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Aug. 22, 2025

Manuscript Found in a Bottle by Edgar Allan Poe: Shipwreck & Supernatural Sea Horror

A shipwrecked narrator boards an enormous spectral vessel driven toward the Antarctic unknown in Edgar Allan Poe’s nautical nightmare “MS. Found in a Bottle.” The voyage begins aboard a merchant ship sailing from Batavia. After an unnatural calm, a catastrophic storm destroys nearly everyone aboard, leaving the narrator and one elderly Swedish sailor to endure a sea that seems determined to swallow them. A gigantic black ship finally appears above the waves—but rescue becomes another form of te...
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Aug. 20, 2025

The Hellhowler – Paranormal Detective vs. a Demon Dog

Paranormal investigator James Becker follows a terrified client into Heaven’s Hills, where scorched pawprints and nighttime howls point to a demon dog from the Abyss. Marlene Krause believes something is hunting her and her husband at their isolated new development. Becker’s case file leads from a protection charm and a suspicious curio shop to a hellhound summoned through dangerous blood magic—an infernal predator with only three nights to complete its kill. As the attacks escalate, Becker mu...
Aug. 18, 2025

Terrifying & True | Severed Feet on the Shore: The Bizarre Mystery Haunting British Columbia

Since 2007, more than twenty human feet have washed ashore around British Columbia and Washington, usually still inside modern running shoes. Terrifying & True follows the Salish Sea discoveries from the first foot found on Jedediah Island through the identifications, matched pairs, hoaxes, and headlines that turned a forensic phenomenon into an international mystery. The locations and missing bodies inspired theories involving serial killers, organized crime, plane crashes, and the 2004 Indian...
Aug. 17, 2025

Unknown Broadcast | Walking Corpses, Midnight Murders, and Other Chilling Horror Stories

My dear, there are nights when the air feels heavier… when the darkness clings to you like damp earth. On such nights, the dead may walk, killers may strike unseen, and strange lights may beckon you to your doom. This evening, we have five stories steeped in shadow and dread:where corpses refuse to rest, reptiles hiss in the dark, and midnight becomes the hour when all debts are paid. 🪦 The Walking Corpse Some graves are sealed with more than dirt. When the dead man’s shadow stretches further ...
Aug. 15, 2025

Do You Even Movie? | BLADE (1998) Wesley Snipes’ Daywalker, Blood Rave & How It Revived Superhero Movies

BLADE (1998) is the focus of this Do You Even Movie? discussion, with Henrique Couto and David Denoyer exploring the film’s story, cast, production, and horror legacy. 🗡️ “There are worse things out tonight than vampires.” We’re rolling through August’s infamous “Dumping Ground” Month with a cult-defining banger you can truly sink your teeth into. This week, Henrique and David hit Los Angeles for a late-90s juggernaut that revitalized the superhero genre and made vampires cool again: BLADE (19...
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Aug. 13, 2025

Things Come in Threes — A Backwoods Creature Hunts Three Strickfield Cousins

Three nearly identical Donnerly cousins chase a runaway dog into the Backwoods of Strickfield and discover that something much larger is hunting after dark. Madelyne “Mouse” Donnerly and Eileen introduce Arial Mirren to their country cousin Daisy May, a feisty farm girl who looks and sounds exactly like them. When Daisy May’s little dog Ol’ McDonald slips his leash and races into the trees, the three cousins follow. What begins as a family search becomes a creature attack when a monstrous anima...
Aug. 11, 2025

Terrifying & True | Typhoid Mary: The Deadly True Story of New York’s Invisible Killer

Mary Mallon appeared healthy, yet outbreaks of typhoid fever followed the New York cook from household to household in the early twentieth century. Terrifying & True traces how sanitary engineer George Soper connected a 1906 outbreak in Oyster Bay to Mallon and identified her as an asymptomatic carrier of Salmonella Typhi. Her refusal to accept the diagnosis led to forced testing and years of quarantine on North Brother Island, making “Typhoid Mary” a public-health warning and a lasting symbol ...
Aug. 10, 2025

Unknown Broadcast | Buried Secrets and Midnight Killers: Three Stories to Die For

Unknown Broadcast presents three old-time radio stories of buried secrets, midnight killers, suspicion, and justice arriving after dark. Tonight, we unearth three chilling tales where suspicion creeps like a fog, justice arrives cloaked in night, and innocence proves no protection at all. Each story drips with dread, pulling you deeper into the shadows until the truth becomes just another grave waiting to be filled. ⚰️ Under Grave Suspicion A small town funeral home. A body with secrets. A fam...
Aug. 8, 2025

The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar — Edgar Allan Poe’s Mesmeric Death Horror

Edgar Allan Poe’s The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar asks what happens when a dying man is mesmerized at the instant of death—and the body refuses to complete the process. In this chilling reading of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar, we dive into one of Poe’s most gruesome and scientifically provocative stories. What happens when a man is mesmerized at the moment of death? And what unspeakable horror lies in keeping the dead in a trance? Originally published in 1845, th...
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Aug. 6, 2025

Fortune Falls - Ax Murder in the Oregon Wilderness

Summer of ’76. Two best friends. One secluded campsite. And an ax-wielding killer lurking in the woods… This week on Weekly Spooky, we bring you a brutal, blood-soaked tale of survival and terror in the wilds of Oregon. When Janine and Rose set out for a dreamy backpacking trip to the legendary Fortune Falls, they expected scenic views and self-discovery—not a descent into horror. But as night falls, headlights appear. A red truck. A man in a cowboy hat. An ax. And no one to hear them scream. ...
Aug. 4, 2025

Terrifying & True | Murder by Potatoes — The Unsolved Killing of Donna Doll

Northern Illinois University student Donna Doll vanished after leaving her library job in October 1970. Nine days later, she was found dead in a cornfield. The 21-year-old had been missing since October 2, when she finished work on the NIU campus in DeKalb, Illinois. Her body was discovered on October 11, without her shoes, purse, or coat. Investigators believed she had remained alive for roughly two days after disappearing and determined that she died by suffocation, but the scene offered no s...
Aug. 3, 2025

Unknown Broadcast | Four Tales of Murder, Mystery, and the Macabre

Unknown Broadcast presents four old-time radio stories of fatal love, family secrets, supernatural transformation, and murder hidden behind respectable appearances. In this collection of four chilling tales, we wander through the dim corridors of human darkness: where affection turns fatal, relics thirst for blood, and even the most precise minds unravel beneath the weight of murder. 💍 Deadly Honeymoon A secluded paradise, a newlywed couple, and a secret too dangerous to keep. Some vows were n...
Aug. 1, 2025

Full Moon Fears: Terrifying Tales of Werewolves and Shape-Shifters

Beware the full moon… it’s not just folklore — it’s feed lore. This Weekly Spooky compilation brings together five ferocious tales of werewolves, shape-shifters, and murderous little monsters that transform the ordinary into pure nightmare fuel. Whether it’s a bloodthirsty beast stalking a rural town or a teenage girl struggling to keep her inner monster at bay, these stories will leave you howling for more. Featured Stories: - Wolf Moon: A chilling classic werewolf tale where something in the ...
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July 30, 2025

Deadly Second Chances Part 5 – Vampire Cheerleader vs. the End of the Multiverse

Deadly Second Chances Part 5 brings vampire cheerleader Bella Taibon to a multiverse-ending choice involving her bloodline, Hellweaver, and the fate of Strickfield. Bella Taibon — vampire, cheerleader, and descendant of the powerful Taibon bloodline — is offered a second chance to undo her greatest regret. But accepting the Hellweaver’s compact means going back to 1889… and facing a deadly betrayal that shattered her family. Now, armed with the memories and powers of her future self, Bella mus...
July 29, 2025

Bella Taibon: Vampire Outlaw, Witch Killer, Soul Saver

Before the explosive finale of Deadly Second Chances, we take a deep dive into the dark, action-packed saga of Bella Taibon—Strickfield’s most fearsome vampire warrior. In this epic primer episode, we present four interconnected stories by Rob Fields that reveal Bella’s journey from grieving orphan to immortal protector, cursed blood-drinker… and maybe the multiverse’s last hope. 🩷 Story 1: The Last Taibon A young Bella loses everything at the hands of a monstrous vampire. But when she awakens...
July 28, 2025

Monthly Spooky | Spontaneous Combustion, Haunted Funeral Homes, and Killer Squirrels

In the July edition of Monthly Spooky, Henrique and Michelle serve up a hot mix of the bizarre and the hilarious. From terrifying real-world mysteries to strange animal behavior, this episode is bursting with the eerie, the absurd, and the unexplainable: 🕯️ Spontaneous Human Combustion – Is it real or just strange pseudoscience? Henrique and Michelle discuss real cases and the science (or lack thereof) behind one of the most unsettling phenomena in paranormal lore. 🐝 Bees Gone Wild in NYC – Sw...
July 27, 2025

Unknown Broadcast | Darkness Awaits: 6 Terrifying Tales of Fate, Fear, and the Supernatural

Ah, my dear, you’ve returned. Good. Because tonight’s stories aren’t here to scare you quickly. They’re here to settle in, like a fog… slow, strange, and suffocating. We’ve collected six tales for the truly brave—each a descent into the unknown, where time slips, shadows speak, and the walls are listening. 🔹 Tomorrow Is Never Time has run out—but no one told her. A looping nightmare of dread and denial. 🔹 Deep into Darkness A voice from the past drags a grieving man into obsession—and possibl...
July 25, 2025

Slashback: Prom Night of the Dead - Blood, Blackmail, and a Vengeful Ghost Queen

Welcome to Weekly Spooky, where horror comes home—this time with a tiara, a body count, and a dance you’ll never forget. 🎓 Prom Night of the Dead is an epic four-part horror saga set in the sinister town of Strickfield. It all begins at prom, where jealousy and betrayal erupt into a brutal massacre. But death is only the beginning… 👻 Two months later, as students return for summer school, strange events unfold—ghost sightings, mysterious disappearances, and a prom queen who just won’t stay dea...
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July 23, 2025

Deadly Second Chances Part 4 — Loralee Hardy Rewrites the Prom Queen Killer

Loralee Hardy—the abused young woman remembered as Strickfield’s Prom Queen Killer—is offered one chance to save her family, her lover, and herself from a bloody legacy. Hellweaver reviews the life that made Loralee an ideal candidate for the Second Chance Compact: years of violence and homophobia from her brother Aiden, a fatal freeway crash, fractured identities, and murders committed through the personality she created to keep her dead family alive. Even death did not end the story. Black ma...
July 22, 2025

The Bloody Rise of Loralee Hardy: Prom Queen, Killer, Legend

With Deadly Second Chances Episode 4 dropping tomorrow, it’s time to meet one of the most tragic—and terrifying—figures in the Strickfield universe: Loralee Hardy, the girl who was broken… and came back swinging. In this special presentation, we bring you the full Prom Queen Killer miniseries—a complete horror saga of trauma, identity, resurrection, and revenge. 👑 Loralee Hardy was tormented from a young age—bullied for her sexuality, abused by her brother, and shattered by guilt after a viole...
July 21, 2025

Terrifying & True | Mandela Effect Explained — False Memories or Alternate Realities?

Why do millions remember “Berenstein Bears,” a Sinbad genie movie called Shazaam, and Darth Vader saying “Luke, I am your father” when the records say otherwise? Terrifying & True investigates the Mandela Effect, the phenomenon in which large groups confidently share the same false memory. The name traces to paranormal researcher Fiona Broome and reports from people who remembered Nelson Mandela dying in prison in the 1980s, even though he was released in 1990 and died in 2013. Famous examples ...
July 20, 2025

Unknown Broadcast | 4 Gripping Horror Stories of Traps, Twists, and Murder

Welcome back, my dear. Tonight, I offer you a little test of confinement. A locked door. A desperate plan. And the unsettling truth that sometimes… you’re exactly where someone wants you to be. These four stories explore what it means to be cornered—by fate, by fear, by your own past. 🔹 Trapped He doesn’t remember what he did. But the cell he’s in? It remembers him. 🔹 The Trap Two men plot against one another—until they both realize they’ve sprung the same snare. A cautionary tale with sharp e...
July 18, 2025

Portals: A Summer of Terror Across Time and Space

Portals collects a summer-spanning Strickfield saga of vampires, revenge, and multidimensional terror across time and space. We’re reopening the gateway… Last Summer's mini-series Portals by Rob Fields is back for a special encore presentation. This terrifying sci-fi horror novella unfolds across multiple dimensions, strange timelines, and pulse-pounding realities. A group of strangers awaken in a sealed facility—with no memory of how they got there. When the walls begin to shift and strange ...
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July 16, 2025

Deadly Second Chances Part 3 — Calvin Mirren, Organ Theft and Redemption

Calvin Mirren is returned to the night three former lovers drugged him and sold his kidneys, carrying full memory of the death that followed his second transplant. Hellweaver’s Second Chance Compact needs three failed souls to open a path out of Perdition. After one victory and one defeat, her daughter Sin chooses Calvin: a privileged Strickfield womanizer who exploited women until Raylene, Belinda, and surgeon Katherine Pierce exploited him in return. Calvin knows the seduction is a trap and t...