Good Friday in the Pampanga plains: the sun bakes the earth, the faithful line the dusty road, and for some the ritual of Penitencia becomes more than sacrifice — it becomes a doorway.

In this episode, Arthur Benedict Salcedo, a grieving rice farmer whose brutal self-flagellation opens him to something that is not mercy; and Roberto “Bert” Santiago, a repeat crucifixion devotee whose public suffering is hijacked into a spectacle of condemnation. We trace how extreme pain, cultural expectation, and old Kapampangan spirits converge—creating a volatile mix where humility can curdle into pride and penance can invite a darker hunger.

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