Description

A hush falls over tonight’s episode. We walk into a world of shadows, half-truths, and the slow, soul-scrambling dread of being led in circles. From a moonlit mango grove to isolated classrooms and quiet compounds, these stories track one of the Philippines’ most unsettling spirits: the Tikbalang — the horse-headed trickster who bends journeys, minds, and sometimes lives.

Listen as survivors and witnesses describe:

The patient, immobile silhouette beneath an ancient tree that watches and confuses.
Hoofprints on staircases, metallic scuffing in the night, and the smell that precedes a presence.
Folk remedies that work: turning a shirt inside out, dyeing hair back to “safe” colors, burning specific incense, and rituals from the magtatawas and albularyo.
The Tikbalang as more than monster: a historical and political metaphor for cultural erasure, mass deception, and the national feeling of walking the same path to nowhere.
Accounts of possession, obsession, and the deep psychological trauma that follows encounters with this elemental being.

Trigger warning: this episode contains intense descriptions of fear, possession, and psychological distress. Listener discretion is essential.

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