In this episode, we dig into prions: misfolded proteins that don’t just make you sick, they rewrite your brain slowly and irreversibly. No bacteria. No virus. No real cure. Just a biological glitch that spreads by forcing healthy proteins to fold wrong, leaving the mind to unravel piece by piece.

Then we layer in Alice in Wonderland Syndrome, where perception itself can warp, rooms shrink, distances stretch, time stutters, and your own body stops feeling correctly sized while you’re fully awake. Together, it paints a brutal picture: sometimes the scariest “veil” isn’t supernatural at all, it’s the moment your brain stops being a reliable witness and starts turning reality into a funhouse with teeth.

The Aswang isn’t one monster. It’s an umbrella for an entire ecosystem of Filipino night predators: shapeshifters, witches, ghouls, vampires, and the infamous manananggal. In this episode of Cryptid Captures, Phreak digs into why the Aswang feels so real, how old the stories run, why certain regions carry the reputation, and the most unsettling part of all: a legend that doesn’t need proof to change how people behave after dark.

Graduation night in Springfield, Missouri should’ve ended with hangovers and blurry photos. Instead, three women vanished from a quiet house without the kind of chaos people expect. Cars in the driveway. Purses and keys left behind. A scene compromised too early. And decades later, no ending.

In this Phreak File, Phreak walks the verified timeline, separates rumor from record, and stares down the detail that makes this case unbearable: whatever happened didn’t need to get loud. Somebody knew how to keep it quiet.