facebook.com/storiesafterdarkph / Twitter: twitter.com/afterdarkph / Support the show on Patreon:...

Sometimes, it takes experiencing something yourself that cannot be explained by logic or science to make you consider believing in the supernatural, like in the two stories in this episode written by Reddit user Glenn (Glennn777) and published on the No Sleep subreddit. • Episode photos: instagram.com/p/ChUO0DTJoAy / References: storiesafterdark.ph / Facebook page: facebook.com/storiesafterdarkph / Twitter: twitter.com/afterdarkph / Support the show on Patreon: patreon.com/storiesafterdark /...

British national Steven Alston Davis was on vacation in Angeles, Pampanga when he met a young Filipino dancer named Evelyn Bohol. He immediately fell in love with her and rescued her from poverty, marrying her two years later, not knowing that she would later conspire to have him murdered. Listener discretion is advised due to the graphic and sensitive nature of this story. • Episode photos: instagram.com/p/CgXCIq7PmWs / References: storiesafterdark.ph / Facebook page:...

For almost a century since it was established in 1912, the Reserve Officers Training Corps or ROTC was mostly mandatory for male college students. It was the unfortunate murder of University of Santo Tomas sophomore Mark Welson Chua that led to the program ceasing to be a college requirement, all because he exposed the corruption and abuse within his university's ROTC unit. Listener discretion is advised due to the graphic and sensitive nature of this story. • Episode photos:...

In 2017, a teenage student named Kian Delos Santos was found dead with gunshot wounds to the head in a dark alley in Caloocan, Metro Manila. The suspects, three police officers who were in Kian's neighborhood for an anti-drug operation, claimed the boy was a drug runner who had fought back against them, but evidence would later surface that this wasn't the case at all. Listener discretion is advised due to the graphic and sensitive nature of this story. • Episode photos:...

On February 4, 2006, around 30,000 Filipinos waited in line outside the ULTRA (PhilSports) Stadium in Pasig City, waiting for the gates to open for the staging of the first anniversary celebration of ABS-CBN's noontime variety TV show 𝘞𝘰𝘸𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘦. They thought huge cash prizes awaited them, but tragedy was what met them instead. Listener discretion is advised due to the graphic and sensitive nature of this story. • Episode photos: instagram.com/p/Cdvj7FPJBGL / References: storiesafterdark.ph /...

In 2017, University of Santo Tomas law school freshman Horacio "Atio" Castillo III joined the Aegis Juris fraternity and shortly died at the hands of his frat brothers during his initiation rites. Listener discretion is advised due to the graphic and sensitive nature of this story. • Episode photos: instagram.com/p/CdGvDzzPY51 / References: storiesafterdark.ph / Facebook page: facebook.com/storiesafterdarkph / Twitter: twitter.com/afterdarkph / Support the show on Patreon:...

In 1973, with martial law in effect in the country, 23-year old Communication Arts student and writer Liliosa Hilao died at the hands of the Philippine Constabulary. But as tragic as this was, she became a martyr, inspiring many other Filipinos to fight back against dictator Ferdinand Marcos' regime, eventually restoring democracy to the nation. Listener discretion is advised due to the graphic and sensitive nature of this story. • Episode photos: instagram.com/p/CbVResOvA1G / References:...

In 1997, news of sisters Marijoy and Jacqueline Chiong’s disappearance in Cebu City sent shockwaves across the Philippines, but public sentiment against the suspects, dubbed the Chiong 7, had since wavered due to the unfair trial they received as well as the many other controversies around the case. Listener discretion is advised due to the graphic nature of this story. • Episode photos: instagram.com/p/CaXX-L4vs1J / References: storiesafterdark.ph / Facebook page:...