Episodes

Psychological horror breakdown time. Henrique Couto & Rachael Redolfi dive into Ti West’s Pearl (2022) — the candy-colored prequel to X that turns ambition, isolation, repression, and rage into a full-blown descent. We talk Mia Goth’s star-making performance, why the film feels like a twisted classic-Hollywood fever dream, and how the story’s backdrop of 1918 rural life, sickness, and war-era anxiety amplifies Pearl’s need to be seen… and her capacity to snap. This is a spoiler-friendly discussi...

A Valentine’s Day horror novella set in 1958 small-town America, where young love collides with abuse, obsession, and the grave. August Hannig and Becky Sue “Bex” Brewer find each other at a winter Grange dance—two outsiders bonded by forbidden romance and a shared hunger to escape the crushing rules of Dorset. But when Bex’s violent father tightens his grip, the night turns into a nightmare… and love doesn’t just die—it comes back wrong. This is a darkly romantic zombie revenge tale packed wit...

Love isn’t soft this week — it’s sharp. In Valentine’s Week Horror History (Feb 9–15), we trace the anniversaries where romance curdles into obsession, suburbia turns sinister, and the holiday’s heart-shaped sheen hides something mean underneath. Inside this episode (Quick Hits + Spotlight): Feb 11, 1981 — My Bloody Valentine: blue-collar slasher dread in a mining town where the tunnels feel alive and the “tradition” is murder. (U.S. this week: free via Kanopy / buy-rent on major VOD.) Feb 13, ...

In 1845, Sir John Franklin and 129 men sailed into the Arctic chasing the Northwest Passage—and vanished into a white maze of ice, darkness, and slow collapse. This episode follows the chilling, evidence-anchored timeline of the Lost Franklin Expedition, from the first quiet graves at Beechey Island to the brutal trap of Victoria Strait, where the ice held two war-built ships like insects in amber: HMS Erebus and HMS Terror. We trace the expedition’s last clear message—the Victory Point note—an...

Unknown Broadcast — old-time radio horror stories, classic OTR suspense, and vintage radio mystery drift into the Weekly Spooky feed again… and this one is packed with vanishings, fatal coincidences, and the kind of doom that arrives right on schedule. Tonight’s broadcast contains four tales: 🕯️ “The Man is Missing” — A routine look turns into a cold realization: someone was here… and now they’re gone. When the search begins, the truth won’t stay put—shifting from clues to contradictions, from ...

Looking for Valentine’s Week horror that isn’t cheesy romance? This Weekly Spooky compilation is pure anti-Valentine’s Day energy: first dates from hell, toxic love, jealousy, betrayal, revenge, and monsters that don’t take “no” for an answer. Perfect for a date-night scare, a breakup binge, or anyone searching for love gone wrong horror stories and scary stories for Valentine’s week—without the cute stuff. Tonight’s lineup (in order): Till Death Do Us Part — by Rob Fields — A wedding day shoul...

A fog-thick highway. An empty box truck with no traction. One split-second swerve… and you’re tumbling off the road into trees, glass, blood, and a headlight that can’t cut through the gloom. What happens next isn’t a simple winter driving nightmare—it’s a survival horror encounter in the woods below the berm, where the fog feels alive, the air reeks of death, and something huge moves on two legs like it owns the night. Trapped in a wreck, hurt badly, and invisible to everyone rushing past over...

This Week in Horror History (Feb 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 long winter nights. This week we’re talking cursed media, home-invasion dread, and the kind of slow-burn paranoia that makes you stare at your own hallway a little too long. Inside this episode Horror releases from Feb 2–8 Feb 2, 2007 — The MessengersA glossy studio haunted-house/farm nightmare where the land doesn’t want ...

A remote Arctic camp. Tents standing open in the wind. A half-finished mitten, needle still threaded—like someone stood up mid-stitch and never returned. The legend of Angikuni Lake is one of the most chilling “vanishing village” mysteries ever told: an Inuit camp along the Kazan River corridor in Nunavut—found eerily intact… but empty. In the campfire version, everything is wrong in the most cinematic way: food left behind, supplies untouched, dogs silent on their lines, and even a grave distu...

Unknown Broadcast slips into your Weekly Spooky feed with classic old-time radio horror stories, radio suspense, and vintage OTR mystery—the kind of tales that start with a simple temptation… and end with someone realizing they should’ve left well enough alone. 💎 Leave Well Enough Alone — A marriage, a growing doubt, and a trail of jewelry that turns love into obsession… until the truth hits like a knife you never saw coming. ☠️ The Diary of Doctor Pritchard — A doctor with a reputation… a chem...

Snowed-in slasher horror, murder mystery, and winter survival terror collide in BANNED!—the complete 4-part horror miniseries binge. When a brutal blizzard traps a packed horror convention inside a remote ski lodge in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, the weekend refuses to shut down… even as the atmosphere turns tight, paranoid, and dangerously claustrophobic. This is a full compilation—all four parts back-to-back—built for listeners who love classic slasher vibes, locked-room tension, backstage con...

Buckle up for a wilderness horror compilation packed with scary stories of remote trails, isolated campsites, and nature that turns predatory. If you love horror podcast narration with survival terror, monster horror, and “we-shouldn’t-be-here” dread… this one’s for you. Tonight’s collection features four tales where the map runs out, the sun goes down, and the woods start paying attention. • Fortune Falls — by David O’HanlonTwo college friends camp where they shouldn’t, chasing a perfect sunr...

Winter slasher horror, murder mystery, and survival terror collide in the final chapter of BANNED! as the High Point Ski Lodge disappears under a relentless blizzard and the Horror Snow-In reaches its breaking point. With the body count climbing and the storm sealing every road out, the killer’s plan shifts from lurking to finishing—dragging the weekend toward a confrontation nobody can walk away from unchanged. Headliner Vickie Valentine is pushed past her limits as something dangerous inside ...

Travel back through January 26–February 2 with This Week in Horror History—a horror history podcastcountdown of horror movie anniversaries, a Stephen King milestone, and winter-week picks built for being snowed in. Quick Hits (Jan 26–Feb 2): Jan 26, 1996 — Screamers: killer machines evolve fast on a war-torn planet. Where to watch: Free w/ ads on TubiTV, plus rent at the usual suspects, or watch free with your Amazon Prime membership. Jan 27, 1989 — Parents: suburban dinner-table dread with bl...

Haunted castles, ghost stories, eerie history, and true crime weirdness—this month’s Monthly Spooky with Henrique & Michelle goes full winter-night mode with paranormal legends, unsettling discoveries, and a real-life disaster shaped by brutal weather. Inside this episode: Chillingham Castle (UK): infamous haunting claims, grim history, and why it’s often called one of the most haunted places around. Chillingham cattle: the strange, preserved lineage tied to the castle’s eerie reputation. Mumm...

Unknown Broadcast returns with old-time radio horror stories and classic OTR suspense—a winter-loaded anthology where snowstorms swallow roads, ice keeps secrets, and the cold feels alive. If you love radio suspense, ghost story anthologies, and classic mystery-thriller drama, this one is built for headphones on a dark night. 🧊 “The Ice Palace” — A glittering winter miracle with a rotten core… and something inside it that shouldn’t ever thaw. 🥶 “Death Has a Cold Breath” — A stranger’s journey t...

Scary stories for road trips, late-night drives, and anyone who’s ever felt the world get wrong somewhere between exits. In this Weekly Spooky horror podcast compilation, we’re digging into the creepiest vault picks built around roadside terror, travel nightmares, and the kind of highway horror that follows you long after the headlights fade. Inside this episode (in order): I used to drive a delivery truck, until the incident — by Michael Kelso A routine delivery route turns into a nightmare w...

A Best of 2025 fan-favorite returns in one killer collection: Deadly Second Chances—the summer mini-series that drops you into the Strickfield universe where second chances come with teeth. In Perdition, the Hellweaver discovers an ancient pact that could finally set her free… but only if she offers five doomed souls the chance to rewind their lives—and watches them choose who they really are when fate gives them one more turn of the key. No interference. No do-overs. Just consequences. From c...

Slasher horror, murder mystery, and winter survival terror collide as the Horror Snow-In at High Point Ski Lodge continues under a tightening blizzard lockdown—and the killer behind BANNED stops treating this like a secret. With police struggling to reach the lodge and the convention refusing to shut down, headliner Vickie Valentine is forced to keep smiling through the fear… even as something old and dangerous stirs inside her. Meanwhile, Robbie Redden turns the weekend into a performance—push...

A horror history podcast trip through January 19–25, when the winter slump gets mean and the genre leaves fresh footprints in the snow. This week’s creepy calendar run includes classic creature feature chaos, a modern psychological thriller hit, a creepy doll shocker, a claustrophobic space-horror video game, and a found-footage landmark that changed horror marketing forever. Inside this episode (Quick Hits): Jan 19 (1990): Tremors — a creature feature that burrowed its way into cult legend. J...

Portugal folklore turns feral in the mountain village of Podence, where the only warning is the clatter of cowbellsricocheting off stone walls. Then the Caretos burst from the dark—men (and now women and kids, too) swallowed in ragged ribbons of red, yellow, and green, faces erased behind blood-red demon masks, hips loaded with heavy bell harnesses that turn every lunge into a metallic scream. It’s Carnival… but it moves like a hunt. This is Entrudo—a tradition believed to reach back to pre-Rom...

Step into Unknown Broadcast — classic old-time radio horror stories and vintage radio suspense pulled from the dark, stitched together, and left to play in the corners of your feed. Tonight, four nightmares unfold: a royal smile that means life… a desperate man pushed into crime… a murder heard in the dark… and an island where gunfire answers the tide. 👑 “The Queen of Darkness” — In a kingdom where a queen still holds real power, Josephine Denison’s charm hides something colder: ambition, jealo...

If you’re craving haunted house horror stories, ghost stories, and paranormal encounters that escalate fast—this compilation is your next late-night listen. From a historic inn with a locked room and a German priest’s shadow, to an abandoned murder house that turns viral for all the wrong reasons… these tales spiral through possession, poltergeist chaos, cursed objects, and the kind of dread that follows you home. Inside this compilation (in order): • Horror at the Hexagon House Inn — Bill Spe...

Weekly Spooky horror podcast brings you a high-seas survival horror nightmare for our Best of 2025 series—equal parts ghost ship, creature feature, and “you’re trapped and nobody is coming.” Chance and Luka are stranded after a shipwreck—clinging to a container in open water while the ocean churns around them. But rescue doesn’t arrive… and when a drifting vessel appears out of the fog, it feels like a miracle. A derelict ocean liner. A ghost ship. A place to rest, warm up, and wait it out. Ex...