Award-winning Filipino writer and journalist Nick Joaquin published in 1961 a short story titled “The House on Zapote Street.” Based on a tragic true crime, the story tells of a controlling father who couldn’t bear to lose his daughter to the man she married. Jessica, host of the true crime and mystery podcast The Asian Madness Podcast lends her voice in this two-part story.
This episode’s companion photos: instagram.com/p/CnPh1hMPzpX
Reference:
- Joaquin, Nick. “The House on Zapote Street.” Reportage on Crime: Thirteen Horror Happenings That Hit the Headlines, Anvil Publishing, 2016, pp. 1-16
Music: “This House” and “Echoes of Time v2” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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