Haunted Places Episodes
Explore haunted houses, hotels, roads and abandoned places through their history and reported ghost stories. Join Henrique Couto and the Weekly Spooky hosts as they separate documented events from local folklore and disputed paranormal claims.
Start with these three: Bihl Manor for Fremont, Ohio’s house behind A Very Haunted Renovation; the Stanley Hotel for Room 217 and The Shining; and Spook Hollow for haunted roads and headless-bridge legends. Browse those episodes and more haunted locations below.
Start with these three: Bihl Manor for Fremont, Ohio’s house behind A Very Haunted Renovation; the Stanley Hotel for Room 217 and The Shining; and Spook Hollow for haunted roads and headless-bridge legends. Browse those episodes and more haunted locations below.
June 2, 2025
Terrifying & True | The Herrmann Family Poltergeist — America’s First Televised Haunting
In 1958, bottles popped open and heavy objects flew through the Herrmann family’s Seaford, Long Island, home—sometimes in front of police and reporters. The disturbances began with household containers mysteriously spilling their contents, then escalated to moving figurines, overturned furniture, and dangerous projectiles. Nassau County detective Joseph Tozzi investigated, tested conventional explanations, and documented 67 reported incidents. National press and television crews turned the subu...
May 26, 2025
Monthly Spooky | Murder by Mushroom, Haunted Dudleytown, and Eerie Disappearances
This month on Monthly Spooky, Henrique and Michelle dive into one of the most bizarre true crime cases in recent history—a woman in Australia accused of fatally poisoning her in-laws with Death Cap mushrooms. Was it an accident… or something more sinister? But the chills don’t stop there. You’ll also hear about: - A disturbing string of graffiti linked to a missing toddler - The legend of Dudleytown, Connecticut—a town so cursed it’s been erased from most maps - The strange relationship betwee...
April 28, 2025
Monthly Spooky | Haunted Morgues, Cropsey and Staten Island Horror
Cropsey folklore, Andre Rand’s crimes, Jennifer Schweiger’s disappearance, haunted morgues, and Staten Island horror history lead this Monthly Spooky investigation. Whether you love horror podcasts, true crime podcasts, or spooky urban legends podcasts, this episode of Monthly Spooky delivers chills, laughs, and unforgettable stories. Tune in for your monthly fix of true crime horrors, haunted legends, and tales that will keep you looking over your shoulder. Subscribe now for new haunted histor...
March 31, 2025
Monthly Spooky | Haunted Houses, Stolen Artwork, and April Fool’s Gone Wrong
Haunted Houses, Stolen Artwork, and April Fool’s Gone Wrong lead a Monthly Spooky roundup of eerie news, folklore, paranormal mysteries, and horror culture. Hosted by filmmaker and frightmaster Henrique Couto, alongside co-host Michelle, this month’s episode is packed with creepy news, unsettling stories, and some pitch-black humor just in time for April. 👻 In This Episode: • Real ghost hunters from the UK claim physical attacks during an investigation 👻 • A Scottish couple fears a haunting ma...
Jan. 27, 2025
Monthly Spooky | Haunted Mansions, Bear Impersonators, Snuff-Film Myths & Digital Horror
An allegedly unsellable haunted mansion, a bizarre bear impersonator, and the myths surrounding snuff films lead this Monthly Spooky tour through modern fear. Henrique and Michelle return to the crypt with a mix of strange news, dark humor, and horror-culture history. First comes the chaotic story of someone accused of impersonating a bear, followed by an English mansion whose haunted reputation may be making it impossible to sell. The hosts consider what a frightening property story needs to b...
Nov. 25, 2024
Monthly Spooky | Spectral Harassment, Dangerous Giraffes and Christmas Hauntings!
Monthly Spooky investigates spectral harassment, bizarre animal encounters, holiday hauntings, and the strangest headlines of the season. Henrique Couto and Michelle begin with deep-sea fish washing ashore along the California coast and the folklore that treats unusual marine activity as an omen. Their post-Halloween catch-up also visits neighborhood trick-or-treating, childhood memories, and the delicate art of giving young visitors a playful scare without ruining the night. The spooky-news d...
Oct. 28, 2024
Monthly Spooky | Evil Hauntings, Dangerous Dolls, and Terrifying Halloween Realities!
Dangerous dolls, racoons attacking, haunted houses and then dive into the reality of terrifying Halloween myths lead this Monthly Spooky crypt conversation. Each segment follows one of the subjects named in Evil Hauntings, Dangerous Dolls, and Terrifying Halloween Realities, moving between real-world oddities, supernatural lore, and horror entertainment. Listeners can move from one uncanny subject to the next without losing the relaxed, curious rhythm that defines Monthly Spooky. Check out Mi...
Aug. 26, 2024
Monthly Spooky | Haunted Dolls for Sale, Monkeys on the Loose and Terrors of the Moon!
Haunted dolls for sale, monkeys on the loose, ghosts in an abandoned school, and myths of the Moon enter the Monthly Spooky crypt. Henrique Couto and Michelle compare strange-news reports before taking a deeper look at lunar folklore and the fears people have projected onto the night sky. Dolls advertised with haunting histories show how supernatural narratives can become part of an object’s value. Escaped monkeys provide a very real form of local chaos, while the abandoned-school segment brin...
June 24, 2024
Monthly Spooky | Haunted Hospitals, Imaginary Friends, and False Memories
Abandoned hospitals, hero rats, ghostly visitors and false memories lead this Monthly Spooky crypt conversation. Abandoned hospitals carry the memory of illness, confinement, and institutional history, making them powerful settings for reported hauntings. Imaginary friends and ghostly visitors raise a different question about unseen companions, while false memories challenge confidence in the mind’s own record. Hero rats provide a surprising real-world counterpoint to the darker material. The ...
May 27, 2024
Monthly Spooky | Haunted Highways, Killer Worms and Haunted Apartments!
Abandoned hospitals, deadly worms, and do a deep dive into America's Most Haunted Roads lead this Monthly Spooky crypt conversation. The haunted-road discussion treats travel itself as the vulnerable state: drivers are isolated, landmarks repeat in darkness, and local stories attach ghosts, warnings, or unexplained figures to specific stretches of pavement. Abandoned hospitals and haunted apartments bring the same location-based fear indoors, while the killer-worm report replaces supernatural u...
March 25, 2024
Monthly Spooky | Vanishing Hitchhikers, Bugs in Your Nose, and a Ghostly Love Triangle!
Abandoned asylums, ghostly lovers, and the legend of the vanishing hitchhiker lead this Monthly Spooky crypt conversation. Vanishing-hitchhiker stories attach a fleeting passenger to a road, a death, and a driver who learns the truth too late. The ghostly love triangle gives haunting an intimate motive, while an abandoned asylum supplies a location where reputation and evidence blur. The nose-bug story brings the episode back to a more physical and immediate form of unease. Rather than forcing...
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...
Aug. 28, 2023
Monthly Spooky | Invading Bunnies, Abandoned-Island Screams & a Fearless Sea Otter
We cover invading bunnies, really awesome sea otters, hellish places all over the world, and a chair for sale that is definitely not haunted. Stop trying to think it is haunted, you look foolish. Each segment follows one of the subjects named in Invading Bunnies, Abandoned-Island Screams & a Fearless Sea Otter, moving between real-world oddities, supernatural lore, and horror entertainment. It is part paranormal conversation, part horror-culture catch-up, and part invitation to follow the mon...
Aug. 21, 2023
Terrifying & True | Pakistan Urban Legends: Pichal Peri, Karsaz Churail & Haunted Places
Pakistan’s urban legends lead from a woman with backward feet to haunted roads, palaces, islands, and buildings where the past is said to remain dangerously present. Terrifying & True gathers stories from several regions rather than treating one legend as a verified case. The episode visits Old Sukkur’s Jinnat Building, Karachi’s Karsaz Road and Devil’s Point, the Mohatta Palace, and a lodge associated with sudden deaths. It also follows the Pichal Peri, a shapeshifting female spirit whose beau...
March 27, 2023
Monthly Spooky | Haunted Photos, Crybaby Bridges & Cocaine Cat
Haunted photos, a house that comes with a cemetery and more lead this Monthly Spooky crypt conversation. Photographs offer an apparent record, which makes an unexplained figure or impossible detail especially persuasive to people who want evidence of a haunting. Crybaby Bridge legends work differently, attaching repeated rituals and tragic backstories to local roads. A property sold with its own cemetery and the bizarre Cocaine Cat story push the conversation from supernatural claims into odd n...