Episodes

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...

A storm and blackout trap customers inside Valley Video while a VHS-linked slasher begins stalking the aisles on Halloween night. On Halloween night at Valley Video, a storm and blackout turn a cozy movie marathon into a nightmare of terror. Trapped amidst flickering screens and sinister sounds, friends and customers face a growing sense of panic as a VHS slasher stalks the aisles, turning a routine rental into a deadly game of survival. Deadly Rental – A Valley Halloween Tale — by Charles Cam...

A candy-filled house appears where no home should stand, drawing Strickfield children into locked rooms, whispering mirrors, and a Halloween curse. On a spooky Halloween night, a mysterious house emerges at the edge of Strickfield, its porch glowing and candy temptingly sweet. But what begins as a fun trick-or-treat adventure turns into a terrifying nightmare when a group of kids encounters locked doors, whispering mirrors, and the haunting echoes of missing children. The Legend of the Lone Ca...

Celebrate the spooky season with this chilling compilation of Halloween horror stories, featuring vengeful zombies, vampire legends, cursed portals, haunted hospitals, and bloodthirsty creatures. 👻 This episode features: • A Zombie’s Halloween — by Rob Fields Bernadette just wanted to ditch class, but after a strange bite in the Strickfield woods, she’s back from the dead… and out for revenge. • Future Taibon — by Rob Fields Waking up centuries in the future, a vampire finds herself reborn in...

Richard Trenton Chase killed six people in Sacramento between December 1977 and January 1978 while suffering violent delusions centered on blood. Richard Trenton Chase, the “Vampire of Sacramento,” whose 1977–1978 crimes turned neighborhood fear into a citywide lockdown. We connect the early warning signs to the unlocked-door “invitation” pattern, the frantic manhunt and FBI profile, and the courtroom fight over sanity and responsibility. With clear sourcing and zero fluff, we trace how untreat...

It's time for horror stories! When the clock forgets your name, my dear, the night remembers. In this episode of Unknown Broadcast, we summon six chilling old-time radio horror stories—tales of cursed strangers, haunted houses, ghost makers, and books that bleed. These macabre fictions echo the golden age of radio—dark, vintage, and unforgettable. - 👴 A Very Old Man — A kindly stranger wanders in from the cold… but time clings to him like grave-moss. Every kindness here has a cost. - 🌘 A Terrib...

A rebellious Strickfield teenager steals a glowing pumpkin ring and is dragged into a nightmare realm of living vines, pumpkin demons, and ghostly villages. When a rebellious teen steals a mysterious glowing pumpkin ring from a strange shop in Strickfield, she unleashes a Halloween curse that drags her into a nightmare realm filled with monsters and terror. As the night unfolds, she encounters living vines, pumpkin demons, and ghostly villages in a desperate fight for survival. Escaping the cu...

Halloween watchlist essential! We sink our claws into one of the most iconic horror films ever made: Wes Craven’s 1984 classic A Nightmare on Elm Street. Hosts Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi revisit Freddy Krueger’s terrifying debut, exploring how this razor-fingered dream stalker redefined the slasher genre and haunted a generation of horror fans. Inside this episode, Henrique and Rachael share their first encounters with the film—late-night VHS terrors and the exhilaration of discovering ...

The Satanic Panic transformed sensational accusations, flawed investigations, and media fear into a moral crisis with real victims. This “Urban Legends” feed drop traces the cases, politics, courtroom battles, and cultural forces that fueled the panic, then considers how its pattern survives in modern conspiracy movements. The chapter examines how extraordinary claims of organized ritual abuse gained authority through repetition, suggestive interviewing, recovered-memory practices, political p...

Countess Elizabeth Báthory rises as a vampire during Halloween week, forcing a teenage hunter and a girl from Hell to defend an Ohio town. An ancient vampire rises again to feed during Halloween week in Ohio. When Countess Elizabeth Bathory—the infamous Blood Countess—returns from the grave, a night of trick-or-treating turns into a nightmare of blood, immortality, and revenge. As the town descends into chaos, a teen vampire hunter and a girl from Hell must face the most powerful predator in h...

It's Halloween time and our latest scary story dives into a cannibal killer who hunts his victims, blending horror with a chilling culinary obsession.' When a devoted husband vanishes during his evening run, his wife Cora refuses to accept the police’s easy answers. Her desperate search pulls her into a nightmare of blood, muscle, and madness—where primal hunger meets the modern world. Alongside a reluctant gym bro named Troy, Cora uncovers a horrifying truth about the man stalking her town… a...

It’s Spooky Season—prime time for a wall-to-wall Halloween horror binge. This full audio compilation from the Weekly Spooky horror podcast packs 9 scary stories of monsters, urban legends, ghostly vengeance, and October-night mayhem. Hit play for a cinematic mix of pumpkin curses, headless riders, haunted towns, and parties from hell—perfect for late-night listening, trick-or-treat routes, or fall drives. What’s inside (in order): - Mischief Night: The Halloween Invasion — Shane Migliavacca: A...

This Halloween, jump into the eerie tale of Elmer McCurdy—a true crime deep dive into urban legends and America’s carnival underbelly. In 1976, a seemingly innocuous Halloween haunt took a terrifying turn when a “mannequin” on a Long Beach dark ride wasn’t a prop—it was a real human corpse. In 1976, a TV crew at The Pike’s Laff in the Dark discovered human bone after a stunt arm snapped. Forensics exposed arsenic embalming, a copper bullet jacket, and a 1924 penny with old carnival tickets—bread...

Old-Time Radio (OTR) horror anthology featuring CBS Radio Mystery Theater, Escape, Lights Out, Murder at Midnight, Suspense, and The Whistler—six restored classics in one episode for fans of vintage radio drama, noir thrillers, and classic horror stories. Gather close, my dear. The dial warms, the room cools, and the old ghosts speak. - ⚖️ Guilty as Charged (CBS Radio Mystery Theater, by G. Frederick Lewis) — A wrongful accusation tightens like a noose as the justice system hisses for blood. - ...

Halloween turns an urban legend into a living nightmare. This scary, feature-length horror story follows a dying teen who enters an experimental trial—then a violent assault twists a cure into something new. The whispers name her AIDS Mary, a lipstick-leaving shadow who walks frat houses and midnight streets, where mirrors fog with warnings and victims fade in days. Night four of 31 shows in 31 days—subscribe now for a new scare every single day this October. AIDS Mary: Patient Zero — by Rob ...

Four boys follow a Halloween scavenger hunt toward the cornfields where Sickle Jack, a pumpkin-headed harvester, collects the souls promised to him. Tonight’s nightmare follows four boys on BMX bikes through spooky season mayhem: a house party gone wrong, a sinister scavenger hunt, and the legend of a pumpkin-headed scarecrow who carves his way across town. As whispers spread from the playground to the dumpster behind the corner store and into a cemetery mausoleum, the truth hits like a blade: ...

Freddy and Odalys renovate an abandoned funeral parlor and discover mummified animals, curses, and voices sealed inside the walls. Tonight’s feature-length episode delivers one of the season’s darkest scary stories, steeped in haunted house chills and mature themes. When Freddy and Odalys try to turn an abandoned funeral parlor into apartments, they discover the walls are stuffed with mummified animals, curses, and whispers that never stop. As they lean into spooky season with Halloween decora...

Felicia Bates must protect her family when Madelyne Donnerly returns from the grave with vampires, a devil’s bargain, and revenge aimed at Strickfield. Kick off 31 Days of Halloween with a Full-Length Horror Story that drips with blood, fangs, and supernatural terror. Madelyne’s Revenge unleashes vampires, monsters, and a spider-girl heroine in a battle that could decide the fate of an entire town. Felicia Bates thought her spider’s strength could protect her family… until the unkillable Madel...