Episodes

We’re serving up a full plate of Thanksgiving horror stories—killer turkeys, cursed family dinners, and cozy traditions that turn disturbingly dark. This feature-length Thanksgiving horror podcast special is made for holiday travel, late-night cooking, or hiding from your relatives while you lose yourself in a long, chilling anthology of spooky tales. Inside this Weekly Spooky Thanksgiving horror compilation, you’ll hear: • “Thanksgiving Dinner” — by Rachael Redolfi A cop comes home to quiet M...

Weekly Spooky horror podcast presents a chilling small-town disappearance tale of possession, control, and a ruthless government cover-up. In the rural Midwest, people begin staring without blinking, neighbors vanish and return… wrong, and a hovering light seals the town off from the world. What follows is a desperate run through cornfields, soldiers, fences, and a mystery scrubbed from history. I’m from a Small Town That No Longer Exists — by Michael Kelso. You can purchase books from this auth...

Step into late November with This Week in Horror History, the horror podcast that digs into the spooky anniversaries hiding between Thanksgiving and Christmas. In this episode, we dive into a full week of genre milestones for November 18–25, from cult slashers and gothic ghost stories to Stephen King adaptations, survival horror gaming, and a haunting cannibal romance. We kick things off at summer camp with Sleepaway Camp (1983), the infamous 1980s slasher movie whose shocking final twist made ...

Every November we hear the cozy legend of the First Thanksgiving—Pilgrims, turkey, and a peaceful feast in the New World. But the real story behind Thanksgiving is much darker. Long before it became a holiday, the land around Plymouth was a plague-ravaged, haunted wilderness, where the Pilgrims saw the Devil in every tree… and the Wampanoag saw spirits in every swamp. This is the terrifying true story behind the celebration we remember every Thanksgiving. In this Thanksgiving horror history ep...

Ah, hello, my dear. You’ve wandered into Unknown Broadcast—your little doorway to old-time radio horror stories, classic OTR chills, and the hush of radio suspense that never quite died. Tonight, the dial slips and the past answers. Don’t fret if the voice sounds close; some things sit beside you when you press play. My dear, listen very carefully. - 🧳 The Old Country — A son returns across oceans and years, and the land remembers him better than he remembers himself. Roots grip deeper than bon...

Bitter Feast (2010) receives a spoiler-rich Cutting Deep Into Horror examination of its story, performances, filmmaking choices, themes, and place in horror cinema. This week on Cutting Deep into Horror, hosts Henrique Couto & Rachael Redolfi dive into Bitter Feast (2010)—a brutally underrated foodie horror thriller perfect for the Thanksgiving season. When a celebrity chef snaps after a vicious review, a simple cooking critique becomes a nightmarish showdown of revenge, obsession, and culinary...

Weekly Spooky horror podcast delivers an original cursed song and rock-star possession tale soaked in ’80s fame and occult obsession. When faded idol Sammy Scar surges back to stardom, the crowds chant in perfect unison, a buried B-side resurfaces, and a whisper won’t stop saying, “They’re here for you.” From Sunset Strip glare to Times Square neon, this celebrity horror spirals toward a deadly encore where the ticket price is breath and blood. Withdrawal — by John Stoney Cannon. Get comfy, m...

Creepshow, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and Half-Life 2’s Ravenholm anchor a date-driven week of horror history spanning films, games, television, and Stephen King. Also inside: Interview with the Vampire, Cycle of the Werewolf, Duel, Supernatural’s “Home,” horror birthdays, and a Slumber Party Massacre recommendation. Inside this episode Creepshow (Nov 10, 1982): Romero + King bring EC-comics mayhem to multiplexes. Interview with the Vampire (Nov 11, 1994): Velvet-and-venom epic opens #1 and rewri...

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 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 Stoker and Tom Savini and a holiday-horror flashpoint with Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984). We wrap with a Weekly Recommendation and U. S. streaming info to watch tonight. Inside ...

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...

Nine vintage radio dramas gather for an All Souls' Day vigil. Unknown Broadcast presents Home Is Where the Ghost Is, The Dead Alive, Lord Marley's Ghost, Dead Hands Reaching, The Unburied Dead, The Possessive Dead, The Dead Hand, Dead Man's Debt, and Ghost Talk. Over four and a half hours of old-time radio suspense explore haunted homes, love beyond death, uneasy inheritances, and obligations that refuse to end at the grave. Ghost fiction and crime mysteries fill this late-night collection. List...

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...

A Halloween dare sends Daisy May, Carnelian, and their friends into Grimm Manor, where escaping means completing the house's challenges before midnight. Halloween Night at Grimm Manor by Rob Fields turns a Strickfield rivalry into a haunted-house scavenger hunt. Keys, puzzles, and watchful spirits test children who thought bravery meant refusing to back down. This Weekly Spooky ghost novella makes the house's rules part of the danger. No foul language. Sponsor: Cozy Earth. Original offer: code S...

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...

A child's trick-or-treat stop, a dogfighter's cruelty, and a hidden room give Jack Scratch three reasons to enjoy Halloween. Tricks and Treats 2025 by Keith Tomlin gathers Rebirth, Big Bill, and The Room, with Jack and his infernal hound Daisy guiding the night. Occult ritual, animal revenge, and thieves drawn to dangerous treasures bring dark humor to this Weekly Spooky anthology. Three stories turn the promise of a treat into something far harder to escape. Sponsor: Cozy Earth. Original offer:...

Why does the poisoned Halloween candy story persist? Henrique and Michelle explore the panic, its origins, and the gap between documented incidents and stranger-danger folklore in this October 2025 Monthly Spooky. A grocery-store ghost, haunted real estate, and the Hair Museum's farewell add eerie places and objects to the conversation. The horror-movie roundup includes Good Boy, while the hosts mark their fortieth installment. Settle in for Halloween legends, strange news, and attraction cultur...

A sailor receives a gold coin he cannot seem to lose, and an impossible phone call reaches a man from his past. Unknown Broadcast gathers Devil's Gold, The Devil's Workshop, The Walking Dead, Night Melody, The Witness of Death, The Dead Sleep Lightly, Roses Are for the Dead, and This Side of Nowhere. Eight old-time radio dramas fill over four and a half hours with guilt, greed, murder, and supernatural unease. A reward becomes a burden and familiar voices offer little comfort. Listen for eerie m...

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...