In 2018, Paul Le Roux, a white Zimbabwean who held South African and Australian passports, was a notorious crime lord who illegally trafficked drugs, gold, and guns. He testified in a U.S. court about having murdered numerous people by professional assassins, including a Filipina real estate agent killed in 2012. Six years earlier from his testimony, Le Roux was arrested by the Drug Enforcement Administration in Liberia. He began to cooperate with the U.S. government as they rounded up and prose...
Jul 25, 2025•12 min•Season 5Ep. 12
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought a lot of difficulties worldwide. Aside from health reasons, financial and political instability is probably another impactful obstacle that the global health crisis has affected us throughout its existence. This led to increased crime rates, especially theft, robbery, online scams, and other related offenses. Several gruesome crimes happened during these trying times, particularly the Merciless Murder of Fabel Pineda, the Gregorio Double-Murder case, the Killing...
Jun 27, 2025•8 min•Season 5Ep. 11
On April 22, 2025, a shocking report about the massacre of seven people in a bakery in Barangay Cupang, Antipolo City, went viral nationwide. Among the seven victims of this gruesome crime, five were aged between 21 and 25 years old, while two were minors. The lone suspect, on the other hand, was quick to surrender. Residents and neighbors were deeply disturbed by the brutal nature of the killings, especially given that the victims were people they knew or saw regularly in the community. For any...
May 23, 2025•7 min•Season 5Ep. 10
In 1987, the story of Rosario Baluyot's abuse and torture at the hands of an Austrian physician sparked outrage all over the country. She lived in Olongapo, or what was known as "Sin City" back then, due to rampant prostitution in the area. It was on October 10, 1986, when Austrian physician, Heinrich Stefan Ritter, brought Rosario Baluyot and Jessie Ramirez, another child, to a hotel room in Olongapo. Ritter then inserted a foreign object inside Baluyot. The following day, Ritter gave Baluyot 3...
May 02, 2025•15 min•Season 5Ep. 9
On March 12, 2025, the peaceful island of Boracay, known for its crystal-clear waters and stunning beaches, became the setting for a chilling discovery. The body of 23-year-old Slovak tourist Michaela Mickova was found decomposing in an abandoned chapel in Barangay Balabag. Further reports have shown that the victim was also sexually assaulted and died due to blunt-force trauma to the head. Michaela Mickova had traveled to Boracay for a friend's wedding, looking forward to what should have been ...
Apr 04, 2025•7 min•Season 5Ep. 8
On July 10, 2024, the Lake Hotel in Tagaytay became the center of a horrifying discovery. The lifeless bodies of Australian nationals David Fisk, 57, and his wife, Lucita Cortez, 55, along with her daughter-in-law, Mary Jane Cortez, 30, were found in their hotel room. Their hands and feet were bound, and their faces were covered with packaging tape—a scene that sent shockwaves nationwide. Initially, the motive behind these murders wasn’t clear to the authorities. According to the Tagaytay police...
Mar 21, 2025•12 min•Season 5Ep. 7
On July 7, 2018, Vice Mayor Alex Lubigan was traveling in a black Toyota Hilux when gunmen inside a black sports utility vehicle fired gunshots, killing the Vice Mayor on the spot. Meanwhile, witnesses also saw another black Toyota Hilux following the black SUV, which authorities claim could possibly be the getaway vehicle of the suspects, The brutal attack occurred around 3 pm in front of the Korean Hospital on Indang Road in Trece Martires City. Lubigan's driver, Romulo Guillemer, was also kil...
Feb 28, 2025•19 min•Season 5Ep. 6
On August 30, 2024, 36-year-old Chatty Timbang was admitted to the emergency room of a public hospital in Dasmariñas City, Cavite. Her mother, Conchita Timbang, accompanied her. At 3:10 AM, an assassin managed to reach Chatty’s hospital bed. Upon spotting his target, the killer pulled out his gun and fired several close-range shots, killing Chatty instantly. Conchita, who had been sleeping beside her daughter, was struck by a stray bullet that hit her right thigh. The assassin escaped but encoun...
Feb 07, 2025•8 min•Season 5Ep. 5
In the Philippine context, parricide refers to the crime of killing one's own parent, ascendant grandparent or great-grandparent, or other close relatives such as a child, spouse, or sibling, as specified under the Revised Penal Code of the Philippines. Specifically, Article 246 of the RPC defines parricide as the unlawful killing of a father, mother, child, or any of the direct descendants or ascendants, or a spouse. In our episode for today, we will tackle one of the least discussed parricide ...
Jan 10, 2025•9 min•Season 5Ep. 4
Mayor Antonio Halili of Tanuan Batangas was a well-known figure back in the day for his "walk of shame" campaign, where he paraded drug suspects through the streets, a method that garnered both support and criticism nationwide, which critics would argue that it violated human rights and due process. Some have compared him to former president Rodrigo Duterte’s hardline stance against crime. But the irony here is that a former Duterte ally recently revealed during the investigations in the House o...
Dec 06, 2024•12 min•Season 5Ep. 3
A 49-year-old Filipina’s death in Burnaby, Canada sent shockwaves among the Filipinos in her community as she was killed by two young men aged 21 years old and 15 years old. Her burned remains would be discovered in Greentree Village Park, near a children’s playground. Her family, friends, and the rest of her community have been in mourning since her violent death. “She did not deserve her fate,” said her longtime friend. Maria Cecilia Loreto, who often went by Mycel, was among the many hardwork...
Nov 22, 2024•12 min•Season 5Ep. 2
As of recording this episode, the filing of candidacies for the upcoming 2025 midterm elections has concluded, which means it is election season all over again in the Philippines. With that being said, throughout the course of our country’s history various political events that have led to violence and killings have occurred. One of the most infamous incidents that changed the course of our country’s political landscape is The Plaza Miranda Bombing in 1971. The Plaza Miranda Bombing, at the time...
Oct 25, 2024•10 min•Season 5Ep. 1
Before the coronavirus disease affected our daily lives, the month of April was the most exciting month for those students who will finish their studies from a long school journey, as it was a time when students graduated from their respective levels. On April 8, 2019, the brutal killing of a 14-year-old girl happened near Cogon Cruz Integrated School, Danao City in Cebu. An unidentified person reported a complaint to the authorities that there was a foul odor coming from the school's septic tan...
Oct 11, 2024•8 min•Season 4Ep. 16
The upcoming 2025 midterm elections are near, which means the future of our leaders will be based on our votes this coming May. Through the years, there have been various incidents or initiatives from well-known or infamous politicians that broke or paved the way for their careers in public service. On April 23, 2012, a supposedly peaceful dismantling of a wet market quickly escalated into violence, resulting in one death and 40 injured people after the informal settlers of the Silverio Compound...
Sep 27, 2024•14 min•Season 4Ep. 15
Sagay City, located in the northern part of the province of Negros Occidental, is a significant hub for agriculture resources, where its local community is deeply connected. Historically, Sagay has been a major player in the sugar industry, which is a significant economic driver in the province. However, despite economic gains from the sugar plantations in Sagay, most of its farmers and plantation workers are being treated poorly by greedy land owners and land grabbers, some of which are influen...
Sep 06, 2024•18 min•Season 4Ep. 14
From time to time we make it our way to feature episodes with good outcomes. We know our podcast features true crime cases and accidents caused by humans or natural disasters, most of which did not have a happy ending, not that we expected it to be. However, we stumbled upon a story way back in 2010 at Dalaguete, Cebu, where a pine tree saved the lives of 32 people inside a bus that was about to fall off a cliff. This story was so amazing that we really need to go out of our way from our usual s...
Aug 16, 2024•7 min•Season 4Ep. 13
Before the country’s most disastrous ship-related tragedies, the MV Dona Paz incident. Seven years earlier, the tragic sinking of M/V Don Juan in April 1980 at the time was the most disastrous of such incidents in the Philippines. Negligence played a big role in this tragic accident, various avoidable instances were a factor such as overloading of passengers, and the vessel’s captain playing mahjong moments before the accident causing the lives of 176 people and hundreds of missing people. At th...
Aug 02, 2024•12 min•Season 4Ep. 12
The West Philippine Sea is one of the most conflicted areas in the world, with various countries such as the Philippines, China, Vietnam, and others in the Asia Pacific claiming territorial rights in the disputed region. Given the heightened tensions between Manila and Beijing, we decided to look for incidents that fit our show’s genre. We found one that happened in 2013 under the Aquino administration. On May 9, 2013, a 65-year-old Taiwanese Fisherman named Huang Shih-Cheng, who was aboard a fi...
Jul 19, 2024•17 min•Season 4Ep. 11
In the province of Negros Occidental, the bodies of 58-year-old Kevin Fleischauer, a former US Navy, and his Filipina wife, 60-year-old Lolly, were found inside a 20-feet deep well near their home after being missing for over two weeks. Their fellow church members at Open Door Baptist Church had been worried about the couple after not hearing from them for over a week. With the help of authorities, they were led to a well that was emitting a strong, foul odor. As they initially suspected, the au...
Jul 05, 2024•11 min•Season 4Ep. 10
The Philippines has its fair share of infamous tragedies linked to fires throughout its history. From the 1980s till the 2010s, there have been tragedies caused by fire every decade, which features cases with 70 or more casualties. These incidents are the infamous MV Doña Paz Tragedy in 1987 with 4,000 casualties, the Ozone Disco Fire in 1996 that killed 162 people, the Manor Hotel blaze in 2001 that caused 75 people's lives, and the Kentex Factory Fire in 2015, which took away the lives of 74 w...
Jun 21, 2024•21 min•Season 4Ep. 9
Have you ever accidentally bumped into someone that quickly escalated into a physical confrontation? There have been various incidents in the past caused by accidental bumps in public places such as concerts, bars, malls, and other social gathering events that have been the reason for physical fights, and some have led to people killing one another. The victim in our episode for today, 28-year-old overseas Filipino worker and cruise ship photographer Gino Basas, was killed in a bar in Tomas Mora...
Jun 07, 2024•11 min•Season 4Ep. 8
On a Saturday night last January 6, 2024, 45-year-old Ryan Ambrosio and 43-year-old Jennifer Ambrosio, a Filipino couple and parents of six children in Michigan, were on their way home from a date night. As they were cruising through the Lodge Freeway near the Civic Center Drive in Southfield at around 1:30 am, a vehicle going the wrong way crashed into them, tragically leading to the demise of Ryan and Jen. The culprit, 35-year-old Angel Melendez-Ortiz, was evading police at the time. In order ...
Apr 26, 2024•8 min•Season 4Ep. 7
As you probably heard, 35-year-old Jullebee Ranara, a Filipina who had to move to Kuwait to make ends meet and support her family as a domestic worker, was brutally killed in 2023. She was tortured, raped, and murdered. As if this grueling ordeal was not enough, Jullebee's heartless perpetrator even burnt her body, threw his victim in the desert, and ran her over with a vehicle. Based on a report from Vice World News, there are over 268,000 Filipinos currently working in Kuwait, most of which co...
Apr 12, 2024•14 min•Season 4Ep. 6
There have been infamous crimes in the Philippines that have happened during the holiday season. A particular case that comes to mind is the heartless killing of mother-and-son Sonya and Frank Gregorio from Tarlac. Former policeman Jonel Nuezca had a verbal altercation with the Gregorios after the former policeman was arresting Frank for illegal possession of "Boga," an improvised noisemaker cannon. Sonya, his mother, came to her son's aid, and the altercation with Nuezca promptly escalated. Nue...
Mar 08, 2024•15 min•Season 4Ep. 5
Violence in Philippine politics, especially in this modern era, has been a serious issue that has continued to hinder the country's path to political maturity, therefore raising more doubts about an ineffective justice system that is slow and, in other instances, can be bought by influential and powerful clans. However, the subject of our episode today involves a troubled medical professional who went to great lengths to seek revenge. On July 24, 2022, in what was supposed to be one of the most ...
Jan 19, 2024•12 min•Season 4Ep. 4
Happy Halloween to all of you guys! It is the time of the year when most of us get to watch or listen to horror films, shows, and podcasts. Indeed, there is a lot of content out there to consume, and chances are you have probably stumbled upon this podcast because it's Halloween Season. Let us tell you a horrific crime that happened in 2018. Some would say this is a lesser-known story, but to us, this case is by far one of the most gruesome stories that this show has covered.It involves murder, ...
Oct 31, 2023•10 min•Season 4Ep. 3
On March 11, 2019. Christine Silawan, a 16-year-old high school student, was found dead in a vacant lot in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu. Half of her face was skinned to the skull, her body was stabbed twenty times, and she had signs of sexual assault. The gruesome nature that Christine Silawan endured from her killer sparked nationwide outrage, which led to various groups urging the government to reinstate the death penalty. If you're on Spotify, we would like to know your thoughts on this in the polls....
Oct 14, 2023•18 min•Season 4Ep. 2
We've seen that one iconic scene in horror movies before—the protagonist, either being chased or needing to hide, goes under their bed, trying their best to stay quiet as the killer roams around. Some survive, but some end up getting dragged away from under the bed... to their death. Fortunately for a Filipina nurse named Corazon Amurao, almost the exact scene happened to her in real life in 1966. She survived Chicago's most infamous mass murderer, Richard Speck. CONNECT WITH US▸ https://linktr....
Oct 06, 2023•14 min•Season 4Ep. 1
Richard Sta. Ana, a father and loving husband, sought justice for his wife, Pearl, and their son, Baby Denzel, after two assailants brutally killed them by mercilessly bludgeoning their heads at their residence in Sta. Rosa, Laguna. As the investigators looked for answers, they surprisingly found out that the person behind the gruesome murder was someone they already knew from the start who was holding a grudge because of jealousy. This case in 2016 might have been one of the most overlooked mur...
Aug 25, 2023•15 min•Season 3Ep. 21
Chop-chop body cases in the Philippines are one of the most discussed topics in true crime, especially here in the Philippines. Most fans of our show would send us episode requests through DMs and polls urging us to cover more chop-chop body cases. In fact, our episodes relating to body dismemberments, particularly the gruesome murders of Lyndon Masinsin in 2017 and Elsa Castillo in 1993, were among the most played episodes in our library. Now, another chop-chop lady case has caught our attentio...
Aug 11, 2023•10 min•Season 3Ep. 20
