Scary Fiction Episodes

Ah, there you are. Unknown Broadcast returns with old-time radio horror stories, classic OTR, and radio suspense for those who like the dark close and the volume low, my dear. Tonight the valves warm and the quiet learns to talk: - 🔥 Hell Hath No Fury — Fame can’t drown jealousy; a private curtain falls where the applause can’t reach. - 🌒 The Night Reveals — Smoke on a coat, matches in a pocket; small sparks confess what lips refuse. - 🔑 Lady With a Key — Footsteps where no one should walk, a l...

Small town horror stories hit different—because everyone knows your name… and everyone is hiding something. In this Weekly Spooky Vault compilation, we dig into Small Town Secrets where quiet streets cover up occult rituals, missing people, backwoods monsters, and ancient things that should’ve stayed buried. Lock your doors, kill the lights, and listen close—because the scariest part is how normal it all looks in daylight. • I Was Sent to a Small Town Where Strange Things Were Happening — Micha...

Kick off the Best of 2025 with one of the most intense episodes we released on the Weekly Spooky horror podcast—a brutal winter survival horror story where a long-haul trucker gets trapped at a lonely truck stop after a sudden blizzard buries the world in white. The bathroom run turns into a nightmare when his tracks vanish, the store is locked and dark, and something moves in the storm—something too big, too patient, and too wrong to be a deer. Back in his cab, with fuel running low and the wi...

Weekly Spooky rings in the new year with a New Year’s Eve horror story that spirals into a Y2K nightmare—and it all starts with a stupidly simple discovery: crank two radios loud enough, hit the right tone, and you can rip open a hole in time. Sixteen-year-old Jimmy and his cousin Phillip start pulling lost junk from the void… until grief turns curiosity into obsession. One phone call becomes a lifeline. One step through the portal becomes a disaster. And one panicked, brain-melting decision in...

Ah, there you are, my dear. Unknown Broadcast returns with old-time radio horror stories, classic OTR ghost tales, and radio suspense for these last nights before New Year’s Eve—when clocks get louder and promises come due. Sit close to the speaker and let the tubes warm. Inside tonight’s program: - 👼 Angel of Death — Grief invites a visitor who never uses the front door. - 🔔 Calling All Souls — A name answered at midnight… by someone who shouldn’t know it. - 🕯️ Two Birds with One Stone — Jealo...

Ring in the new year with a New Year’s Eve horror stories marathon built for maximum dread: devil bargains, vampires in the dark, zombie chaos, and a paranormal case file that turns the end of the year into a blood-soaked countdown. If you’re searching for scary New Year stories, NYE horror, or a horror anthology podcast to binge, this is your midnight companion—six twisted tales that get meaner as the clock runs out. Inside this New Year’s Eve compilation (in airing order): • Even the Devil T...

Looking for after Christmas horror stories and scary Christmas stories to keep the season creepy on December 26? Tonight on the Weekly Spooky feed, we’re dropping a holiday horror podcast double feature—two full-length Christmas horror novellas built for the quiet, eerie day after Christmas, when the decorations are still up… and the darkness feels closer. This episode is a post-Christmas horror marathon packed with supernatural dread, winter nightmares, and the kind of holiday terror that hits...

Weekly Spooky drops a Christmas Eve horror story soaked in ’90s slasher energy and last-minute retail panic. In Etawah, Oklahoma (1996), Otis Kilgore walks into the Big K like it’s a church—new car, new haircut, new plan—convinced a cashier named Diane has been sending him secret messages. But when the store “messes with” his routine, Otis spirals into a holiday meltdown that turns Blue Light Specials into red-hot violence. What starts as awkward small-town obsession becomes a full-tilt killer ...

Weekly Spooky unleashes a Christmas horror anthology where the lights are twinkling… and the afterlife is weaponized. When Jack Scratch throws open the curtains on Hell’s “operations,” you don’t get fire-and-brimstone pageantry—you get clipboards, procedures, and punishments dressed up in tinsel. Tonight’s holiday horrors include: - The Santa Experiment — a confused man wakes in a dying Christmas postcard town… and a Santa with an axe starts closing the distance. - Christmas Bones — at the pea...

Unknown Broadcast — old-time radio horror stories, classic OTR, radio suspense, and Christmas ghost stories for the longest nights of the year. A special holiday edition, my dear: later nights for cold frights. We unwrap mislaid presents, whispered confessions, and footsteps in new snow; a Yule of shivers where favors come due and the past waits in a frost-rimmed mirror. Come nearer to the speaker. The tree lights hum. Somewhere between the carols and the wind, a voice promises a gift… and the b...

Christmas horror stories marathon time, my spookies. Tonight on Weekly Spooky, you’re getting a full holiday horror novella triple-feature—three long, nasty winter tales where tinsel and terror share the same oxygen. This is cozy-season listening with sharp teeth: a haunted mall after-hours, a slumber-party movie night that opens the wrong door, and a Christmas event at an orphanage that won’t stay sweet for long. If you’re hunting for scary Christmas stories, holiday horror, and a bingeable ho...

If you’re hunting for Christmas horror stories and scary Christmas stories that feel like a warm holiday glow… right before the lights go out—welcome to the final Xmas compilation of the year on the Weekly Spooky feed. Expect holiday horror, supernatural dread, and the kind of winter nightmares that make you double-check the chimney, the gift tags, and the shadows in the tree. Inside this compilation: • All I Want For Christmas - Is my Mother to Stop Haunting Me! — A family that “goes all in” ...

It’s Christmas Eve, the lights are bright, the carols are fake, and something wrong is crawling down the chimney of a normal night. In this Weekly Spooky Christmas horror story, Allison just wants to survive the holidays long enough to buy a last-minute gift… but a filthy, broken “Santa” has other plans — and he’s working off a Naughty List that doesn’t forgive and doesn’t forget. Inside this episode: - A big-box store nightmare where the doors feel like they’ve locked themselves - A killer San...

Looking for a Christmas horror story that hits like a slasher, moves like a thriller, and burns like a nightmare? This week on Weekly Spooky, the holidays turn deadly in the Strickfield universe when a toxic chemical crash on a snowy Ohio highway ignites neon green fire—and something comes shambling out of it. Detective Chantel Devereux thinks the worst is over… until the “accident” echoes into the next year and the body count starts climbing in ways that don’t make sense—melted flesh, missing ...

A witch’s Christmas Day execution curses generations of doomed lovers, binding a medieval betrayal to a modern romance at Strickfield University. In the village of Mirren, healer Murial Arkam is condemned as a witch after Chardin Capwell denies their secret relationship to protect his standing. Facing the guillotine on December 25, Murial curses every male descendant of the Capwell bloodline: each will become entangled with a woman from her own family, and betrayal will deliver his soul to the ...

Weekly Spooky brings you a Christmas horror story about a broke newsboy, a hidden antiques shop, and a cursed snow globe that can tilt luck itself—if you’re willing to pay. Inside the glass sits a miniature winter town… and with each whispered wish, the flakes swirl… and a few turn black. At first, it feels like a miracle: debts vanish, odds bend, and the world finally stops kicking you in the teeth. But the snow globe keeps count. The town inside begins to glow with holiday lights, the season ...

Unknown Broadcast returns with classic old-time radio horror stories—radio suspense steeped in paranoia, poison, prison clocks, and a blade that never stops its kiss. Settle in, my dear: this ghost stories podcast slips between classic OTR chambers—Mystery Theater, Escape, The Whistler, and more—where alibis are stitched on ocean liners, serpents nest under sheets, and justice keeps perfect time. Tonight’s anthology is candlelit, close-mouthed, and very patient. Breathe quietly. - 🚢 Sea of Trou...

Trade Hallmark cheer for brutal Christmas horror stories in this binge-length Weekly Spooky special. We’re talking Christmas horror, twisted folklore, and bloody urban legends—killer elves, demonic Santas, zombie outbreaks, and holiday vengeance that turns tinsel into a crime scene. Settle in for seven chilling stories where the North Pole runs red: a cyborg warrior duels a demonic Santa in a blizzard-choked war zone, a drunk mall Santa gets his very own razor-toothed “little helper,” Strickfie...

Dive into a chilling Christmas horror tale with “A Blue Christmas,” where eerie folklore and superhero dark fantasy collide in the snow-covered streets of Shore City. This feature-length episode blends spooky stories and urban legends during the spooky season, delivering mature themes and an anthology vibe that horror fans will love. Follow reporter Miranda Mason-Phillips as she uncovers Blue Girl, an alien superhero, and The Jeweler, a gem-clad vigilante, confronting a demon goddess and a deadl...

On this Weekly Spooky Christmas horror special, we’re heading back to Strickfield, Ohio for a night of folklore, family traditions, and a Krampus visit that feels a little too real. When Daisy May Donnerly, Carnelian Mirren, and the ever-hungry Ol’ McDonald settle in on Christmas Eve, all they’re supposed to do is leave milk and cookies for Santa—because on this farm, that’s not just a cute ritual, it’s a rule. Break the tradition, and the “bad version” of Santa might just come calling. This Ch...

Ah, there you are, my dear. Unknown Broadcast arrives with old-time radio horror stories, classic OTR chills, and the kind of radio suspense that leans close enough to fog the glass. Tonight, six shadows take attendance: - 👶 Child of Misfortune — Some lives are born owing. Fate keeps the ledger; the interest is fear. - 👑 King of the World — When ego crowns itself, the fall kneels to no one. Power is a lovely mask, my dear—until it slips. - 🎁 A Good Thing — A perfect gift with teeth in the ribbo...

Looking for terrifying Christmas horror stories to binge this December? This Weekly Spooky holiday special unleashes nine brutal Christmas horror tales packed with killer Santas, vengeful Krampus spirits, murderous androids, and snow-choked nightmares — the perfect Christmas horror podcast compilation for wrapping gifts, long drives, or late-night chills. Settle in for over-the-top holiday carnage as we revisit listener-favorite stories from across the Weekly Spooky vault, curated into one seam...

Dive into a chilling Christmas horror story in this novella-length special from Weekly Spooky. Set in the snowy, eerie town of Strickfield, this episode combines cozy small-town Christmas vibes with truly scary, supernatural urban legends. Follow Bill and his family as they uncover the dark secrets of the haunted Christmas Carnival, a place where the rides still run and sinister forces lurk behind every corner. Packed with mature themes perfect for the holiday spooky season, this episode blends...

Christmas Eve in a small-town church takes a terrifying turn in this chilling holiday horror story. “The Pageant”brings you into the heart of Christmas traditions gone wrong, filled with suspense, mature themes, and dark secretslurking beneath the carols and candlelight. Janet Monroe, caught up in the high-stakes drama of running the church’s Christmas pageant, confronts eerie happenings and a mysterious stranger that threaten to unravel everything she holds dear. Pour some cocoa, dim the light...