There’s a particular tomb at the Tugatog Public Cemetery in Malabon, Metro Manila that’s notorious for having a statue of Lucifer standing triumphantly over St. Michael, the exact reverse of how the archangel is usually portrayed in pictures and sculptures. And there’s a barangay in the capital city of the Philippines that bears the mark of the devil in its name. Gideon Mendoza, co-host of the Filipino true crime and horror-comedy podcast Creepsilog lends his voice in this episode.
This episode’s companion photos: instagram.com/p/CWqkFnAPY2p
References for Don Simeon Bernardo’s demon tomb statue:
- https://www.philstar.com/nation/2018/11/02/1865106/devil-statue-spooks-malabon-cemetery-visitors
- https://mymalabon.blogspot.com/2010/10/
- https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/nation/metro-manila/10/26/12/what-pushed-bernardo-design-lucifer-tomb
- http://thehorrortree.blogspot.com/2013/02/simeon-bernardos-tomb.html
- https://philurbanlegends.blogspot.com/2013/09/malabon-citys-devil-over-demon-statue.html?m=1&fbclid=IwAR2E5fnfIw33iYJhx0H0e3W1a7dzsJTWxnVHlsLhBGN8qXckLX4a6kSSjYs
- https://towntraveller.blog/2017/04/25/demon-in-the-cemetery-malabon/
References for Barangay 666:
- http://web.nlp.gov.ph/nlp/?q=node/190
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ermita
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luneta_Hotel
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_of_the_beast
- https://ph.news.yahoo.com/manila-barangay-bears-mark-beast-141059722.html
- https://www.nationalmuseum.gov.ph/about-us/history/
- https://www.philatlas.com/luzon/ncr/manila/barangay-666.html
Music: “This House” and “Echoes of Time v2” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Photos above via thepeopleofasia.com, mymalabon.blogspot.com
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