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The Fox Sisters sparked spiritualism's biggest hoax in 1848 Hydesville, New York. Maggie and Kate claimed they could communicate with spirits through mysterious knockings—a deception that captivated millions, spawned folklore legends, and shaped paranormal belief for generations. Explore how two sisters' ghost story became history. But was it a true haunting… or one of the most consequential paranormal hoaxes ever performed? Inside this episode: - The Hydesville Rappings: How strange knocks i...

Unknown Broadcast presents Four Old-Time Radio Horror Stories of Fate, Prison, Murder, and Madness, an old-time radio horror selection grounded in murder, disappearance, and investigation, old-time radio suspense, and Halloween-night atmosphere and preserved as a complete after-dark drama. Unknown Broadcast slips once more into the Weekly Spooky feed with old-time radio horror stories, classic OTR suspense, vintage mystery radio, psychological terror, crime, fate, and uncanny dread. This transm...

Cosmic horror, alien invasion nightmares, interdimensional warfare, occult terror, time-travel chaos, and apocalypse-driven weird fiction crash together in this wildly twisted Weekly Spooky compilation. Tonight’s lineup moves from a New Year’s Eve time-rip disaster into a funeral where killer clowns play by rules all their own, then into a last-ditch battle to stop multiversal annihilation, and finally down a rain-slick spiral of crime, occult corruption, and a monster born from something that ...

What starts as a scrappy Japanese zombie movie quickly becomes one of the most inventive, hilarious, and unexpectedly heartfelt horror-comedies of the last decade. This week on Cutting Deep into Horror, Henrique Couto & Rachael Redolfi dive into One Cut of the Dead (2017), Shinichiro Ueda’s brilliant cult favorite about zombies, chaos, low-budget filmmaking, and the beautiful disaster of trying to make art when everything is falling apart. At first glance, One Cut of the Dead looks like a stra...

A creepy old house. A terrifying basement. A hidden Underground Railroad tunnel beneath the floor. And one frightened boy who makes the worst possible choice: he decides to see where it leads. In this terrifying episode of Weekly Spooky, Curtis Tucker is afraid of the unfinished basement in his family’s old home — the cold concrete, the rotting doors, the flickering light, and the strange wooden shed tucked away in the corner. When his father reveals that the shed hides a tunnel once used as par...

This Week in Horror History for April 27–May 3 dives into a packed week of monster movies, vampire cinema, Stephen King adaptations, teen witch horror, found-footage terror, fake true crime, and killer-plant science fiction. Inside this episode: April 27, 1956 — Godzilla, King of the Monsters!: The American cut that helped turn Japan’s atomic monster into a worldwide horror icon, reshaping Gojira for U.S. audiences and introducing countless viewers to Godzilla’s radioactive roar, city-smashing s...

Lake Lanier’s haunted history takes center stage in this episode of Monthly Spooky, as we dive into one of America’s most infamous bodies of water: a man-made Georgia lake built over abandoned communities, graves, tragedy, folklore, and decades of eerie legends. Is Lake Lanier truly haunted, or is its chilling reputation the result of real history, preventable danger, and stories too disturbing to sink quietly beneath the surface? Inside this episode: • Lake Lanier’s dark origins — flooded tow...

Unknown Broadcast presents Five Old-Time Radio Horror Stories of Love, Murder, and Suspense, an old-time radio horror selection grounded in murder, disappearance, and investigation, old-time radio suspense, and love, family, and betrayal and preserved as a complete after-dark drama. Unknown Broadcast slips back into the Weekly Spooky feed with more old-time radio horror stories, classic OTR suspense, vintage mystery radio, murder, supernatural bargains, gothic dread, crime, and dark escape dram...

Cryptid horror, monster stories, demon dogs, chupacabra terror, survival horror, and futuristic creature nightmares collide in this brutal horror anthology series. Tonight’s lineup runs from a summoned hellhound with murder on its leash, to a terrifying mystery stalking the African wild, to a school trip that turns into a face-to-face encounter with El Chupacabra, and finally to a far-future wasteland filled with mutant monstrosities and post-apocalyptic beast combat. These stories hit from eve...

Richard Speck and the 1966 Chicago nurse murders remain one of the most horrifying chapters in Chicago true crimehistory. In this Best of 2025 revisit, Terrifying & True returns to one of its most gripping and disturbing deep dives: the night eight young student nurses were terrorized and murdered inside their South Side townhouse, and the long shadow that crime cast over America. This episode follows the full arc of the case, from Speck’s violent early life and downward spiral into crime, to t...

A love potion experiment goes horribly wrong in this twisted college horror story set at Strickfield University, where obsession, jealousy, and chemistry turn into a bloody nightmare. When a synthetic hormone transforms a brilliant student into a ravenous, lovesick monster, one desperate guy finds himself trapped in a science building with the very woman he’s been chasing for years—and now she wants him in the worst possible way. This episode blends mad science horror, infected romance, body ho...

This Week in Horror History for April 20–26 dives into a packed week of horror release dates, anniversaries, cult favorites, and modern genre hits—from Vacancy (2007) and Silent Hill (2006) to The Hand (1981), Until Dawn (2025), and this week’s Deep-Cut Spotlight, The Dark Half (1993). - April 20, 2007 — Vacancy: stripped-down motel horror, snuff-film panic, and one of the nastiest little studio thrillers of the 2000s. - Where to watch (U. S., this week): PlutoTV; rentable on Amazon, Apple TV, ...

When a black hell hound with burning eyes supposedly crashed through two churches during a violent 1577 storm in Suffolk and Norfolk, was it folklore or fact? In this episode of Terrifying & True, we investigate Black Shuck—the most fearsome cryptid in English folklore—and uncover the real storm disaster that may have birth one of the world's most enduring eerie legends. From eyewitness accounts to historical records, we separate the supernatural from the historical truth. From the shattered ca...

Unknown Broadcast presents Cursed Rings, Vanishing Brides, Greed, an old-time radio horror selection grounded in murder, disappearance, and investigation, folklore, ritual, and cursed traditions, and old-time radio suspense and preserved as a complete after-dark drama. Unknown Broadcast returns to the Weekly Spooky feed with more old-time radio horror stories, classic OTR suspense, vintage mystery radio, ghostly dread, strange disappearances, greed, curses, and dark family secrets. This week’s ...

Small-town horror, vampire horror, cursed love, alternate dimensions, and terrifying supernatural encounters collide in this eerie Weekly Spooky compilation of four dark and dangerous tales. Tonight’s lineup moves from a town that has been erased from the map, to a sleepover that opens a doorway into a dead vampire world, to a drunken ritual that summons something no one was meant to love, and finally to a seductive nightmare of blood, betrayal, and the deadly price of the nightlife. These stor...

Creep (2014) is one of the most unsettling found footage horror movies of the 2010s, and in this episode of Cutting Deep into Horror, Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi dig into why Patrick Brice’s microbudget nightmare still works so well. This episode centers on Creep, the 2014 psychological horror film directed by Patrick Brice and built around the deeply unnerving chemistry between Mark Duplass and Brice himself. The uploaded episode notes describe the discussion as a deep dive into trust, m...

What if the scariest thing in your home wasn’t a ghost… but a painting you created yourself? In tonight’s Weekly Spooky episode, a casual girls’ night turns into a chilling supernatural nightmare when a woman discovers that her strange new artwork seems to know too much about her house, her life, and what is about to happen next. Haunted paintings, witches, cursed art, ghosts, and home invasion horror collide in one eerie tale that keeps getting darker every time you look closer. If you love sc...

This Week in Horror History for April 13–19 dives into a killer stretch of horror release dates, anniversaries, cult favorites, horror gaming, and one of the most divisive occult fever dreams of the 2010s. We’re talking American Psycho, The Amityville Horror, Jakob’s Wife, Sker Ritual, and a Deep-Cut Spotlight on The Lords of Salem—plus horror birthdays, a Then & Now bite, and a weekly recommendation with Green Room. Inside this episode • April 14, 2000 — American Psycho Mary Harron’s razor-sha...

The Lead Masks Case is one of the strangest unsolved mysteries in true crime history: two Brazilian electronics technicians, found dead on a hillside in Niterói, Brazil, wearing homemade lead eye masks, with a cryptic note instructing them to take capsules, await a signal, and use the mask afterward. In this episode of Terrifying & True, we dig into the eerie facts, the failed investigation, the missing cause of death, and the theories that have kept this bizarre case alive for decades—from UFO ...

Unknown Broadcast presents Old-Time Radio Horror Stories of Fate, Ghosts, Mystery, and Justice, an old-time radio horror selection grounded in ghost lore and supernatural suspense, old-time radio suspense, and revenge and supernatural justice and preserved as a complete after-dark drama. Unknown Broadcast slips once more into the Weekly Spooky feed with old-time radio horror stories, classic OTR suspense, vintage radio mystery, ghostly encounters, occult dread, and fatal justice. This week’s tr...

Witchcraft, folk horror, Satanic Panic terror, cursed small towns, undead nightmares, and occult evil come together in this dark and eerie Weekly Spooky compilation. 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 and breakfast, and finally into a grand old home where piano lessons become something far more sinister. These are stories of hidden covens, hungry gods, cursed families, and the...

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 ...

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 outsi...

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. Inside ...