Episodes

This Week in Horror History connects End-of-Winter Dread through release anniversaries, creators, cultural context, and the continuing influence of the featured horror titles. 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 e...

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:...

Unknown Broadcast presents Signals from the Dead Air, an old-time radio horror selection grounded in old-time radio suspense, revenge and supernatural justice, and folklore, ritual, and cursed traditions and preserved as a complete after-dark drama. 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 tal...

Classic Edgar Allan Poe horror stories—gothic terror, madness, murder, and psychological dread—all in one chilling anthology. Inside this episode: • The Black Cat — a confession soaked in alcohol-fueled violence, guilt, and the uncanny feeling that something is watching from the dark. • Morella — grief, identity, and a haunting that crawls into the heart of a family and refuses to let go. • The Cask of Amontillado — Poe’s coldest revenge tale: a smiling invitation, a wine cellar, and a final b...

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 ru...

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 ...

Freaks, House on Haunted Hill and Army of Darkness (Feb 16–22) anchor a week-by-week tour of horror releases, anniversaries, and genre milestones. 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 party invite into a deathtrap: five strangers, one ...

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 presents Love and Death on the Air, an old-time radio horror selection grounded in old-time radio suspense, love, family, and betrayal, and murder, disappearance, and investigation and preserved as a complete after-dark drama. 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...

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): - ...

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...

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...

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, fr...

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 sh...

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 connects Rings, The Prodigy, The Messengers + In the Mouth of Madness (Feb 2–8) through release anniversaries, creators, cultural context, and the continuing influence of the featured horror titles. This Week in Horror History covers February 2–8 with cursed media, haunted farmland, home-invasion terror, possessed children, and a deep dive into one of John Carpenter’s strangest nightmares. The release-date rundown begins with “The Messengers” (2007), a supernatural ...

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 presents Four Classic OTR Thrillers of Poison, Trains, and Hidden Greed, an old-time radio horror selection grounded in old-time radio suspense, murder, disappearance, and investigation, and love, family, and betrayal and preserved as a complete after-dark drama. 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 real...

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. 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 sunrise at a hidden waterfall—until an unwanted visitor turns their quiet night into a brutal fight to make it out alive. • A Plant C...

BANNED! Part 4 traps the surviving horror-convention guests with the snowbound slasher for the miniseries’ final confrontation. 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 confr...

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 wit...