Episodes

The First Thanksgiving wasn’t a cheerful myth—it was born from starvation, epidemic, and uneasy diplomacybetween the Wampanoag and the Pilgrims at Plymouth in 1620–1621. In this Terrifying & True deep-dive, we peel back comforting legend to confront the Great Dying, the stark winter that followed the Mayflower landfall, and the fragile accord brokered through Samoset, Squanto, and Massasoit. We unpack the mutual-defense treaty, the practical lifelines of corn, fish, and eels, the political subt...

In this episode of Mystery Theater, we delve into the sinister world crafted by Wilkie Collins, exploring a chilling tale titled "Shadows from the Grave." The story is introduced by our host, Hyman Brown, who sets the stage for an intriguing exploration of mortality and the supernatural. We meet Xavier Yardley Zenith, a young photographer who inherits a mysterious estate from his Uncle George, who ominously proclaims that he will die within a week. Uncle George's peculiar insistence on guarding...

Arts and culture reporter Andrew Shearer joins Henrique Couto for a sixth-anniversary account of how Weekly Spooky grew from a Halloween 2019 launch into a near-daily horror feed. You’ll hear behind-the-scenes production stories, the chapters of Henrique’s podcasting journey (“Making a Living in Podcasting,” “Behind the Curtain of Creativity”), and the classic influences—Tales from the Crypt, The Twilight Zone—that shaped Weekly Spooky’s voice. Plus: how new segments like Terrifying & True and ...

Werewolf horror collides with hunting gone wrong in a full-moon revenge tale that turns a quiet farmhouse into a home-invasion nightmare. Two friends take a shot in the dark woods and trigger a relentless payback—amber eyes at the window, claws at the door, and a family debt that must be paid before dawn. Expect cinematic suspense, survival horror, and a sharp morality play about guilt, guns, and what stalks the tree line when the moon is high. This Weekly Spooky horror podcast episode delivers...

This Week in Horror History connects Gojira, Carrie, They Live through release anniversaries, creators, cultural context, and the continuing influence of the featured horror titles. This Week in Horror History is your weekly horror podcast tracking classic anniversaries and where to watch. For Nov 3–9, we hit Gojira (Godzilla, 1954), Carrie (1976), They Live (1988), The Twilight Zone: “Escape Clause” (1959), Silent Hill Origins (2007), and cult slasher The Prowler (1981)—plus birthdays for Bram...

The true story of the Donner Party—cannibalism and survival in the Sierra Nevada. In winter 1846–1847, nearly 90 pioneers were snowbound at Truckee/Donner Lake after betting on the Hastings Cutoff and losing critical weeks in the Wasatch Mountains and Great Salt Lake Desert. What followed—starvation, the Forlorn Hope snowshoe escape, and cannibalism—became America’s most infamous saga of westward migration. This documentary-style episode of Terrifying & True traces the route from Springfield, I...

Unknown Broadcast keeps vigil for All Souls’ Day—a night of old time radio horror stories (old-time radio / OTR horror), vintage radio drama, and midnight radio suspense in a true ghost stories podcast ritual. Between stations the names return, and someone answers from the far side. Step closer; listen softer. Some signals aren’t meant for the living—yet here we are. 🕯️ Home is Where the Ghost Is — We don’t say their name out loud; the house remembers it for us. 👻 The Dead Alive — A knock at a ...

Ghosts Beyond the Veil brings together a complete horror collection shaped by ghost lore and supernatural suspense, murder, disappearance, and investigation, and Halloween-night atmosphere, with each included story retaining its own premise and identity. 💀 When Halloween fades and Día de los Muertos begins, Weekly Spooky keeps the candles burning for the restless dead. Join us this November 1st for seven chilling stories of ghosts, haunted places, and spirits that refuse to stay buried. Each t...

After hours in a nearly empty supermarket, Nancy receives supernatural warnings as a masked figure begins hunting through the aisles on Halloween night. With mature themes, intense scares, and suspenseful horror storytelling, prepare for a night full of dread and darkness. Nancy encounters supernatural warnings, a haunting masked figure, and something that craves warmth in this unforgettable scary story perfect for the spooky season. Featuring Shane Migliavacca, writer of the series’ very firs...

It’s the day before Halloween—aka Halloween Eve/Mischief Night—and we’re taking you straight into a haunted house where dares turn deadly and ghosts don’t just whisper… they play by house rules. In Grimm Manor, a backwoods Strickfield legend, a stubborn challenge becomes a nightmare scavenger hunt with a single key, ticking clocks, and the specter of midnight closing in. Expect high-octane teen bravado, crackling Halloween atmosphere, and old-world spirits with unfinished business. Content note...

A cruel prank inside Locust Grove Asylum awakens grave-born Dirt Babies and traps a group of young people inside their Halloween revenge. Deep within the decaying halls of Locust Grove Asylum, a cruel prank unleashes an ancient evil — and this Halloween, the Dirt Babies have returned. Middle school misfits, goth teens, and a grieving babysitter all collide when a cursed patch of grave dirt births tiny, homicidal creatures with a thirst for vengeance. What began as a twisted Halloween dare soon...

Jack Scratch presents three Halloween stories involving an unholy trick-or-treat ritual, a vengeful zombie dog, and thieves who open a cursed chamber. This special episode of Weekly Spooky, Tricks and Treats 2025, delivers three blood-chilling tales of terror told by your favorite infernal host, Jack Scratch. These interconnected Halloween stories explore the darkest corners of small-town evil, from child-snatching cultists to vengeful zombie dogs and serial-killer soulmates. 👻 Rebirth – A swe...

Halloween myths, poisoned candy, haunted houses, urban legends—we dive into the season’s biggest fears and the fun behind them. Henrique and Michelle unpack the poisoned Halloween candy panic, how it started, and why it stuck, then romp through haunted attractions and strange encounters that keep October deliciously spooky. We round it out with a quick October horror watch-list and some eerie stories from the internet’s favorite campfire. Inside this episode - Tiny little skeletons to set the m...

Hello, my dear, allow me to slip into your feed this Halloween with a haunted signal of old-time radio horror stories and spine-chilling Halloween tales. These aren’t just whispers in the static—they’re ghostly warnings from a world where shadows speak and the dead walk again. 🎃 Devil’s Gold — A soldier finds an ancient curse buried beneath war-torn soil… and the price for greed is damnation. 🪓 The Devil’s Workshop — A small-town tale of madness and murder where sinister tools make sinister han...

Light your candles and brace yourself for over seven haunting hours of Halloween horror stories—a monumental celebration of spooky season and the chilling genius of Edgar Allan Poe. Poe’s most scary stories and spooky tales of madness, obsession, and death, all steeped in gothic atmosphere and mature themes. Perfect for Halloween night, a dark autumn drive, or those long October evenings when you crave horror stories that still send shivers down the spine nearly two centuries later. Perfect fo...

The Blair Witch Project (1999) follows three student filmmakers into the Maryland woods, where invented folklore and deteriorating footage make an unseen threat feel real. We unpack its unsettling folklore, improvisational performances, and the way fear, survival, and group dynamics collapse in the Burkittsville woods. Directed by Daniel Myrick & Eduardo Sánchez, this cult landmark still crawls under the skin more than two decades later. Inside this episode - Into the Woods — Setting the sta...

Settle in for a feature-length horror story triple bill—full novellas packed with vampires, blood-soaked nightlife, and a blizzard-born revenant. Perfect for Halloween, spooky season binges, and anyone hunting scary stories that go for the throat without filler. • Vampire Night — Joe Ruston Cleveland after dark turns carnivorous when a sunglasses-at-midnight predator and his razor-smiled companions drift from a one-way joyride into a neon strip-club nightmare, leaving a trail of sharp-toothed m...

Halloween night turns into a horror story! The Pendleton Haunted Hayride promises safe scares and small-town fun—until the rules start breaking themselves. Colette and her friends just wanted caramel apples, spooky lights, and a few harmless jumps. But as the wagon rolls deeper into the fog, every stop grows darker… and every “scene” feels a little too real. When the lights go out and the screams don’t sound staged anymore, the group realizes they’re part of a horror show that isn’t supposed t...

Celebrate your Spooky Season on a quiet Ohio block where a ghost boy pedals through the dark—and only some neighbors can see him. In this chilling tale of suburban hauntings and emotional struggles, Emmett Perry is fighting the bottle, trying to be a better dad. Late-night sightings pull him into an eerie mystery tied to a fatal bike accident, a wary grandma named Millie, and whispers about 'the bad lady' who once lived in his house. As nightmares blur with reality, Emmett uncovers a truth hidi...

In this terrifying Halloween horror anthology from Weekly Spooky—the top-rated podcast for scary stories, haunted legends, and audio horror fiction. This chilling compilation brings together 8 original tales of cursed costumes, haunted airwaves, serial killers, and cornfield nightmares—all soaked in Halloween atmosphere. • Never Enter the Old Corn Maze on Halloween — by William Rayne A teenager enters a forbidden corn maze on Halloween night—where the legends say the dead can reach the living. ...

When the Halloween season rolls in, few names cast a darker shadow than Ed and Lorraine Warren—the real-life ghost hunters behind The Conjuring, Amityville Horror, and Annabelle. Their stories have fueled decades of scary movies, haunted house legends, and late-night whispers. But how much of it was true… and how much was carefully crafted myth? This Terrifying & True deep dive unearths the real case files, skeptical investigations, and shocking contradictions that made the Warrens the most pol...

Enter the cryptic world of Unknown Broadcast, where old-time radio horror stories linger like shadows that never quite leave. In this chilling collection, six macabre tales unspool from the archives of classic OTR suspense, filled with corpses that walk too well-dressed, wishes that rot the hand that makes them, and voices from jazz clubs and airplane cabins that should never be heard again. These are vintage radio horror stories resurrected in the dead of night. - 💀 The Death Wish — Be careful...

It’s the heart of spooky season, and Weekly Spooky is bringing you a triple feature of full-length Halloween horror stories that will keep you up all night. Each of these novellas dives deep into mature, unsettling terror—from cursed soil to haunted technology to the return of one of Strickfield’s darkest legends. • Dirt Babies — by Bruce Haney Something terrible is sprouting in the earth, and it’s hungry for more than sunlight. What happens when life—and death—take root in the same soil? • ER...

Candyman (1992) follows researcher Helen Lyle into Chicago’s Cabrini-Green, where repeating an urban legend makes her part of the story she intended to study. We dissect Tony Todd’s commanding performance as Candyman, Virginia Madsen’s descent into madness, and the real-world setting of Chicago’s Cabrini-Green housing projects, where folklore and fear intertwine. From the gothic tragedy of Helen Lyle to the legacy of Candyman as a mirror of societal anxieties, Henrique and Rachael unpack why th...