Episodes

Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) is one of the bleakest and most notorious serial killer horror films ever made, and in this episode of Cutting Deep into Horror, Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi dig into what makes John McNaughton’s grim 1986 cult classic still feel so raw, disturbing, and hard to shake. Starring Michael Rooker in a chilling breakout role, Henry strips away slick movie thrills and replaces them with grime, dread, and the sickening feeling that you are watching somethi...

A cryptid horror story, monster encounter, and backroads nightmare collide in this brutal episode of horror fiction. What starts as a drunken party and a terrible decision spirals into a terrifying creature attack deep in the countryside, where the roads are dark, the fields feel endless, and something inhuman is hunting just beyond the farmhouse door. After a blackout leaves one man stranded in a freezing pasture, he pieces together a night of drug use, lost time, rural paranoia, and cryptid t...

This Week in Horror History (Mar 9–15) 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 a little meaner, stranger, and more paranoid. This week we’ve got killer kids, franchise reinvention, slow-walk supernatural dread, survival-horror blockbuster energy, and a deep-cut faux-documentary that feels eerily ahead of its time. Inside this episode ✅ Horror releases from Mar 9–15 Mar 9...

A locked garage behind a quiet holiday cottage. A car filling with exhaust. And two bodies posed to tell a simple story: a suicide pact between two “betrayed” spouses. On May 19, 1991, in Castlerock, Northern Ireland, Lesley Howell (31) and Trevor Buchanan (32) are found dead inside a vehicle with a hose running from the exhaust into the car—an apparent double suicide that the community quickly accepts. Lesley is a mother of four. Trevor is a police constable and father. Both are mourned as vic...

Unknown Broadcast returns, creeping once more through the cracks in the Weekly Spooky feed with four old-time radio horror stories carried in on grief, blood, confession, and candlelight. Tonight’s transmission wanders through classic OTR horror, ghost stories, gothic suspense, and vintage radio nightmares — the sort of tales that do not merely entertain, but wait. Patiently. Like something at the foot of the bed pretending not to breathe. 👻 The Ghost at the Gate Here, a widow keeps faith with ...

Ides of March horror stories are all about the moment trust breaks—and someone decides to settle the score. In this March compilation from the Weekly Spooky horror podcast, four tales spiral from small-town cruelty to wilderness terror, from viral fame to blood-soaked karma, and from a lonely highway to something not quite human waiting in the dark. In this episode (in order): • Hell Hath No Fury — by Aaron Michael Cook A perfect evening curdles into humiliation and rage—until payback arrives ...

This Friday on Weekly Spooky, we’re bringing back one of the biggest and most exhaustive episodes of Terrifying & True we’ve ever produced. In this special episode we take a long, hard look at the couple who became the most famous names in American paranormal investigation. From Amityville and Annabelle to the cases that helped inspire The Conjuring, this episode explores how the Warrens built their legend — and why that legend remains so controversial. We follow their rise from local investig...

Vampire horror story meets supernatural thriller in this scary story of a daylight predator and a mother-daughter escape that turns into a high-speed chase. When Madelyne “Maddy” Donnerly recognizes a towering vampire woman in a parking lot, panic hits fast—because the monster from last winter is back, and she’s moving like she already knows who she wants. What follows is mall horror, small-town dread, and a desperate run for safety as buried family secrets start clawing their way to the surfac...

This Week in Horror History (Mar 2–8) is your weekly horror movie release-date rundown—with where to watch (U.S.), a deep-cut spotlight, and a weekly recommendation built for early-March nights that still feel like winter. This week we’ve got silent-era vampire plague dread, occult noir doom, a killer laundry machine, and a true-crime obsession spiral—plus a Deep-Cut where language itself becomes the infection. Inside this episode ✅ Horror releases from Mar 2–8 Mar 4, 1922 — Nosferatu Silent-...

A remote mountain lodge in the Sierra Nevada. A busy wedding weekend. And a violent break-in after midnight that leaves one woman dead and a key witness barely alive. On August 19, 1990, in Camp Nelson, California, Bonnie Hood (46) is shot and killed inside a cabin at Camp Nelson Lodge, a secluded retreat in Tulare County. Her handyman, Rudy Manuel, is shot in the head—but survives long enough to describe what he says happened. Investigators initially believe it’s a robbery… until the details d...

Unknown Broadcast is your strange little frequency of old-time radio horror stories, classic OTR suspense, and vintage radio mystery—the kind of signal that crackles with laughter one second and turns cold the next. Tune the dial just a hair too far…and you’ll catch the stories that weren’t meant to survive the night. Tonight’s broadcast drifts from absurd crime to buried dread, from cursed good fortune to open-water peril—four classic radio tales where greed, fear, and bad timing all make the ...

Classic Edgar Allan Poe horror stories and mystery tales—a bingeable gothic anthology packed with macabre suspense, dark humor, revenge, and one of the most famous detective stories ever written. If you’re searching for Edgar Allan Poe short stories, classic horror, Victorian gothic, old-time spooky literature, or a murder mystery with a locked-room vibe, this compilation is built for you. Inside this episode (in order): • Manuscript Found in a Bottle — a nightmare voyage into storm, fog, and f...

A true-crime horror deep dive into a grim, under-seen cult title: Confessions of a Serial Killer (shot in 1985, directed by Mark Blair)—a film rooted in the Henry Lee Lucas mythology, where the horror isn’t a monster… it’s a man calmly telling you what he did. In this episode, hosts Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi break down what makes this movie so unsettling: the low-rent, almost-documentary texture; the blunt confessional structure; and the way it drags you through a nightmare that feels ...

Ice fishing turns into a frozen-lake nightmare in this chilling winter horror tale. A widower heads out onto thick, steel-strong ice for a quiet day on the lake—testing every step like his grandpa taught him—until the silence becomes unnatural, the surface starts to crack, and something black and slick glides beneath his fishing hole. What begins as a peaceful survival routine spirals into supernatural terror tied to old local secrets: an abandoned lakeside development, whispers of missing chil...

This Week in Horror History (Feb 23–Mar 1) is your weekly horror release-date rundown—with where to watch (U.S.), a deep-cut spotlight, and a weekly recommendation for that weird stretch where winter won’t let go. This week we’ve got small-town paranoia, social terror, a survival nightmare in the pines, and love at the end of the world—plus a Deep-Cut that turns disbelief into the monster. Inside this episode ✅ Horror releases from Feb 23–Mar 1 Feb 26, 2010 — The Crazies Romero-era paranoia wi...

This time on Monthly Spooky, Henrique & Michelle tear into spooky news, true crime weirdness, and classic American vampire lore—the kind of stories that feel like they should be fake… but we're not so lucky. Inside this episode: Galway exorcism: the headline that sounds impossible—“poltergeist of dead baby torments family”—and why it set the tone for the night. Rhode Island UFO sighting: a pilot report of an unexplained object over Rhode Island, and the eternal question—do you believe? Las Ve...

Unknown Broadcast slips into the Weekly Spooky feed again—bringing old-time radio horror stories, classic OTR suspense, and vintage radio mystery that feels like you found a station you were never meant to tune in. Tonight’s signal carries four tales where grifts rot into consequences, quiet rooms turn hostile, and the universe starts enforcing its own rules… with a smile: 📻 “Medium Rare” (CBS Radio Mystery Theater) — A fake medium sells comfort to the grieving—until the dead decide they’re do...

Classic Edgar Allan Poe horror stories—gothic terror, madness, murder, and psychological dread—all in one chilling anthology. If you love classic horror, dark literature, and Victorian-era nightmares, this Poe compilation is built for you: guilt that won’t stay buried, revenge sealed behind bricks, obsession that rots the mind, and survival-horror fear sharpened to a razor’s edge. Inside this episode: • The Black Cat — a confession soaked in alcohol-fueled violence, guilt, and the uncanny feel...

Devil deals, cursed bargains, crossroads temptation, and payback from hell — this Weekly Spooky horror compilation is packed with supernatural revenge, demonic contracts, and the kind of “too good to be true” offers that always come with blood in the fine print. Tonight’s theme: Deals with the Devil. Four stories. Four bargains. And every single one of them comes due. Stories in this compilation (in order): “The Deal Was Great, But The Payments Are Hell” — Joe Solmo: A paranoid man on the run t...

Road trip horror meets supernatural action in a snow-choked small town where bad decisions don’t stay personal for long. Caroline Quinn—government “Troubleshooter,” part vampire, and currently running from her own heartbreak—heads west to disappear for two weeks… only to end up in Germfask, Michigan, a place with failing cell service, bitter cold, and a neon sign that simply says BEER. Inside a rural dive called The Den, the locals aren’t just unfriendly—they’re organized. Armed. Watching. And ...

This Week in Horror History (Feb 16–22) is your weekly horror movie release-date rundown—with where to watch (U.S.), a deep-cut spotlight, and a weekly recommendation built for long winter nights. This week we’ve got haunted-house showmanship, toy-factory dread, medieval deadites, and vampire rock-star chaos—plus a studio-era Deep-Cut that still feels like a dare. Inside this episode ✅ Horror releases from Feb 16–22 Feb 17, 1959 — House on Haunted Hill William Castle + Vincent Price turn a pa...

The Stanley Hotel isn’t just a famous haunted hotel in Estes Park, Colorado—it’s a place where real disaster and pop-culture horror fused into one unstoppable legend. Tonight, we trace the true story that begins with a stormy night in 1911, when acetylene gas silently pooled inside Room 217… and a single candle turned the west wing into a blast zone. A young head chambermaid, Elizabeth Wilson, is hurled through collapsing floors—and somehow survives. From there, the Stanley’s history becomes a ...

Unknown Broadcast slips into the Weekly Spooky feed again—bringing you old-time radio horror stories, classic OTR suspense, and vintage radio thrills where love curdles into obsession, reputations become weapons, and the truth arrives late… if it arrives at all. Tonight’s broadcast features four chilling tales: 🎭 A Matter of Love and Death — A celebrity collides with someone unknown… and a “romance” turns into a trap with the spotlight as the knife. 🔥 Love, Honor, or Murder — When the line bet...

Valentine’s Day horror stories meet slasher mayhem in this binge-ready Valentine’s Day marathon of scary stories, romantic horror, and love gone wrong. If you’re searching for a Valentine’s horror podcast, creepy Valentine’s stories, or a slasher anthology packed with obsession, stalking, and revenge—this collection is your perfect date-night nightmare. Tonight, love doesn’t whisper… it fixates. It follows. It leaves candy hearts that read like threats. Stories in this marathon (in order): Deb...