Bloodlines and Black Ops: How Aswang Legends Became Weapons

This episode traces the dark overlap between supernatural violence in Filipino folklore — from Aswangs and Manananggal to wak-wak and Sigbin — and the colonial trauma that reshaped those legends into tools of social control.

It unpacks Cold War psychological warfare and government operations, including staged hauntings, manipulation, MKUltra-style human experimentation, and covert CIA/US tactics used to weaponize fear; listener discretion is advised.