Episodes

Love Gone Wrong collects seven Valentine’s horror stories about romance curdling into obsession, betrayal, murder, and supernatural punishment. In this Weekly Spooky special, Love Comp 2024, we bring you seven haunting tales of passion, obsession, and terror. These chilling stories prove that love isn’t always sweet—it can be twisted, tragic, and even deadly. 🔥 Til Death Do Us Part – Some love stories never truly end. 🎭 Suspended – When love is put on hold, it can turn to something sinister. 👁...

A trucker trapped at an isolated rest stop during a sudden blizzard discovers an antlered cryptid watching his cab through the snow. With the highway disappearing beneath the storm and no safe way to leave, the driver tries to wait out the night inside his rig. Then an enormous creature with empty eyes steps from the whiteout, attacks the truck, shatters the windows, and forces him into a desperate close-range fight. A gunshot and an arriving snowplow may offer an escape, but neither can explai...

The wendigo is more than a winter monster: in Algonquian-speaking traditions, its endless hunger warns what happens when greed consumes a person. Terrifying & True explores windigo or wendigo stories among Ojibwe, Cree, Saulteaux, Naskapi, Innu, and other Indigenous peoples of North America. Accounts vary across communities, but many connect the being to famine, isolation, cannibalism, moral corruption, and an appetite that grows with everything it devours. Ojibwe scholar Basil H. Johnston desc...

In this episode, we delve into a gripping narrative that invites listeners into a world shrouded in intrigue, suspense, and the ever-elusive nature of fate. Our story unfolds against the backdrop of a small town, marked by recent tragedy and permeated with a chilling sense of foreboding. The protagonist, feeling the weight of solitude, unexpectedly finds companionship in a stranger. As the plot thickens, we are drawn into a conversation that explores the complexities of human existence, the moti...

Confessions of a Serial Killer (1985) 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. "Seems like killing for me is just like breathin' for everybody else. Just can't live without doin' it all the time."We’re wrapping up Cold-Blooded January with an unforgettable dive into true crime horror! This week, join Henrique and David as they travel to 1970s Texas to discuss Confessions of a Serial...

Samara enters the last round of Spin the Bottle as the killer’s identity, impossible crime scenes, staged bodies, and obsessive motive are finally revealed. The finale begins in the Karen family basement, where Blake insists that Samara has accused the wrong person. Before she can explain, one of the decomposing corpses moves. That reversal opens the mechanism behind the Pink Death: how a body appeared to be in two places, how victims were transported, why tranquilizers and medical knowledge ma...

An allegedly unsellable haunted mansion, a bizarre bear impersonator, and the myths surrounding snuff films lead this Monthly Spooky tour through modern fear. Henrique and Michelle return to the crypt with a mix of strange news, dark humor, and horror-culture history. First comes the chaotic story of someone accused of impersonating a bear, followed by an English mansion whose haunted reputation may be making it impossible to sell. The hosts consider what a frightening property story needs to b...

Sir Dominic Sarsfield meets a mysterious figure in Maroa Wood and weighs his soul against a promise of restored wealth, status, and pleasure. In this episode, we delve into a haunting tale that grapples with the concept of morality and consequence, essentially asking the question: what are we willing to sacrifice for wealth and success? The narrative introduces us to Sir Dominic Sarsfield, a once-illustrious character fallen into despair, who encounters an enigmatic figure that offers him a tem...

Join us tonight on Weekly Spooky, hosted by Henrique Couto, as we dive into the eerie world of Edgar Allan Poe with a narration of the lesser-known tale, Never Bet the Devil Your Head. This darkly humorous and surreal story is a perfect blend of Poe’s wit, macabre style, and moral undertones. Henrique uncovers the story of Toby Dammit, whose reckless gambling habit leads to a chilling confrontation with the supernatural. Expect vivid descriptions, sharp social commentary, and a tale that embod...

After the Pink Death murders Quinn, Samara wakes covered in her sister’s blood and decides that escape may be the only way to survive the final round. Part four follows Samara from grief into panic as she prepares to abandon Strickfield University without even packing a bag. Grant stops her, but his repeated absence from the killer’s games now looks suspicious. When Samara forces herself to examine motive, opportunity, and the strange gaps surrounding each attack, her attention shifts from Gran...

On a Boeing 757 from Atlanta to Seattle, nervous traveler Sheila meets an elderly stranger whose story of love, loss, and a dead child grows more unsettling as turbulence overtakes the flight. Charles Campbell’s “The Last Flight Out,” narrated by Henrique Couto, turns an ordinary airline conversation into supernatural aviation horror about grief, memory, and the ties that may survive death. As we settle into our seats, Sheila is anxiously managing her carry-ons and studying the passengers arou...

The episode, titled "Mirage," immerses listeners in a chilling tale narrated by Arch Oboler, emblematic of the show's series of unusual and unsettling narratives. The ambience is set with personal reflections on the reality of good fortune and the facade that can accompany it, leading the audience into a world where deception lurks beneath the surface of daily life. As the story unfolds, we are introduced to the central characters, Carl and Linda, who are attending a social gathering at a coast...

Four standout 2024 horror stories bring haunted houses, deadly Halloween dares, cruise-ship apocalypse, and psychological terror together in one Best of Weekly Spooky anthology. Inside this collection: • “Terror on Your Radio Dial” by Bruce Haney — Twelve-year-old Josh longs to escape Boring, Oregon, and encounter something supernatural. A sleepover with his new friend Mike leads toward the infamous Gitter House, local ghost lore, and a connection to the spirit world neither boy understands. ...

Samara awakens in a hospital with both wrists bandaged, unable to prove whether Blake attacked her—or whether the Pink Death staged another perfect accusation. The third chapter begins with Samara on suicide watch after being found bleeding in Blake Karen’s loft. A bloody knife, Blake’s past with Grant, and Samara’s own fractured memories make every explanation look incriminating. Grant and Blake insist they are trying to help, but jealousy and fear leave Samara unable to decide which relations...

In this thrilling episode of Weekly Spooky, host and narrator Henrique Couto invites you into a world of blood-soaked horror and captivating tales. Join him as he celebrates the past year's twisted accomplishments in the realm of horror. The star of the night is the novella-length episode, "Slasher Valentine Screams," penned by the brilliant Rob Fields, a revered figure in the genre and the mastermind behind the Strickfield Universe. If you’ve missed this spine-chilling narrative, now's your per...

Unknown Broadcast explores four faces of evil through classic old-time radio: a writer whose angry wishes seem to kill, a fraudulent medium exploiting wartime grief, conspirators fleeing a roadside murder, and a postcard that becomes evidence in a Scotland Yard case. Human greed and fear prove every bit as dangerous as any supernatural curse. Inside this episode: • The Evil Eye — Successful novelist Louise Bates discovers that people who obstruct or anger her have an alarming habit of dying. Her...

Portals brings together a complete horror collection shaped by vampire horror, revenge and supernatural justice, and ghost lore and supernatural suspense, with each included story retaining its own premise and identity. Tonight, we delve deep into the intricate web of horror, betrayal, and the supernatural, led by our charismatic host and narrator, Henrique Couto. In this mesmerizing episode of "Weekly Spooky," we revisit the haunting miniseries "Portals," a tale dripping with multidimensional ...

Whit Dalton’s corpse disappears from Samara’s dorm as a killer dressed in a hot-pink Death costume begins a lethal new version of Spin the Bottle. Part two resumes the morning after Samara’s missing memory at Grant’s family cabin. When she cannot reach police, the Pink Death returns, tranquilizes her, and carries Whit’s body away. Grant remembers no more than Samara does, while his longtime friend and former lover Blake Karen becomes entangled in the couple’s suspicion and jealousy. Weeks late...

After surviving a supernatural fire tower, a former park ranger accepts a night-security job in an isolated warehouse—and discovers another set of rules designed to keep impossible things contained. Michael Kelso’s complete two-part horror story follows a desperate new guard through password-locked doors, color-coded patrol routes, missing employees, experimental creatures, and a black line he has been warned never to follow. The building appears ordinary from outside, but its cameras watch onl...

Unknown Broadcast presents four classic old-time radio stories about people trying to create, abandon, revive, or sell a life. A robot who appears human, a fatal vacation, a performance that becomes murder, and a suicidal man offered one impossible bargain make this an anthology of identity, control, and second chances. Inside this episode: • Life Blood — Professor Arthur Moore creates Amelia, a sophisticated robot whose beauty convinces Gerald that she is human. Love, jealousy, revenge, and a c...

Loralee Hardy, known far and wide as the Prom Queen Killer of Strickfield High School, was laid to rest in her hometown of Shore City after the previous school year’s Prom from Hell. The following October, a week before homecoming night, a group of students from Shore City East High School drives out to Greenlawn Cemetery to see the grave of Loralee Hardy. Upon finding her grave, Melisande LaPalla performs a resurrection spell as seemingly harmless fun. Unbeknownst to the group, Melisande’s spe...

Samara Mirren’s new romance at Strickfield University collides with an obsessive ex when a party game becomes the opening move in a five-part slasher mystery. After transferring from Shore City, ’80s-fashion devotee Samara begins dating Grant “Wildman” Wilde, a Goth-looking fraternity member who gives her the fresh start she wants. Her former girlfriend Whit Dalton refuses to accept the breakup. The mortician and medical student finds Samara’s new number, sends intimate messages, and appears at...

On New Year’s Eve, supernatural troubleshooter Caroline Quinn returns to Ghoul School for a battle with cultists, the undead, and a summoned Death God. Caroline is a federal operative raised between worlds: the daughter of a vampire mother and a human-ghoul father, and a graduate of the Ohio school that trained her to survive the paranormal. When Sammy calls her back on December 31, a routine assignment becomes a siege. Students are in danger, dead things are moving, and the cult’s ritual threa...

Monthly Spooky explores eerie New Year superstitions, mystery money, ghostly doors, strange holiday news, and rituals meant to control fate. Henrique and Michelle close out 2024 with a sardonic tour through seasonal mishaps, paranormal headlines, and the customs people use to welcome—or survive—a new year. Their spooky news roundup includes a stolen Baby Jesus returned with an apology, a viral video blamed on a ghost, a supposedly haunted British door opening on command, and magnet fishers pull...