Attack of the Aswang: How the CIA Used Vampires as Weapons of War
Ridiculous History
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4.2 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 27 September 2018
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Horror fans can tell you there's more than one type of vampire -- in fact, there are hundreds of vampire-like fiends in cultures around the world. In most cases these are dismissed as spooky stories for children or ancient myths, but when the CIA needed to oust a group of Communist rebels in the Philippines, they decided to make the myth of the Aswang a reality.
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