Three creatures. Three territories. One rule: show respect, or belong to them forever.

Paul, Angel, and Zach explore the terrifying world of Filipino folklore — from the backward-legged tikbalang that stalks Mt. Makiling, to the pale water spirit that waits beneath the Enchanted River, to the ancient nuno sa punso that claims a family's land in Pampanga. Each story is a warning: the Philippines is older than you think, and the things that live there have been watching longer than you know.

CHAPTERS:
00:00 — Opening: Paul, Angel and Zach introduce tonight's theme
02:30 — Story 1: The Tikbalang of Mt. Makiling
22:00 — Discussion: The patience of the tikbalang
25:00 — Story 2: The Enchanted River of Hinatuan
43:00 — Discussion: Water spirits and the act of looking
46:00 — Story 3: The Nuno sa Punso of the Old Farmhouse
62:00 — Final Discussion: Three creatures, one lesson
68:00 — Closing and goodbyes

#StoriesPhilippines #FilipinoHorror #Tikbalang #MtMakiling #EnchantedRiver #Hinatuan #NunoSaPunso #Pampanga #PhilippineFolklore #PinoyHorror #Paranormal #HorrorStories

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Thank you for listening to Stories Philippines Podcast—the original, the first, and the longest-running Filipino horror podcast.

Follow the show for weekly Pinoy horror stories, true encounters, Filipino folklore, ghost sightings, aswang legends, haunted places, and unexplained mysteries from across the Philippine archipelago.

Share this episode with someone who enjoys listening to terrifying stories after dark.

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Hosted by Paul, Angel, Hendrick, and Zach. Produced by HustleStudios Podcast Network.

A nurse in Iloilo watches three patients check into her hospital with the same impossible symptom: blood vanishing from their bodies with no wound, no bleeding, no explanation. A park ranger on Mt. Arayat follows a floating orange light into the forest and watches it scorch a perfect circle into the earth. A tour guide on Corregidor Island walks into a formation of invisible soldiers and loses three degrees of body temperature in seconds. And a father in Davao watches a creature that looks like his daughter's age sit outside his window, crying with a mouth full of teeth that no baby should have.

These are five creatures from Filipino folklore. Some seduce. Some burn. Some wait. All of them remember your face.

CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Opening
02:46 - Story 1: The Mandurugo of Iloilo
22:12 - Story 2: The Santelmo of Mt. Arayat
37:18 - Story 3: The Ghosts of Corregidor Island
50:34 - Story 4: The Kapre of the Baliti Tree
60:46 - Story 5: The Tiyanak of Davao
76:00 - Closing and Call to Action

#StoriesPhilippines #FilipinoHorror #Mandurugo #Santelmo #CorregidorIsland #Kapre #Tiyanak #Paranormal #GhostStories #PhilippineHorror #PinoyHorror #CreatureFolklore

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Thank you for listening to Stories Philippines Podcast—the original, the first, and the longest-running Filipino horror podcast.

Follow the show for weekly Pinoy horror stories, true encounters, Filipino folklore, ghost sightings, aswang legends, haunted places, and unexplained mysteries from across the Philippine archipelago.

Share this episode with someone who enjoys listening to terrifying stories after dark.

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Please respect the people, cultures, communities, historical events, and spiritual traditions connected to these stories.

Hosted by Paul, Angel, Hendrick, and Zach. Produced by HustleStudios Podcast Network.

Stories from listeners across the Philippines who encountered something they cannot explain. Five real accounts of spirits, shadows, and sounds that followed them home.

CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Opening
02:00 - Story 1
15:00 - Story 2
30:00 - Story 3
45:00 - Story 4
60:00 - Story 5
75:00 - Closing and Call to Action

#StoriesPhilippines #FilipinoHorror #TrueEncounters #Paranormal #GhostStories #PhilippineHorror #PinoyHorror #HauntedPhilippines #TrueHorror #ListenerStories #Supernatural #Folklore

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Thank you for listening to Stories Philippines Podcast—the original, the first, and the longest-running Filipino horror podcast.

Follow the show for weekly Pinoy horror stories, true encounters, Filipino folklore, ghost sightings, aswang legends, haunted places, and unexplained mysteries from across the Philippine archipelago.

Share this episode with someone who enjoys listening to terrifying stories after dark.

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Hosted by Paul, Angel, Hendrick, and Zach. Produced by HustleStudios Podcast Network.

Beneath the oldest Spanish fort in the Philippines, there are tunnels that no tourist has ever seen. An archaeologist maps them. She finds cells with iron rings. She finds scratches on stone: God, Forgiveness, Death. And behind a sealed door, a voice still praying after three hundred years.

In this episode, Paul, Angel and Zach explore four of the most haunted historical structures in the Philippines -- from the subterranean dungeons of Fort San Pedro in Cebu to a heritage house on the oldest street in the country, from a shadowy convent in Intramuros to a lighthouse in Ilocos Norte where a dark shape follows you the more alone you become.

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00:00 -- Opening and Welcome
02:30 -- Story 1: The Ghost of Fort San Pedro in Cebu
18:00 -- Discussion: The archaeologist and the sealed door
20:00 -- Story 2: The Tambaloslos of a Cebu Heritage House
36:00 -- Discussion: The house that changes at night
38:00 -- Mid-roll: Subscribe and share
39:00 -- Story 3: The Ghost of the Old Convent in Intramuros
50:00 -- Discussion: The photograph that captured a ghost
52:00 -- Story 4: The Pasing of the Lighthouse in Cape Bojeador
56:00 -- Final Discussion and Closing
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Hosts: Paul, Angel and Zach

#StoriesPhilippines #FilipinoHorror #FortSanPedro #CebuHorror #SpanishColonialGhosts #IntramurosGhosts #CapeBojeador #HauntedPhilippines #PinoyHorror #GhostStories #ParanormalPodcast #FilipinoFolklore

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Thank you for listening to Stories Philippines Podcast—the original, the first, and the longest-running Filipino horror podcast.

Follow the show for weekly Pinoy horror stories, true encounters, Filipino folklore, ghost sightings, aswang legends, haunted places, and unexplained mysteries from across the Philippine archipelago.

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Hosted by Paul, Angel, Hendrick, and Zach. Produced by HustleStudios Podcast Network.

Fifteen listeners. Fifteen voices. Fifteen encounters with something that should not have been able to speak.

In this special True Encounters episode, Paul, Angel, and Zach share real stories from listeners across the Philippines who heard voices they cannot explain. From phone calls at three in the morning to singing rising from the ocean floor, from voices counting inside hospital walls to a father speaking through a police radio -- these are not legends. These are memories.

CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Opening: Paul, Angel, and Zach introduce the episode
01:00 - Story 1: The Phone Call That Saved Marco (Baguio)
05:00 - Story 2: The Counting Voice (Cebu Hospital)
10:00 - Story 3: The Siren of General Santos
15:00 - Story 4: The Figure in Intramuros
20:00 - Story 5: The Voice in the Church Wall (Iloilo)
25:00 - Story 6: The Mountain Chant (Cordillera)
30:00 - Story 7: The Cave Voice (Palawan)
35:00 - Story 8: The Mimic at the Rice Terraces (Ifugao)
40:00 - Story 9: The Window Voice (Quezon City)
45:00 - Story 10: The Roll Call of the Dead (Davao)
50:00 - Story 11: The Ghost Teacher (Leyte)
55:00 - Story 12: The Factory Countdown (Pampanga)
60:00 - Story 13: The Mirror Reflection (Visayas)
65:00 - Story 14: The Voice Underground (Bukidnon)
70:00 - Story 15: The Father on the Radio
75:00 - Closing and Call to Action

#StoriesPhilippines #FilipinoHorror #TrueEncounters #Paranormal #GhostStories #PhilippineHorror #PinoyHorror #HauntedPhilippines #TrueHorror #ListenerStories #Supernatural #Folklore

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Thank you for listening to Stories Philippines Podcast—the original, the first, and the longest-running Filipino horror podcast.

Follow the show for weekly Pinoy horror stories, true encounters, Filipino folklore, ghost sightings, aswang legends, haunted places, and unexplained mysteries from across the Philippine archipelago.

Share this episode with someone who enjoys listening to terrifying stories after dark.

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Hosted by Paul, Angel, Hendrick, and Zach. Produced by HustleStudios Podcast Network.

Five places across the Philippines that refuse to let go. An abandoned hospital that rearranges its hallways. A Spanish bridge that replays the sound of prisoner carts every night. A water tank in Marikina filled with thousands of shoes guarded by a duwende. A mining tunnel in Palawan where a giant centipede keeps its prey alive. And a mangrove swamp in Zambales where something massive patrols the deep water.

CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Opening
02:00 - Story 1: The Ghost of the Abandoned Hospital in La Union
15:00 - Story 2: The Ghost of the Old Bridge in Romblon
28:00 - Story 3: The Duwende of the Old Water Tank in Marikina
42:00 - Story 4: The Alupihan of the Mining Tunnel in Brooke's Point
55:00 - Story 5: The Bayawak of the Mangrove Swamp in Zambales
68:00 - Closing and Call to Action

#StoriesPhilippines #FilipinoHorror #Paranormal #GhostStories #PhilippineHorror #PinoyHorror #HauntedPhilippines #TrueHorror #Folklore #HauntedPlaces #Supernatural #Creature

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Thank you for listening to Stories Philippines Podcast—the original, the first, and the longest-running Filipino horror podcast.

Follow the show for weekly Pinoy horror stories, true encounters, Filipino folklore, ghost sightings, aswang legends, haunted places, and unexplained mysteries from across the Philippine archipelago.

Share this episode with someone who enjoys listening to terrifying stories after dark.

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Hosted by Paul, Angel, Hendrick, and Zach. Produced by HustleStudios Podcast Network.

Filipino-Canadian hosts Angel and Paul explore the terrifying world of pre-war Manila mansions — hundred-year-old family homes whose stories refuse to die with their owners.

00:15 - Angel greets listeners from Toronto, Paul joins from Vancouver
02:30 - The haunted mansions theme begins — old Manila families whose ancestral homes carry secrets
08:00 - Story 1: THE HISPANIC MANSION IN BINONDO — Century-old mansion with ancient trees and a gargoyle
18:00 - Story 2: THE MANSION IN THE CITY — Beautiful uncle's mansion where children saw figures in the hallway
28:30 - Story 3: THE GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE — 54-year-old grandmother's house in Pampanga, mysterious shadow
39:00 - Story 4: THE GRANDPARENTS' HOUSE IN THE PROVINCE — Lady in uniform appearing in the window
49:30 - Story 5: THE OLD HOUSE IN ROXAS CITY — Villa where a blanket was yanked at night
58:00 - Outro: Angel and Paul reflect on why ancestral homes refuse to rest
60:00 - Final CTA — subscribe on Spreaker, Spotify, Apple Podcasts

The theme is haunted pre-war mansions of Manila, and the idea that these old homes carry the weight of generations. Listen with the lights low. Subscribe to the show wherever you listen to podcasts.

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Thank you for listening to Stories Philippines Podcast—the original, the first, and the longest-running Filipino horror podcast.

Follow the show for weekly Pinoy horror stories, true encounters, Filipino folklore, ghost sightings, aswang legends, haunted places, and unexplained mysteries from across the Philippine archipelago.

Share this episode with someone who enjoys listening to terrifying stories after dark.

Support Stories Philippines Podcast and help us continue preserving and sharing Filipino horror:

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Hosted by Paul, Angel, Hendrick, and Zach. Produced by HustleStudios Podcast Network.

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00:00 — Opening: Angel and Paul welcome listeners
02:00 — The August Warning: Lola's ghost month rules
08:00 — Story 1: The City That Disappeared — The Biringan legend
18:00 — Story 2: The Seven Portals — Engkanto abductions across Samar
28:00 — Story 3: The Black Rice Warning — Never eat the food
38:00 — Story 4: The Japanese Gold Rush — Workers vanished in San Jorge
48:00 — Story 5: When Portals Open on Moonless Nights — 1989 Calbayog
55:00 — Closing: Ghost month safety tips & Call to Action
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Filipino-Canadian hosts Angel and Paul dive into the terrifying mythology of Biringan City — the invisible city in Samar said to be populated by engkanto who can shapeshift into humans. This is a SPECIAL GHOST MONTH PRE-CURSOR episode, designed to prepare listeners for the August ghost month that begins across the Philippines.

00:15 - Angel greets listeners from Toronto with welcome, Paul checks in from Vancouver
02:30 - The August warning begins — Lola's wisdom about ghost month rules
08:00 - Story 1: THE CITY THAT DISAPPEARED — The Biringan legend of the mythical invisible city
18:00 - Story 2: THE SEVEN PORTALS — 7 portals across Samar, engkanto abductions
28:00 - Story 3: THE BLACK RICE WARNING — Rules of Biringan, never eat the food
38:00 - Story 4: THE JAPANESE GOLD RUSH OF SAN JORGE — 1960s mining, workers vanished
48:00 - Story 5: WHEN PORTALS OPEN ON MOONLESS NIGHTS — 1989 Calbayog watchman
55:00 - Outro: Angel and Paul reflect on ghost month, safety tips
60:00 - Final CTA — subscribe on Spreaker, Spotify, Apple Podcasts

The stories explore what happens when the doors between the living and the spirit world open, and why Filipino grandmothers always say August is dangerous. Listen with the lights low. Subscribe to the show wherever you listen to podcasts.

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Thank you for listening to Stories Philippines Podcast—the original, the first, and the longest-running Filipino horror podcast.

Follow the show for weekly Pinoy horror stories, true encounters, Filipino folklore, ghost sightings, aswang legends, haunted places, and unexplained mysteries from across the Philippine archipelago.

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Hosted by Paul, Angel, Hendrick, and Zach. Produced by HustleStudios Podcast Network.

July 12, 2026. A pub in Bangkok. Thirty-three people walked in for a night out and never came home.

Tonight, Angel and Paul sit down for one of the hardest episodes they've ever recorded. We remember the lives lost in the devastating Rong Beer Na Lat Phrao fire in Chatuchak — and the ones lost before, in places where the music played and the exits were blocked.

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00:00 — Opening: Angel and Paul introduce the episode
02:30 — The Bangkok Fire: Rong Beer Na Lat Phrao, Chatuchak (2026)
12:00 — The Ozone Disco: Quezon City, Philippines (1996)
22:00 — The Santika Club: Bangkok, New Year's Eve (2009)
30:00 — Kiss Nightclub: Santa Maria, Brazil (2013)
38:00 — Colectiv: Bucharest, Romania (2015)
45:00 — The Station: Rhode Island, USA (2003)
52:00 — Reflection: Why These Stories Matter
58:00 — Closing & Call to Action
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The Ozone Disco, Quezon City, 1996 — one hundred sixty-two young people trapped behind a door that opened inward. The Santika Club, Bangkok, 2009 — New Year's Eve turned to ash. Kiss nightclub, Santa Maria, Brazil — two hundred forty-two dead in minutes. Colectiv, Bucharest — a rock concert that became a horror show. The Station, Rhode Island — one hundred souls at a Great White show that went wrong.

These aren't just statistics. They are the people who went out dancing and never came home. Their families still remember. Tonight, so do we.

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Hosts: Angel & Paul
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Thank you for listening to Stories Philippines Podcast—the original, the first, and the longest-running Filipino horror podcast.

Follow the show for weekly Pinoy horror stories, true encounters, Filipino folklore, ghost sightings, aswang legends, haunted places, and unexplained mysteries from across the Philippine archipelago.

Share this episode with someone who enjoys listening to terrifying stories after dark.

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Hosted by Paul, Angel, Hendrick, and Zach. Produced by HustleStudios Podcast Network.

True Encounters Vol. 32 brings together fifteen new haunting stories from across the Philippines in our spookiest collection yet. From newborns whose presence brought supernatural cold to divided families, to a Manila call center agent who hears his late grandmother on a recorded line — every tale is rooted in real listener experiences from the 2007 era. Our four hosts Paul, Angel, Hendrick, and Zach share fifteen accounts from ordinary Filipinos whose lives intersected with the extraordinary, accompanied by cold spots, unanswered questions, and moments that changed everything.

🔍 Featured Stories in This Episode:
A Lola in Nueva Ecija agrees to watch her neighbor's baby for one hour, but the infant's supernatural nature brings haunting experiences for three days. A tricycle driver picks up a woman on a deserted highway who knows his name. A University of Santo Tomas student discovers a classmate's peculiar drawings. A Zambales fisherman pulls up a wooden coffin with no markings. A Visayan family finds a wandering old woman who says she's been waiting.

Plus ten more terrifying encounters from listeners across the archipelago — Manila, Iloilo, Leyte, Cavite, and beyond. Each story is told through the voices of Filipinos who lived through events that science could not explain.

Chapters & Timestamps:
00:00 — Welcome and Kamustahan with the four hosts
08:00 — Story 1: Lola Biring and the Baby Who Was Cold
25:00 — Story 2: The Tricycle Driver's Passenger
40:00 — Story 3: UST Classmate's Drawings
52:00 — Story 4: The Fisherman's Coffin
68:00 — Story 5: The Wandering Old Woman of the Backyard
85:00 — Stories 6-10: Five More Encounters
120:00 — Stories 11-15: Five Final Tales
155:00 — Listener Submissions and Closing Thoughts

SEO Tags: Filipino horror stories, Philippine folklore, true encounters, supernatural encounters, paranormal stories, urban legends, 2007 Philippines, Manila, listener stories

#TrueEncountersVol32 #StoriesPhilippines #FilipinoHorror #PhilippineFolklore

This episode was created with AI assistance and original creative direction.

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Thank you for listening to Stories Philippines Podcast—the original, the first, and the longest-running Filipino horror podcast.

Follow the show for weekly Pinoy horror stories, true encounters, Filipino folklore, ghost sightings, aswang legends, haunted places, and unexplained mysteries from across the Philippine archipelago.

Share this episode with someone who enjoys listening to terrifying stories after dark.

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Hosted by Paul, Angel, Hendrick, and Zach. Produced by HustleStudios Podcast Network.

In the old quarter of Marawi City, a family of woodcarvers has kept a secret for five generations. Their most famous creation, a sarimanok carved from a single piece of narra wood, is said to be alive. Its obsidian eyes move. Its feathers shift. At night, it sings.

But this is only the first of four stories tonight. We travel to Zamboanga, where a forensic pathologist examines a body that refuses to stay dead. To Mount Arayat in Pampanga, where a fire elemental drifts above the balete canopy. And to the Magat River in Isabela, where something ancient waits in the murky water.

Stories from four corners of the Philippines. Creatures that have lived in the shadows of these islands for centuries. Some are beautiful. Some are terrifying. All of them are real to the people who share them.

This episode was created with AI assistance.

CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Opening
02:30 - The Sarimanok of Marawi
22:00 - Discussion: The Living Carving
24:00 - The Amalanhig of Zamboanga
43:00 - Discussion: Justice from the Grave
45:00 - The Santelmo of Mount Arayat
62:00 - Discussion: The Fire Guardian
64:00 - The Siyokoy of Tumauini
72:00 - Closing

#StoriesPhilippines #FilipinoHorror #Sarimanok #Amalanhig #Santelmo #Siyokoy #Maranao #Mindanao #PhilippineFolklore #Paranormal #GhostStories #PinoyHorror

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Thank you for listening to Stories Philippines Podcast—the original, the first, and the longest-running Filipino horror podcast.

Follow the show for weekly Pinoy horror stories, true encounters, Filipino folklore, ghost sightings, aswang legends, haunted places, and unexplained mysteries from across the Philippine archipelago.

Share this episode with someone who enjoys listening to terrifying stories after dark.

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Episodes may contain folklore, dramatization, personal recollections, and allegedly true experiences that cannot always be independently verified. Names, locations, and identifying details may be changed to protect the privacy of contributors.

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Hosted by Paul, Angel, Hendrick, and Zach. Produced by HustleStudios Podcast Network.