Show Notes
Nine to Midnight: Aswang by Motzie Dapul
Filipina immigrant "Interpreter" does what she can to keep her immigration status.
Content Warnings: References to domestic abuse and mariticide, references to immigrant and domestic worker abuse. Insects, mild body horror, eating sound effects, vomiting, food based gore.
Aswang are some of the most well known folkloric monsters in the Philippines. There are many different subclasses of Aswang, and part of the folklore talks about how to create them from human beings. Aswang have many rules and traits, but some of the most common involve shapeshifting, viscera sucking, black magic, and the attacking or devouring of humans.
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Songs used: Undertaker's Blues - Helen Gross acc. by Kansas City Five (Bubber Miley, trumpet), Bessie Smith - Haunted House Blues
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