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A narrative podcast on Philippine true crime and mystery stories. For episode references and more information about the show, please visit storiesafterdark.ph.

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...

In 1995, two female overseas Filipino workers, Flor Contemplacion and Sarah Balabagan, were sentenced to death abroad for the crime of murde...

The "anting-anting" is a talisman, amulet or charm often heard of in Filipino folklore and mythology, in tales where the wearer is granted s...

The "anting-anting" is a talisman, amulet or charm often heard of in Filipino folklore and mythology, in tales where the wearer is granted s...

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 love...

Award-winning Filipino writer and journalist Nick Joaquin published in 1961 a short story titled "The House on Zapote Street" which was base...

Award-winning Filipino writer and journalist Nick Joaquin published in 1961 a short story titled "The House on Zapote Street" which was base...

In 1966, a Filipino exchange nurse was one of 9 women inside a townhouse in Chicago where Richard Speck committed mass murder. Fortunately,...

From 2017 to 2021, three stories of civilians being killed were among the most shocking the country had ever seen, as they were committed by...

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 mechan...

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 a...

On September 9, 1995, the usually quiet neighborhood of Panorama Ville in Sta. Rosa, Laguna was disturbed by the discovery of the entire Pay...

Sometimes, it takes experiencing something yourself that cannot be explained by logic or science to make you consider believing in the super...

British national Steven Alston Davis was on vacation in Angeles, Pampanga when he met a young Filipino dancer named Evelyn Bohol. He immedia...

For almost a century since it was established in 1912, the Reserve Officers Training Corps or ROTC was mostly mandatory for male college stu...

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....

On February 4, 2006, around 30,000 Filipinos waited in line outside the ULTRA (PhilSports) Stadium in Pasig City, waiting for the gates to o...

In 2017, University of Santo Tomas law school freshman Horacio "Atio" Castillo III joined the Aegis Juris fraternity and shortly died at the...

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...

In 1997, news of sisters Marijoy and Jacqueline Chiong’s disappearance in Cebu City sent shockwaves across the Philippines, but public senti...

In 2002, a Filipino man named Victorino Chua went to the United Kingdom to work as a nurse for the elderly. Almost a decade later, he would...

𝘈𝘴𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘨 can present themselves in different ways, like in the three stories in this episode written by Reddit users neon31, PurpleNight...

Given Grace Cebanico was a Computer Science student at the University of the Philippines Los Baños. In 2011, when she was 19 and in her thir...

There’s a particular tomb at the Tugatog Public Cemetery in Malabon, Metro Manila that's notorious for having a statue of Lucifer standing t...

On January 18, 1982, the first Manila International Film Festival opened at the Manila Film Center, a 25-million-USD building erected in Pas...

In the early hours one Wednesday in 2005, a young woman was found on the pier of Subic Bay Freeport Zone, drunk, disheveled and crying. She...

Always remember to be careful when calling on supernatural entities, like in the two stories in this episode written by Reddit users Scared-...

In 1977, student-activist Archimedes Trajano boldly asked a question at a university open forum where presidential daughter Imee Marcos was...

Elsa Castillo was a 35-year old woman who worked and eventually had an affair with a 42-year old American named Stephen Mark Whisenhunt, at...

Repression is a defense mechanism involving the unconscious blocking of unpleasant emotions or memories, which can sometimes be related to s...

In July 2001, Filipino immigrants Teddy and Mary Gonzales, along with their daughter Clodine, were massacred inside their home in New South...

Michelle Rivera was a young Filipino woman from Bukidnon who became pen pals in the late 1980s with a middle-aged professor named Dr. Jonath...

There are many Filipino superstitions related to pregnancy, perhaps because it leads to a very special family milestone—the birth of another...

An Australian national running from fraud charges in his country, Peter Scully escaped to the Philippines in 2011 and ran a child sex ring a...

The Revilla family is notable in the Philippines due to the family patriarch Don Ramon having fathered around 81 children with at least 16 w...

In 1994, a 10-year old girl named Rodessa Echegaray was raped by her father Leo. His death sentence almost five years later was the subject...

The Internet is filled with supernatural stories, and one place online that's so saturated with them is Reddit. Many of those stories almost...

Fraternities aim to provide students a brotherhood that can greatly enrich their university experience, even extending beyond school, but 22...

A few days before Christmas in 1987, more than 4,000 people boarded the MV Doña Paz in Tacloban, Leyte for a 24-hour voyage to Manila. Five...

Julie Vega was a teenage actress, singer and commercial model whose life was cut short at the age of 16 after a series of mysterious circums...

Ruby Rose Barrameda disappeared in 2007 and the primary suspect was her estranged husband Manuel "Third" Jimenez III. She remained missing u...

In 2017, the gambling operations of Resorts World Manila were temporarily suspended following a fire in its casino area that resulted in 70...

Mt. Apo in Davao is not just the Philippines' tallest mountain but also a frequent setting of supernatural stories like "The Spirit of Mt. A...

In 1985, Norberto "Bucay" Manero, Jr. and his men murdered an Italian priest in Tulunan, Cotabato. They were all convicted and imprisoned, b...

In 1930, a five-day riot in Watsonville, California led to hundreds of Filipinos getting injured and a young Filipino farm worker named Ferm...

In 1987, a girl named Rosario Baluyot died from a blood infection caused by something that was supposedly left lodged inside her by a foreig...

In 1970, the Moro conflict in Mindanao gave birth to the Christian extremist militia called the Ilaga. Listener discretion is advised due to...

Lilian Velez was a rising star in the 1940s whose pairing with Narding Anzures, her leading man in two films, became a hit with moviegoers....

The Momo Challenge caused a worldwide panic in 2018, spreading through WhatsApp and YouTube, making parents fear for the lives of their chil...

In this personal essay by listener DM Gasparillo Adil II, he shares childhood anecdotes about his late father's 𝘭𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨, a twin-spirit...