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Maria Labo

Maria Labo was a female vampire figure from folklore in Iloilo or Capiz provinces in the Philippines. According to the story, she murdered her two sons due to a vampiric curse she received from her dying employer while working overseas. When her husband discovered what she had done, he attacked her with a bolo knife, slashing her and leaving a large scar that contributed to her grotesque image as a vampire.

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Maria Labo

Maria Labo was a female vampire figure from folklore in Iloilo or Capiz provinces in the Philippines. According to the story, she murdered her two sons due to a vampiric curse she received from her dying employer while working overseas. When her husband discovered what she had done, he attacked her with a bolo knife, slashing her and leaving a large scar that contributed to her grotesque image as a vampire.

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• Maria Labo was used to refer to the female vampire who came from
Iloilo or Capiz (some suggest from Sorsogon).
• She was popularized the story that she murdered her two sons and
murdered them.
• “Maria Labo” (labo is an Ilonggo term which means “to slash” using
a bolo knife or itak) due to the large scar that make her a grotesque
figure of nightmares.
Story of Maria Labo
• A caring mother and wife wanted to give her family an affluent life, so she tried
her luck in Canada as an Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW). It was said that this
lady worked for an employer who was suffering from an unknown disease.
• Later on before his dying breath, the employer passed on his alleged vampiric
power to the unknowing caregiver. The lady accepted the said power without
knowing the staggering price she would pay.
• The effect of the curse only took hold as the OFW returned home
to the Philippines. The hunger for human flesh became so dominating, that she
eventually killed and cooked her two sons.
• All hell broke loose when her husband arrived home and saw the twisted acts of
his wife. The insanity of the affliction and her craving for human flesh made her
offer the cooked flesh to her husband. Fierce fury drove the husband to attack his
wife with a bolo. Slashing with a blind fury.

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