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4 Scary Stories | Serial Killers, Witches, Werewolves & Supernatural Monsters
Aug. 22, 2026

4 Scary Stories | Serial Killers, Witches, Werewolves & Supernatural Monsters

Four scary stories unleash serial killers, witchcraft, a werewolf curse, supernatural seduction, and a gigantic killer gummy worm. Celebrate Summerween and Halloween in summer with a complete horror fiction anthology packed with occult rituals, crime horror, murder mysteries, supernatural monsters, body horror, and dark comedy. Two criminal brothers follow a wealthy woman home expecting an easy robbery. Instead, they interrupt a secret witchcraft ritual involving an ancient enchanted collar—and
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Cutting Deep into Horror | Tonight She Comes (2016): Blood Rituals & Body Horror
Aug. 21, 2026

Cutting Deep into Horror | Tonight She Comes (2016): Blood Rituals & Body Horror

Tonight She Comes (2016) is a blood-soaked supernatural slasher for horror fans building their Halloween watchlists—a cabin-in-the-woods nightmare that mutates into occult body horror, splatter comedy, and resurrection horror. On this episode of Cutting Deep into Horror, hosts Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi revisit the outrageous independent horror film that has stayed with them for a decade and explain why its strangest choices are far more deliberate than they first appear. Henrique and R
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Clown Panic 2016: When Weird Experiences Become Urban Legends | Thursday Thrills
Aug. 20, 2026

Clown Panic 2016: When Weird Experiences Become Urban Legends | Thursday Thrills

Ten years after the 2016 killer clown panic, Weekly Spooky’s Thursday Thrills returns to the creepy clown sightings that began near Fleetwood Manor Apartments in Greenville County, South Carolina. In August 2016, children and residents reported clowns in the woods—mysterious figures allegedly displaying money, flashing green lights or lasers, making strange noises, and trying to persuade children to follow them toward an abandoned house near a pond. Deputies searched the wooded area and increase
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The Darkness Under Clear Lake: A Sunken Relic Possesses a Missing Swimmer
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Aug. 19, 2026

The Darkness Under Clear Lake: A Sunken Relic Possesses a Missing Swimmer

Brian vanishes beneath Clear Lake and returns hours later clutching a carved relic—waterlogged, impossibly strong, and violently changed. Brian and Michelle plan a quiet end-of-summer camping trip, only to find Michelle’s former best friends Kristin, Hailey, and Bella in the neighboring site. Old tensions soften into drinking, swimming, and one last celebration before school resumes. Then Brian dives into the lake looking for lost objects and finds something resembling carved petrified wood ben
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This Week in Horror History | Halloween Primer: Blade, Exorcist III & American Werewolf
Aug. 18, 2026

This Week in Horror History | Halloween Primer: Blade, Exorcist III & American Werewolf

Blade, The Exorcist III, An American Werewolf in London, You’re Next, The Night House, and Night of the Creeps lead this August 17–23 horror-history guide. The release-date calendar revisits William Peter Blatty’s rain-soaked supernatural detective story The Exorcist III, Rebecca Hall’s haunted grief in The Night House, Wesley Snipes’ debut as Marvel’s vampire-hunting Daywalker in Blade, and the masked home invasion of You’re Next. Each film offers a different route into the Halloween pregame:
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Terrifying & True | The Pale Crawler: How The Rake Became a Cryptid Legend
Aug. 17, 2026

Terrifying & True | The Pale Crawler: How The Rake Became a Cryptid Legend

The Pale Crawler is a modern cryptid legend and Halloween Favorite tied to The Rake, a creepypasta deliberately created online in 2005. What began as an anonymous forum experiment soon became a wave of alleged humanoid sightings, viral trail-camera images, Reddit stories and YouTube horror. In this episode of Terrifying & True, we trace Operation Crawler and the birth of The Rake creepypasta, the alleged Effingham, Illinois and rural Kentucky encounters, the notorious Louisiana “swamp monster”
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Recent Blog Posts

The Mechanical Walt: Audio-Animatronics as Disneyland's Cryogenic Chamber
June 27, 2026

The Mechanical Walt: Audio-Animatronics as Disneyland's Cryogenic Chamber

Beyond the frozen body myth, what if Walt Disney's true 'preservation' is found not in ice, but in the uncanny lifelikeness of Disneyland's Audio-Animatronics? Explore how these marvels became Walt's enduring echo, a chillingly advanced form of lega…
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Beyond the Blind Spots: How Camera Limitations Hampered the Brian Shaffer Investigation
June 23, 2026

Beyond the Blind Spots: How Camera Limitations Hampered the Brian Shaffer Investigation

The disappearance of Brian Shaffer from the Ugly Tuna Saloona remains a chilling enigma, largely because crucial moments were shrouded in obscurity. The failure of surveillance cameras to capture his exit highlights a critical investigative hurdle: …
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America’s Loch Ness Monster: Why Lake Monster Legends Still Refuse to Sink
June 12, 2026

America’s Loch Ness Monster: Why Lake Monster Legends Still Refuse to Sink

What is it about a dark lake at night that makes every ripple feel alive? In this episode of Thursday Thrills, Weekly Spooky dives into one of the most enduring forms of monster folklore: the lake creature. From the legendary Champ of Lake Champlai…
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Reviews

Lots of fun!

"I found this after seeing a podcast with Henrique. Started at episode one and was hooked! If you like being spooky stories, this is a definite go to."

krisclark71 | June 27, 2022

Love halloween

"I love Halloween and to be able to have it all year round in the form of a podcast is fantastic, I listen while I am at work and love the stories I'm even tempted to write my own, thank you for every…"

Kelly oram | Oct. 27, 2022

Great spooky fun

"Other spooky podcasts run on a limited basis around Halloween but Weekly Spooky is year round and tons of fun. I love that most episodes are about 20-30 minutes long so they fit nicely into morning w…"

CGBolton1 | Feb. 11, 2023

Love weekly spooky 👻

"I found this on I Heart radio! I love it so much, makes the work day fly by! I started listening from the beginning! Amazing stories! Amazing host! A must have for the horror genre! The episodes, the…"

Mi6 | April 12, 2026

The podcast is great!

"Great for short stories. Some more “adult”, some less. Great narration. Has a bit of old school radio program vibe- absolutely wonderful!!!"

Jkw | Aug. 17, 2023

Simply the best!!

"Absolutely the best Spooky podcast to listen to year round."

Vince A | Sept. 28, 2023

MORE STRICKFIELD PLEASE!

"I love this show, the new episode every day of October has made my whole month better. The spooky is my fav and I can't wait to hear more! Give us more STRICKFIELD! Can't get enough!"

TommyfromStLouis | Oct. 9, 2023

Strickfield series

"Thanks for posting Portion night for the dead! I haven't heard that one. I'm so excited. Weekly spooky is the best! Keep up the good work!"

Lyn Adkins | Jan. 16, 2024

Awesome Story Telling

"Love everything about this podcast"

Pav | Oct. 18, 2024

Awesome Spooky Podcast!!

"There’s a lot of different scary / spooky podcasts out there, but I’m so glad I found this one!! Not only do I love scary stories during spooky season, but I love them all year long so this is just p…"

Chuntemann86 | Oct. 30, 2024
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