Episodes

Cartoon Cat is one of the creepiest viral horror monsters to crawl out of internet folklore. In this episode of Thursday Thrills, we dive into the Cartoon Cat urban legend, explore its origins in modern internet horror, and talk about why old cartoon imagery feels so unsettling when it turns sinister. From rubber-hose animation and creepy vintage cartoon aesthetics to internet monster lore, creepypasta-style fear, and the strange power of distorted childhood nostalgia, this episode explores why...

A truck driver’s terrifying nightmare begins coming true in this supernatural highway horror story about prophetic dreams, a demonic roadside creature, and a daughter who knows something is waiting for her father in the dark. After dreaming that a towering monster tears him from his delivery truck and drags him into the woods, an ordinary car-parts driver tries to convince himself it was only a nightmare. Then he reaches the same bridge from his dream. He sees something enormous watching from t...

Mid-July horror gets mutated, vengeful, infectious, and lost in the woods in this episode of This Week in Horror History, covering the week of July 13 through July 19. This time, we’re digging into mad-scientist island nightmares, supernatural revenge literature, one extremely angry killer whale, a science-fiction body-horror classic, biological vampires, and the tiny independent movie that changed horror marketing forever. Inside this episode: July 13, 1977 — The Island of Dr. Moreau opens in ...

The Taos Hum is one of America’s strangest unexplained sound mysteries: a low-frequency noise heard by only a small percentage of people, often described as a distant diesel engine, electrical drone, vibration, or pulsing hum with no visible source. In this episode of Terrifying & True, we investigate the mystery of the Taos Hum in northern New Mexico, where residents including Steve Walters, Bob and Catanya Saltzman, and K. C. Grams reported a persistent unexplained hum that disrupted sleep, c...

Unknown Broadcast presents Ghost Ships, Death Cards, Buried Bodies, and Fool’s Gold, an old-time radio horror selection grounded in ghost lore and supernatural suspense, old-time radio suspense, and murder, disappearance, and investigation and preserved as a complete after-dark drama. Unknown Broadcast returns with four old-time radio horror stories, classic OTR suspense, vintage radio mystery, and eerie anthology drama pulled from somewhere beyond the static. Tonight’s transmission begins abo...

This Weekly Spooky horror compilation features four terrifying stories packed with urban legends, cryptids, folk horror, haunted forests, cursed rituals, supernatural monsters, dark humor, and deadly Ouija board terror. An Adirondack newcomer encounters the grotesque truth behind a bizarre local legend. A South Carolina teenager steals a stop sign and awakens something inside an abandoned barn. A family’s hunting tradition conceals a blood pact with an ancient forest god. And a lonely child see...

Cursed objects, demonic possession, and occult rituals dominate this special horror anthology. As Evil Dead Burn hits theaters July 10, Weekly Spooky delivers a full night of original, cinematic-quality scary stories featuring cursed artifacts and supernatural folklore — no movie tie-in, just pure demon-fueled terror. Perfect for horror enthusiasts craving that wild cocktail of dark supernatural chaos and spine-tingling dread. This compilation is built for horror fans searching for the next ter...

Thursday Thrills traces Siren Head from internet-horror creation to cryptid-style folklore, distorted broadcasts, and modern monster sightings. Tonight on Thursday Thrills, we head into the woods for Siren Head, the internet urban legend that turns emergency sirens, storm warnings, distorted broadcasts, and lonely rural roads into pure nightmare fuel. Created by horror artist Trevor Henderson in 2018, Siren Head became a modern folklore icon through TikTok, YouTube shorts, indie horror games, f...

Three burned-out Toronto telemarketers escape to Algonquin Park, where mutilated wildlife, shredded tents, and something rooted in the forest begins hunting their camp. “Branch Manager” by Gary D up in Ontario, Canada, aka Blue Fire Raging, blends Canadian wilderness horror, supernatural folklore, cryptid terror, body horror, and dark comedy without revealing what is waiting beyond the firelight. Kenny, Dave, and Karl just want to get away from their miserable call centre jobs with a relaxing ...

Summer horror gets bloody, claustrophobic, cursed, and undead in this episode of This Week in Horror History, covering the week of July 6 through July 12. This time, we’re digging into splatter-film history, cursed-camera video games, one of the scariest cave movies ever made, Netflix’s summer-camp slasher revival, Italian zombie cult madness, and the return of the Tall Man. Inside this episode: July 6, 1963 — Blood Feast reportedly plays Peoria, Illinois Herschell Gordon Lewis changes horror f...

The Greenbrier Ghost is one of the strangest true crime cases in American history: a West Virginia murder trial where testimony about a ghost helped expose the truth. In 1897, Elva Zona Heaster Shue was found dead in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. Her husband, Erasmus Stribbling “Trout” Shue, quickly took control of her body, covered her neck, and helped rush her toward burial before a complete medical examination could be performed. At first, Zona’s death was treated as natural. Then her m...

Unknown Broadcast presents Psychic Horror, Living Mannequins, Vanishing Rooms, and Deadly Jealousy, an old-time radio horror selection grounded in murder, disappearance, and investigation, old-time radio suspense, and body horror and transformation and preserved as a complete after-dark drama. Unknown Broadcast returns with four old-time radio horror stories, classic OTR suspense, vintage radio mystery, and eerie anthology drama pulled from somewhere beyond the static. Tonight’s transmission b...

Four terrifying tales of isolation and predation: a waterfall campsite, lonely Ohio highway, Halloween prank, and deserted rest area become hunting grounds for serial killers, cannibals, and shapeshifting monsters. This late night horror anthology blends true crime terror with supernatural revenge and desperate fights for survival—expertly narrated for maximum chills. “Fortune Falls” — by David O’Hanlon Two college friends secretly camp beside a remote Oregon waterfall, but their plans to witne...

A cursed football jersey turns a high school star into a monster… and the nightmare follows his rival to summer camp. This full Weekly Spooky horror audiobook collects Friday Night Frights and all five parts of Summer of the Demon by Rob Fields in one complete scary story release. In Friday Night Frights, Greg Branlake is desperate to save his football future after a humiliating loss to Strickfield High. When he discovers the original 00 jersey worn by Mick “The Demon” Knight, the legendary foo...

Deep woods horror stories have taken over scary-story feeds for a reason: the wilderness is one of the last places where modern people can still feel completely outmatched. In this Thursday Thrills episode, Henrique takes a late-night car ride through supposedly firsthand camping, hiking, park ranger, cave, and backcountry accounts gathered from online folklore threads. These are not presented as verified cases; they are modern campfire stories - the kind people post after something in the wood...

Cursed football horror reaches its terrifying finale as the Weekly Spooky horror fiction anthology concludes Summer of the Demon. In Part 5, Eddie Richter, Jessica Branlake, Charlie Thoss, and the surviving players of Camp Red Feather face the final nightmare behind the cursed 00 jersey, the Demon’s return, and the dark secrets that have haunted this deadly summer football camp. The truth behind the Demon is finally revealed, but knowing the truth may not be enough to survive it. The curse grow...

Summer horror gets radioactive, gothic, mechanical, and undead in this episode of This Week in Horror History, covering the week of June 29 through July 5. This time, we’re crawling through giant insect mayhem, modern gothic literature, Japanese cyberpunk body horror, George A. Romero’s underground zombie apocalypse, and one deeply twisted Italian gothic shocker from the early 1960s. Inside this episode: June 29, 1977 — Empire of the Ants opens in New York A radioactive drive-in creature featur...

What really happened to the children of Hamelin on June 26, 1284? This June on Monthly Spooky, Henrique and Michelle follow the real history behind the Pied Piper of Hamelin—from the medieval town chronicle and the legend of 130 missing children to theories involving plague, the Children’s Crusade, dancing mania, mass migration, and a brightly dressed recruiter known as a “locator.” Then the show takes its usual turn into the month’s funniest, creepiest, and most bewildering paranormal news, biz...

Werewolf folklore, a wartime wax-museum murder, narcotics intrigue, and a fogbound harbor killing converge in four vintage radio nightmares from CBS Radio Mystery Theater, Escape, Suspense, and The Whistler. “Conspiracy to Defraud” opens the Unknown Broadcast with undercover danger, narcotics agents, and international deception. Every identity is suspect, and the machinery of espionage turns a criminal investigation into a deadly contest of appearances. Escape then enters the Carpathian darkne...

Late night horror fiction anthology featuring vampire stories that bite into four different corners of the undead mythos. From a daylight-walking Master Vampire made vulnerable by a solar eclipse, to supernatural romance in a convenience store and brutal strip club slaughter—these vampire horror tales deliver the dark supernatural folklore, mature themes and creature-feature terror that Weekly Spooky fans crave. Perfect for horror enthusiasts, scary story collectors, and late-night listeners see...

Six hours of unsolved murders, disappearances, paranormal reports, and urban legends create an extended late-night horror deep dive. The ten-part collection examines the disappearance of Johnny Gosch, the Keddie Cabin murders, the Mandela Effect, Men in Black encounters, and the Angikuni Lake disappearance alongside other mysteries where evidence, memory, rumor, and folklore collide. It is designed for listeners who want true crime and unexplained history in one substantial marathon. The ten-p...

Walt Disney was cremated, not cryogenically frozen—yet the rumor of his body hidden beneath Disneyland has survived for six decades as one of pop culture’s hardiest urban legends. Thursday Thrills begins with the familiar image: a frost-covered chamber beneath Pirates of the Caribbean, where the futurist behind Tomorrowland waits for medicine to conquer death. The details change from teller to teller—sometimes the entire body was preserved, sometimes only his head—but the documented record does...

The cursed 00 jersey grows more dangerous as the horror fiction anthology continues at Camp Red Feather. In Part 4 of Summer of the Demon, Eddie Richter wakes up injured but not defeated, and the battle against the Demon becomes more desperate than ever. After surviving another brutal attack, Eddie realizes the nightmare may have a weakness. But knowing how to fight the Demon and actually surviving the fight are two very different things. As storm clouds gather, practice turns strange, teammate...

Horror history spirals into paranoia and infection this week—from The Thing's frozen body horror to 28 Days Later's rage-virus chaos, The Omen's cursed bloodline, 1408's haunted hotel nightmare, and Quake's gothic digital terror. Henrique explores how June 22–28 birthed some of horror's most influential outbreak and supernatural films, dissecting what made them landmarks in horror legends and why they still feel dangerously relevant today. Inside this episode: • 1408 turns one hotel room into a...