Halloween Episodes
Find your next Halloween listen: original scary stories, haunted places, cryptid encounters and the folklore behind the season. Short on time? Start with The Fair Folk (25 minutes), a dark fairy rescue story. Prefer ghost folklore? Try Terrifying & True: Resurrection Mary (98 minutes), exploring Chicago’s vanishing-hitchhiker legend. Settling in for the night? The Monsters’ Halloween Revue delivers seven fictional scares in 4 hours 57 minutes. Browse the collection below, choose your nightmare and press play.
Oct. 29, 2023
14 Tales of Edgar Allan Poe — Gothic Stories and Poems for Halloween
Edgar Allan Poe’s Gothic tales and poems fill this Halloween collection with ravens, haunted houses, premature burial, murder, and madness. The program gathers 14 classic selections, including “The Raven,” “Morella,” “The Oval Portrait,” “The Conqueror Worm,” “The Haunted Palace,” “Spirits of the Dead,” “The Fall of the House of Usher,” and “The Cask of Amontillado.” Settle in for a substantial cozy-spooky listen from one of horror literature’s essential voices. Stories and poems by Edgar Alla...
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Oct. 28, 2023
Caroline Quinn: Vampire Hunter – A Halloween Siege at Hope Springs
Government troubleshooter Caroline Quinn reaches Hope Springs before Halloween and finds a retirement community transformed into a vampire nest. In Caroline’s world, superheroes and legendary monsters are both real. She handles threats requiring discretion and plausible deniability, carrying a custom automatic shotgun called Sweet Baby Jane, silver-loaded ammunition, and ultraviolet grenades. A string of unusual deaths leads her to the Hope Springs morgue, where elderly corpses reanimate with t...
Oct. 27, 2023
Halloween Radio 2023 — 22 Spooky Songs for Your Halloween Party
Henrique Couto becomes your Halloween-night DJ for 22 spooky songs made for carving pumpkins, handing out candy, and costumed parties. This full radio-style special pairs a Halloween playlist with personal memories, artist introductions, and enough macabre atmosphere to carry an October gathering or late-night drive. The radio-style format does more than sequence tracks: Henrique introduces the artists, shares memories, and creates the feeling of a live Halloween broadcast. The set is intended...
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Oct. 27, 2023
The Portal: An All-Night Horror Marathon Opens a Vampire Reality
Madelyne and Carter attend an all-night horror marathon in Strickfield, where a secret movie transports the audience into a world ruled by vampires. The final weekend before Halloween brings the friends to the Strickfield Centennial Theatre for twelve hours of movies, junk food, and caffeine. They meet Madelyne’s cousin Eileen Donnerly and Master Vampire Bella Taibon inside, turning the horrorthon into a reunion—until the Corgen Twins introduce an unknown midnight feature called “The Portal.” I...
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Oct. 25, 2023
Return to Cry Baby Bridge — Strickfield Halloween Ghost-Curse Sequel
On Halloween night, Madelyne Donnerly and her friends investigate Strickfield’s Cry Baby Bridge—and awaken the ghost who claims lost children. After leaving a formal Mirren family party, Madelyne “Mouse” Donnerly and Arial Mirren meet Carter Cross, Mona Ables, and Bailey Downs for trick-or-treating. Curiosity leads them to the bridge on Indian Hollow Road, where Strickfield legend warns of a murdered mother, a crying baby, and travelers who never return. The legend has a name: Abigail Tomlin. ...
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Oct. 24, 2023
Tricks and Treats Vol. 2 – Three Halloween Horror Stories
Jack Scratch returns to Strickfield on Halloween as Hell’s flamboyant talent scout, guiding listeners through three stories of trick-or-treating, Temptation, and murder. Every doorstep offers something more dangerous than candy. “Beggars Can’t Be Choosers” follows Halloween-hating Melissa White after she rejects the town’s traditions. “Halloween Cookies” turns a family recipe and a holiday visit into a sinister treat. “Beggars’ Night Massacre” unleashes a costumed killer during Strickfield’s w...
Oct. 23, 2023
Terrifying & True | Liske Family Massacre: The 2010 Halloween Murders in Oak Harbor
On Halloween morning in 2010, a teenager returned home in Oak Harbor, Ohio, and discovered that three members of his family had been murdered. Sixteen-year-old Devon Griffin found his mother, Susan Liske, and stepfather, William Liske, dead in their bedroom. His older brother, Derek Griffin, was found elsewhere in the house. The killings stunned Sandusky County and immediately focused attention on William “B.J.” Liske Jr., William’s adult son, who had a history of severe mental illness, violenc...
Oct. 21, 2023
Cutting Deep Into Horror | Murder Party (2007) — The Art Scene Gets Gory!
A lonely man follows a Halloween invitation to a Brooklyn warehouse, where pretentious artists plan to turn his murder into their masterpiece. Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi cut into Jeremy Saulnier’s 2007 horror comedy “Murder Party,” a handmade cult film built from cardboard armor, pumpkin bread, warehouse grime, and art-world insecurity. Chris (Chris Sharp) has no Halloween plans beyond movies and his cat, Sir Lancelot, until he finds an invitation on the street. He builds a Brown Knight...
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Oct. 20, 2023
Sweet Revenge: Candy Jack’s Halloween Return from the Grave
One year after Cleo, Reuben, and Hank killed their predatory candy-factory boss, Candy Jack rises from the grave as a sugar-coated Halloween monster. In 1999, Candy Jack used promotions and overtime to pressure single mother Cleo while the Candy Jack’s factory prepared peanut-butter kisses and other seasonal sweets. His attack ended in a violent confrontation that left Cleo traumatized, Reuben hospitalized, and Jack dead inside the machinery that made his fortune. By Halloween 2000, everyone is...
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Oct. 17, 2023
New Life on Halloween - Mutants and Mayhem are Loose!
A year after a deadly Friendsgiving awakens spider powers in Felicia Mirren, Halloween brings a new mutation and the truth behind her transformation. Felicia survives a Thanksgiving massacre only after her blood-crazed cousin Chelsea and her pet tarantula, Creepy, bite her within moments of each other. The strange combination leaves the Strickfield High cheerleader stronger, faster, able to cling to walls and spin webs—and hungry for blood. For months she tries to master her abilities while sea...
Oct. 16, 2023
Terrifying & True | The Murder of Martha Moxley — Mischief Night and the Skakel Case
Fifteen-year-old Martha Moxley was killed with a golf club in Greenwich, Connecticut, on Mischief Night 1975 after visiting the Skakel family. Martha was last seen on October 30 near the Skakels’ Belle Haven home. Her body was discovered beneath a tree in her family’s yard the next day, and pieces of a broken six-iron traced to the neighboring household were found at the scene. Suspicion moved among brothers Thomas and Michael Skakel and live-in tutor Kenneth Littleton, while changing accounts ...
Oct. 14, 2023
Six More Devious Tales of Halloween — Headless Riders, Pumpkin Monsters & Deadly Games
Six Halloween horror stories unleash headless riders, pumpkin monsters, cursed games, sinister trick-or-treating, and supermarket bloodshed. The lineup features “Dullahan” by Morgan Moore, “Origin of the Pumpkin Man” by Charles Campbell, “The Grinner” by Henrique Couto, “Ghost in the Graveyard” by Rob Fields, “Tricks and Treats” by Keith Tomlin, and “The Night Stocker” by Shane Migliavacca. It is a substantial spooky-season collection of folklore, monsters, revenge, and small-town terror. The ...
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Oct. 11, 2023
A Zombie’s Halloween: Bernadette’s Undead Army Attacks Strickfield Academy
Bernadette Hallow is bitten on Halloween and returns to Strickfield Academy with an undead army—but the headmistress has a secret life hunting monsters. Halloween lasts seven days in Strickfield, yet the strict Catholic academy refuses to close. Rebellious cheerleader Bernadette already hates the school, its rules, and Headmistress Hiltonson when a walk through the woods leaves her infected. Death does not end her anger. She rises hungry, powerful, and determined to make the students and teache...
Oct. 10, 2023
Books for Halloween with Cameron Chaney of “Library Macabre”
Horror author and Library Macabre creator Cameron Chaney joins Henrique Couto to build a Halloween reading list for fans of scary books. Their conversation explores the pleasure of seasonal horror reading, the books that belong beside an October night, and Cameron’s work celebrating macabre literature. The episode also discusses his novel “Autumncrow High: Fresh Hell,” making it a useful spooky-season listen for readers seeking their next frightening title. Cameron approaches horror reading as...
Oct. 9, 2023
Terrifying & True | Yoshihiro Hattori — The Halloween Wrong-Door Shooting in Louisiana
Japanese exchange student Yoshihiro “Yoshi” Hattori went to the wrong Louisiana house while looking for a Halloween party and was shot at the door. On October 17, 1992, the 16-year-old and his host brother Webb Haymaker followed a mistaken address in Baton Rouge. The decorated home and cars outside looked like the party, but homeowner Rodney Peairs emerged with a revolver. Peairs ordered Yoshi to “freeze.” Yoshi, wearing a costume and still approaching, may not have understood the command befor...
Oct. 7, 2023
Six Horrifying Tales of Halloween — Ghosts, Killers and October Monsters
Six self-contained Halloween horror stories bring together ghosts, murderers, supernatural creatures, and October nights that turn deadly. Built as an extended spooky-season anthology, this collection revisits classic Weekly Spooky tales for listeners seeking a long night of narrated Halloween fiction. Each story offers a different route into the holiday’s darker side without requiring prior listening. Every story is tied to October or Halloween, but the threats do not repeat one formula. Huma...
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Oct. 6, 2023
Burn on the Bayou: A Haunted Halloween Party, Alligators & Deadly Revenge
Undead party designer Lucien Greyshire stages a Halloween haunt at Pickering Manor, where a cheating husband expects the special effects to hide murder. The abandoned plantation house sits behind a mold-covered wall on the Louisiana bayou, surrounded by Civil War legends and the cries of the dead. Lucien’s burn scars, limp, and single good eye require no costume. Each year wealthy clients pay him to create a unique Greyshire Halloween, but his own history—killed in the fire that took his mother...
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Oct. 5, 2023
Strife of the Party: A Corporate Halloween Party Becomes an Ancient Sea-God Sacrifice
Special-effects artist Bronson James joins Keisha at a lavish corporate Halloween party, where the costumes and office rivalries feed an ancient aquatic god. Bronson arrives at the thirty-ninth floor of the Hind and Hart tower dressed as a leprechaun instead of the elaborate zombie he originally created. Keisha wants them to look like a couple, but their playful costume argument soon gives way to a room full of Barbies, superheroes, movie monsters, and powerful executives. Bronson is an outside...
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Oct. 4, 2023
A New Halloween Legend – The Haunted Carnovasch Estate
Castalia Mirren turns the abandoned Carnovasch Estate into the site of Strickfield’s biggest Halloween party—but the mansion is hiding something below. After being expelled from Strickfield Academy, fearless Castalia starts over at Strickfield High and soon discovers the supposedly haunted Carnovasch Estate with her girlfriend, Bobbi Brett. Ignoring the locked gate and KEEP OUT warning, they decide the deserted mansion is the perfect place for a Halloween celebration. As students from both sch...
Oct. 3, 2023
The Definitive Halloween Horror Movie Watchlist
Henrique sits down with his good friend and movie fanatic David Denoyer to rundown his exhaustive list of films that will make your Halloween season plenty spooky! From Family Friendly and Mainstream to dark, gritty and underground all are covered! David’s watchlist is organized to serve different audiences rather than insist on one definition of Halloween cinema. Family-friendly choices can begin the night, recognizable mainstream favorites keep a group engaged, and darker independent or unde...
Sept. 25, 2023
Monthly Spooky | Halloween Around the World, Skinwalker Ranch & Yoga Death Studio
How do other cultures celebrate Halloween? Can you cross the Atlantic in a hamster wheel? And is there a Yoga Death Cult in Great Britain?! Each segment follows one of the subjects named in Halloween Around the World, Skinwalker Ranch & Yoga Death Studio, moving between real-world oddities, supernatural lore, and horror entertainment. The result is an easy-to-follow roundup for listeners who enjoy eerie facts, unsettling conversation, and a different doorway into the strange every month. Chec...
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Sept. 20, 2023
Mad as Hell: A Strickfield Vigilante Hunts the Halloween Killer Next Door
A twenty-two-year-old Strickfield vigilante targets bullies and predators—then discovers another killer staging neighbors among their Halloween decorations. The unnamed narrator has spent years murdering people she considers rude, entitled, bigoted, or dangerous. After eliminating several targets around town, she returns home pleased with her work and reads about a body found two houses away. That victim is not hers. Someone is killing inside her upper-middle-class cul-de-sac, close enough to a...
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Sept. 6, 2023
The House in the Woods — Eight-Eyed Spider Horror in Alder Creek
A hiker searching for a lost Oregon ghost town discovers a house guarded by spider-filled jack-o’-lanterns and an eight-eyed creature wearing human skin. Years ago, the narrator entered Alder Creek forest hoping to locate an abandoned wool town. Lost after dark, he found a grotesque carved pumpkin containing a nest of spiders and a black arachnid the size of a baseball glove. Fog, a distant fire, and the need for shelter led him to an unmapped house filled with antiques—and a trunk packed with ...
Oct. 17, 2022
Terrifying & True | Poisoned Halloween Candy: Urban Legend, Panic, and Murder
Poisoned Halloween candy became an American urban legend despite a troubling gap between the familiar warning and documented crimes. Terrifying & True examines the deaths of Kevin Toston and Timothy O’Bryan, sociologist Joel Best’s research, and the media scares and hoaxes that helped keep parents checking wrappers. Real tragedies sit beside exaggerated claims, often pointing toward dangers closer to home than an unknown trick-or-treater’s neighbor. Why does the image of a stranger handing out p...