"Philippines' Most Shocking Stories" debuts 2nd season
The Freeman
|October 29, 2025
The true-crime digital series "Philippines’ Most Shocking Stories" returned for a second season yesterday, October 28, on ABS-CBN News Channel’s YouTube and iWant with a gripping premiere episode on the 14-year manhunt for cult leader Ruben Ecleo — one of the country’s most haunting cases of crime, faith, and justice.
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After earning almost six million views and strong engagement online in its first season, the series once again dives into the country’s most haunting real-life crimes that stunned the public, tragedies that changed lives, and mysteries that continue to raise questions decades later.
Among the stories revisited this season are tales of power, faith, fame, and justice, including the shocking abduction and killing of Korean businessman Jee Ick Joo, the 2009 Maguindanao Massacre, the 1967 Maggie dela Riva rape case, and many more.
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