Episodes

Henrique Couto becomes your Halloween-night DJ for 22 spooky songs made for carving pumpkins, handing out candy, and costumed parties. This full radio-style special pairs a Halloween playlist with personal memories, artist introductions, and enough macabre atmosphere to carry an October gathering or late-night drive. The radio-style format does more than sequence tracks: Henrique introduces the artists, shares memories, and creates the feeling of a live Halloween broadcast. The set is intended...

Madelyne and Carter attend an all-night horror marathon in Strickfield, where a secret movie transports the audience into a world ruled by vampires. The final weekend before Halloween brings the friends to the Strickfield Centennial Theatre for twelve hours of movies, junk food, and caffeine. They meet Madelyne’s cousin Eileen Donnerly and Master Vampire Bella Taibon inside, turning the horrorthon into a reunion—until the Corgen Twins introduce an unknown midnight feature called “The Portal.” I...

Deryn didn’t realize what she was getting into when she agreed to watch little Iris for three days. When Iris’ grandfather, Red, escapes from death row and comes to Etawah looking for the child, Deryn will have to confront her own dark past to find the strength to keep them both alive. Convinced Iris is the spawn of Satan, Red will cut down every babysitter and child in the city to make sure he gets his long-lost kin before she can bring about the apocalypse. Family is more than blood, and Dery...

On Halloween night, Madelyne Donnerly and her friends investigate Strickfield’s Cry Baby Bridge—and awaken the ghost who claims lost children. After leaving a formal Mirren family party, Madelyne “Mouse” Donnerly and Arial Mirren meet Carter Cross, Mona Ables, and Bailey Downs for trick-or-treating. Curiosity leads them to the bridge on Indian Hollow Road, where Strickfield legend warns of a murdered mother, a crying baby, and travelers who never return. The legend has a name: Abigail Tomlin. ...

Jack Scratch returns to Strickfield on Halloween as Hell’s flamboyant talent scout, guiding listeners through three stories of trick-or-treating, Temptation, and murder. Every doorstep offers something more dangerous than candy. “Beggars Can’t Be Choosers” follows Halloween-hating Melissa White after she rejects the town’s traditions. “Halloween Cookies” turns a family recipe and a holiday visit into a sinister treat. “Beggars’ Night Massacre” unleashes a costumed killer during Strickfield’s w...

On Halloween morning in 2010, a teenager returned home in Oak Harbor, Ohio, and discovered that three members of his family had been murdered. Sixteen-year-old Devon Griffin found his mother, Susan Liske, and stepfather, William Liske, dead in their bedroom. His older brother, Derek Griffin, was found elsewhere in the house. The killings stunned Sandusky County and immediately focused attention on William “B.J.” Liske Jr., William’s adult son, who had a history of severe mental illness, violenc...

Four vintage radio nightmares—“Poltergeist,” “The Visit,” “Sleep Is for Children,” and “Three Skeleton Key”—fill this extended Unknown Broadcast. The lineup moves from violent hauntings and sleepless fear to George Toudouze’s famous lighthouse siege by ravenous rats, creating a substantial Halloween-season radio marathon. “Poltergeist” and “The Visit” bring violent or unwanted supernatural company into spaces that should feel safe. “Sleep Is for Children” turns exhaustion and the fear of closi...

A lonely man follows a Halloween invitation to a Brooklyn warehouse, where pretentious artists plan to turn his murder into their masterpiece. Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi cut into Jeremy Saulnier’s 2007 horror comedy “Murder Party,” a handmade cult film built from cardboard armor, pumpkin bread, warehouse grime, and art-world insecurity. Chris (Chris Sharp) has no Halloween plans beyond movies and his cat, Sir Lancelot, until he finds an invitation on the street. He builds a Brown Knight...

One year after Cleo, Reuben, and Hank killed their predatory candy-factory boss, Candy Jack rises from the grave as a sugar-coated Halloween monster. In 1999, Candy Jack used promotions and overtime to pressure single mother Cleo while the Candy Jack’s factory prepared peanut-butter kisses and other seasonal sweets. His attack ended in a violent confrontation that left Cleo traumatized, Reuben hospitalized, and Jack dead inside the machinery that made his fortune. By Halloween 2000, everyone is...

Daddy’s Little Killer follows Abby into a babysitting-club murder mystery as the Etawah Slasher’s revenge leaves bodies and suspects multiplying. A good babysitter is hard to find...especially when they’re all dead! Abby’s first night with the babysitter’s club has her filling in for a friend that’s blowing off work for a hot date. The simple little lie will have dire consequences that trigger a series of unthinkable events and spurs a killer’s need for revenge! With the bodies - and suspects ...

A bicycle courier delivering groceries by homing pigeon during a zombie outbreak makes a welfare check that ends in blood, grief, and one improbable bottle of vodka. Felix is one of the few people capable of moving safely among the “no longer people,” which makes Friday a double shift of funeral flowers and scarce groceries. A frat house’s joke request for beer has already cost one pigeon its life, but the more urgent problem is the Patel family: they have stopped ordering, and Felix’s missing ...

A year after a deadly Friendsgiving awakens spider powers in Felicia Mirren, Halloween brings a new mutation and the truth behind her transformation. Felicia survives a Thanksgiving massacre only after her blood-crazed cousin Chelsea and her pet tarantula, Creepy, bite her within moments of each other. The strange combination leaves the Strickfield High cheerleader stronger, faster, able to cling to walls and spin webs—and hungry for blood. For months she tries to master her abilities while sea...

Fifteen-year-old Martha Moxley was killed with a golf club in Greenwich, Connecticut, on Mischief Night 1975 after visiting the Skakel family. Martha was last seen on October 30 near the Skakels’ Belle Haven home. Her body was discovered beneath a tree in her family’s yard the next day, and pieces of a broken six-iron traced to the neighboring household were found at the scene. Suspicion moved among brothers Thomas and Michael Skakel and live-in tutor Kenneth Littleton, while changing accounts ...

A faceless woman in a walled hotel garden and a living killer inside a wax museum create two classic radio nightmares about forbidden faces. In Beyond Midnight’s “Let Me See Your Face,” Simon Crutchley withdraws from his friends after a trip leaves his black hair shock-white. At L’Hôtel d’Avignore, he repeatedly sees a veiled woman sitting alone in the rear garden. A chambermaid makes the sign of the cross, headwaiter Pierre urges him to move into a sunny front room, and every warning only deep...

Six Halloween horror stories unleash headless riders, pumpkin monsters, cursed games, sinister trick-or-treating, and supermarket bloodshed. The lineup features “Dullahan” by Morgan Moore, “Origin of the Pumpkin Man” by Charles Campbell, “The Grinner” by Henrique Couto, “Ghost in the Graveyard” by Rob Fields, “Tricks and Treats” by Keith Tomlin, and “The Night Stocker” by Shane Migliavacca. It is a substantial spooky-season collection of folklore, monsters, revenge, and small-town terror. The ...

Cassillia Taibon awakens in a crypt in 2099 and discovers her vampire body has been replaced by an advanced machine built to cross a world destroyed by Hellweaver. Her last memories come from 1887, but outside the tomb Strickfield Towne Centre is abandoned, zombies wander the village, and the Reality Sphere has turned Earth into a supernatural wasteland. Cassillia retains the appearance and many abilities of the Taibon vampire-Treilaunder hybrid, yet her new systems reveal metal, processors, ne...

Megan’s Cleveland bachelorette party becomes a neon-lit vampire massacre when Colgan, Maxine, and Roxanne invade the Wings and Dings strip club. Amy, Megan, Zoe, and Jessica plan one last wild night together before the bride moves away. Their bar crawl leads to a male strip club owned by Diane and staffed by bartender Joan, bouncer Brian, cook Scotty, and dancers who expect an ordinary Friday crowd. Across town, a black Impala carries three leather-clad predators with pitch-black eyes, needle t...

Bernadette Hallow is bitten on Halloween and returns to Strickfield Academy with an undead army—but the headmistress has a secret life hunting monsters. Halloween lasts seven days in Strickfield, yet the strict Catholic academy refuses to close. Rebellious cheerleader Bernadette already hates the school, its rules, and Headmistress Hiltonson when a walk through the woods leaves her infected. Death does not end her anger. She rises hungry, powerful, and determined to make the students and teache...

Horror author and Library Macabre creator Cameron Chaney joins Henrique Couto to build a Halloween reading list for fans of scary books. Their conversation explores the pleasure of seasonal horror reading, the books that belong beside an October night, and Cameron’s work celebrating macabre literature. The episode also discusses his novel “Autumncrow High: Fresh Hell,” making it a useful spooky-season listen for readers seeking their next frightening title. Cameron approaches horror reading as...

Japanese exchange student Yoshihiro “Yoshi” Hattori went to the wrong Louisiana house while looking for a Halloween party and was shot at the door. On October 17, 1992, the 16-year-old and his host brother Webb Haymaker followed a mistaken address in Baton Rouge. The decorated home and cars outside looked like the party, but homeowner Rodney Peairs emerged with a revolver. Peairs ordered Yoshi to “freeze.” Yoshi, wearing a costume and still approaching, may not have understood the command befor...

A broke journalist spends the night among wax murderers before a second radio nightmare unleashes a dog-sized spider in the upper Amazon. Beyond Midnight’s “A Night in Murder’s Den” sends Raymond Hewson into Mariner’s Waxworks to earn money from an overnight newspaper feature. The cellar’s Chamber of Horrors contains effigies of infamous killers, but one figure is different: Dr. Bourdette, the missing Parisian throat-cutter whose hypnotic eyes and carefully held razor appear to follow Hewson wh...

Six self-contained Halloween horror stories bring together ghosts, murderers, supernatural creatures, and October nights that turn deadly. Built as an extended spooky-season anthology, this collection revisits classic Weekly Spooky tales for listeners seeking a long night of narrated Halloween fiction. Each story offers a different route into the holiday’s darker side without requiring prior listening. Every story is tied to October or Halloween, but the threats do not repeat one formula. Huma...

Undead party designer Lucien Greyshire stages a Halloween haunt at Pickering Manor, where a cheating husband expects the special effects to hide murder. The abandoned plantation house sits behind a mold-covered wall on the Louisiana bayou, surrounded by Civil War legends and the cries of the dead. Lucien’s burn scars, limp, and single good eye require no costume. Each year wealthy clients pay him to create a unique Greyshire Halloween, but his own history—killed in the fire that took his mother...

Special-effects artist Bronson James joins Keisha at a lavish corporate Halloween party, where the costumes and office rivalries feed an ancient aquatic god. Bronson arrives at the thirty-ninth floor of the Hind and Hart tower dressed as a leprechaun instead of the elaborate zombie he originally created. Keisha wants them to look like a couple, but their playful costume argument soon gives way to a room full of Barbies, superheroes, movie monsters, and powerful executives. Bronson is an outside...