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Witches, Folk Horror, and Occult Terror: 4 Creepy Stories of Curses and Cults
April 11, 2026

Witches, Folk Horror, and Occult Terror: 4 Creepy Stories of Curses and Cults

Witchcraft, folk horror, Satanic Panic terror, cursed small towns, undead nightmares, and occult evil come together in this dark and eerie Weekly Spooky compilation. If you love witches, rural horror, sinister rituals, ancient gods, creepy old houses, and stories where the whole town feels wrong, this collection is packed with nightmare fuel. Tonight’s lineup drags you through the fever dream of 1984 Satanic Panic paranoia, into the misty woods of cosmic folk horror, through a witch-haunted bed ...
Best of 2025 | Carrie Culberson: The True Story of Ohio’s Infamous No-Body Murder Case
April 10, 2026

Best of 2025 | Carrie Culberson: The True Story of Ohio’s Infamous No-Body Murder Case

Carrie Culberson was just 22 years old when she vanished from Blanchester, Ohio in August 1996. What followed became one of the state’s most haunting true crime cases: a young woman missing, a violent boyfriend at the center of suspicion, a town shaken by fear and rumor, and a murder conviction without a body . For this Best of 2025 revisit, we’re returning to one of the most gripping and unforgettable episodes of Terrifying & True . This story has all the elements that make a case impossible to...
Knock, Knock: True Scary Ice Fishing Story in the Middle of the Night
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April 8, 2026

Knock, Knock: True Scary Ice Fishing Story in the Middle of the Night

A lonely ice fishing hut , a brutal Ontario snowstorm , and a series of slow, deliberate knocks at the door in the dead of night — tonight’s Weekly Spooky episode delivers a deeply unsettling true scary story about isolation, fear, and the kind of experience that refuses to make sense long after the sun comes up. If you love true horror stories , creepy wilderness encounters , paranormal mysteries , strange campfire tales , and stories about being trapped alone in the dark while something waits ...
This Week in Horror History | A Quiet Place, Oculus, Critters & The Void (Apr 6–12)
April 7, 2026

This Week in Horror History | A Quiet Place, Oculus, Critters & The Void (Apr 6–12)

This Week in Horror History is your weekly horror release-date roundup , with where to watch or stream (U.S.) , a deep-cut spotlight , and a weekly recommendation for fans of monster movies, supernatural horror, survival horror, cosmic horror, Stephen King, and cult favorites . This week brings A Quiet Place , Oculus , Critters , Scary Movie 5 , and The Void —a lineup packed with silence-driven terror, cursed mirrors, hungry little monsters, horror parody, and blood-slick cosmic nightmare fuel ....
Terrifying & True | Anneliese Michel Exorcism True Story: Demonic Possession Claims and the Shocking Death Behind the Horror
April 6, 2026

Terrifying & True | Anneliese Michel Exorcism True Story: Demonic Possession Claims and the Shocking Death Behind the Horror

The Anneliese Michel exorcism remains one of the most disturbing and controversial cases in modern religious history—a story of alleged demonic possession , failed medical treatment, Catholic ritual, and a young woman whose death still fuels arguments about faith, mental illness, epilepsy, and neglect . In this episode of Terrifying & True , we go beyond the sensational “real exorcism” legend and into the documented tragedy behind the case: a deeply religious woman in West Germany , months of ri...
Unknown Broadcast | Four Vintage Tales of Family Ruin, Wartime Espionage, Mad Science, and a Strange Little Visitor
April 5, 2026

Unknown Broadcast | Four Vintage Tales of Family Ruin, Wartime Espionage, Mad Science, and a Strange Little Visitor

Unknown Broadcast returns with more old-time radio horror stories, classic OTR suspense, vintage radio drama, eerie mystery anthologies, and dark audio storytelling slipped loose from the static. This week’s transmission moves from a prison-bred family wound that never healed, to occupied France and a dangerous OSS operation, to a miracle cure that may be something far worse, and finally to the soft, impossible footsteps of a child-sized presence that does not belong in any ordinary room. Four s...
Ghosts, Werewolves, Zombies, and Haunted Houses: 4 Small-Town Horror Stories
April 4, 2026

Ghosts, Werewolves, Zombies, and Haunted Houses: 4 Small-Town Horror Stories

Ghost stories, werewolves, zombies, haunted houses, and small-town horror collide in this creepy collection of four scary stories packed with eerie legends, supernatural terror, and backwoods nightmares. If you love haunted pond tales, werewolf horror, ghost story atmosphere, weird monsters, and strange late-night encounters, this episode is built for you. Tonight’s lineup drags you through cursed water, alien chaos, full-moon bloodshed, and one deeply wrong house that should have been left alon...
Best of 2025 | Resurrection Mary: The True Story of Chicago’s Vanishing Hitchhiker Ghost
April 3, 2026

Best of 2025 | Resurrection Mary: The True Story of Chicago’s Vanishing Hitchhiker Ghost

Resurrection Mary , Chicago’s vanishing hitchhiker , Archer Avenue ghost story , and Resurrection Cemetery legend all come together in one of the most haunting and engrossing episodes of Terrifying & True —and for our Best of 2025 revisit, this is absolutely one worth experiencing again. On a lonely stretch of road outside Chicago, drivers have reported the same chilling encounter for generations: a beautiful young woman in a white dress asking for a ride, only to vanish near the gates of Resurr...
Fooled Ya: April Fools Horror Story - A Deadly Prank!
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April 1, 2026

Fooled Ya: April Fools Horror Story - A Deadly Prank!

Looking for the perfect April Fools Day horror story ? Tonight on Weekly Spooky , a skeptical researcher chasing mysterious ley lines , haunted roads, and strange energy finds himself lured to a remote castle where nothing is what it seems. What begins like a campy gothic prank quickly spirals into a bizarre night of vampires, werewolves, dark comedy, and supernatural terror . This creepy and funny monster story blends classic horror movie vibes , eerie folklore, and an April Fools twist that tu...
This Week in Horror History | Slither, Pet Sematary, Resident Evil 3 & Cat People (Mar 30–Apr 5)
March 31, 2026

This Week in Horror History | Slither, Pet Sematary, Resident Evil 3 & Cat People (Mar 30–Apr 5)

This Week in Horror History is your weekly horror movie and horror game release-date roundup , with where to watch or play (U.S.) , a deep-cut spotlight , and a weekly recommendation for fans of body horror, supernatural horror, Stephen King, cult horror, survival horror, and horror documentaries . This week brings Slither , Cat People , Cursed Films , Pet Sematary , and Resident Evil 3 —a lineup packed with alien parasites, erotic transformation, cursed-production mythology, grief-driven resurr...
Monthly Spooky | Bigfoot in Ohio & Cursed Lake Lanier: Sock Burning, Spring Superstitions, and Lake Shawnee Hauntings
March 30, 2026

Monthly Spooky | Bigfoot in Ohio & Cursed Lake Lanier: Sock Burning, Spring Superstitions, and Lake Shawnee Hauntings

Monthly Spooky paranormal podcast time—Henrique & Michelle dig into spooky news , urban legends , and creepy folklore that hits different when winter won’t let go. We start with the chaos of modern life (yes, taxes), then dive headfirst into spring superstitions from around the world, including the wild Annapolis sock-burning tradition that literally sets “winter” on fire. Inside this episode: Sock Burning in Annapolis, Maryland : the bizarre spring festival you have to hear to believe Springtim...
Unknown Broadcast | Four Old-Time Radio Stories of Fear, Deception, and Doom
March 29, 2026

Unknown Broadcast | Four Old-Time Radio Stories of Fear, Deception, and Doom

Unknown Broadcast returns with more old-time radio horror stories, classic OTR suspense, vintage radio mystery, and eerie anthology drama slipping out of the dark and into your speakers. This week’s transmission drifts from a lonely house haunted by more than nerves, to a mad dream of kingship, to a secret criminal chamber with its own whispered password, and finally to a single letter that ruins lives from Vienna to Paris. Four tales. Four doors. None of them should be opened. 🐈 “The Resident” ...
Ides of March: AI Horror, Demonic Deals, Graveyard Horror, and Undead Revenge Stories
March 28, 2026

Ides of March: AI Horror, Demonic Deals, Graveyard Horror, and Undead Revenge Stories

AI horror, demonic deals, graveyard horror, undead revenge, and creepy psychological terror collide in this Ides of March installment from the Weekly Spooky horror podcast . If you love scary stories , supernatural horror , occult suspense , vampire-style graveyard chills , and modern nightmares about technology turning against us, this collection is built to hit every nerve. In this episode, a writer discovers that artificial intelligence can become something far more invasive—and far more dang...
Cutting Deep into Horror | Someone’s Watching Me! (1978) John Carpenter Hidden Gem Breakdown
March 27, 2026

Cutting Deep into Horror | Someone’s Watching Me! (1978) John Carpenter Hidden Gem Breakdown

John Carpenter’s Someone’s Watching Me! (1978) is one of the most overlooked thrillers in his filmography, and this week on Cutting Deep into Horror , Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi dig into the tense, creepy made-for-TV shocker Carpenter made right before Halloween . The film stars Lauren Hutton , David Birney , and Adrienne Barbeau , and turns anonymous phone calls, apartment paranoia, and stalker dread into a slow-burn nightmare that still lands. The movie was produced by Warner Bros. Tel...
Black Kat: Black Cat Curse Horror Story - A Deadly Supernatural Curse
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March 25, 2026

Black Kat: Black Cat Curse Horror Story - A Deadly Supernatural Curse

Black cat curse horror collides with carnival horror , fortune teller terror , and a brutal supernatural revenge story in tonight’s nightmare from Weekly Spooky . When a reckless young woman ignores a warning at a county fair, she triggers a chain of bad luck deaths , fiery disaster, and a curse that turns every crossed path into a death sentence. What starts as a wild night of lust and attitude spirals into a vicious tale of killer bad luck , occult punishment , and a woman trapped inside a liv...
This Week in Horror History | The Hills Have Eyes 2, Stay Alive, Gonjiam & Def by Temptation (Mar 23–29)
March 24, 2026

This Week in Horror History | The Hills Have Eyes 2, Stay Alive, Gonjiam & Def by Temptation (Mar 23–29)

This Week in Horror History (Mar 23–29) is your weekly horror release-date rundown—with where to watch (U.S.) , a deep-cut spotlight , and a weekly recommendation built for nights when you want your horror mean, chaotic, and just a little contaminated . This week we’ve got desert-mutant survival horror , a killer video game movie with pure mid-2000s cursed-object energy, a found-footage livestream nightmare that spirals beautifully out of control, and one extremely angry flock proving that pasto...
Terrifying & True | Deer Woman Legend Explained: Indigenous Folklore and the Dark Warning Behind the Myth
March 23, 2026

Terrifying & True | Deer Woman Legend Explained: Indigenous Folklore and the Dark Warning Behind the Myth

The Deer Woman is one of the most haunting figures in Indigenous folklore and modern paranormal legend —a beautiful woman with deer hooves who appears at the edge of the woods, the roadside, the party, or the dark place where safety ends. In this episode of Terrifying & True , we explore the chilling shape of the Deer Woman story, the many ways it appears across traditions and retellings, and the reason this legend still hits so hard today: because in many versions, she is not random evil. She i...
Unknown Broadcast | What Returns in the Night: Four Tales of Ghosts, Betrayal, and Retribution
March 22, 2026

Unknown Broadcast | What Returns in the Night: Four Tales of Ghosts, Betrayal, and Retribution

Unknown Broadcast leaks once more into the Weekly Spooky feed, carrying four old-time radio horror stories in its teeth and insisting they are perfectly harmless. Tonight’s signal wanders through reincarnation and resentment, jungle danger and false names, poison and polite suburban dread, and finally a grim little reckoning delivered by The Whistler himself. If you came seeking classic OTR horror, vintage radio suspense, gothic mystery, and those deliciously strange old broadcasts that sound as...
Ides of March: Four Horror Stories of Demons, Curses, Occult Revenge, and Satan’s Shotgun
March 21, 2026

Ides of March: Four Horror Stories of Demons, Curses, Occult Revenge, and Satan’s Shotgun

The Ides of March isn’t just betrayal—it’s the moment the universe decides you’ve had it too easy. In this compilation of scary horror stories , we go from demonic possession and hellish bargains to occult curses , bloody pentagrams , and a revenge trail that crawls straight out of the old world and into something far worse. In this episode (in order): • “Academia Demonia” — by David O’Hanlon A school day goes wrong in the most unholy way—shadows lengthen, bodies move wrong, and something ancien...
Lionizing by Edgar Allan Poe: Dark Satire, Vanity Horror, and a Classic Gothic Tale
March 20, 2026

Lionizing by Edgar Allan Poe: Dark Satire, Vanity Horror, and a Classic Gothic Tale

Step into the strange and biting world of Edgar Allan Poe’s Lionizing , a sharp gothic satire that blends dark humor , social commentary , and Poe’s signature fascination with vanity, status, and human absurdity. In this unforgettable classic, a man’s rise to fame is built on something as ridiculous as it is disturbing — and the higher he climbs into fashionable society, the more twisted the praise, obsession, and cruelty become. If you love Edgar Allan Poe stories , classic horror , gothic fict...
Boredom Can Be Deadly: Scary Phone Horror Story | He Called a Bathroom Wall Number and It Ruined His Life
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March 18, 2026

Boredom Can Be Deadly: Scary Phone Horror Story | He Called a Bathroom Wall Number and It Ruined His Life

A scary phone number horror story , technology thriller , and psychological nightmare collide in tonight’s chilling episode. In Boredom can be Deadly , a bored man sitting in a bathroom stall makes one tiny mistake: he calls a strange number scribbled on the wall. What answers isn’t a prank, a wrong number, or a joke — it’s the beginning of a deadly game involving mind-reading phones , secret surveillance, manipulation, murder, and a terrifying conspiracy hiding in plain sight. What starts as cu...
This Week in Horror History | Final Destination, Dawn of the Dead, Us & The Hearse (Mar 16–22)
March 17, 2026

This Week in Horror History | Final Destination, Dawn of the Dead, Us & The Hearse (Mar 16–22)

This Week in Horror History (Mar 16–22) is your weekly horror release-date rundown—with where to watch (U.S.), a deep-cut spotlight, and a weekly recommendation built for nights when you want your horror full of bad omens, fast panic, doubles in the driveway, and death working from a checklist. This week we’ve got franchise-launching paranoia, turbo-charged zombie apocalypse energy, polished Biblical doom, modern prestige nightmare fuel, and a deep-cut supernatural oddity where a black hearse ke...
Terrifying & True | The Real Men in Black: UFO Witness Threats, Government Conspiracy, and Paranormal Cases
March 16, 2026

Terrifying & True | The Real Men in Black: UFO Witness Threats, Government Conspiracy, and Paranormal Cases

What are the Men in Black really — secret government agents, UFO cover-up operatives, paranormal enforcers, or something even stranger? In this episode of Terrifying & True , we dig into the chilling history of the real Men in Black phenomenon , from the earliest UFO-era intimidation reports to later encounters that made witnesses fear for their lives. We trace the legend back to the Maury Island incident , the terror and sudden silence surrounding Albert K. Bender , the disturbing Point Pleasan...
Unknown Broadcast | Phantom Hands, Cursed Rings, and Deadly Lies: Four Old-Time Radio Horror Stories
March 15, 2026

Unknown Broadcast | Phantom Hands, Cursed Rings, and Deadly Lies: Four Old-Time Radio Horror Stories

Unknown Broadcast drifts back through the Weekly Spooky feed with four old-time radio horror stories, and I do hope you’ve left the door unlatched. Tonight’s signal carries phantom fingers across piano keys, ancient Egypt breathing through a cursed relic, a rain-soaked household trying to keep murder in the family, and a final little lesson in debt, guilt, and the sort of arithmetic that is never settled in ledgers alone. Classic OTR horror, vintage radio suspense, supernatural mystery, gothic d...