Taotaomona Tales

All this week leading up to Halloween, we're rebooting an island classic – The Taotaomona Tales! Nick Delgado sits with various members of our island community and learns about scary stories, living legends, and true myths from our island's past. For this final installment, the KUAM team tells their own "campfire tales" about their experiences with taotaomona and how its affected them as Guamanians and what they've learned from our ancestors.

All this week leading up to Halloween, we're rebooting an island classic – The Taotaomona Tales! Nick Delgado sits with various members of our island community and learns about scary stories, living legends, and true myths from our island's past. Today he introduces you to CHamoru teacher Rufina Mendiola, a teacher who opens her classroom to share the stories and spirit of the taotaomona.

All this week leading up to Halloween, we're rebooting an island classic – The Taotaomona Tales! Nick Delgado sits with various members of our island community and learns about scary stories, living legends, and true myths from our island's past. Today he introduces you to Johnny 'Cake' Siguenza, a colletor of ancient Chamorro artifacts, who shares his own experience with the spirits of our ancestors.

All this week leading up to Halloween, we're rebooting an island classic – The Taotaomona Tales! Nick Delgado sits with various members of our island community and learns about scary stories, living legends, and true myths from our island's past. Today he introduces you to Kin Duenas, who shares a story about a certain house in Tiyan.

All this week leading up to Halloween, we're rebooting an island classic – The Taotaomona Tales! Nick Delgado sits with various members of our island community and learns about scary stories, living legends, and true myths from our island's past. Today he introduces you to Teresita Guerrero, who shares about her encounters and beliefs.

Chris Barnett talks with Kin Concepcion about how the taotaomona and their impact on the local culture.

In this episode of The Taotaomona Tales podcast, Chris Barnett sits down with Guam's official exorcist, Father Jose Villagomez. Pale' Jose shares his experiences and explains why he thinks the Taotaomona are really devils in disguise.

For the first episode of this limited series "Taotaomona Tales", KUAM's Chris Barnett talks with Dr. Marilyn Salas-Walter. “Auntie Marilyn” researches the history and cultural significance of the taotaomona on Guam. The spirits of our ancestors play a big part in our island's heritage, and this honest and eye-opening conversation is a great way to open Chris’ series!