The Small Folk

Four households. Four small tenants. One rule nobody told the newcomers. A Pampanga farmer inherits land with a mound on it and skips the offerings his father never skipped. A Marikina plumber opens a water tank sealed for decades and finds it packed floor to hatch with tiny hand-aligned shoes — and something child-sized crouched underneath, wearing a pair. An Ilocos archivist realizes the thing curating her heritage shelves accepts payment in paper scraps and ink drops. A Guimaras mango grower learns the tall horned shadow in his oldest grove takes its rent in rice, cigarettes, and tuba. Stories covered: the nuno of the old farmhouse, the duwende of the water tank, the lambana of the library, and the lampong of Guimaras. Plus listener letters and shoutouts. 0:00 Stories Philippines 1:03 Cold Open 1:50 Check-In 3:41 The Nuno of the Old Farmhouse 12:08 The Verdict: The Nuno 14:09 The Duwende of the Old Water Tank 21:20 The Verdict: The Duwende 23:03 The Lambana of the Old Library 29:42 The Verdict: The Lambana 31:38 The Lampong of Guimaras 37:33 The Verdict: The Lampong 39:47 Letters 43:08 Shoutouts 44:38 Next Week 45:56 Outro Enjoying the show? Support Stories Philippines and unlock a weekly Premium bonus story, told by a different host every week: https://www.spreaker.com/podca... Stories Philippines Podcast, by ColoredJuice. New episodes every Friday. Send your encounters — the best rounds are the ones you lived. Thank you for listening to Stories Philippines Podcast—the original, the first, and the longest-running Filipino horror podcast. Follow the show for weekly Pinoy horror stories, true encounters, Filipino folklore, ghost sightings, aswang legends, haunted places, and unexplained mysteries from across the Philippine archipelago. Share this episode with someone who enjoys listening to terrifying stories after dark. Support Stories Philippines Podcast and help us continue preserving and sharing Filipino horror: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-philippines-podcast-pinoy-horror-stories--6886028/support Episodes may contain folklore, dramatization, personal recollections, and allegedly true experiences that cannot always be independently verified. Names, locations, and identifying details may be changed to protect the privacy of contributors. Please respect the people, cultures, communities, historical events, and spiritual traditions connected to these stories. Hosted by Paul, Angel, Hendrick, and Zach. Produced by ColoredJuice Podcast Studio.