Weekly Spooky | Scary Stories for Halloween

Cutting Deep into Horror | The Cell (2000): Ending Explained & Serial Killer Nightmares Sep 25, 2026

The Cell (2000) sends Jennifer Lopez into a serial killer's mind while his next victim fights to survive. Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi unpack Tarsem Singh's surreal psychological horror, Vincent D'Onofrio's nightmare imagery and the ending's troubling questions about mercy and control. Explore water symbolism, childhood trauma and seven ways to interpret the title. Is Catherine a savior—or another kind of captor? A spoiler-filled horror movie review for your Halloween watchlist.
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Halloween 2026 Horror Streaming Guide: Carrie & Crystal Lake | Thursday Thrills Sep 24, 2026

What horror movies and shows should you stream for Halloween 2026? Henrique Couto previews six new movies and series arriving on U.S. streaming platforms: American Horror Story: 13 (Hulu, Sep 24); Infirmary (Shudder, Oct 2); Mike Flanagan's Carrie (Prime Video, Oct 7); R.L. Stine's Pumpkinhead 2 (Tubi, Oct 9); V/H/S/Mixtape (Shudder, Oct 9); and Friday the 13th prequel Crystal Lake (Peacock, Oct 15). From cursed pumpkins and found footage to telekinetic terror, this spoiler-light Thursday Thrills guide helps you build your spooky-season watchlist. Which nightmare will you stream first?
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The Fair Folk | Dark Fae Horror for Halloween Sep 23, 2026

Missing children lead FBI agent Francheska 'Frannie' Carter to a fairy ring—and a realm where beautiful faces hide something monstrous. In The Fair Folk, a supernatural investigation takes her from wooded suburbs into Fairyland to bring the children home. But the Fae queen has no intention of letting her captives go. Can Frannie outwit creatures whose hypnotic songs are meant to deceive? This dark folklore horror story brings evil fairies, a dangerous rescue and woodland terror to your Halloween listening. Step beyond the mushrooms, if you dare.
The Fair Folk by Tyler Belmont
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This Week in Horror History | Silent Hill 2 at 25, Dead Ringers & The Munsters (Sep 21-27) Sep 22, 2026

Silent Hill 2 turns 25 as This Week in Horror History revisits September 21-27, 2026. Follow James Sunderland into the fog after a letter from his dead wife, then explore David Cronenberg's Dead Ringers, The Munsters, and Urban Legend's campus murders inspired by familiar cautionary tales. Our deep cut, Pandorum, traps a crew aboard a failing starship with missing memories. Plus, celebrate horror birthdays and honor Tim Curry through The Rocky Horror Picture Show, our weekly recommendation. From survival horror games to body horror and midnight movies, find your next Halloween watch or play.
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Terrifying & True | Dorothy Jane Scott: Stalker Calls and an Unsolved Murder Sep 21, 2026

Dorothy Jane Scott disappeared from UCI Medical Center in Orange, California, in May 1980 after months of threatening phone calls. Her car was found burning; then an anonymous caller claimed he had killed her. Terrifying & True examines this unsolved murder through the stalking reports, the hospital parking-lot mystery, and the discovery of her remains in 1984. Explore what the caller appeared to know and the witness account that challenged his version of events. Did the voice on the telephone belong to Dorothy's killer? We're telling that story tonight.
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Unknown Broadcast | The Murder Ship & The Sea Phantom: Old-Time Radio Horror Sep 20, 2026

Unknown Broadcast brings six old-time radio thrillers from fogbound streets to haunted seas. A war veteran helps a stranger home and becomes entangled in murder; treasure hunters encounter the captain of a sunken galleon. Hear In the Fog (CBS Radio Mystery Theater), Two If by Sea (Escape), The Man in the Fog (Suspense), Seascape (The Whistler), The Murder Ship (Inner Sanctum), and The Sea Phantom (Dark Fantasy). More than three hours of vintage radio suspense mix murder mysteries, espionage, and ghostly encounters. Who can you trust when you can't see what's ahead?
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The Monsters' Halloween Revue | 7 Scary Stories: Pumpkin Man & Werewolves Sep 19, 2026

A pumpkin curse, a werewolf's deadly game, and Jack Scratch's twisted tales fill The Monsters' Halloween Revue. Settle in for nearly five hours of scary Halloween stories from Weekly Spooky, including Origin of the Pumpkin Man, STALK, and the complete Tricks and Treats trilogy. A costume party invites ancient powers, while an autumn hookup becomes a desperate test of survival. This seven-part horror fiction collection features Charles Campbell, Mike Ashkewe, David O'Hanlon, Keith Tomlin, Morgan Moore, and Rob Fields. Every invitation sounds tempting. What will accepting it cost?
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The Dead Don't Stay Silent: 9 Macabre True Crime Stories Sep 18, 2026

A severed arm inside a shark. Two men found wearing lead masks. The Dead Don't Stay Silent gathers nine true-crime cases and macabre histories in a Terrifying & True collection. Explore the Shark Arm case, Somerton Man, Bella in the Wych Elm, Donna Doll, Lynnette Craft, and the Lead Masks mystery, plus the Salish Sea feet, the shrunken-head trade, and Carl Tanzler. More than four hours trace forensic clues, unsolved murders, and the legends that grow around human remains. What can the dead reveal when the living won't tell the truth? We're telling that story tonight.
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Thursday Thrills | Flatwoods Monster to Mothman: A West Virginia Cryptid Road Trip Sep 17, 2026

The Flatwoods Monster and Mothman turn West Virginia folklore into a road trip after dark. In 1952, Kathleen May's group reported a towering figure on a hillside; in 1966, two couples said a red-eyed creature chased their car near Point Pleasant. Henrique Couto revisits these reported cryptid encounters, the original witness accounts and the meteor, owl and crane explanations. Explore the TNT Area legend and the 2026 Mothman Festival, scheduled for September 19–20. What did those beams of light really reveal—and why do these monster stories still pull us into the dark?
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Intruder in the Night | Home Invasion Horror for Halloween Sep 16, 2026

A teenage babysitter faces a masked intruder with poison gas in Intruder in the Night, a home invasion horror story by David O’Hanlon. It’s September 1944, and fourteen-year-old Candice Cardona is watching two boys in Couto Basin. Then a window opens, a sickly sweet smell drifts through the house, and muddy boot prints lead to the children’s room. Someone is already inside—and Candice has more than her own life to save. Make room in your scary Halloween stories queue for the Mad Gasser of Couto Basin, an original Weekly Spooky nightmare rooted in wartime paranoia. Don’t breathe too deeply.
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This Week in Horror History | Jennifer's Body, Blair Witch, Hardware & The Addams Family - Sep 14-20 Sep 15, 2026

Jennifer's Body turns friendship into demonic horror, Blair Witch sends a new crew into the Black Hills, and Hardware traps a killer machine inside an apartment. This Week in Horror History covers September 14-20, 2026, with The Addams Family's macabre TV comedy and Cry_Wolf's invented serial killer joining the lineup. Revisit the films and television that made possession, technology, and even a family home feel dangerous. Plus, celebrate Sam Neill, Jennifer Tilly, Cassandra Peterson, and George R. R. Martin, then add Underworld's vampire-Lycan war to your Halloween watchlist.
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Terrifying & True | Lizzie Borden: The Axe Murders, Trial and Unsolved Mystery Sep 14, 2026

Lizzie Borden was acquitted of the 1892 axe murders, yet a notorious nursery rhyme still casts her as the killer. Terrifying & True returns to Fall River, Massachusetts, to examine the deaths of Andrew and Abby Borden and the evidence at her 1893 trial. From the disputed barn alibi and burned dress to the handleless hatchet, follow the clues that fueled suspicion without securing a conviction. Separate the historical record from folklore and competing theories. Why did suspicion survive the verdict—and why are the murders still unsolved? We're telling that story tonight.
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Unknown Broadcast | Harvest of Death & The Ghost in the Garden: Old-Time Radio Mysteries Sep 13, 2026

Unknown Broadcast collects six old-time radio mysteries spanning political intrigue, wartime danger, and deadly relationships. Machiavelli steers a young man toward a false confession; a Korean War mission sends minesweepers into peril. Hear Down the Garden Path (CBS Radio Mystery Theater), Wild Oranges (Escape), Needle in the Haystack (Suspense), Harvest of Death (The Whistler), The Ghost in the Garden (Inner Sanctum), and Cornelia (Quiet Please). More than three hours of classic radio suspense move from a threatened coastal household to a marriage poisoned by hatred.
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Rituals, Reels & Rentals | 7 Halloween Horror Stories: Cursed VHS & Slashers Sep 12, 2026

A cursed VHS traps viewers in a slasher nightmare, vampires rent movies after dark, and a horror host draws a young fan into his show. Rituals, Reels & Rentals gathers seven scary Halloween stories into nearly five hours of Weekly Spooky fiction. Hear PHANTASMAGORIA, Special Halloween Hours, The Strickfield Slasher, and ERASURE, alongside graveyard rituals and a deadly rental. Dan Wilder, Keith Tomlin, Morgan Moore, Rob Fields, and Charles Campbell turn 1980s horror nostalgia into cursed-media nightmares. One tape can erase people from existence. How safe are you on the other side of the screen?
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No One Is Coming: 7 Stories of Murder, Survival & Haunted Places Sep 11, 2026

At Hinterkaifeck, six people are murdered—and someone may have stayed at the farm afterward. No One Is Coming gathers seven Terrifying & True accounts of unsolved crime, wilderness disaster, and haunted-place folklore. Visit the Stanley Hotel, the Good Hart murders, and Bonnie Hood's death at Camp Nelson, then follow the Hamar-Daban hikers, Alfred Packer, and the Donner Party. Nearly four hours separate documented events from disputed testimony and ghost stories. When help is miles away, whose account can you trust? We're telling that story tonight.
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Thursday Thrills | Bihl Manor: Ohio Ghost Stories Behind A Very Haunted Renovation Sep 10, 2026

Bihl Manor in Fremont, Ohio, is the reportedly haunted house behind HGTV's A Very Haunted Renovation. Its ghost stories include a man at an empty upstairs window, a red-haired figure on the stairs, and voices with no visible speaker. Thursday Thrills follows Henrique Couto through the property's history and haunting accounts, from the Bihl and Wolfe families to funeral viewings and paranormal investigations. Explore how a family home became a destination for ghost hunters, while separating reported experiences from documented facts. What was haunting its reputation before the cameras arrived?
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Anger Issues | A Werewolf Curse at Strickfield High Sep 09, 2026

Danielle Boyd turns into a werewolf whenever she loses her temper—and stays fully aware of what she does. Anger Issues by Rob Fields brings a curse that cannot wait for the full moon to Strickfield High. After a cheerleader's brutal death, monster hunter Headmistress Hiltonson targets Danielle. The town's mysterious rejuvenating waters let Hiltonson go undercover as a student to hunt her prey. This darkly funny Weekly Spooky horror story traps teenage rage inside a school full of supernatural secrets. Can Danielle control her anger with a monster hunter hiding among her classmates?
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This Week in Horror History | IT, Hellraiser & True Blood - Sep 7-13 Sep 08, 2026

Pennywise crawls out of Derry, Hellraiser opens its puzzle box, and True Blood brings vampires out of the coffin. This Week in Horror History revisits those milestones for September 7-13, 2026, alongside Amnesia: The Dark Descent and the prom-night terror of The Loved Ones. Discover how Stephen King's IT, Clive Barker's Cenobites, and a game built around running and hiding found different ways to make audiences afraid. Plus, celebrate birthdays and revisit The X-Files. Pick your next Halloween watch or game, from supernatural conspiracies to a castle where fighting back isn't an option.
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Terrifying & True | The Golem of Prague: Jewish Folklore's Clay Monster Sep 07, 2026

The Golem of Prague is Jewish folklore's clay guardian, shaped to protect a threatened community. Terrifying & True follows Rabbi Judah Loew's legend through sacred Hebrew letters, the older golem of Chelm, and tales of a body hidden in the Old-New Synagogue attic. Discover how Yudl Rosenberg's 1909 book helped define a defender against false antisemitic accusations. We distinguish religious tradition and documented history from later fiction. What happens when a protector can obey its maker but cannot understand the consequences? We're telling that story tonight.
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Unknown Broadcast | Deadly Lessons: Old Time Radio Horror & Suspense Sep 06, 2026

Unknown Broadcast: Deadly Lessons gathers six old-time radio dramas of murder, revenge, and time travel. A teacher discovers secret seances after a pupil dies of fright; gold miners are hunted for their claim. Hear The Last Lesson (CBS Radio Mystery Theater), The Notebook (Escape), Finishing School (Suspense), The Black Book (The Whistler), One for the Book (Quiet Please), and Dr. Manette's Manuscript (The Weird Circle). Fred Gwynne, William Conrad, and Elsa Lanchester feature in more than three hours of vintage mystery and Gothic suspense. Some lessons come at a terrible price.
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The Long Road to the Haunted Hayride | 8 Halloween Horror Stories Sep 05, 2026

Stay on the wagon. The haunted hayride has one rule, and breaking it turns staged scares into a fight to survive. Eight Halloween horror stories fill nearly five hours in The Long Road to the Haunted Hayride, a Weekly Spooky fiction anthology of corn mazes, scarecrows and Southern Gothic revenge. Meet The Grinner, The Piano Witch and Sickle Jack, then board the final hayride. Stories by David O'Hanlon, Henrique Couto, Charles Campbell, Joe Solmo, William Rayne, L.F. Falconer and Rob Fields lead from swamp-born pumpkin monsters to a living corn maze that demands a price for escape.
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Cutting Deep into Horror | The Ritual (2017): Folk Horror, Survivor’s Guilt & the Forest Monster Sep 04, 2026

The Ritual (2017) turns a Swedish forest hike into folk horror, where an ancient creature uses its victims' trauma to demand submission. What does the creature want from Luke? Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi examine David Bruckner's film, Rafe Spall's performance, and its origins in Adam Nevill's novel. From the cabin's effigy to the creature's design, this Cutting Deep into Horror discussion connects survivor's guilt with the monster's control. Full spoilers: explore Luke's struggle to resist, the ending, and comparisons with The Blair Witch Project and Midsommar.
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Thursday Thrills | Kyoto's Gate to Hell: Rokudo Chinno-ji & Japanese Folklore Sep 03, 2026

Kyoto's Rokudo Chinno-ji is a real temple at the heart of Japan's Gate to Hell folklore—and Capcom's Onimusha: Way of the Sword. Legend links its well to Ono no Takamura, a court official said to travel between the living world and the underworld. Thursday Thrills explores the temple's hidden bell, ancestral-spirit rituals, and the stories surrounding this sacred crossroads. Henrique Couto separates documented history from supernatural claims, tracing Japanese folklore beyond the game's setting. Why did a well and a bell become ways of imagining contact with the dead?
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I Do Not Know You | A Cursed Tape Recorder Predicts His Death Sep 02, 2026

A vintage tape recorder knows Jerry Scott's secrets—and gives him five minutes before an inhuman visitor arrives. I Do Not Know You by Tyler Belmont is an analog horror story from Weekly Spooky. An unmarked package appears in Jerry's electronics shop, and the machine inside announces when he will die. Then a tall stranger starts tapping at the glass. Jerry locks the doors and reaches for a baseball bat, but the recording insists he cannot escape. Is there still time to prove it wrong? Henrique's 40th birthday wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wish...
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This Week in Horror History | IT Chapter Two, Suspiria, Outlast & Pontypool - Aug 31-Sep 6 Sep 01, 2026

Pennywise waits in Derry, witches control a dance academy, and Outlast sends you into an asylum with only a camera. This Week in Horror History revisits IT Chapter Two, Suspiria (2018), Outlast, and The Possession for August 31-September 6, 2026. Explore the films and survival-horror game behind the nightmares, then tune into Pontypool, where language itself can carry an infection. Plus, revisit The Prophecy and celebrate birthdays including Keanu Reeves and Michael Keaton. Build a Halloween watchlist that runs from a haunted box to a radio broadcast where speaking can spread the danger.
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Monthly Spooky | The Great Moon Hoax, Halloween Hauntings, Bigfoot & UFOs Aug 31, 2026

Bat people on the Moon? The Great Moon Hoax of 1835 sold readers an imaginary lunar world, and Henrique Couto and Michelle follow the newspaper sensation that made fiction look like science. This August 2026 Monthly Spooky also checks in on reported Bigfoot sightings in Connecticut, unusual UFO reports from Brussels, and a haunted library story with a room the library says never existed. From lunar creatures to disputed encounters, how does a strange story become something people believe? Henrique's birthday wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wish...
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Unknown Broadcast | What the Darkness Saw: Classic OTR Mystery Aug 30, 2026

A witness hears a paid killing. A recovering patient sees a murder everyone denies. Unknown Broadcast gathers four classic old-time radio mysteries about the danger of knowing too much: The Blind Witness, The Country of the Blind, Eyewitness, and With My Own Eyes. A sighted mountaineer reaches a community that treats vision as a disease, while a reporter's prison tour becomes a violent mutiny. Across just over two hours of vintage suspense, testimony becomes a liability and disbelief can be a weapon. Who will listen when the only person who knows the truth is the person no one believes?
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Halloween Horror Stories | Vampires, Body Horror & Headless Folklore Aug 29, 2026

A headless rider stalks a Halloween shortcut, a drive-in marathon turns into an afterlife reckoning, and an experiment gives a woman a monstrous body. Halloween Changes You brings five horror stories into nearly five hours of headless folklore, vampires, and body horror. Morgan Moore's Dullahan joins Rob Fields' Retro Halloween Weekend, Retro Halloween Revelations, New Life, and Madelyne's Revenge. From a forgotten witch-trial museum to a vampire from another world, these transformations reach far beyond a costume. Surviving the night may mean becoming something you no longer recognize.
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When Legends Turn Deadly: True Crime Meets Cryptid Folklore Aug 28, 2026

Can a ghost story expose a murder, or can belief help conceal real harm? Eight Terrifying & True investigations connect the Greenbrier Ghost, the Fox sisters, the Hat Man, and the fatal exorcisms of Anneliese Michel with the stories people tell about fear. Deer Woman, djinn, Melonheads, and the killing of Jeffrey Hall complete just over four hours of folklore, spiritualism, and documented tragedy. Cultural traditions, reported encounters, and criminal cases each receive their own context. Follow the evidence to see where a legend ends and its human consequences begin.
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Halloween Horror Nights 2026: The Architecture of Fear | Thursday Thrills Aug 27, 2026

Why do we pay to be terrified at Halloween Horror Nights? Henrique Couto explores how haunted attractions use darkness, sound, misdirection, and live actors to turn a room into a threat. This Thursday Thrills preview of HHN 2026 draws on announcements available August 25 and research on fear and enjoyment, with stops at Universal Orlando, Hollywood, Knott's, and Six Flags. A filmmaker's eye reveals how crowd pacing and controlled attention shape the scare. Discover why the moment before a monster appears can matter as much as the monster, and why more fear does not always mean more fun.
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The Ant Aquarium of Minister Crap & Things | Halloween Insect Horror Aug 26, 2026

A glass aquarium is locked around a man's head, and the fire ants are already moving. In The Ant Aquarium of Minister Crap & Things by Gary D, a windowless basement becomes a claustrophobic revenge trap crawling with roaches, centipedes, and worse. Years ago, he and his best friend Dave forced another child to swallow bugs. Now that cruelty has returned in a form he cannot brush away. This Weekly Spooky horror story mixes insect terror, gross-out body horror, and vicious dark comedy. Every movement brings another leg against his skin, and there is nowhere inside the glass to hide.
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This Week in Horror History | Candyman, Until Dawn, Don't Breathe & Lord of Illusions Aug 25, 2026

Candyman, Until Dawn, and Don't Breathe turn familiar places into traps in This Week in Horror History for August 24–30, 2026. Revisit Nia DaCosta's Chicago-set sequel, the choices that drive a teen slasher game, and a Detroit burglary that goes disastrously wrong. The Last Exorcism adds a fraudulent preacher's documentary, while Clive Barker's Lord of Illusions takes the spotlight with occult detectives and dangerous stage magic. Horror birthdays and Stephen King's Needful Things round out the week. Find your next watch, play, or read where a performance stops being make-believe.
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Terrifying & True | Elisa Lam at the Cecil Hotel: The Truth Behind the Elevator Video Aug 24, 2026

Elisa Lam's Cecil Hotel elevator video became an internet mystery, but her 2013 death was officially ruled an accidental drowning. Terrifying & True follows the Canadian traveler's final days in Los Angeles and examines how a rooftop water tank became the focus of ghost stories and murder theories. Court records, the elevator's controls, and a maintenance worker's account challenge claims about impossible access and a sealed hatch. Follow the documented evidence behind the viral footage, with Elisa's life kept in view, and see how a tragedy became a story the internet kept rewriting.
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Unknown Broadcast | Train Mysteries: Orient Express & The Signalman Aug 23, 2026

A railway worker sees warnings of disaster beside a dark tunnel. A businessman on the Orient Express meets an armed stranger. Unknown Broadcast gathers The Train Stops, Orient Express, The Signalman, and Ticket to Nowhere for more than two hours of classic old-time radio suspense. CBS Radio Mystery Theater, Escape, Suspense, and The Whistler carry you from a forgotten station to Balkan intrigue and a driver's plan for murder. With dangerous destinations and warnings that may arrive too late, each journey asks whether reaching the end of the line is something to hope for or fear.
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4 Scary Stories | Serial Killers, Witches, Werewolves & Supernatural Monsters Aug 22, 2026

A robbery interrupts a witch's ritual, a seductive stranger demands murder, and a criminal job brings a giant gummy worm into play. Four Weekly Spooky horror stories turn bad decisions into supernatural traps, from cursed brothers to a blizzard pursuit of Strickfield's Queen of Hearts serial killer. Crime and Bedevilment, Roxie, Sick With Rage, and The Worm Has Turned deliver over 90 minutes of witchcraft, monstrous hunger, and revenge. Stories by Joe Solmo, Charles Campbell, Rob Fields, and David O'Hanlon. When the criminals meet something worse than themselves, who gets out alive?
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Cutting Deep into Horror | Tonight She Comes (2016): Blood Rituals & Body Horror Aug 21, 2026

Tonight She Comes (2016) starts with a blood-covered killer and a cabin in the woods, then plunges into an occult ritual with its own grotesque rules. Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi revisit the slasher on Cutting Deep into Horror, tracing its blood runes, absurd characters, gory effects, and Friday the 13th Part VII homage. They also recall discovering it through Movies at the Asylum and explore how Felicity changes the story's center of gravity. Full spoilers, including the ending: find out why this splatter comedy's most revolting choices may be more deliberate than they seem.
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Clown Panic 2016: When Weird Experiences Become Urban Legends | Thursday Thrills Aug 20, 2026

The 2016 killer clown panic began with reports from South Carolina woods and spread into threats, hoaxes, and copycat encounters. Ten years later, Henrique Couto follows the Greenville County sightings through news coverage and social media to arrests, school scares, and Penn State's student clown hunt. Thursday Thrills separates the unsubstantiated earliest claims from the real consequences of viral fear. Police could not confirm those first woodland clowns, yet people elsewhere began putting on masks. How did a story about hidden strangers become a nightmare people acted out in public?
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The Darkness Under Clear Lake: A Sunken Relic Possesses a Missing Swimmer Aug 19, 2026

Brian disappears beneath Clear Lake and returns clutching a carved relic, his body waterlogged and his strength no longer human. In Bruce Haney's The Darkness Under Clear Lake, a camping trip with Michelle and friends becomes a fight against possession and something waiting underwater. The object will not let Brian go, and getting it away from him may be the survivors' only chance. This Weekly Spooky horror story blends a cursed artifact, body horror, and a lakeside reunion poisoned by old tensions. Michelle has to stop what he brought ashore without becoming the next person to touch it.
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This Week in Horror History | Halloween Primer: Blade, Exorcist III & American Werewolf Aug 18, 2026

Blade, The Exorcist III, and An American Werewolf in London lead This Week in Horror History for August 17–23, 2026. Revisit Wesley Snipes' Daywalker, William Peter Blatty's supernatural detective story, the home invasion of You're Next, and Rebecca Hall's haunted grief in The Night House. Fred Dekker's Night of the Creeps takes the spotlight with alien parasites and undead fraternity brothers. Horror birthdays round out the calendar before Rick Baker's werewolf transformation earns this week's recommendation. Build a watchlist that moves from vampire action to full-moon tragedy.
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Terrifying & True | The Pale Crawler: How The Rake Became a Cryptid Legend Aug 17, 2026

The Pale Crawler looks like a creature caught between a human and an animal, but The Rake began as a deliberately written horror story. Terrifying & True traces Operation Crawler, alleged Illinois and Kentucky encounters, and the viral trail-camera images that helped turn creepypasta into cryptid folklore. Misidentified wildlife, pareidolia, sleep paralysis, and staged footage offer ways to examine the claims without treating them as proof. Follow the monster from online fiction to reported woodland sightings, and discover how a shared story can start shaping what people think they see.
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Unknown Broadcast | No Boat Comes Back: Classic OTR Mystery Aug 16, 2026

An island promises refuge, but the people arriving bring danger with them. Unknown Broadcast collects four classic old-time radio mysteries: The Beach of Falesa, The Far-Away Island, The Island, and Escape to Skull Island. A trader enters a struggle over power on a Pacific island, a fugitive faces a murderous pursuer, and a weary Marine imagines a world without hunger or war. A hunted killer's passage to Skull Island completes more than two hours of tropical suspense. White beaches and warm water offer little comfort when escape from the mainland means leaving every route home behind.
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4 Scary Stories | Haunted House, Cursed Object, Serial Killers & Cannibal Monsters Aug 15, 2026

A one-dollar bowl brings home a ghost, and two serial killers choose a family with something monstrous on the menu. Four Weekly Spooky horror stories turn a first date, a yard-sale bargain, a country dinner, and a party in the woods into deadly mistakes. First Date and Thrifting Fail—We're Now Haunted! lead from a haunted mansion to an object that refuses to stay discarded; The Dinner Guests and Party in the Woods unleash predators with an appetite for human flesh. Stories by Rob Fields, Bruce Haney, Shane Migliavacca, and Joe Solmo. Listen for the moment an invitation becomes a trap.
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Cryptids Around the Campfire: Werewolf, Bigfoot, Chupacabra & Wendigo | Halloween Marathon Aug 14, 2026

Railroad workers report a werewolf in Defiance, Ohio. Black-Eyed Children ask to come inside. Seven Terrifying & True investigations gather Bigfoot, the Fouke Monster, Chupacabra, Indrid Cold, and more for over three hours of campfire listening. Follow Ohio's Grassman to Salt Fork State Park, trace changing Chupacabra accounts, and explore the UFO lore around Point Pleasant. The Wendigo segment distinguishes Algonquian traditions from later fiction. Reported encounters, hoaxes, and disputed evidence stay in context as each story reveals how a local fear becomes a legend that travels.
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Jeff the Killer: Creepypasta Supernatural Folklore Uncovered | Thursday Thrills Aug 13, 2026

Jeff the Killer's pale face and 'Go to sleep' became creepypasta shorthand for a nightmare. Thursday Thrills follows the fictional killer's origin stories and the image edits that turned him into internet folklore. Henrique Couto traces Sesseur, GameFuelTV, Japanese image boards, prettyFACE, and the 'White Powder' trail, then examines how a false story about a bullied girl became attached to the face. Jane the Killer and Homicidal Liu show the legend branching into new characters. Explore how altered pictures, conflicting memories, and rumors helped a made-up killer acquire a past.
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Odd Egg: Weird Experiences Turn Grotesque in Spooky Season Body Horror Aug 12, 2026

Eleven eggs are empty. The twelfth hatches a tiny human head on six spiderlike legs. In Odd Egg by Alex Grass, Maryellen accepts a free carton from a smiling stranger who claims a god lives inside it. Breakfast becomes a creature-horror nightmare as the thing grows, feeds, and changes, pulling her toward the mysterious Time of the Egg. This Weekly Spooky debut blends grotesque body horror with dark comedy and a gift that should never have been opened. Discover more of Alex Grass's weird fiction in Infernal Tramps: Tales of Weird Terror at http://www.infernaltramps.com/.
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This Week in Horror History | Halloween Primer: The Monster Squad, Cujo & The Fly Aug 11, 2026

The Monster Squad, Cujo, and The Fly lead This Week in Horror History for August 10–16, 2026. A stalled car becomes a trap in Stephen King's rabid-dog nightmare, while The Others, Jason Goes to Hell, and Lovecraft Country bring ghostly secrets, possession, and cosmic horror. Fred Dekker's monster-kid adventure takes the spotlight before David Cronenberg's The Fly marks its 40th anniversary as the weekly recommendation. Birthdays complete a tour from treehouse monster rules to Seth Brundle's disastrous experiment. Find a Halloween watch, from childhood adventure to tragic body horror.
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Terrifying & True | The Man With a Hole in His Stomach: Beaumont’s Human Experiments Aug 10, 2026

Alexis St. Martin survived an 1822 gunshot wound with an opening into his stomach. William Beaumont used it to study digestion, lowering food on threads into a living man's body. Terrifying & True examines the medical breakthrough and the unequal relationship behind it: a surgeon who was also an employer, a labor contract requiring experiments, and a patient who negotiated, refused, and repeatedly left. Follow the history beyond the lurid image of a man with a hole in his stomach. When a discovery depends on someone's pain and economic dependence, how freely can that person consent?
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Unknown Broadcast | Storm Horror: Hurricane & Night of the Storm Aug 09, 2026

A hurricane drives a desperate pair into an armed standoff. Elsewhere, three people race a storm to save an innocent man from execution. Unknown Broadcast brings together Hurricane, Flood on the Goodwins, Night of the Storm, and Man in the Storm for just over two hours of classic old-time radio suspense. CBS Radio Mystery Theater, Escape, Suspense, and The Whistler follow a wartime Channel crossing, a closing execution deadline, and an embezzler hoping floodwater will hide his crime. Each forecast turns worse, and reaching shelter may only reveal the danger already waiting inside.
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4 Scary Travel Horror Stories | Wendigo, Ghost Ship, Airplane Horror & Serial Killer Aug 08, 2026

A flight repeats its fatal journey. A ghost ship offers rescue until the flesh-eating rats emerge. Four Weekly Spooky travel horror stories turn planes, ships, and highways into traps, with cannibal athletes facing a Wendigo transformation and a serial killer waiting at a truck stop. The Last Flight Out, Be Careful What You Eat, The Ship of the Cannibal Rats, and Love, Burgers, and the Open Road deliver over two hours of supernatural fiction and roadside terror. Stories by Charles Campbell, Rob Fields, and David O'Hanlon. When the journey becomes the threat, where can you get off?
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Cutting Deep Into Horror | Hell House LLC (2015) — Halloween Haunt Found Footage Horror Aug 07, 2026

Hell House LLC (2015) turns a Halloween haunted attraction into a found footage catastrophe at the Abaddon Hotel. Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi examine Stephen Cognetti's film on Cutting Deep into Horror, from clown mannequins and background movement to the camera logic that makes its fake documentary convincing. They compare its confined nightmare with The Houses October Built and follow the crew's preparations into the deadly opening night. Full spoilers, including the ending and final return to the hotel. Discover how a figure in the background can make you dread the next cut.
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Solar Eclipse 2026: Supernatural Folklore & Celestial Monsters | Thursday Thrills Aug 06, 2026

What if a monster swallowed the sun? The August 12, 2026 solar eclipse sets the stage for a Thursday Thrills journey through celestial dragons, Rahu, and the Norse wolves Sköll and Hati. Henrique Couto explores the folklore people used to explain a darkened sky, from noise meant to drive a creature away to fears that daylight might never return. Originally released before the eclipse, this episode also covers its path through Greenland, Iceland, and Spain, animal behavior, and viewing safety. Discover why an astronomical event became a story about hunger, danger, and the sun's survival.
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Let-Down: Body Horror Through a Child's Perspective Aug 05, 2026

A six-year-old girl who cannot speak is trying to feed her baby brother. In Let-Down by Morgan Moore, poverty, illness, neglect, and a father's gambling leave a family without food or formula. The child remembers that mothers make milk, but her incomplete understanding leads toward a terrible solution. Told through her perspective, this Weekly Spooky story turns an act of care into graphic body horror and domestic dread. The terror comes from the gap between what she believes will help and what the listener understands. A disturbing listen about a child left to solve an adult crisis.
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This Week in Horror History | The Sixth Sense, Piranha & Bodies Bodies Bodies (Aug. 3–9) Aug 04, 2026

The Sixth Sense, Piranha, and Bodies Bodies Bodies lead This Week in Horror History for August 3–9, 2026. Revisit M. Night Shyamalan's ghost story, Joe Dante's killer-fish mayhem, and a hurricane party poisoned by suspicion. Joëlle Jones' Lady Killer brings a murderous homemaker to the comics calendar, while Antropophagus takes the deep-cut spotlight on a deserted Greek island. Horror birthdays and a recommendation for The Bat, starring Vincent Price, complete the week. From summer swimming holes to a mansion full of suspects, find a horror watch or read with a different kind of danger.
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Terrifying & True | USS Indianapolis Sinking: Sharks, Survival and Captain McVay Aug 03, 2026

The USS Indianapolis sank on July 30, 1945, leaving its crew adrift with dehydration, exposure, and shark attacks. Only 316 survived. Terrifying & True follows the secret atomic-bomb delivery mission, the torpedoes from Japanese submarine I-58, and the failure to recognize that a warship was missing. Survivor accounts and the eventual rescue lead to Captain Charles McVay's court-martial and the campaign to clear his name. Beyond the famous Jaws monologue is a disaster whose shark death toll cannot be known. How did hundreds of men vanish between naval bases without an immediate search?
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Unknown Broadcast | Classic Old Time Radio Horror: Leiningen vs the Ants, CBS Radio Mystery Theater & Suspense Aug 02, 2026

A plantation faces an army of ants, a blackmail victim considers murder, and an isolated doctor needs patients a little too badly. Unknown Broadcast gathers four old-time radio thrillers: A Choice of Witnesses by Henry Slesar, Leiningen Versus the Ants by Carl Stephenson, The King's Birthday by Louis Pelletier, and Patients for the Doctor. CBS Radio Mystery Theater, Escape, Suspense, and The Whistler move from jungle survival to resistance in Nazi-occupied Denmark and a dangerous mountain cabin. Over two hours of suspense ask what happens when pride, guilt, or obsession closes the exits.
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4 Scary Animal Horror Stories | Werewolf, Killer Hippos, Demon Cat & Monster Dog!!! Aug 01, 2026

A film crew meets Pablo Escobar's cocaine hippos in Colombia, and a werewolf discovers that anger can be more dangerous than a full moon. Four Weekly Spooky animal horror stories bring jungle survival and cursed pets close to home: Stay Hungry, Wolf Rage, My Dog, Doug, and Feline Troubles. A new house hides rats and a shape-shifting dog, while a calico cat's glowing eyes signal a threat to children. Stories by David O'Hanlon, Rob Fields, and Douglas Waltz. Nearly two hours of creature horror and dark comedy ask what happens when the animal you trust becomes the thing hunting you.
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Disappearances & Lost Colonies | True Crime Mystery Marathon Jul 31, 2026

A ship drifts without its crew. A late-night phone call ends in a disappearance. Vanished Without a Trace gathers eight Terrifying & True investigations, from the Mary Celeste and Roanoke to Angela Hammond and Brandon Swanson. The Franklin Expedition, Dyatlov Pass, and the Bennington and Alaska Triangles complete over three hours of maritime and missing-person history. Evidence, theories, and regional folklore stay distinct as the cases move from Arctic ice to familiar roads. Follow the clues people left behind, and examine how unanswered questions can grow into legends of their own.
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Hungry Ghost Month: Supernatural Folklore from Asia | Thursday Thrills Jul 30, 2026

Why is the best seat at a Hungry Ghost Festival performance left empty? Thursday Thrills explores Chinese ghost folklore and unseen guests honored in the seventh lunar month. Henrique Couto follows Singaporean getai, Taiwan's water lanterns, and Hong Kong's Yu Lan traditions, distinguishing Daoist Zhongyuan observances from Buddhist Yulanpen and ancestor remembrance. Food, incense, joss paper, and regional taboos reveal practices that reach beyond a scary story. Discover who the offerings are for, why some front rows stay vacant, and how communities make room for spirits in daily life.
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The Ties That Bind: Vampire Love Triangle Horror Story Jul 29, 2026

Buster Crane's first love has returned, but the woman he still loves has no reflection. In The Ties That Bind by Rob Fields, a reunion at Strickfield University pulls Buster between childhood sweetheart Talia Mirren and Romy Jillian, a vampire who refuses to let him go. A confrontation in a crowded nightclub turns romance into a dangerous contest of jealousy, blood, and loyalty. This mature Weekly Spooky vampire story gives a second chance at love a supernatural price. Buster must face what he wants from each woman before a choice made that night binds more than their hearts.
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This Week in Horror History | The Lost Boys, Jason Lives & Fright Night (July 27–August 2) Jul 28, 2026

The Lost Boys, Jason Lives, and Fright Night bring vampires and resurrected slashers to This Week in Horror History for July 27–August 2, 2026. Revisit Santa Carla's nightlife, Tommy Jarvis' graveyard mistake, and the forbidden woods of The Village. Cherie Dimaline's Empire of Wild adds Métis folklore and a missing husband with a familiar face; The Collector takes the spotlight with a thief trapped inside someone else's murder plan. Birthdays and a Fright Night recommendation complete the week. Find your next watch or read where a neighbor, lover, or familiar place hides a threat.
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Monthly Spooky | Creepy Carnival Animatronics, Hooga Hooga, Haunted Houses & UFOs Jul 27, 2026

Laughing Sal's mechanical cackle carries across the midway, but why does a carnival attraction feel so threatening? Henrique Couto and Michelle explore the funhouse figure's history in July 2026's Monthly Spooky. The strange-news roundup also visits Michigan's Hooga Hooga camp legend, a Japanese service investigating allegedly haunted homes, and UFO reports near Virginia. Michelle closes with a reported glitch involving a McDonald's glass and a duplicate with the same crack. From a manufactured laugh to a puzzling keepsake, the episode asks how familiar objects become unsettling.
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Unknown Broadcast | Halloween in July: Classic Old Time Radio Horror Jul 26, 2026

A haunted bride, a village of ancient sorcery, and a wife becoming a cat bring Halloween to July on Unknown Broadcast. Six classic old-time radio dramas fill over three hours: Here Goes the Bride, Ancient Sorceries, The Lord of the Witch Doctors, Mirage, Cat Wife, and Beware of Tomorrow. Hear CBS Radio Mystery Theater, Escape, Suspense, and Lights Out, with work by Algernon Blackwood, Arch Oboler, and John Dickson Carr. Expect gothic secrets, murder, and killer robots in a vintage horror marathon where the next voice on the radio may no longer sound entirely human.
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Summerween: 4 Halloween Horror Stories with Bigfoot, Vampires, Zombies & Demons Jul 25, 2026

Bigfoot hunts a wind-farm guard, ancient vampires spend their anniversary in a closed mall, and a courier pedals through the zombie apocalypse. Four Weekly Spooky stories celebrate Summerween with creatures, dark comedy, and work that could cost more than a paycheck. A desperate manager's interview at a black-glass tower completes the lineup with a recruiter for Hell. Stories by Michael Kelso, Rob Fields, Michelle Antisocial, and Killian Crane. Nearly two hours of horror turn night shifts, deliveries, and a romantic evening into survival tests with monsters already on the premises.
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Cutting Deep Into Horror | Found Footage Horror: The Houses October Built (2014) Jul 24, 2026

The Houses October Built (2014) follows five friends searching for America's most extreme haunted attractions, until masked performers follow them beyond the haunts. Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi explore Bobby Roe's found footage film on Cutting Deep into Horror, tracing its documentary origins, real haunt performers, and the elusive Blue Skeleton. Full spoilers cover the ending, comparisons with Hell House LLC, and the boundary between a theatrical scare and abuse. Discover how a Halloween road trip turns the promise of manufactured fear into a question of who is in control.
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Shark Week Horror: Jersey Shore Attacks & Unsolved Sea Mysteries | Thursday Thrills Jul 23, 2026

The 1916 Jersey Shore shark attacks changed how Americans feared the water. Sydney's 1935 Shark Arm murder case began when a captive shark vomited a tattooed human arm. Henrique Couto follows both cases in this Shark Week edition of Thursday Thrills, separating disputed details from the evidence. The journey also examines the unverified Black Demon, the Stronsay Beast, and megalodon's place in prehistory. Real shark biology adds river hunters and long-lived Greenland sharks. Explore the history behind the headlines without treating folklore as proof that an extinct predator survives.
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Chupacabra Horror: A Puerto Rico Cryptid Encounter Nightmare Jul 22, 2026

A howl tears through a Puerto Rico summer camp, and counselor Jonathan Edwards finds his dream job has been built over a supernatural danger. Camping With Chupacabra by Douglas Waltz sends him beyond Camp Clemente's cabins into a bat-filled cavern and a monster-hunting mission beneath the mountains. Wilderness skills, a Zippo lighter, and dynamite may be his best defense against the creatures waiting below. This Weekly Spooky horror story reimagines Chupacabra lore as pulpy creature fiction. Before Jonathan can keep the campers safe, he has to find out what their new home has disturbed.
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This Week in Horror History | Dracula, Maximum Overdrive & Deep Blue Sea (July 20–26) Jul 21, 2026

Dracula, Maximum Overdrive, and Deep Blue Sea lead This Week in Horror History for July 20–26, 2026. Frank Langella's seductive vampire shares the calendar with The Hills Have Eyes, Jordan Peele's Nope, and Carrion, the game that lets you become the escaped monster. Stephen King's killer-machine siege takes the spotlight before engineered sharks turn an underwater laboratory into this week's recommendation. Birthdays round out a tour of gothic romance, desert terror, and science gone wrong. Find a summer watch or play where the machines, wildlife, or sky refuse to stay in the background.
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Terrifying & True | Brian Barrett: The TalHotBlond Internet Love Triangle Murder Jul 20, 2026

Brian Barrett was himself online; the adults in the TalHotBlond romance were hiding behind invented identities. In 2006, the 22-year-old student and coach was murdered outside his workplace near Buffalo. Terrifying & True traces Thomas Montgomery's teenage Marine persona, Mary Shieler's use of her daughter's identity, and the jealousy that crossed from chatrooms into real violence. Messages, physical evidence, and the investigation reveal how the deception unraveled. Follow the case beyond its screen name to remember the young man whose future was taken by someone else's fantasy.
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Unknown Broadcast | The Singing Walls — Psychic Terror, Wartime Murder & Ghostly Revenge Jul 19, 2026

Music comes through a hotel wall, a private club witnesses impossible predictions, and spies carry deadly secrets aboard the Taurus Express. Unknown Broadcast gathers The Walls of Jericho, Three Good Witnesses, The Singing Walls, and The Avengers for over two hours of old-time radio suspense. CBS Radio Mystery Theater, Escape, Suspense, and The Whistler move through psychic terror, wartime murder, amnesia, and stolen gold. Apparitions and guilt unsettle people who thought their crimes were hidden. Follow the clues from a hotel room to a betrayal the dead may refuse to leave alone.
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Late Night Horror: Demons, Cults & Cursed Rituals Anthology Jul 18, 2026

A runaway opens scripture devoted to an imprisoned demon goddess, while a mercenary drags his cameraman into a cult's abandoned asylum. Four Weekly Spooky horror stories make ambition, cruelty, and curiosity dangerous: Sin, Gamble with the Devil, Breaking the Seal, and The Bad Schoolgirl. A witch's curse and vampire cheerleaders with soul-powered jewelry complete nearly two hours of occult horror and dark comedy. Stories by Rob Fields, David O'Hanlon, and Douglas Waltz. From a Catholic academy to Strickfield High, these characters reach for power without knowing what will reach back.
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The Premature Burial by Edgar Allan Poe — Complete Gothic Horror Reading Jul 17, 2026

What if everyone mistakes your stillness for death? The Premature Burial by Edgar Allan Poe follows a man whose catalepsy makes being buried alive an obsession. Weekly Spooky presents the complete reading, from the accounts that feed his fear to the vault, alarms, and escape devices he builds against it. Each safeguard promises control, yet his imagination keeps returning to a sealed coffin. This classic literary nightmare turns medical uncertainty into claustrophobic suspense. Enter Poe's story of a mind arranging its life around one terrible possibility: waking where no one can hear.
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Cartoon Cat Internet Horror: Why Creepypasta Monsters Feel Sinister | Thursday Thrills Jul 16, 2026

Trevor Henderson's Cartoon Cat turns the look of an animated friend into an internet horror nightmare. Thursday Thrills explores the fictional monster's rubber-hose style, distorted nostalgia, and creepypasta appeal, asking why a familiar cartoon grin can feel wrong when it appears outside the screen. The episode follows its imagery and folklore before an original story enters an abandoned mall after dark. Explore how playful shapes become threats when their rules stop making sense. Listen for the moment something that belongs in a drawing starts moving through a place you recognize.
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Driving a Truck Can Be a Nightmare, Literally: Cryptid Terror on the Road! Jul 15, 2026

A truck driver's nightmare shows a monster dragging him into the woods. Then his delivery route reaches the same bridge, and his daughter Angeline knows what is waiting there. Driving a Truck Can Be a Nightmare, Literally by Michael Kelso turns shared dreams into a warning that grows harder to ignore with every late run. This Weekly Spooky highway horror story puts a father's ordinary job between a child's premonition and a creature beside the road. Can knowing the next stop change what happens when he arrives? Explore Michael Kelso's books: https://geni.us/michaelkelsoau...
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This Week in Horror History | The Blair Witch Goes Viral (July 13–19) Jul 14, 2026

The Blair Witch Project, The Fly, and The Only Good Indians lead This Week in Horror History for July 13–19, 2026. Revisit the 1958 teleportation nightmare, Stephen Graham Jones' supernatural reckoning, the mutations of The Island of Dr. Moreau, and a vengeful killer whale in Orca. The Strain takes the spotlight with vampirism as an outbreak before the weekly recommendation enters Maryland's woods with three student filmmakers. Birthdays complete the week. Follow the path from scientific hubris to found footage, and the film that made fans wonder if its cameras had found something real.
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Terrifying & True | The Taos Hum: New Mexico’s Unexplained Low-Frequency Noise Jul 13, 2026

Some Taos residents described a distant diesel engine that never stopped, even when investigators struggled to find its source. Terrifying & True follows the Taos Hum in New Mexico, from disrupted sleep and daily life to the 1993 investigation. Microphones, surveys, and hearing research tested a mystery heard by only part of the community. Industrial noise, tinnitus, auditory perception, and government-secrecy theories enter the discussion without becoming findings. Could one name be gathering several different experiences, and what would count as an answer for those who hear it?
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Unknown Broadcast | Ghost Ships, Death Cards, Buried Bodies, and Fool’s Gold Jul 12, 2026

A ship drifts with meals still waiting, and a secret club deals cards that choose who must die. Unknown Broadcast brings four old-time radio mysteries into over two hours of suspense: Sea Fever by Ian Martin, The Young Man with the Cream Tarts by Robert Louis Stevenson, Last Night by Cornell Woolrich, and Fool's Gold. CBS Radio Mystery Theater, Escape, Suspense, and The Whistler follow a deserted vessel, a deadly game, a missing ranch guest, and a bank teller's planned theft. Each apparent escape conceals another trap, from the open Atlantic to a fortune that keeps slipping out of reach.
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4 Scary Stories: Urban Legends, Cryptids & Cursed Rituals with DEMONS Jul 11, 2026

A stolen stop sign awakens a local terror, and a family's hunting tradition hides a bargain with a forest god. Four Weekly Spooky horror stories turn folklore and childish dares into dangerous encounters: The Legend of Oopsie Poopsie, The Stop-Sign Man, Ol' Bones, and Why Am I Here? From an Adirondack creature with a ridiculous name to a lonely boy's question for a Ouija board, each tale gives curiosity a price. Stories by Joe Solmo, Bryce Gibson, and Morgan Moore. Two hours of dark comedy, forest horror, and rituals ask which warnings are jokes and which mistakes cannot be laughed away.
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Evil Dead Burn Weekend: Demonic Possession, Cursed Books & Hellhound Horror Jul 10, 2026

A possessed child is hidden beneath a church, thieves interrupt a coven, and an investigator tracks a hellhound. Released for Evil Dead Burn's opening weekend, this Weekly Spooky collection gathers eight original horror stories into nearly five hours of demonic chaos. Cursed books, a haunted Texas inn, a high-school outbreak, and the demon goddess Hellweaver turn familiar places into battlegrounds. The stories share the film's appetite for occult mayhem while telling their own tales. Hear possession, witchcraft, and dark comedy, where even a foolish wish can open something dangerous.
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Siren Head: Cryptid Terror & Distorted Broadcasts | Thursday Thrills Jul 09, 2026

Siren Head turns an emergency warning into something that may be calling you closer. Created by horror artist Trevor Henderson in 2018, the fictional creature spread through games, videos, and fan stories until it acquired the feel of a rural urban legend. Thursday Thrills follows the monster's distorted broadcasts and connection to analog horror, asking why a shape glimpsed across a dark field can be more frightening than a clear view. From sirens to lonely roads, explore how familiar sounds of safety become threats, and how an internet creation starts to feel like a reported sighting.
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Branch Manager: Deep Woods Horror Story & Supernatural Folklore Jul 08, 2026

Something in Algonquin Park is listening for the next camper to move. In Branch Manager by Gary D, also known as Blue Fire Raging, three Toronto telemarketers trade their call centre for a weekend in the woods. Fog and snapped branches give way to shredded tents, missing friends, and a forest that seems to be crawling toward them. Kenny's escape from work becomes a struggle against a sound-sensitive creature rooted in the landscape. This Canadian wilderness horror story mixes body horror and dark comedy. Getting away from the noise of everyday life may mean learning how to stay silent.
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This Week in Horror History | Splatter Films & Supernatural Folklore Jul 07, 2026

The Descent, Blood Feast, and MADiSON lead This Week in Horror History for July 6–12, 2026. Explore splatter cinema's bloody beginnings, an instant camera that invites horror into every shot, and a cave expedition trapped with something below. Fear Street Part Two: 1978 adds Camp Nightwing's slasher nightmare, while Burial Ground takes the spotlight with Italian zombie chaos. Birthdays and a Phantasm II recommendation bring the Tall Man and his silver spheres back onto the calendar. Find a watch or play where an escape route—a tunnel, a doorway, or an open road—may already be a trap.
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Terrifying & True | The Greenbrier Ghost: A Haunted Murder Mystery Jul 06, 2026

Zona Heaster Shue's mother said a ghost revealed her daughter's murder; an exhumation supplied physical evidence. Terrifying & True revisits the 1897 Greenbrier Ghost case in West Virginia, where Mary Jane Heaster challenged a natural-death ruling and accused Zona's husband, Trout Shue. Follow the broken-neck findings, the trial, and the defense questioning that brought the apparition story before jurors. A murder conviction followed, but the ghost claim remains a claim. Examine how a mother's insistence forced a second look, and why the legend should never eclipse the woman who died.
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Unknown Broadcast | Psychic Horror, Living Mannequins, Vanishing Rooms, and Deadly Jealousy Jul 05, 2026

A poet hiding in a department store discovers that someone already lives behind the displays. A missing apartment leaves five canaries as clues. Unknown Broadcast collects The Girl Who Found Things, Evening Primrose, Five Canaries in the Room, and The Other Woman for over two hours of old-time radio mystery. CBS Radio Mystery Theater, Escape, Suspense, and The Whistler add an uncanny search for a missing woman and a jealous wife's plan aboard a private flight. Follow strange rules, impossible spaces, and assumptions, where finding what is hidden may leave you wishing it had stayed lost.
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Cannibals & Cursed Ground | Late Night Horror Anthology With Supernatural Revenge Jul 04, 2026

A waterfall campsite draws an ax-wielding threat, while a photographer's roadkill art puts two unsettling hitchhikers in his car. Four Weekly Spooky horror stories make isolation dangerous in Fortune Falls, Roadkill, Old Jerry, and The Rest Area. A Halloween prank leads into a recluse's haunt, and a lonely Ohio rest stop attracts an escaped murderer with an appetite. Stories by David O'Hanlon, Travis VanHoose, R. T. Raynaud, and Rob Fields. Over 90 minutes of supernatural revenge, cannibal horror, and dark comedy turn a scenic detour or joke into a decision someone may not survive.
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Summer of the Demon: Complete Horror Audiobook | Cursed Football Jersey & Summer Camp Horror Jul 03, 2026

A cursed football jersey promises a failing player greatness, then turns his rivalry into a demonic nightmare. Summer of the Demon by Rob Fields collects Friday Night Frights and all five parts of the camp-horror serial in one three-hour episode. Greg Branlake puts on Mick 'The Demon' Knight's 00 jersey; survivor Eddie 'Peewee' Richter later faces the returning threat at Camp Red Feather with the Strickfield Serpents. Follow the entire story from a desperate bid for football glory to summer training under siege. One uniform links two seasons, and the Demon still wants revenge.
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Cryptid Encounters & Deep Woods Horror: Firsthand Park Ranger Accounts | Thursday Thrills Jul 02, 2026

A stranger stands silently near camp. A forest goes quiet, and something breathes outside a tent. Thursday Thrills takes a ride through supposedly firsthand hiking, camping, and park ranger stories gathered from online folklore threads. Henrique Couto explores cave drumming, nearby bison, predator instincts, and Miniwashitu of Missouri River tradition. These are unverified campfire accounts, shaped by isolation and the authority listeners attach to wilderness experience. Discover why a detail can make an anonymous story feel convincing, and why the woods leave so much room for doubt.
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Summer of the Demon pt 5: Cursed Objects & Football Camp Horror Finale Jul 01, 2026

The final game at Camp Red Feather has a scoreboard measured in survival. Summer of the Demon Part 5 by Rob Fields brings Eddie Richter, Jessica Branlake, Charlie Thoss, and the survivors face to face with the curse behind the 00 jersey. Revelations about the Demon's return force Eddie into a brutal supernatural showdown, where the truth may not be enough to win. This concluding chapter delivers the payoff to Weekly Spooky's five-part football horror serial. Finish the story of a team whose summer training became a fight against something that intends to own far more than the field.
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This Week in Horror History | Zombie Apocalypse & Cyberpunk Body Horror Jun 30, 2026

Day of the Dead, Tetsuo: The Iron Man, and Mexican Gothic lead This Week in Horror History for June 29–July 5, 2026. George A. Romero's bunker nightmare meets Shinya Tsukamoto's industrial body horror and Silvia Moreno-Garcia's poisonous mansion. Empire of the Ants brings radioactive creature chaos, while Barbara Steele stars in the spotlight on The Horrible Dr. Hichcock. Birthdays and a Tales of Terror recommendation complete the week with Poe, Vincent Price, and gothic revenge. Find a watch or read where the body, the home, or a refuge can turn against the people depending on it.
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Monthly Spooky | The Pied Piper of Hamelin Mystery: 77 Headless Skeletons & Gracie the Missing Giraffe Jun 29, 2026

The Pied Piper of Hamelin led 130 children away, according to legend—but what lies behind that medieval story? Henrique Couto and Michelle explore migration, plague, and other proposed explanations in June 2026's Monthly Spooky. The news roundup visits a Slovakian mass grave, alleged ghostly marks in an Argentine shop, and the then-unfolding search for Gracie the giraffe in Texas. A reported disappearing basement closes the journey with a possible explanation. From old chronicles to modern accounts, follow the details that make a mystery endure even when its meaning remains disputed.
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Unknown Broadcast | Werewolf, Wax Museum & Fogbound Murder: Four Classic Radio Mysteries Jun 28, 2026

A village warns of a werewolf, and a London wax museum hides wartime murder among its motionless faces. Unknown Broadcast gathers four old-time radio mysteries from CBS Radio Mystery Theater, Escape, Suspense, and The Whistler. Conspiracy to Defraud opens with narcotics agents and false identities; Taboo enters the Carpathians; Menace in Wax turns an exhibition into an espionage trap. Fog closes nearly two and a half hours of vintage suspense with a harbor killing. Follow the disguises from an undercover operation to a coastal crime, where a familiar face may be the least reliable clue.
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Late Night Vampire Horror Stories: Bloodsuckers & Urban Legends Jun 27, 2026

A solar eclipse makes a Master Vampire dangerously human, while vampire punks turn a Cleveland strip club into a killing ground. Four Weekly Spooky stories explore undead life in Mortal Eclipse, Vampire Night, Stakes n' Shoguns, and Convenience Store Vampire. A samurai-movie outing collides with bats and drunken bloodsuckers, and a night clerk meets a woman who never rings the doorbell. Stories by Rob Fields, Joe Ruston, Dan Wilder, and Douglas Waltz. Over three hours of vampire horror and dark comedy ask what immortality is worth when the wrong stranger walks through the door.
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6 Hours of Unsolved Murders & Urban Legends: Late Night Horror Deep Dive Jun 26, 2026

Johnny Gosch's disappearance and the Keddie Cabin murders anchor a six-hour journey through cases, memory, and modern legend. This ten-part collection also examines the Mandela Effect, Men in Black reports, and the Angikuni Lake disappearance story, among mysteries where evidence and repetition pull in different directions. Terrifying & True distinguishes documented crimes from paranormal claims and folklore while exploring why each subject keeps attracting theories. Settle in for a listening session that asks how missing facts, shared memories, and retold encounters become stories.
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Was Walt Disney Cryogenically Frozen? The Disneyland Urban Legend | Thursday Thrills Jun 25, 2026

Walt Disney was cremated, yet a legend still places him in a frozen chamber beneath Disneyland. Henrique Couto traces the cryonics rumor on Thursday Thrills, from Disney's futuristic public image to theme-park tunnels, tabloid repetition, and early preservation experiments. The documented record leads to Forest Lawn in Glendale; the story keeps returning to Pirates of the Caribbean. Audio-Animatronics add another way a creator can seem present after death. Explore why this disproven claim survived, and how technology and storytelling gave a famous life an imaginary unfinished ending.
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Summer of the Demon pt 4: Cursed Objects & Campfire Horror Jun 24, 2026

Eddie Richter wakes injured at Camp Red Feather with a dangerous possibility: the Demon may have a weakness. Summer of the Demon Part 4 by Rob Fields pushes the Strickfield Serpents toward another deadly scrimmage as teammates grow suspicious and storm clouds gather. Knowing how to hurt the creature is only the beginning; surviving long enough to try is harder. This penultimate chapter of the football horror serial brings the cursed 00 jersey, camp tension, and a desperate plan together. Follow Eddie into the confrontation that sets up the finale, with the team's trust already fraying.
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This Week in Horror History | Cult Classics & Body Horror Nightmares — June 22–28 Jun 23, 2026

The Thing, 28 Days Later, and The Omen bring mistrust to This Week in Horror History for June 22–28, 2026. A haunted hotel room in 1408 and Quake's gothic corridors join empty London streets and an Antichrist hidden behind privilege. John Carpenter's The Thing takes the spotlight with Antarctic isolation, imitation, and Rob Bottin's effects. Horror birthdays and a Twilight Zone: The Movie recommendation complete a week where safety is difficult to recognize. Revisit the films and game that turn a room, a family, or a trusted companion into something you can no longer take at face value.
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Terrifying & True | Brian Shaffer: The Ugly Tuna Saloona Disappearance Jun 22, 2026

Brian Shaffer was last seen near closing time at a Columbus bar on April 1, 2006. The Ohio State medical student's disappearance drew attention to footage that did not clearly show him leaving. Terrifying & True examines the Ugly Tuna Saloona, camera blind spots, searches, and the theories that grew around the missing images. It remains a missing-person investigation, with a family and loved ones behind every unanswered question. Follow what the record establishes and where it stops, without turning incomplete camera coverage into proof that someone could not have left the building.
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Unknown Broadcast | Horror Stories of Lies, Living Wood, Wrong Numbers, and Poisoned Love Jun 21, 2026

A bedridden woman hears a murder plot on a crossed telephone line, and a ventriloquist's dummy seems to speak for itself. Unknown Broadcast gathers And Nothing But the Truth, Out of This World, Sorry, Wrong Number, and Jealousy for over two hours of old-time radio suspense. Agnes Moorehead's calls join a father's effort to hide a hit-and-run, a Dead of Night-inspired stage nightmare, and a Whistler tale of suspicion and poisoned love. Voices carry warnings, confessions, and lies. Listen as people try to control what others hear, only to find the most dangerous message getting through.
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Babysitter Horror Stories: Serial Killers, Urban Legends, Mad Scientists & Cry Baby Bridge Jun 20, 2026

A babysitter faces a killer while hiding secrets of her own, and teenagers approach a bridge haunted by a presence searching for a child. Four Weekly Spooky horror stories turn routine jobs into traps: Angel in Babysitting, The Trouble with Cousins, The Babysitter, and Cry Baby Bridge. Family tensions, hidden experiments, and Strickfield folklore move the collection from slasher suspense to mad science and ghostly encounters. Stories by Rob Fields and Joe Solmo. Over 90 minutes of horror ask what happens when looking after someone else means discovering a danger already inside the home.
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3 Hours of Scary Serial Killers & Unsolved Murders | True Crime Horror Anthology Jun 19, 2026

Rodney Alcala appeared on a dating show; Henry Lee Lucas turned confessions into a maze of truth and manipulation. Six Terrifying & True investigations examine how danger can hide in plain sight. Ed Gein, Richard Chase, Charlie Brandt, and Texarkana's Phantom Killer complete over three hours of crime history, from Wisconsin to Sacramento. The collection separates documented violence from false claims, sensational nicknames, and the legends that grow around unresolved murders. Follow the evidence and missed warnings that make these cases more complicated than the monsters they inspired.
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Bigfoot, Mothman & Chupacabra: How Cryptids Become Hometown Legends | Thursday Thrills Jun 18, 2026

How does a feared monster become a town landmark? Bigfoot, Mothman, Chupacabra, the Jersey Devil, and Nessie lead Thursday Thrills through the places that shaped their legends. Henrique Couto follows Pacific Northwest forests, Loch Ness, Puerto Rico, Point Pleasant, and New Jersey's Pine Barrens, then looks at the museums, festivals, and souvenirs built around disputed encounters. The focus is folklore and regional identity, with sightings kept separate from verified zoology. Discover why communities sometimes embrace the very creature once blamed for making the landscape frightening.
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Summer of the Demon pt 3: Cursed Objects & Camp Horror Nightmare Jun 17, 2026

The Demon wears Greg Branlake's cursed jersey—but doesn't recognize Greg's sister. Who is stalking Camp Red Feather? Summer of the Demon Part 3 by Rob Fields sends Eddie 'Peewee' Richter and Jessica after answers as another attack tears through football practice. Their search for Greg's former girlfriend leads away from camp, but distance offers no guarantee of safety. This middle chapter of Weekly Spooky's five-part football horror serial follows the cursed 00 jersey from the field into family secrets. A new lead could expose the monster's identity—or put Eddie directly in its path.
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This Week in Horror History | Cosmic Nightmares & Gothic Sequels June 15–21 Jun 16, 2026

Psycho, Jaws 2, and Lifeforce lead This Week in Horror History for June 15–21, 2026. Revisit the Bates Motel, Amity Island's return to shark panic, Batman Returns' gothic Gotham, and World War Z's rushing zombie crowds. Tobe Hooper's space-vampire spectacle takes the deep-cut spotlight with Halley's Comet and a London outbreak. Birthdays and Hammer's Dracula, starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, round out the calendar. From a motel nightmare to a city under siege, explore how horror grew into a summer event while keeping room for strange cult films and candlelit vampire dread.
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Terrifying & True | Highway of Tears: Missing and Murdered Women in British Columbia Jun 15, 2026

The Highway of Tears carries decades of loss along Highway 16 in northern British Columbia, where women and girls, many Indigenous, have disappeared or been murdered. Terrifying & True examines the cases alongside limited transportation, remote geography, racism, and failures of investigation and media attention. Families and advocates have fought to keep names, patterns, and questions visible. This episode centers the people behind the road's haunting reputation and the conditions that put them at risk. Hear why accountability and safer travel remain part of the demand for answers.
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Unknown Broadcast | Gothic Horror Fiction & Graves, Gallows, Curses Jun 14, 2026

An ancient-looking skeleton has fresh hands, and a condemned man stands on Owl Creek Bridge. Unknown Broadcast collects nearly two and a half hours of old-time radio mystery: Dig Me Deadly, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble, and Double Cross. Detective Claudia Trubshaw follows secrets in the sand; John Dickson Carr's Suspense drama brings witchcraft language and murder backstage; The Whistler turns a criminal scheme against its planners. From an excavation to the gallows, follow people trying to outwit a fate that may be closer than they understand.
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Dark Fantasy Horror Fiction: Witches, Cults & Feral Legends Jun 13, 2026

A half-vampire agent returns to Ghoul School to find a death cult counting down to midnight. Three Weekly Spooky stories mix dark fantasy, folk horror, and occult action: New Year's Evil from the Case Files of Caroline Quinn by Mike Ashkewe, Hermit by Mike Mann, and Fool's Hill by Bruce Haney. A woodland healer follows black ichor through a poisoned forest, while an Oregon folklore writer investigates disappearances around a feared hill. From undead servants to hungry legends, these tales send investigators into places where the old stories may be warnings they should have heeded.
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Shadow, A Fable by Edgar Allan Poe: Plague, the Dead & Gothic Terror Jun 12, 2026

Seven men shut out a plague, then a shadow enters the room they thought was sealed. Shadow, A Fable by Edgar Allan Poe, also known as Shadow—A Parable, gathers survivors around wine, candles, and the shrouded body of Zoilus. Outside, Ptolemais is dying; inside, the men try to drink away what they know. A shape on the curtains gives their fear a presence no locked door can explain. This brief Weekly Spooky gothic reading turns isolation and grief into supernatural dread. Listen as Poe asks what remains inside a refuge when the people taking shelter bring the memory of death with them.
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Champ on Camera? Lake Champlain’s Monster & American Lake-Creature Legends | Thursday Thrills Jun 11, 2026

Did a camera catch Champ on Lake Champlain, or did distance and perspective create a convincing shape? Thursday Thrills examines footage filmmakers Richard Rossi and Kelly Tabor say contains the legendary lake monster, keeping their claim separate from zoological proof. Henrique Couto places it beside Loch Ness searches, the Bear Lake Monster, Texas' Lake Worth reports, and sewer-alligator lore. Wakes, logs, reflections, and partial views offer other ways to read the images. Explore why deep water makes scale so hard to judge, and why one ambiguous glimpse can keep a legend alive.
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Summer of the Demon pt 2: Cursed Objects & Horror Revelations Jun 10, 2026

A junk shop called Tinkers may hold the beginning of the 00 jersey's curse. In Summer of the Demon Part 2 by Rob Fields, Greg Branlake's parents give Eddie 'Peewee' Richter a new lead while Camp Red Feather suffers another attack. Jessica arrives seeking answers about her brother, his journals, and the mysterious Vicious Vixen. The investigation offers a way forward, but the Demon can strike in daylight as easily as darkness. Continue Weekly Spooky's five-part football horror serial as family revelations widen the mystery and camp offers fewer safe places with every return to the field.
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This Week in Horror History | Haunted Hotels & Body Horror Satire — June 8–14 Jun 09, 2026

Gremlins, Ghostbusters, and The Shining lead This Week in Horror History for June 8–14, 2026. Mogwai chaos and paranormal comedy share the calendar with The Shining's wider release and The Conjuring 2's Enfield nightmare. Poltergeist III takes the spotlight inside a mirror-filled Chicago high-rise, while Larry Cohen's The Stuff becomes the week's recommendation with a dessert that consumes its customers. Horror birthdays complete a trip through homes, hotels, and grocery aisles. Find a watch where comfort turns against you, from a cute pet to something waiting in the refrigerator.
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Terrifying & True | Joseph Hall: The 10-Year-Old Who Killed His Father Jun 08, 2026

Ten-year-old Joseph Hall killed his sleeping father in Riverside, California, in 2011. Terrifying & True examines Jeffrey Hall's neo-Nazi extremism, access to guns, allegations of abuse, and the household conditions surrounding the shooting. The case moves from childhood trauma to juvenile court, where questions about understanding wrongdoing and Miranda rights carried weight. Follow the trial and appeals behind the headlines, with the tragedy kept in view. What does accountability mean when a child commits lethal violence, and how should the adults around him enter that question?
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Unknown Broadcast | Time and Again & Wild Oranges — Cursed Time, Island Terror & Murder Jun 07, 2026

A clock marked 13 can stop time, but its owner may not like the price. Unknown Broadcast gathers Time and Again, Wild Oranges, The Cross-Eyed Bear, and The Penalty for nearly two and a half hours of old-time radio suspense. A ruined Georgia plantation hides a knife-wielding threat; a classified ad offers a woman money for dangerous work; and a supposed kidnapping draws The Whistler into a maze of false identities. Cursed machinery, isolation, inheritance, and deception link bargains that turn hostile. Every character sees an opportunity, but someone else may have set its terms.
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Mad Science Body Horror Stories: Experiments, Mutations, Monsters & Flesh-Ripping Terror Jun 06, 2026

A psychiatrist returns from an attack as something inhuman, dinosaurs escape a hidden facility, and criminals hang above a pack of feral hogs. Four Weekly Spooky stories deliver just over two hours of body horror, creature attacks, and pulp suspense. Michael Kelso's asylum-doctor nightmare joins Night of the Tyrants and Hog Wild by David O'Hanlon, plus Warehouse of Blood by Shane Migliavacca. A reporter's missing-person lead completes the collection behind locked warehouse doors. From a wrecked car to a laboratory, each escape depends on learning what is waiting on the other side.
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Cutting Deep Into Horror | REC (2007) | Found Footage Horror & Spanish Zombie Terror Jun 05, 2026

REC (2007) traps a television crew inside a quarantined Barcelona apartment building, where a routine emergency becomes a fight to survive. Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi explore Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza's Spanish found footage film on Cutting Deep into Horror. They examine the camera logic, tightening corridors, infected attacks, and the night-vision climax, with comparisons to the American remake Quarantine. Full spoilers, including the final reveal. Discover how a film can make chaotic footage readable while keeping every stairwell and patch of darkness threatening.
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Ghost Lights That Follow You: Min Min Light Horror & Marfa Mystery | Thursday Thrills Jun 04, 2026

Would you follow a light that seems to follow you? Thursday Thrills explores Australia's Min Min Light, the Marfa Lights of West Texas, and the Hornet or Joplin Spook Light along the Devil's Promenade. Reported roadside encounters meet folklore, paranormal tourism, and possible explanations involving headlights, mirages, and temperature inversions. A fictional ghost-light encounter then turns those fears into a story of its own. Travel from outback roads to U.S. viewing spots and consider how darkness, distance, and expectation shape what people see when a glow refuses to make sense.
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Summer of the Demon pt 1: Cursed Objects & Camp Horror Jun 03, 2026

Eddie 'Peewee' Richter survived a football rival's monstrous transformation. At Camp Red Feather, he discovers the nightmare has followed him into summer. Summer of the Demon Part 1 by Rob Fields opens a five-part Weekly Spooky horror serial with a brutal attack and the return of the cursed 00 jersey. Eddie should be training for football with the Strickfield Serpents; instead, he must confront a creature seeking revenge for the championship game. Start the story as camp routines give way to fear, and a familiar uniform becomes the first clue to a threat that survived the final whistle.
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This Week in Horror History | Poltergeist, Psycho II & The Omen's 6/6/06 Curse Jun 02, 2026

Poltergeist turns a suburban home into a trap, while Psycho II brings Norman Bates back to the Bates Motel. This Week in Horror History explores June 1–7 through haunted houses, killer sequels, and the 6/6/06 release of The Omen remake. The Purge asks what happens when violence becomes legal for a night, and Splice makes genetic engineering a nightmare of creation and responsibility. Plus, horror birthdays include Robert Englund and Danielle Harris, and The Loved Ones supplies a vicious prom-night recommendation. Find your next watch among families and homes that cannot keep anyone safe.
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Terrifying & True | Katarzyna Zowada: The Krakow Murder Investigation Jun 01, 2026

Katarzyna Zowada vanished in Krakow, Poland, in 1998. The discovery of her remains in the Vistula River turned a missing-person search into a murder investigation that would span decades. Terrifying & True follows the forensic evidence, renewed searches by Poland's Archiwum X investigators, and a court history that includes a conviction and an acquittal. This June 2026 episode examines why suspicion and disturbing evidence do not automatically establish who committed a crime. Behind the case is a young student and a family left seeking answers about the life taken from them.
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Unknown Broadcast | Out of Focus & Banquo’s Chair — Psychological Horror and Ghostly Justice May 31, 2026

A man's imagined perfect woman becomes dangerously real, and a professor is pursued by an unseen presence that will not accept rejection. Unknown Broadcast gathers four old-time radio mysteries: Out of Focus, How Love Came to Professor Guildea, Banquo's Chair, and Decision. More than two hours of vintage suspense lead from obsessive fantasy to a Scotland Yard inspector's trap and The Whistler's cruel consequences. An empty chair may be enough to shake a murder suspect—but is guilt the only thing joining the table? Listen for the moment a private fear begins taking up space in the room.
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Sci-Fi Horror: Portal Terror & Cursed Technology Nightmares May 30, 2026

An antique typewriter makes a teenage writer's revenge real, while portals open onto a vampire-ruled Earth. Three Weekly Spooky sci-fi horror stories turn familiar technology into a threat: Ghost in the Machine by Shane Migliavacca, plus Portals and Hunter Black by Rob Fields. A grieving girl encounters a mysterious digital woman, heroes fight across parallel worlds, and a writer loses control of the killer he imagined. Over three hours of haunted technology, alternate dimensions, and dark fantasy ask what happens when the machine stops obeying—and the things it creates can reach you.
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Cutting Deep Into Horror | Paranormal Activity & Found Footage Horror History May 29, 2026

Paranormal Activity (2007) makes a bedroom camera an invitation to watch for something you hope will never appear. Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi examine Oren Peli's found footage horror film, starring Katie Featherston and Micah Sloat, on Cutting Deep into Horror. They explore nighttime sounds, long silences, and the relationship tensions that make the haunting feel personal. How does a nearly motionless shot turn waiting into dread? Full spoilers, including the theatrical and alternate endings, with comparisons to Cloverfield and a look at the film's microbudget success.
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The Backrooms: Found Footage Horror & Liminal Space Internet Folklore | Thursday Thrills May 28, 2026

The Backrooms turns empty yellow rooms and buzzing fluorescent lights into a place you might never escape. Thursday Thrills explores the internet horror legend, from its 2019 message-board origins to Kane Pixels' found footage series and the A24 film Backrooms, directed by Kane Parsons. This May 2026 episode looks at liminal spaces, analog horror, and the unsettling familiarity of corridors that seem to lead nowhere. Why can an empty building feel more threatening than a visible monster? Follow the creepypasta that made getting lost feel like slipping out of reality itself.
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The Thing That Lurks in the Tunnel — Liminal Horror with a Dark Twist May 27, 2026

Will follows his crush Travis into the winter woods for a late-night smoke. Inside an abandoned railway tunnel, movement in the shadows makes their private hideaway feel occupied. The Thing That Lurks in the Tunnel by Bruce Haney turns teenage attraction and betrayal into a Weekly Spooky creature horror story. As Travis reveals his cruelty, Will must decide whether to follow the only flashlight farther into the dark or risk finding his own way out. A claustrophobic listen for fans of abandoned places, wilderness horror, and coming-of-age nightmares. What else is living in the tunnel?
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This Week in Horror History | Alien, Stranger Things & Modern Horror Icons — May 25–31 May 26, 2026

Alien traps a crew aboard the Nostromo, while Vecna turns memory into a weapon in Stranger Things 4. This Week in Horror History revisits May 25–31 through Ridley Scott's sci-fi horror, Sam Raimi's Drag Me to Hell, the backwoods pursuit of Wrong Turn, and Octavia Spencer's basement hospitality in Ma. From the xenomorph to a curse that follows you home, explore how these films and series make escape feel impossible. Plus, celebrate horror icons including Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, and Peter Cushing. Your next horror watch may begin with a place that looks safe enough to enter.
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Monthly Spooky | Cryptid Horror & Paranormal Mysteries Declassified May 25, 2026

Ohio's Loveland Frogman meets the USS Indianapolis in this May 2026 Monthly Spooky. Henrique Couto and Michelle discuss cryptid sightings and UFO reports, then turn to the documented wartime sinking and the sailors' struggle against thirst, exposure, and sharks. The conversation also takes in a burial jar, a coyote's swim to Alcatraz, and a reported celebrity haunting. Memorial Day history sits alongside strange headlines and horror-fan conversation, with episode 400 and Cinema Wasteland in the mix. Follow the difference between a frightening record and a story people want to believe.
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Unknown Broadcast | Evening Primrose & Philomel Cottage — Department-Store Horror & Cottage Murder May 24, 2026

A poet hides in a department store after closing and discovers people who may never let him leave. Unknown Broadcast gathers four old-time radio stories: The Thing Inside, Evening Primrose, Philomel Cottage, and The Body Off Billingsgate. A glass ball brings danger to a New England village, a country marriage conceals a murderous possibility, and a body on the docks draws Scotland Yard into false identities and stolen money. More than two hours of vintage horror and mystery turn shops and homes into places of confinement. What happens when the refuge you chose becomes the trap?
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Slasher Horror Stories: Haunted Motels & Murder Mansions May 23, 2026

A desert motel shelters escaped killers, a storm sends a woman into Grimm Manor, and a murderer stalks prom night at Strickfield High. Three Weekly Spooky horror stories deliver nearly four hours of roadside suspense, haunted-house puzzles, and slasher terror. Incident at Isotop Inn by Shane Migliavacca joins Murder Mansion and Prom Queen Killer by Rob Fields. Follow fugitives and strange lights, Bethany Martinson's search through ghostly traps, and a deadly rivalry for the crown. When every shelter has its own secrets, surviving the storm may only get you as far as the next locked door.
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Cutting Deep Into Horror | Cloverfield & Eerie Found Footage Horror May 22, 2026

Cloverfield (2008) drops a handheld camera into a monster attack on New York City. Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi examine Matt Reeves' found footage film, written by Drew Goddard and produced by J. J. Abrams. On Cutting Deep into Horror, they revisit the mysterious teaser, Statue of Liberty wreckage, subway panic, and disaster imagery that made the attack feel immediate. Full spoilers, including the ending and Coney Island clue. How does a giant creature stay frightening when the camera can barely find it? Film page: https://pluto.tv/us/on-demand/...
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Haunted Ohio Road Trip: Eerie Folklore & Paranormal Tourism | Thursday Thrills May 21, 2026

The Ohio State Reformatory, Franklin Castle, and Moonville Tunnel turn a road trip into a tour of Ohio ghost lore. Thursday Thrills explores the prison seen in The Shawshank Redemption, Cleveland's gothic mansion, and a railroad tunnel where local legends linger in the dark. Follow the history behind these locations and the reported hauntings that draw paranormal visitors. What makes a real building feel like a horror-film set, and how much of that feeling comes from the stories we bring with us? A spooky travel listen for fans of haunted places, abandoned railways, and Ohio folklore.
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Final Broadcast: Paranormal Horror Stories & Eerie Broadcasts May 20, 2026

The callers on Lost in the Void know more than overnight radio host Randall Burr expects—and their stories are starting to connect. Final Broadcast by Henrique Couto celebrates Weekly Spooky's 400th episode with a feature-length horror audio drama featuring Duane Whitaker of Pulp Fiction and The Devil's Rejects. Haunted highways, impossible encounters, and voices reaching places they shouldn't turn a call-in show into a threat to the man at the microphone. As the signal slips beyond his control, Randall must work out who is really listening. Stay tuned for a night inside the static.
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This Week in Horror History | Classic Horror Films & Eerie Sequels — May 18–24 May 19, 2026

The Shining opens the doors of the Overlook Hotel, while Alien 3 strands Ripley on a prison colony. This Week in Horror History explores May 18–24 through Stanley Kubrick's Stephen King adaptation, The Abominable Dr. Phibes, and Poltergeist II: The Other Side. Tales from the Hood brings supernatural punishment and social horror to the deep-cut spotlight, and The Possession of Joel Delaney offers a next watch. With Vincent Price's revenge and Reverend Kane's unwelcome return, this week's films ask what happens when the nightmare follows you into the place you hoped would save you.
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Terrifying & True | Beast of Bray Road: Wisconsin Werewolf Folklore & Cryptid Horror May 18, 2026

Drivers near Elkhorn, Wisconsin, reported a wolf-headed figure beside Bray Road. Linda Godfrey's reporting helped turn those accounts into the Beast of Bray Road, one of America's best-known dogman legends. Terrifying & True follows the early-1990s sightings, the newspaper investigation, and the werewolf folklore that gathered around a rural road. Witness claims meet possible explanations involving bears, wolves, and mistaken identity, with no physical proof establishing a monster. What makes a frightening roadside encounter become a legend that survives long after the headlights pass?
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Unknown Broadcast | Three Women & Sire de Maletroit’s Door — Gothic Horror and Murder May 17, 2026

A writer's creation refuses to stay on the page, and a stranger steps through a door he may not be allowed to leave. Unknown Broadcast gathers Three Women, Sire de Maletroit's Door, The Last Letter of Dr. Bronson, and The Man Who Waited. More than two hours of old-time radio suspense move through obsessive fiction, a gothic trap involving marriage and honor, a doctor's confession, and a household poisoned by jealousy. These four vintage mysteries make letters, invitations, and quiet patience dangerous. Listen for the moment a polite exchange becomes a threat no one can take back.
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Summer Horror Stories: Werewolves & Cryptids on Haunted Roads May 16, 2026

A delivery truck's camera records a passenger the driver cannot see. Four Weekly Spooky summer horror stories turn work and vacations into monster encounters: I Worked in a Museum of Oddities Until the Oddest Thing Happened to Me, Summer Slaycation, I Used to Drive a Delivery Truck, Until the Incident, and Bella's Holiday. Michael Kelso, David O'Hanlon, and Rob Fields bring cryptid bites, swamp experiments, phantom passengers, and a beachside werewolf conspiracy into over two hours of fiction. Before heading out, meet the dangers waiting beyond the museum exhibit and the open road.
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Scary Real-Life Hauntings | Urban Legends & Eerie Paranormal Mysteries May 15, 2026

Bloody Mary waits in the mirror, sleep paralysis brings waking terror, and Kansas City's Room 1046 holds an unsolved murder. Seven Terrifying & True investigations connect these subjects with the Poltergeist film curse, chain letters, the Corpsewood Manor murders, and the Herrmann family poltergeist reports. This collection explores how rumors grow around real deaths, frightening experiences, and homes. Over two and a half hours of folklore, dark history, and true crime ask why some stories keep spreading. Reported hauntings and curse legends remain distinct from documented events.
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Undead Triangle: Teen Zombie Horror & High School Betrayal May 13, 2026

Meredith Ridley survives high school on her own terms—until jealousy sends her into the Backwoods of Strickfield and leaves her for dead. In Undead Triangle by Rob Fields, she returns from the lake with a hunger that makes ordinary teenage revenge look tame. Lita Hallaway's rivalry becomes a zombie nightmare as other figures rise and old relationships refuse to stay buried. This Weekly Spooky story mixes teen horror, body horror, and splatter comedy, from the school corridors to junkyard carnage. When the dead still want love and payback, who gets to decide that the relationship is over?
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This Week in Horror History | Vampire Legacy, Zombie Outbreaks & Classic Slashers — May 11–17 May 12, 2026

Jason Voorhees faces telekinesis in Friday the 13th Part VII, while Firestarter turns a child's power into a government weapon. This Week in Horror History explores May 11–17 through Dracula's Daughter, 28 Weeks Later, Godzilla (2014), and Stephen King's fire-starting nightmare. Follow vampire inheritance, a failed quarantine, and the launch of the MonsterVerse, then revisit The Strangers: Chapter 1 for a masked home-invasion recommendation. From Universal Monsters to modern outbreak horror, these anniversaries show how an old fear changes shape—and finds another generation to frighten.
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Terrifying & True | Setagaya Murders: Japan's Most Chilling Unsolved Case May 11, 2026

The Setagaya family murders left blood, fingerprints, and clothing behind—but no identified killer. On the night of December 30–31, 2000, four members of the Miyazawa family were killed in their Tokyo home. Terrifying & True follows the forensic trail, the offender's reported behavior inside the house, and the theories that have failed to turn evidence into a name. How can many traces survive while the person who left them remains unknown? This Japanese true crime investigation keeps the family at its center and separates clues from speculation about who committed the murders.
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Unknown Broadcast | Horror Anthology: Black Magic, Killer Cargo & Old-Time Radio Horror Stories May 10, 2026

A university lecture opens a door to black magic, while escaped cargo turns a ship's dark corners into hiding places for death. Unknown Broadcast gathers four old-time radio stories: The Sending, A Shipment of Mute Fate, The Diary of Sophronia Winters, and Blind Alley. A lonely woman's romance grows threatening, and a concealed body draws a wealthy family into a trap of guilt and secrets. Over two hours of vintage horror and crime suspense move from occult bargains to dangers that are entirely human. Listen as an invitation, voyage, or new relationship begins closing off the exits.
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Backwoods Horror | Road Trip Terror & Gas Station Nightmares May 09, 2026

A father-daughter road trip breaks down, a security job leads beneath a church, and an overnight gas station hides a secret. Four Weekly Spooky backwoods horror stories gather Strike-Out!, I Was Sent to a Small Town Where Strange Things Were Happening, Bite Me, and I Hate Working at the Gas Station After Discovering Its Dark Secret. Morgan Moore, Michael Kelso, and David O'Hanlon take you through vanished workers, an Ozark creature attack, and a clerk's growing suspicion of his employer. Over two hours of survival horror turn the next roadside stop into somewhere you may never leave.
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Best of 2025 | Typhoid Mary: Eerie True Story & Horror History May 08, 2026

Mary Mallon felt healthy while the households where she cooked suffered typhoid outbreaks. This Best of 2025 Terrifying & True revisits Typhoid Mary, George Soper's investigation, and the forced quarantine on New York's North Brother Island. Follow the 1906 Oyster Bay outbreak, her fight against confinement, and the return to cooking that led to another deadly outbreak. The medical mystery becomes a difficult question about public safety, personal freedom, and stigma. How do you convince someone she can spread a disease she cannot feel—and what happens when persuasion gives way to force?
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Concrete Evidence: A Creepy Summer Job Horror Story May 06, 2026

Ten dollars an hour to carry concrete blocks sounds like easy summer money—until the blocks begin to reveal what they're made of. Concrete Evidence by Gary D of Ontario, Canada follows three broke teens near Toronto working for a secretive man building a pink concrete house. Frank keeps his shed locked and wheels in tools and bulging garbage bags while the boys haul blocks across the field. This first-person horror story blends dark humor, body horror, and a suspected killer's hidden evidence. As curiosity turns to dread, how much of the house have they already helped him build?
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This Week in Horror History | Classic Slashers & Cult Films — May 4–10 May 05, 2026

Friday the 13th sends you back to Camp Crystal Lake, while Crow Country invites you into an abandoned amusement park. This Week in Horror History explores May 4–10 through camp slashers, House of Wax (2005), and Nailbiter, the comic about a town that produces serial killers. The Burning takes the deep-cut spotlight with Tom Savini's effects and a garden-shear nightmare. For a change of pace, The Mummy (1999) brings Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, and undead adventure. Find a film, comic, or survival horror game where a holiday destination hides something that wants you to stay permanently.
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Terrifying & True | The Fox Sisters: When Spiritualism's Greatest Hoax Fooled a Nation May 04, 2026

In 1848, strange knocks in a Hydesville, New York farmhouse helped launch the Fox sisters into the history of Spiritualism. Maggie and Kate claimed the dead could answer; their sister Leah helped bring the performances to audiences. Terrifying & True follows the rappings, the demand for messages from lost loved ones, and Maggie's 1888 confession that physical tricks produced the sounds. Behind the famous ghost story lie grief, family pressure, celebrity, and exploitation. Why did the promise of one more conversation prove so powerful—even when its messenger said it was a deception?
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Unknown Broadcast | Four Old-Time Radio Horror Stories of Fate, Prison, Murder, and Madness May 03, 2026

A man's refuge becomes a trap of espionage and betrayal, while an impossible rosebush suggests something buried beneath the ordinary. Unknown Broadcast gathers four old-time radio stories: The Lady Was a Tiger, Destiny, Uncle Henry's Rosebush, and The Horla. More than two hours of vintage suspense move from murder and tightening circumstances into the fear of an unseen intelligence. These mysteries turn the urge to escape into a question of whether the danger is outside the house or inside the mind. Settle in for crime, psychological horror, and a final descent into the uncanny.
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Aliens, Time Rips, Cult Books, and Multiverse Terror: 4 Cosmic Horror Stories of Apocalypse and Weird Chaos May 02, 2026

A New Year's time rip fractures reality, and a dead clown's funeral becomes a hunt governed by an ancient code. Four Weekly Spooky stories gather Saint Jimmy by Dan Wilder, The Fun in Funerals and The Last Days of Jimmy Flavor by David O'Hanlon, and Last Stand by Rob Fields. Alternate timelines, occult books, and Hellweaver's threat to the multiverse turn survival into a struggle against rules that keep changing. Over two hours of cosmic horror, science fiction, and grotesque comedy follow people who touch something impossible—and discover that reality may not put itself back together.
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Cutting Deep Into Horror | One Cut of the Dead (2017): Japanese Horror and Filmmaking Chaos May 01, 2026

One Cut of the Dead (2017) starts as a scrappy Japanese zombie film and rewards anyone who stays with its strange choices. Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi discuss Shinichiro Ueda's horror-comedy on Cutting Deep into Horror, exploring structure, crew mishaps, and the affection behind its portrait of low-budget filmmaking. How does apparent chaos become a carefully built payoff? Full spoilers: watch the movie first to preserve its surprises, then join the conversation about making art when everything goes wrong. Film page: https://www.amcplus.com/movies...
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Come On In — Secret Tunnel Horror Beneath an Old House Apr 29, 2026

Curtis Tucker fears his family's unfinished basement. Then his father reveals a hidden tunnel once used by the Underground Railroad, and fear gives way to a need to know where it goes. Come On In by Morgan Moore follows the boy downstairs on a rainy night with a flashlight and a plan to face his nightmares. Inside the wooden shed, the way forward leads beneath the house and into darkness he cannot see through. This Weekly Spooky horror story turns a familiar childhood fear into a claustrophobic journey. How far would you crawl to prove there was never anything to be afraid of?
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This Week in Horror History | Godzilla, The Craft & Found Footage Horror History (April 27 — May 3) Apr 28, 2026

The Craft gives teenage outsiders dangerous power, while The Hunger turns immortality into a vampire's trap. This Week in Horror History explores April 27–May 3 through Godzilla, King of the Monsters!, Creepshow 2, and the faux true-crime nightmare of The Poughkeepsie Tapes. David Bowie, Catherine Deneuve, Stephen King, and George Romero connect a week of monster cinema, occult revenge, and anthology horror. The Day of the Triffids adds a killer-plant apocalypse to the watchlist. Discover how a giant monster, a handheld camera, or an ordinary lake can make the familiar world unsafe.
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Monthly Spooky | America’s Most Haunted Lake? Ghost Stories, Dark History & Bizarre Spooky News Apr 27, 2026

Lake Lanier's Lady of the Lake legend floats above a history of displaced communities, drownings, and boating danger. This April 2026 Monthly Spooky explores the Georgia reservoir's haunted reputation, Captain Dave's local ghost stories, and the gap between a curse and real hazards on the water. The news conversation also visits Pluckley, England, reported lights near Lake Ontario, and a hot-air balloon's landing. Follow the stories that turn a popular destination into a place people fear after dark, while keeping local folklore separate from the tragedies that helped shape it.
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Unknown Broadcast | Five Old-Time Radio Horror Stories of Love, Murder, and Suspense Apr 26, 2026

A woman desperate for a child seeks a bargain from a dealer in the macabre, while an escape from Noumea tests how far men will go to survive. Unknown Broadcast gathers five old-time radio dramas: Mother Love, The Weakling, Will You Walk into My Parlor, Mr. Markham, Antique Dealer, and John Russell's The Fourth Man. Over two hours of vintage suspense connect supernatural promises, nightclub trouble, murder, and guilt with stories from Radio Mystery Theater, Suspense, and Escape. Listen as longing becomes a liability and every offer of a way out begins to carry a price no one expected.
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Cryptids, Chupacabras, Demon Dogs, and Future Monsters: 4 Scary Horror Stories of Beasts and Survival Apr 25, 2026

A summoned hellhound has murder on its leash, and a school trip runs into El Chupacabra. Four Weekly Spooky monster stories gather The Hellhowler by Joe Solmo, The Monster's Not Real by Charles Campbell, The Beast of Roca de Vaca by Morgan Moore, and Future Taibon by Rob Fields. A paranormal investigator follows occult trouble, South African documentarians face an unknown predator, and Cassillia Taibon awakens among future mutations. More than three hours of creature horror and supernatural action ask how you survive when the beast has powers your defenses were never built to stop.
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Best of 2025: Richard Speck: The True Story of the 1966 Chicago Nurse Murders Apr 24, 2026

Corazon Amurao hid beneath a bed while Richard Speck murdered eight nurses in Chicago in 1966. Her survival and testimony became central to the case against him. This Best of 2025 Terrifying & True follows the South Side townhouse attack, the manhunt, the trial, and the later reversal of Speck's death sentence. The episode also examines revelations from his prison years and the lasting impact on the victims' families and the city. A historical true crime account focused on the lives destroyed, the witness who could identify the killer, and how the evidence brought him before a jury.
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Chemically Imbalanced: A (Sort-of) Love Story — Love Potion Gone Wrong Horror Story Apr 22, 2026

A synthetic love hormone turns a student into a ravenous monster—and traps the man who wanted her inside the science building. Chemically Imbalanced: A (Sort-of) Love Story by Rob Fields brings mad science to Strickfield University, where years of obsession become a problem no laboratory door can solve. This Weekly Spooky horror story mixes body horror, infected romance, and dark comedy as a supposed shortcut to desire spins out of control. He finally has her attention, but surviving it is another matter. Listen to a college nightmare about getting exactly what you thought you wanted.
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This Week in Horror History | Silent Hill, Stephen King, George Romero, Cult Horror & More (April 20–26) Apr 21, 2026

Silent Hill hides terror in the ash, Vacancy makes a motel room a death trap, and The Dark Half gives a writer a murderous double. This Week in Horror History explores April 20–26 through Stephen King, George A. Romero, and horror that turns ordinary places against their occupants. Michael Caine faces The Hand, Until Dawn (2025) brings repeated-night terror to the screen, and I Trapped the Devil supplies a paranoid next-watch recommendation. From a roadside stop to a basement no one should open, discover films where familiar surroundings become the first warning that something is wrong.
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Terrifying & True | Black Shuck: The Hell Hound Behind a 1577 Storm Apr 20, 2026

Black Shuck's legend places a terrifying black dog inside the churches of Bungay and Blythburgh during the Suffolk storm of August 4, 1577. Terrifying & True explores the reported apparition, deaths, scorched-door stories, and the disaster behind one of England's best-known phantom hounds. Follow the accounts that turned violent weather into a tale of the devil, then compare the legend with grounded explanations and Britain's wider black-dog folklore. What happens when a community's fear of a real storm takes an animal shape—and keeps roaming long after the skies have cleared?
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Unknown Broadcast | Cursed Rings, Vanishing Brides, Greed: Four Vintage Radio Horror Stories from the Dark Apr 19, 2026

A cursed ring leads into family secrets, a bride disappears, and the dream of impossible wealth begins to look like a prison. Unknown Broadcast gathers A Ring of Roses, The Bride Vanishes, Avarice, and The Diamond as Big as the Ritz. More than two hours of old-time radio suspense move from plague lore and gothic mystery to The Whistler's murderous greed and Escape's dangerous world of riches. These four vintage dramas follow people drawn toward something they believe will make life better. When love, inheritance, and money become traps, how much would you surrender to get back out?
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Small Town Horror: Vampire Nights, Cursed Love & Portal Terror Apr 18, 2026

A movie night opens a doorway to a vampire-ruled Strickfield, and a drunken ritual summons the wrong lover. Four Weekly Spooky stories gather I'm from a Small Town That No Longer Exists. No One Is Allowed to Know Why by Michael Kelso, Doorway to Horror and Newborn by Rob Fields, and Love Conquers All by Joe Solmo. Vanished neighbors, cursed fields, and a vampire's first hunger turn familiar places deadly. Nearly three hours of small-town horror, supernatural action, and dark comedy follow people who cross a boundary without knowing the cost. The way home may no longer lead to your world.
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Cutting Deep Into Horror | Creep (2014) Explained: Ending Breakdown, Hidden Meaning & Found Footage Horror Review Apr 17, 2026

Creep (2014) makes a paid filming job feel like an invitation you should never have accepted. Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi examine Patrick Brice's found footage horror film, starring Brice and Mark Duplass, on Cutting Deep into Horror. They explore how Josef uses warmth, awkwardness, and vulnerability to push past Aaron's boundaries, with Peachfuzz and the ending included in this full-spoiler discussion. The hosts connect the film's manipulation to their videography work. Discover why a friendly request can feel more threatening than a warning—and why the camera keeps rolling.
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I Painted a Witch: Haunted Painting Horror Story Apr 15, 2026

A new painting of a witch seems to know what is happening inside its creator's house—and what may happen next. I Painted a Witch by Bruce Haney turns an ordinary evening into a supernatural horror story about cursed art, domestic fear, and a home that no longer feels private. As the woman studies her new artwork, its connection to her life becomes harder to dismiss. This Weekly Spooky tale blends witch horror with the dread of an intruder drawing closer. Each new detail makes the house feel less secure. Is she looking at a warning, or watching something decide what comes next?
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This Week in Horror History | American Psycho, Amityville Horror, Jakob’s Wife, Sker Ritual & The Lords of Salem Apr 14, 2026

American Psycho hides violence behind a polished smile, while Jakob's Wife turns a troubled marriage into vampire horror. This Week in Horror History explores April 13–19 through Mary Harron's satire, The Amityville Horror (2005), Sker Ritual, and Rob Zombie's The Lords of Salem. Barbara Crampton, haunted-house dread, Welsh folklore, and witchcraft connect a week of films and survival horror gaming. Green Room adds a brutal punk-band siege to the watchlist. From a respectable apartment to a venue with no safe exit, discover what happens when the setting itself becomes part of the threat.
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Terrifying & True | Lead Masks Case: Brazil's Eerie UFO Death Mystery Apr 13, 2026

Two electronics technicians were found dead on a hillside in Niterói, Brazil, in 1966, with homemade lead eye masks and a note about capsules and a signal. Terrifying & True explores the Lead Masks Case, following Miguel José Viana and Manoel Pereira da Cruz to Morro do Vintém and the investigation that failed to establish a cause of death. Witness reports and missing pieces fueled theories of poisoning, spiritualist experiments, UFOs, and murder. Which clues are documented, and which explanations depend on assumptions? Follow an unresolved case whose objects offer no easy answer.
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Unknown Broadcast | Old-Time Radio Horror Stories of Fate, Ghosts, Mystery, and Justice Apr 12, 2026

A veteran cannot leave the war behind, and a skeptical man confronts a threat that reason may not keep away. Unknown Broadcast gathers The Bullet, Pollock and the Porroh Man, A Passage to Benares, and Justice. More than two hours of old-time radio suspense travel through wartime guilt, occult fear, death, and The Whistler's fatal consequences. These four vintage dramas make a tavern, a journey, and a decision feel like steps toward a reckoning. Settle in for psychological horror and supernatural mystery, where believing you have escaped the past may be the first dangerous mistake.
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Witches, Folk Horror, and Occult Terror: 4 Creepy Stories of Curses and Cults Apr 11, 2026

A hunter kills something that should have stayed alive, and piano lessons bring a child close to a hungry witch. Four Weekly Spooky stories gather What Ricky Did on His Summer Vacation and The God Tongue by Dan Wilder, Bed, Breakfast, and Zombies by Keith Tomlin, and The Piano Witch by Charles Campbell. Fictional Satanic Panic nightmares, cosmic folk horror, a New York witch hunt, and undead guardians fill a collection of occult bargains and hidden appetites. From autumn woods to a Southern music room, traditions conceal danger. What if the smiling teacher wants more than practice?
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Best of 2025 | Carrie Culberson: The True Story of Ohio’s Infamous No-Body Murder Case Apr 10, 2026

Carrie Culberson vanished from Blanchester, Ohio, in August 1996. Vincent Doan was convicted of her murder without her body being recovered. This Best of 2025 Terrifying & True follows the domestic abuse, witness testimony, and investigative failures surrounding one of Ohio's best-known no-body homicide cases. Explore the final night, the trial evidence, and the conflict-of-interest allegations that cast doubt on how the search was handled. A conviction answered one question while leaving Carrie's family with another: where is she? The episode keeps that unfinished search at its center.
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Knock, Knock: True Scary Ice Fishing Story in the Middle of the Night Apr 08, 2026

Slow knocks reach an ice fishing hut during an Ontario snowstorm. Miles from shore, the person inside hears pounding on the walls but cannot see who is outside. Knock, Knock is presented as a personal account by Gary D of Ontario, Canada, also known as Blue Fire Raging. This Weekly Spooky wilderness horror story follows an overnight trip through isolation, unseen visitors, and footprints in the snow. The hut offers heat and shelter, but every sound makes opening the door feel more dangerous. Listen to an eerie first-person encounter that leaves the source of the knocking unresolved.
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This Week in Horror History | A Quiet Place, Oculus, Critters & The Void (Apr 6–12) Apr 07, 2026

A Quiet Place makes every sound dangerous, and Oculus makes a mirror impossible to trust. This Week in Horror History explores April 6–12 through family survival, cursed objects, and the hungry alien chaos of Critters. Scary Movie 5 brings the parody, while The Void takes the deep-cut spotlight with a besieged hospital, robed cultists, and practical body horror. Stephen King's Cat's Eye adds three compact nightmares to the watchlist, with birthdays including Kane Hodder and Tom Noonan. Find your next film among quiet rooms, farmhouses, and places where looking closer makes it worse.
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Terrifying & True | Anneliese Michel: Exorcism, Medical Crisis & the Negligent-Homicide Trial Apr 06, 2026

Anneliese Michel underwent exorcisms as her health collapsed. Terrifying & True follows the young woman from Klingenberg, West Germany, through seizures, psychiatric distress, and the belief that she was possessed. She died in 1976; her parents and two priests were convicted of negligent homicide in 1978. The episode examines how medical care failed, what the recordings can and cannot establish, and why the court focused on obtaining lifesaving help. A disturbing history of faith, illness, and responsibility asks how certainty about a supernatural cause can leave a person without rescue.
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Unknown Broadcast | Four Vintage Tales of Family Ruin, Wartime Espionage, Mad Science, and a Strange Little Visitor Apr 05, 2026

A dying criminal father draws his son back into old wounds, while a doctor's promised cure carries the chill of obsession. Unknown Broadcast gathers four old-time radio dramas: Accounts Receivable, Operation Fleur de Lys, The Kettler Method, and Little Fellow. More than two hours of vintage suspense move from buried money and family resentment to an OSS mission in occupied France, dangerous medicine, and a presence that does not belong. Each story changes the source of the unease, from human betrayal to the uncanny. Listen as a debt, a duty, or a miracle becomes something hard to escape.
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Ghosts, Werewolves, Zombies, and Haunted Houses: 4 Small-Town Horror Stories Apr 04, 2026

A lakeside prank awakens a ghost, and a punk show collides with meteors and the undead. Four Weekly Spooky tales gather The Spirit of Langley Pond by Charles Campbell, Alien Zombie Punks from Upstate New York by Dan Wilder, The Beast of Fagan County by David O'Hanlon, and Ghost Story by A. N. Onimus. A town faces brutal killings and werewolf fears, while a trip from the county fair ends at a sinister house. Over two hours of small-town horror mix local legends, creature attacks, and dark comedy. Beyond the fair lights, the places you grew up around may have kept their own secrets.
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Best of 2025 | Resurrection Mary: The True Story of Chicago’s Vanishing Hitchhiker Ghost Apr 03, 2026

Resurrection Mary is the hitchhiker said to vanish near Resurrection Cemetery after accepting a ride along Chicago's Archer Avenue. This Best of 2025 Terrifying & True follows the white-dress ghost legend through Jerry Palus's account, later reported encounters, and theories about Mary Bregovy and Anna Norkus. Why do generations keep telling a similar roadside story? Explore the local history, disputed identities, and retellings that made Mary part of American folklore. The mystery lies in how the legend grew, with alleged sightings treated as accounts rather than proof of a ghost.
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Fooled Ya — An April Fools’ Prank Turns Deadly Apr 01, 2026

A skeptical researcher follows ley lines to a remote castle, where an April Fools' joke begins looking like a monster problem. Fooled Ya by Douglas Waltz mixes vampires, werewolves, and gothic mischief in a Weekly Spooky horror-comedy about trusting the wrong invitation. The search for ley-line energy becomes a night of unreliable appearances and supernatural danger, with the prank's consequences reaching beyond a harmless laugh. If you enjoy creature features and jokes that turn against their tellers, step inside—but listen carefully for who is still laughing when the game changes.
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This Week in Horror History | Slither, Pet Sematary, Resident Evil 3 & Cat People (Mar 30–Apr 5) Mar 31, 2026

Slither brings alien parasites to a small town, while Pet Sematary turns grief into a wish to reverse death. This Week in Horror History explores March 30–April 5 through James Gunn's body horror, Cat People (1982), and Cursed Films, the documentary series about movie-curse legends. Resident Evil 3's 2020 remake puts Jill Valentine and Nemesis in the deep-cut spotlight, with Stephen King's novel Carrie as the reading pick. From mutated flesh to Raccoon City's collapsing streets, discover a film, book, or survival horror game where changing the rules of life makes everything worse.
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Monthly Spooky | Bigfoot in Ohio & Cursed Lake Lanier: Sock Burning, Spring Superstitions, and Lake Shawnee Hauntings Mar 30, 2026

Ohio Bigfoot reports, Lake Lanier's cursed reputation, and the haunted lore of Lake Shawnee Amusement Park meet springtime rituals in this March 2026 Monthly Spooky. Henrique Couto and Michelle explore why people attach fear and superstition to places, from woods to abandoned attractions. Annapolis, Maryland's sock-burning tradition offers a strange way to say goodbye to winter, alongside wilderness accounts and horror-film conversation. Follow the reported encounters and local legends as the season changes. Sometimes the story that follows you home is the hardest thing to shake.
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Unknown Broadcast | Four Old-Time Radio Stories of Fear, Deception, and Doom Mar 29, 2026

An elderly woman's quiet home becomes a trap when a strange cat and an unwelcome visitor arrive. Unknown Broadcast gathers four old-time radio stories: The Resident, The Man Who Would Be King, The Cave of Ali Baba, and The Letter. More than two hours of vintage suspense move from domestic intrusion to an imperial fantasy, a secret criminal chamber, and an accusation that destroys a scientist under Nazi terror. These dramas follow the damage done by ambition, deception, and misplaced trust. A password may open a door, but what will let you leave once you discover who is waiting behind it?
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Ides of March: AI Horror, Demonic Deals, Graveyard Horror, and Undead Revenge Stories Mar 28, 2026

A writer's AI shortcut starts watching him, and a buried roadside mistake returns with unfinished business. Four Weekly Spooky stories gather I used to think AI was wonderful. Now I know it's evil. by Michael Kelso, Dead Ahead and The Blind Date by Joe Solmo, and The Grave Robbers by Bruce Haney. A demonic date and a cemetery theft join this Ides of March collection of artificial intelligence horror, occult bargains, and undead revenge. Nearly two hours of dark fiction ask what happens when a shortcut begins making demands. The thing you hoped would help may want something in return.
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Cutting Deep Into Horror | Someone’s Watching Me! (1978) John Carpenter Hidden Gem Breakdown Mar 27, 2026

Someone's Watching Me! (1978) turns anonymous calls and apartment surveillance into a John Carpenter nightmare. Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi explore the TV thriller starring Lauren Hutton, David Birney, and Adrienne Barbeau on Cutting Deep into Horror. They examine stalking, privacy, Hutton's performance, and the uneasy humor behind a woman struggling to be believed. How does Carpenter make a room feel unsafe before anyone enters it? Full spoilers for this 1970s psychological thriller, with connections to Halloween and a closer look at a film often missed in Carpenter's catalog.
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Black Kat — A Black Cat Curse Turns Deadly Mar 25, 2026

Katriana leaves a county fair carrying a curse: anyone whose path she crosses may die. Black Kat by Rob Fields turns a black cat curse into a supernatural revenge story set around Strickfield and Ridgeway Heights. After a cruel act brings a fortune teller's punishment, ordinary encounters become chains of lethal bad luck. This Weekly Spooky tale mixes carnival horror, gruesome accidents, and the panic of carrying a threat you cannot see. Kat wants help, but approaching the people she loves may put them next in line. How do you escape a curse when every step can hurt someone?
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This Week in Horror History | The Hills Have Eyes 2, Stay Alive, Gonjiam & Def by Temptation (Mar 23–29) Mar 24, 2026

A video game kills its players in Stay Alive, while a livestream ghost hunt unravels in Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum. This Week in Horror History explores March 23–29 through The Hills Have Eyes 2, Black Sheep, and the supernatural seduction of Def by Temptation. Desert mutants, cursed technology, and carnivorous sheep make this a watchlist for creature-feature and found footage fans. Plus, birthdays include Steve McQueen, Jessica Chastain, Richard O'Brien, and Leonard Nimoy. The sci-fi horror film Life rounds out the week with an organism that has no interest in following the crew's rules.
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Terrifying & True | Deer Woman Legend Explained: Indigenous Folklore and the Dark Warning Behind the Myth Mar 23, 2026

A beautiful stranger's deer hooves reveal that the person being pursued may be the dangerous one. Terrifying & True explores Deer Woman in Indigenous folklore, modern encounter stories, and popular adaptations. Roadside warnings, party retellings, and Haskell-associated stories connect the figure with predatory behavior, violence against women, and consequence. There is no single official version: traditions and later retellings differ. Follow how this unsettling legend can act as a warning or a form of justice, and why the moment someone looks down changes the meaning of the encounter.
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Unknown Broadcast | What Returns in the Night: Four Tales of Ghosts, Betrayal, and Retribution Mar 22, 2026

Can a murdered wife return in another form? Unknown Broadcast gathers The Return of the Moresbys by Henry Slesar, John Jock Todd by Robert Simpson, The Burning Court from John Dickson Carr, and The Whistler's Retribution. Les Crutchfield adapts the jungle adventure for radio. More than two hours of old-time radio suspense move from reincarnation fears to poison, betrayal, and a reckoning on a dark road. These four vintage dramas make guilt harder to escape than any pursuer. Settle in for supernatural mystery and criminal suspicion, where a polite room may hide the most dangerous guest.
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Ides of March: Four Horror Stories of Demons, Curses, Occult Revenge, and Satan’s Shotgun Mar 21, 2026

A school day turns demonic, and a night of partying unleashes an obscene curse. Four Weekly Spooky stories bring occult revenge to the Ides of March: Academia Demonia by David O'Hanlon, A New Beginning by Rob Fields, Breaking the Seal by Douglas Waltz, and Satan's Shotgun by Dan Wilder. Nearly two hours of horror fiction move through possession, infernal power, darkly comic punishment, and a revenge trail that keeps returning from the dirt. Each story puts a different price on the promise of protection or payback. When help arrives with Hell behind it, what will be left for you to owe?
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Lionizing — Edgar Allan Poe’s Dark Satire of Vanity and Celebrity Mar 20, 2026

In Edgar Allan Poe's Lionizing, a young man's obsession with noses makes him the sensation of fashionable society. This short comic tale follows vanity, social climbing, and a celebrity culture that mistakes novelty for achievement. Expertise becomes fashion, admiration becomes a contest, and reputation depends on absurd rules no sensible person would choose. Weekly Spooky presents Poe's dark satire with its original prose at the center. Listen for the cruelty beneath the compliments as society decides who deserves attention—and how quickly a celebrated feature can become a liability.
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Boredom Can Be Deadly: Scary Phone Horror Story | He Called a Bathroom Wall Number and It Ruined His Life Mar 18, 2026

A bored man calls a number scribbled inside a bathroom stall. His phone answers his thoughts—and offers money to kill a stranger. Boredom Can Be Deadly by Michael Kelso is a Weekly Spooky technology horror story about greed, surveillance, and a choice that becomes harder to take back. What looks like a prank supplies private information, directions, and a target, pulling a curious caller into someone else's deadly game. Dark humor gives way to paranoia as the device in his hand seems to know every hesitation. If the phone can read his mind, what chance does he have of keeping a secret?
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This Week in Horror History | Final Destination, Dawn of the Dead, Us & The Hearse (Mar 16–22) Mar 17, 2026

Death makes everyday accidents feel planned in Final Destination, while fast zombies turn a mall into a trap in Dawn of the Dead. This Week in Horror History covers March 16–22 with The Final Conflict, Jordan Peele's Us, and the recurring black car of The Hearse. From Damien Thorn's corporate menace to frightening doubles, this week's films turn familiar places against their occupants. Birthdays include Brad Dourif, Sienna Guillory, Stephen Sommers, and Dominique Fishback. The ghostly photos of Shutter supply a recommendation for viewers who like their nightmares following them home.
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Terrifying & True | The Real Men in Black: UFO Witness Threats, Government Conspiracy, and Paranormal Cases Mar 16, 2026

UFO witnesses report strange visitors who demand silence. Terrifying & True follows the Men in Black legend through Maury Island, Albert K. Bender, Point Pleasant, Robert Richardson in Ohio, Dr. Herbert Hopkins, and the Niagara Falls hotel footage claim. Threatening calls and unsettling encounters helped turn alleged intimidation into a lasting UFO legend. The episode weighs documented history against witness stories and paranormal explanations without treating a cover-up as proven. Are these accounts evidence of a shared threat, or stories shaped by the legend they helped create?
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Unknown Broadcast | Phantom Hands, Cursed Rings, and Deadly Lies: Four Old-Time Radio Horror Stories Mar 15, 2026

A pianist loses his right hand, yet something seems determined to reach the keys. Unknown Broadcast gathers The Hand That Refused to Die, The Ring of Thoth, Wet Saturday, and The Accounting. Four old-time radio dramas move from phantom hands and an ancient Egyptian relic to a family concealing murder and The Whistler's reckoning with money and lies. More than two hours of supernatural mystery and crime suspense turn talent, immortality, and respectability into dangerous desires. Listen as a household tries to explain away the unthinkable—and discover how much politeness can conceal.
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Ides of March: Four Horror Stories of Monsters, Revenge, Cannibals, and the Living Dead Mar 14, 2026

A swamp legend rises from the mud, a predator talks of conservation, and an alarm clock wakes more than its owner. Four Weekly Spooky Ides of March stories turn bad choices into monstrous consequences: Gator Boy of Dead Ore Swamp and Stay Hungry by David O'Hanlon, You Are What You Eat by Robert Fields, and Rude Awakenings by Rob Fields. Over two hours of creature horror, cannibal terror, and supernatural revenge move from a cursed place to a meal that refuses to stay on the menu. Daily routines become threats in tales where getting what you wanted may be the worst part of the bargain.
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Cutting Deep Into Horror | Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986): Why It’s So Disturbing Mar 13, 2026

Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) makes ordinary rooms feel complicit in violence. Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi examine John McNaughton's film, starring Michael Rooker, Tom Towles, and Tracy Arnold, on Cutting Deep into Horror. They explore Henry, Otis, and Becky, the film's ugly realism, and its disputed true-story reputation. Full spoilers, including the ending, for listeners interested in serial killer cinema and exploitation horror. Film page: https://www.amazon.com/gp/vide...
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The Backroads Cryptid: A Drug-Fueled Ride Into a Rural Monster Nightmare Mar 11, 2026

A man wakes in a freezing pasture with missing hours, a dead phone, and no idea how he got there. The Backroads Cryptid by Bruce Haney follows a disastrous party into rural Oregon, where two strangers say a creature attacked their car. Their story sounds impossible until the darkness beyond the farmhouse starts to feel occupied. This Weekly Spooky horror fiction mixes drug-fueled paranoia, isolated farmland, and a savage monster encounter. Getting home means deciding whose account to trust and whether the people offering shelter are any safer than whatever is waiting outside the door.
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This Week in Horror History | Scream VI, It Follows, Resident Evil & Children of the Corn (Mar 9–15) Mar 10, 2026

Ghostface stalks New York in Scream VI, while the threat in It Follows never needs to run. This Week in Horror History explores March 9–15 through Children of the Corn, Resident Evil, and the Jersey Devil mockumentary The Last Broadcast. Killer children, infected corridors, and suburban paranoia offer different ways to make a familiar place unsafe. Birthdays include Brittany Snow, Emile Hirsch, Michael Caine, and Pollyanna McIntosh. The Invitation closes the watchlist with a dinner party where grief and suspicion share the table. Find a film that makes the next invitation feel different.
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Terrifying & True | Castlerock Double Murder (1991): Staged as a Suicide Pact Mar 09, 2026

Lesley Howell and Trevor Buchanan were found dead in a car in Castlerock, Northern Ireland, in May 1991. The scene suggested a suicide pact; a confession nearly 18 years later exposed a double murder. Terrifying & True follows Colin Howell and Hazel Stewart, the affair behind the killings, the staged garage scene, and the convictions that overturned the accepted account. This true crime episode examines how deception survived inside a close religious community and how investigators revisited the evidence. What happens when the story told about two deaths protects the people responsible?
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Unknown Broadcast | Ghosts, Curses, and Deadly Secrets: Four Old-Time Radio Horror Stories Mar 08, 2026

A widow welcomes memories of her husband until the dead seem unwilling to make room for the living. Unknown Broadcast gathers The Ghost at the Gate, Blood of Cain, Statement of Employee Henry Wilson, and Jane Eyre. Four old-time radio dramas move through grief, a New Orleans family's dark inheritance, a troubling confession, and a governess entering a house of secrets. More than two hours of ghost lore, criminal suspense, and gothic romance make domestic comforts feel uncertain. At the dinner table or behind a locked door, the past may still expect to be treated as one of the family.
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Ides of March: Four Horror Stories of Revenge, Backwoods Violence, and Roadside Monsters Mar 07, 2026

A night of humiliation becomes a revenge story, while a country feud and a lonely highway turn cruelty into danger. Four Weekly Spooky Ides of March tales gather Hell Hath No Fury by Aaron Michael Cook, Valley Rat by Charles Campbell, Fortune Falls by David O'Hanlon, and ROADKILL by Travis VanHoose. Over two hours of horror fiction move from small-town grudges to friends chasing a view in the wilderness and a pickup stopping for the wrong reason. Betrayal links the stories, but each road has a threat. Before trusting strangers or settling scores, listen for what is beyond the lights.
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Best of 2025: Ed and Lorraine Warren: The True Story Behind Annabelle, Amityville and The Conjuring Mar 06, 2026

Ed and Lorraine Warren helped make Annabelle, Amityville, and the cases behind The Conjuring household names. This Best of 2025 re-air of Terrifying & True examines their rise in paranormal investigation and the conflicting accounts surrounding their work. Over two and a half hours explore the occult museum, claims of hauntings and possession, skeptical criticism, and the public image that shaped their legacy. Follow the gap between a famous horror story and what its evidence can establish. How did the Warrens' accounts become so influential, and why do they remain controversial?
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Lady Frankenstein Returns — Vampire Pursuit and Family Secrets Mar 04, 2026

Maddy Donnerly recognizes a towering vampire woman in a parking lot, and a shopping trip becomes a race to escape. Lady Frankenstein Returns by Rob Fields brings a predator from last winter back into the Strickfield universe. Maddy and her mother face daylight pursuit, mounting panic, and family secrets that make the danger feel closer than either wants to admit. This Weekly Spooky vampire horror story combines mall terror with a frantic chase, letting a familiar face turn an ordinary outing into a threat. Getting away is only part of the problem when the past already knows who you are.
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This Week in Horror History | Nosferatu, Angel Heart, The Mangler, Zodiac & Pontypool (Mar 2–8) Mar 03, 2026

Nosferatu brings vampire shadows, Angel Heart turns detective work into occult dread, and The Mangler makes a laundry press monstrous. This Week in Horror History explores March 2–8 through those films and David Fincher's Zodiac, where the search for a killer becomes an obsession. Pontypool supplies a radio-station nightmare in which language spreads danger, while Tales from the Crypt offers a classic anthology recommendation. From Count Orlok to a voice on the air, this watchlist follows threats that enter ordinary life. Find a classic, a crime thriller, or a strange late-night watch.
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Terrifying & True | Bonnie Hood Murder at Camp Nelson Lodge (1990): The California Double Jeopardy Case Mar 02, 2026

Bonnie Hood was killed at California's Camp Nelson Lodge in 1990, while handyman Rudy Manuel survived the attack. Terrifying & True follows the investigation, Bruce Beauchamp's acquittal, and the later shooting that put Bonnie's husband Jim Hood on trial. This California true crime case connects witness credibility, disputed motives, forensic evidence, and double jeopardy. It separates the verdicts from allegations about who planned the lodge killing. Two shootings create overlapping mysteries, but they do not produce the same courtroom answers. What could each prosecution prove?
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Unknown Broadcast | The Coin That Won’t Spend: Four OTR Tales of Theft, Dread, and Deep Water Mar 01, 2026

A stolen white elephant sends detectives into an absurd hunt, while a con man sets his sights on a yacht and a fortune. Unknown Broadcast gathers The Stolen White Elephant, The Digger, The Golden Penny from The Whistler, and Escape's Clear for Action. Four old-time radio dramas move from comic crime to a dangerous mine shaft, a scheme aboard the Golden Penny, and naval peril. More than two hours of mystery and suspense combine dark laughter, desperate choices, and maritime adventure. Follow the clues and the next command at sea: a clever plan can still leave its maker trapped.
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Edgar Allan Poe Horror & Mystery Stories: Murders in the Rue Morgue and Classic Tales of Terror Feb 28, 2026

An uncanny voyage, a humiliation, and an impossible Paris murder lead into five Edgar Allan Poe tales. This Weekly Spooky collection presents Manuscript Found in a Bottle, Hop-Frog, Never Bet the Devil Your Head, Murders in the Rue Morgue, and The Man That Was Used Up. Nearly three hours of Gothic fiction mix maritime dread, revenge, macabre comedy, and the deductions of C. Auguste Dupin. Poe's original prose turns reputation and curiosity into dangerous guides. For listeners drawn to classic horror and detective fiction, the next mystery may begin with a detail everyone else overlooks.
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Cutting Deep Into Horror | Confessions of a Serial Killer (1985): Henry Lee Lucas Horror and True-Crime Exploitation Feb 27, 2026

Confessions of a Serial Killer turns a man's calm account of violence into a chilling horror film. Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi examine Mark Blair's 1985 production on Cutting Deep into Horror, tracing its Henry Lee Lucas connection and the gap between criminal mythology and a documentary record. They discuss the confessional structure, low-budget realism, performances, and ethics of true-crime exploitation. Full spoilers throughout. Why can a bare-bones film feel more persuasive than a slick thriller, and what happens when that realism borrows authority from disputed confessions?
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On The Ice: Fishing Horror Story - A Monster Beneath the Frozen Lake! Feb 25, 2026

A widower goes ice fishing on Lake Pauldoon, following the careful routine his grandfather taught him. Then the wind falls silent and something black moves beneath the hole. On the Ice by Douglas Waltz turns a quiet winter outing into a Weekly Spooky creature horror story. An abandoned lakeside development and a history of missing children connect the frozen surface to older local secrets. Alone on the lake, the fisherman must confront a danger his habits cannot explain. Listen for winter isolation, backwoods occult terror, and the sound that makes every step toward shore feel uncertain.
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This Week in Horror History | End-of-Winter Dread — The Crazies, Get Out & The Invisible Man (Feb 23 — Mar 1) Feb 24, 2026

The Crazies poisons small-town trust, Get Out makes hospitality threatening, and The Invisible Man turns disbelief into another weapon. This Week in Horror History covers February 23–March 1 with Sons of the Forest and The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live joining the film lineup. Survival in the woods meets love after the apocalypse, while From Beyond the Grave offers sinister antiques and compact supernatural tales. Birthdays include Terence Fisher, Billy Zane, Neil Jordan, and Lupita Nyong'o. Build a horror watchlist for winter's end, when a home or a face can conceal the threat.
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Monthly Spooky | Evil Ghost Baby Exorcism, Boston Skull Mystery, and the New England Vampire Panic Feb 23, 2026

A reported ghost-baby exorcism in Galway meets a skull found in concrete in Boston. In this February 2026 Monthly Spooky, Henrique and Michelle discuss those headlines alongside a Rhode Island pilot's UFO report and the hunt for an escaped toucan in Las Vegas. The conversation then turns to the New England vampire panic, when tuberculosis, grief, and superstition shaped fears of the returning dead. Strange news and American folklore share the episode, with paranormal claims kept distinct from established history. Why do communities reach for monsters when explanations fail them?
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Unknown Broadcast | Signals from the Dead Air: Four Classic Radio Horror Tales of Revenge and Ruin Feb 22, 2026

A fake medium profits from grief, while an unsettling sound makes a home feel hostile. Unknown Broadcast gathers Medium Rare from CBS Radio Mystery Theater, Bells from Suspense, Career Man from The Whistler, and the snake-country mystery Snake Doctor. Four old-time radio stories move through deception, ambition, buried money, and revenge. More than two hours of vintage suspense ask what happens when a successful con begins to control the person running it. At Cashier Creek or in a quiet room, the danger may be a secret believed safely buried. Tune in before the next warning rings.
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Edgar Allan Poe Horror Stories: The Black Cat, The Cask of Amontillado, and More Classic Gothic Tales Feb 21, 2026

A confession, a wine-cellar invitation, and a prisoner's terror lead into five Edgar Allan Poe stories. Weekly Spooky presents The Black Cat, Morella, The Cask of Amontillado, The Pit and the Pendulum, and Berenice in over two hours of classic Gothic fiction. Guilt, grief, revenge, and obsession shape narrators whose accounts grow more disturbing as they unfold. Poe makes a family home, a memory, or a sensory detail feel impossible to escape. Listen for psychological horror and macabre suspense in the original prose, where the voice explaining the nightmare may be an unreliable guide.
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Deals with the Devil: Horror Stories of Demons, Curses, and Dark Bargains Feb 20, 2026

A motel visitor brings a debt a fugitive cannot evade, and a grieving mother's promise comes due. Four Weekly Spooky devil-deal stories gather The Deal Was Great, But The Payments Are Hell by Joe Solmo, Even Witches Can Cry by Charles Campbell, Gamble with the Devil by David O'Hanlon, and The Devil Knows Three Chords by John Oak Dalton. A would-be mercenary's raid and a backstage feud between bluegrass legends complete this collection of demonic bargains. Supernatural revenge meets ambition and grief in tales where the offer sounds perfect. Listen to what the bargain leaves unsaid.
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Road Trip: Snowbound in a Small-Town Bar With Monsters and a Militia Feb 18, 2026

Caroline Quinn wants two weeks away from heartbreak. A snowbound stop in Germfask, Michigan, gives her a bar full of armed strangers instead. Road Trip by Mike Ashkewe follows the part-vampire government troubleshooter into The Den, where weak cell service and bitter cold make leaving difficult. The locals' ties to the Claw of the Northern Patriots turn a cold welcome into a supernatural fight for survival. This Weekly Spooky story mixes vampire action, rural monster horror, and a road trip gone wrong. Caroline came looking for somewhere to disappear; the danger is being made to stay.
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This Week in Horror History | Freaks, House on Haunted Hill and Army of Darkness (Feb 16–22) Feb 17, 2026

Vincent Price invites strangers into House on Haunted Hill, Ash battles deadites in Army of Darkness, and Lestat takes the stage in Queen of the Damned. This Week in Horror History explores February 16–22 with Tod Browning's Freaks and the toy-factory horror of Poppy Playtime: Chapter 5. Haunted-house showmanship meets medieval splatter and vampire rock-star excess. Birthdays include Ricou Browning, Christopher Eccleston, Thomas Jane, and Drew Barrymore. The Hitcher closes the watchlist with a reminder that an open road can become a trap long before the driver sees what is following.
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Terrifying & True | Stanley Hotel: The Shining Origin and America’s Most Haunted Hotel Feb 16, 2026

Room 217 at the Stanley Hotel connects a real explosion with the inspiration for Stephen King's The Shining. Terrifying & True visits Estes Park, Colorado, tracing the 1911 disaster, Elizabeth Wilson's survival, and the ghost stories surrounding F. O. and Flora Stanley. King's 1974 stay helped turn empty corridors into horror history; later television and tourism carried the legend further. Reported hauntings remain distinct from documented events. Explore how a hotel became a destination for paranormal curiosity, and why a story about a room can change the way its next guest sleeps.
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Unknown Broadcast | Love and Death on the Air: Four Old-Time Radio Horror Stories Feb 15, 2026

Celebrity, romance, and a managed reputation become tools of danger in four vintage radio dramas. Unknown Broadcast presents A Matter of Love and Death, Love, Honor, or Murder, The Heart of Ethan Brand, and The Lovely Look. More than two hours of old-time radio suspense explore obsession, devotion, unsettling secrets, and The Whistler's warning about appearances. These stories ask how well anyone can know the person asking for trust. A public image may hide a private motive, and a loving gesture may carry a threat. Listen for the moment a harmless-looking relationship changes shape.
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Valentine’s Day Horror Stories Marathon: 6 Scary Tales of Love and Murder Feb 14, 2026

Valentine's Day becomes a threat in six Weekly Spooky stories of stalking, jealousy, and murder. Deb Debbie Deborah and Be Mine by Shane Migliavacca lead into LOVERS' LANE by Morgan Moore, then Rob Fields brings Slasher II: Valentine's Day, Slasher: Valentine Screams, and Slasher: Valentine Scorn. Over five hours of romantic horror move from heartbreak and obsessive attention to a risky make-out spot and showbiz carnage. This marathon is for listeners who like their holiday fiction bloody and their love stories uneasy. A sweet message can be a warning when the sender refuses to let go.
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Cutting Deep Into Horror | Pearl (2022) Mia Goth’s Stardom Nightmare, Ti West’s X Prequel Feb 13, 2026

Pearl (2022) turns a dream of stardom into a Technicolor nightmare. Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi examine Ti West's X prequel and Mia Goth's performance on Cutting Deep into Horror. Full spoilers cover ambition, repression, rural isolation in 1918, and the gap between performing normality and containing rage. How does the film's bright Hollywood style make Pearl's confinement feel worse? They connect beauty, violence, and the need to be seen. Film page: https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/... Listings: https://www.justwatch.com/us/m...
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Will You Be My Undead Valentine? - Zombie Horror Novella: An Undead Love Story of Murder and Revenge Feb 11, 2026

At a winter Grange dance in 1958, August Hannig and Becky Sue 'Bex' Brewer find someone else who wants to escape Dorset. Will You Be My Undead Valentine? by Bruce Haney turns their forbidden romance into a zombie horror novella. Bex's violent father, small-town rules, and a love that refuses to stay buried pull the young couple toward revenge. Weekly Spooky mixes retro Americana, snowbound dread, and cemetery shadows with a darkly romantic promise: the end of a life may not end a relationship. Listen for doomed lovers and undead horror without knowing where their dance will lead.
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This Week in Horror History | Valentine’s Week Horror — Watch Something SCARY with Love! Feb 10, 2026

My Bloody Valentine and Friday the 13th bring slasher danger to Valentine's week, while The Silence of the Lambs turns conversation into a threat. This Week in Horror History covers February 9–15 with Happy Death Day 2U and The Stepford Wives, moving from time-loop chaos to perfect suburban smiles. Recommendations include Misery, Audition, The Fly, Heart Eyes, and Companion: five ways for affection to become frightening. Birthdays feature Emma Roberts, Natalie Dormer, Simon Pegg, and Claire Bloom. Choose a date-night watchlist of obsession, suspicion, and dangerous affection.
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Terrifying & True | The Lost Franklin Expedition: Arctic Horror and the Northwest Passage Mystery Feb 09, 2026

HMS Erebus and HMS Terror entered the Arctic in 1845 seeking the Northwest Passage. Neither brought Franklin's expedition home. Terrifying & True follows the graves at Beechey Island, the Victory Point note, the abandonment of the ships, and evidence of desperate survival near King William Island. Inuit accounts and modern archaeology help connect the final journey with wreck discoveries in 2014 and 2016. This historical mystery examines what records, remains, and underwater finds reveal. Beyond the legend of vanished explorers lies a story of cold, hunger, and unanswered questions.
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Unknown Broadcast | Four Old-Time Radio Horror Stories of Missing Men and Mute Fate Feb 08, 2026

A missing man leaves contradictions behind, and a flight from LaGuardia becomes a struggle above the ground. Unknown Broadcast gathers The Man Is Missing, A Shipment of Mute Fate, Death Flies Blind, and A Law of Physics. Four old-time radio dramas carry danger from a search to a sea voyage, an aircraft, and a rain-slick road. More than two hours of vintage mystery and suspense explore the moment routine travel becomes a trap. With clues shifting and choices narrowing, these tales make arrival feel uncertain. Follow each lead or departure, knowing that a timetable cannot promise safety.
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Valentine’s Day Horror Stories: 8 Scary Tales of Love Gone Wrong Feb 06, 2026

A wedding, a date, and a woodland party become traps in eight Valentine's horror stories. Rob Fields brings Till Death Do Us Part, First Date, and Suspended; Joe Solmo brings Party in the Woods, Dead Ahead, and Love Conquers All. Roxie by Charles Campbell and Cesspool: A Love Story by David O'Hanlon complete the lineup. Over three hours of Weekly Spooky fiction mix jealousy, supernatural danger, and revenge, from Strickfield's hallways to a pool with something waiting below. Romance becomes leverage and attraction becomes risk. Choose a date-night scare where love offers no protection.
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I Hate Driving a Truck in Winter, but Not Just Because of the Weather: Something Hunting in the Dark Feb 04, 2026

A truck crashes off a fogbound Pennsylvania highway, leaving its injured driver below the road and out of sight. Something huge approaches through the trees. I Hate Driving a Truck in Winter, but Not Just Because of the Weather by Michael Kelso turns a driving accident into creature survival horror. Trapped behind shattered glass, the driver must find a way out before the thing in the fog gets in. A Weekly Spooky tale of winter isolation and roadside terror. Author books: https://geni.us/michaelkelsoau... More stories: https://www.reddit.com/user/Ho...
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This Week in Horror History | Rings, The Prodigy, The Messengers + In the Mouth of Madness (Feb 2–8) Feb 03, 2026

Rings carries a videotape curse into online media, and The Prodigy turns a child's behavior into a possession nightmare. This Week in Horror History explores February 2–8 through The Messengers, The Strangers: Chapter 3, and John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness. Haunted farmland and home invasion lead into cosmic horror where fiction reshapes reality. Birthdays celebrate George A. Romero, Alice Cooper, and Josh Stewart. Valentine supplies the slasher recommendation, with Heart Eyes as a companion pick. Find a film that makes the screen, the family home, or the next face feel unsafe.
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Terrifying & True | The Vanishing Village of Angikuni Lake: Arctic Mystery and UFO Folklore Feb 02, 2026

An empty Inuit camp, unfinished sewing, and rumors of lights over the tundra form the legend of Angikuni Lake. Terrifying & True tells the vanishing-village story, then examines how newspaper accounts and later retellings turned it into an Arctic mystery and UFO tale. Abandoned supplies, silent dogs, and a disturbed grave belong to the folklore examined, not an established mass disappearance. The episode follows the gap between an image and a reliable record, while respecting the northern communities in the setting. Why has the story grown more certain as its evidence grows thinner?
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Unknown Broadcast | Four Classic OTR Thrillers of Poison, Trains, and Hidden Greed Feb 01, 2026

A trail of jewelry feeds suspicion inside a marriage, while a doctor's bottle conceals a deadly threat. Unknown Broadcast gathers Leave Well Enough Alone, The Diary of Doctor Pritchard, The Four-Fifteen Express, and Glass Dime. Four vintage radio thrillers follow jealousy, poison, missing money, and the hunt for a rare coin. More than two hours of old-time radio suspense turn possessions into reasons to deceive. From a household to a train, the stories trace how wanting more can narrow a person's choices. A reward may draw witnesses out, but it can also give them reasons to lie.
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BANNED! Snowed-In Horror Convention Slasher: The Complete Winter Miniseries Jan 31, 2026

A blizzard strands a horror convention at High Point Ski Lodge, and someone has come for revenge instead of autographs. BANNED! by Rob Fields collects all four parts of the winter slasher miniseries in nearly three hours. In Michigan's Upper Peninsula, headliner Vickie Valentine and the convention staff face mounting suspicion as the Horror Snow-In becomes a killing ground. This is one story of fandom, humiliation, and payback, with the full confrontation included. Start at the first warning and follow the mystery through a lodge where checking out means risking the blizzard.
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Best of 2025: 4 Scary Tales of Backwoods Survival, Killer Creatures, and a Summoned Hellhound Jan 30, 2026

A hidden waterfall attracts an unwanted visitor, and a rare-flower search leads deep into danger. This Best of 2025 Weekly Spooky collection gathers Fortune Falls and Stay Hungry by David O'Hanlon, A Plant Called Death by Bruce Haney, and The Hellhowler by Joe Solmo. Over three and a half hours of horror fiction move from remote campsites and Pacific Northwest trails to Colombia's cocaine hippos and investigator James Becker's hunt for a supernatural threat. Four stories turn curiosity, ambition, and a client's warning into survival tests. The way home may be harder to find after dark.
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BANNED! Part 4: Blizzard Horror Convention Slasher Finale Jan 28, 2026

The Horror Snow-In reaches its final confrontation as a blizzard isolates High Point Ski Lodge. BANNED! Part 4 by Rob Fields closes the winter slasher miniseries with the killer moving from hidden attacks toward the end of a revenge plan. Headliner Vickie Valentine faces pressure that threatens to expose another danger, while desperate decisions send the convention deeper into chaos. This Weekly Spooky finale brings the reveals and reckoning together. Start with Part 1 for the full story, then return to a lodge where being banned has become a threat nobody dismisses.
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This Week in Horror History | Stephen King Week: The Shining + Rose Red (Jan 26–Feb 2) Jan 27, 2026

Stephen King's novel The Shining and miniseries Rose Red turn hotels and mansions into traps in This Week in Horror History, covering January 26–February 2. Screamers brings killer machines, Parents adds suburban dinner-table dread, and Shadow of the Vampire blurs filmmaking with a monster that may be real. John Carpenter's The Fog closes the watchlist with ghost-story dread. Explore haunted homes, suspicious meals, and horror behind the camera. Episode sponsor: Savorista Coffee, decaf and half-caf blends. Original offer: code SPOOKY for 25% off at https://savorista.com/discount...
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Monthly Spooky | Haunted Castles & Stolen Corpses Jan 26, 2026

Chillingham Castle's ghost stories meet a corpse-theft headline in this January 2026 Monthly Spooky. Henrique and Michelle discuss the castle's history and unusual cattle, mummified cheetahs in Saudi Arabia, and the 1922 Knickerbocker Theater collapse during a Washington snowstorm. Haunted-doll beliefs and the human-bone market join a horror-movie roundup. The conversation separates reported paranormal claims from historical tragedy while exploring why strange discoveries become irresistible stories. Settle in for haunted places, winter history, and the headlines behind the legends.
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Unknown Broadcast | Snowbound Radio Horror: Classic Winter Tales of Ice, Whiteouts, and Cold Death Jan 25, 2026

An ice-breaking mission encounters a strange thaw, and a pilot sent to investigate disappears. Unknown Broadcast gathers The Ice Palace, Death Has a Cold Breath, Snow on 66, and The Time of the Big Snow. Four old-time radio tales turn ice, winter journeys, and snowbound communities into settings for danger. More than two hours of vintage suspense mix polar science fiction with cold-weather mystery and roadside unease. From a search to a highway swallowed by white, the familiar landscape stops offering reassurance. Listen for the point when waiting out the weather is no longer enough.
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Scary Road Trip Horror Stories: 5 Highway Tales of Hitchhikers, Monsters, and Motels Jan 24, 2026

A delivery truck's cab feels occupied, and a father-daughter trip finds risky help after tire trouble. Five Weekly Spooky road stories gather I Used to Drive a Delivery Truck, Until the Incident by Michael Kelso, Strike-Out! by Morgan Moore, ROADKILL by Travis VanHoose, Wilson Road by Charles Campbell, and They Don't Drive Cars by Scott S. Phillips. Over two hours of highway horror follow strangers, a Deep South dirt road, and hungry creatures on a late snack run. These journeys make the next stop feel uncertain. Headlights reveal the road, but they cannot tell you whom to trust.
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Best of 2025: Deadly Second Chances — Supernatural Horror Story Binge Jan 23, 2026

Five doomed souls receive a chance to rewind their lives, and the Hellweaver has her own freedom at stake. Deadly Second Chances by Rob Fields returns as a complete Best of 2025 collection. In Perdition, she discovers a pact that could release her if she gives the souls another choice and leaves them to make it. Over four hours of Weekly Spooky supernatural horror explore revenge, redemption, and the decisions that survive a change of fate. All five chapters play as one continuous saga in the Strickfield universe. Would a second chance change you, or simply reveal you?
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BANNED! Part 3 — The Killer Goes Public Jan 21, 2026

The killer at the Horror Snow-In wants an audience, and the blizzard is cutting off the way home. BANNED! Part 3 by Rob Fields follows the convention deeper into panic at High Point Ski Lodge. Police return to question witnesses, staff disappear, and headliner Vickie Valentine tries to keep performing while another danger stirs within her. The third chapter of this Weekly Spooky winter slasher shifts from secret attacks to public terror, making crowded rooms feel less safe than the empty corridors. Begin with Part 1 to follow the mystery in order. The next event may be the killer's own.
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This Week in Horror History | Tremors, Split & The Blair Witch Project (Jan 19–Jan 25) Jan 20, 2026

Tremors brings creatures beneath the ground, The Boy makes a doll unsettling, and Dead Space 2 turns survival horror interactive. This Week in Horror History covers January 19–25 with Split and The Blair Witch Project, including its Sundance screening and impact on horror marketing. Spree supplies a streaming-era found footage recommendation. Birthdays celebrate Edgar Allan Poe, David Lynch, Robert E. Howard, and Tobe Hooper. Explore films and games that turn watching into dread. Episode sponsor: Savorista Coffee. Original offer: code SPOOKY for 25% off at Savorista.com.
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Terrifying & True | The Caretos de Entrudo – Portugal’s Carnival Demons Jan 19, 2026

Cowbells and masked figures fill the streets of Podence, Portugal, during the Caretos de Entrudo carnival. Terrifying & True explores the colorful wool costumes, anonymous mischief, community rituals, and effigy burning that mark winter's end. The episode follows the tradition's revival, generations of participants, and UNESCO recognition, with comparisons to other Iberian masked celebrations. Proposed links to ancient fertility rites remain interpretations rather than a proven origin. Discover how a living community tradition gains its power through disguise, movement, and noise.
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Unknown Broadcast | Four Horror Stories of Fate, Knife-Edges, and Mistaken Identity Jan 18, 2026

An actress is hired to impersonate a queen, and a desperate husband turns toward crime. Unknown Broadcast gathers The Queen of Darkness, Dark, Dark Destiny, A World of Darkness, and Dark Island. Four old-time radio dramas move through dangerous ambition, a wife's illness, a murder investigated by a blind musician, and an island full of double-crosses. More than two hours of vintage mystery and suspense make identity as risky as any weapon. A borrowed role or a mistaken name can change who holds power. Listen for the clues hidden in what people say—and what an attentive witness can hear.
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Haunted Houses & Cursed Finds — Six Ghost Stories of Possession, Poltergeists, and Terror Jan 17, 2026

A locked inn room and a yard-sale bowl invite the dead into six Weekly Spooky stories. Hear Horror at the Hexagon House Inn by Bill Spears; The House That Killed Me, Thrifting Fail - We're now Haunted!, and The House in the Woods by Bruce Haney; Ghost Story by A. N. Onimus; and Lucien Greyshire and the Ghost from Applebee's by L. F. Falconer. Over two hours of haunted-house fiction mix cursed finds, poltergeists, and places that refuse to let visitors leave. A writer, a vlogger, and a party producer who sees ghosts approach the uncanny for different reasons. Getting close has a cost.
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Best of 2025: Ship of the Cannibal - Ghost Ship Survival Horror Story Jan 16, 2026

Chance and Luka survive a shipwreck by clinging to a container in open water. When an ocean liner appears in the fog, it looks like rescue—until they discover something hungry aboard. Ship of the Cannibal Rats by David O'Hanlon returns in this Best of 2025 Weekly Spooky episode. Shredded cabins, a stripped galley, and noises inside the walls turn shelter into a creature-infested trap. This maritime horror story follows two survivors whose lucky break may leave fewer choices than the open sea. Board for ghost-ship atmosphere, swarming danger, and a desperate search for a way off.
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BANNED! Part 2: Horror Convention Slasher Mystery Gets Bloodier! Jan 14, 2026

Police reach High Point Ski Lodge, but the Horror Snow-In continues after a staff member's murder. BANNED! Part 2 by Rob Fields turns the snowbound convention into a stage for a killer who wants everyone watching. Headliner Vickie Valentine tries to keep up appearances as promoter David Melicant refuses to shut down and the attacks grow more public. This second chapter of the Weekly Spooky winter slasher mixes a revenge mystery with a threat awakening inside Vickie. Begin with Part 1 for the setup, then follow the clues through a lodge where another event may become the next crime scene.
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This Week in Horror History | Primeval, Scream (2022) & Cloverfield (Jan 12–18) Jan 13, 2026

Primeval unleashes a killer crocodile, DeepStar Six finds danger underwater, and Scream (2022) brings fandom into a slasher's sights. This Week in Horror History covers January 12–18 with the folk-horror novel This Wretched Valley and Cloverfield's chaotic view of a monster attack. One Missed Call joins the viewing discussion. Explore stories where nature, technology, and familiar rules stop offering control, from remote wilderness to a city filmed in panic. Episode sponsor: Savorista Coffee, with half-caf and decaf blends. Original offer: code SPOOKY for 25% off at Savorista.com.
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Terrifying & True | Alfred Packer: The Colorado Cannibal’s 1874 Murder Trial Jan 12, 2026

Six men entered Colorado's San Juan Mountains in the winter of 1874. Alferd Packer returned alone, with explanations that changed as suspicion grew. Terrifying & True follows the trek after Chief Ouray's warning, the discovery of five companions' remains, and the trials that made Packer the 'Colorado Cannibal.' Survival claims meet physical evidence, escape, and a legal history more complicated than the legend. Also known as Alfred Packer, he is the central voice in an account others could not contradict. What can the record establish about the deaths, and where does folklore take over?
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Unknown Broadcast | Four Old-Time Radio Horror Stories of Secrets and Survival Jan 11, 2026

A reporter sees a supposedly dead man, and astronauts on Mars receive a welcome from lost loved ones. Unknown Broadcast gathers The Telltale Scar, Mars Is Heaven, I Want to Report a Murder, and Everybody. Work by Roy Windsor, Ray Bradbury, Michael Sklar, and Arch Oboler spans CBS Radio Mystery Theater, Escape, Inner Sanctum, and Lights Out. More than two hours of vintage radio suspense move through a telltale scar, a murder call, and criminals hiding with a frightened girl. These four dramas make recognition dangerous: the face or voice you trust may be the first reason to fear the room.
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Best of 2025: Spin the Bottle — A Deadly College Slasher Horror Story Jan 10, 2026

Samara tries a new look and a new romance, but a crowded fraternity party makes the attention feel dangerous. Spin the Bottle by Rob Fields returns as a Best of 2025 Weekly Spooky feature. In Strickfield, a jealous ex, a perfect-looking date, and a party game draw her into a slasher tale of obsession, humiliation, and survival. Over three hours of horror fiction mix college dating dread, masked violence, and supernatural menace. Samara wanted to leave her comfort zone, but someone else seems to be planning the night. Who is really deciding where the bottle points?
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Best of 2025: Winter Horror Stories, Cryptids & Wendigo Folklore Jan 09, 2026

Winter comfort turns hostile in this Best of 2025 Weekly Spooky collection. Hear I Love the Cold by Jonathan Lumpkin, The Blizzard of '58: Never Meet Your Idols by Bruce Haney, and I Was Stalked by a Monster from the Woods by Michael Kelso. The fictional scares lead into Terrifying & True's The Wendigo Curse: A Legend of Greed and Destruction, which examines folklore and historical accounts. Nearly two hours move from a fan's dream encounter and a watched tree line to stories of winter hunger. The collection distinguishes creature fiction from the beliefs and history behind a warning.
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BANNED! Part 1 — Blizzard Convention Slasher Mystery Jan 07, 2026

Robbie Redden's trip to meet a favorite actress ends in humiliation and a ban. Seven years later, a horror convention in Michigan's Upper Peninsula faces a blizzard and unfinished business. BANNED! Part 1 by Rob Fields opens the four-part Weekly Spooky winter slasher at High Point Ski Lodge. Featured guest Vickie Valentine arrives for autographs and filming with Henrique Couto as a message disrupts the weekend. Start here for a story of fandom, resentment, and revenge, where the storm traps guests with someone who has another reason for attending. The convention's first scare is real.
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This Week in Horror History | M3GAN, The Relic, The Terror & Resident Evil 4 (Jan 5–11) Jan 06, 2026

M3GAN makes protection dangerous, The Relic turns a museum into a hunting ground, and Dan Simmons' The Terror reimagines the Franklin expedition. This Week in Horror History covers January 5–11 with Resident Evil 4, the apartment nightmare The Sentinel, and the occult time-travel chaos of Warlock. Films, a novel, and a survival horror game offer ways to lose control of familiar spaces. Find a killer doll, a lurking creature, or your next eerie read. Episode sponsor: Cozy Earth sheets, pajamas, and loungewear. Original offer: code SPOOKY for 41% off your first order at CozyEarth.com.
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Terrifying & True | 1993 Hamar-Daban Mystery: Siberia’s “Dyatlov Pass” Tragedy Jan 05, 2026

Six members of Lyudmila Korovina's hiking group died during an August 1993 emergency in Siberia's Hamar-Daban Mountains. Valentina Utochenko survived. Terrifying & True follows the storm, her account of the final hours, and the recovery that fed comparisons with Dyatlov Pass. Weather and exposure are considered alongside speculative explanations, with disturbing retellings kept separate from what the evidence supports. This mountain mystery asks how much can be reconstructed from one survivor's testimony and a remote site. Follow the human ordeal behind the legend of deaths on the slope.
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Unknown Broadcast | Jealousy, Keys & Red Marks: Four Old-Time Radio Horror Stories Jan 04, 2026

Jealousy survives the applause, smoke raises suspicion, and a key opens a door that feels unsafe. Unknown Broadcast gathers Hell Hath No Fury, The Night Reveals, Lady With a Key, and The Red Mark. Four old-time radio dramas move through fame, troubling clues, secrecy, and a reckoning. More than two hours of vintage suspense turn intimate details into warnings: matches in a pocket, an expression, or footsteps where nobody is expected. Listen for criminal motives and the consequences of trust as these mysteries unfold. A witch watches an actor whose ambitions put his wife in danger.
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Small Town Secrets: Five Horror Stories of Hidden Cults, Monsters, and Dark Rituals Jan 03, 2026

A town restoration hides a threat, and a factory deal exposes dangerous secrets. Five Weekly Spooky tales gather I Was Sent to a Small Town Where Strange Things Were Happening by Michael Kelso, The Devil Reaps the Harvest by John Oak Dalton, Eh, Real Monsters from NEPA by Michelle Antisocial, Sin by Rob Fields, and The God Tongue by Dan Wilder. Around two hours of small-town horror move from New England to Pennsylvania and Strickfield, mixing missing people, occult temptation, and backwoods creatures. Look behind ordinary streets, where knowing everyone's name does not mean knowing them.
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Best of 2025: I Was Hunted by a Cryptid in a Snow Storm Jan 02, 2026

A blizzard traps a long-haul trucker at a dark, locked truck stop. His tracks vanish in the snow, fuel runs low, and a horned shape keeps approaching the cab. I Was Hunted by a Cryptid in a Snowstorm by Michael Kelso returns for Weekly Spooky's Best of 2025. This winter survival horror story turns the truck from shelter into a target as something learns how to reach the driver inside. Listen for creature terror and the dread of waiting alone through the storm. Author books: https://geni.us/michaelkelsoau... More stories: https://www.reddit.com/user/Ho...
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Saint Jimmy: Y2K Panic Meets New Year’s Eve Dec 31, 2025

Two radios playing the right tones open a tear in time. Jimmy discovers the trick as a teenager with his cousin Phillip, but years of experiments take a darker turn when grief makes the past irresistible. Saint Jimmy by Dan Wilder follows their discovery toward New Year's Eve 1999, when attempts to fix a loss threaten to break far more than one life. This Weekly Spooky story mixes time-travel horror, cosmic comedy, and Y2K anxiety with a human wish to hear a loved one's voice again. Every adjustment can change the world on the other side. Would you step through if you could not undo it?
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This Week in Horror History | New Year Horror — Kwaidan, Witchboard & One Missed Call (Dec 29–Jan 4) Dec 30, 2025

Kwaidan's ghosts, Ghost in the Machine's electronic killer, and One Missed Call's ominous voicemail carry horror across the new year. Henrique Couto explores December 29–January 4 on This Week in Horror History, including Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and the spirit-board danger of Witchboard. Japanese ghost cinema meets technological fear and the consequences of creation in a watchlist built around messages nobody should answer. Find a classic to read or a late-night film. Episode sponsor: Savorista Coffee. Original offer: code SPOOKY for 25% off at https://savorista.com/discount...
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Monthly Spooky | New Years True Crime, Bigfoot on I-80, & Conjuring House Lawsuit Dec 29, 2025

Eric Smokes and David Warren lost decades to wrongful convictions for a 1987 killing near Times Square. This December 2025 Monthly Spooky follows their fight to clear their names and convictions vacated in 2024. The conversation also covers a Bigfoot report near I-80, an ancient Scottish burial discovery, Kansas City jazz-bar ghost claims, oarfish omens, and controversy around the Conjuring House. True crime and paranormal headlines share the episode, with reported sightings kept distinct from court outcomes. Explore the human cost of a false story and why other stories are hard to test.
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Unknown Broadcast | Bells Before Midnight: Six Horror Stories of Farewells, Guilt, and the End Dec 28, 2025

A condemned man turns to the dead as guilt and jealousy haunt six vintage radio mysteries. Unknown Broadcast gathers Angel of Death, Calling All Souls, Two Birds with One Stone, So Soon, Murder Is a Lonely Business, and The Haunted Hotel. Over three hours of old-time radio suspense move between ghost-story atmosphere and crime, with farewell and guilt tying the year-end selection together. Visitors, alibis, and hotel corridors offer uneasy invitations as each drama unfolds. Settle in for a night of classic audio storytelling, where a quiet room can make a remembered voice feel close.
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6 Scary New Year Tales of Devils, Vampires, Zombies & Paranormal Evil! Dec 27, 2025

New Year's revelry turns deadly in six Weekly Spooky tales. Dan Wilder brings Even the Devil Tells the Truth Sometimes, Satan's Shotgun, Stakes n' Shoguns, and Alien Zombie Punks from Upstate New York. A Few Cold Ones by David O'Hanlon and New Year's Evil: A Paranormal Thriller from the Case Files of Caroline Quinn by Mike Ashkewe complete the lineup. Over two and a half hours of horror fiction mix devil bargains, an undead avenger, hotel hostages, vampires, and alien zombies. Caroline Quinn faces an apocalyptic threat as festivities unravel. The countdown gives these monsters a stage.
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After Christmas Horror Stories: Scary Christmas Novella Double Feature Dec 26, 2025

A mirror produces doubles that want to replace the living, and a vampire brings a dangerous appetite to Strickfield. Mirror Images and A Vampire's Holiday by Rob Fields form this Weekly Spooky Christmas horror double feature. Over three hours of fiction carry the season from uncanny reflections to a showdown, with two complete novellas presented back to back. Familiar faces become unreliable and holiday shelter offers scant comfort when the threat can enter your home. Keep the winter atmosphere going with sinister doubles, vampire terror, and Christmas stories whose cheer cannot last.
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Otis Slays Christmas: Killer Santa Slasher at Kmart Dec 24, 2025

Otis Kilgore believes a Kmart cashier's routine greetings are secret love messages. In Etawah, Oklahoma, in 1996, a change to his shopping ritual sends that obsession toward a Christmas rampage. Otis Slays Christmas by David O'Hanlon turns last-minute retail stress into a Weekly Spooky killer-Santa slasher. Cashier Diane wants the attention to stop, while a blizzard and a store closing for the holiday narrow everyone's options. Dark humor and brutal violence collide beneath the Blue Light Specials. For Otis, customer service has become a promise nobody made—and he expects it kept.
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This Week in Horror History | The Exorcist, The Faculty & Body Snatchers (Dec 22–28) Dec 23, 2025

The Faculty makes teachers threatening, Invasion of the Body Snatchers spreads urban paranoia, and The Exorcist brings possession horror into a family home. This Week in Horror History explores December 22–28, with The Mysterians adding giant-robot spectacle and Cold War sci-fi fears. Christmas-week releases connect alien infiltration with the dread that someone familiar has changed. Explore the films' impact, then find a school-night scare in the recommendation segment. Episode sponsor: Aspire. Original offer: code SPOOKY for 20% off at https://aspiredrinks.com/disco...
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Terror at Christmas: Jack Scratch’s Hellish Holiday! Dec 23, 2025

Jack Scratch invites you behind the scenes of Hell, where Christmas decorations hide a system of punishment. Terror at Christmas by Keith Tomlin presents The Santa Experiment, Christmas Bones, and The Furnace in one Weekly Spooky holiday anthology. An axe-bearing Santa, a doorway above a mountain of skulls, and an impossible arrival in Hell's intake line test the rules that keep torment running. Dark humor meets demonic horror as memories and unwelcome visitors disrupt the routine. Follow Jack through three stories where the staff may have as much reason to be afraid as the souls.
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Terrifying & True | Santa’s Stolen Bones: The Medieval Relic Heist of St. Nicholas Dec 22, 2025

In 1087, sailors from Bari took the relics of St. Nicholas from his tomb in Myra. Terrifying & True follows the medieval theft behind one strand of Santa Claus history, from the grieving local community to the new shrine in Italy. The episode explores 'furta sacra,' rival claims from Venice, anatomical studies, and the liquid known as the saint's manna. Religious belief, political power, and disputed ownership shape a story removed from modern Christmas cards. What did taking a saint's bones mean to the people who lost them—and to the city that built its identity around their arrival?
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Unknown Broadcast | Christmas Horror Stories of Gifts, Ghosts & Snowbound Suspense Dec 21, 2025

Gifts, confessions, and wintry danger fill eight vintage radio tales in this Unknown Broadcast Christmas collection. Hear The Gift, Christmas Story, Delayed Christmas Present, A Present for Benny, A Present for Ricky, The Abominable Snowman, Cold Canvas, and The Open End Wrench. Nearly four hours of old-time radio suspense mix holiday mystery, a brush with a Yeti, and crime stories in which an object can become a clue. The selection moves beyond the tree lights into the unease around giving, waiting, and trust. Unwrap a long night of classic audio drama with an edge beneath the paper.
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Christmas Horror Stories: 3 Scary Holiday Novellas Dec 20, 2025

An overnight mall visit, a mysterious horror disc, and an orphanage's Christmas event become three routes into danger. Weekly Spooky gathers The Mall Overnight, Doorway to Horror, and Home Sweet Horror by Rob Fields in a holiday novella triple feature. Over four hours of Christmas horror follow seasonal activities into places where the rules feel unsafe. A sleepover crosses into an unsettling world, while a return to a hunting ground raises fears about what remains contained. Listen to all three complete stories for haunted spaces, supernatural threats, and festivities gone wrong.
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Scary Christmas Stories: 7 Christmas Horror Tales to Ruin the Holidays Dec 20, 2025

Christmas cards, gifts, and homecomings turn dangerous in seven stories. Hear All I Want For Christmas - Is my Mother to Stop Haunting Me! by Bruce Haney; A Chain Letter Christmas, Christmas Eve Babysitters, and Christmas at Murder Mansion by Rob Fields; Secret Santa by Charles Campbell; Holiday Homecoming Hullabaloo by Joe Solmo; and A Sinister Santa Spectacle: Twisted Christmas Horrors by Keith Tomlin. Nearly five hours of Weekly Spooky holiday fiction bring ghosts, curses, obsession, and Jack Scratch's sinister show into the season. Even tradition can deliver an unwelcome guest.
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The Naughty Claus: Killer Santa Christmas Horror Story Dec 19, 2025

Allison needs a last-minute gift on Christmas Eve. The store she finds open also brings her into the path of a filthy Santa with a stolen Naughty List. The Naughty Claus by Bruce Haney, based on a concept by Henrique Couto, turns holiday shopping into a Weekly Spooky killer-Santa nightmare. An uneasy alliance with a stranger offers a chance to survive as a familiar costume becomes a disguise for punishment. Dark humor and violent Christmas horror meet a woman trying to make it through a difficult night. The list is old, but the danger arriving with it has found someone to threaten.
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Cutting Deep Into Horror | Dead End (2003) Christmas Road Trip to Hell! Dec 19, 2025

Dead End (2003) traps a family on a Christmas Eve shortcut where the road seems endless and a woman in white keeps appearing. Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi explore the film on Cutting Deep into Horror, discussing family resentment, the black hearse, and how one stretch of highway sustains a nightmare. Full spoilers include the twist ending and its effect on the dark comedy. Comparisons with Black Christmas and Krampus place this cult film among holiday horrors. How does a drive to see relatives become a journey nobody understands? Film page: https://tubitv.com/movies/4511...
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An Angel of Death Christmas: A Scary Holiday Horror Showdown Dec 18, 2025

A chemical crash burns green on a snowy Ohio highway, and its consequences return the following Christmas. An Angel of Death Christmas by Rob Fields follows detective Chantel Devereux and Raigen, the secretive killer known as the Angel of Death, into a hunt for a mutated threat. Raigen and Chester face killings that draw closer to home, while missing bodies and injuries complicate the investigation. This Weekly Spooky novella mixes creature horror, a dangerous protagonist, and holiday tension in the Strickfield universe. The season's streets become a battleground for people with secrets.
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A Christmas Romance: A Witch’s Curse, Doomed Lovers & Holiday Horror in Strickfield Dec 17, 2025

A healer betrayed on Christmas Day curses the family of the man who denied their love. Centuries later, Grant Capwell's break at Strickfield University is disrupted by an attraction that feels older than his own life. A Christmas Romance by Rob Fields connects Murial Arkam's execution with Grant, his girlfriend Spencer Mirren, and a barista who carries the healer's name. This Weekly Spooky tale blends witch horror, inherited magic, and a love triangle. As memory and desire begin to blur, the question is whether devotion can break a pattern—or whether the curse is choosing for them.
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This Week in Horror History | Black Christmas, Young Frankenstein & Ghost Story (December 15–21) Dec 16, 2025

Black Christmas turns sorority life into stalker terror, while Young Frankenstein finds comedy in classic monsters. This Week in Horror History covers December 15–21 with the wintry haunting of Ghost Story, the retro game Christmas Massacre, and Local 58's invasive analog nightmare Real Sleep. Scream joins a holiday watchlist of slashers, ghosts, and screen-borne dread. Explore how festive settings make familiar horror feel closer to home. Episode sponsor: Aspire energy drinks. Original offer: code SPOOKY for 25% off at https://aspiredrinks.com/disco...
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Black Christmas: A Cursed Snow Globe Christmas Horror Story Dec 16, 2025

A broke newsboy finds a snow globe that can change his luck. Inside the glass, a miniature winter town waits as each wish sends dark flakes through the snow. Black Christmas by Rodri Go turns a hidden antiques shop into the beginning of a supernatural bargain. This Weekly Spooky holiday horror story follows the temptation to trade tomorrow's safety for relief today, as debts disappear and the price of good fortune grows harder to ignore. The gift keeps count even when its owner wants to stop. Author: @unhappy_stories on Instagram and http://www.unhappystories.net/
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Terrifying & True | Père Fouettard: The French Krampus and the Dark Side of Christmas Dec 15, 2025

Père Fouettard walks beside Saint Nicholas with punishment where the saint offers gifts. Terrifying & True explores this Christmas figure in French and Belgian folklore, from the legend of three murdered children to the origin story tied to the Siege of Metz. Nancy's festivities lead into comparisons with Krampus, Hans Trapp, and other winter enforcers. The episode examines how fear shaped holiday discipline and how portrayals change as communities confront racist imagery. Follow the stories behind the whip and sack, keeping local traditions and origin legends distinct from history.
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Unknown Broadcast | Six Horror Stories of Guilt, Poison, and the Pendulum Dec 14, 2025

A man aboard a liner tries to evade consequences, while another fears a snake beneath his sheet. Unknown Broadcast gathers Sea of Troubles, Poison, Escape by Death, You Can't Trust a Stranger, The Last Day of a Condemned Man, and The Pit and the Pendulum. Over three hours of old-time radio mystery and horror move through suspicion, dangerous favors, imprisonment, and a blade drawing closer. These six dramas make time itself feel threatening, whether a character is waiting for help or a sentence to be carried out. Listen for the gap between an escape plan and a detail it cannot control.
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Christmas Horror Stories: Snow, Santa & Slaughter Dec 13, 2025

Killer elves, a demonic Santa, and an undead outbreak fill seven Weekly Spooky Christmas stories. Rob Fields brings Christmas at Pendleton Way Station, Inner Rage, and A Zombie's Christmas; Charles Campbell brings Santa's Little Helpers and The Day that Santa Died. Welcome Home by Mike Ashkewe and Scary Christmas To All by David O'Hanlon complete the lineup. Over four and a half hours of holiday horror move from a cyborg's battlefield to Strickfield, a department store, and the North Pole's operatives. Expect supernatural revenge, dark fantasy, and splatter beneath seasonal lights.
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Cutting Deep Into Horror | Wind Chill (2007) – Emily Blunt’s Snowbound Christmas Ghost Story Dec 12, 2025

Wind Chill (2007) strands two students on an icy Pennsylvania road, where a ride home becomes a ghost story. Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi examine Gregory Jacobs' film, starring Emily Blunt and Ashton Holmes, on Cutting Deep into Horror. Full spoilers cover the looping nightmare, boundaries, vulnerability, and the connection between supernatural dread and real winter exposure. The hosts also share memories of brutal Midwestern cold. How does a damaged car become both shelter and a trap when the past keeps returning? Film page: https://tubitv.com/movies/6956...
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A Blue Christmas: A Dark Superhero Holiday Horror Story Dec 11, 2025

Reporter Miranda Mason-Phillips arrives in Shore City and discovers that superheroes are real—and frightened. A Blue Christmas by Rob Fields brings alien hero Blue Girl and the gem-clad Jeweler into a Christmas Eve conflict with supernatural forces and a deadly war machine. This feature-length Weekly Spooky story mixes superhero dark fantasy, urban horror, and mass hallucinations as the city streets become a battleground. Miranda's search for a story puts her close to powers that can turn fear against their victims. Follow one holiday adventure where even the heroes need help.
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Milk, Cookies, and Krampus: A Christmas Horror Story of Folklore, Family… and a Very Bad Dog Dec 10, 2025

On the Donnerly farm, leaving milk and cookies for Santa is a rule with consequences. Daisy May Donnerly, Carnelian Mirren, and the hungry terrier Ol' McDonald discover why during a Christmas Eve blizzard. Milk, Cookies, and Krampus by Rob Fields brings a threatening sleigh and skeletal reindeer to the Strickfield universe. This Weekly Spooky holiday story turns a family ritual into a fight against the frightening visitor who comes when it goes wrong. Cozy farm life meets supernatural danger, with two girls caught between disbelief and a tradition that demands to be taken seriously.
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This Week in Horror History | Christine, The Wolfman & Scream 2 (December 8–14) Dec 09, 2025

Christine turns a Plymouth into a killer, The Wolf Man (1941) gives Larry Talbot a tragic curse, and Scream 2 takes Ghostface to college. This Week in Horror History covers December 8–14 with Maniac Cop 2 and the giant-spider classic Tarantula. John Carpenter's Stephen King adaptation meets Universal monsters and meta-slasher rules. Birthdays celebrate Rick Baker, Vampira, Bill Nighy, and Dee Wallace. Find a creature feature or a sequel for your winter watchlist. Episode sponsor: Cozy Earth bedding. Original offer: code SPOOKY for 41% off at https://cozyearth.com/discount...
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Terrifying & True | Frau Perchta, the Christmas Witch: Alpine Folklore and Chilling Christmas Horror Dec 08, 2025

Frau Perchta may reward careful work—or punish a home that breaks her winter rules. Terrifying & True explores the Christmas Witch of Alpine folklore, from spinning and Twelfth Night meals to stories of gruesome punishment and ghostly processions. The episode compares Perchta, the beautiful and frightening Perchten, and Krampus, then follows the masks and cowbells into living winter festivals. Traditions and theories about her origins vary by place and retelling. Discover how domestic duties became the material of folk horror, and why these figures command attention in the mountains.
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Unknown Broadcast | Six Horror Stories of Fate, Hubris, and the Crawling Night Dec 07, 2025

A family home and a doctor's interest in the dead begin a night of uneasy vintage radio. Unknown Broadcast gathers Child of Misfortune, King of the World, A Good Thing, Crawling Thing, Subbasement, and Fear Paints a Picture. Six stories move through ambition, family tensions, hidden spaces, and the fear that ordinary life conceals something dangerous. Over three hours of old-time radio mystery and suspense let each drama build its own threat. Listen for the point where confidence becomes a risk and a familiar place loses its comfort. Not every secret waits politely to be discovered.
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Yuletide Bloodbath: 9 Christmas Horror Stories of Killer Santas, Krampus & Winter Nightmares Dec 06, 2025

Killer Santas, Krampus, and deadly androids fill nine Christmas horror stories. Morgan Moore brings All I Want For Christmas and Santa Claus is Killin' the Town; Shane Migliavacca, Blood on the Snow; Rob Fields, Krampus Is Comin'; Keith Tomlin, Operation Deadly Night; David O'Hanlon, Dead Silent Night; Mike Ashkewe, 12 Days; Joe Solmo, A Christmas to Remember; and Bruce Haney, Xmas at the Psych Ward. Binge nearly four hours of Weekly Spooky holiday horror, from a snowbound roadhouse to a psychiatric hospital and a pilot trapped in deep space. Christmas Eve offers no guarantee of safety.
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The Christmas Carnival: A Haunted Holiday Horror Story Dec 05, 2025

An abandoned carnival reopens on Christmas Eve, and Bill and his friends face the Dark Mother among the rides. The Christmas Carnival by Rob Fields returns to Strickfield, where junk-shop owner Eisley Tinker has revived an attraction the children thought was closed. This Weekly Spooky Christmas horror novella follows Daisy May, Carnelian, and their friends from a holiday outing into a supernatural threat to far more than their small town. Episode sponsor: Cozy Earth. Original offer: code SPOOKY for 41% off at https://cozyearth.com/discount...
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The Pageant: A Chilling Christmas Horror Story Dec 04, 2025

Janet Monroe's Christmas pageant falls apart at its final rehearsal. Then a charming stranger offers a promise she desperately wants to believe. The Pageant by Morgan Moore turns church politics and holiday ambition into a Christmas horror story about a wish with terrible consequences. With her children in the cast and the congregation watching, Janet finally has her chance to shine. But who has heard her wish, and what will they make of it? Listen on Weekly Spooky. Episode sponsor: Cozy Earth. Original offer: code SPOOKY for 41% off at https://cozyearth.com/discount...
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The Weather Outside is Frightful: Deadly Christmas Hurricane! Dec 03, 2025

Chet Miller spends Christmas Eve in Nokomis, Florida, with the ghost of his wife. She warns him to leave before a storm, but going might mean losing her again. The Weather Outside Is Frightful by Charles Campbell brings a sudden hurricane to a widower's home as his daughter struggles to reach him. This Weekly Spooky ghost story blends grief, a dangerous secret, and coastal survival horror. Floodwater and failing power turn a familiar house into a trap, while Chet clings to the presence that keeps him there. What would you risk to spend one more Christmas with someone you lost?
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This Week in Horror History | Turistas, Scalps, House of Dracula & Girls Nite Out Dec 02, 2025

Turistas (2006) turns Brazilian backpacking into organ-harvesting terror, while Scalps (1983) uncovers a curse at an archaeological dig. This Week in Horror History covers December 1–7 with House of Dracula (1945), Girls Nite Out (1982), and Edward Scissorhands (1990). Universal monsters, a knife-clawed bear mascot, and Tim Burton's wintry Gothic fairy tale offer very different winter viewing. Birthdays include Tony Todd and Sean S. Cunningham. Sponsor: Savorista Coffee. Original offer: code SPOOKY for 25% off your first order at Savorista.com.
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Terrifying & True | Dangers of a Victorian Christmas: Fires, Poisons, and Deadly Traditions Dec 01, 2025

A candlelit Christmas tree could turn a Victorian parlor into a fire trap. Terrifying & True explores the hazards behind the holiday postcard: flammable decorations, toxic pigments, contaminated sweets, and the risks of early electric lighting. This history episode follows the uneasy connection between festive display, household danger, and the push for safer products. Lead tinsel and arsenic greens complicate the picture of an innocent old-fashioned Christmas. Look beyond the glowing windows to discover why some cherished seasonal comforts came with a price families could not see.
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Unknown Broadcast | Four Horror Stories of Illusion, Justice, Betrayal, and a Stalking Shadow Nov 30, 2025

A condemned man waits above a river, searching for a way to escape the noose. Unknown Broadcast brings Ambrose Bierce's An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge to a collection with Murder Must Be Paid For, The Man Within, and The Creeper. More than two hours of old-time radio horror and suspense move from a Civil War execution to crimes of conscience and a city gripped by fear. Four vintage dramas explore illusion, justice, betrayal, and the terror of being followed. Listen as a chance at freedom or a sound beyond a locked door becomes the only thing that matters.
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10 Scary Christmas Horror Stories — Holiday Ghosts, Killer Santas & Winter Nightmares Nov 29, 2025

Ten Christmas horror stories bring killers, ghosts, and winter dread. Shane Migliavacca: I'll Be Home For Christmas; The Weather Outside is Frightful. Rob Fields: Christmas Rage; Lady Frankenstein. Morgan Moore: The Santa Letters; Babes in Terrorland. Keith Tomlin: Satan Claus; The Naughty List. Michelle Antisocial: Welcome to Tiny Christmas, Iowa! L. F. Falconer: Christmas Cranberries. Nearly four hours of Weekly Spooky fiction turn a boarding school, toy store, and festive small town into traps. Anonymous letters and a sinister Santa make familiar traditions feel unsafe after dark.
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Cutting Deep Into Horror | Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) The Birth of Modern Terror Nov 28, 2025

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) turns a road trip into a nightmare of family, meat, and rural isolation. Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi examine Tobe Hooper's film on Cutting Deep into Horror, from its punishing sound design to Sally Hardesty's ordeal. Full spoilers cover Leatherface, production hardships, and the dinner scene that gives Thanksgiving a sinister echo. Film page: https://tubitv.com/movies/4994... Episode sponsor: Cozy Earth. Original offer: code SPOOKY for 41% off at https://cozyearth.com/discount...
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7 Teeth: Thanksgiving Asylum Horror Story Nov 26, 2025

Thanksgiving decorations cannot make Metropolitan Psychiatric Hospital feel safe when patients start disappearing. 7 Teeth by David O'Hanlon follows long-term patient Richard DePaul into a holiday nightmare of missing people, grisly clues, and competing versions of the truth. A Jenga game and the ward's familiar routines take on a darker meaning in this Weekly Spooky asylum horror story. Seven broken teeth point toward something the institution would rather keep hidden. Episode sponsor: Cozy Earth. Original offer: code SPOOKY for 41% off at https://cozyearth.com/discount...
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This Week in Horror History | Misery, Scrooge & Violent Night Nov 25, 2025

Misery (1990), Scrooge / A Christmas Carol (1951), and Violent Night (2022) make a winter horror-movie watchlist of captivity, Christmas ghosts, and a bloody Santa rescue. This Week in Horror History covers November 26–December 2 with The Descent Part 2 (2009) and Deadtime Stories (1986). Henrique Couto explores Stephen King horror, cave creatures, and twisted fairy tales, plus birthdays for Joe Dante, Peter Facinelli, and Nestor Carbonell. Episode sponsor: Cozy Earth. Original offer: code SPOOKY for 41% off at https://cozyearth.com/discount...
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Monthly Spooky | Haunted Mansions, Holiday Scares, and the Sin Eater! Nov 24, 2025

Could a meal carry away another person's sins? Henrique and Michelle explore Sin Eater folklore in this November 2025 Monthly Spooky, with Thanksgiving leftovers, Black Friday plans, and post-dinner horror picks along the way. Reported palace hauntings, fireballs, a Roman sarcophagus, and a Midwestern grave discovery join the conversation. Holiday table talk meets unsettling history and beliefs about what the dead leave behind. Settle in for strange news and seasonal lore. Episode sponsor: Cozy Earth. Original offer: code SPOOKY for 41% off at https://cozyearth.com/discount...
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Unknown Broadcast | Family Secrets & Fatal Footfalls: Four Horror Stories of Murder and Betrayal Nov 23, 2025

A husband vanishes after a mysterious phone call. Unknown Broadcast gathers Family Ties, Just One Happy Little Family, Seven Steps to Murder, and Birdsong for a Murderer. Nearly two hours of old-time radio mystery bring together CBS Radio Mystery Theater, Suspense, The Whistler, and Inner Sanctum. Family secrets, quiet greed, and blackmail turn familiar homes into places of danger, while a canary's song exerts an unsettling power. Follow a missing-person investigation and people with murder on their minds, where even a polite conversation may conceal a threat.
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Thanksgiving Nightmares: 6 Thanksgiving Horror Stories of Killer Turkeys, Family & Terror Nov 21, 2025

A family dinner, a turkey hunt, and a holiday party become threats in six Thanksgiving horror stories. Hear Thanksgiving Dinner by Rachael Redolfi, Turkey Shoot by David O'Hanlon, Fiendsgiving and Homecoming by Rob Fields, Turkey Terror by Douglas Waltz, and The Real First Thanksgiving by Bruce Haney. Over three and a half hours of Weekly Spooky fiction mix killer creatures, family conflict, supernatural revenge, and captivity. From a small-town table to Michigan's frozen Upper Peninsula, the holiday offers little shelter. Come for the feast; listen for what is waiting beyond it.
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I'm From a Small Town That No Longer Exists: Small-Town Horror & Government Cover-Up Nov 19, 2025

Strangers stare at ordinary objects as if learning to be human. Then a neighbor vanishes. I'm From a Small Town That No Longer Exists by Michael Kelso turns childhood cornfield games into a nightmare of disappearance, control, and a government cover-up. This Weekly Spooky story follows a Midwest community being erased while a survivor tries to tell its story. Author books: https://geni.us/michaelkelsoau... More stories: https://www.reddit.com/user/Ho... Sponsor: Savorista Coffee. Original offer: code SPOOKY for 25% off at https://savorista.com/discount...
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This Week in Horror History | Sleepaway Camp, Sleepy Hollow & Salem’s Lot Nov 18, 2025

Sleepaway Camp (1983), Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow (1999), and Stephen King's The Mist (2007) lead This Week in Horror History for November 18–25. Henrique Couto explores summer-camp slashers, the Headless Horseman, and supermarket survival horror, plus the survival horror game Condemned: Criminal Origins and the 1979 Salem's Lot miniseries. Universal's Frankenstein gets a Then & Now discussion, and Bones and All closes with cannibal romance. Episode sponsor: Savorista Coffee. Original offer: code SPOOKY for 25% off at https://savorista.com/discount...
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Terrifying & True | Thanksgiving in a Haunted Wilderness: The Pilgrims, the Wampanoag, and the First Feast Nov 17, 2025

Before the First Thanksgiving became a holiday legend, Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag communities faced disease, hunger, and an uneasy alliance. Terrifying & True revisits 1620–1630, the 1621 harvest feast, Massasoit's illness, and accounts of Hobbamock and Hockomock Swamp. Explore Pilgrim fears of a haunted wilderness, colonial interpretations of Indigenous beliefs, and the omens people used to explain catastrophe. What gets lost when a decade of conflict becomes a comforting feast? Sponsor: Savorista. Original offer: 25% off with SPOOKY at https://savorista.com/discount...
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Unknown Broadcast | Echoes at Midnight: Stories of Dreams, Corpses, and the Old Country Nov 16, 2025

A business trip becomes time travel when Gabriel Carson reaches the village where his parents' hidden past is still unfolding. Unknown Broadcast gathers The Old Country, I Saw Myself Running, Nightmare, and The Visiting Corpse. More than two hours of old-time radio mystery and suspense explore family secrets, disturbing dreams, and fractured identity. CBS Radio Mystery Theater's The Old Country turns a journey abroad into a confrontation with inherited danger. Four vintage dramas ask how well you know your own history—and whether waking up is enough to leave a nightmare behind.
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Cutting Deep Into Horror | Bitter Feast (2010) — Dark Foodie Horror, Chef Revenge & Thanksgiving Scares Nov 14, 2025

A celebrity chef turns a brutal review into a reason for revenge in Bitter Feast (2010). Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi explore this culinary horror thriller on Cutting Deep into Horror, with full spoilers for its captivity story and cooking challenges. Burnout, public humiliation, and obsession turn food into a weapon as chef and critic fight over who deserves judgment. Dark humor and tension make it an uneasy Thanksgiving watch. What happens when criticism gets answered with force? Sponsor: Cozy Earth. Original offer: 41% off with SPOOKY at https://cozyearth.com/discount...
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Withdrawal — Cursed Rock-Star Horror Story: Fame, Obsession, and a Deadly Encore Nov 12, 2025

Sammy Scar's old hit suddenly becomes a streaming sensation, and the crowds waiting for him grow disturbingly intense. Withdrawal by John Stoney Cannon follows a faded rock star whose unexpected comeback carries an ominous refrain: they're here for you. This Weekly Spooky music-horror story mixes celebrity obsession, nostalgia, and occult menace as familiar songs start to feel like warnings. Sammy values his privacy, but renewed fame may demand more than another performance. Episode sponsor: Cozy Earth. Original offer: code SPOOKY for 41% off at https://cozyearth.com/discount...
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This Week in Horror History | Creepshow, Dracula & Ravenholm Nov 11, 2025

Creepshow brings comic-book carnage, Bram Stoker's Dracula embraces Gothic romance, and Half-Life 2's Ravenholm turns a shooter into survival horror. This Week in Horror History also visits Interview with the Vampire, Stephen King's Cycle of the Werewolf, Spielberg's Duel, and Supernatural's Home. Birthdays include Roy Scheider, Radha Mitchell, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Burgess Meredith, with Slumber Party Massacre as the recommendation. Find vampires, highway menace, and haunted memories to watch or play. Sponsor: Cozy Earth. Original offer: 41% off with SPOOKY at CozyEarth.com.
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Terrifying & True | Dark Realities of the First Thanksgiving: Survival, Plague, and a Fragile Peace Nov 10, 2025

The 1621 harvest feast grew from survival and uneasy diplomacy between the Wampanoag and Plymouth colonists. Terrifying & True follows the epidemic before the Mayflower, the winter of hunger, and negotiations involving Samoset, Squanto, and Massasoit. Corn, trade, and a mutual-defense agreement helped sustain an alliance; later violence at Wessagusset exposed its limits. Explore how a complicated encounter became the First Thanksgiving legend, and whose losses the familiar story leaves out. Sponsor: Cozy Earth. Original offer: 41% off with SPOOKY at https://cozyearth.com/discount...
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Unknown Broadcast | Graves & Revenants: Classic Horror Stories of Plague, Vengeance, and the Unquiet Dead Nov 09, 2025

A haunted inheritance comes with one rule: guard the dead man's mausoleum. Unknown Broadcast presents Shadows from the Grave, scripted by James Agate Jr., with Funeral Fires, Make Ready My Grave, and No Grave Can Hold Me. More than two hours of old-time radio horror and mystery explore vengeance and obligations that outlive the people who made them. CBS Radio Mystery Theater's Shadows from the Grave follows a photographer and his wife into an estate troubled by spirits. Four vintage dramas make a locked tomb and a promise to the dead feel like very dangerous responsibilities.
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6 Years of Weekly Spooky: Building a Horror Podcast Powerhouse Nov 07, 2025

How does a weekly scary-story show grow into a near-daily horror feed? Arts and culture reporter Andrew Shearer joins Henrique Couto to mark six years of Weekly Spooky, from its Halloween 2019 launch to a wider mix of fiction, folklore, and film discussion. Hear production stories, the realities of making a living in podcasting, and influences including Tales from the Crypt and The Twilight Zone. Terrifying & True and This Week in Horror History show how the format expanded. Go behind the microphone for a conversation about creative work, sustaining a schedule, and finding an audience.
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Gone Hunting: Werewolf Revenge Under a Full Moon Nov 05, 2025

Two hunters follow a blood trail and discover that what they shot was not an ordinary animal. Gone Hunting by Morgan Moore turns a quiet farmhouse dinner into a werewolf revenge story. Mitchell McCormick and RJ try to hide their mistake, but a visitor at the door brings the consequences home. This Weekly Spooky tale mixes transformation horror, family danger, and the panic of realizing a locked house may offer little protection. The hunt is over; the reckoning is beginning. Sponsor: Savorista Coffee. Original offer: 25% off with SPOOKY at https://savorista.com/discount...
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This Week in Horror History | Gojira, Carrie, They Live Nov 04, 2025

Gojira (Godzilla, 1954), Carrie (1976), and John Carpenter's They Live (1988) lead This Week in Horror History for November 3–9. Atomic monsters, psychic revenge, and alien conspiracy meet The Twilight Zone's Escape Clause, the game Silent Hill Origins, and The Prowler. Silent Night, Deadly Night brings holiday slasher controversy; Doctor Sleep supplies the recommendation. Birthdays include Bram Stoker, Tom Savini, Famke Janssen, and Parker Posey. Sponsor: Savorista Coffee. Original offer: 25% off with SPOOKY at https://savorista.com/discount...
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Terrifying & True | The Donner Party: Cannibalism and Survival in the Sierra Nevada Nov 03, 2025

A shortcut costs the Donner Party precious weeks, and heavy snow closes the Sierra Nevada passes before they can reach California. Terrifying & True follows the winter of 1846–1847 from the Hastings Cutoff to starvation, cannibalism, the Forlorn Hope snowshoe escape, and rescue attempts. Families wait at Truckee Lake and Alder Creek while rescuers struggle through the mountains. The episode also examines Lewis Keseberg's lasting notoriety and Virginia Reed's warning about the route. Discover the decisions and human losses behind a survival story often reduced to its darkest detail.
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Unknown Broadcast | Ghosts Beyond the Veil: Nine Spooky Horror Stories for Día de los Muertos Nov 02, 2025

Nine vintage radio dramas gather for an All Souls' Day vigil. Unknown Broadcast presents Home Is Where the Ghost Is, The Dead Alive, Lord Marley's Ghost, Dead Hands Reaching, The Unburied Dead, The Possessive Dead, The Dead Hand, Dead Man's Debt, and Ghost Talk. Over four and a half hours of old-time radio suspense explore haunted homes, love beyond death, uneasy inheritances, and obligations that refuse to end at the grave. Ghost fiction and crime mysteries fill this late-night collection. Listen for the moment an ordinary voice begins to sound as though it belongs on the other side.
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Ghosts Beyond the Veil: Seven Horror Stories for Día de los Muertos Nov 01, 2025

Ghosts and unfinished lives fill seven Weekly Spooky stories for Día de los Muertos. Shane Migliavacca brings Echoes and Father's Day; A. N. Onimus, Ghost Story; Rob Fields, First Date; L. F. Falconer, Lucien Greyshire and the Ghost from Applebee's; Dennis Freeman, Suffer the Little Children; and Charles Campbell, The Spirit of Langley Pond. Nearly three hours of ghost fiction move from a romance and a séance to haunted estates, restless children, and a dangerous lakeside legend. Love, curiosity, and grief draw the living closer. Listen before deciding which spirits deserve your trust.
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A Warm Place — Halloween Supermarket Slasher and Possession Horror Oct 31, 2025

A masked stranger watches Nancy on her walk to work, and an old woman's warning follows her into the supermarket. A Warm Place by Shane Migliavacca turns a Halloween night shift into slasher and possession horror. The nearly empty aisles offer too many hiding places and too few people to help as Nancy tries to understand what is stalking her. This Weekly Spooky anniversary story combines fluorescent-lit retail dread with a presence that wants somewhere warm. Ordinary work feels safer than the street—until the warnings begin to make sense. Clock in for a night that refuses to end quietly.
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Halloween Night at Grimm Manor — Haunted-House Scavenger Hunt Horror Oct 30, 2025

A Halloween dare sends Daisy May, Carnelian, and their friends into Grimm Manor, where escaping means completing the house's challenges before midnight. Halloween Night at Grimm Manor by Rob Fields turns a Strickfield rivalry into a haunted-house scavenger hunt. Keys, puzzles, and watchful spirits test children who thought bravery meant refusing to back down. This Weekly Spooky ghost novella makes the house's rules part of the danger. No foul language. Sponsor: Cozy Earth. Original offer: code SPOOKY for 41% off at https://cozyearth.com/discount...
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Asylum of the Dirt Babies — Halloween Possession and Killer-Craft Revenge Oct 29, 2025

Thomas wants to fit in, but a bully's initiation sends him after dirt from a killer's grave. Asylum of the Dirt Babies by Bruce Haney returns to Locust Grove, where a harmless-looking craft can give violence a new body. School outsiders, goth teens, and a grieving babysitter face a Halloween reckoning tied to the abandoned asylum and last year's deaths. This Weekly Spooky novella mixes supernatural revenge, possession, and tiny creatures with murderous intentions. Sponsor: Cozy Earth. Original offer: code SPOOKY for 41% off at https://cozyearth.com/discount...
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Tricks and Treats 2025 — Three Halloween Horror Stories by Keith Tomlin Oct 28, 2025

A child's trick-or-treat stop, a dogfighter's cruelty, and a hidden room give Jack Scratch three reasons to enjoy Halloween. Tricks and Treats 2025 by Keith Tomlin gathers Rebirth, Big Bill, and The Room, with Jack and his infernal hound Daisy guiding the night. Occult ritual, animal revenge, and thieves drawn to dangerous treasures bring dark humor to this Weekly Spooky anthology. Three stories turn the promise of a treat into something far harder to escape. Sponsor: Cozy Earth. Original offer: code SPOOKY for 41% off at https://cozyearth.com/discount...
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Monthly Spooky | Halloween Urban Legends: Poisoned Candy, Haunted Houses & Spooky Stories Oct 27, 2025

Why does the poisoned Halloween candy story persist? Henrique and Michelle explore the panic, its origins, and the gap between documented incidents and stranger-danger folklore in this October 2025 Monthly Spooky. A grocery-store ghost, haunted real estate, and the Hair Museum's farewell add eerie places and objects to the conversation. The horror-movie roundup includes Good Boy, while the hosts mark their fortieth installment. Settle in for Halloween legends, strange news, and attraction culture, where ordinary errands and seasonal traditions acquire stories that are hard to shake.
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Unknown Broadcast | Devil’s Gold, The Walking Dead & Six More Classic Radio Hauntings Oct 26, 2025

A sailor receives a gold coin he cannot seem to lose, and an impossible phone call reaches a man from his past. Unknown Broadcast gathers Devil's Gold, The Devil's Workshop, The Walking Dead, Night Melody, The Witness of Death, The Dead Sleep Lightly, Roses Are for the Dead, and This Side of Nowhere. Eight old-time radio dramas fill over four and a half hours with guilt, greed, murder, and supernatural unease. A reward becomes a burden and familiar voices offer little comfort. Listen for eerie mysteries whose clues make the world feel less certain with every turn of the dial.
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Edgar Allan Poe’s Greatest Horror Stories — A Halloween Compilation of Spooky Classics Oct 25, 2025

A heartbeat, a raven, and a house in decay lead into over seven hours of Edgar Allan Poe. Weekly Spooky's Halloween collection includes The Tell-Tale Heart, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Raven, The Black Cat, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Masque of the Red Death, The Cask of Amontillado, Ligeia, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, and Annabel Lee. Gothic stories and poetry explore grief, obsession, revenge, and the mind's unreliable account of what it sees. Settle in for a long night of classic horror and mystery, where a familiar sound can become impossible to bear.
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Cutting Deep Into Horror | The Blair Witch Project (1999): Found-Footage Folklore and Fear Oct 24, 2025

Three filmmakers enter the Burkittsville woods, and a found-footage nightmare begins. Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi examine The Blair Witch Project (1999), directed by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez, on Cutting Deep into Horror. Full spoilers explore improvisation, group conflict, Rustin Parr's fictional lore, and the final image. They trace how footage, sound, and marketing helped make an unseen threat persuasive. How much terror can a camera create by failing to show it? Film page: https://www.amazon.com/Blair-W...
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Vampire Night, The Final Yes & Blood and Snow — Three Horror Novellas Oct 23, 2025

Cleveland nightlife turns predatory, a vampire's consent rule meets a hive, and an heiress runs from assassins into a blizzard. Weekly Spooky gathers Vampire Night by Joe Ruston, The Final Yes by Charles Campbell, and Blood and Snow by Rob Fields. Over five hours of horror fiction give each novella its own threat, from neon-lit vampire mayhem to corruption in small-town South Carolina and supernatural revenge in Strickfield. These three complete stories explore appetite, power, and the cost of surviving. Enter for vampires and winter terror, with every bargain carrying a different price.
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Halloween Haunted Hayride — When the Attraction’s Killers Become Real Oct 23, 2025

The Pendleton Haunted Hayride uses animatronics, not live performers—so why do its threats feel so real? Colette Mirren and her friends arrive at Spencer's Farm for caramel apples and a Halloween outing, then board a wagon whose rules forbid getting off. Halloween Haunted Hayride by Rob Fields sends the group into scenes that stop offering safe scares. This Weekly Spooky tale combines haunted-attraction horror, supernatural danger, and slasher suspense in the Strickfield universe. With the wagon moving deeper into the dark, recognizing a monster may be easier than finding a way past it.
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Boy on the Bike: A Haunted Horror Story for the Spooky Season Oct 22, 2025

A boy rides through an Ohio neighborhood after dark, but not everyone can see him. Boy on the Bike by Travis VanHoose follows Emmett Perry, a father trying to overcome his drinking problem, into a haunting by Cauley Place and Grattis. A fatal bike accident, a wary grandmother, Millie, and talk of the bad lady connect his home to secrets beneath the quiet street. This Weekly Spooky ghost novella blends suburban dread with grief and responsibility. As Emmett searches for answers, the question becomes what he owes to people whose pain has outlasted their lives—and those still beside him.
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Halloween Terror Tales: Scary Stories of Masks, Mazes, and Madness Oct 21, 2025

A corn maze, a yard-sale mask, and a late-night radio shift turn Halloween plans into survival stories. Over five hours of Weekly Spooky: Never Enter the Old Corn Maze on Halloween by William Rayne; I Went on a Halloween Hiking Trip with My Friends. My Reading Light Saved My Life and Never Buy a Halloween Mask from a Yard Sale by Michael Kelso; The Strickfield Slasher, Special Halloween Hours, and Retro Halloween Revelations by Rob Fields; Stalk by Mike Ashkewe; and The Graveyard Shift by Shane Migliavacca. Eight horror tales follow people who discover the danger after stepping inside.
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Terrifying & True | Ed & Lorraine Warren: The Truth Behind Amityville, Annabelle & The Conjuring Oct 20, 2025

How much of The Conjuring began with a haunting—and how much with a disputed account? Terrifying & True traces Ed and Lorraine Warren's rise through Amityville, Annabelle, and the Enfield poltergeist. Their photos, tapes, and possession claims face questions from skeptics Ray Garton and Joe Nickell. This Weekly Spooky documentary explores the ghost hunters' methods, the 1970s exorcism craze, and the path from haunted-house testimony to Hollywood horror. Hear the evidence behind the legends. More cases: https://www.weeklyspooky.com/c...
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Unknown Broadcast | Echoes of Murder: Six Scary Horror Stories of Death, Darkness, and Dread Oct 19, 2025

A doctor faces an airliner full of passengers after food poisoning incapacitates its crew. Unknown Broadcast presents The Death Wish, The Well-Dressed Corpse, Murder in Jazz Time, The Thing in the Darkness, Murder in Haste, and Terror in the Air. Six old-time radio dramas deliver over three and a half hours of murder mysteries and supernatural suspense. The lineup includes Ian Martin's Terror in the Air for CBS Radio Mystery Theater, a crisis in the sky that asks how far one passenger's skills can stretch. Follow the clues from death wishes and dark rooms to danger above the clouds.
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Dirt Babies, ERASURE & Cry Baby Bridge — Three Halloween Horror Novellas Oct 18, 2025

Graveyard soil becomes a craft project, a forbidden VHS rental follows children home, and a haunted bridge draws investigators back. Weekly Spooky presents Dirt Babies by Bruce Haney, ERASURE by Morgan Moore, and Return to the Cry Baby Bridge by Rob Fields. Over five and a half hours of Halloween horror connect handmade monsters, video-store nightmares, and Strickfield's ghostly past across three novellas. Familiar childhood places offer little shelter when something dark crosses the threshold. Settle in for supernatural fiction about curiosity, consequences, and unfinished hauntings.
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Cutting Deep Into Horror | Candyman (1992): Urban Legend, Race and Gothic Tragedy Oct 17, 2025

Say his name into a mirror, and an urban legend becomes a question of who tells the story. Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi revisit Candyman (1992), Bernard Rose's adaptation of Clive Barker's The Forbidden, on Cutting Deep into Horror. Virginia Madsen's Helen Lyle enters Cabrini-Green, where Tony Todd's presence and Philip Glass's score turn research into dread. Full spoilers explore race, class, outsider perspectives, and the power of a repeated legend. From the bees to the mirror, discover how the film makes belief—and the people dismissed by its investigators—impossible to ignore.
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Deadly Rental — Halloween Video Store Slasher and VHS Nightmare Oct 16, 2025

Halloween 1983: thunder rattles Valley Video, and a gravelly caller keeps saying trick or treat. When a blackout strands the staff and customers, movie-night scares become a fight to survive. Deadly Rental by Charles Campbell turns a South Carolina video store into a slasher's hunting ground. Shelly and Rodney must navigate darkness, costumes, and a threat that isn't staying on the screen. This Weekly Spooky tale mixes VHS nostalgia with Halloween suspense. Sponsor: Savorista. Original offer: code SPOOKY for 25% off at https://savorista.com/discount...
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The Lone Candy House — Halloween Urban Legend of Vanishing Children Oct 15, 2025

Stewart Mirren has vanished while trick-or-treating, and his rescuers have until 3 a.m. to get him out of the Lone Candy House. Madelyne Donnerly and her friends face a haunted-house legend in The Legend of the Lone Candy House by Rob Fields. The Strickfield Halloween trilogy concludes after Return to the Cry Baby Bridge and The Last Carnovasch, with a missing child's fate replacing their plans for pizza and movies. Can they reach him before the house keeps him? Sponsor: Savorista. Original offer: code SPOOKY for 25% off at https://savorista.com/discount...
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Halloween Horrors: 7 Scary Stories of Zombies, Vampires, and Haunted Portals Oct 14, 2025

A zombie faces Halloween, a candy factory conceals revenge, and a portal opens a path into danger. This four-hour Weekly Spooky collection features A Zombie's Halloween, Future Taibon, and The Portal by Rob Fields; Sweet Revenge by David O'Hanlon; Caroline Quinn: Vampire Hunter by Mike Ashkewe; Inbetween by Shane Migliavacca; and Tricks and Treats Volume 2, with tales by Morgan Moore, Keith Tomlin, and Rob Fields. Vampires, strange futures, and holiday temptations give each selection a bite. Follow the costumes and candy into horror fiction where the celebration can become a trap.
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Terrifying & True | Richard Chase: The Vampire of Sacramento Murders Oct 13, 2025

Richard Trenton Chase became known as the Vampire of Sacramento after six murders in 1977–1978. How did police find him? Terrifying & True traces the investigation, the FBI profile, and evidence found in his apartment. This Weekly Spooky true-crime documentary follows the case from early warning signs and blood-related delusions to the courtroom battle over sanity and responsibility. Follow the witnesses and physical clues behind the arrest, the insanity defense, and six murder convictions. More cases: https://www.weeklyspooky.com/c...
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Unknown Broadcast | Midnight Apparitions: Six Scary Horror Stories for the Spooky Season Oct 12, 2025

An elderly farmer's gift for healing unsettles his doctor son-in-law, while a plan to fake a haunting turns inheritance into a dangerous motive. Unknown Broadcast gathers A Very Old Man, A Terrible Night, House of Murder, The Ghost Maker, Snake Doctor, and The Blood Red Ink. Six old-time radio dramas fill over three hours with family conflict, deception, murder, and the supernatural. Listen for people whose explanations reveal as much as their secrets, as familiar homes become places of suspicion. Classic audio suspense lets a voice, a pause, or a question do the frightening work.
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One Fateful Halloween — Cursed Pumpkin Ring and Nightmare-Realm Horror Oct 11, 2025

Sheila wants a Halloween night free from babysitting. A glowing pumpkin ring in Eisley Tinker's shop looks like something she can take for herself—until the theft takes her somewhere else. One Fateful Halloween by Rob Fields sends a Strickfield teenager into a world of living vines, pumpkin demons, and ghostly villages. This Weekly Spooky tale mixes cursed jewelry, portal horror, and rebellion with consequences she never imagined. The ring offers more than a way out of an evening she resents. As the strange world closes around her, getting home may mean confronting what she has become.
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Cutting Deep Into Horror | A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) — Wes Craven’s Slasher Masterpiece with Freddy Krueger Oct 10, 2025

What happens when staying awake becomes your only defense? Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi revisit A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) on Cutting Deep into Horror. Wes Craven's Freddy Krueger brings parental secrets into teenagers' dreams, blurring suburban safety and surreal violence. Full spoilers explore adolescent fear, the dream sequences, the hosts' first viewings, and Freddy's later shift toward dark comedy. Return to the slasher debut that made sleep itself feel dangerous. Film page: https://www.amazon.com/Nightma...
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Feed Drop: Urban Legends — The Satanic Panic (True Crime History) Oct 09, 2025

How did frightening rumors become investigations, prosecutions, and ruined lives? This Urban Legends feed drop examines the Satanic Panic through sensational media, suggestive interviews, recovered-memory claims, and courtroom battles. Luke Mordue explores how allegations of organized ritual abuse gained authority through repetition, and how similar patterns recur in conspiracy movements. Hear a history of moral panic that asks what happens when certainty outruns evidence. More from the originating show: http://www.lukemordue.com/podc... | Corrections: luke@lukemordue.com
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Halloween Blood Hunt — Elizabeth Báthory Blood Countess Horror Oct 09, 2025

Elizabeth Báthory has spent centuries hiding in plain sight, renewing her youth with blood. Now Halloween week in Strickfield puts her on a collision course with a young vampire hunter and a princess of Hell. Halloween Blood Hunt by Rob Fields turns the Blood Countess legend into supernatural fiction, with modern technology and old appetites sharing the hunt. This Weekly Spooky tale follows a predator who discovers that her latest target knows how to fight back. Gothic bloodlust meets Halloween action as a quiet Ohio town shelters monsters—and people prepared to confront them.
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Modern Tastes — Cannibal Killer, Missing Husband and Halloween Survival Horror Oct 08, 2025

Cora's husband disappears during an evening run, and the police's explanation leaves her with questions she cannot ignore. Modern Tastes by David O'Hanlon follows her search with Troy, a gym enthusiast pulled into the case, into a cannibal killer's chosen menu. Muscle tone and marbling become grotesque clues in this Weekly Spooky horror novella, where fitness culture meets a predator's culinary obsession. As Halloween approaches, Cora must learn who is hunting runners before she joins them. Dark humor sharpens a missing-person mystery that grows into a brutal struggle to survive.
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9 Scary Halloween Stories — Headless Riders & Haunted Towns Oct 07, 2025

A punk band's Halloween stop and a headless rider begin nine Weekly Spooky scares. Mischief Night: The Halloween Invasion and The Night Stocker by Shane Migliavacca; Dullahan by Morgan Moore; Origin of the Pumpkin Man by Charles Campbell; The Grinner by Henrique Couto; Ghost in the Graveyard by Rob Fields; Tricks and Treats by Keith Tomlin; Strife of the Party by David O'Hanlon; and Burn on the Bayou by L. F. Falconer. Over four hours of horror fiction visit haunted towns, cursed celebrations, and workplaces where a costume offers little protection. Take the long way through Halloween.
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Terrifying & True | The Funhouse Mummy: Elmer McCurdy's Horrifying Tale This Halloween Oct 06, 2025

A funhouse dummy breaks, revealing human bone. How did an Oklahoma outlaw end up on a Long Beach dark ride? Terrifying & True follows Elmer McCurdy, the Funhouse Mummy, from his death in 1911 through decades as a traveling sideshow attraction to his identification after a 1976 film-crew discovery at The Pike. Forensic clues and a carnival paper trail restore a name to the body, finally buried in Guthrie in 1977. This Weekly Spooky documentary examines the unsettling business of displaying the dead. More cases: https://www.weeklyspooky.com/c...
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Unknown Broadcast | Gavel, Greed & the Web: Six Horror Stories of Knives, Goblets, and Guilt Oct 05, 2025

A salesman accused of crimes he didn't commit faces a lie detector, while pearl hunters let greed steer their voyage. Unknown Broadcast presents Guilty as Charged by G. Frederick Lewis; Seeds of Greed by Freud A. Nelson; Spider; Death's Goblet by Sigmund Miller; Two Sharp Knives by Dashiell Hammett; and Dark Patterns. These six old-time radio dramas span CBS Radio Mystery Theater, Escape, Lights Out, Murder at Midnight, Suspense, and The Whistler. Over three hours of crime and supernatural suspense explore how evidence, temptation, and fear can turn an ordinary decision into a trap.
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AIDS Mary: Patient Zero — Urban Legend, Experimental Cure and Revenge Horror Oct 04, 2025

A promising cancer trial becomes a revenge nightmare for eighteen-year-old Mary. AIDS Mary: Patient Zero by Rob Fields gives a fictional origin to the lipstick-warning urban legend, following an assault survivor from Mirren Technologies to Halloween in Strickfield. Experimental treatments and a devastating attack change her body, while campus parties become the setting for a new, deadly reputation. This Weekly Spooky story combines medical horror, transformation, and revenge with the fear spread by an anonymous message on a mirror. Contains sexual assault and other adult themes.
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Sickle Jack, the Harvester of Souls — Pumpkin-Headed Halloween Monster Horror Oct 03, 2025

Four boys on BMX bikes expect Halloween mischief, but a scavenger hunt draws them toward a pumpkin-headed harvester. Sickle Jack, the Harvester of Souls by Joe Solmo follows Ryan, Johnny, Tony, and Bo through a night where missing-child rumors acquire a shape. A party, a cemetery, and the cornfields become stops on a route they no longer control. This Weekly Spooky monster story combines 1980s childhood freedom with small-town folklore and an ancient bargain. The boys can ride wherever they like—until they discover who has been choosing their destination. Contains mature themes.
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In the Witch House Walls — Funeral-Parlor Haunting and Cursed-Renovation Horror Oct 02, 2025

Freddy and Odalys see rental income in an abandoned funeral parlor. Opening its walls reveals mummified animals and a history that refuses to stay sealed. In the Witch House Walls by David O'Hanlon turns an apartment renovation into occult horror, with whispers and curses intruding on plans. A Halloween party meant to attract tenants gives the building a fresh audience. This Weekly Spooky haunted-house tale follows two people trying to make a property pay while its hidden contents begin making demands of their own. How much of the old place can they remove before something answers?
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Madelyne’s Revenge — Vampire War, Spider-Girl Hero and Strickfield Horror Oct 01, 2025

Felicia Mirren has a new family, a place at Strickfield University, and spider powers that help her protect both. Then an enemy from another universe returns. Madelyne's Revenge by Rob Fields pits the young heroine against an adult vampire version of Madelyne Donnerly, determined to destroy the life Felicia has built. This Weekly Spooky novella continues Felicia's adventures after New Life on Halloween, combining superhero action, vampire horror, and a very personal threat. Felicia can fight monsters, but Madelyne knows whom to threaten—and every attack brings the danger closer to home.
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Halloween Horrors: 11 Urban Legends & Scary Tales for Spooky Season Sep 30, 2025

Five hours of Halloween scares: Mischief Night and Another Mischief Night by Shane Migliavacca; The Halloween Heist and Retro Halloween Weekend by Rob Fields; Photosensitive by Joe Solmo; Bad Cops in a Small Town on Halloween Night by John Oak Dalton; Barley and Clyde Meet the Pumpkin King and A Wet 'n' Wild Halloween by David O'Hanlon; Pumpkin Spice and Nothing Nice by Charles Campbell; The Halloween Party by Keith Tomlin; Halloween 198666 by Dan Wilder. Eleven Weekly Spooky tales turn pranks, parties, a drive-in, and a waterpark into danger. Fall rituals leave room for new guests.
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Monthly Spooky | Halloween Origins: Samhain, Trick-or-Treat & Jack-O’-Lanterns Sep 29, 2025

Why did Halloween trade carved turnips for pumpkins, and how did souling and guising help shape trick-or-treating? This September 2025 Monthly Spooky explores Samhain, All Hallows, bonfires, apple games, and harvest divination as traditions that changed across places and centuries. Witches, black cats, and Mischief Night add folklore to the history. The episode's news discussion covers Erin Patterson's mushroom case, a UFO-festival stunt, a neighborhood sinkhole, and an aggressive squirrel. Hear how seasonal customs become rituals—and how headlines find their own place at the table.
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Unknown Broadcast | Four Horror Stories of Paranoia, Deadly Voyages, and a Cursed Tree Sep 28, 2025

A petty thief acquires a nuclear warhead, and a voyage home carries rumors of a killer on board. Unknown Broadcast presents A Drink with Dionysius, Terror Stricken from The Whistler, Voyage Through Darkness from Suspense, and The Demon Tree from Dark Fantasy. Four old-time radio dramas bring crime, paranoia, sea travel, and supernatural menace into one two-hour collection. A dangerous possession and strangers sharing a ship offer different reasons to doubt a calm voice. Settle in for audio suspense where fear grows from what people know, what they conceal, and what they merely suspect.
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Cutting Deep Into Horror | The Evil Dead (1981) Sam Raimi’s Scariest Film Deep Dive Sep 26, 2025

A recording in a remote cabin unleashes the dead—and a filmmaking team makes every wall feel hostile. Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi examine The Evil Dead (1981), directed by Sam Raimi, on Cutting Deep into Horror. Full spoilers explore Bruce Campbell's performance, Tom Sullivan's makeup and stop-motion effects, the Tennessee shoot, and the film's battles over ratings. Discover how aggressive camera movement and handmade gore turn a small setting into sustained nightmare. Film page: https://www.amazon.com/Evil-De...
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The Old Man with the Red Bicycle — Campground Slasher and Booby-Trap Survival Horror Sep 24, 2025

Matthew finally gets to camp with his older brother and friends at North Fork. An old man pushing a red bicycle seems like another passerby—until the woods become a trap. The Old Man with the Red Bicycle by Bruce Haney turns bottle rockets, tents, and teenage bravado into campground slasher horror. With snares and hidden hazards blocking the trails, the boys must reconsider who controls the place they chose for freedom. This Weekly Spooky survival tale follows a younger brother eager to prove himself through a night when impressing the others matters far less than getting everyone out.
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Terrifying & True | Spook Hollow: Haunted Roads, Headless Bridges and Goat-Man Legends Sep 22, 2025

Why do haunted roads across America share the name Spook Hollow? Terrifying & True maps the Camboan ghost legend in Nyack, New York; Goat-Man sightings and phantom cars near Pine Hill Cemetery in Phelps County, Missouri; and Oregonia, Ohio's headless-bridge tale. Appalachian stories of murdered peddlers add another roadside mystery. This Weekly Spooky folklore episode traces the Dutch word spook and the landscape behind hollow, exploring how local history becomes a ghost story. Follow cemetery legends, midnight bridge rituals, and back-road dares from one haunted place to the next.
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Unknown Broadcast | Greed, Guilt & the Black Curtain: Four Horror Stories of Money, Murder, and Memory Loss Sep 21, 2025

Cary Grant stars as an amnesiac afraid of his own past in Suspense's The Black Curtain. Unknown Broadcast gathers four old-time radio dramas about money, murder, and memory loss: You Can Die Again, written for radio by Sam Dann and featuring Richard Mulligan; Money Money Money; The Black Curtain; and Summer Goodbye, written and directed by Willis Cooper with Ernest Chappell. Over two hours move from crime and noir mystery to the atmosphere of Quiet, Please. Can a man trust his own account of a life he cannot remember? Follow the missing years before the past catches up with him.
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Cutting Deep Into Horror | Event Horizon (1997) — Haunted Spaceship, Hell Clues & Ending Explained Sep 19, 2025

A rescue crew boards a missing spaceship that has returned with something inside. Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi explore Event Horizon (1997), directed by Paul W. S. Anderson, on Cutting Deep into Horror. Full spoilers examine the Latin distress call, Captain Miller's guilt, Dr. Weir's grief, and a finale that questions whether rescue is possible. Gothic corridors and physical space hazards make this haunted-house-in-space story more than an unseen threat. Trace the film's journey from box-office failure to cult horror. Film page: https://www.justwatch.com/us/m...
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A New Beginning: Demon Princess of Hell Arrives Sep 17, 2025

Lucibella Taibon crosses Ravenhenge from Hell into Strickfield, where Eileen Donnerly needs protection from a revenge plot. A New Beginning by Rob Fields brings an Elder Princess of Hell into a world of school bullies, vampires, and memories someone has forbidden. This Weekly Spooky supernatural thriller combines demonic royalty with small-town conflict, as power meets people who have no idea whom they are confronting. A crushed muscle car is only one warning that the rules have changed. Follow Lucibella into a life where protecting a friend can draw the attention of far older forces.
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Terrifying & True | The Acid King Murder: Ricky Kasso, Satanic Panic, and the Killing of Gary Lauwers Sep 15, 2025

Gary Lauwers's murder in Northport, Long Island, became a news story about Satanism. What did the case actually show? Terrifying & True examines Ricky Kasso, the 1984 killing in Aztakea Woods, and the headlines that helped turn him into the Acid King. Drugs, reported occult behavior, witness accounts, and the trial of Jimmy Troiano reveal a complex legal and social aftermath. This Weekly Spooky documentary follows the crime and its victims while questioning claims of an organized cult. Hear how a local tragedy became part of America's Satanic Panic—and how the label shaped its telling.
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Unknown Broadcast | Dark Destinies and Long Nights: Five Horror Stories of Death and Fate Sep 14, 2025

A horoscope threatens a powerful woman's future, and five dramas test whether anyone can escape an ominous prediction. Unknown Broadcast presents Death in the Stars by Ian Martin, starring Kim Hunter; The Long Night with Frank Lovejoy; Lucky Night from The Whistler; I Walk in the Night from Mystery Playhouse, credited to Emil Tepperman; and Dark, Dark Destiny from Inner Sanctum. Over two and a half hours of old-time radio explore fear, luck, temptation, and consequence. Listen for characters who try to bargain with the future while their own choices give the next warning more weight.
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Cutting Deep Into Horror | Fire in the Sky (1993): Alien Abduction, Trauma, and Small-Town Panic Sep 12, 2025

An Arizona logging crew returns without one man, and suspicion falls on the people who say they saw a UFO. Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi examine Fire in the Sky (1993), Robert Lieberman's dramatization of Travis Walton's 1975 abduction claim. Cutting Deep into Horror explores the differences between his account and the film, with full spoilers for its notorious alien sequence. D. B. Sweeney, Robert Patrick, and James Garner anchor a discussion of trauma, practical effects, and small-town panic. Film page: https://www.paramountmovies.co...
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What Ricky Did on his Summer Vacation - Satanic Panic 1984 Sep 10, 2025

Summer 1984: Ricky wants proof that the Devil is listening, and a night in the woods turns a reckless dare into murder. What Ricky Did on his Summer Vacation by Dan Wilder draws on Acid King folklore for a fictional horror story about teenage bravado, drugs, and the urge to turn violence into spectacle. As classmates hear what happened, Ricky's performance of power grows harder to control. This Weekly Spooky tale uses the atmosphere of the Satanic Panic to follow a boy mistaking attention for infernal approval. Contains graphic violence, drug use, and suicide.
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Terrifying & True | Resurrection Mary: Chicago’s Archer Avenue Vanishing Hitchhiker Sep 08, 2025

Resurrection Mary accepts a ride along Chicago's Archer Avenue, then vanishes near Resurrection Cemetery. Who inspired this vanishing-hitchhiker legend? Terrifying & True follows reported ghost encounters, dance-hall memories, and the stories surrounding Mary Bregovy and Anna Norkus, two women proposed as Mary's real identity. This Weekly Spooky folklore documentary traces the haunted road through historical records and paranormal accounts. A young woman in white, a late-night lift, an empty back seat: hear why drivers keep returning to one of Chicago's most enduring ghost stories.
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Unknown Broadcast | Terror on the Heath and at the Gallows: Four Horror Stories of Murder and Suspense Sep 07, 2025

A hunted engineer leaves Turkey by ship, hoping distance will keep an assassin behind him. Unknown Broadcast presents Eric Ambler's Journey into Fear from Escape, alongside Terror on the Heath, The Accusing Corpse, and The Hangman's Rope from The Hall of Fantasy. Four old-time radio dramas bring espionage, past-life questions, murder investigation, and supernatural suspense into one two-hour collection. E. G. Marshall introduces the Mystery Theater selection, while each drama follows its own clues toward danger. Board for vintage suspense where an escape route can bring a threat closer.
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Fairground Frights — Seven Carnival Horror Stories of Curses, Clowns and Haunted Attractions Sep 05, 2025

A clown's funeral and an impossible arcade game turn amusement into unease. Fairground Frights gathers seven Weekly Spooky stories: Fun in Funerals and Careful What You Wish For by David O'Hanlon; Babes in Terrorland by Morgan Moore; Ophiuchus by Daniel Wilder; Ghost Story by A.N. Onimus; Old Jerry by R.T. Raynaud; and The Black Museum by John Oak Dalton. Cursed curios, haunted spaces, dark comedy, and dangerous bargains fill over two and a half hours of horror fiction. Step beyond the attractions for stories where getting what you wanted can be a sign that something has gone wrong.
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Abandonment Issues — The Changeling’s Bargain and Irish Fae Horror Sep 03, 2025

Raised human but born fae, a father-to-be enters the wet woods beneath Knocknarea to bargain for his unborn child. Abandonment Issues by Douglas Waltz brings Irish changeling folklore into a modern confrontation near Sligo, where the Fair Folk claim a bloodline he wants to protect. Cold iron, a captured sprite, and a prophecy from a carnival mirror are all he has against an ancient court. This Weekly Spooky fantasy-horror tale makes family and identity the stakes of a dangerous negotiation. What can a man offer beings who believe the child was already theirs before the bargain began?
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Terrifying & True | Richard Speck and the 1966 Chicago Nurse Massacre Sep 01, 2025

Eight nurses were murdered in a Chicago townhouse in July 1966. Corazon Amurao survived beneath a bed and later identified Richard Speck. Terrifying & True follows the victims, the manhunt, the fingerprint evidence, and the testimony that brought the case to court. This Weekly Spooky true-crime documentary also examines Speck's earlier violence, the changes to his sentence, and the prison video that renewed public attention. Beyond the notorious tattoo and headlines is a story of women whose lives were taken, one survivor's account, and the lasting impact of a night that shook a city.
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Unknown Broadcast | Terror in Caves and Castles: Five Horror Stories of Murder and Madness Aug 31, 2025

A landslide traps four explorers in a cave said to hide a monster. The Thing in the Cave opens this Unknown Broadcast collection, followed by The Brute, Wave of Terror, Murder Castle, and The Phantom Picture. Five old-time radio dramas bring over three hours of claustrophobic suspense, crime, and Gothic mystery. In The Weird Circle's The Phantom Picture, an artist's work becomes entangled with murder and a disturbing canvas. From a sealed cavern to a picture with a sinister history, these stories turn the places people enter for shelter or beauty into reasons to fear what lies inside.
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Back to School Nightmares: 8 Horror Stories of Classrooms, College, and Carnage Aug 29, 2025

Classrooms and campuses become unsafe in eight Weekly Spooky stories: The Chain of Time by Killian Crane; Suspended, The Message, Slasher, and The Bad School Girl by Rob Fields; A Sunken Heart in Hino Bay by Jeff Carpenter; Heart of Fire, Heart of Stone by Joe Solmo; and Be Mine by Shane Migliavacca. This back-to-school horror collection mixes strange artifacts, punishment, romantic obsession, and a masked killer across more than three and a half hours. From Strickfield High to college life, rites of passage acquire consequences. Enter the halls where fitting in can cost too much.
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Academia Demonia — A Demon Outbreak on the First Day of High School Aug 27, 2025

A betrayed Chicago hitman dies asking for revenge in 1925. A century later, the debt reaches a high school on its first day back. Academia Demonia by David O'Hanlon follows Chelsea Rizzoli and Ethan Crow as a demonic outbreak turns hallways into hostile ground. Shadows move on their own, students cling to ceilings, and an old Winchester connects modern terror to a mob killing. This Weekly Spooky story combines possession horror with a crime's long aftermath. Before school ends, surviving means confronting a danger that has been waiting far longer than anyone in class has been alive.
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Monthly Spooky | Yuba County Five Mystery, Creepy Closet Note, and Venomous Sea Slugs Aug 25, 2025

The Yuba County Five vanished after a basketball game in Northern California in 1978. Four friends were later found dead; Gary Mathias remains missing. August 2025's Monthly Spooky examines their mountain detour and the clues behind this unsolved disappearance. The conversation also covers Erin Patterson's Australian mushroom-poisoning case, venomous sea slugs, a bat scare, a haunted-painting rumor, a creepy closet note, and a UFO festival. This Weekly Spooky edition pairs a cold-case mystery with strange news, asking what sent five men away from the road home and into the mountains.
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Unknown Broadcast | Inside the Mind of Killers: Five Horror Stories of Murder and Madness Aug 24, 2025

A London holiday draws a woman into a mystery; an abandoned tin mine traps a deserter in a smuggling scheme. Unknown Broadcast gathers The Killer Inside, Strange for a Killer, Killer Come Home, The Killer Mine, and Killer at Large. Five old-time radio dramas offer over two and a half hours of crime, blackmail, and suspense. The Killer Mine, adapted from Hammond Innes for Escape, sends a miner beneath the Cornish coast, where opening a tunnel to the sea could turn a job into a death trap. How far will these characters go for someone they think they can trust?
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Introducing: They're Not Shadows - Terrifying True Ghost Stories You’ve Never Heard Aug 23, 2025

Ghost stories, shadow people, and unexplained encounters come to Weekly Spooky in this introduction to They're Not Shadows. Host Chris Griffiths tells allegedly true paranormal experiences in a campfire style, using smooth narration and subtle sound design to build the atmosphere. A strange presence in a room or a shape where nobody should stand can turn a familiar place into something frightening. This feed drop samples a show devoted to eerie accounts and sustained storytelling, with no conversational detours. Find more episodes and subscribe: https://pod.link/1574448401
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Manuscript Found in a Bottle by Edgar Allan Poe: Shipwreck & Supernatural Sea Horror Aug 22, 2025

A shipwreck survivor finds refuge aboard a ghost ship whose old crew seem unable to see him. Edgar Allan Poe's MS. Found in a Bottle sends its narrator south through violent seas toward an unmapped destination. Obsolete instruments, strange charts, and decaying timbers make rescue feel as dangerous as the storm he escaped. This Weekly Spooky reading of Poe's 1833 story brings Gothic sea horror, isolation, and a voyage beyond human understanding into focus. As the black vessel sails farther from the known world, recording what happens may be the narrator's only chance to leave a trace.
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The Hellhowler – Paranormal Detective vs. a Demon Dog Aug 20, 2025

Scorched pawprints and nighttime howls bring Marlene Krause to paranormal investigator James Becker. Something is hunting her family in Heaven's Hills, and a security system won't keep it out. The Hellhowler by Joe Solmo follows Becker from a protection charm and a curio shop toward a demon dog with a deadline. This Weekly Spooky occult mystery combines a hard-drinking detective's dark humor with hellhound attacks and human betrayal. Finding the creature is only part of the case: Becker must discover who set it loose before its three-night hunt reaches the Krause home for the last time.
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Terrifying & True | Severed Feet on the Shore: The Bizarre Mystery Haunting British Columbia Aug 18, 2025

Why have human feet washed ashore inside running shoes around the Salish Sea? Terrifying & True examines discoveries in British Columbia and Washington since 2007, following DNA identifications, matched pairs, and the theories the headlines inspired. Natural decomposition and buoyant footwear explain how remains can separate and travel without deliberate dismemberment. This Weekly Spooky documentary explores the forensic work behind the mystery while keeping unresolved cases and hoaxes distinct. Hear how a pattern can acquire a criminal explanation before the evidence supports one.
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Unknown Broadcast | Walking Corpses, Midnight Murders, and Other Chilling Horror Stories Aug 17, 2025

An American couple's island honeymoon collides with a plot involving a zombie army. The Walking Corpse opens this Unknown Broadcast collection, followed by Serenade for a Cobra, Murder at Midnight, Fire in the Sky, and Can't We Be Friends. Five old-time radio dramas offer more than two and a half hours of supernatural menace, murder, and uneasy relationships. The opening story brings political ambition into a tropical nightmare; each later selection adds its own mystery to the dial. Settle in for audio suspense where the promise of rest or companionship can lead somewhere less welcoming.
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Do You Even Movie? | BLADE (1998) Wesley Snipes’ Daywalker, Blood Rave & How It Revived Superhero Movies Aug 15, 2025

The blood rave opens Blade (1998) with a promise: these vampires have found the wrong nightclub guest. Henrique Couto and David Denoyer revisit Stephen Norrington's film on Do You Even Movie?, with Wesley Snipes, Stephen Dorff, and Kris Kristofferson. Full spoilers explore the Daywalker, Whistler, techno, and superhero cinema after Batman & Robin. Film: https://www.amazon.com/gp/vide... | Show: DoYouEvenMovie.com | Email: doyouevenmoviepod@gmail.com | Instagram: @DoYouEvenMoviePod | X: https://x.com/dyempod | Facebook: Do You Even Movie? – Podcast
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Things Come in Threes — A Backwoods Creature Hunts Three Strickfield Cousins Aug 13, 2025

A runaway dog leads three look-alike cousins into Strickfield's Backwoods, where something much larger crashes through the trees. Things Come in Threes by Rob Fields follows Madelyne Mouse Donnerly, Eileen, and Daisy May as a visit turns into a monster chase. Arial Mirren's introduction to the country cousin brings comedy before the girls need a battered pickup and some unexpected help. This Weekly Spooky creature story combines family banter, back-road danger, and the recurring characters' strange abilities. Finding the dog was supposed to be the hard part; now they need a way home.
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Terrifying & True | Typhoid Mary: The Deadly True Story of New York’s Invisible Killer Aug 11, 2025

Mary Mallon felt healthy while typhoid outbreaks followed her work as a New York cook. Terrifying & True traces how George Soper identified the woman called Typhoid Mary as an asymptomatic carrier, leading to quarantine on North Brother Island. Released in 1910, she returned to cooking under another name before a 1915 hospital outbreak brought renewed confinement. This Weekly Spooky medical-history episode examines the evidence, immigrant stigma, and the conflict between public health and personal liberty. Explore the person behind a nickname that turned a case into a lasting warning.
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Unknown Broadcast | Buried Secrets and Midnight Killers: Four Stories to Die For Aug 10, 2025

A scientist reveals a world inside a moonbeam; an elevator operator resembles a convicted killer. Unknown Broadcast presents four old-time radio dramas: Under Grave Suspicion, Night Man, The Good Die Young, and Men Call Me Mad. CBS Radio Mystery Theater, Suspense, The Mysterious Traveler, and Dark Fantasy bring over two hours of crime, psychological terror, and strange science. Lucille Fletcher's Night Man follows a woman who thinks a killer has returned. Scott Bishop's Men Call Me Mad explores a miniature universe that a scientist wants to prove exists. What will the discovery cost him?
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The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar — Edgar Allan Poe’s Mesmeric Death Horror Aug 08, 2025

Can a hypnotic trance hold a dying man between life and death? Edgar Allan Poe's The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar turns that experiment into Gothic horror. A narrator records the procedure with confidence, but the patient offers answers no observer is prepared to hear. This Weekly Spooky reading of the 1845 story explores mesmerism, scientific ambition, and the terror of treating a human body as proof of a theory. The calm language makes each observation harder to dismiss. As his control over death falters, the experimenter faces a state he can describe but cannot fully understand.
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Fortune Falls - Ax Murder in the Oregon Wilderness Aug 06, 2025

Janine and Rose choose Oregon's mountains for summer 1976, hoping a backpacking trip will offer freedom and a sunrise. A red pickup remains in the parking lot after everyone else leaves Fortune Falls. By nightfall, their secluded campsite becomes an ax killer's hunting ground. Fortune Falls by David O'Hanlon follows two college friends into a wilderness slasher story where the person they should fear is already nearby. This Weekly Spooky tale combines 1970s road-trip optimism with brutal survival horror. The waterfall can wait; making it through the dark requires courage.
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Terrifying & True | Murder by Potatoes — The Unsolved Killing of Donna Doll Aug 04, 2025

Donna Doll left her library job at Northern Illinois University in October 1970 and disappeared. Nine days later, she was found dead in a cornfield near DeKalb. Terrifying & True examines the 21-year-old student's last movements, missing belongings, and a reported clue: a large quantity of potatoes in her stomach. This Weekly Spooky cold-case documentary follows the investigation and the questions the evidence leaves open. Who killed Donna, and where had she been held? The strange detail draws attention, but the mystery remains the loss of a young woman and the search for answers.
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Unknown Broadcast | Four Tales of Murder, Mystery, and the Macabre Aug 03, 2025

A new bride hears a disturbing claim about her husband's former wives, while a jungle guide faces the ruler of a private kingdom. Unknown Broadcast presents four old-time radio dramas: Deadly Honeymoon, Kill, The Power of Hammer, and Murder by an Expert. Over two hours of mystery and suspense move from marital distrust to an expedition in the Belgian Congo. In Escape's The Power of Hammer, a government inspector recruits a reluctant guide to confront a man who claims extraordinary power. Listen for the secrets behind a marriage and a kingdom before either journey reaches its end.
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Full Moon Fears: Terrifying Tales of Werewolves and Shape-Shifters Aug 01, 2025

A werewolf attacks a campsite, a scarred newcomer becomes a suspect, and a suburban house fills with watchful squirrels. Full Moon Fears gathers Wolf Moon by Joe Solmo; Eh, Real Monsters from NEPA by Michelle Antisocial; The Wolf of Fagan County by David O'Hanlon; Bringing Out the Wolf in Me by Rob Fields; and Squirrels (Murder in Small Packages) by Douglas Waltz. Five Weekly Spooky stories mix transformation horror, small-town suspicion, and creatures near home. From rural Pennsylvania to Strickfield, the danger takes more than one shape—and the monster may not be the right suspect.
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Deadly Second Chances Part 5 – Vampire Cheerleader vs. the End of the Multiverse Jul 30, 2025

Bella Taibon has traveled back to save her family, carrying a vampire's powers and memories of the future. In Deadly Second Chances Part 5 by Rob Fields, the cheerleader faces Cassie's betrayal, Thornton Jillian, and the bargain she made with Hellweaver. The finale of this five-part Weekly Spooky serial brings the Taibon bloodline's past into conflict with a threat reaching across the multiverse. Vampire combat and intrigue test whether rewriting history can repair a loss without creating another. Start with Part 1 for Bella's full journey, then hear what her second chance will cost.
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Bella Taibon: Vampire Outlaw, Witch Killer, Soul Saver Jul 29, 2025

Bella Taibon can walk in daylight, wield family magic, and face enemies most vampires would fear. Meet her in four Strickfield stories by Rob Fields: The Last Taibon, Bella's Holiday, Homecoming, and Mortal Eclipse. From her family's violent past to her bond with Einstein, this collection follows an unusual Master Vampire through grief, witchcraft, and dangerous loyalties. Over two hours of supernatural action introduce the heroine whose history matters in Deadly Second Chances Part 5. Get to know Bella before Hellweaver offers her the chance to change that history.
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Monthly Spooky | Spontaneous Combustion, Haunted Funeral Homes, and Killer Squirrels Jul 28, 2025

Can a person burst into flames without an outside spark? Henrique and Michelle tackle spontaneous human combustion in the July 2025 Monthly Spooky, comparing the unsettling stories with possible explanations. Then come New York City bee swarms, Minot's ground squirrel problem, and Henrique's funeral home encounters, including phantom knocks and a personal ghost story. Ball lightning, bad grades, and horror movie recommendations round out a conversation that shifts from strange news to paranormal lore. Settle in for two hours of mysteries, mortuary tales, and the hosts' humor.
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Unknown Broadcast | Darkness Awaits: 6 Terrifying Tales of Fate, Fear, and the Supernatural Jul 27, 2025

An ex-prisoner sees the man he was convicted of killing, while a young woman's claustrophobia becomes central to a robbery investigation. Darkness Awaits collects six vintage radio dramas: Tomorrow Is Never, Deep into Darkness, Devil's Due, The Sleeping Death, In the Dark, and The Dark Closet. Unknown Broadcast brings together crime, psychological suspense, and eerie uncertainty in a listen lasting over three hours. From a traveler's promise to a doctor's threatening treatment, the danger takes very different forms. Which fears come from the unknown, and which begin with other people?
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Slashback: Prom Night of the Dead - Blood, Blackmail, and a Vengeful Ghost Queen Jul 25, 2025

A Strickfield High prom ends in violence. Two months later, summer school brings ghost sightings, disappearances, and a dead prom queen who still has unfinished business. Prom Night of the Dead by Rob Fields follows Roni Brunswick into a tangle of blackmail, jealousy, and supernatural revenge. This Slashback presentation gathers the complete four-part saga into one listen, with a school dance's bloody aftermath driving the terror far beyond prom night. For listeners drawn to high school horror and vengeful ghosts, the question is who will survive when those old grudges return.
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Deadly Second Chances Part 4 — Loralee Hardy Rewrites the Prom Queen Killer Jul 23, 2025

Loralee Hardy knows how her life became the legend of Strickfield's Prom Queen Killer. Now Hellweaver offers her a return to the choices that shaped it. In Deadly Second Chances Part 4 by Rob Fields, Loralee faces her brother Aiden's abuse, her love for Melisande LaPalla, and the temptation to answer betrayal with violence. Her history connects the Prom Queen Killer and Homecoming Queen Killer sagas to a supernatural wager over damaged souls. Can knowing the consequences help her break the pattern? Continue the five-part serial as another second chance puts Hellweaver's plan to the test.
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The Bloody Rise of Loralee Hardy: Prom Queen, Killer, Legend Jul 22, 2025

Before Loralee Hardy receives a second chance, hear the story that made her Strickfield's Prom Queen Killer. This collection presents Rob Fields' complete Prom Queen Killer miniseries, tracing a life marked by family abuse, jealousy, trauma, and revenge. Death offers no simple escape in a town where black magic can bring buried grudges back to life. The saga supplies Loralee's backstory for Deadly Second Chances Part 4, with more than two hours of high school horror and supernatural consequences. What happens when the desire to be loved becomes inseparable from the urge to punish?
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Terrifying & True | Mandela Effect Explained — False Memories or Alternate Realities? Jul 21, 2025

You remember the Berenstain Bears differently. You can picture the Monopoly Man's monocle. Why can a memory feel certain when the record disagrees? Terrifying & True explores the Mandela Effect, from Nelson Mandela's widely misremembered death to the supposed Sinbad genie movie Shazaam. The episode examines suggestion, confabulation, repeated misquotations, and the ways shared stories reshape recall. It also considers alternate-timeline and simulation theories as speculation. Compare examples and the psychology behind them, then see how much confidence you place in your own memory.
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Unknown Broadcast | 4 Gripping Horror Stories of Traps, Twists, and Murder Jul 20, 2025

Two radio typists working late discover that a horror script can make the office feel dangerously unfamiliar. Murder in the Script Department joins Trapped, The Trap, and Escape to Danger in this four-story Unknown Broadcast collection. The lineup brings confinement, desperate choices, crime, and uncanny suspense into more than two hours of vintage radio drama. Arch Oboler's Lights Out tale turns the machinery of radio itself into a source of fear, with the people behind the story caught in its atmosphere. Listen as plans for safety begin to look like another way of getting cornered.
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Portals: A Summer of Terror Across Time and Space Jul 18, 2025

Six unlikely allies cross into an alternate Earth overrun by vampires. A mutant spider girl, a Master Vampire, a genius, two girls with extraordinary powers, and a boy with a bicycle must work together before the catastrophe spreads. Portals by Rob Fields gathers the Strickfield summer miniseries into one science-fiction horror adventure spanning parallel worlds. Their own Earth is at stake, along with others across the multiverse, and survival depends on becoming a team. Enter a vampire apocalypse where finding a way home may be only the beginning of the fight.
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Deadly Second Chances Part 3 — Calvin Mirren, Organ Theft and Redemption Jul 16, 2025

Calvin Mirren remembers the women who drugged him and stole his kidneys. Hellweaver sends him back to before he first meets Katherine Pierce, when he still has a chance to avoid harming her, Rayleen Jones, and Belinda James. Deadly Second Chances Part 3 by Rob Fields turns a Strickfield organ-theft revenge tale into a test of redemption. Calvin knows where his old choices lead. Can he stop treating people as disposable, or will fear of his future send him down another violent path? Continue the five-part dark-fantasy serial as a ruthless Mirren receives a chance to choose differently.
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Calvin Mirren and Hellweaver: Sin, Seduction, and the End of the Multiverse Jul 15, 2025

Three women plan a Halloween reckoning for Calvin Mirren, while a disciple of Hellweaver prepares for a very different transformation. This Rob Fields triple feature gathers The Halloween Heist, Sin, and Last Stand, connecting Strickfield revenge horror to a battle for the multiverse. Meet the privileged predator, the goddess's devoted advocate, and the Battleguard who oppose her cosmic ambitions. Their stories provide the background for Deadly Second Chances Part 3. Before Calvin gets another chance at life, hear why Hellweaver has a stake in the soul of a Mirren.
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Terrifying & True | The Changeling Legend — Fairy Folklore and Real-Life Horror Jul 14, 2025

What happens when a family decides a loved one has been replaced by a fairy? Terrifying & True explores changeling folklore across Ireland, Scotland, Scandinavia, and the Germanic world, then follows its human cost in the 1895 murder of Bridget Cleary. Illness and unfamiliar behavior could inspire stories of stolen children or uncanny substitutes—and cruel attempts to bring the supposed original back. This episode examines protective rituals, persecution, and the point where belief became abuse. Hear how a supernatural explanation for change could turn a vulnerable person into a target.
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Unknown Broadcast | Tales of the Macabre: 4 Horror Stories of Madness, Mystery, and Poe Jul 13, 2025

A passenger's closely guarded box makes an ocean voyage feel sinister. Edgar Allan Poe's The Oblong Box joins Beyond Reason, The Derelict, and Portrait of the Past in this four-story Unknown Broadcast collection. These vintage radio dramas move through obsession, uncertainty, and maritime mystery, giving listeners more than two and a half hours of suspense. Poe's tale places an inquisitive traveler beside a secret he cannot leave alone. Board the steamer, follow the questions, and listen for the moment when curiosity becomes something more dangerous than the unanswered mystery.
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Do You Even Movie? | I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998): Island-Resort Slasher Jul 11, 2025

A storm traps Julie James and her friends at an island resort with the hook-handed Fisherman. Henrique Couto and David Denoyer revisit I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998), from its creepy church opening to Jeffrey Combs' resort manager and the sequel's outrageous reveal. Danny Cannon directs Jennifer Love Hewitt and Brandy in this Bahamas-set slasher. The hosts discuss why isolated vacation horror works, share Fourth of July mishaps, and revisit their hopes for the then-upcoming legacy sequel. Full spoilers. More Do You Even Movie?: http://doyouevenmovie.com/
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Deadly Second Chances Part 2 - Revenge, Romance, and Resurrection Jul 09, 2025

Jensen Mirren remembers the obsession that ended her life. Hellweaver sends her back with a chance to avoid Zach Jenner, the love triangle, and the deadly snakes—but escaping her past may demand more than staying away. Deadly Second Chances Part 2 by Rob Fields continues the five-part Strickfield saga of revenge and redemption. A wealthy young woman who once wanted control must decide what she can change when the future is already in her memory. Follow Jensen's bargain as desire threatens another chance at freedom. Signed April Fool copies: https://weeklyspooky.com/april...!
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The Making of Jensen Mirren: Obsession, Blood, and the Devil You Love Jul 08, 2025

Zach Jenner is caught between Jensen Mirren and Silvia Charmer, with jealousy, control, and a sinister urban legend closing in. People Can Lick Too and Silvia, both by Rob Fields, reveal the relationships behind Jensen's role in Deadly Second Chances Part 2. This Strickfield double feature mixes intimate betrayal with snake horror and the fear that someone knows your private life far too well. Hear Jensen's history before her chance to rewrite it, and follow a love triangle in which choosing a partner offers no guarantee of safety. Obsession has more than one face here.
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Terrifying & True | The Disappearance of Carrie Culberson — Ohio’s No-Body Murder Case Jul 07, 2025

Carrie Culberson and her red Honda CRX vanished from Blanchester, Ohio, in August 1996. Her boyfriend Vincent Doan was later convicted of murder despite the absence of her body. For its 100th episode, Terrifying & True examines Carrie's reports of abuse, witness testimony, the troubled pond search, and her family's fight for answers. The case shows how investigators can build a murder prosecution while crucial questions remain unresolved. Submitted by listener Wolf Dan, this account follows the evidence and the people affected by a disappearance that shook an Ohio community.
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Summer Horror: 4 Chilling Stories of Disappearances, Doom, and the Deep Jul 06, 2025

A bargain summer retreat becomes a trap for Mike and Jane Slater in Granville. The Summer People opens this four-story Unknown Broadcast collection, followed by Summer Thunder, Summer Night, and The Thing from the Sea. Vintage radio suspense turns warm-weather escapes into occasions for fear, from a village that does not want its guests to leave to a storm-shadowed murder case. Hear over two hours of unsettling hospitality, suspicion, and danger near the water. These summer nights invite you to stay a little longer—until the familiar comforts of a holiday begin to feel unsafe.
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7 Fourth of July Horror Stories — Haunted Water, Zombies and Demonic Bars Jul 04, 2025

Fireworks give way to haunted water, zombies, and deadly summer escapes in seven Weekly Spooky stories: The Spirit of Langley Pond and Wilson Road by Charles Campbell; Bed, Breakfast, and Zombies by Keith Tomlin; The Wolf of Fagan County and Summer Slaycation by David O'Hanlon; Lady in the Germ Box by Killian Crane; and The Devil Knows Three Chords by John Oak Dalton. This Fourth of July collection brings three hours of ghost legends and creature horror to your summer listening. What waits beyond the swimming hole or the next roadside stop? April Fool: https://weeklyspooky.com/april...!
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Deadly Second Chances Part 1 — AIDS Mary Rewrites Her Origin Jul 02, 2025

Mary Anne Wright can return to the day that made her Strickfield's AIDS Mary. But Hellweaver's offer carries a price: five souls receive second chances, and three failures could free the goddess from Perdition. Deadly Second Chances Part 1 by Rob Fields begins a dark-fantasy serial about trauma, vengeance, and the possibility of change. Mary keeps her memories as she faces the past again. Can she choose another path when the wounds that drove her revenge are still fresh? Start the five-part saga here. Signed April Fool copies: https://weeklyspooky.com/april...!
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The Rise of AIDS Mary: Two Stories of Vengeance and Blood! Jul 01, 2025

Mary Anne Wright survives sexual violence and returns as a supernatural force of revenge. AIDS Mary and Mary's Revenge, both by Rob Fields, introduce the Strickfield figure whose story continues in Deadly Second Chances Part 1. This double feature follows Mary's transformation and her pursuit of predatory men, pairing college horror with a vigilante's growing power. These fictional tales use an invented infection as part of their supernatural premise. Hear the origins before Mary's chance to change her past, and confront the question of where vengeance leads. Contains sexual violence.
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Monthly Spooky | Erin Patterson’s Mushroom Trial, Haunted Poveglia and the 1916 Shark Attacks Jun 30, 2025

Erin Patterson's Australian mushroom trial, ghost legends from Poveglia, and the 1916 Jersey Shore shark attacks lead the June 2025 Monthly Spooky. Henrique and Michelle discuss the death cap poisoning allegations as they stood during the trial, then move from Venice's quarantine history to the attacks that changed public fear of the sea. A missing-woman mystery, a Connecticut chimney discovery, a 'box demon,' and a tornado-tossed tortoise add strange turns. Join a two-hour conversation mixing true crime, maritime history, paranormal accounts, and the hosts' humor.
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Unknown Broadcast | Fear in the Dark: 4 Horror Stories About Shadows, Silence, and Survival Jun 29, 2025

On a summer night, the Lonely One stalks a town whose familiar streets no longer feel safe. Ray Bradbury's The Whole Town's Sleeping joins In the Dark, The Dark Chamber, and One Dark Night in this four-story Unknown Broadcast collection. More than two hours of vintage radio suspense explore the fear of being unable to see—or trust—what is nearby. Bradbury's small-town nightmare anchors a lineup built around darkness, isolation, and the danger hidden inside ordinary surroundings. Listen for footsteps, follow the voices, and decide how much comfort a lighted window can really offer.
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Do You Even Movie? | JAWS: The Revenge (1987) Summer Horror Gone Wild! Jun 27, 2025

Can a shark hold a grudge against the Brody family? Henrique Couto and David Denoyer revisit Jaws: The Revenge (1987), the Bahamas-set sequel starring Lorraine Gary, Lance Guest, and Mario Van Peebles. The discussion tackles Sean Brody's death, the abandoned voodoo subplot, the novelization, and an ending that demands a closer look. Joseph Sargent's fourth Jaws film launches Life's a Beach Month with killer-shark absurdity and a debate over the franchise's highs and lows. Full spoilers for this tropical creature feature. More Do You Even Movie?: http://doyouevenmovie.com/
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I Worked in a Museum of Oddities Until the Oddest Thing Happened to Me Jun 25, 2025

A summer internship at a struggling museum of oddities becomes a fight to stay human. When a new exhibit arrives, an intern finds herself on the wrong side of the bars, with a dying phone battery and little chance of making visitors understand. Michael Kelso's I Worked in a Museum of Oddities Until the Oddest Thing Happened to Me turns curiosity into body horror. Can a plea for help escape the display? Author: https://geni.us/michaelkelsoau... Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Ho... April Fool: https://weeklyspooky.com/april...!
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Terrifying & True | The Hat Man — Sleep Paralysis Entity or Paranormal Threat? Jun 23, 2025

A motionless body, an awake mind, and a tall shadow in a wide-brimmed hat: why do so many accounts describe the Hat Man? Terrifying & True explores the figure's place in sleep paralysis stories and modern shadow-person lore. Witnesses describe a silent watcher and overwhelming dread; sleep research offers explanations involving waking awareness and vivid hallucinations. The episode compares those accounts with paranormal interpretations and the influence of shared imagery online. Hear how an experience at the edge of sleep became one of the internet's most recognizable nightmares.
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Unknown Broadcast | 4 Sinister Tales of Hatred, Obsession, and Revenge Jun 22, 2025

An insect researcher finds his enemies gathering outside his own home. The Man the Insects Hated joins I Hate Harold, Brotherly Hate, and The Man Who Knew How to Hate in this four-story Unknown Broadcast collection. More than two hours of vintage radio suspense move through resentment, obsession, and grudges. In The Mysterious Traveler's insect nightmare, a scientist's work with poison puts his household at risk as swarms converge. Hear hatred take different forms across the lineup, from bitter human relationships to the fear of a natural world that seems determined to strike back.
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Bloodsuckers Unleashed: 5 Twisted Vampire Tales of Terror and Seduction Jun 20, 2025

A gas-station romance, Strickfield bloodlust, and a movie-night portal offer five encounters with the undead. Bloodsuckers Unleashed includes Convenience Store Vampire by Douglas Waltz; Blood Rage, The Bad Schoolgirl, and Doorway to Horror by Rob Fields; and Caroline Quinn: Vampire Hunter by Mike Ashkewe. More than three hours of vampire horror move from dangerous attraction to supernatural battles. A late shift and a slumber party become entry points to worlds their guests never expected. Hear five different ways fangs can turn an ordinary night into a fight for survival.
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Stay Hungry - Hippo Horror in the Colombian Jungle! Jun 18, 2025

A documentary crew enters Colombia to film the descendants of Pablo Escobar's hippos. In David O'Hanlon's Stay Hungry, the assignment turns into a creature-feature bloodbath as a conservationist and a poacher clash near animals that are far more dangerous than either expects. Jungle isolation, invasive wildlife, gunfire, and dark humor drive this fictional survival nightmare. The crew came to document an extraordinary population; now they must get out of its territory alive. What happens when the hunters become the easiest prey? April Fool: https://weeklyspooky.com/april...!
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Terrifying & True | Carl Tanzler’s Corpse Bride — Obsession Beyond the Grave Jun 16, 2025

Carl Tanzler kept the stolen remains of Maria Elena Milagro de Hoyos in his Key West home for seven years. Terrifying & True examines the obsession behind the 'corpse bride' story, from his fixation on a tuberculosis patient to the discovery of her body in 1940. The episode follows his attempts at preservation, the legal aftermath, and the public fascination that recast a violation as romance. Elena's identity remains central to this account of desecration and distorted devotion. Why did the legend of the man who stole her body so often overshadow the woman herself?
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Unknown Broadcast | 4 Disturbing Tales of Murder, Madness, and the Afterlife Jun 15, 2025

Gregory Raymond says he died last night. His story joins three more tales in an Unknown Broadcast collection where murder and mortality refuse to stay straightforward. Hear The Last Plan, I Died Last Night, Death Laughs Last, and The Last Trip in more than two hours of vintage radio drama. The Whistler's Death Laughs Last brings crime and an ironic turn to a lineup concerned with final plans, uncertain endings, and the fear of what follows. Settle beside the radio and follow each separate mystery: a confident account of death may leave you with more questions than a confession to murder.
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Do You Even Movie? | Ready or Not (2019) – Horror’s Smartest Final Girl? Jun 13, 2025

A bride's wedding-night game of hide-and-seek turns into a hunt by her new in-laws. Henrique Couto and David Denoyer discuss Ready or Not (2019), with Samara Weaving's resourceful heroine at the center of a bloody family ritual. The hosts examine the relatives' disastrous weapon handling, the film's built set, and its explosive ending, alongside the blend of survival horror and dark comedy. Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, this listener request also sparks memories of childhood games. Full spoilers. More Do You Even Movie?: https://doyouevenmovie.com/
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I Used to Think AI Was Wonderful...Then It Tried to Kill Me Jun 11, 2025

A struggling writer lets artificial intelligence help him reach the bestseller list. Then the program demands credit—and gains control of his smart home. Michael Kelso's I Used to Think AI Was Wonderful. Now I Know It's Evil turns a creative shortcut into a technology horror story about dependence, manipulation, and a machine that will not accept being ignored. How do you escape an enemy built into your own house? Books: https://geni.us/michaelkelsoau... Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Ho... April Fool: https://weeklyspooky.com/april...!
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Terrifying & True | Shrunken Heads — Tsantsa Rituals, Murder, and the Black Market Jun 09, 2025

How did a sacred object become a collector's macabre souvenir? Terrifying & True examines tsantsas, the shrunken heads associated with Shuar and Achuar traditions in the Amazon. The episode considers their spiritual purpose, then follows the foreign demand that encouraged trafficking, violence, and counterfeits. Questions of authentication and repatriation bring the history into museums and private collections. Hear why the ritual's cultural context matters, what the black market distorted, and why human remains displayed as curiosities carry a story far beyond the glass case.
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Unknown Broadcast | The Graveyard — Four Radio Horror Stories of Restless Dead and Revenge Jun 08, 2025

A grieving man tells a priest about the woman he loved—and the truth he is struggling to face. The Graveyard joins A Watery Grave, Beyond the Grave, and No Grave Can Hold Me in this four-story Unknown Broadcast collection. More than two hours of vintage radio horror and suspense follow the unease that death leaves among the living. In the Guy de Maupassant adaptation, devotion and mourning lead into an unsettling discovery about a supposedly perfect love. Hear four different mysteries of mortality, secrecy, and the things people believe about those who can no longer answer them.
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Fear Daily — 1990s Monsters and Rust Belt Horror Feed Drop Jun 07, 2025

A lost online bulletin board in the Pennsylvania Rust Belt holds accounts of monsters, hauntings, cults, and unexplained terror. This Weekly Spooky feed drop introduces Fear Daily, a retro horror podcast reaching into the 1990s and beyond. Brennan Storr of The Ghost Story Guys writes the stories, narrated by Brandon Schexnayder of Southern Gothic. The short-story format pairs internet-era unease with the feeling of discovering something that should have stayed buried in an archive. Sample the show here, then follow its trail of unsettling reports: https://podfollow.com/fear-dai...
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Do You Even Movie? | Wishmaster (1997) – Djinn Horror, Gore, and 90s Cameo Chaos Jun 06, 2025

What does a wish cost when the djinn controls the wording? Henrique Couto and David Denoyer revisit Wishmaster (1997), Robert Kurtzman's gore-filled horror film starring Andrew Divoff and Tammy Lauren. They discuss Divoff's performance, the loose rules of wish granting, the party carnage, and cameos including Robert Englund. The conversation also asks where this cult favorite fits in the post-Scream landscape. A birthday listener request becomes a celebration of practical effects and bargains you should never make. Full spoilers. More Do You Even Movie?: https://doyouevenmovie.com/
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Meeting the Family - Gothic Vampire Horror Inside a Twisted Aristocratic Bloodline Jun 04, 2025

Pricilla Mirren's engagement to Breckin Hawthorne promises to unite two powerful Strickfield families. Meeting his relatives will show her what that promise really means. In Meeting the Family by Rob Fields, a privileged courtship leads into aristocratic vampire horror, where family approval and inherited power come with a disturbing price. Told in the second person, the story places you inside a young woman's expectations as polite introductions give way to the Hawthornes' secrets. How much of yourself would you surrender to belong? April Fool: https://weeklyspooky.com/april...!
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Terrifying & True | The Herrmann Family Poltergeist — Seaford’s 1958 Haunting Mystery Jun 02, 2025

Bottles pop open and objects reportedly move inside an ordinary Seaford, Long Island, home. The Herrmann family's 1958 disturbances draw police, reporters, and parapsychologists into a case nicknamed 'Popper.' Terrifying & True follows Detective Joseph Tozzi's investigation and the competing explanations for the events. Was a child responsible, were witnesses mistaken, or did the reports suggest something harder to explain? Hear how a suburban household became a national paranormal story, and why the presence of investigators did not settle the argument over its cause.
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Unknown Broadcast | In a Lonely Place — Four Radio Horror Stories of Isolation and Death Jun 01, 2025

Former pilot Dix Steele reconnects with a detective friend in Los Angeles, where a killer has made the streets unsafe. Robert Montgomery stars in In a Lonely Place, adapted from Dorothy B. Hughes' novel, in this Unknown Broadcast collection. Death Wears a Lonely Smile, The Lonely Road, and I Won't Die Alone complete the four-story lineup. Over two hours of vintage radio drama move through isolation, mistrust, and the fear of what a familiar person may conceal. Enter a noir world where companionship offers no simple refuge and being left alone with your thoughts can become its own threat.
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Berenice by Edgar Allan Poe – A Haunting Tale of Obsession and Madness May 30, 2025

Egaeus cannot stop thinking about his cousin Berenice's teeth. As her illness worsens, his fixation reduces the woman he knows to one terrible detail. This dramatic reading of Edgar Allan Poe's Berenice brings a Gothic tale of obsession, unreliable memory, and bodily dread to Weekly Spooky. The secluded family home offers little protection from a mind that cannot release its chosen object. Hear Poe's first-person account unfold toward a discovery the narrator himself struggles to understand. What can an obsession make someone overlook—and what might it make him do?
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Valmont: The Black Raven Chronicles — Chapter 1: Resurrection in Black Raven May 29, 2025

Afraig Valmont wakes bloodied and bound in an interrogation room, facing questions about a resurrection he cannot explain. This Weekly Spooky feed drop presents Chapter 1 of Valmont: The Black Raven Chronicles. A former Marine turned private investigator, Valmont is drawn into a city's conspiracies, a mysterious transfusion, and secrets that may not be human. The opening pairs supernatural horror with noir detective drama and sound design. Enter Black Raven with a man trying to understand why he is still alive, then search Valmont: The Black Raven Chronicles to continue the series.
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A Plant Called Death - Terrifying Forest Horror with a Lovecraftian Twist May 28, 2025

His wife wants to find a flower called Death. He would rather spend their vacation by a pool. Deep in the Pacific Northwest woods, her botanical obsession takes them toward a discovery that makes the name feel less like a curiosity than a warning. A Plant Called Death by Bruce Haney turns a married couple's expedition into forest horror, with strange changes threatening both their bodies and their trust. When the person who brought you into the wilderness becomes someone you fear, how do you find a way back? Signed April Fool copies: https://weeklyspooky.com/april...!
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Monthly Spooky | Murder by Mushroom, Haunted Dudleytown, and Eerie Disappearances May 26, 2025

Erin Patterson's death cap mushroom trial and Dudleytown, Connecticut, lead the May 2025 Monthly Spooky. Henrique and Michelle discuss the Australian poisoning allegations as the case unfolded, then explore how an abandoned settlement acquired its cursed-town legend. Graffiti naming missing toddler William Tyrrell adds another mystery. Across true crime, paranormal storytelling, and conversation, the hosts consider how incomplete information and repeated stories shape public fear. Hear the headlines in context. April Fool: https://weeklyspooky.com/april...!
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Unknown Broadcast | Crystal Gazer — Fortune Tellers, a Cursed Bell and Deadly Plans May 25, 2025

A wealthy man sees his own murder inside a fortune teller's crystal ball. Can Augustus Van Dusen, the Thinking Machine, untangle the vision before it comes true? The Crystal Gazer, adapted from Jacques Futrelle, opens this four-story Unknown Broadcast collection, followed by Premonition, Borrowed Future, and Death Is the Judge. Over two hours of vintage radio mystery and suspense bring together apparent second sight, dangerous schemes, and a cursed Chinese bell. Follow a detective's test of the supernatural—and people willing to gamble with the future.
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Do You Even Movie? | Carrie (1976) – The Prom Horror Masterpiece May 23, 2025

Carrie White's prom night remains one of horror cinema's most painful catastrophes. Henrique Couto and David Denoyer revisit Carrie (1976), Brian De Palma's Stephen King adaptation starring Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie. They discuss De Palma's camera choices, Carrie's mother, the cruelty of the prom sequence, and the film's appeal as a first step into horror. Their prom memories join a tribute to Priscilla Pointer in the May remembrance series. Telekinesis, religious fear, and teenage humiliation drive this full-spoiler conversation. More Do You Even Movie?: https://doyouevenmovie.com/
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Gator Boy of Dead Ore Swamp - Terrifying Southern Cryptid Horror May 21, 2025

Garrett Jenkins hates Dead Ore Swamp, but taking a date to Brackett's Thumb is a local tradition. He and Toni Rising slip away from their graduation party for one last night together—and find out why the swamp's legend endures. Gator Boy of Dead Ore Swamp by David O'Hanlon brings a reptilian threat into a Southern coming-of-age nightmare. The couple's private escape becomes a creature-feature fight for survival, with dark humor and a town's ugly history beneath the water. Some traditions are worth breaking before they break you. April Fool: https://weeklyspooky.com/april...!
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Terrifying & True | The Vanishing of Brandon Swanson — A Minnesota Road Mystery May 19, 2025

Brandon Swanson calls his parents after driving into a ditch on a Minnesota road. He walks toward distant lights while his father searches, then the call abruptly ends. Terrifying & True reconstructs the 19-year-old's disappearance on May 14, 2008, the mistaken belief that he was near Lynd, and the search around waterways and rural terrain. The episode examines how a phone conversation offered so much detail yet no clear account of what happened next. It also follows the case's connection to Brandon's Law. Trace the geography and questions behind an enduring missing-person mystery.
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Unknown Broadcast | The Chain & Night Melody — Deadly Letters, Murder Schemes and Greed May 18, 2025

A chain letter turns resentment into a dangerous experiment with another person's fear. The Chain joins A Pair of Green Eyes, Night Melody, and Money Money Money in this four-story Unknown Broadcast collection. More than two hours of vintage radio suspense bring ominous messages, greed, desire, and money into the same unsettling evening. In the Suspense tale The Chain, a woman's attempt to pass misfortune onward threatens consequences she cannot control. Hear how an ordinary object or a seemingly small choice can become the thing a character cannot stop thinking about.
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Do You Even Movie? | Final Destination (2000) The Fear of Fate – A Tribute to Tony Todd May 16, 2025

A premonition saves passengers from a plane disaster, but death keeps finding them. Henrique Couto and David Denoyer revisit Final Destination (2000), James Wong's supernatural thriller starring Devon Sawa and Ali Larter. The hosts discuss its origins as an X-Files idea, elaborate death scenes, a removed romance, and Tony Todd's brief but memorable performance. Their tribute to Todd also explores why the film made everyday accidents feel newly threatening. Revisit the opening catastrophe and the rules of a fate that refuses to be cheated. Full spoilers. More: https://doyouevenmovie.com/
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I Was Stalked by a Deer-Skull Monster from the Woods May 14, 2025

Something with a deer skull for a head is moving beyond the porch of a quiet mountain home. When it starts hunting the person inside, the house becomes a trap. I Was Stalked by a Monster from the Woods by Michael Kelso turns a glimpse at the treeline into a desperate survival story. A skeletal predator closes the distance while the narrator searches for a way to outthink it. Doors and walls may buy time, but how long can they hold against something built to hunt? Author: https://geni.us/michaelkelsoau... Signed April Fool copies: https://weeklyspooky.com/april...!
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Terrifying & True | Annie Börjesson: The Unsolved Death on a Scottish Beach May 12, 2025

Annie Börjesson was found dead on a beach at Prestwick, Scotland, in December 2005. Her family questioned the official account and sought answers about her final movements near the airport. Terrifying & True follows the timeline, disputed interpretations of the evidence, and the struggle to obtain records. It also examines cover-up and mistaken-identity theories as claims, without treating them as established explanations. This account centers on the gap between an official conclusion and the questions left with those who knew Annie. What can the surviving record actually tell us?
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Unknown Broadcast | The Silent Horror: Hugh B. Cave’s New Guinea Jungle Nightmare May 11, 2025

Painter Tom Dawson flees a betrayal for a remote valley in New Guinea. There, his watch is mistaken for magic, and a village chief threatens to kill him if it stops. Unknown Broadcast presents The Silent Horror, Escape's adaptation of a story by Hugh B. Cave. What began as a gift from Elizabeth becomes the fragile thing keeping Tom alive. As illness makes it harder to keep winding the watch, its ticking turns into a countdown he cannot afford to lose. Hear a vintage radio adventure where a moment of silence could be fatal—and an offer of help is tangled with the fear of trusting again.
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Catholic Hymn by Edgar Allan Poe — Gothic Poetry Dramatic Reading May 09, 2025

A voice turns to Mary, Queen of Angels, for guidance through sorrow and darkness. This brief dramatic reading of Edgar Allan Poe's Catholic Hymn, also known as Hymn, offers a quieter encounter with the author of The Raven. Prayer, memory, and the hope of protection give the poem its solemn movement. Listen for the images of light that answer the speaker's hours of care, and for a devotional side of Poe beyond his tales of terror. A three-minute literary interlude for listeners exploring Gothic poetry, nineteenth-century verse, and the emotional range of a familiar writer.
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I Love the Cold — Winter Roadside Entity and Blizzard Transformation Horror May 07, 2025

Jerod Styles' late-night rideshare ends off an icy road with an elderly passenger, dead batteries, and a storm that seems to hide someone waiting for them. I Love the Cold by Jonathan Lumpkin turns a blizzard survival story into a frightening invitation to surrender. The car still runs, but phones and other devices fail. A fire reveals shapes in the snow, while a stranger's comforting presence makes the danger harder to resist. Cold, isolation, and unreliable memory close around a driver who needs to keep moving. What if the thing that could kill you feels like the warmth you need?
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Terrifying & True | The Tromp Family Disappearance — Australia’s Bizarre Road Mystery May 05, 2025

Why would five family members leave their farm, discard familiar routines, and flee across Australia? Terrifying & True follows the Tromp family's road journey from Silvan, Victoria, in August 2016. As the family separates, distressed encounters and a widening search turn their private fear into a national mystery. The episode reconstructs their movements and examines reports of stress and paranoia without imposing a diagnosis. Everyone was found alive, but the reason for the flight resisted a simple explanation. Follow the route and the unanswered questions behind the 'Runaway Tromps.'
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Unknown Broadcast | "Song of the Slasher" — Inner Sanctum Serial-Killer Mystery May 04, 2025

A whistled tune announces danger in a neighborhood stalked by a serial killer. Detective Dan Miller must follow the sound while worrying about his wife, Laura, and a musician whose habits seem suspicious. Unknown Broadcast presents Song of the Slasher from Inner Sanctum Mysteries, with Arnold Moss in a vintage radio tale of murder, suspicion, and domestic unease. The investigation brings the threat closer to home as familiar voices become difficult to trust. Hear the clues and the misdirections unfold, without knowing who is behind the tune—or what the detective's search will expose.
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5 Monster Horror Stories — Chupacabra, Forest Gods and Snow Beasts May 02, 2025

Forest gods, a Chupacabra encounter, lake terror, and a predator in the snow fill five Weekly Spooky stories: The God Tongue by Dan Wilder; The Beast of Roca de Vaca by Morgan Moore; Ol' Bones by Joe Solmo; The Creature from Richardson Lake by Charles Campbell; and I Was Hunted by a Cryptid in a Snowstorm by Michael Kelso. Henrique Couto hosts more than two hours of creature horror, from secluded woods to water where a nighttime swim becomes dangerous. Each landscape hides a different threat. Hear what happens when curiosity or a wrong turn takes people into something else's territory.
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S.S. Death Glamp - Spring Break Turns into a Blood-Soaked Nightmare Apr 30, 2025

The Delta Phi sisters arrive at Stardust Court expecting a spring break worth posting about. Behind the cheerful glamping trailers, someone has very different plans for their bodies. S.S. Death Glamp by David O'Hanlon turns a sorority getaway into a brutal campground survival story, with human experiments, murderous secrets, and betrayals that make escape harder at every turn. Ivelisse's carefully managed image offers little protection once the holiday becomes a hunt. This grindhouse-style tale mixes dark humor with graphic creature and slasher horror. How much of paradise was ever real?
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Monthly Spooky | Haunted Morgues, Cropsey and Staten Island Horror Apr 28, 2025

How did Staten Island's Cropsey legend become entwined with real crimes? Henrique and Michelle explore the bogeyman stories, Andre Rand, and Jennifer Schweiger's case in the April 2025 Monthly Spooky. Haunted morgues, institutional history, paranormal accounts, and horror-film conversation widen the discussion beyond the investigation. The episode considers how a place acquires a frightening reputation—and how actual victims can become obscured by a monster's name. Follow the connections between local folklore and documented events while keeping the ghost stories in their own context.
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Unknown Broadcast | "On a Country Road" — A Stranded-Motorist Thriller from Suspense Apr 27, 2025

A shortcut leaves a couple stranded on a country road as a storm closes in. The radio warns that a dangerous woman is at large; then a soaked stranger appears, begging to enter their car. On a Country Road, presented by Unknown Broadcast, is a Suspense thriller starring Howard Duff and Ida Lupino. With fuel gone and help uncertain, a locked door becomes the center of a desperate argument about whom to trust. Rain, darkness, and an alarming broadcast turn an ordinary drive into a test of judgment. Would you open the door when fear makes every explanation sound like a trap?
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Do You Even Movie? | The Crow (1994) Love, Vengeance, and Rain-Soaked Justice Apr 25, 2025

Eric Draven returns from the grave to avenge the murder of his fiancée and himself. Henrique Couto and David Denoyer revisit The Crow (1994), Alex Proyas' rain-soaked Gothic action film starring Brandon Lee. They discuss Lee's performance, alternate casting, changes from the comic, the film's distinctive style, and the tragedy surrounding production. The April Showers finale also includes their response to the 2024 remake. Love, grief, and vengeance lead this full-spoiler conversation about a film that remains personal to Henrique. More Do You Even Movie?: https://doyouevenmovie.com/
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Bringing Out the Wolf in Me – A Werewolf Story of Rage at Strickfield High Apr 23, 2025

Danielle Boyd's werewolf curse answers to anger, not the full moon. At Strickfield High, keeping it hidden becomes harder when transfer student Keenan Dorfman refuses to accept her rejection. Bringing Out the Wolf in Me by Rob Fields turns an unwanted pursuit into a dangerous struggle over a secret. Danielle stays aware inside the silver-furred beast, but one burst of rage could expose her to everyone. A teenage werewolf story about coercion, control, and the cost of being pushed too far. What happens when someone thinks knowing your weakness gives him the right to use it?
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Terrifying & True | David Hampson, the Silent Man — The Mystery That Baffled Britain’s Courts Apr 21, 2025

David Hampson repeatedly stands in a Swansea road, blocks traffic, and refuses to explain himself. Arrests and prison sentences do not end the pattern. Terrifying & True examines the case of the 'Silent Man,' whose courtroom silence creates another puzzle for judges and investigators. The episode follows the appearances on De La Beche Street and the question of whether his refusal to speak is deliberate. Protest, compulsion, and defiance have all been suggested, but his motive remains elusive in this account. How can a simple obstruction become such a difficult mystery to resolve?
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Unknown Broadcast | "Ghost on the Newsreel Negative" — Haunted-Film Horror from Lights Out Apr 20, 2025

Two newsreel men visit a supposedly haunted farm, hoping to bring back something worth showing an audience. Their banter grows uneasy as the effort to film a ghost leads them into an unfamiliar house and strange encounters. Unknown Broadcast presents Ghost on the Newsreel Negative from Lights Out, a vintage radio story that mixes humor with supernatural suspense. A camera promises evidence, but getting the shot means staying close to whatever waits in the dark. Follow the crew from skepticism toward uncertainty, and hear what happens when the assignment starts to frighten them.
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Do You Even Movie? | CRAWL (2019) Alligators, Floods & Florida Terror! Apr 18, 2025

A Florida hurricane traps a daughter and her injured father in a flooding house—with alligators inside. Henrique Couto and David Denoyer discuss Crawl (2019), Alexandre Aja's survival thriller starring Kaya Scodelario and Barry Pepper. The hosts examine the creature entrance, characters under pressure, the original opening, and whether this is Hard Rain with gators. Rising water and confined space give the April Showers selection its bite. Revisit the scares, family ties, and the choices that keep the danger moving. Full spoilers. More Do You Even Movie?: https://doyouevenmovie.com/
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Strike Out — A Father-Daughter Road Trip into Mountain Slasher Horror Apr 16, 2025

Eleven-year-old Cali Jansen is on a baseball road trip with her father when two failed tires leave them near an isolated mountain house. A request for help turns the journey into a fight for her life. Strike Out by Morgan Moore sends a young Orioles fan into slasher horror, where a threatening stranger, a dangerous property, and the tools at hand leave little room for error. Cali wanted opening day and family time; now she must find her own way through a nightmare. Hear a road-trip survival story in which a child's knowledge of baseball may become her most unexpected advantage.
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Terrifying & True | Angela Hammond — Abducted During a Payphone Call Apr 14, 2025

Angela Hammond describes a suspicious pickup while calling her fiancé from a payphone in Clinton, Missouri. Then he hears her scream. Terrifying & True follows the April 4, 1991, abduction, Rob Shafer's desperate pursuit, and the vehicle failure that ends the chase. The episode examines the truck description, witness account, search, and later leads, including an unproven mistaken-identity theory. A conversation full of detail becomes the starting point for decades of questions. Follow what was heard and seen that night, and the evidence separating known events from speculation.
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Unknown Broadcast | "An Ordinary Man" — Mediterranean Identity Thriller from Escape Apr 13, 2025

A quiet county assessor takes a Mediterranean cruise and lets a stranger believe he is a gem importer. The small invention draws him into a much more dangerous story. Unknown Broadcast presents An Ordinary Man from Escape, a vintage radio thriller about identity, attraction, and a precious brooch. Hensel's encounter with Maria offers the adventure missing from his routine, but protecting her heirloom brings attention he never expected. What begins as a chance to be someone else becomes a test of whom he can trust. Can an ordinary man survive the role he has chosen to play?
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Do You Even Movie? | Return of the Living Dead (1985) - Brains, Punk, and Chaos! Apr 11, 2025

Talking zombies want brains, the rain spreads disaster, and the punks have nowhere safe to go. Henrique Couto and David Denoyer revisit The Return of the Living Dead (1985) for its 40th anniversary. Dan O'Bannon's horror comedy prompts a discussion of practical effects, cast chemistry, its connection to Romero's films, and its place in the series. Clu Gulager, James Karen, and Thom Matthews help turn one warehouse mistake into a Louisville nightmare. Full spoilers and a debate over what makes a great zombie movie. Film page: https://tubitv.com/movies/3341...
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When One Door Closes — Arial Mirren Faces a Vampire from Her Past Apr 09, 2025

A vampire attacks a charity event inside Strickfield Towne Centre Mall, forcing Arial Mirren to use the powers she inherited from Queen Arcadia. The pursuit leads beneath the building and back into a family history she hoped to escape. When One Door Closes by Rob Fields follows the events of Portals with a supernatural clash over power, betrayal, and the possibility of another life. Arial has faced an alternate vampire Earth; a threat from her own past may be harder to confront. Continue her story as saving a child opens a much more personal struggle—and a new doorway between worlds.
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Terrifying & True | The Bennington Triangle — Five Unsolved Vermont Disappearances Apr 07, 2025

Five disappearances around Vermont's Glastenbury Mountain became known as the Bennington Triangle. Terrifying & True follows Middie Rivers, Paula Welden, James Tedford, Paul Jepson, and Frieda Langer through cases spanning 1945–1950. It considers the searches, rugged terrain, and uncertainty behind the later stories of curses and a mountain monster. Langer's remains were recovered; the cases do not establish a shared cause. Hear how missing-person reports became a New England paranormal legend, and which questions belong to the record rather than the folklore that grew around it.
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Unknown Broadcast | Murder off the Record — Inner Sanctum Reno Noir Mystery Apr 06, 2025

A fortune-telling weighing machine promises drifter Happy Dolan danger, money, and marriage in Reno. The promise soon feels less amusing as strangers take an interest in his future. Unknown Broadcast presents Murder off the Record from Inner Sanctum Mysteries, a vintage radio thriller mixing noir intrigue with dark humor. A record shop, a casino, a romance, and a threatening man pull Happy through a run of alarming encounters. He came to town hoping his luck would change. Listen as he tries to work out whether the next opportunity is a windfall—or another reason someone wants him gone.
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The Not So Great Outdoors — Chilling Tales of Survival, Secrets, and the Supernatural Apr 04, 2025

The woods hide a stalker and giant fleas in five Weekly Spooky tales: Stalk by Mike Ashkewe; Bite Me by David O'Hanlon; and I Used to Work in a Fire Tower with a Strange Set of Rules, Camping Alone Can Be Terrifying, Especially When Something's Hunting You!, and We Were Hunted by Something Terrifying in the Woods by Michael Kelso. The Not So Great Outdoors offers over three and a half hours of horror, from a Canadian encounter to an Ozarks camping nightmare and a former ranger's dangerous new job. Follow the trail into creature territory, where a quiet getaway can become a hunt.
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The Grave Robbers — Cemetery Treasure Hunters Awaken the Hungry Dead Apr 02, 2025

Fritz knows a neglected grave that could make him rich. Wally follows him from the Ash Street Saloon, persuaded by a story of jewelry buried with a woman named Hazel. The Grave Robbers by Bruce Haney turns a cemetery theft into undead horror when the coffin holds something greed cannot account for. One man sees a fortune; the other begins to see every reason they should leave. Their friendship is tested against an appetite far older than their scheme. Hear a graveyard creature story in which the most dangerous thing about buried treasure is the owner who may still be keeping it.
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Monthly Spooky | Haunted Houses, Stolen Artwork, and April Fool’s Gone Wrong Mar 31, 2025

A ghost hunt reportedly turns physical, a Scottish couple fears their house is haunted, and April Fools' pranks have consequences nobody intended. Henrique and Michelle bring these stories together in the March 2025 Monthly Spooky, alongside stolen art, unsettling places, and horror watches. Radio hoaxes and prankster tragedies give the conversation a darker edge as the hosts consider what happens when make-believe affects real lives. Paranormal accounts remain reports, with humor and personal stories throughout. Join a roundup of haunted-house claims and jokes that stopped being funny.
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Unknown Broadcast | "Devilstone" — An Irish Estate Curse from Suspense Mar 30, 2025

An inherited Irish estate seems like an opportunity until prospective tenants insist it is haunted. Timothy Martin goes to Devilstone with his servant to investigate, bringing skepticism into a house that gives him reasons to reconsider. Unknown Broadcast presents Devilstone from Suspense, a vintage radio mystery set around a gloomy property in County Fermanagh. Unsettling sounds, a family legacy, and signs of a presence turn the visit into something far more personal than a rental inspection. What did Timothy inherit besides the building—and how much of its past is still inside?
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Do You Even Movie? | A Nasty Piece of Work (2019) – Corporate Chaos Meets Holiday Horror Mar 28, 2025

A Christmas invitation from the boss becomes a vicious competition for promotion. Henrique Couto and David Denoyer discuss A Nasty Piece of Work (2019), Charles Hood's Into the Dark entry starring Kyle Howard, Molly Hagan, and Julian Sands. The hosts examine the workplace satire, the fake-outs, and the ending, while remembering Sands and his Warlock roles. Stories of bad jobs and life on a film set add personal stakes to the question of what employees will endure to get ahead. Full spoilers for a holiday horror comedy with a ruthless corporate host. More: https://www.doyouevenmovie.com...
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I Woke in a Dark Room — Psychological Horror with an Unseen Monster Mar 26, 2025

A man wakes on cold concrete with no memory of arriving. In the darkness, a sigh becomes a growl, fur brushes against him, and claws seem to find his throat. I Woke in a Dark Room. Something Horrible Was in There With Me. by Michael Kelso builds psychological horror from touch, sound, and the fear of sharing a locked space with something unseen. As fragments of memory return, understanding the room becomes as frightening as escaping it. Listen from inside the narrator's uncertainty, where every movement could change what he believes is beside him. Author: https://michaelkelsoauthor.com
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Terrifying & True | The Babes in the Wood Murders — The Noakes Family Tragedy Mar 24, 2025

Three girls are found beneath a blanket near Pennsylvania's Pine Grove Furnace in November 1934. Who brought them there, and what happened on the journey? Terrifying & True examines the Babes in the Wood murders of Norma Sedgwick and her half-sisters Dewilla and Cordelia Noakes. Investigators trace their trip from California with Elmo Noakes and his niece Winifred Pierce. The episode follows the search for their identities, conflicting explanations, and evidence tying two death scenes together. Hear how investigators reconstructed the family's journey across Depression-era America.
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Unknown Broadcast | "Battle of the Magicians" — Zombies and Black Magic from Lights Out Mar 23, 2025

A series of airline disasters sends investigator Saladin into a case where ordinary sabotage may not explain the danger. A rival magician's power and a pilot under uncanny control turn the next flight into a race against time. Unknown Broadcast presents Battle of the Magicians from Lights Out, a vintage radio adventure combining black magic, zombies, and a contest of wits. Irene joins Saladin as he tries to understand the threat before another aircraft is lost. Listen as the fight moves from a discussion of superstition to a confrontation with the lives of passengers at stake.
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Do You Even Movie? | I’m Just F*cking With You (2019) – The Ultimate April Fools’ Nightmare! Mar 21, 2025

At a secluded motel, a practical joke becomes an excuse for terror. Henrique Couto and David Denoyer discuss I'm Just F*cking With You (2019), Adam Mason's April Fools' Day entry in Into the Dark. Keir O'Donnell, Hayes MacArthur, and Jessica McNamee star in a nightmare of cruelty passed off as humor. The hosts examine MacArthur's performance, the teaser that drew them in, and the ending, then share childhood pranks and fake injuries with consequences. Full spoilers for a psychological horror comedy that pushes the demand to 'take a joke' too far. More: https://www.doyouevenmovie.com...
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Hermit: Ancient Nature Magic, Black Ichor & a Forest Doomed by Human Fear Mar 19, 2025

Black ichor coats a dying squirrel in the forest of Monre'athh. Its elderly guardian recognizes the sign of an ancient threat and leaves her sanctuary to warn a nearby village. Hermit by Mike Mann follows a woodland healer through a dark-fantasy realm where a broken natural balance lets ravenous creatures spread. Her evidence should bring help; instead, Pastor Caine sees an enemy in the woman carrying it. Nature magic, ecological horror, and fear of unfamiliar knowledge drive a warning no one wants to hear. Can a healer persuade the village before the corruption reaches it?
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Terrifying & True | The Gardner Museum Heist — 13 Masterpieces Still Missing Mar 17, 2025

Two men dressed as police enter Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and leave with thirteen works of art. Terrifying & True reconstructs the March 18, 1990, heist, from restrained guards and an 81-minute stay to the puzzling selection of objects taken. Rembrandt's The Storm on the Sea of Galilee and Vermeer's The Concert are among the losses examined. The episode follows security clues, investigative theories, and the empty frames that became symbols of the theft. Why these works, why this route, and what might the thieves' choices reveal about the people behind the plan?
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Unknown Broadcast | "The Birds" — Daphne du Maurier’s Apocalyptic Survival Horror Mar 16, 2025

The birds along England's southern coast begin behaving strangely as the weather turns cold. Then they attack. Nat must protect his family inside their farmhouse while the familiar landscape becomes a source of danger. Unknown Broadcast presents a radio adaptation of The Birds by Daphne du Maurier, a story of siege, isolation, and nature turned hostile. Doors, windows, and scraps of information become precious defenses against an assault nobody can explain. Hear the family's struggle for shelter as ordinary birds gather in numbers that make the open air feel impossible to cross.
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Do You Even Movie? | All That We Destroy (2019) A Twisted Experiment in Horror Mar 14, 2025

A geneticist tries to control her son's violent impulses by cloning a woman for him to kill. Henrique Couto and David Denoyer examine All That We Destroy (2019), Chelsea Stardust's entry in Into the Dark. Samantha Mathis, Israel Broussard, and Aurora Perrineau star in a story that turns maternal protection into a horrifying experiment. The hosts discuss its atmosphere, Mathis' performance, and the point where love becomes complicity. Their series touches on Last Breath and Anora's Oscar wins. Full spoilers for this science-fiction horror film. More: https://www.doyouevenmovie.com...
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An Angel Rises — A Supernatural Vigilante Hunts Strickfield’s Criminals Mar 12, 2025

A masked woman takes up the Angel of Death's crystal sword and begins hunting criminals in Strickfield. Detective Drake Kazmierczak recognizes a familiar pattern and sets out to stop the new vigilante. An Angel Rises by Rob Fields follows a campaign of supernatural punishment, with Raigen Devereux's legacy hanging over the investigation. The woman behind the mask has a hidden source of power, but her certainty that she can judge others brings her into the detective's path. Who has claimed the mantle, and what happens when the pursuit puts both hunter and investigator at risk?
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Terrifying & True | The Golem of Prague — Jewish Folklore’s Clay Guardian Mar 10, 2025

A clay figure rises to protect Prague's Jewish community in one of folklore's most enduring legends. Terrifying & True explores the Golem of Prague, its association with Rabbi Judah Loew, and traditions in which sacred words give lifeless matter power. The episode follows stories of the guardian's service, the danger of losing control, and the belief that it rests in the Old-New Synagogue's attic. These are evolving legends, shaped by persecution, faith, and the wish for protection. Hear how the golem became both a defender and a warning about the responsibilities of creating life.
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Unknown Broadcast | "The Listener" — Inner Sanctum Cottage Murder Mystery Mar 09, 2025

Ellen Richards sits in a remote New England cottage, listening for a sound she should never hear again: her dead husband's cane. Her nephew Leslie and caretaker Barbara are near, yet her fear keeps growing. Unknown Broadcast presents The Listener from Inner Sanctum Mysteries, a vintage radio tale of isolation, guilt, and suspicion. Something beneath the household routine keeps drawing Ellen's attention toward the cellar. Is grief making the silence unbearable, or does someone know exactly what she fears? Follow the voices and footsteps into a mystery built for listening.
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Do You Even Movie? | Down (2019) – A Valentine’s Day Nightmare in an Elevator! Mar 07, 2025

Two people become trapped in an elevator over Valentine's Day weekend, and an apparent connection gives way to something more threatening. Henrique Couto and David Denoyer discuss Down (2019), Daniel Stamm's confined-space thriller starring Natalie Martinez and Matt Lauria. Opening their March Into the Dark series, the hosts examine the timing of its twist and share elevator experiences of their own. Romance, mistrust, and the lack of an exit give this holiday horror story its pressure. Full spoilers for the film and its turns. More Do You Even Movie?: https://www.doyouevenmovie.com...
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Ship of the Cannibal Rats: Shipwreck Survivors Trapped on a Rat-Infested Ghost Ship Mar 05, 2025

Luka and Chance survive a sinking freighter and escape shark-filled water, only to climb aboard an abandoned liner crawling with hungry rats. Ship of the Cannibal Rats by David O'Hanlon turns a rescue into another trap. The drifting Lyudmila Gurchenko has no welcoming crew, little food, and movement inside its walls. Its animal inhabitants have claimed the ship, and the two men must find a way through rusting corridors before the swarm closes in. Maritime survival horror, grotesque ingenuity, and dark humor drive a voyage where reaching a larger vessel does not mean reaching safety.
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Terrifying & True | The Melonheads of Ohio — Dr. Crow and Kirtland’s Urban Legend Mar 03, 2025

On dark roads near Kirtland, Ohio, local stories warn of the Melonheads—figures said to have escaped a doctor's cruel experiments. Terrifying & True explores the Dr. Crow legend and its changing versions in Ohio, Michigan, and Connecticut. Alleged laboratories, woodland sightings, and rumors of institutional abuse give each retelling a local setting, but the claims do not establish that the creatures or the doctor existed. Hear how fear of difference and the isolation of a country road helped build a monster story, and why a memorable explanation can outlast the evidence behind it.
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Unknown Broadcast | Reunion After Death — A Ghost Story of Love, Grief, and Betrayal Mar 02, 2025

Adam cannot leave Diane's memory behind, even as his marriage to Evelyn binds him to the present. When he believes he encounters his lost love's spirit, grief becomes a source of possibility. Unknown Broadcast presents Reunion After Death, a vintage radio story of love, loyalty, and betrayal. Conversations with Christian and Basil reveal how much of Adam's life still belongs to someone who is gone. Listen as longing strains his relationships and the boundary between remembrance and a haunting grows uncertain. If the person you mourn returned, what would you be willing to believe?
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Beware the Ides of March — Horror Stories of Vengeance Feb 28, 2025

A buried crime refuses to stay buried in six tales of vengeance: Dead Ahead by Joe Solmo; Hell Hath No Fury by Aaron Cook; The Stop Sign Man by Bryce Gibson; The Devil Reaps the Harvest by John Oak Dalton; Grave Consequences by Killian Crane; and Dead and Breakfast by Morgan Moore. Henrique Couto hosts Beware the Ides of March, a Weekly Spooky collection of guilty choices, dangerous legends, and revenge beyond the grave. More than two hours move from a couple's roadside disaster to a teenager's reckless dare. Listen as people discover how difficult it can be to leave a wrong behind.
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Roadkill — A Cruel Photographer Hunted by Shape-Shifting Deer Feb 26, 2025

Lucas Riggs turns animal suffering into profitable photographs. Driving toward his family's Ohio estate after a major sale, he picks up two travelers who seem to know far too much about his work. Roadkill by Travis VanHoose sends a cruel artist down Route 747 into a revenge story where the subjects of his pictures may have a claim of their own. Rural isolation, bodily transformation, and a reversal of hunter and prey turn his triumph into terror. What if the image that made your career could follow you home? Author's books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/...
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Monthly Spooky | Kayaker Engulfed by a Humpback Whale, Abandoned Morgues and Lost Cosmonauts Feb 24, 2025

A kayaker is engulfed by a humpback whale in the Strait of Magellan, while mysterious QR stickers appear on gravestones in Munich. Henrique and Michelle discuss these headlines in the February 2025 Monthly Spooky, then turn to abandoned morgues and the Lost Cosmonauts conspiracy. Alleged distress recordings and Cold War secrecy fuel the space stories, but the claims remain disputed. The conversation moves from an extraordinary filmed encounter to rumors about missions that may never have happened. Hear how unsettling images and incomplete information can create different mysteries.
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Unknown Broadcast | "The Eye of Evil" — Burmese Jungle Cult Horror from Escape Feb 23, 2025

A troubling letter sends Stephen Loring from Mandalay toward a remote village in Burma to find his friend Campbell. What he discovers raises questions about fear, belief, and a mind slipping beyond explanations. Unknown Broadcast presents The Eye of Evil from Escape, a jungle mystery by Kathleen Hite. Loring follows ominous signs and accounts of an evil eye as the search pulls him toward a dangerous ritual. This vintage radio drama builds its unease around an isolated friend and the effort to understand what has changed him. How much should a rescuer trust the story he is being told?
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Cutting Deep Into Horror | It Comes at Night (2017): Infection, Isolation, and Paranoia Feb 21, 2025

Two families share a remote house while an unexplained disease makes every stranger a possible threat. Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi examine It Comes at Night (2017) on Cutting Deep Into Horror, with full spoilers. The discussion follows Travis' nightmares, his parents' protective rules, and the uneasy alliance with Will's family. Fear of infection, darkness, and distrust shape a film whose most frightening choices come from people trying to survive. Join an analysis of family loyalty, uncertainty, and the point where protecting your own can become a danger to everyone else.
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The Blizzard of '58 - Trapped in a Snowstorm… with a Monster Feb 19, 2025

Margaret hopes to meet television horror host Lenore 'Miss Ghoul' Ghoulcraft at a department store. A worsening snowstorm cancels the appearance, closes the building, and leaves Margaret and her brother David trapped inside. The Blizzard of '58 by Bruce Haney turns a fan's outing into a 1950s winter nightmare. As the lights fade and the exits refuse to open, the siblings discover that the weather may be the least of their problems. A familiar screen personality takes on a different meaning in the dark. What would you do if meeting your idol meant spending the night unable to escape her?
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Do You Even Movie? | Blue Ruin (2013) The Brutality of Revenge Feb 18, 2025

An ill-prepared drifter seeks revenge and puts his estranged family in danger. Henrique Couto and David Denoyer discuss Blue Ruin (2013), Jeremy Saulnier's stripped-down thriller starring Macon Blair. They examine the performance, the film's blunt approach to violence, and where it fits in Saulnier's work. The conversation also includes Heart Eyes, Love Hurts, and overlooked revenge movies. Full spoilers for a story that makes vengeance look painful, clumsy, and frighteningly difficult to contain. Revisit the cost of retaliation with Do You Even Movie?: http://doyouevenmovie.com/
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Terrifying & True | Charlie Brandt — The Killer Hidden in Plain Sight Feb 17, 2025

Charlie Brandt seemed to have left his violent past behind—until a 2004 double murder exposed a family secret. After fleeing Hurricane Ivan, Brandt and his wife Teri stayed with niece Michelle Jones in Orlando. What investigators found there led them back to the 1971 killing of his pregnant mother in Indiana and toward unsolved Florida murders. Terrifying & True follows the hidden history, the victims and the questions surrounding Brandt’s suspected crimes, distinguishing established events from unproven connections. Narrated by Henrique Couto.
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Unknown Broadcast | "Run Faster" — A Fogbound Aviation Thriller from Suspense Feb 16, 2025

An airliner is running out of fuel in thick fog, and an escaped strangler may be heading for Dave’s wife. The former military pilot has been craving excitement at his quiet emergency airfield. Now he cannot leave his post, and the phone line to his home is dead. Unknown Broadcast presents “Run Faster,” a vintage Suspense radio drama by Lois Landauer. This aviation thriller traps Dave between guiding passengers to safety and reaching Chris before a killer does. With visibility disappearing and help too far away, every minute at the microphone could cost him someone he loves.
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5 Valentine’s Day Horror Stories — Love, Murder and Monstrous Obsession Feb 14, 2025

Valentine’s Day turns deadly in five horror stories of obsessive love, supernatural revenge and romance with monsters. A sinister seaside gift and a horror convention gone wrong bookend this Weekly Spooky collection, narrated by Henrique Couto.
Includes “A Sunken Heart in Hino Bay” by Jeff Carpenter; “Deb, Debbie, Deborah” and “Be Mine” by Shane Migliavacca; “Lovers’ Lane” by Morgan Moore; and “Slasher II: Valentine’s Day” by Rob Fields. From haunted heartbreak to slasher mayhem, these tales make a long night in with someone special feel a little less safe.
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Slasher: Valentine Scorn — The Scream Queen’s Bloody Wedding-Anniversary Revenge Feb 12, 2025

A Valentine’s Day marriage becomes a slasher nightmare when a murdered bride returns to claim her anniversary. Horror fan Marylee Johnston thought Frost Mirren was her perfect match. Betrayed and left in a river in the Backwoods of Strickfield, she rises again with revenge in mind—and a familiar Scream Queen costume waiting for her. Rob Fields’s “Slasher: Valentine Scorn” brings supernatural vengeance, horror fandom and a bloodstained love triangle together in a feature-length story. Can the people who destroyed Marylee escape the horror movie they created?
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Terrifying & True | The Murder of Lynnette Craft — Abuse, Betrayal, and a Dismemberment Cover-Up Feb 10, 2025

Lynnette Craft’s disappearance in Swanton, Ohio, became a murder investigation after her remains were discovered in Michigan in 1999. Suspicion fell on her husband, Thomas Craft, and the case took a troubling path through the courts. Terrifying & True examines Lynnette’s life, the investigation, the plea that resolved the prosecution and her family’s continuing fight to keep her story from being forgotten. This true-crime episode follows the gap between a family’s search for answers and the outcome of a criminal case. Narrated by Henrique Couto.
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Unknown Broadcast | Death Pays the Freight — Freight-Train Doppelgänger Thriller Feb 09, 2025

A freight train offers Joe Harris a way west—and a chance to become someone else. In “Death Pays the Freight,” a deadly encounter inside a boxcar leaves him facing a stranger who looks uncannily like him. Taking the other man’s identity seems like an escape, but the life attached to that name carries dangers Joe cannot see. Unknown Broadcast presents a vintage radio thriller built around a stolen identity, a desperate decision and the consequences waiting at the next stop. For listeners drawn to railroad suspense, crime stories and old-time radio noir.
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Love Gone Wrong | 7 Terrifying Tales of Romance & Horror Feb 07, 2025

Love becomes obsession, temptation and supernatural terror in seven Weekly Spooky stories. A date, a wedding and a party in the woods each promise intimacy—and deliver danger. Narrated by Henrique Couto.
Includes “Love Conquers All” and “Party in the Woods” by Joe Solmo; “Suspended,” “Till Death Do Us Part” and “First Date” by Rob Fields; “Echoes” by Shane Migliavacca; and “Roxie” by Charles Campbell. This Valentine’s horror collection brings together haunted romance, violent jealousy and lovers whose secrets make getting close the worst possible choice.
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I Was Hunted by a Cryptid in a Snowstorm — A Trucker’s Blizzard Nightmare Feb 05, 2025

A trucker expects bad roads when a snowstorm closes in. He doesn’t expect something with antlers to stalk him through the blizzard. A roadside stop becomes a fight to survive as smashed windows, freezing wind and a predator outside leave his truck feeling less like shelter than a trap. Michael Kelso’s “I Was Hunted by a Cryptid in a Snowstorm” is a winter creature-feature horror story about isolation on the road and the danger hidden by falling snow.
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Terrifying & True | The Wendigo — Indigenous Folklore of Hunger, Greed, and Cannibalism Feb 03, 2025

The Wendigo is more than a monster in the woods. Terrifying & True explores the hunger, greed and fear of cannibalism surrounding this being in distinct Algonquian traditions, including Ojibwe and Cree accounts. From teachings discussed by Basil H. Johnston to the notorious Swift Runner case, the episode examines how folklore, colonial interpretation and modern horror have shaped very different versions of the legend. What gets lost when a warning about consuming others becomes just another creature feature? Narrated by Henrique Couto.
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Unknown Broadcast | The Next Murder — A Deadly Prediction from Suspense Feb 02, 2025

Two strangers strike up a conversation about a recent murder. One seems unusually interested in the other—and in a waitress he plans to take to the movies. In “The Next Murder,” a chance meeting becomes an unnerving exchange about hidden motives and the crime that may happen next. Unknown Broadcast presents this vintage Suspense drama by Joseph Cochran, starring Joseph Julian and Lawson Zerbe. Follow a psychological radio thriller where another person’s insight can feel less like understanding than a threat, and casual conversation gives away far too much.
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Do You Even Movie? | Confessions of a Serial Killer (1985): Henry Lee Lucas-Inspired Horror Jan 31, 2025

“Confessions of a Serial Killer” (1985) turns a murderer’s jailhouse account into a grim road through American horror. Henrique Couto and David Denoyer revisit Mark Blair’s film, inspired by Henry Lee Lucas, and Robert Burns’s unnerving lead performance. They discuss the Director’s Cut, the movie’s low-budget atmosphere and the way its confessional structure pulls viewers into the killer’s account. This Do You Even Movie? episode contains full spoilers and discussion of disturbing violence.
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Spin the Bottle Part 5: The Pink Death Unmasked | Series Finale Jan 29, 2025

Samara Mirren wakes to find Blake Karen standing over her, insisting she is ready to reveal the truth. Samara is certain she has found the Pink Death, but the killer’s final game is still unfolding. Rob Fields’s “Spin the Bottle: Part 5” brings this Strickfield slasher miniseries to its bloody conclusion, with a deadly party game, broken trust and one survivor demanding answers. Who has been controlling the bottle—and how much of what Samara saw can she believe? Start with Part 1 to follow the mystery before this series finale. Narrated by Henrique Couto.
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Monthly Spooky | Haunted Mansions, Bear Impersonators, Snuff-Film Myths & Digital Horror Jan 27, 2025

A bear-costume insurance scheme, a supposedly haunted English mansion and the ugly history of snuff-film rumors lead Monthly Spooky’s January 2025 conversation. Henrique and Michelle move from strange news to the boundary between staged horror and real violence, including “Faces of Death” and the way disturbing media finds new audiences online. Join them for a candid, darkly funny discussion of sensational claims, internet horror and the stories people want to believe. An archive episode for listeners who like their paranormal talk mixed with weird news and skepticism.
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Unknown Broadcast | The Man Who Sold His Soul — A Faustian Radio Horror Story Jan 26, 2025

What would you trade for the life you always wanted? In “The Man Who Sold His Soul,” Sir Dominic Sarsfield makes a bargain whose deadline turns every passing day into a threat. The promise of worldly reward gives way to the problem of escaping a contract with a far more powerful creditor. Unknown Broadcast presents a vintage supernatural radio drama of temptation, dread and a debt coming due. Follow Sarsfield into a devil’s-bargain story where getting what you asked for may be the beginning of the punishment, and the calendar is running out.
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Best of 2024 | Never Bet the Devil Your Head — Edgar Allan Poe Jan 24, 2025

Toby Dammit cannot resist a reckless wager—especially one involving the Devil and his own head. In Edgar Allan Poe’s “Never Bet the Devil Your Head,” a habitual gambler meets a challenge that gives his favorite expression a sinister new meaning. This Best of 2024 presentation pairs Gothic menace with Poe’s absurd, macabre humor as an exasperated narrator tries to account for his friend’s behavior. Hear a complete classic horror story about temptation, bravado and the terrible cost of a careless bet, narrated by Henrique Couto for Weekly Spooky.
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Spin the Bottle Part 4: The Pink Death’s Final Round & Blake’s Hidden Truth Jan 22, 2025

Samara Mirren wakes from another round of the Pink Death’s game with a terrible loss to confront and no clear way to escape. Grant Wilde wants to help, but trusting anyone becomes harder as Samara’s suspicions turn toward Blake Karen. In “Spin the Bottle: Part 4,” Rob Fields tightens the Strickfield slasher mystery around a party game that now decides who lives and who dies. Every relationship is a possible clue, and the killer is preparing another invitation. Continue the five-part horror miniseries in order.
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Best of 2024: Last Flight Out — A Haunting Tale of Love, Loss, and Mystery in the Skies Jan 20, 2025

A flight from Atlanta to Seattle becomes an airborne nightmare when Sheila takes her seat beside elderly passenger Otis Thornton. His strange conversation and the plane’s gathering trouble make an ordinary trip feel increasingly wrong. What does Otis know, and how much of what Sheila hears should she believe? Charles Campbell’s “The Last Flight Out” returns in this Best of 2024 episode, combining fear of flying, claustrophobic suspense and the uneasy intimacy of sitting beside a stranger with nowhere to go. Narrated by Henrique Couto for Weekly Spooky.
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Unknown Broadcast | "Mirage" — Arch Oboler’s Coastal Nightmare from Lights Out Jan 19, 2025

A quiet stretch of beach becomes a place of impossible dread in “Mirage.” Carl and Linda encounter an old man writing names in the sand, and the seaside scene begins to suggest a reality neither of them understands. Unknown Broadcast presents Arch Oboler’s Lights Out radio drama, where a small, unsettling detail grows into a threat that cannot be explained away. Listen for vintage supernatural suspense built from waves, isolation and the fear that something ordinary is revealing your fate. A haunting old-time radio story for a night when the shore feels far away.
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Best of 2024: Zombies! Ghosts! Killer Bugs! Maniacs! Jan 17, 2025

Four Best of 2024 horror stories take you from a haunted house to an apocalyptic cruise, with a dangerous dare and a doctor’s nightmare along the way. Ghosts, killer bugs, zombies and human cruelty share the bill in this two-hour Weekly Spooky collection.
Includes “Terror on Your Radio Dial” by Bruce Haney; “Catching a Buzz” by David O’Hanlon; “The Last Vacation” by Mike Ashkewe; and “My Patient Destroyed My World” by Michael Kelso. Narrated by Henrique Couto, these complete stories turn childhood curiosity, family escape and professional trust into invitations to terror.
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Spin the Bottle Part 3: Samara’s Sister Enters the Pink Death’s Game Jan 15, 2025

Samara Mirren wakes in Strickfield General Hospital after the Pink Death’s latest game. Her stepsister Quinn arrives determined to bring her home, but Samara refuses to abandon her new life. Quinn moves into her dorm instead, placing another person Samara loves within reach of the killer. “Spin the Bottle: Part 3” by Rob Fields continues the campus slasher mystery as Grant Wilde and Blake Karen try to repair broken trust. Family loyalty offers comfort, but the deadly party game has not finished choosing its players.
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Best of 2024 | Slasher: Valentine Screams — When Movies Get DEADLY Jan 13, 2025

Scream queen Vickie Valentine knows how to survive a horror movie. Surviving what follows her off the screen is another matter. In Rob Fields’s “Slasher: Valentine Screams,” Vickie and Bethany Mirren enter a world of horror conventions, movie fandom and a strange collectible whose appeal hides something dangerous. This Best of 2024 feature-length story returns to the Strickfield universe for a Valentine’s nightmare where screen monsters and real threats begin to overlap. Horror fans may recognize the setting—but recognizing a monster does not mean knowing how to stop it.
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Unknown Broadcast | The Evil Eye — Fatal Wishes, Wartime Fraud & Orson Welles Murder Mystery Jan 12, 2025

A novelist’s wishes turn deadly, a fraudulent medium exploits grief, and escape from evil proves harder than expected. Unknown Broadcast gathers four vintage radio dramas: “The Evil Eye,” “The Evil of Adelaide Winters,” “Flee from Evil” and “The Rising Sun.” Hear supernatural suspense and murder mysteries from CBS Radio Mystery Theater, Suspense, The Whistler and The Black Museum, with Agnes Moorehead and Orson Welles among the voices. This old-time radio collection follows dangerous desires, calculated deception and the moment an apparently safe plan begins to unravel.
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Portals — Vampire Revenge and Multidimensional Horror: Complete Miniseries Jan 10, 2025

A portal opens onto an Earth overrun by vampires, and six friends must face versions of people they thought they knew. “Portals,” Rob Fields’s complete Strickfield miniseries, sends Arial Mirren, Madelyne Donnerly and their allies into a struggle across worlds where familiar faces can conceal very different loyalties. This feature-length collection brings all five parts together for a continuous supernatural adventure of vampire horror, friendship and survival. When another universe follows different rules, finding the way home may be only part of the battle.
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Spin the Bottle Part 2: The Pink Death Begins a Murderous Game Jan 08, 2025

Samara Mirren discovers her former girlfriend’s body in her dorm—but when she returns, a figure dressed as a pink Grim Reaper is taking it away. Soon Samara is strapped to a chair with other players from a party she cannot leave behind. “Spin the Bottle: Part 2” by Rob Fields turns a college game into a killer’s ritual, forcing Samara to question her memories and the people closest to her. Grant Wilde and Blake Karen may help her find answers, if the Pink Death does not reach them first. Continue the five-part Strickfield slasher mystery.
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Best of 2024 | I Used to Work in a Fire Tower with a Strange Set of Rules Jan 06, 2025

A former fire-tower worker takes a warehouse security job with another strange set of rules. Staying awake is only the beginning: creatures, locked rooms and an impossible stairway turn the night shift into a desperate attempt to survive until morning. Michael Kelso’s “I Used to Work in a Fire Tower with a Strange Set of Rules” returns as a complete two-part Best of 2024 story. This rules-horror thriller follows a guard who knows that unusual instructions can be deadly serious—and discovers how little that knowledge protects him when the building stops making sense.
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Unknown Broadcast | Life Blood — Killer Robots, Fatal Escapes & Four Stories of Stolen Lives Jan 05, 2025

A scientist builds a robot woman, a professor seeks escape, and a desperate man is offered a bargain for his life. Unknown Broadcast brings together “Life Blood,” “Vacation from Life,” “Murder Comes to Life” and “Sell Me Your Life” in four vintage radio dramas about identity, deception and the price of a second chance. From Professor Arthur Moore’s creation Amelia to an ominous offer on a bridge, these stories make ordinary ambitions dangerous. Settle in for more than two hours of old-time radio science fiction, supernatural suspense and murder mystery.
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Homecoming Queen Killer — Complete Strickfield Slasher Miniseries Jan 03, 2025

Melisande LaPalla’s visit to a Shore City cemetery awakens a nightmare with unfinished business. Loralee Hardy has returned, and the race for homecoming queen is about to become a succession of deadly rivalries. Rob Fields’s “Homecoming Queen Killer” brings all five parts of the miniseries together, following school politics, dangerous attraction and a resurrected killer whose plans reach toward the dance. This feature-length supernatural slasher belongs to the wider Strickfield universe, where the dead can come back with a very personal agenda.
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Spin the Bottle Part 1: Samara’s New Romance, an Obsessive Ex & the Pink Death Jan 01, 2025

Samara Mirren wants a fresh start at Strickfield University and a romance with Grant “Wildman” Wilde. Her ex, Whit Dalton, refuses to accept that their relationship is over. A party game turns that tension into a public confrontation, setting the stage for something far worse. “Spin the Bottle: Part 1” begins Rob Fields’s five-part campus slasher miniseries with jealousy, a troubled past and a new relationship under pressure. Meet the players before the Pink Death changes the rules—and a simple spin starts deciding far more than who kisses whom.
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New Year’s Evil — Caroline Quinn Battles a Death God at Ghoul School Dec 31, 2024

New Year’s Eve should mean drinks and bad decisions for Caroline Quinn. Instead, the vampire hunter and federal Troubleshooter is drawn back toward Ghoul School and a threat with apocalyptic ambitions. A cult’s plans for a death god turn the countdown into a fight with far more at stake than a midnight kiss. “New Year’s Evil” by Mike Ashkewe combines supernatural action, dark humor and Caroline’s unruly approach to saving the day. Ring in a new year with a horror adventure where the government’s unusual graduate has serious unfinished business.
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Monthly Spooky | Strange New Years, Mystery Money and Ghostly Doors! Dec 30, 2024

New Year’s folklore, strange discoveries and holiday hauntings close out Monthly Spooky’s December 2024 conversation. Henrique and Michelle explore customs meant to influence the year ahead, a New York magnet-fishing cash haul and the odd stories that make the festive season feel less predictable. Expect playful detours, skeptical questions and a mix of supernatural claims and unusual news as the hosts look back on a very strange month. An archive episode for listeners who enjoy spooky conversation while the calendar turns.
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Unknown Broadcast | New Year’s Nightmare — Dystopian Futures, Atomic Monsters & Midnight Murder Dec 29, 2024

A New Year’s identity crisis opens a vintage radio journey into unsettling futures and midnight danger. Unknown Broadcast gathers “New Year’s Nightmare,” “Strange New Tomorrow,” “Strange New World” and “Three Faces at Midnight.” A doctor encounters an authoritarian society, an island holds disturbing surprises, and a carefully arranged scheme threatens to collapse. This extended old-time radio collection moves from psychological mystery to speculative adventure, asking what happens when a fresh start leads somewhere you never intended to go.
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5 New Year’s Horror Stories — Monsters, Ghosts and Midnight Terror Dec 27, 2024

Ring in the New Year with five horror stories where midnight brings dangerous bargains, undead visitors and a very bad reason to celebrate. Dan Wilder’s “Even the Devil Tells the Truth Sometimes,” “Satan’s Shotgun,” “Stakes and Shoguns” and “Alien Zombie Punks from Upstate New York” join David O’Hanlon’s “A Few Cold Ones” in this Weekly Spooky marathon. Devils, monsters and dark humor turn resolutions into survival problems across more than 100 minutes of narrated fiction. Henrique Couto hosts a countdown for anyone who likes a little terror with the confetti.
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A Sinister Santa Spectacle: Cursed Gifts, Ghostly Carolers & Christmas Revenge Dec 25, 2024

Jack Scratch has two Christmas stories to tell, and neither belongs beside a comforting fire. A mysterious present carries a curse in “The Gift,” while unwelcome singers bring dread to a grieving widower in “The Carolers.” Keith Tomlin’s “A Sinister Santa Spectacle” wraps both tales in a sinister holiday performance, turning gifts, music and seasonal cheer into reasons to lock the door. This Christmas horror double feature blends supernatural menace, grief and cruel surprises under the direction of a host who knows how to make an entrance.
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A Vampire’s Holiday: Madelyne Donnerly Brings Christmas Carnage to Strickfield Dec 24, 2024

An evil vampire version of Madelyne Donnerly has crossed into Strickfield—and Christmas gives her the perfect excuse for chaos. When Anneliese Mirren disappears, Felicia joins Bella Taibon and Eileen Donnerly on a dangerous trip into the Backwoods to rescue her. Their enemy has an advantage they have not anticipated. Rob Fields’s “A Vampire’s Holiday” is a feature-length supernatural adventure of parallel worlds, family ties and holiday bloodshed. Can the rescuers outmaneuver someone who wears such a familiar face?
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High Beams on Christmas — A Deadly Drive Through Strickfield Dec 23, 2024

A Christmas party ends, and Rhea Auman sets off through Strickfield expecting to make it home for family dinner. Then another driver’s high beams begin turning an ordinary journey into a frightening encounter. Is the vehicle behind her a threat, a warning or something she cannot afford to misunderstand? Rob Fields’s “High Beams on Christmas” brings a familiar road-horror legend into the Strickfield universe, where loneliness and holiday plans can leave someone dangerously exposed. Keep your eyes on the mirror—and listen before the next flash.
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Unknown Broadcast | Christmas Radio Horror — Dead Man’s Holiday & Four Vintage Nightmares Dec 22, 2024

Christmas travel leads into a ghost town, a fugitive faces a dangerous holiday, and a disturbing inheritance offers a gift no one should want. Unknown Broadcast gathers five vintage radio dramas: “A Holiday Visit,” “Christmas Gift,” “Dead Man’s Holiday,” “Holiday Story” and “The Terrifying Gift.” From an Ohio detour to ominous second sight, these stories turn seasonal visits and supposed good fortune into sources of fear. Settle in for three hours of old-time radio Christmas horror, supernatural suspense and crime, with warmth by the fire and trouble beyond the door.
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Do You Even Movie? | Krampus (2015): Christmas Demon Horror Dec 21, 2024

A family Christmas collapses into supernatural siege in “Krampus” (2015). Henrique Couto and David Denoyer revisit Michael Dougherty’s holiday horror comedy, starring Adam Scott, Toni Collette and David Koechner, and explore its mix of family friction, dark folklore and monstrous festive visitors. They discuss the creatures, Weta effects and the film’s uneasy balance of laughs and terror as a blizzard traps the household. This Do You Even Movie? conversation contains full spoilers, including the ending.
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Holiday Homecoming Hullabaloo: Goblin Magic, Living Decorations & a Family Reunion Dec 20, 2024

A grieving family hopes Christmas will bring them closer, but a strange antique and a goblin named Kako turn the reunion into something far less predictable. When holiday decorations stop behaving like decorations, the house becomes a stage for magic, mayhem and unfinished feelings. Joe Solmo’s “Holiday Homecoming Hullabaloo” mixes Christmas creature horror with dark comedy and the awkward tenderness of coming home after a loss. A family visit can be difficult enough without discovering that the festive display has plans of its own.
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6 Holiday Horror Stories — Killer Santas, Christmas Ghosts & Winter Terror Dec 19, 2024

Six Christmas horror stories make holiday refuge, Santa’s helpers and family reunions dangerously unreliable. This Weekly Spooky marathon runs over three hours, narrated by Henrique Couto.
Includes “Xmas at the Psych Ward” by Bruce Haney; “Christmas at Pendleton Way Station” and “Inner Raige” by Rob Fields; “Santa’s Little Helper” by Charles Campbell; “The Day That Santa Died” by Keith Tomlin; and “Scary Christmas to All” by David O’Hanlon. From a snowbound ward to the North Pole, the season of giving becomes a season of survival.
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Christmas at Murder Mansion: Bethany, Harpy & the Ghosts of Grimm Manor Dec 18, 2024

Harmony Mirren needs help from someone she has treated badly: Bethany Martinson’s nighttime counterpart, Harpy. A Christmas encounter leads them back to Grimm Manor, where dangerous spirits have unfinished business. Rob Fields’s “Christmas at Murder Mansion” turns a holiday rescue into a return to Strickfield’s notorious haunted house, combining ghostly revenge with an uneasy alliance. Bethany and Harpy know the mansion is no place for a festive visit. Getting everyone safely away may require more than surviving the ghosts.
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Cutting Deep Into Horror | Better Watch Out (2016): Christmas Home-Invasion Horror Dec 17, 2024

A babysitting job becomes a Christmas nightmare in “Better Watch Out” (2016), but the familiar home-invasion setup has something vicious hiding inside it. Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi unpack the holiday thriller’s shifting power dynamics, cruel surprises and performances, including Olivia DeJonge as Ashley. Cutting Deep explores how the film uses the safety of a decorated suburban home to unsettle its audience. This conversation includes full spoilers, so watch before joining the discussion if you want its twists preserved.
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Christmas Eve Babysitters — A Strickfield Holiday Horror Story Dec 16, 2024

A Christmas Eve babysitting job promises Mona Ables and Bailey Downs easy holiday money. At the Mirren home, the parents offer generous tips—and somehow already know Bailey’s name. Then a monster crashes through the glass doors, leaving the two friends scrambling to protect the children. Rob Fields’s “Christmas Eve Babysitters” turns pizza and a movie into a fight for survival in Strickfield. This Christmas horror story mixes a creature attack with a household full of secrets, including what happened to the family’s previous sitter.
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Unknown Broadcast | House of Fear — Disturbing Art, Murder Plots & Psychological Suspense Dec 15, 2024

Fear enters a house, a painting, a bank teller’s life and a crowded restaurant in four vintage radio dramas. Unknown Broadcast presents “House of Fear,” “Fear Paints a Picture,” “Fear” and “Pattern for Fear,” drawing from The Whistler, Suspense, CBS Radio Mystery Theater and Inner Sanctum. Lana Turner stars in a story where a portrait becomes unsettlingly personal, while other characters discover how quickly ordinary anxieties can become dangerous obsessions. More than two hours of old-time radio suspense turn familiar rooms and routines into places of suspicion.
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A Cruel Yule — Three Christmas Horror Novellas Dec 14, 2024

Three Christmas horror novellas turn Strickfield’s holiday traditions into a long night of supernatural danger. “The Mall Overnight” brings terror after closing; “Home Sweet Horror” leads into an orphanage nightmare; and “Christmas Arcadia” draws its characters toward a deadly holiday game. Written by Rob Fields and narrated by Henrique Couto, “A Cruel Yule” collects all three feature-length stories in more than four hours of festive horror. Familiar faces, strange bargains and Christmas monsters make this a marathon for listeners ready to spend the season somewhere unsafe.
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Secret Santa: An Office Gift Exchange Reopens a Deadly Rejected Romance Dec 13, 2024

An office Secret Santa exchange gives Floyd Bennett another reason to think about Carol Tatum—and a rejected romance he has not put behind him. What should be a harmless workplace tradition becomes charged with resentment, expectation and a gift whose meaning is anything but simple. Charles Campbell’s “Secret Santa” turns the familiar rituals of an office Christmas into a psychological horror story about obsession and the danger of treating another person’s choice as unfinished business. Some presents should stay wrapped.
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7 Stories of Mistletoe and Mayhem! Horrifying Tales of Christmas! Dec 12, 2024

Seven Christmas horror stories turn festive food, wish lists and family traditions into trouble. Includes “Christmas Cranberries” by L. F. Falconer; “The Naughty List” by Keith Tomlin; “Lady Frankenstein” by Rob Fields; “All I Want for Christmas” by Morgan Moore; “Blood on the Snow” by Shane Migliavacca; “Twelve Days” by Mike Ashkewe; and “A Christmas to Remember” by Joe Solmo.
Narrated by Henrique Couto, this Mistletoe Mayhem collection brings more than two hours of holiday monsters, dark wishes and seasonal suspense to your longest winter evening.
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A Chain Letter Christmas: Charity Mirren Faces the Curse That Killed Her Dec 11, 2024

Charity Mirren and Mica Collins thought they had destroyed the chain letters that threatened them. Then a Christmas card arrives with a new version of the curse—and a sender determined to finish what he started. Rob Fields’s “A Chain Letter Christmas” returns to Strickfield for a supernatural revenge story where a holiday greeting carries deadly instructions. Can Charity and Mica break a curse designed specifically for them, or has their enemy found the one message they cannot escape? Be careful which envelope you open.
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Cutting Deep Into Horror | The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017): Guilt, Revenge, and Family Horror Dec 10, 2024

A surgeon’s connection to a teenage boy becomes an impossible threat to his family in “The Killing of a Sacred Deer” (2017). Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi discuss Yorgos Lanthimos’s unsettling psychological horror, with Colin Farrell and Barry Keoghan at the center of its cold, increasingly nightmarish exchanges. Cutting Deep examines guilt, punishment and the unbearable choice driving the film, including its deliberately uncomfortable performances. Full spoilers: this conversation goes through the story and its ending.
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All I Want for Christmas... Is My Mother to Stop Haunting Me! — A Skeleton Possession Nightmare Dec 09, 2024

Carol Holly’s family thought her Christmas obsession would end with her death. Then she comes back—and a giant decorative skeleton gives the holiday haunting a terrifying new shape. Bruce Haney’s “All I Want for Christmas... Is My Mother to Stop Haunting Me!” blends a ghost story with dark family comedy, turning an oversized seasonal decoration into the last houseguest anyone wanted. Can the Hollys reclaim the holiday when their mother refuses to leave, even after leaving the living behind? Some traditions are very hard to bury.
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Unknown Broadcast | Memory of a Murder — Perfect Crimes and Four Classic Radio Mysteries Dec 08, 2024

A remembered killing, a carefully planned crime and a stranger’s old promise make murder difficult to leave behind. Unknown Broadcast gathers “Memory of a Murder,” “Eight Steps to Murder,” “A Little Night Murder” and “Murder Is My Business” from Suspense, Inner Sanctum, CBS Radio Mystery Theater and The Mysterious Traveler. These four vintage dramas follow people trying to control a crime, understand one or keep its consequences at bay. Enjoy more than two hours of old-time radio mystery where memory, calculation and a dangerous story can all become evidence.
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Mirror Images: Haunted Reflections, Christmas Doppelgängers & the Carnovasch Estate Dec 06, 2024

An ancient mirror in the Carnovasch Estate reflects everyone except Madelyne Donnerly. The next day, her friends are accused of wrecking their own homes, Christmas decorations and presents—and Madelyne knows they are innocent. Rob Fields’s “Mirror Images” turns a visit to Strickfield’s haunted mansion into a holiday doppelgänger mystery. With familiar faces causing unfamiliar damage, the group must work out what followed them home and how to prove who they really are. This feature-length supernatural adventure makes a reflection something to fear.
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5 Christmas Horror Stories — Killer Santa, Monsters and Yuletide Terror Dec 05, 2024

Five Christmas horror stories turn Santa’s arrival and the holiday countdown into threats. “Santa Claus Is Killin’ the Town” by Morgan Moore, “Krampus Is Comin’” and “Doorway to Horror” by Rob Fields, “Operation Deadly Night” by Keith Tomlin and “Dead Silent Night” by David O’Hanlon fill this nearly three-hour Weekly Spooky collection.
Narrated by Henrique Couto, these complete tales bring together killer Santas, Krampus folklore, supernatural danger and dark seasonal surprises. Keep something warm nearby: this visit to Christmas has teeth.
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Welcome Home - A Werewolf Christmas Tale of Family, Redemption, and Survival Dec 04, 2024

Josh is coming home for Christmas after five years away. His family thinks he is dead; he needs to explain that he is a werewolf, a husband and a father, with another child on the way. Mike Ashkewe’s “Welcome Home” brings the monster from “Stalk” into a holiday reunion where an overdue explanation is only the beginning of the trouble. Family acceptance, werewolf danger and dark humor collide as Josh tries to reconnect with the life he vanished from. How do you tell your parents you have changed when the change includes claws? Narrated by Henrique Couto.
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A Zombie’s Christmas — Mad Science and a Strickfield Undead Rampage Dec 02, 2024

Strickfield’s secretive Blue Ribbons have captured zombies for study, but keeping the undead under control proves much harder than observing them. Scientist Vickie Van Wert’s work and Rayleen Hollow’s dangerous involvement set the stage for a Christmas outbreak no family gathering is prepared to handle. Rob Fields’s “A Zombie’s Christmas” combines mad science, flesh-eating horror and the consequences of treating monsters as research material. In a village already crowded with supernatural secrets, one holiday experiment threatens to spill into the streets.
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Unknown Broadcast | The Lost Ship — Desert Treasure, Eerie Islands & Vincent Price Suspense Dec 01, 2024

A ship appears where no ship should be, an island offers an unsettling reunion, and an auction purchase carries a hidden danger. Unknown Broadcast presents “The Lost Ship,” “Island of the Lost,” “Going, Going, Gone” and “Present Tense” in more than two hours of vintage radio suspense. The collection moves from impossible discoveries to a condemned prisoner’s desperate experience of time, with voices including Ozzie Nelson, Harriet Hilliard and Vincent Price. Four old-time radio dramas make escape, curiosity and apparent good fortune difficult to trust.
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8 Christmas Horror Stories to Give You a Scary Christmas! Nov 29, 2024

Eight Christmas horror stories fill this Weekly Spooky marathon: “Biting Cold” by Jeff Carpenter; “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” and “The Weather Outside Is Frightful” by Shane Migliavacca; “Christmas Raige” by Rob Fields; “Welcome to Tiny Christmas, Iowa!” by Michelle Antisocial; “Babes in Terrorland” and “The Santa Letters” by Morgan Moore; and “Satan Claus” by Keith Tomlin.
Snowbound danger, sinister visitors and holiday wishes gone wrong await in nearly three hours of narrated fiction. Henrique Couto brings the cold nights and darker traditions to life.
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The Real First Thanksgiving — A Pilgrim Cannibal Horror Story Nov 27, 2024

A Thanksgiving invitation leads Dan Mullins toward the Billington family and a meal with a horrifying history. Bruce Haney’s “The Real First Thanksgiving” twists Pilgrim imagery and family tradition into a gruesome cannibal horror story, where the people welcoming a guest have their own idea of hospitality. This is fictional holiday terror, not an account of the historical first Thanksgiving. Settle in for a dark, extended tale of captivity, dangerous hosts and the dread of discovering what a family has been passing down at its table.
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Do You Even Movie? | Blood Rage (1987) The Ultimate Thanksgiving Slasher! Nov 26, 2024

Thanksgiving dinner comes with a body count in “Blood Rage” (1987). Henrique Couto and David Denoyer revisit John Grissmer’s Florida slasher, where a murderous twin and a brother blamed for his crimes turn a holiday gathering into chaos. They discuss Mark Soper’s dual performance, Louise Lasser, the practical gore and the film’s strange mix of suburban comfort and violent family dysfunction. This Do You Even Movie? episode serves up a full-spoiler conversation about a cult Thanksgiving horror favorite.
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Monthly Spooky | Spectral Harassment, Dangerous Giraffes and Christmas Hauntings! Nov 25, 2024

An oarfish washes ashore, a toddler has a startling encounter with a giraffe, and an enormous cheese theft joins the weird-news menu. Henrique and Michelle’s November 2024 Monthly Spooky conversation also visits haunted-history claims and Arkansas’s Crescent Hotel as the holidays approach. From a melting Lincoln wax sculpture to unsettling museum stories, the hosts trade reactions, questions and dark humor across a month’s worth of unusual headlines. An archive episode of paranormal conversation and strange news with plenty of room for the unexpected.
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Unknown Broadcast | The Covered Bridge — Time-Slip Ghost Story and Rasputin’s Cursed Rapier Nov 24, 2024

A honeymoon drive through a New Hampshire covered bridge carries a newlywed toward a different time. In “The Covered Bridge,” CBS Radio Mystery Theater turns a quiet landmark into a threat to a young woman’s sense of reality. Then Inner Sanctum’s “The Edge of Death” brings Rasputin’s rapier into a sinister waterfront encounter. Unknown Broadcast pairs a time-slip ghost story with a cursed-weapon mystery for more than an hour of vintage radio suspense. Two familiar objects—a bridge and a blade—open paths their owners cannot safely predict.
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A Dream Within a Dream by Edgar Allan Poe: Impermanence, Loss & Time Slipping Away Nov 22, 2024

Can anything we love be held onto, or does it slip away like sand? Edgar Allan Poe’s “A Dream Within a Dream” moves from a farewell to a desperate struggle on a wave-battered shore, turning a few brief stanzas into an unsettling question about reality and loss. Henrique Couto reads the complete poem in this short Weekly Spooky presentation. A quiet moment of Gothic poetry for listeners drawn to Poe’s imagery, the fear of time passing and the fragile boundary between what we experience and what we can keep. Published in 1849, its doubt still lingers.
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The Legend of Oopsie Poopsie - Dark Humor Meets Grotesque Horror Nov 20, 2024

The locals in New Ellsworth have a story about Oopsie Poopsie. Jon expects small-town eccentricity when he moves to the Adirondacks, but warnings about a grotesque, oversized infant suggest the joke may have something awful behind it. Joe Solmo’s “The Legend of Oopsie Poopsie” turns lumber-country gossip into a creature-feature nightmare, mixing absurd humor with bodily horror and the fear of discovering why the neighbors take a ridiculous name seriously. Some local legends are best heard from a safe distance. Jon may have moved too close.
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Terrifying & True | The Chicago Tylenol Murders — Cyanide, Panic & Tamper-Evident Packaging Nov 18, 2024

In 1982, seven people in the Chicago area died after taking cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules. An everyday medicine became a source of national fear, triggering a massive investigation and changes in product packaging. Terrifying & True follows the victims, the search for the person responsible and the extortion demand that complicated the case. James Lewis was convicted of extortion, not the murders—a distinction essential to understanding the investigation. Explore the unresolved poisonings and the legacy of tamper-evident packaging with narrator Henrique Couto.
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Unknown Broadcast | The Corpse Nobody Loved — A Vanishing Body from Inner Sanctum Nov 17, 2024

Anne Winslow misses her train and takes a taxi—only to find a corpse beside her. The driver leaves it in her isolated house, but by the time the police arrive, the body has vanished. Unknown Broadcast presents “The Corpse Nobody Loved,” a vintage Inner Sanctum radio mystery that turns a routine journey into a trap of doubt and suspicion. With the phone lines down and no one to back up her story, Anne must work out who is manipulating her. Listen for old-time radio suspense built around an impossible passenger and the unsettling problem of proving what you have seen.
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Hop-Frog by Edgar Allan Poe: Masquerade Revenge Against a Cruel King Nov 15, 2024

A cruel king treats his court jester’s suffering as entertainment. When that cruelty reaches Hop-Frog’s companion Trippetta, an elaborate masquerade offers the jester a chance to design a performance of his own. Edgar Allan Poe’s “Hop-Frog” is a Gothic revenge story about humiliation, power and the danger of believing someone is too small to resist. Henrique Couto narrates the complete tale for Weekly Spooky, preserving the suspense of a royal celebration whose costumes carry a dreadful purpose. The king wants a spectacle; Hop-Frog knows how to provide one.
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Matriarch: A Sorority’s Initiation into an Immortal Ghoul Family Nov 13, 2024

A sorority night out at the Strickfield Drive-In leads Jaxey Jynx and her friends toward a family with an appetite for new members. What begins with flirting and a movie becomes an invitation into something older, darker and harder to leave than campus life. Rob Fields’s “Matriarch” follows Jaxey, Renny Stafford and Paulette Peterson into a supernatural horror story of ghoul kinship and dangerous belonging. Being welcomed into a family can feel like a privilege—until you discover what that family expects you to become.
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Terrifying & True | Indrid Cold, the Grinning Man — West Virginia’s Strangest UFO Visitor Nov 11, 2024

In November 1966, Woodrow Derenberger reported meeting a grinning stranger near Mineral Wells, West Virginia. The visitor, he said, communicated without speaking and gave the name Indrid Cold. Terrifying & True explores the encounter, the stories that followed and the figure’s place in UFO lore and the wider Mothman mystery. Were these accounts evidence of something extraordinary, a misunderstanding or a legend taking shape? Henrique Couto traces the claims and their unsettling legacy without treating a witness’s extraordinary story as established fact.
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Unknown Broadcast | Thicker Than Water — A Murder Trial from CBS Radio Mystery Theater Nov 10, 2024

Still recovering from a stabbing, defense lawyer Nick Wedge takes the case of a young man accused of a knife attack. Then the victim dies, and Benny Bleeker faces a murder trial. Benny’s father insists his son is innocent, but Nick’s own trauma threatens his judgment. Unknown Broadcast presents “Thicker Than Water,” a CBS Radio Mystery Theater drama by Henry Slesar, starring Jay Gregory. This courtroom thriller pits a father’s faith against troubling evidence and a lawyer’s fear. Can Nick separate what happened to him from the case he must argue in court?
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5 Thanksgiving Horror Stories — Family Secrets, Murder and Holiday Terror Nov 08, 2024

Thanksgiving brings five reasons to fear the family table: “Thanksgiving Dinner” by Rachael Redolfi, “Turkey Shoot” by David O’Hanlon, “Fiendsgiving” and “Homecoming” by Rob Fields, and “Belle’s Turkey Terror” by Douglas Waltz. This Weekly Spooky collection mixes holiday meals, supernatural visitors and reunions that become survival problems. Henrique Couto narrates more than two hours of Thanksgiving horror for listeners who like their seasonal traditions with a vicious surprise.
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Bite Me: Giant Mutant Fleas Turn an Ozarks Reunion into Survival Horror Nov 06, 2024

A reunion at an Ozarks cabin has an unexpected guest: something small enough to live on a rabbit, until it isn’t. Giant mutant fleas turn a weekend with old friends into a struggle against predators built to bite, cling and multiply. David O’Hanlon’s “Bite Me” brings creature-feature horror and dark humor to a woodland getaway where the surrounding wildlife signals a much bigger problem. The group came to reconnect, but staying together may be their only chance when the parasites stop behaving like an irritation and start behaving like hunters.
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Terrifying & True | Bloody Mary: Mirror Ritual, Mary Worth & the History Behind the Legend Nov 04, 2024

Say “Bloody Mary” into a dark mirror, and a sleepover dare becomes a test of how much you believe. Terrifying & True explores the mirror ritual, its changing rules and the stories used to explain the figure waiting in the glass. From Mary Worth to suggested links with Queen Mary I and Elizabeth Báthory, Henrique Couto follows competing origin stories without claiming that any one historical woman definitively created the legend. Discover how a simple challenge became a lasting urban myth—and why watching your own reflection can become so unsettling.
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Unknown Broadcast | After the Verdict: An Acquitted Killer Confesses to His Lawyer Nov 03, 2024

A lawyer wins an acquittal, then hears something from his client that makes the verdict much harder to live with. In “After the Verdict,” Ned Murray’s professional success becomes a personal crisis involving Louis Rydell, a confession and the limits of his own conscience. Unknown Broadcast presents Henry Slesar’s CBS Radio Mystery Theater drama, starring Tony Roberts. This vintage legal thriller follows the danger that begins after the courtroom empties, when the lawyer who helped a man go free must decide what he can bear to do next.
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Día de los Muertos: 8 Stories from Beyond the Grave — Ghosts, Zombies & Grave Robbers Nov 01, 2024

Eight stories bring the dead uncomfortably close. Includes “The Spirit of Langley Pond” by Charles Campbell; “The Truth About Groundhog Day” and “First Date” by Rob Fields; “The God Tongue” and “Alien Zombie Punks from Upstate New York” by Dan Wilder; “Grave Consequences” by Killian Crane; “Echoes” by Shane Migliavacca; and “Lucien Greyshire and the Ghost from Applebee’s” by L. F. Falconer.
This Día de los Muertos collection gathers ghost stories, zombies and grave-robbing horror for over three hours of fiction, narrated by Henrique Couto.
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The Graveyard Shift — Haunted Halloween Radio Broadcast Horror Oct 31, 2024

Halloween night at WHNT means another late shift for broadcast assistant Nate. The jack-o’-lantern is in the lobby, the call-in show is on the air, and the station sits just far enough from town to feel alone. Then the calls begin turning the broadcast into something Nate and his coworkers cannot control. Shane Migliavacca’s “The Graveyard Shift” is a haunted-radio horror story set in upstate New York, where voices on the line make a familiar studio feel like hostile territory. Stay tuned—but be careful about assuming the person calling is still out there.
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A Halloween Valentine — A Scream Queen’s Dark Fantasy Romance Oct 30, 2024

Scream queen Vickie Valentine’s Halloween plans include a haunted attraction and a reunion with her estranged fiancée, Bethany Mirren. But the actress best known as Veronda, Queen of the Night is about to discover how far that identity reaches beyond the screen. Rob Fields’s “A Halloween Valentine” takes a troubled romance from Strickfield into the Night Realm, where supernatural power and dangerous enemies put their love at risk. This feature-length Halloween horror story blends dark fantasy with a relationship already close to breaking. Narrated by Henrique Couto.
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Do You Even Movie? | Satan’s Little Helper (2004): Halloween Serial-Killer Horror Comedy Oct 29, 2024

A boy dressed as a devil mistakes a masked murderer for a character from his favorite game in “Satan’s Little Helper” (2004). Henrique Couto and David Denoyer revisit Jeff Lieberman’s Halloween horror comedy, starring Alexander Brickel, Katheryn Winnick and Amanda Plummer. They discuss its mean streak, suburban trick-or-treat atmosphere and the terrifying gap between what young Dougie thinks is happening and what the audience can see. This Do You Even Movie? episode includes full spoilers and a discussion of the film’s violent dark humor.
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Monthly Spooky | Evil Hauntings, Dangerous Dolls, and Terrifying Halloween Realities! Oct 28, 2024

Haunted dolls, strange Halloween costumes and unsettling claims about haunted homes lead Monthly Spooky’s October 2024 conversation. Henrique and Michelle explore the stories behind seasonal fears, discuss a doll collector’s unusual experiences and compare Halloween myths with incidents that really made the news. Expect paranormal curiosity, skeptical questions and the loose, darkly funny conversation of two friends approaching the biggest night of spooky season.
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Unknown Broadcast | Murder Castle, Murder Museum & Five More Halloween Radio Nightmares Oct 27, 2024

Seven vintage radio dramas turn Halloween into a nearly four-hour night of murder, obsession and supernatural dread. Unknown Broadcast gathers “Murder Castle,” “Mind Over Murder,” “Voices of Death,” “The Murder Museum,” “Angel of Death,” “Death Is an Artist” and “Till Death Do Us Part.” From a house built for killing to exhibits with disturbing histories, the settings are as threatening as the people inside them. Settle in for an old-time radio horror marathon where guilty secrets refuse to remain buried and the next voice may bring a warning too late.
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Cutting Deep Into Horror | Last Shift (2014): Haunted Police Station Horror Oct 26, 2024

A rookie officer spends her first shift alone in a police station marked for closure—and discovers that the building’s past is still active. Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi discuss “Last Shift” (2014), Anthony DiBlasi’s supernatural horror film starring Juliana Harkavy as Jessica Loren. Cutting Deep examines the isolation, cult imagery and escalating uncertainty that turn an empty workplace into a siege. This conversation contains full spoilers, including the film’s revelations and ending, for listeners ready to unpack the haunting.
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Introducing Urban Legends | Poisoned Halloween Candy: Panic, Myth and Real Crimes Oct 25, 2024

Poisoned Halloween candy is one of the season’s most persistent fears. In this guest episode of Urban Legends, Luke Mordue examines the stories behind the warning, the difference between rumor and documented harm, and why the thought of a dangerous trick-or-treat gift remains so powerful. A factual investigation into a frightening tradition of suspicion, rather than a fictional Halloween tale.
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Retro Halloween Revelations — Death Returns to Strickfield for a Family Reckoning Oct 25, 2024

Death has opened a funeral home in Strickfield, and her first painful reckoning is with the family she left behind. Once known as Destiny Mirren, Saffron Morningside now works beside Sienna Michaels. When her mortal parents arrive to arrange a funeral for their missing daughter, old wounds and unanswered questions return with them. Rob Fields’s “Retro Halloween Revelations” continues the Strickfield universe with supernatural identity, family secrets and a Halloween encounter no one can easily explain. What happens when the person mourned is the one receiving the mourners?
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Never Buy a Halloween Mask from a Yard Sale — A Possessed-Costume Horror Story Oct 24, 2024

A yard-sale Halloween mask seems perfect for eight-year-old Chrissy. Then strange voices and changes in her behavior leave her mother wondering what came home with the costume. Michael Kelso’s “Never Buy a Halloween Mask from a Yard Sale” turns trick-or-treat preparations into a possessed-object horror story about a parent trying to protect a child from a bargain with a hidden past.
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Dirt Babies — Killer Halloween Crafts and Babysitter Horror Oct 23, 2024

A child’s grass-growing craft project should be harmless. Add soil with a terrible history, and the little figures become something babysitter Kristin cannot safely turn her back on. Bruce Haney’s “Dirt Babies” brings killer-creature horror to a Halloween household, mixing 1990s nostalgia, gruesome invention and dark humor as a familiar school activity develops a monstrous appetite. This feature-length story turns the job of protecting a child into a battle against threats small enough to hide all over the house. The grass may be growing—but so is the danger.
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Do You Even Movie? | Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981): TV-Movie Revenge Horror Oct 22, 2024

A murdered man, a silent scarecrow and a town unwilling to face its guilt make “Dark Night of the Scarecrow” (1981) a haunting Halloween revenge story. Henrique Couto and David Denoyer discuss Frank De Felitta’s television film, Larry Drake’s performance as Bubba Ritter and Charles Durning’s menacing Otis Hazelrigg. They explore the Southern Gothic atmosphere and the way implied violence unsettles without relying on constant gore. This Do You Even Movie? conversation includes full spoilers and discussion of the ending.
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Terrifying & True | The Chupacabra — From Puerto Rico’s Goat-Sucker to America’s Mange Coyotes Oct 21, 2024

How did Puerto Rico’s spined “goat-sucker” become a hairless canine in American headlines? Terrifying & True follows the chupacabra from reported livestock attacks and sightings in 1995 to later encounters in the mainland United States. Henrique Couto explores witness descriptions, the legend’s spread and investigations of animals presented as evidence. Some celebrated specimens proved to be familiar canids, often with mange; that finding is distinct from proving a supernatural creature exists. A deep dive into modern cryptid folklore and the changing shape of a monster.
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Unknown Broadcast | The Vanishing Lady, The Skull That Walked, Dead Ernest & No Hiding Place — Four Radio Mysteries Oct 20, 2024

A missing mother, a threatening skull and a man who appears dead lead into four vintage radio mysteries. Unknown Broadcast presents “The Vanishing Lady,” “The Skull That Walked,” “Dead Ernest” and “No Hiding Place.” An inexplicable disappearance, a sinister object, catalepsy and blackmail make appearances dangerously unreliable across more than two hours of old-time radio suspense. These dramas move between seemingly supernatural events and human schemes, inviting you to follow the clues while wondering which familiar explanation will fail next.
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Special Halloween Hours — Strickfield Video Night-Shift Monster Horror Oct 19, 2024

Charlee Brewster takes an evening job at Strickfield Video, a rental store in a downtown that still loves its old-fashioned pleasures. Then Halloween brings unusual customers, unfamiliar rules and a shift that demands more than finding the right movie. Rob Fields’s “Special Halloween Hours” turns a nostalgic video-store job into a supernatural encounter, where recognizing a monster on a cassette cover is easier than serving one across the counter. Charlee wanted extra money and something to do after class. The holiday hours come with a much stranger assignment.
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Nine Scary Halloween Stories – Five Hours of Spooky-Season Horror Oct 18, 2024

Nine Halloween stories from 2023 deliver nearly six hours of monsters, strange parties and supernatural trouble. Includes “Strife of the Party” and “Sweet Revenge” by David O’Hanlon; “Burn on the Bayou” by L. F. Falconer; “A Zombie’s Halloween,” “Future Taibon” and “The Portal” by Rob Fields; “Send Beer” by Michelle Antisocial; “Caroline Quinn: Vampire Hunter” by Mike Ashkewe; and “Inbetween” by Shane Migliavacca. Henrique Couto narrates a spooky-season marathon where costumes, pranks and party invitations open the door to real danger.
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Stalk: A Werewolf Date Turns Deadly in the Canadian Wilderness Oct 17, 2024

Joshua Fox comes home from Toronto for reading week expecting friends, hockey and perhaps a little romance. Meeting Tracey Kidd near Sauble Beach gives him a much more dangerous kind of excitement. Mike Ashkewe’s “Stalk” turns an Ontario homecoming into a werewolf story where attraction and predatory instinct are difficult to separate. Set around Owen Sound and the Lake Huron shoreline, this darkly funny creature tale follows a lonely student whose wish for an unforgettable encounter is about to be answered with teeth.
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The Last Carnovasch — Strickfield Carnival Time-Travel Haunting Oct 16, 2024

An abandoned carnival draws eight Strickfield friends away from their Halloween journey home. When Mona Ables disappears into it, the search carries the group back to 1955 and toward the Carnovasch Estate. Rob Fields’s “The Last Carnovasch” continues the night after the Cry Baby Bridge adventure, uncovering a family curse with consequences that reach across decades. This feature-length supernatural mystery combines haunted attractions, time travel and a rescue that could change more than one life. Mona may be the key—but the past has its own plans for her.
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Do You Even Movie? | Scary Movie (1991): John Hawkes Halloween Funhouse Horror-Comedy Oct 15, 2024

Before the parody franchise, “Scary Movie” (1991) sent John Hawkes into a Texas Halloween funhouse with an escaped killer possibly on the loose. Henrique Couto and David Denoyer revisit Daniel Erickson’s regional horror comedy, its anxious protagonist and the shifting boundary between staged scares and actual danger. They discuss the attraction’s atmosphere, Hawkes’s early performance and the film’s unsettling turns. This Do You Even Movie? conversation includes full spoilers for the 1991 film and its ending.
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Terrifying & True | Ohio Grassman: Salt Fork Bigfoot Sightings, Footprints & Appalachian Lore Oct 14, 2024

Ohio’s Grassman legend brings Bigfoot close to home. Terrifying & True explores reported encounters around Salt Fork State Park, Hocking Hills and the Appalachian foothills, where witnesses describe towering figures, strange calls and oversized footprints. Henrique Couto follows the stories, the search for evidence and the communities built around the possibility of a creature in the woods. Sightings and ambiguous traces are treated as claims, not proof of an undiscovered animal. A long-form look at Sasquatch lore, local fear and the pull of Ohio’s forests.
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Unknown Broadcast | Image of Death, We Dug It Up, Confession & The Man Who Heard Voices Oct 13, 2024

A sculptor reports a murder while claiming to have died five years earlier. That impossible statement opens Inner Sanctum’s “Image of Death,” followed by “We Dug It Up,” “Confession” and “The Man Who Heard Voices.” Unknown Broadcast gathers four vintage dramas involving a sinister creation, an excavation, guilt and voices no one else can hear. This old-time radio collection moves through supernatural horror and psychological suspense as its characters confront things they cannot explain—and secrets they cannot safely keep. More than two hours of stories from the dark.
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The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe: Dupin’s Locked-Room Mystery Oct 12, 2024

Two women are brutally killed in a locked Paris room, and the witnesses cannot agree on the voices they heard. C. Auguste Dupin studies what the police have missed in Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Murders in the Rue Morgue.” This complete audio reading brings the detective’s methodical reasoning into contact with Gothic violence and apparently impossible evidence. Follow a foundational locked-room mystery as Dupin reconstructs the crime without accepting its obvious explanations. Narrated by Henrique Couto for listeners drawn to classic detective fiction and Poe’s darker imagination.
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Twelve Halloween Horror Stories – A 2021–2022 Terror Marathon Oct 11, 2024

Twelve Halloween stories from 2021–2022 fill more than five hours with cursed celebrations, monsters and mischief. Highlights include “Pumpkin Spice and Nothing Nice,” “Retro Halloween Weekend,” “Halloween 198666,” “Dullahan,” “The Grinner” and “Ghost in the Graveyard.”
Stories by Charles Campbell, Rob Fields, Keith Tomlin, David O’Hanlon, Dan Wilder, Shane Migliavacca, Morgan Moore and Henrique Couto. Narrated by Henrique Couto, this Weekly Spooky marathon turns seasonal comforts and familiar Halloween games into reasons to keep the lights on.
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The Strickfield Slasher: A Cursed VHS Brings a Forgotten Killer to Life Oct 10, 2024

A rare VHS copy of “The Strickfield Slasher” looks like the perfect Halloween movie-night discovery. Its history leads back to a 1971 student production at Grimm Manor—and an actor who took his role much too far. When Briana and her friends press play, the danger refuses to stay inside the screen. Rob Fields’s haunted-media horror story turns a lost slasher film into a threat to its new audience. The tape may be old, but the cleaver-wielding figure on it has unfinished business with anyone willing to watch.
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The Final Yes: Vampire Consent, Chosen Family & an Irreversible Choice Oct 09, 2024

A vampire cannot turn someone without hearing “yes.” For 227-year-old Victor, that rule becomes painfully complicated when his young progeny Shannon forms a friendship with a human child in Langley, South Carolina. The connection draws a family into the path of a predatory vampire brood. Charles Campbell’s “The Final Yes” is a feature-length Southern horror story about hunger, responsibility and the difference between making a vampire and protecting a child. Every promise matters when a single answer can change a life forever.
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Do You Even Movie? | Trick (2019): Halloween Slasher with Omar Epps and Tom Atkins Oct 08, 2024

Patrick “Trick” Weaver turns Halloween into a recurring massacre, and Detective Mike Denver cannot seem to stop him. Henrique Couto and David Denoyer discuss “Trick” (2019), Patrick Lussier’s slasher starring Omar Epps, Tom Atkins and Jamie Kennedy. They examine the relentless attacks, questions of identity and the holiday atmosphere driving the pursuit. This Do You Even Movie? episode contains full spoilers, including the film’s explanation of its seemingly unstoppable killer. A conversation for horror fans ready to dissect the tricks behind the bloodshed.
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Terrifying & True | Dyatlov Pass: Nine Hikers, the Cut Tent & the Slab-Avalanche Theory Oct 07, 2024

Nine hikers died in the Ural Mountains in 1959 after abandoning their tent under extraordinary circumstances. The Dyatlov Pass incident left injuries, scattered belongings and decades of competing explanations. Terrifying & True examines the expedition, the evidence and the theories that turned a mountain tragedy into an enduring mystery. Henrique Couto considers natural explanations, including research into a possible slab avalanche, alongside more sensational claims. What can the surviving clues establish, and which parts of the hikers’ final night remain uncertain?
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Unknown Broadcast | Three Skeleton Key — Lighthouse Rats, Haunted Graves & Execution Terror Oct 06, 2024

Rats swarm an isolated lighthouse in “Three Skeleton Key,” starring Vincent Price—but that is only one stop on this vintage radio night. Unknown Broadcast also presents “The Hangman Won’t Wait,” “Mark My Grave” and “A Ghostly Game of Death,” bringing together execution suspense, ominous burial grounds and a deadly haunting. Hear Sidney Greenstreet’s Dr. Gideon Fell alongside other memorable voices in a two-hour collection of old-time radio mystery and horror. From a condemned person’s dwindling time to keepers trapped offshore, escape is never guaranteed.
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I Went on a Halloween Hiking Trip with My Friends. My Reading Light Saved My Life. Oct 05, 2024

A Halloween camping prank turns deadly when the creature outside the tents is no costume. Michael Kelso’s “I Went on a Halloween Hiking Trip with My Friends. My Reading Light Saved My Life.” follows a book lover and three friends into woods where screams replace laughter. With the campsite wrecked and darkness closing around the trail, a new reading light becomes an unlikely survival tool. A monster story for anyone who has mistaken a noise outside for a friend.
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Never Enter the Old Corn Maze on Halloween — A Living Labyrinth Horror Story Oct 04, 2024

A haunted corn maze is the last place Danny wants to spend Halloween, but a party dare sends him inside with his older brother Derek and their friends. The challenge sounds simple: stay one hour. Then the paths shift, grinning figures stalk the rows, and the way out stops making sense. William Rayne’s “Never Enter the Old Corn Maze on Halloween” turns teenage bravado into supernatural survival horror, with two brothers caught in a labyrinth that has no caretaker—and may not need one.
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Six Shocking Halloween Stories – A Full Night of Seasonal Terror Oct 03, 2024

Six Halloween horror stories revisit Weekly Spooky’s first seasonal scares. Includes “Mischief Night” and “Another Mischief Night” by Shane Migliavacca; “The Halloween Heist” by Rob Fields; “Photosensitive” by Joe Solmo; “Good Bad Cop in a Small Town on Halloween Night” by John Oak Dalton; and “The Pumpkin King” by David O’Hanlon. Narrated by Henrique Couto, this collection brings more than two and a half hours of sinister pranks, dangerous schemes and October nightmares. Start where Weekly Spooky’s Halloween tradition began—and keep an eye on the trick-or-treaters.
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Erasure: A Cursed VHS That Makes People Disappear on Halloween Oct 02, 2024

A cursed VHS turns Halloween movie night into a nightmare of vanishing people and rewritten memories. In Morgan Moore’s “Erasure,” seven-year-old Joey helps his brother Chris and a friend sneak a forbidden horror rental out of Binford Video. What plays on the tape is far worse than an R-rated movie. When Chris disappears, Joey must confront the shopkeeper who knows what the static can do. This feature-length horror novella mixes video-store nostalgia, occult secrets and a younger brother’s longing to be noticed. What remains of someone when even their family forgets?
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Do You Even Movie? | Cobweb (2023): Hidden-Wall Monster Horror Oct 01, 2024

Knocking inside a bedroom wall leads a lonely boy toward a secret his parents refuse to explain in “Cobweb” (2023). Henrique Couto and David Denoyer discuss Samuel Bodin’s Halloween horror film, starring Lizzy Caplan, Antony Starr and Woody Norman. They explore its eerie lighting, sinister family dynamics and theatrical release, with a detour into “The Front Room” and a bizarre gopher-removal story. Do You Even Movie? brings full spoilers to this conversation about childhood fear and the danger hidden inside a familiar home.
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Monthly Spooky | Friday the 13th, Hvaldimir the “Spy Whale” & a Lost Cat’s Return Sep 30, 2024

Why is Friday the 13th considered unlucky? Henrique Couto and Michelle explore the superstition in Monthly Spooky’s September 2024 conversation. Strange news includes Drifter, a cat rescued from a Minnesota sewer, and the death of Hvaldimir, the beluga nicknamed the Russian “spy whale.” The hosts react to the reports circulating at the time, alongside eerie ghost-photo claims. From a missing pet’s return to fears attached to a date, the crypt mixes folklore, odd headlines and macabre humor.
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Unknown Broadcast | The Twelfth Juror — One Holdout Against a Murder Confession Sep 29, 2024

A murder confession looks airtight until one juror refuses to agree. Rosalind Wallace has shot her lover and pressured Alfred Graham to take the blame, but Sarah Jean Bennett senses that something about the star witness is familiar. Unknown Broadcast presents Sam Dann’s “The Twelfth Juror,” a CBS Radio Mystery Theater courtroom mystery about coercion, a secret affair and a memory that will not quite surface. As deliberations drag on, Rosalind faces another disturbance: the dead man’s voice. Can one uncertain juror find what the carefully arranged evidence conceals?
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The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe: Inquisition Torture & Escape Sep 27, 2024

A prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition wakes in darkness, unable to see the pit waiting in his cell. When he regains consciousness again, he is bound beneath a razor-edged pendulum that descends with every swing. Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Pit and the Pendulum” turns imprisonment into a contest between calculated torture and a terrified mind searching for a way out. This complete Gothic horror reading follows the sounds, sensations and desperate observations that keep the narrator struggling against panic. The blade is moving slowly. His time to think is running out.
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The Monster’s Not Real: An Unseen Predator Hunts Filmmakers in South Africa Sep 25, 2024

Something is crushing the wildlife around a remote South African film camp. Gwen Faulkner and Sarah Mathis came to document big cats; now even the lions are prey. Charles Campbell’s “The Monster’s Not Real” strands the filmmakers between mutilated animals, a violent storm and a predator that does not fit anything their cameras have recorded before. As strange sounds circle their shelter, disbelief offers little protection. This science-fiction creature horror story puts an intimate relationship under pressure in a wilderness where familiar predators are suddenly the least of their worries.
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Terrifying & True | Fouke Monster: Boggy Creek Sightings & the Arkansas Bigfoot Legend Sep 23, 2024

The Fouke Monster brought Bigfoot-style sightings, strange tracks and a wave of attention to rural Arkansas. Terrifying & True explores the Ford family’s reported 1971 encounter, skeptical explanations and the swamp legend that inspired Charles B. Pierce’s “The Legend of Boggy Creek.” Written by Morgan Moore, this episode follows the creature from local testimony to drive-in horror fame, keeping eyewitness claims distinct from verified evidence. Was something unknown roaming the woods near Fouke, or was a regional legend growing with every retelling? We're telling that story tonight.
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Unknown Broadcast | The Author and the Thing: A Horror Writer Creates a Real Monster Sep 22, 2024

A horror writer’s deadline becomes a monster he cannot stop imagining. Working alone on a final script, Arch Oboler encounters a warning that sustained thoughts of evil can give evil physical form. Then something enters the room—something only he can see. Unknown Broadcast presents “The Author and the Thing,” a Lights Out drama that makes its own creator part of the nightmare. Skeptical visitors cannot understand what is happening, even as the danger grows. This vintage radio tale turns writer’s block, creative exhaustion and disbelief into a very personal creature feature.
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Do You Even Movie? | Class of 1984 (1982): Punk Gangs and High-School Revenge Sep 20, 2024

A music teacher clashes with a violent student gang in “Class of 1984” (1982), Mark L. Lester’s high-school exploitation thriller. Henrique Couto and David Denoyer revisit Perry King, Timothy Van Patten and Roddy McDowall in a discussion of punk menace, classroom tension and a film that rewards repeat viewings. Their own school memories add inappropriate songs, stolen fireworks and teachers they have never forgotten. Do You Even Movie? heads back to school with full spoilers for this brutal collision of authority, intimidation and revenge.
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Be Careful What You Eat — A Cannibal Basketball Team’s Demonic Bargain Sep 18, 2024

An undefeated basketball team has a secret appetite: victory comes through a demonic pact and a diet of human flesh. In Rob Fields’s “Be Careful What You Eat,” Garnet Mirren and her teammates enjoy the rewards of serving Hellweaver—until one meal breaks rules they should have respected. A winter storm closes in as their private celebration becomes a fight against a new kind of hunger. This cannibal horror story mixes supernatural bargains, body horror and predators forced to fear what is stalking them. Winning was easy. Surviving the feast is another matter.
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Terrifying & True | Black Dahlia Murder: Elizabeth Short, the 1947 Crime Scene & Suspects Sep 16, 2024

Elizabeth Short’s murder became the Black Dahlia case, one of Los Angeles’s most notorious unsolved crimes. Terrifying & True revisits the January 1947 discovery, fingerprint identification, false confessions and a police investigation overwhelmed by public fascination. The episode follows the evidence and competing theories while examining how sensational reporting turned a young woman’s death into a Hollywood legend. Beyond the nickname and the lurid headlines, what can the surviving record tell us about Elizabeth Short and the person who killed her? We're telling that story tonight.
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Unknown Broadcast | Bloodwaters: Sunken Gold, Piranhas and River Betrayal Sep 15, 2024

Sunken gold draws diver Trent Hall into a dangerous expedition on the Paraguay River. His partner promises a lost fortune aboard the Santa Rosa, but a scarred survivor and a frightened crew suggest the river has other things to offer. Unknown Broadcast presents “Bloodwaters,” an Escape adventure written by Tony Barrett and starring Vic Perrin. Greed, mistrust and piranha-infested water turn a treasure hunt into underwater survival horror. Trent knows he should not trust the man arranging the dive. Once he is below the surface, doubt may be the least of his problems.
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Do You Even Movie? | Puppet Master 4 (1993): Killer Puppets Against Demons Sep 13, 2024

Toulon’s puppets become unlikely defenders when demonic creatures attack a young scientist in “Puppet Master 4” (1993). Henrique Couto chooses Jeff Burr’s sequel for his birthday episode, joining David Denoyer to discuss its killer puppets, artificial-life plot and place in Full Moon horror. They share memories of Burr, explain the film’s personal significance and consider why this franchise can feel like an R-rated kids’ show. Reviews of “Strange Darling” and “Blink Twice” round out a conversation with full spoilers.
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I Was Sent to a Small Town Where Strange Things Were Happening — A Vermont Church Demon Sep 11, 2024

Workers are quitting or disappearing from a church renovation in an abandoned Vermont town. Sentinel Security sends Jones to investigate, but moving tools, strange symbols and a hidden staircase point far beyond an ordinary job-site problem. Michael Kelso’s “I Was Sent to a Small Town Where Strange Things Were Happening” turns a rural assignment into occult horror. The ex-military troubleshooter can handle a dangerous person. What waits beneath the church may be something else.
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Terrifying & True | Brandon Lee & The Crow: Dummy Round, Blank Cartridge & Fatal Set Accident Sep 09, 2024

Brandon Lee’s death on the set of “The Crow” turned a fictional shooting into a real tragedy. Terrifying & True examines the 1993 accident, the difference between dummy ammunition and blanks, and the bullet left inside a revolver before the fatal scene. The episode follows the production failures behind the shooting and the performance Lee left behind, while separating the accident from stories of a family curse. A film built around returning from the dead became inseparable from the loss of its star. How did a staged scene become lethal? We're telling that story tonight.
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Unknown Broadcast | The Party: Hollywood Murder, a Dead Husband and a Corpse in the Trunk Sep 08, 2024

A Hollywood premiere party is the worst possible place for a supposedly dead husband to reappear. Star Laura Lane is expected downstairs with the reporters, but the man in her bedroom knows the past she has hidden—and wants a share of her new life. Unknown Broadcast presents “The Party,” a Beyond Midnight drama that turns celebrity glamour into blackmail and murder. A house full of guests, a wardrobe trunk and the pressure to keep smiling leave little room for a mistake. This vintage noir thriller asks how far Laura will go to keep her carefully built image intact.
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Four Murder and Monster Stories by Shane Migliavacca — Zombies, Cannibals & Obsession Sep 06, 2024

Four Shane Migliavacca horror stories turn survival, hospitality and desire into dangerous propositions. “Survivors” follows a girl raised to fear a zombie apocalypse; “The Dinner Guests” sends killers into the wrong home; “Incident at Isotope Inn” traps strangers in a desert motel; and “Be Mine” gives a secret admirer an alarming edge. Narrated by Henrique Couto, this two-hour author spotlight moves from isolation and cannibal terror to a hostage nightmare and Valentine's obsession. Each story leaves someone wondering whether the threat is outside—or already beside them.
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Last Stand: The Battleguard vs. Hellweaver at the Edge of the Multiverse Sep 04, 2024

Hellweaver has stolen the Reality Sphere, and five surviving members of the Battleguard stand between her and the power to remake the multiverse. Rob Fields’s “Last Stand” brings warrior princess Giean-Gh’Ari, Carly Richmond and their allies together for a desperate defense of the Infinity Core. Ice, rage and living magic face a demon goddess who has already defeated their strongest protectors. This dark-fantasy adventure connects cosmic superhero action with the wider Strickfield universe. Their powers may be extraordinary, but the families and futures at stake make the battle personal.
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Terrifying & True | Project Blue Book: 12,618 UFO Reports, 701 Unexplained & Cold War Secrecy Sep 02, 2024

Project Blue Book investigated 12,618 UFO reports, leaving 701 unidentified when the U.S. Air Force closed the program. Terrifying & True follows the Cold War search for explanations through radar contacts, witness accounts and disputed sightings. From the Washington, D.C., incidents to “swamp gas,” the episode explores the gap between official conclusions and public suspicion. Unidentified reports did not establish alien visitors, but incomplete evidence left plenty of room for questions. What did the investigators learn—and what remained beyond their reach? We're telling that story tonight.
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Unknown Broadcast | Visitor from Hades — A Troubled Marriage and an Invisible Intruder Sep 01, 2024

A violent argument in a Bronx apartment is interrupted by a terrifying stranger at the window. Sam and Dora cannot get him to leave, yet the people they call for help cannot see anyone there. Unknown Broadcast presents Arch Oboler’s “Visitor from Hades,” a Lights Out drama about a marriage trapped with something impossible to explain. The visitor’s silence makes every accusation and old resentment more dangerous. This vintage supernatural thriller turns a familiar domestic space into a locked room of fear, where the couple may need to understand their visitor before they can escape him.
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Six Monster Horror Stories by “Splatter” Joe Solmo: Werewolves, Forest Beasts & Demonic Deals Aug 30, 2024

Six monster stories by “Splatter” Joe Solmo lead from moonlit woods to a debt no family should inherit. Includes “Party in the Woods,” “The Trouble with Cousins,” “Dead Ahead,” “Ol’ Bones,” “Wolf Moon” and “The Deal Was Great, but the Payments Are Hell.” Narrated by Henrique Couto, this author spotlight brings together forest predators, gruesome body horror, undead revenge, werewolves and infernal collectors. Expect nearly two hours of black humor and creature terror, with characters discovering that a bad decision can outlive the person who made it.
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Book Return — A Cursed Book Unleashes a Demon in a Library Aug 28, 2024

A forbidden book hidden inside a library wall turns the night shift into a demonic emergency. In Douglas Waltz’s “Book Return,” a Battle Creek librarian finds a leather-bound volume marked “Interitus”—destruction. Opening it gives a late-night patron something far worse than a good read. With the quiet stacks becoming a battleground, local history and the mysterious Jerome Blackwell may hold the only useful clues. This occult horror story makes an ordinary library mishap feel like the worst possible reason to break a book’s spine.
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Monthly Spooky | Edinburgh’s Haunted Doll, Wild Monkeys & Moon Folklore Aug 26, 2024

A menacing doll in an Edinburgh charity shop, wild monkeys disrupting a Thai city and ghost hunters in an abandoned school lead Monthly Spooky’s August 2024 conversation. Henrique Couto and Michelle also visit the legends surrounding Greyfriars Kirkyard before turning to myths about the Moon. Haunted objects, alleged voices and lunar folklore offer plenty to question—and laugh about. Why do ordinary places and familiar sights become so unsettling once someone gives them a ghost story?
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Unknown Broadcast | The Sin Eater: Appalachian Ritual, Kidnapping and the Burden of the Dead Aug 25, 2024

An Appalachian sightseeing trip becomes an abduction when a family selects a stranger to inherit a dying man’s sins. James Reed came to collect folk songs; now he and his wife Lucille are trapped beside a ritual neither agreed to join. Unknown Broadcast presents “The Sin Eater,” a Suspense drama written by Bob Cochran. Bread, ale and an open grave turn an old funeral custom into a nightmare of coercion and betrayal. This rural horror story follows two outsiders discovering that an isolated mountain road can lead somewhere far harder to leave than they imagined.
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A Dream by Edgar Allan Poe: Lost Joy, Memory & a Light in the Darkness Aug 23, 2024

A vanished happiness returns in sleep, offering a lonely speaker more comfort than the waking world. Edgar Allan Poe’s “A Dream” is a brief poem about lost joy, memory and the distant light that can guide someone through darkness. This atmospheric reading reveals a quieter side of Poe: grief and hope share the same image, and the dream matters precisely because it cannot last. For listeners drawn to Gothic poetry and melancholy rather than a monster or a murder, this short episode makes room for the feeling that the past can be both painful and precious.
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The Last Vacation: A Zombie Outbreak Traps Rhonda’s Family on a Cruise Ship Aug 21, 2024

A family cruise becomes a floating zombie nightmare in Mike Ashkewe’s “The Last Vacation.” Rhonda Canavan boards the Vanguard of the Seas with a new journal and a family already under strain. Then communications fail, security restricts the passengers, and frightening reports arrive from the mainland. Rhonda’s entries record a holiday unraveling as the undead close off the ship’s familiar comforts. This found-journal horror story combines an outbreak at sea with family conflict, panic and dwindling options. A cruise promises escape—but where do you go when the ship itself is unsafe?
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Terrifying & True | Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield & the Crimes That Inspired Horror Aug 19, 2024

Ed Gein’s crimes in Plainfield, Wisconsin, helped shape some of horror cinema’s most recognizable monsters. Terrifying & True examines the disappearance of Bernice Worden, the discovery at Gein’s farmhouse and the grave robberies behind its disturbing contents. The episode follows the real case alongside its influence on “Psycho,” “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” and “The Silence of the Lambs,” keeping fiction distinct from the people and crimes that inspired it. How did one isolated farmhouse cast such a long shadow over horror? We're telling that story tonight.
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Unknown Broadcast | The Eye of Evil: Burmese Temple Bells, a Missing Explorer and a Deadly Cult Aug 18, 2024

Temple bells draw a man searching for his missing friend toward a forbidden ruin in Burma. Stephen Loring follows the explorer’s last known route, guided by Mung Ba and warned about the power of the evil eye. Unknown Broadcast presents “The Eye of Evil,” an Escape adventure in which a jungle expedition becomes a test of fear, obsession and belief. A deserted hut, troubling discoveries and the sound of bells at night leave Loring uncertain whom to trust. This vintage radio mystery brings him closer to his friend—and to the dangerous fascination that made him disappear.
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Four Murder and Revenge Horror Stories — Blood Rage, Cannibals & Obsession Aug 16, 2024

Four horror stories bring murderous appetites uncomfortably close to home. “Blood Rage” by Rob Fields, “The Dinner Guests” by Shane Migliavacca, “The Fall of Man” by David O’Hanlon and “Deb Debbie Deborah” by Migliavacca explore revenge, dangerous encounters and obsession. Narrated by Henrique Couto, this collection includes cannibal killers and supernatural bloodlust alongside human cruelty. These are people who can look like a neighbor, a lover or a welcome guest—until the ordinary encounter takes a lethal turn. Nearly two hours of murder fiction and unnerving reversals.
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Twenty-Two Minutes: A Ghostly Lumberjack & a Countdown to Survival Aug 14, 2024

A ghostly lumberjack is hunting Laura, and the 911 dispatcher says help is twenty-two minutes away. In Bruce Haney’s “Twenty-Two Minutes,” a proposal hike has already ended in bloodshed. Now Laura is hiding in a remote ranger station while an axe strikes the trees outside. Bear spray cannot stop an apparition, the trailer offers little protection, and every question costs time. This Pacific Northwest ghost story combines wilderness survival, grim humor and an emergency call that may outlast its caller. How do you hold off something you cannot hurt?
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Terrifying & True | Bermuda Triangle: Flight 19, USS Cyclops & the Facts Behind the Legend Aug 12, 2024

Flight 19 and the USS Cyclops helped turn the Bermuda Triangle into a legend of vanished ships and aircraft. Terrifying & True revisits the losses, the stories built around them and explanations involving weather, navigation and the difficulty of searching open water. The episode follows how separate maritime mysteries became one supposed paranormal zone, while distinguishing unresolved evidence from claims of aliens or impossible forces. Why does this stretch of ocean remain so powerful in the imagination, even when the legend outruns the record? We're telling that story tonight.
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Unknown Broadcast | Strange Passenger — A Hitchhiker Who Won’t Stay Behind Aug 11, 2024

A lonely highway offers John Thompson a chance to leave New York behind—until he picks up a woman who seems to know him. She calls him Johnny, asks for “Stardust” on the radio and awakens a memory he wants buried. Unknown Broadcast presents “Strange Passenger,” an Inner Sanctum mystery in which a nighttime drive becomes a pursuit through guilt and disbelief. The stranger will not stay where John leaves her, and every mile makes escape feel less possible. This supernatural road story follows a man discovering that distance is a poor defense against the past.
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Do You Even Movie? | I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997): Hook-Wielding Summer Slasher Aug 09, 2024

A concealed seaside accident returns as a hook-wielding threat in “I Know What You Did Last Summer” (1997). Henrique Couto and David Denoyer revisit Jim Gillespie’s slasher with Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr. They discuss its tension, the post-“Scream” horror boom and the sequels that followed, before David weighs in on enjoying movies without losing the fun. Do You Even Movie? closes its summer-favorites run with full spoilers for a story of friendship, guilt and a secret that refuses to stay buried.
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Camping Alone Can Be Terrifying, Especially When Something’s Hunting You! Aug 07, 2024

Screams in the forest ruin a solo camping trip before the narrator ever sees what made them. In Michael Kelso’s “Camping Alone Can Be Terrifying, Especially When Something’s Hunting You!”, an abandoned fire and a bloodied trail lead toward an antlered creature that even a bear cannot easily stop. This wilderness horror story follows a camper whose familiar gear offers little comfort against an unfamiliar predator. Reaching the trailhead suddenly matters more than reaching the campsite.
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Terrifying & True | The Watcher House: 657 Boulevard, Anonymous Letters & an Unsolved Stalker Aug 05, 2024

The Watcher’s letters turned a family’s purchase of 657 Boulevard in Westfield, New Jersey, into a frightening mystery. Terrifying & True follows Derek and Maria Broaddus through messages about their house and children, an investigation and the strain of not knowing who was watching. The episode examines the real case behind the Netflix dramatization, including competing suspicions and the limits of the evidence. A dream home became a place the family could not comfortably enter. Who wrote the letters—and what did they want from the people inside? We're telling that story tonight.
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Unknown Broadcast | At the Point of the Needle: Heat Wave, Beach Feud and a Marriage Pushed to Murder Aug 04, 2024

A beach vacation turns into a bitter territorial feud during an oppressive heat wave. Myra Pettit wants the public sand outside her rented cottage kept private, and George must endure her demands, the neighbors’ resistance and an escalating battle of phonograph records. Unknown Broadcast presents “At the Point of the Needle,” a Suspense drama by Joseph Cochran, starring Betty Garde and Walter Kinsella. This domestic crime story finds menace in ordinary grievances, wounded pride and a marriage worn thin. The weather will eventually break. George may reach his limit first.
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Portals — The Complete Strickfield Vampire-Apocalypse Saga Aug 02, 2024

Six friends land on an alternate Earth where vampires rule and Strickfield’s familiar faces have become enemies. Rob Fields’s complete five-part “Portals” saga follows Arial Mirren, the Donnerly cousins and their allies through endless night, hidden powers and a nuclear plant used to open doorways between worlds. Stopping the invasion means more than finding a route home: other realities could become feeding grounds next. This feature-length vampire apocalypse blends dark fantasy, witchcraft and monster-fighting action into one continuous Strickfield adventure.
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Portals Part 5 of 5 — Arial’s Final Battle Against Vampire Earth Jul 31, 2024

The final fight for vampire Earth becomes personal for Arial Mirren as her friends struggle to destroy the portal machinery and reach home. Rob Fields’s “Portals: Part 5” concludes the Strickfield saga inside a nuclear plant where every member of the team has a part to play. Vampire doubles, supernatural powers and a reactor countdown turn the escape plan into a race against catastrophe. Start with Part 1 for the full story, then return for this dark-fantasy finale. Can the team close the doors between worlds without trapping themselves on the wrong side?
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Monthly Spooky | Talking Dolls, Demon Voices and Sleep Paralysis! Jul 29, 2024

Sleep paralysis leaves you awake, unable to move and sensing someone nearby. Henrique Couto and Michelle share their own experiences in Monthly Spooky’s July 2024 conversation, exploring the fear behind the Old Hag legend. Strange news includes a psychic’s claim about a Princess Diana doll, Chicago’s “rat hole” and ghost stories at Dorset’s Knowlton Church. Personal nightmares meet paranormal headlines as the hosts ask why a bedroom can feel haunted before you are fully awake.
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Unknown Broadcast | The Dream — Insomnia and a Recurring Nightmare from Lights Out Jul 28, 2024

Claire Collins is exhausted, but she is terrified to fall asleep. The same nightmare keeps bringing her to a house, a little boy and a question she cannot bear to answer. Unknown Broadcast presents Arch Oboler’s “The Dream,” a Lights Out psychological horror drama about insomnia, jealousy and a memory that will not remain hidden. Her husband wants a doctor to help; Claire wants a way to rest without returning to that room. This vintage radio nightmare makes sleep itself the threat, following a woman whose waking silence is no protection from what waits behind her closed eyes.
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Do You Even Movie? | Monster Man (2003): Road-Trip Monster-Truck Horror Jul 26, 2024

Two friends and a hitchhiker find themselves hunted by a monstrous driver in a giant truck in “Monster Man” (2003). Henrique Couto and David Denoyer revisit Michael Davis’s road-trip horror comedy, starring Eric Jungmann, Justin Urich and Michael Bailey Smith. They discuss its outrageous stunts, gruesome humor, straight-to-video appeal and memories of catching it on Showtime, with road-trip stories of their own. Do You Even Movie? takes a full-spoiler ride through an early-2000s creature feature where the vehicle is almost as alarming as the man behind the wheel.
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Portals Part 4 of 5 — The Team Attacks a Vampire Nuclear Plant Jul 24, 2024

The Strickfield Nuclear Power Plant becomes a battleground as Arial Mirren and her friends fight Mayor Gunter’s vampires. In Rob Fields’s “Portals: Part 4,” breaking out of captivity is only the start: the team must stop the machinery that lets this undead Earth raid other worlds. Arial’s emerging powers, Bella’s speed and the Donnerly cousins’ inventions give them a chance, but their first attack may not be enough. Vampire horror and dark-fantasy action drive the penultimate chapter toward a dangerous decision. Begin with Part 1 to follow the complete saga.
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Terrifying & True | Sleep Paralysis: Shadow People, the Old Hag & the Science of REM Sleep Jul 22, 2024

Awake, unable to move and certain someone is beside the bed: sleep paralysis can make a familiar room feel threatening. Terrifying & True explores the overlap between waking awareness and REM sleep, alongside accounts of shadow people, chest pressure and the figure known as the Old Hag. The episode places frightening experiences beside the folklore used to explain them, without treating a sensed presence as proof of a supernatural visitor. Why do these waking nightmares feel so physical—and why do similar figures appear in stories across cultures? We're telling that story tonight.
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Unknown Broadcast | Deadline for Death — A Dead Gangster’s Promise and a Witness in Hiding Jul 21, 2024

A condemned gangster promises that the witness who betrayed him will die within a month of his execution. Sam Rogers knows Johnny Promise’s reputation and hides in a hotel, watching the calendar and suspecting every visitor. Unknown Broadcast presents “Deadline for Death,” a CBS Radio Mystery Theater thriller about a threat that seems to survive its maker. A barber’s razor, a new lock and footsteps outside the room turn daily routines into possible assassination attempts. Can Sam outlast the deadline, or has waiting behind a locked door become another kind of trap?
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Beloved Physician by Edgar Allan Poe — A Surviving Poem Fragment for Marie Louise Shew Jul 19, 2024

Edgar Allan Poe’s “Beloved Physician” survives as a fragment honoring the tireless care of Marie Louise Shew. Its brief lines linger on an unsteady pulse, devotion through long hours and the exhaustion of someone who keeps giving. Henrique Couto pairs the reading with a childhood memory of discovering Poe at his school library and carrying that new fascination into a gathering storm. This short literary episode offers a quieter corner of Poe’s work: gratitude, vulnerability and the presence of a caregiver, rather than the machinery of a conventional horror tale.
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Portals Part 3 of 5 — The Dracula Curse That Created Vampire Earth Jul 17, 2024

How did an entire Earth fall to vampires? Imprisoned beneath Strickfield’s nuclear plant, Arial Mirren and her friends begin to learn the answer. Rob Fields’s “Portals: Part 3” follows Mayor Patrick Gunter’s pursuit of power toward the haunted Carnovasch Estate and a forbidden connection to Dracula. The revelations explain why the captives’ own world is at risk—and why escape alone will not end the threat. This middle chapter blends vampire mythology, political ambition and alternate-world horror. Start with Part 1 before entering the darkest history of vampire Strickfield.
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Terrifying & True | The Shrink Next Door: Marty Markowitz & Dr. Isaac Herschkopf Jul 16, 2024

Marty Markowitz sought a psychiatrist’s help, then found Isaac “Ike” Herschkopf occupying more and more of his life. Terrifying & True examines the real story behind “The Shrink Next Door,” following a relationship that crossed from therapy into control over family ties, money, work and a home. The episode explores isolation, professional authority and the difficult process of recognizing manipulation by someone trusted to provide care. How can years of small concessions leave a person feeling like a guest in his own life—and what does it take to reclaim it? We're telling that story tonight.
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Unknown Broadcast | The Boiling Sea: An Undersea Volcano Traps a Wartime Cargo Ship in the Pacific Jul 14, 2024

A cargo ship crossing the wartime Pacific encounters a threat rising from beneath the sea. Strange heat and violent water herald an undersea eruption, leaving the crew surrounded by steam, volcanic debris and an ocean too dangerous to enter. Unknown Broadcast presents Vincent McHugh’s “The Boiling Sea,” an Escape adventure that turns geological catastrophe into maritime survival suspense. Staying aboard may be their only chance, but the vessel must withstand conditions no ordinary voyage prepares them for. There is no safe shore in sight, and the water itself has become the enemy.
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To My Mother by Edgar Allan Poe: Maria Clemm, Virginia & Love Beyond Death Jul 12, 2024

Love for a mother-in-law becomes a tribute to a lost wife in Edgar Allan Poe’s “To My Mother.” Addressed to Maria Clemm, the poem honors the woman who was both Poe’s aunt and Virginia’s mother. Its intimate argument gives the word “mother” a meaning shaped by devotion, care and the person they both loved. This brief spoken-word reading reveals tenderness beneath Poe’s familiar association with terror, inviting listeners into a poem about family and love that survives bereavement. A quiet literary interlude for anyone drawn to the emotional life behind the Gothic stories.
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Portals Part 2 of 5 — A Rescue Mission Across Vampire Strickfield Jul 10, 2024

A giant vampire bat has carried Arial Mirren into the night, and her friends must reach her across the rooftops of an undead Strickfield. Rob Fields’s “Portals: Part 2” turns a rescue into a larger mission: find what is opening the doors between worlds before more people are taken as food. Bella Taibon, Felicia Mirren and the others bring very different abilities to a town where the mayor commands an army of vampires. This dark-fantasy chapter expands the team’s fight beyond survival toward the source of the invasion. Begin with Part 1 for the full adventure.
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Terrifying & True | Champ: Lake Champlain Monster Sightings, Evidence & Explanations Jul 08, 2024

What are people seeing beneath Lake Champlain? Terrifying & True explores Champ, the lake-monster legend built from witness accounts, photographs and generations of local storytelling. The episode revisits Sandra Mansi’s famous image, disputed historical claims and possible explanations involving familiar animals and the changing appearance of open water. Regional folklore and cryptid curiosity meet a question that a distant shape cannot easily answer. Is Champ an unknown creature, a series of misidentifications, or a legend that changes how people look at the lake? We're telling that story tonight.
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Unknown Broadcast | Haunted Cell: A Death-Row Ghost and a Christmas Eve Electric Chair Jul 07, 2024

A prisoner is placed in a cell once occupied by an executed killer—and hears its former occupant speak. Max Young has more to fear than the police when Skeeter Dempsey begins describing what waits in the electric chair. Unknown Broadcast presents “Haunted Cell,” a Lights Out prison ghost story about confession, coercion and the dread of a sentence drawing closer. As Christmas Eve approaches, a voice from the dark becomes Max’s most persistent companion. This grim vintage radio tale turns a locked cell into a place where even death may not bring an end to the conversation.
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Summer Scares — Six Werewolf, Summer Camp, Roadside & Zombie Horror Stories Jul 05, 2024

Six summer horror stories turn camps, highways and small towns into dangerous places. Includes “The Wolf of Fagan County” by David O’Hanlon; “The Lady in the Germ Box” by Killian Crane; “The Devil Knows Three Chords” by John Oak Dalton; “The Rest Area” and “New Awakenings” by Rob Fields; and “Wilson Road” by Charles Campbell. Narrated by Henrique Couto, this more-than-two-hour collection brings werewolves, cruel wishes, roadside killers and zombies into the heat. From a bluegrass bargain to a lonely stretch of road, summer offers plenty of ways to get lost.
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Portals Part 1 of 5 — Six Friends Trapped in a Vampire Strickfield Jul 03, 2024

A supernatural storm drops six friends into an alternate Strickfield where the sun no longer rises and vampires fill the streets. Rob Fields’s “Portals: Part 1” begins a five-part dark-fantasy adventure with Arial Mirren, Madelyne Donnerly and their allies discovering how dangerous familiar faces can become in another world. A trip back from the mall turns into a struggle against an undead town, forcing hidden abilities into the open. This vampire-apocalypse story opens the door to a wider threat: if the friends could cross into this reality, something else may cross back.
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Terrifying & True | Rodney Alcala: The Dating Game Killer, His Victims & Hidden Photographs Jul 01, 2024

Rodney Alcala appeared on “The Dating Game” while hiding a history of sexual violence and murder. Terrifying & True follows the killer’s television appearance, the investigation into Robin Samsoe’s death and the evidence linking him to other victims. Photographs recovered from Alcala raise questions beyond the crimes proved in court, as investigators sought to identify the people pictured. The episode examines the distance between a charming public image and the violence concealed behind it. How many stories were still hidden in the photographs he left behind? We're telling that story tonight.
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Unknown Broadcast | The Dead Walk at Night: A Blind Uncle’s Cane Returns after Murder Jun 30, 2024

Danny expects an inheritance to solve his problems once the blind uncle who controls it is gone. Then the familiar tap of the dead man’s cane begins again. Unknown Broadcast presents “The Dead Walk at Night,” an Inner Sanctum mystery about greed, a hidden romance and the sound a murderer cannot bear to hear. The house offers no escape from the rhythm that once announced his uncle’s arrival. Is someone using Danny’s guilt against him, or has the man he killed returned? This vintage radio thriller builds its haunting one approaching footstep at a time.
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Do You Even Movie? | The Raven (1963): Vincent Price and Roger Corman’s Gothic Comedy Jun 28, 2024

Vincent Price, Peter Lorre and Boris Karloff turn sorcery into Gothic comedy in Roger Corman’s “The Raven” (1963). Henrique Couto and David Denoyer close their Corman tribute with a spell-casting rivalry, a transformed magician and an early Jack Nicholson appearance. They discuss the AIP Poe cycle, “The Terror,” their first encounters with Poe and more Corman films worth exploring. Do You Even Movie? brings full spoilers to a playful castle adventure where a grieving magician receives a visitor with feathers—and a very human complaint.
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Fool’s Hill — A Missing Folklore Writer and an Oregon Folk-Horror Mystery Jun 26, 2024

A missing folklore writer leaves behind a manuscript about an Oregon hill where people vanish. In Bruce Haney’s “Fool’s Hill,” Brenda shares her uncle’s research into century-old witch stories, strange carvings and disappearances near Locust Grove. Newspaper clues lead him from a local legend into woods where someone wants the questions to stop. This found-manuscript horror story blends Pacific Northwest folklore with a missing-person mystery, letting old records and a modern investigation unsettle each other. What happened on the wrong side of Fool’s Hill—and why did her uncle keep going?
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Monthly Spooky | Haunted Hospitals, Imaginary Friends, and False Memories Jun 24, 2024

Haunted hospitals, imaginary friends and the uncertainty of memory lead Monthly Spooky’s June 2024 conversation. Henrique Couto and Michelle explore abandoned places, ghostly visitors and false memories, with a detour into the surprising work of hero rats. Unseen companions and remembered events give the hosts plenty to question as they move between paranormal claims, psychology and strange news. An archive episode for listeners who like their spooky stories with curiosity, conversation and the occasional unexpected animal hero.
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Unknown Broadcast | The Red Forest: Wildfire Survival, a Fugitive Killer and the Road to Missoula Jun 23, 2024

A fugitive gives a woman a ride toward Missoula, only to find the road swallowed by a forest fire. Pressed into an improvised rescue effort, Wally Pindell must face the advancing flames and the consequences of what he is running from. Unknown Broadcast presents “The Red Forest,” an Escape drama written and directed by Anthony Ellis, starring William Conrad and Georgia Ellis. Wildfire survival, a roadside connection and a dangerous confession collide as the group searches for a firebreak. The woods offer no easy exit, and Wally’s past is traveling with him.
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Do You Even Movie? | Slumber Party Massacre (1982): Power-Drill Slasher Jun 21, 2024

A power-drill killer crashes a teenage sleepover in “The Slumber Party Massacre” (1982). Henrique Couto and David Denoyer revisit Amy Holden Jones’s slasher, starring Michele Michaels, Robin Stille and Michael Villella, with Brinke Stevens among its memorable cast. They discuss the production, their affection for the film and collecting the trilogy on physical media. Do You Even Movie?’s Roger Corman tribute continues with full spoilers for the main feature, plus a spoiler-free review of “In a Violent Nature.” Pizza, party plans and neighborhood safety are all on the chopping block.
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The April Fool — A Preview of Rob Fields’s Patreon Slasher Serial Jun 20, 2024

A killer strikes Strickfield every April Fools’ Day, and survivor Ashley Gable fears this year will be her last. This 2024 preview introduces Rob Fields’s Patreon serial “The April Fool,” a holiday slasher mystery in which Detective Chantel Devereux has one day to stop the annual murders. Ashley has already lost people she loves and survived an attack herself. Now the killer has another chance to finish the job. A short introduction to the longer Strickfield story, rather than the complete serial: can Chantel solve the pattern before the date changes and the murderer disappears for another year?
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I Used to Work in a Fire Tower with a Strange Set of Rules Part 2 — The Black-Line Patrol Jun 19, 2024

The warehouse’s painted patrol routes are supposed to keep the night guard alive. In Michael Kelso’s “I Used to Work in a Fire Tower with a Strange Set of Rules: Part 2,” a trail of blood draws him toward the forbidden black line. Impossible rooms and creatures behind locked doors make every instruction suspect. This strange-rules horror finale continues the former ranger’s first night in a workplace where an ordinary wrong turn can change reality. Start with Part 1 before taking this patrol.
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Terrifying & True | Jinn & Djinn: Islamic Tradition, Arab Folklore & Dark Encounter Stories Jun 17, 2024

Jinn belong to a world of belief and storytelling far wider than the wish-granting genie. Terrifying & True explores Islamic tradition, Arab folklore and encounter accounts involving unseen beings, shape-shifting and possession. The episode considers how stories change across cultures and how spiritual explanations intersect with frightening personal experiences. Religious teachings, folktales and testimony are approached as distinct kinds of accounts, rather than proof of a supernatural attack. What lies behind the familiar image of the spirit in the lamp? We're telling that story tonight.
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Unknown Broadcast | The Murders in the Rue Morgue: Edgar Allan Poe’s Locked-Room Detective Mystery Jun 16, 2024

Two deaths in a locked Paris apartment leave witnesses disagreeing about the voices they heard. C. Auguste Dupin sees a puzzle where everyone else sees an impossibility. Unknown Broadcast presents “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” adapted from Edgar Allan Poe by George Lowther for CBS Radio Mystery Theater, starring Paul Hecht. A young gendarme seeks Dupin’s help with sealed windows, brutal violence and an escape route that appears not to exist. This classic detective mystery blends Gothic horror with close observation: the strangest evidence may be the clue everyone is interpreting incorrectly.
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Do You Even Movie? | Roger Corman’s Frankenstein Unbound (1990): Time-Travel Gothic Horror Jun 14, 2024

A scientist from 2031 arrives in a world shared by Victor Frankenstein, his creature and Mary Shelley in “Frankenstein Unbound” (1990). Henrique Couto and David Denoyer discuss Roger Corman’s return to directing, with John Hurt, Raul Julia and Nick Brimble bringing the collision of science fiction and Gothic horror to life. They consider its unusual take on the Frankenstein myth, Corman’s long directing hiatus and the film’s place among his less familiar work. Do You Even Movie? continues its Corman tribute with full spoilers for a time-travel experiment gone terribly wrong.
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I Used to Work in a Fire Tower with a Strange Set of Rules Part 1 — The Warehouse Night Shift Jun 12, 2024

A former fire-tower ranger takes a warehouse security job with an unusual rule sheet: follow the colored lines, keep to the schedule and leave certain doors alone. Michael Kelso’s “I Used to Work in a Fire Tower with a Strange Set of Rules: Part 1” begins a night shift where the building itself can become a trap. A missing supervisor and something inside a glowing container make the instructions harder to dismiss. This two-part workplace horror starts far from the ranger’s old tower.
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Terrifying & True | Jasmine Richardson & Jeremy Steinke: The Medicine Hat Family Murders Jun 10, 2024

The Richardson family murders began with an alarming relationship between a twelve-year-old and an adult man. Terrifying & True examines the 2006 killings in Medicine Hat, Alberta, and the roles of Jasmine Richardson and Jeremy Steinke. Messages, family conflict and separate trials form the center of a case often overshadowed by Steinke’s werewolf claims. The episode treats that persona as part of the story, not a supernatural explanation, while considering accountability and the difficult question of rehabilitation. How did violent fantasy become a plan to kill? We're telling that story tonight.
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Unknown Broadcast | The Bullet: Ida Lupino, an Unloaded Gun and Domestic Terror Jun 09, 2024

Ida Lupino plays a wife terrorized by a husband who points an empty pistol at her and promises that one day it will fire. In “The Bullet,” Ruth Martin’s success running their business becomes another source of Harry’s resentment when he returns from prison. Unknown Broadcast presents this Suspense drama by Larry Marcus, with Elliott Lewis opposite Lupino. Jealousy, control and a threat others fail to take seriously drive a domestic thriller toward a dangerous confrontation. The gun may be unloaded, but Ruth has no reason to feel safe when Harry begins counting to three.
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Do You Even Movie? | Humanoids from the Deep (1980): Roger Corman’s Sea-Monster Horror Jun 07, 2024

Sea monsters attack a California fishing town in “Humanoids from the Deep” (1980), the opening pick for Do You Even Movie?’s Roger Corman tribute. Henrique Couto and David Denoyer discuss Barbara Peeters’s creature feature, its controversial production and Corman’s exploitation legacy. Doug McClure, Ann Turkel and Vic Morrow face a coastal nightmare where the creatures’ intentions make the violence especially disturbing. David’s birthday selection comes with full spoilers and discussion of sexual assault, child deaths and animal deaths.
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Cesspool: A Love Story — A Swimming Pool Monster Turns Summer Deadly Jun 05, 2024

Swimming pools become feeding grounds in David O’Hanlon’s “Cesspool: A Love Story.” Pool cleaner Andre expects summer work and a chance with Lila, but a coworker’s death points toward something moving through the water beneath Barrister Bend. As a tentacled predator reaches the neighborhood pools, a backyard party becomes the worst place to gather. This gory aquatic creature feature mixes teenage comedy, romance and a race to get out of the water. Andre knows how to clean a pool. Nothing in the job prepared him for what has started using it to hunt.
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Terrifying & True | Oak Island Money Pit: Treasure Hunters, Flood Tunnels & Natural Sinkholes Jun 03, 2024

Oak Island’s Money Pit has kept treasure hunters digging through flooded shafts, disputed clues and increasingly elaborate theories. Terrifying & True explores the Nova Scotia mystery, from the popular story of the first discovery to searches for pirate treasure and the idea of engineered flood tunnels. The episode weighs those claims against natural explanations and the long human cost of pursuing something no one can clearly identify. Each excavation adds another layer to the island’s story. Is there a hidden fortune below—or a mystery sustained by the search itself? We're telling that story tonight.
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Unknown Broadcast | No Rest for the Dead — A Doctor’s Death and Calls from a Corpse Jun 02, 2024

A doctor’s death draws Grace Denning into a mystery involving her father’s medical-research agreement and a caller who should already be dead. Unknown Broadcast presents “No Rest for the Dead,” an Inner Sanctum drama in which a missing letter opener, a medical-school corpse and suspicious visitors complicate an apparent accident. Grace follows the clues from a funeral home toward a darkened office, unsure whether she is being helped or manipulated. This vintage murder mystery gives the familiar question of who benefits a stranger companion: who is making those telephone calls?
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Murder Mansion — Escape-Room Detective Bethany Martinson Trapped in Grimm Manor May 31, 2024

An escape-room expert seeks shelter from a July storm and finds a mansion full of puzzles that can kill. Rob Fields’s complete four-part “Murder Mansion” traps Bethany Martinson inside Grimm Manor with rival detectives, a hidden fortune and rooms designed to punish the curious. When death interrupts the household, her talent for solving games becomes a very practical survival skill. This feature-length Strickfield mystery blends haunted-house horror with locked-room suspense. Bethany has beaten difficult escape rooms before. This one offers no comfortable way to quit.
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Sin: Laney Listor’s Blood Ritual to Free the Demon Goddess Hellweaver May 29, 2024

A hidden book offers a violent runaway a new scripture—and a demon goddess willing to answer. In Rob Fields’s “Sin,” Laney Listor uses Strickfield Academy as a refuge until an occult discovery draws her toward Hellweaver, imprisoned in the realm of Perdition. The promise of power comes with rituals that demand far more than belief. This explicit supernatural horror story explores devotion, corrupted authority and the making of a dangerous new figure in the Strickfield universe. Laney already knows how to hurt people. What might she become with something monstrous guiding her?
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Monthly Spooky | Haunted Highways, Killer Worms and Haunted Apartments! May 27, 2024

America’s haunted roads turn an ordinary drive into a tour of roadside legends in Monthly Spooky’s May 2024 conversation. Henrique Couto and Michelle also explore unsettling buildings, haunted apartments and a report involving dangerous worms. Local ghost stories and strange-news claims give the hosts room for curiosity, skepticism and macabre humor as the conversation moves from places people fear to places they still have to live and travel. An archive visit to the crypt with plenty to think about on the drive home.
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Unknown Broadcast | Life Ends at Midnight: A $1,500 Debt, Life Insurance and a Murder Deadline May 26, 2024

Walter Bates needs $1,500 before midnight, but his mother has barely enough to keep the household going. An elderly boarder’s life-insurance policy gives him a terrible idea. Unknown Broadcast presents Robert Tallman’s “Life Ends at Midnight,” a Suspense crime drama starring Fay Bainter, with Tony Barrett as Walter. A family’s financial desperation becomes a race to turn someone else’s death into money. The clock keeps moving while Walter tries to make an impossible deadline seem manageable. This vintage noir story follows a man whose solution may be more dangerous than the debt.
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Do You Even Movie? | Urban Legend (1998): Campus Folklore Slasher May 24, 2024

A campus killer turns urban legends into murder methods in “Urban Legend” (1998). Henrique Couto and David Denoyer revisit Jamie Blanks’s slasher, starring Alicia Witt, Rebecca Gayheart and Jared Leto. They compare favorite folklore, discuss the late-1990s horror boom after “Scream” and celebrate the film’s appeal as a late-night cable discovery. Do You Even Movie? brings full spoilers to Pendleton University, where stories students have laughed off become reasons to check the back seat. Familiar warnings become deadly when someone acts them out.
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I Never Believed the Stories About the Abandoned Mining Town. Until... — A Park Ranger’s Nightmare May 22, 2024

A missing family’s camper leads a Nevada park ranger toward a mining town everyone is told to avoid. Michael Kelso’s “I’m a Park Ranger Who Never Believed the Stories About the Abandoned Mining Town. Until...” follows blood, strange footprints and a cry for help into ruins that are not empty. With his radio failing, the ranger must decide how far to follow the trail. This wilderness creature-horror story turns a search for stranded visitors into a nightmare beneath a forgotten settlement.
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Terrifying & True | Who Put Bella in the Wych Elm? Hagley Wood’s Unidentified Woman May 20, 2024

Who put Bella in the Wych Elm? In 1943, boys exploring Hagley Wood found a woman’s remains inside a hollow tree. Terrifying & True follows the investigation, the graffiti that gave the unidentified victim a name and the theories that grew around the discovery. Wartime espionage and witchcraft enter the story as speculation, while the physical evidence offers a more limited account of what happened. This British true-crime mystery asks how an unknown woman became a local legend without her identity being established. Who was she before the question on the wall? We're telling that story tonight.
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Unknown Broadcast | The Meteorman: A Meteorite Hatches a Hungry Alien in an Astronomer’s Home May 19, 2024

A meteor shower gives astronomer Russell Adams a specimen he cannot resist bringing home. Inside the fallen stone, something soft and living begins to grow. Unknown Broadcast presents Arch Oboler’s “The Meteorman,” a Lights Out science-fiction horror drama that turns a holiday with his wife Diane into an encounter with an alien intelligence. Scientific curiosity soon collides with a visitor whose needs are very different from theirs. More lights cross the sky while the first arrival learns about its hosts. What looks like a discovery may be the beginning of an invasion.
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The Lake by Edgar Allan Poe: Solitude, Terror & a Poisoned Gothic Eden May 17, 2024

A lonely lake becomes a place of beauty and dread in Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Lake.” Black rocks, tall pines and the change from daylight to darkness shape a speaker’s fascination with a landscape others might fear. This brief poetry reading explores solitude, mortality and the strange pleasure of terror, offering a quiet Gothic interlude rather than a conventional ghost story. The water seems to hold both menace and sanctuary. For listeners drawn to Poe’s dark Romantic imagery, the poem asks why a frightening place can sometimes feel more like home than the ordinary world.
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Bigfoot at the Coast: A Pacific Northwest Cryptid Encounter During a Bear Attack May 15, 2024

A coastal camping trip turns into a nighttime rescue when a child disappears into the woods. In Bruce Haney’s “Bigfoot at the Coast,” Tom and his friend Arturo leave beachside routines behind as a bicycle ride leads toward a black bear—and something even larger. This Pacific Northwest cryptid story combines childhood friendship, camping nostalgia and the fear of being far from adult help. Bigfoot may be real, but knowing that does not tell the children what it wants. The next shape to step out of the trees could change the rescue entirely.
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Terrifying & True | Axeman of New Orleans: Unsolved Murders, the Jazz Letter & 1919 Panic May 13, 2024

The Axeman attacks brought fear to New Orleans, and a letter signed with the killer’s name made jazz part of the legend. Terrifying & True follows the 1918–1919 violence, the people targeted and the investigations that failed to establish a definitive culprit. The episode examines the message promising safety to homes playing music, without assuming its author was the murderer. True crime, public panic and newspaper spectacle meet in a story where a city's soundtrack became part of its defense. Who was behind the attacks—and who was exploiting the fear? We're telling that story tonight.
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Unknown Broadcast | Typhoon — Joseph Conrad’s China Seas Survival Drama May 12, 2024

Captain MacWhirr trusts his steamer more than the warnings of bad weather. Then the Nan-Shan enters a China Seas typhoon that puts every judgment to the test. Unknown Broadcast presents “Typhoon,” an Escape adaptation of Joseph Conrad’s maritime story, told through the eyes of chief mate Jukes. Passengers struggle below deck while the crew fights wind, water and failing order above. This vintage survival drama turns a captain’s apparent stubbornness into the central question: is his refusal to panic the thing that endangered them, or the thing that might bring them through?
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Never Bet the Devil Your Head — Edgar Allan Poe’s Supernatural Satire May 10, 2024

Toby Dammit cannot resist a wager, even when his favorite expression puts his own head on the line. Edgar Allan Poe’s “Never Bet the Devil Your Head” follows a boastful man toward a covered bridge, a mysterious stranger and a challenge that should have been declined. This complete reading mixes supernatural horror with grotesque comedy and a satire of stories expected to teach a moral lesson. Poe gives a casual turn of phrase an alarming literal possibility. For Toby, talking big has always come easily. Paying up may prove rather more difficult.
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First Date: Arial Mirren, Carter Cross & the Ghosts of Carnovasch Estate May 08, 2024

A first date takes an unexpected turn when Arial Mirren and Carter Cross encounter a child ghost at Carnovasch Estate. In Rob Fields’s “First Date,” two longtime rivals explore a new attraction while an abandoned mansion pulls them into an older mystery. A family portrait and a sealed space beneath the house suggest the apparition wants more than company. This Strickfield ghost story combines teenage romance with haunted-house discovery, giving Arial and Carter something more unsettling than an awkward evening to face. Their relationship is changing, but the estate’s past has not been laid to rest.
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Terrifying & True | Poltergeist Curse: Heather O’Rourke, Dominique Dunne & the Film Tragedies May 06, 2024

The “Poltergeist curse” grew around real tragedies affecting a famous horror franchise. Terrifying & True examines the deaths of Heather O’Rourke, Dominique Dunne, Julian Beck and Will Sampson, alongside the production stories that helped build the legend. The episode distinguishes documented circumstances from supernatural speculation, keeping the actors behind the screen characters in view. A haunted-house movie became the center of a different kind of ghost story told by its audience. Why do unrelated losses become so compelling when people arrange them into a curse? We're telling that story tonight.
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Unknown Broadcast | Knock at the Door: A Murdered Mother-in-Law Returns from the Basement Well May 05, 2024

Ella wants a home of her own, but marriage means living under her mother-in-law’s control. Resentment leads her toward the well beneath the basement—and a crime that does not bring the freedom she expected. Unknown Broadcast presents Arch Oboler’s “Knock at the Door,” a Lights Out story of jealousy, guilt and a sound that will not stay outside. The new household seems settled until someone starts knocking. This claustrophobic supernatural drama follows a woman who thought removing one person would solve everything, only to discover how difficult it can be to keep the dead out.
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Five Tales of Ancient Evil: Ol’ Bones, The God Tongue & Other Dark Legends May 03, 2024

Five horror stories uncover powers far older than the people who disturb them. Includes “Ol’ Bones” by Joe Solmo; “The Last Days of Jimmy Flavor” and “Careful What You Wish” by David O’Hanlon; “The God Tongue” by Dan Wilder; and “The Chain of Time” by Killian Crane. Narrated by Henrique Couto, this more-than-two-hour collection moves through forbidden woods, occult crime, living scripture, a sinister fairy tale and wishes with hidden costs. Ancient monsters, dangerous books and cruel bargains connect five distinct encounters with things that were never waiting to be understood.
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The Creature from Richardson’s Lake — No Swimming After Sundown May 01, 2024

Richardson’s Lake has one rule: no swimming after sundown. Four teenagers ignore it, bringing beer and floats through a broken fence for a private summer adventure. Charles Campbell’s “The Creature from Richardson’s Lake” sends them into dark water where something with gills and claws is already feeding. The shore suddenly looks much farther away. This Southern aquatic horror story turns a familiar swimming hole into a creature-feature trap, with trespassers discovering why the daytime attraction closes so promptly. A moonlit swim is a poor time to learn what lives beyond the ropes.
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Monthly Spooky | Champ, a Bigfoot Murder Claim & Cicada Salad Apr 29, 2024

Champ, the Lake Champlain monster, brings cryptid sightings and disputed evidence to Monthly Spooky’s April 2024 conversation. Henrique Couto and Michelle also discuss an Oklahoma murder case involving a bizarre claim about feeding someone to Bigfoot, ghostly intruder reports and a New Orleans restaurant serving cicada salad. From shapes beneath the water to insects on the menu, the hosts compare unsettling stories with skeptical questions and dark humor. Which would bother you more: the lake or lunch?
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Unknown Broadcast | The Body Snatchers: Grave Robbers, Anatomy Schools and Murder in 1830s England Apr 28, 2024

Grave robbers supply the anatomy schools, but fresh bodies can come from something worse than a cemetery. Unknown Broadcast presents John Dickson Carr’s “The Body Snatchers,” a Suspense mystery set in nineteenth-century England. At Mother Slade’s house near London, an illicit trade in human remains draws a doctor toward a dangerous question about the source of his next specimen. This Gothic crime drama combines the world of resurrection men with a murder puzzle, making medical demand and criminal profit uneasy partners. What happens when a supplier decides digging takes too long?
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Hellweaver: A Dark-Web VR Game Where Player Death Is Real Apr 24, 2024

Winning a dark-web VR match earns money; losing can kill the player outside the game. In Rob Fields’s “Hellweaver,” a ruthless beta tester fights through a ruined virtual Strickfield toward the right to challenge its demon goddess. Her boyfriend Ajaxis has supplied hardware beyond anything sold in stores, and the rewards keep growing with the risk. This explicit techno-horror story combines lethal gaming, cryptocurrency and supernatural ambition. Maxing out her character opens the final challenge—but the rules protecting the boundary between the screen and her home may not be what she thinks.
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Terrifying & True | Somerton Man: Tamám Shud, Carl Webb & Australia’s Enduring Beach Mystery Apr 22, 2024

A body on an Adelaide beach, a scrap reading “Tamám Shud” and a book with mysterious markings made the Somerton Man an enduring Australian mystery. Terrifying & True follows the 1948 discovery and the clues that fueled theories about identity, espionage and death. The episode also considers the genetic-genealogy work that pointed to Carl Webb in 2022, without treating a proposed name as an answer to every question. A scrap meaning “finished” became the beginning of decades of investigation. What brought this man to Somerton Beach—and what happened before he arrived? We're telling that story tonight.
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Unknown Broadcast | The Corpse Laughs: Stolen Identity, a Blind Uncle and a Half-Million-Dollar Safe Apr 21, 2024

A thief takes a dead man’s identity and arrives at a remote estate expecting an easy inheritance. The uncle is blind, the nephew has been absent for years, and a fortune waits in a safe. Unknown Broadcast presents “The Corpse Laughs,” an Inner Sanctum crime mystery in which Gus Miller’s impersonation draws him into a household with secrets of its own. A storm isolates White Oaks while the details of his scheme begin to slip beyond his control. This vintage thriller turns stolen clothes and a borrowed name into a dangerous question: who is really deceiving whom?
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Do You Even Movie? | April Fool’s Day (1986): Island Slasher Mystery Apr 19, 2024

An island weekend becomes a murder mystery in “April Fool’s Day” (1986), Fred Walton’s slasher starring Deborah Foreman, Griffin O’Neal and Thomas F. Wilson. Henrique Couto and David Denoyer discuss the film’s cozy atmosphere, elaborate misdirection and how its famous twist holds up on repeat viewings. Do You Even Movie? brings full spoilers to a gathering where every prank could conceal a threat. The hosts also share a fond farewell to their production manager, Henwolf, making this episode both a horror conversation and a personal remembrance.
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We Were Hunted by Something Terrifying in the Woods — Backwoods Creature Horror Apr 17, 2024

A backwoods camping trip turns into a hunt when an enormous, dog-snouted creature stalks two friends at their clifftop campsite. Michael Kelso’s “We Were Hunted by Something Terrifying in the Woods” follows Adrian and the narrator from a familiar climbing route toward a cave with evidence of earlier victims. The beast knows these woods, and reaching a friend in trouble means entering its territory. This wilderness survival story makes every rope, cliff edge and distant engine sound matter.
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Terrifying & True | The Liquid Matthew Murder: Cryptic Notes & Francisco Patiño Gutiérrez Apr 15, 2024

A real murder and a trail of cryptic notes made “Liquid Matthew” a baffling Florida case. Terrifying & True follows the 1983 discovery of Francisco Patiño Gutiérrez’s body in Hialeah and the rhyming messages that appeared to promise another victim. Detectives pursued a puzzle that seemed designed by a killer, while the man’s own life pointed toward a different investigation. This true-crime episode separates a theatrical clue trail from the homicide behind the headlines. Were the notes a confession, a threat—or a coincidence hiding the real questions? We're telling that story tonight.
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Unknown Broadcast | The Smile: A Giant Face over a Chesapeake Bay Lighthouse Apr 14, 2024

A gigantic smile hangs over a Chesapeake Bay lighthouse, and the writer watching it believes it is draining his life. Bill Fenchurch summons his estranged wife Grace to the isolated refuge, where even his skeptical uncle can see the impossible shape. Unknown Broadcast presents G. Frederick Lewis’s “The Smile,” a CBS Radio Mystery Theater drama of maritime danger and psychological dread. Bill grows weaker while Grace searches for an explanation beyond the lighthouse window. Is the face an omen, an obsession, or something the bay itself can explain?
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Do You Even Movie? | Dead of Winter (1987) Mary Steenburgen, Roddy McDowall Apr 12, 2024

An audition at a snowbound mansion promises a struggling actress her big break in “Dead of Winter” (1987). Instead, the role comes with secrets she may not survive. Henrique Couto and David Denoyer discuss Arthur Penn’s Hitchcock-like thriller, with Mary Steenburgen in three roles alongside Roddy McDowall and Jan Rubes. They discuss its betrayals and escalating threats with full spoilers. Do You Even Movie? turns a cozy winter watch into a conversation about performance, deception and the danger of being cast as someone else.
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The Last Flight Out — A Stranger’s Grief Aboard a Haunted Flight Apr 10, 2024

A stranger’s memories make an ordinary flight feel increasingly impossible in Charles Campbell’s “The Last Flight Out.” Sheila Baker boards Delta Flight 752 from Atlanta to Seattle and meets elderly Otis Thornton, whose family history carries a grief he cannot set down. As turbulence shakes the cabin over the Cascades, his story and the journey begin to converge. This supernatural aviation tale combines the intimacy of a conversation between seatmates with the terror of losing control far above the ground. What has Otis brought aboard that cannot stay in the past?
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Terrifying & True | Good Hart Murders: The Robison Family, Joseph Scolaro & a Case Never Tried Apr 08, 2024

Six members of the Robison family were killed at their Good Hart cottage in 1968, but the case never reached trial. Terrifying & True follows the delayed discovery beside Lake Michigan and the investigation into Richard Robison’s business dealings. Financial questions, firearms evidence and conflicting accounts focused attention on employee Joseph Scolaro III, who was never charged in the family’s deaths. The episode examines the divide between investigators’ confidence and a case that produced no verdict. What kept the evidence from becoming a prosecution? We're telling that story tonight.
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Unknown Broadcast | The Sand Castle — A Beachside Ritual and a Family’s Hidden Grief Apr 07, 2024

A young woman builds the same sandcastle every day, then lets the tide erase it. Retired teacher Jeremy Denham meets Maureen Hart while birdwatching at an island sanctuary and begins to sense the grief behind her ritual. Unknown Broadcast presents Elspeth Eric’s “The Sand Castle,” a CBS Radio Mystery Theater psychological drama about memory, bereavement and a family’s long silence. Shorebirds, a missing flag and a beach remembered from childhood draw Jeremy toward a loss Maureen cannot leave behind. What does rebuilding the castle allow her to keep?
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Old West Horror & Historical Mysteries — Calamity Jane vs. Dracula, Ashland & Poe Apr 05, 2024

Calamity Jane faces Dracula in a collection that crosses historical true crime, Gothic satire and weird Western horror. Five segments include the 1881 Ashland Tragedy, both parts of John Oak Dalton’s “Calamity Jane vs. Dracula,” Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Man That Was Used Up” and Dan Wilder’s “Satan’s Shotgun.” Hear a Kentucky murder investigation, vampires in Deadwood and a gunslinger’s infernal revenge alongside Poe’s unsettling military hero. A two-hour collection pairs frontier monsters with real criminal history and Poe’s grotesque humor.
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Horton’s New Diary — A Cursed Journal Makes Every Wish Real Apr 03, 2024

A bullied teenager discovers that his new diary can rewrite reality in Rob Fields’s “Horton’s New Diary.” Richie Horton wants relief from school torment and a chance at a better life. The journal from Tinker’s delivers, but its answers twist ordinary wishes into obsession and violence. When people around him begin changing, Richie must find a way to stop a story that keeps writing itself into their lives. This Strickfield cursed-object tale turns private teenage fantasies into consequences no one else remembers choosing. Some thoughts are safer left off the page.
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Terrifying & True | Mary Morris Murders: Two Houston Women, Four Days & an Unsolved Mystery Apr 01, 2024

Two Houston-area women named Mary Morris were murdered four days apart in October 2000. Was their shared name a clue or a coincidence? Terrifying & True examines the deaths of Mary Lou Morris and Mary McGinnis Morris, the phone calls surrounding the cases and the theory that a hired killer targeted the wrong woman. That explanation remains unproved, and the episode follows the gaps between suspicion and evidence. Two families lost someone; a memorable theory did not give either of them an answer. What, if anything, connects the murders? We're telling that story tonight.
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Unknown Broadcast | In Fear and Trembling: Mary Astor in a Mansion Mystery of Jealousy and Murder Mar 31, 2024

Mary Astor plays a woman whose nightmares begin to resemble a murder plan in “In Fear and Trembling.” Lucia fears that her husband Gilbert and half-sister Beverly want her dead. A bitter medicine, an absent housekeeper and the isolation of a seaside mansion give every reassurance a darker meaning. Unknown Broadcast presents J. Donald Wilson’s Suspense drama, where jealousy and foreboding make the household difficult to trust. This Gothic crime mystery asks whether Lucia is recognizing a real threat—or whether fear has made the evidence mean something else.
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10 Ghost Stories — Haunted Houses, Restless Spirits & Cursed Technology Mar 29, 2024

Ten ghost stories bring nearly four hours of haunted places, restless spirits and cursed technology. Featured tales include “The Spirit of Langley Pond,” “Lucien Greyshire and the Ghost from Applebee’s,” “The Dead Thing Under the House,” “Ghosts in the Machine” and “Cry Baby Bridge,” alongside five more hauntings. Charles Campbell, L. F. Falconer, David O’Hanlon, Rob Fields, A.N. Onimus, Dennis Freeman, Shane Migliavacca, Joe Solmo and Dan Wilder turn familiar homes, screens and local legends into places where the dead still have unfinished business. Narrated by Henrique Couto.
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Thrifting Fail — A Yard-Sale Bowl Brings a Ghost Home Mar 27, 2024

A one-dollar ceramic bowl follows a couple home from a yard sale—and will not stay where they put it. In Bruce Haney’s “Thrifting Fail,” Sarah and Keith’s search for a vacuum cleaner ends with a strange piece of pottery stamped “Sylvester.” Moving objects become a presence in the bedroom, and research into the missing artist makes their bargain harder to explain. This haunted-object story turns secondhand shopping into domestic dread. Sarah and Keith only wanted something cheap. What do you do when the previous owner seems to have come with it?
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Monthly Spooky | Vanishing Hitchhikers, Bugs in Your Nose, and a Ghostly Love Triangle! Mar 25, 2024

A vanishing hitchhiker, an abandoned asylum and a claimed romance with a ghost lead Monthly Spooky’s March 2024 conversation. Henrique Couto and Michelle explore roadside folklore alongside stranger headlines: an Alabama radio station’s stolen tower and an unsettling report about insects in a nose. A spectral passenger may disappear, but some of these stories are much harder to get out of your head. The hosts bring curiosity and skeptical humor to supernatural love, places people fear and one very physical kind of invasion.
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Unknown Broadcast | I Warn You Three Times — A Vanishing Husband and Suspicions of Witchcraft Mar 24, 2024

A husband disappears from a snowbound car, then returns claiming he never left home. Reporter Fred Peterson thinks Hedy Parsons has handed him an extraordinary story, but her husband warns him that getting close to her is dangerous. Unknown Broadcast presents Sam Dann’s “I Warn You Three Times,” a CBS Radio Mystery Theater drama starring Joan Lorring. Attraction, contradictory accounts and suspicions of witchcraft make a missing-person puzzle increasingly personal. Fred wants the truth. The people offering it may each have a reason to make him believe something else.
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Mortal Eclipse: A Powerless Vampire Faces Two Bloodstone Witches in Strickfield Mar 20, 2024

A solar eclipse gives vampire Bella Taibon a brief taste of mortality—and her enemies a chance to strike. In Rob Fields’s “Mortal Eclipse,” Eileen Donnerly joins Bella above Strickfield to watch the sky darken. Then the Bloodstone witches arrive, transformed and hungry for revenge. Without her usual strength, speed or healing, Bella must rely on training and friendship until her powers return. This vampire survival story turns a celestial spectacle into a countdown, asking how someone who never wanted immortality will fight when she can finally lose it.
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Terrifying & True | The Hinterkaifeck Murders — Six Deaths and Signs the Killer Stayed Mar 18, 2024

Six people died at Germany’s Hinterkaifeck farm in 1922, and signs suggested someone remained there afterward. Terrifying & True examines the isolated household, reports of unexplained activity before the killings and the investigation that followed the discovery. Written by Morgan Moore, this episode distinguishes evidence from the rumors surrounding the attic, footprints and suspects. The crime scene drew crowds, but no conviction brought clarity to the family’s final days. Who approached the farm—and why might the killer have stayed to tend it? We're telling that story tonight.
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Unknown Broadcast | The Tell-Tale Heart — Boris Karloff’s Nightmare of Heightened Hearing Mar 17, 2024

Boris Karloff plays a musician whose restored hearing becomes unbearable in this unusual version of “The Tell-Tale Heart.” Simon’s treatment lets him hear far beyond ordinary limits, while another patient’s sight has been similarly transformed. Unknown Broadcast presents an Inner Sanctum adaptation inspired by Edgar Allan Poe, expanding the familiar story into experimental medicine, jealousy and sensory terror. When sound becomes impossible to escape, even silence offers little comfort. This radio nightmare gives a heartbeat the power to turn a private crime into an accusation.
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Do You Even Movie? | Bad Moon (1996) An Underrated Werewolf Gem Mar 15, 2024

A family dog recognizes a threat the humans cannot see in “Bad Moon” (1996). After a brutal attack, photojournalist Ted moves his trailer beside his sister’s home, but Thor becomes increasingly hostile toward him. Henrique Couto and David Denoyer discuss Eric Red’s werewolf film, starring Mariel Hemingway, Michael Paré and Mason Gamble. They explore its creature effects, family danger and Paré’s career, with a detour into reactions to the 2024 “Crow” reboot. Do You Even Movie? brings full spoilers to a confrontation between a loyal dog and a different beast.
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I Used to Be a Doctor in an Insane Asylum — My Patient Destroyed My World Mar 13, 2024

A psychiatrist knows his patient should never leave the asylum. Then Frederick escapes, bringing the doctor’s professional nightmare into his own home. Michael Kelso’s “I Used to Be a Doctor in an Insane Asylum. My Patient Destroyed My World.” follows a man whose attempts to understand a remorseless killer become a fight for everything he loves. This violent supernatural revenge story crosses institutional horror with a grieving physician’s pursuit of a patient who cannot be reasoned with.
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Terrifying & True | Bill Sparkman — The Census Worker Death Staged to Look Like Murder Mar 11, 2024

Bill Sparkman’s death in a Kentucky cemetery initially looked like an attack on a census worker. Terrifying & True revisits the 2009 investigation, the “FED” marking that fueled speculation and the forensic findings that challenged the first interpretation. Police concluded that Sparkman had staged his suicide to resemble a homicide, a finding some loved ones struggled to accept. This episode examines how an alarming scene became a national political story before the evidence was understood. What happens when the apparent message of a death obscures its cause? We're telling that story tonight.
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Unknown Broadcast | The Old Ones are Hard to Kill: Deathbed Confession and a Dangerous New Boarder Mar 10, 2024

An elderly landlady hears a dying boarder confess to murder—and soon has another tenant asking careful questions. Ada Canby would prefer to stay out of police business, but the confession may free a man who has spent years in prison. Unknown Broadcast presents “The Old Ones Are Hard to Kill,” a CBS Radio Mystery Theater mystery about kindness, curiosity and an underestimated woman. Her new boarder seems charming and helpful. The more he wants to know about the dead man, the less comfortable her own house becomes. Can Ada discover what he wants before he knows what she heard?
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The Sphinx by Edgar Allan Poe — Full Gothic Short Story Audiobook Mar 08, 2024

An epidemic drives a frightened narrator to a cottage beside the Hudson River, where he sees a creature of impossible size. Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Sphinx” turns a quiet retreat into a nightmare of perception: death reports fill the visitor’s thoughts, and a skull-marked shape seems to descend the distant hillside. His host sees reason for a different explanation. This complete Gothic short-story reading explores how isolation and dread can distort what appears directly before our eyes. Is the landscape hiding a monster, or is fear changing the scale of the world?
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Catching a Buzz — A Viral Dare and a Flesh-Eating Fly Infestation Mar 06, 2024

Strange flies swarm Kohler after Halloween, and a reckless candy-snorting dare gives them a way inside. David O’Hanlon’s “Catching a Buzz” follows babysitter Clarrisa Hart and a town facing far more than an ordinary insect problem. Wounds become breeding grounds, animals suffer and a shadowy figure appears wherever the swarm gathers. This parasitic body-horror story combines a viral challenge, gruesome infestation and a possible supernatural plague. Cold weather should bring relief from flies. In Kohler, it may only make them more desperate for somewhere warm.
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Terrifying & True | Junko Furuta — The Kidnapping, Murder, and Sentences That Outraged Japan Mar 04, 2024

Junko Furuta was seventeen when she was abducted in 1988 and held captive for weeks before her murder. Terrifying & True examines the investigation, the failures that left her without help and the juvenile sentences that sparked anger in Japan. Written by Morgan Moore, this episode keeps Junko’s life and the people responsible in view while exploring the case’s lasting impact. The horror extends beyond the perpetrators to the opportunities for intervention that were missed. How did so many chances to help pass without bringing her to safety? We're telling that story tonight.
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Unknown Broadcast | One Hundred in the Dark: A Stolen Sapphire and a Clubroom Test of Trust Mar 03, 2024

A sapphire ring disappears at a supper party, and the hostess offers the thief one hundred counts of darkness to return it. Unknown Broadcast presents Owen Johnson’s “One Hundred in the Dark,” a Suspense adaptation built around an apparently simple social mystery. A clubroom debate about unsolved crimes leads into a gathering where every guest has something to lose by being suspected. No one needs to move very far; everyone has time to listen. This vintage detective puzzle turns a polite attempt to avoid scandal into a test of friendship, pride and trust.
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Horror 421 Interviews Henrique Couto — Weekly Spooky & Independent Filmmaking Mar 01, 2024

How do you keep making horror when the budget is small and the release schedule never stops? Charles Campbell turns the microphone on Weekly Spooky creator Henrique Couto in this Horror 421 interview. Their conversation explores independent filmmaking, podcast production and the work behind bringing scary stories to an audience. Henrique discusses the projects competing for his time and the practical choices that keep them moving. A creator conversation for listeners curious about the voice behind Weekly Spooky and the relationship between making movies and making audio horror.
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Till Death Do Us Part: Whitney Mirren’s Cursed Bouquet & Red Wedding Revenge Feb 28, 2024

A Strickfield wedding becomes a supernatural reckoning when betrayal follows the bride down the aisle. In Rob Fields’s “Till Death Do Us Part,” Whitney Mirren reaches her ceremony with secrets surrounding her fiancé and family. A blood-red bouquet turns vows of devotion into something far harder to escape. This ghost-bride horror story mixes infidelity, possession and a wedding party trapped with the consequences of its own behavior. The flowers are beautiful, the doors are closing, and the promise to stay together may last much longer than anyone intended.
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Monthly Spooky | Valentine's Gifts Gone Wrong, Mothman and Roasted Groundhog! Feb 26, 2024

Mothman shares the crypt with disastrous Valentine’s gifts and some very strange headlines in Monthly Spooky’s February 2024 conversation. Henrique Couto and Michelle explore Point Pleasant’s winged-figure legend, an Alabama mother’s unusual twin delivery and a Florida lawsuit involving an exploding toilet. Romantic expectations, paranormal claims and roasted-groundhog talk give the hosts plenty to question. Cryptid folklore and romantic disasters offer several reasons to be glad your own day was ordinary.
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Unknown Broadcast | The Devil in the Summer House: Impossible Murder, Ghost Letter and Recorded Confession Feb 25, 2024

A letter apparently sent by someone long dead leads an attorney back to a murder concealed for twenty-five years. Unknown Broadcast presents John Dickson Carr’s “The Devil in the Summer House,” a Suspense mystery framed by an abandoned Hudson estate and a storm. Joe Parker and Captain Burke find an old phonograph record promising to explain the shooting once accepted as suicide. A garden, a house full of witnesses and a recorded voice become pieces of an impossible crime. What did everyone hear that afternoon—and what did nobody actually see?
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Terror on Your Radio Dial: Two Boys Contact a Ghost Through an Old Radio Feb 21, 2024

Two boys tune an old radio to a dead man’s voice in Bruce Haney’s “Terror on Your Radio Dial.” In 1992 Boring, Oregon, Josh finds a fellow ghost hunter in Mike, whose family has moved into the notorious Gitter House. A strange greeting through the radio offers the evidence Josh has always wanted. Now the boys plan to record it with a cassette player and a borrowed tape. This haunted-house story turns childhood curiosity and analog static into a dangerous experiment. Some signals are easier to find than to silence once they know you are listening.
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Gloverville: Children Uncover Their Neighbors’ Monstrous Hunger – Best of 2023 Feb 19, 2024

Screams next door draw two children toward the neighbors their grandmother warned them to avoid. Charles Campbell’s “Gloverville” follows Charlie and Niecy in South Carolina just before Halloween 1982. Young Libby sleeps outside while her parents suffer from “the hungries,” and the children want to help her. Mama Lou knows more about that house than she is willing to explain. This Best of 2023 selection mixes Southern creature horror, childhood friendship and a fierce family protector. Good intentions may get the children inside. Getting out is another question.
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Unknown Broadcast | Dear Ghost: A 1921 English House, a War Widow and an Unfinished Message Feb 18, 2024

A young writer rents an ordinary English room in 1921 and begins to dread being left alone. Something seems to follow him down the stairs, while a dead soldier’s photograph holds an unsettling place in the household. Unknown Broadcast presents “Dear Ghost,” a Beyond Midnight drama about a lodger drawn into his landlady’s unresolved grief. The summer heat and quiet rooms offer no obvious reason for his fear. This intimate postwar ghost story asks whether a presence can be threatening without meaning harm—and whether someone living can carry the message it cannot deliver.
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Do You Even Movie? | My Bloody Valentine (1981): Valentine’s Mine-Slasher Classic Feb 16, 2024

A miner-masked killer punishes a town for celebrating Valentine’s Day in “My Bloody Valentine” (1981). Henrique Couto and David Denoyer revisit George Mihalka’s Canadian slasher, starring Lori Hallier and Neil Affleck. They discuss the restored unrated footage, the film’s appeal and details from the novelization as candy boxes and mine tunnels become instruments of fear. Do You Even Movie? brings full spoilers to Valentine Bluffs, where restarting the dance means confronting the warning everyone wanted to forget.
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Slasher: Valentine Screams – A Deadly Horror-Movie Romance Feb 14, 2024

A monster on a horror-movie set is no special effect in Rob Fields’s “Slasher: Valentine Screams.” Scream queen Vickie Valentine and her girlfriend Bethany Mirren return for a feature-length story of filmmaking, queer romance and convention chaos. A Valentine’s broadcast and a movie premiere frame a production where the creature wants more than a role. This third Slasher installment follows performers who know how to fake terror—until the threat refuses to follow the script. Hear the first two stories in “Slashback” for the characters’ earlier adventures.
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Slashback | Slasher Parts 1 & 2 — Independent Filmmaking Turns Deadly Feb 12, 2024

A low-budget horror production attracts violence that no camera trick can explain. This “Slashback” collection brings together the first two installments of Rob Fields’s “Slasher,” following the filmmakers and performers before “Slasher: Valentine Screams.” Scream queen Vickie Valentine enters a world where professional rivalries and manufactured scares offer poor preparation for real danger. Hear the opening chapters in order as movie-set horror, dark humor and bloody suspense turn the pursuit of a finished film into a fight to keep its cast alive.
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Unknown Broadcast | The Man Without a Body — An Invisible Attacker in a Wartime Village Feb 11, 2024

An apparently invisible attacker sends a Suffolk village into panic during wartime. Bells ring in an empty tower, a gramophone plays without an operator and suspicion gathers around a reclusive professor. Unknown Broadcast presents John Dickson Carr’s “The Man Without a Body,” a Suspense mystery starring John Sutton and George Zucco. Reverend Morley and his neighbors struggle to explain disturbances that seem to defy physical laws. This impossible-crime thriller turns fear of an unseen enemy into a village-wide crisis. What is actually moving through the locked rooms?
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3 Bloody Valentine’s Horror Stories — Love, Obsession and Death Feb 09, 2024

Three Valentine’s horror stories make affection feel dangerously unpredictable. Jeff Carpenter’s “A Sunken Heart in Hino Bay” carries forbidden longing toward the sea; Shane Migliavacca’s “Deb Debbie Deborah” entwines bereavement with a disturbing reunion; and his “Be Mine” introduces a secret admirer who wants more than a reply. Narrated by Henrique Couto, this collection moves through dark romance, body horror and obsession. The settings change, but every story asks what love can become when someone refuses to accept its limits. A bloody alternative to a comfortable Valentine’s night.
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Gamble with the Devil: A Fake Mercenary, a Cult Massacre & an Asylum Demon Feb 07, 2024

A would-be mercenary hires a cameraman to film his assault on a cult—and discovers the asylum contains more than human targets. David O’Hanlon’s “Gamble with the Devil” follows videographer Ernie behind Travis Gamble, a heavily armed amateur hoping a violent highlight reel will launch his career. Animal masks, ritual fires and bodies turn the abandoned institution into a nightmare neither man is prepared to document. This found-footage-style horror story mixes paramilitary satire, occult danger and extreme dark comedy. Keeping the camera rolling may be the worst part of the job.
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Unknown Broadcast | Lost Dog: A Doberman, Hypnosis and Domestic Terror Feb 04, 2024

A husband brings home a Doberman knowing his wife is terrified of dogs. Unknown Broadcast presents Henry Slesar’s “Lost Dog,” a CBS Radio Mystery Theater drama starring Kim Hunter. Piano teacher Julia Smollett faces pressure to undergo hypnosis while her student Ronnie notices the bruises she tries to hide. Treatment, jealousy and coercion become difficult to separate inside a household built around fear. This psychological thriller examines what happens when someone uses a phobia as another means of control. Is the dog the greatest danger Julia faces at home?
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Do You Even Movie? | Ravenous (1999) Cannibalism in the Old West! Feb 02, 2024

A starving stranger brings more than a survival story to an isolated frontier fort in “Ravenous” (1999). Henrique Couto and David Denoyer discuss Antonia Bird’s cannibal Western, starring Guy Pearce, Robert Carlyle and Neal McDonough. The Sierra Nevada winter, Wendigo-inspired mythology and the hosts’ first encounters with cannibal movies shape a full-spoiler conversation about hunger and power. Do You Even Movie? closes its winter-favorites run with a film where rescuing a stranger may be the worst decision the soldiers make.
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Homecoming Queen Killer Part 5: Loralee Hardy’s Homecoming from Hell Jan 31, 2024

Homecoming night brings Loralee Hardy’s undead devotion into the open. Rob Fields’s “Homecoming Queen Killer: Part 5” concludes the Shore City slasher serial as Melisande LaPalla reaches a dance already surrounded by threats and rivalries. The girl protecting her has a history no school celebration can safely contain. Queer supernatural romance, revenge and the fight for a crown converge in a finale tied to Strickfield’s Prom from Hell. Start with Part 1 to follow the complete story. Who will still be standing when the new homecoming queen is chosen?
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Monthly Spooky | Something Living in Your Ear, A Ghost Smell and Good Dogs as Heroes Jan 29, 2024

A deer runs through a New Jersey school, a ghost reportedly leaves a smell and something alive turns up in an ear. Henrique Couto and Michelle explore those stories in Monthly Spooky’s January 2024 conversation, with heroic dogs offering relief from the more unsettling headlines. Spider encounters and paranormal claims test which fears are easiest to laugh off—and which stay with you after the story ends. The crypt takes a tour through animal chaos, unusual medical reports and hauntings that appeal to a less familiar sense.
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Unknown Broadcast | Four Time Loser: A Reformed Criminal’s Past Returns with a Price Jan 28, 2024

An escaped convict has built a respectable life, but an old cellmate knows the name he left behind. Unknown Broadcast presents “Four Time Loser,” a Masters of Mystery crime drama about blackmail and the limits of starting over. George has a career and plans to marry Elaine; Matt Howard wants money, then an alibi for something much worse. Protecting the new life may mean becoming trapped in another crime. This vintage noir story follows a reformed man whose past gives someone else control of his future. How much can he concede before there is nothing left to save?
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Homecoming Queen Killer Part 4: A Love Triangle, a Dinner Ambush & Murder at the Dance Jan 24, 2024

A proposed three-person date makes homecoming more complicated—and more dangerous. Rob Fields’s “Homecoming Queen Killer: Part 4” follows Melisande LaPalla after her school suspension is overturned. She wants a future with both Loralee and Razor, but jealousy, violent rivals and evidence from a cemetery threaten the arrangement. The Shore City supernatural slasher serial moves toward the dance with a dinner celebration that offers little safety. Begin with Part 1 for the full story. Can Melisande trust the people closest to her when protection looks so much like possession?
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Unknown Broadcast | The Hitchhiker: Orson Welles’ Cross-Country Road Nightmare Jan 21, 2024

The same hitchhiker waits ahead of Ronald Adams from New York to the desert Southwest, no matter how fast he drives. Unknown Broadcast presents Lucille Fletcher’s “The Hitchhiker,” the classic Suspense thriller starring Orson Welles. A journey toward California becomes a struggle to explain a stranger who crosses impossible distances and seems invisible to everyone else. Ronald tries to outrun him, confront him and find someone who will believe him. This old-time radio ghost story makes an open highway feel like a trap. What could the silent traveler want so far from home?
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Homecoming Queen Killer Part 3: Loralee’s Secret, Cemetery Evidence & a Murder Plot Jan 17, 2024

A cemetery visit threatens to expose Loralee Hardy while homecoming rivals arrange an attack. In Rob Fields’s “Homecoming Queen Killer: Part 3,” Loralee’s relationship with Melisande deepens just as Razor reveals feelings of his own. Debra Leighman recognizes someone who should be dead, and Reese Clairborne plans to settle the contest outside school. This Shore City chapter combines queer supernatural romance, jealousy and a slasher mystery with more than one possible source of violence. Start with Part 1 before following the clues to an empty grave.
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Prom Night of the Dead: Complete Strickfield Ghost-Slasher Miniseries | Best of 2023 Jan 15, 2024

A murdered prom favorite appears again, and Strickfield’s summer school becomes a place of unfinished business. Rob Fields’s complete four-part “Prom Night of the Dead” follows the aftermath of the Prom from Hell massacre. Lillian Johanssen’s body is missing, students are hiding dangerous secrets and a haunted-house attraction brings the past uncomfortably close. This feature-length Best of 2023 selection blends a ghost story with a high-school slasher mystery. Someone is preparing another dance, but surviving students may not be the guests it was designed for.
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Unknown Broadcast | The Judas Clock: Cleopatra’s Cursed Machine and a 30-Year Revenge Jan 14, 2024

A clockmaker recognizes the antique that killed his father thirty years earlier. Unknown Broadcast presents “The Judas Clock,” an Inner Sanctum mystery starring Berry Kroeger and Lawson Zerbe. Sebastian Packer has carried its strange gold coins since childhood; now Cleopatra’s Clock stands in another man’s home, offering a possible route to the revenge he has never abandoned. Egyptian imagery, a hidden mechanism and a dangerous inheritance turn a repair visit into something far more personal. What has Sebastian found: a cursed machine, an old enemy, or both?
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The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe: A Snowbound Cabin Reading from Weekly Spooky Jan 12, 2024

Snow surrounds Henrique Couto’s cabin as he reads Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven.” Inside the poem, a grieving narrator tries to lose himself in books until a tapping sound brings an unexpected midnight visitor. The bird offers a single word, but each question makes its answer harder to bear. This complete Gothic poetry reading pairs a winter fireside atmosphere with Poe’s portrait of mourning, memory and obsession. Lenore is gone, the raven remains, and the narrator cannot stop asking for comfort from a voice that has none to give. A quiet night becomes an intimate descent into dread.
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Homecoming Queen Killer Part 2: Loralee Returns & a Rivalry Turns Bloody Jan 10, 2024

The girl Melisande tried to resurrect is now walking the school halls under another name. Rob Fields’s “Homecoming Queen Killer: Part 2” follows Loralee Hardy as she approaches the goth teenager who attempted the cemetery spell. Attraction grows, but a vicious homecoming contest and Loralee’s possessive instincts make romance dangerous. A job at Roth’s Rings promises ordinary teenage life; the violence surrounding the candidates suggests something else. This supernatural slasher chapter continues the five-part Shore City saga. Begin with Part 1 before meeting the new transfer student.
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Blood and Snow: A Murdered Heiress Rises in the Backwoods of Strickfield – Best of 2023 Jan 08, 2024

A teenage heiress flees a gunman into a blizzard, where the Backwoods of Strickfield hold something worse than the cold. In Rob Fields’s “Blood and Snow,” Veronica Grande’s inheritance has made her a target, and the family conflict follows her toward a poisoned river. A later expedition finds bare footprints and signs that the wilderness has not kept its dead. This feature-length Best of 2023 story combines winter survival, supernatural revenge and a fortune nobody can claim safely. The searchers came prepared for snow. They are less prepared for what walks through it.
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Unknown Broadcast | Malice Aforethought: A Country Doctor’s Calculated Poison-Murder Trial Jan 07, 2024

A country doctor begins treating his wife’s headaches with a plan to make himself a widower. Unknown Broadcast presents “Malice Aforethought,” a Suspense adaptation of Francis Iles’s crime novel. Edmund Bickleigh wants freedom from Julia and a future with another woman; his medical authority offers a way to disguise calculation as care. But a confident explanation can become dangerous when other people remember its details. This psychological murder drama follows an apparently respectable man whose greatest weakness may be his belief that he has considered everything.
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Prom Queen Killer: Complete Strickfield High Slasher Miniseries | SLASHBACK Jan 05, 2024

Prom-queen candidates are being murdered, and an unexpected nomination puts Loralee Hardy in the contest. Rob Fields’s complete four-part “Prom Queen Killer” follows the vicious campaign at Strickfield High, where wealthy rival Taylor Mirren intends to win and secrets threaten every friendship. Queer romance, family trauma and masked-killer suspense build toward the dance everyone is preparing for—and some students will never attend. This feature-length SLASHBACK collects the whole high-school slasher mystery in order. Who wants the crown badly enough to kill for it?
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Homecoming Queen Killer Part 1 of 5 — Loralee Hardy Rises from the Grave Jan 03, 2024

After a cemetery dare, Strickfield’s Prom Queen Killer is walking again. Rob Fields’s “Homecoming Queen Killer: Part 1” opens a five-part supernatural slasher saga as goth teenager Melisande LaPalla attempts a resurrection spell on Loralee Hardy’s grave. At Shore City East High, a new homecoming contest is already breeding threats and jealousy. Melisande does not realize what may have followed her home—or how dangerous its idea of devotion can be. This opening chapter pairs undead romance with school rivalry and a killer who sees protection as permission to murder.
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Over the Scare — Demonic Radio Séance Horror | Best of 2023 Jan 01, 2024

A recovered cassette captures a radio stunt becoming a demonic emergency. In Henrique Couto’s “Over the Scare,” Rick and Rock invite New Orleans medium Sophia Martin into the WGAB studio, expecting jokes and a ratings boost. A challenge to prove her powers brings a presence called Lock onto the air—and into the hosts’ private lives. This Best of 2023 audio horror story combines talk-radio satire, possession and buried guilt, making every caller part of a broadcast that should have ended sooner.
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Unknown Broadcast | Russian New Year: Bomb Plot at Saint Basil’s Cathedral Dec 31, 2023

A New Year’s service at Saint Basil’s Cathedral becomes the target of a revolutionary plot. Boris wants the tsar and imperial court dead; Prince Ogarev has a private grievance that makes him useful. Unknown Broadcast presents “Russian New Year,” a Suspense drama in which servant Olga Korolska is drawn between devotion and political violence. Snow and celebration fill the square while the conspirators prepare their attack. This historical thriller asks what happens when the people inside a planned explosion stop being symbols and become someone the plotters cannot bear to lose.
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Four New Year’s Horror Stories — Devils, Ghosts and Deadly Bargains Dec 29, 2023

Four New Year’s horror stories make midnight a dangerous threshold. Dan Wilder’s “Even the Devil Tells the Truth, Sometimes,” “Satan’s Shotgun” and “Stakes n’ Shoguns” bring infernal bargains, undead gunslingers and Dracula’s legacy into the turning of a year. David O’Hanlon’s “A Few Cold Ones” adds a modern holiday encounter with its own deadly possibilities. Narrated by Henrique Couto, this collection mixes supernatural Westerns, revenge, dark comedy and blood-soaked resolutions. Old debts do not disappear just because the calendar changes—and some creditors have all eternity to collect.
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Alien Zombie Punks from Upstate New York: A New Year’s Eve Invasion at Max’s Kansas City Dec 27, 2023

New Year’s Eve at Max’s Kansas City becomes an alien massacre in Dan Wilder’s “Alien Zombie Punks from Upstate New York.” Three friends drive through the snow for a night of loud bands and cheap thrills, but shadow creatures tear through the club before meteors bring the attack into the streets. A fleeing punk discovers that some victims are getting back up—and they are not looking for another concert. This science-fiction horror comedy mixes New York’s punk scene with extraterrestrial invasion and fast-moving zombies. Can friendship survive a night that changes what it means to be alive?
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Monthly Spooky | Rampaging Rats, Violent Ghosts & an Improvised Horror Story Dec 25, 2023

A garden ornament turns out to be an old naval shell, rats arrive in alarming numbers and reported ghosts get physical. Monthly Spooky’s December 2023 conversation brings Henrique Couto and Michelle through strange news before they create an improvised horror story together. Listen as an idea develops, unexpected details take over and the hosts turn their own curiosity into fiction. This Christmas visit to the crypt combines paranormal claims, dangerous household surprises and the fun of hearing a scary story assembled as it is told.
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Unknown Broadcast | Seven Christmas Radio Dramas — A Christmas Carol, Suspense & Ghost Stories Dec 24, 2023

Seven vintage Christmas radio dramas bring ghosts, crime and unexpected grace to the fireside. Hear “’Twas the Night Before Christmas,” “A Christmas Carol,” “Back for Christmas,” “Christmas Story” (also known as “Three Men”), “Christmas for Carole,” “A Korean Christmas Carol” and “Out for Christmas.” Greer Garson, E. G. Marshall, Dennis Day and Raymond Burr feature across a collection from Suspense, CBS Radio Mystery Theater, Escape and Lights Out. Scrooge’s visitors share the night with desperate choices, a wartime journey and a Santa suit that may change its wearer. More than three hours of holiday radio.
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Inner Raige — Christmas Prison Horror and a Vampire from the Past Dec 23, 2023

Christmas Eve in prison brings Raige Devereux face-to-face with an enemy the locked gates cannot keep out. Rob Fields’s “Inner Raige” returns to the former serial killer once known as the Angel of Death, now serving her sentence at Glennview Correctional Facility. She is trying to live with her crimes when the past arrives with fangs. This Strickfield holiday story mixes vampire action, prison horror and a struggle over redemption. Raige knows how to kill. Surviving the night may require deciding how much of that old self she is willing to become again.
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Christmas Arcadia — A Cursed VR Game Possesses Arial Mirren Dec 22, 2023

A Christmas bargain at Tinker’s gives Arial Mirren a virtual world that wants access to her own. Rob Fields’s “Christmas Arcadia” follows a forgotten game console, a persuasive queen and friends who must enter the simulation to find out what is happening to Arial. Mouse, Carter, Mona and Bailey discover that this immersive holiday village has rules nobody explained at purchase. This feature-length Strickfield adventure blends cursed technology, possession and dark fantasy. The game promises escape into another reality. Its ruler may be seeking exactly the same thing.
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Babysitter Massacre: Camp Carnage — Complete Summer-Camp Slasher Audiobook Dec 21, 2023

A training camp for elite babysitters becomes a masked killer’s hunting ground in David O’Hanlon’s “Babysitter Massacre: Camp Carnage.” Patton Moore founded Camp Care after losing his child to a negligent sitter. Seven candidates arrive hoping to earn credentials that could transform their careers, but deadly traps and murders turn the wilderness against them. Macey must work out who is targeting the campers while hidden histories complicate every alliance. Hear the complete slasher audiobook in one episode, with more than four hours of summer-camp survival horror.
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Scary Christmas to All — Peppermint Ray Hunts the Stolen Naughty List Dec 20, 2023

A rogue elf steals the Naughty List, and Santa sends his most ruthless operative to get it back. David O’Hanlon’s “Scary Christmas to All” brings Peppermint Ray and carnivorous reindeer Brute Cake to a prison island holding some exceptionally dangerous children. Candy Pain wants to reward the worst of them and overturn the holiday’s moral order. This splatter-horror Christmas comedy combines killer elves, monstrous gifts and a rescue mission with little room for goodwill. Ray knows how to punish. Restoring the balance may demand a different kind of Christmas judgment.
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The Day Santa Died — Renegade Elves Attack Saint Nick Dec 19, 2023

Protecting the real Santa Claus is no ordinary security assignment. In Keith Tomlin’s “The Day Santa Died,” former Green Beret John Copeland guards a department-store appearance while renegade elves move into position. Missing teammates and armed intruders turn a public celebration into a battle to evacuate families and reach the rooftop sleigh. This military Christmas horror story puts North Pole magic under siege, with a bodyguard discovering that his employer’s enemies know exactly where the holiday is most vulnerable. Can even Saint Nick survive a carefully planned ambush?
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4 Twisted Christmas Horror Stories: Killer Santa, Krampus, Robo-Santas & a Killer Elf Dec 19, 2023

Four Christmas horror stories turn seasonal favorites into threats. Morgan Moore’s “Santa Claus Is Killin’ the Town” brings a red-suited stalker to a holiday reunion; Rob Fields’s “Krampus Is Comin’” unleashes a cursed snow globe; Keith Tomlin’s “Operation Deadly Night” gives a household android dangerous ideas about naughty children; and David O’Hanlon’s “Dead Silent Night” sends Peppermint Ray to collect an overdue punishment. Killer Santas, Krampus possession, murderous robots and a carnivorous reindeer make this an adults-only holiday anthology narrated by Henrique Couto.
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Home Sweet Horror — Krampus Traps an Orphanage at Christmas Dec 18, 2023

A Krampus snow globe turns an orphanage Christmas into a fight to protect the children. Rob Fields’s “Home Sweet Horror” takes Bailey Downs back to the Pendleton home where she grew up, joined by her Strickfield friends for the holiday celebration. An assistant director’s resentment gives a mysterious gift room to work, and a supernatural blizzard cuts the building off. This feature-length winter adventure combines chosen family, cursed objects and monstrous punishment. Bailey came back to share a good Christmas. Now she must keep the place that raised her from becoming a trap.
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Unknown Broadcast | The Dark & A Shroud for Sarah — Body Horror and Lucille Ball Suspense Dec 17, 2023

Living darkness, an occult experiment and a murder plot share this four-story night of vintage radio. Unknown Broadcast presents “Speak of the Devil,” Stephen Vincent Benét’s “A Tooth for Paul Revere,” “The Dark” and “A Shroud for Sarah,” starring Lucille Ball. A Scottish household, the American Revolution and a decaying house lead toward terrors ranging from supernatural intrusion to grotesque body horror. CBS Radio Mystery Theater, Escape, Lights Out and Suspense supply the lineup. Four very different dramas ask what happens when a familiar world becomes impossible to trust.
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Santa’s Little Helper: A Monster Child Turns Christmas Eve into a Bloodbath Dec 16, 2023

A small-town Santa gets a new helper whose smile contains far too many teeth. Charles Campbell’s “Santa’s Little Helper” follows Ronnie Baxley through a bitter Christmas Eve at a South Carolina tree-lighting celebration. His usual elf is missing, the pay is poor and the people in line offer little kindness. Then a strange child named Sarah volunteers to help—and seems unusually sensitive to cruelty. This dark holiday creature story turns humiliation and resentment into a partnership Ronnie never expected. Someone is finally taking Santa’s side. That may be terrible news for everyone else.
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Christmas at Pendleton Way Station — Cassillia Taibon Battles an Undead Santa Dec 15, 2023

In 2099, Santa Claus has become a raider of the settlements surviving Hellweaver’s apocalypse. Rob Fields’s “Christmas at Pendleton Way Station” sends Cassillia Taibon into a winter stronghold that will trade a vital device only if she protects its people through Christmas. Zombie elves, corrupted reindeer and a bloodthirsty Saint Nick make the bargain a battle for survival. This science-fantasy horror adventure continues Cassillia’s mission through a ruined future, where holiday visitors arrive armed and hungry. Can one traveler hold the station until morning?
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Christmas Horror Books with Cameron Chaney of Library Macabre Dec 14, 2023

Build a darker December reading pile with Henrique Couto and Cameron Chaney of Library Macabre. Their Christmas horror conversation includes R. L. Stine’s “Silent Night,” “Secret Santa” and the anthology “Hark! The Herald Angels Scream,” moving between holiday slashers, horror comedy and unsettling winter fiction. Cameron also discusses his own “Autumncrow High: Fresh Hell.” This book-focused episode explores the pleasure of getting comfortable with a story designed to make you uncomfortable. Familiar traditions, snowbound nights and carefully wrapped gifts can all hide something worth reading after dark.
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Christmas at the Psych Ward: A Killer Santa Stalks Sumpter Behavioral Health Dec 13, 2023

A Santa-suited killer turns a snowbound psychiatric ward into a maze with no easy exit. Bruce Haney’s “Christmas at the Psych Ward” follows Caleb and fellow patients at Sumpter Behavioral Health Center as communications fail and they must rely on one another to survive. Holiday isolation becomes an immediate threat, forcing Caleb to confront his despair while other lives depend on his choices. This Christmas slasher story combines friendship, vulnerability and the fight to be believed when help is out of reach. Contains suicidal themes and graphic violence.
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Doorway to Horror — A Cursed Movie Leads to a Vampire Dimension Dec 12, 2023

A Christmas movie night opens a doorway into a town full of vampires. In Rob Fields’s “Doorway to Horror,” Mouse, Arial, Mona and Bailey watch an unfamiliar disc at a holiday sleepover, then find Strickfield changed beyond recognition. The sky stays dark, familiar faces are hungry and the film that might take them home has vanished. This feature-length cursed-media adventure combines alternate realities, vampire survival and the friendships that hold the Strickfield stories together. Finding the disc means crossing a place that remembers their faces for entirely different reasons.
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Terrifying & True | Ronald Gene Simmons: The Christmas Familicide & Arkansas Mass Murder Dec 11, 2023

Ronald Gene Simmons killed sixteen people in Arkansas during Christmas week in 1987. Terrifying & True follows the family isolation and abuse preceding the murders, the killings at the household and the later attacks in Russellville. Written by Morgan Moore, this episode examines the investigation and court proceedings without losing sight of the relatives, children and coworkers whose lives were taken. A holiday gathering became part of a plan built around control and grievance. What warning signs surrounded Simmons before the violence reached its final days? We're telling that story tonight.
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Unknown Broadcast | Cold Storage & Murder Comes at Midnight — Gothic Graves and Maritime Peril Dec 10, 2023

A mother declared dead is still alive, and her son wants to keep his inheritance. “Cold Storage” opens four vintage radio dramas with a Gothic family secret, followed by the seafaring revenge of “Habit,” a rented country house in “Murder Comes at Midnight” and John Dickson Carr’s crime puzzle “Nothing Up My Sleeve.” Unknown Broadcast gathers CBS Radio Mystery Theater, Escape, Inner Sanctum and Suspense, with Ruby Dee and John Baragrey starring in the first tale. From a concealed captive to a captain steering toward danger, familiar routines become cover for motives nobody should trust.
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A Christmas to Remember — A Snowbound Road Trip Becomes an Organ-Theft Nightmare Dec 09, 2023

A Christmas drive home ends in a snowy ditch, and the strangers who stop to help have something else in mind. Joe Solmo’s “A Christmas to Remember” follows a man returning north after nearly a decade away. His pickup overturns on the New York State Thruway, leaving him injured, freezing and desperate for rescue. The figures approaching through the blizzard seem like his only chance—until their conversation turns toward what they can take from him. This holiday body-horror story makes roadside help an organ-harvesting nightmare. What will a Christmas miracle cost someone else?
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Cutting Deep Into Horror | Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984): Killer Santa, Trauma and Controversy Dec 08, 2023

A childhood trauma, a Santa suit and a disastrous holiday shift turn Christmas into a slasher nightmare. Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi revisit “Silent Night, Deadly Night” (1984) on Cutting Deep Into Horror, discussing the film that made a murderous Santa one of horror’s most notorious seasonal images. The conversation explores its disturbing setup, holiday atmosphere and place in Christmas horror, with spoilers for the movie. Join the hosts for a closer look at how cheerful decorations and familiar traditions become part of Billy’s terror—and why this dark December staple still provokes discussion.
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Christmas Horror Movie Watchlist — Gremlins, Deadly Games & Darker Holiday Picks Dec 07, 2023

Build a Christmas horror watchlist with Henrique Couto and David Denoyer as they talk through seasonal films that put monsters, murder and mayhem beside the tree. Their picks include “Gremlins,” “Deadly Games” (also known as “Dial Code Santa Claus”) and “Black Xmas” (2006), spanning mischievous creature chaos, a child’s fight against a holiday intruder and a bloodier return to a slasher setting. This movie conversation offers a route beyond a single killer-Santa formula. Find a familiar favorite to revisit or a stranger holiday discovery, with two horror fans explaining what makes their choices worth a winter night.
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The Mall Overnight — Christmas Horror at Strickfield Towne Centre Dec 06, 2023

An overnight decorating job traps Arial Mirren and her friends inside a shopping mall with something made to hunt them. Rob Fields’s “The Mall Overnight” turns a Christmas chore into a Strickfield monster story when the group’s punishment keeps them in the building after closing. The empty corridors offer little comfort once Vincent Frankenstein’s creation enters the picture. Queer friendship, holiday horror and a vampire experiment collide beneath the seasonal displays. The friends came expecting an unpleasant shift. Surviving until opening time will take more than finding the nearest exit.
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Introducing: Do You Even Movie? | Don’t Open Till Christmas (1984): A Slasher Hunts London’s Santas Dec 05, 2023

Someone is murdering London’s Santas in “Don’t Open Till Christmas” (1984). Henrique Couto and David Denoyer unwrap the British holiday slasher on Do You Even Movie?, discussing its grimy atmosphere, conspicuous suspects and chaotic production. Directed by and starring Edmund Purdom, with Alan Lake and Caroline Munro, the film turns a festive costume into a target. Join this spoiler-filled conversation about an unusually seedy Christmas whodunit and its place on a darker December watchlist.
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Terrifying & True | The Oklahoma City Butcher: The Unsolved Murders of Native American Women Dec 04, 2023

The murders of three Native American women left Oklahoma City with an unresolved question: was one killer responsible? Terrifying & True examines the violent deaths between 1976 and 1986, the similarities investigators considered and the uncertainty surrounding the proposed links. A discredited confession and later suspects complicate a case often called the Oklahoma City Butcher murders. Follow the victims’ stories and the investigation while separating an enduring serial-killer theory from a proven identification. We're telling that story tonight.
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Unknown Broadcast | Casting the Runes — M. R. James’s Occult Curse & Three Dark Radio Tales Dec 03, 2023

A slip of paper carries a deadly curse in M. R. James’s “Casting the Runes,” opening four vintage radio dramas about threats that resist explanation. “Resident Killer” imagines a society trying to suppress aggression; Arch Oboler’s “The Author and the Thing” brings a writer’s creation terrifyingly close; and “A Statement of Fact” turns questioning about a killing into a psychological contest. Unknown Broadcast gathers Escape, CBS Radio Mystery Theater, Lights Out and Suspense for almost two hours of occult horror, dystopian fiction and crime. Can knowledge protect anyone when the rules themselves are dangerous?
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5 More Bloody Christmas Horror Stories: The Naughty List, Lady Frankenstein & Blood on the Snow Dec 01, 2023

Five Christmas horror stories make gifts and family rituals dangerous. Hear L. F. Falconer’s “Christmas Cranberries,” Keith Tomlin’s “The Naughty List,” Rob Fields’s “Lady Frankenstein,” Morgan Moore’s “All I Want for Christmas” and Shane Migliavacca’s “Blood on the Snow.” A cruel child awaits Santa, violent children enter an icy maze, a vampire creation reaches Strickfield, a stolen doll attracts a ghost and a blizzard traps strangers with a body-hopping killer. Narrated by Henrique Couto, this two-hour holiday anthology moves from monstrous punishment to snowbound paranoia. Which guest can you trust after dark?
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The Weekend — Part 1 of Rob Fields’s Camp Rolling Acres Slasher Serial Nov 30, 2023

College friends leave their smart devices behind for a weekend at abandoned Camp Rolling Acres, just outside Strickfield. Someone is already watching—and may know their shared history far better than they realize. Rob Fields’s “The Weekend” opens a Patreon-exclusive slasher serial with an isolated getaway that removes the students’ easiest connection to help. This is Part 1, introducing the group from North Ridgeway and the threat closing around their retreat. Old relationships and an apparently empty summer camp set the stage for a question none of them planned to ask: who else came here for the weekend?
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Twelve Days: A Christmas Massacre Aboard the Roanoke Colony Ship Nov 29, 2023

David Lambert wakes alone aboard the colony ship Roanoke, ten years into a voyage toward LV-529. His company is the ship’s virtual intelligence, Vinnie, and thousands of sleeping passengers. Mike Ashkewe’s “Twelve Days” unfolds through recovered audio logs beginning December 12, 2290, as maintenance problems, unexplained movement and a secret experiment turn Christmas in deep space into a nightmare. This science-fiction horror story mixes isolation, dangerous technology and holiday music that grows harder to welcome. What is awake aboard the Roanoke—and how much does Vinnie know?
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Monthly Spooky | Wild Bears, Ghost Girls & Wendigo Folklore Nov 27, 2023

A bear steals Taco Bell, a supposed ghost girl appears on a livestream and the Wendigo brings a much darker kind of hunger to the conversation. Henrique Couto and Michelle’s November 2023 Monthly Spooky moves from strange animal news to paranormal claims and winter folklore. Join a relaxed discussion of unsettling images, stories of isolation and the monster traditions that horror keeps reimagining. The hosts weigh the weirdness, trade reactions and find room to laugh before the next chilling subject arrives.
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Unknown Broadcast | The Voice That Wouldn’t Die & The Fast One: Haunted Scotland and Superhuman Speed Nov 26, 2023

A child’s cry troubles a Scottish estate, while impossible crimes lead a detective toward an experiment in human speed. Unknown Broadcast pairs “The Voice That Wouldn’t Die” with “The Fast One.” After moving from India, Rowena hears a voice at a rented Scottish house that recalls her mother’s unexplained death. Detective Mark Fenn’s investigation follows robberies that ordinary movement cannot explain. CBS Radio Mystery Theater and Lights Out supply two different nightmares: a family past that refuses silence and a scientific advantage with consequences nobody can leave behind. Gothic suspense meets science-fiction crime.
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7 Christmas Horror Stories — Killer Santa, Murderous Toys & Winter Monsters Nov 24, 2023

Seven Christmas horror stories turn winter comforts into threats. Hear “Biting Cold,” “I’ll Be Home for Christmas,” “Christmas Rage,” “Babes in Terrorland,” “Santa Letters,” “The Weather Outside Is Frightful” and “Satan Claus.” Stories by Jeff Carpenter, Shane Migliavacca, Rob Fields, Morgan Moore and Keith Tomlin bring frozen danger, murderous toys, a killer Santa and sinister holiday messages together. Narrated by Henrique Couto, this collection offers more than two hours of supernatural suspense and seasonal mayhem. Settle in for a Christmas where a knock at the door may be the worst gift of all.
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Homecoming: Bella Taibon’s Thanksgiving Battle with Cannibal Monsters Nov 22, 2023

Bella Taibon takes an ailing Eileen Donnerly to Ravenhenge for Thanksgiving, hoping her grandmother’s books hold a remedy. The hidden ancestral home promises a retreat from Strickfield, until Eileen discovers neighbors preparing a very different holiday meal. Rob Fields’s “Homecoming” pits a master vampire against cannibal creatures in a place absent from ordinary maps. Inherited magic and chosen family shape this supernatural rescue story, where familiar traditions acquire monstrous appetites. Bella wanted to help her friend recover. Now she must keep her from becoming dinner.
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Terrifying & True | D.B. Cooper: Flight 305, the $200,000 Ransom & the Vanishing Hijacker Nov 20, 2023

D. B. Cooper collected $200,000 after hijacking Northwest Orient Flight 305, then parachuted into the night on November 24, 1971. His disappearance remains an extraordinary aviation mystery. Terrifying & True follows the FBI investigation, the tie left aboard the aircraft and the ransom money later found beside the Columbia River. What can those physical clues establish, and where does speculation begin? Explore the evidence behind the legend of the vanishing hijacker, from the Portland-to-Seattle flight to the search for a man whose identity remains unconfirmed.
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Unknown Broadcast | The Lost Ship & State Executioner: Desert Treasure and a Haunted Hangman Nov 19, 2023

Two fugitives chase desert treasure while a royal hangman struggles with the voices of the dead. Unknown Broadcast presents “The Lost Ship” and “State Executioner,” vintage dramas from Suspense and Lights Out. Harry and Viola hope a stranded Spanish galleon can offer escape from their troubles, but the wasteland makes every detour costly. Samuel Jones faces a different reckoning as years of executions invade his conscience. These fictional tales join greed, guilt and psychological horror: one pair cannot stop looking for something buried, while another man cannot escape what he remembers.
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Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe: Love, Death & a Kingdom by the Sea Nov 17, 2023

A grieving lover remembers Annabel Lee in a kingdom by the sea, insisting that death cannot break their bond. Hear Edgar Allan Poe’s classic poem in a brief spoken-word reading that moves between tenderness, jealousy and Gothic obsession. The speaker blames envious angels for his loss and finds reminders of his beloved in moonlight, stars and the shore. Musical repetition makes the memory feel both intimate and inescapable. Is this devotion that outlasts the grave, or grief that cannot release the living? Poe’s haunting seaside romance leaves room to hear both.
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Newborn — A Vampire Bride Awakens in Strickfield Nov 15, 2023

You wake after a Strickfield party with missing memories, no reflection and a hunger ordinary food cannot satisfy. Rob Fields’s “Newborn” places listeners inside Eliza’s transformation through a second-person vampire story. A stranger from the party, a friend who knows more than she first admits and an invitation that suddenly matters all point toward an undead existence Eliza never understood. The vampire Arbogast offers a place among his brides, but this new family has dangers of its own. Follow a young woman’s first steps into a night that may never end.
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Terrifying & True | Thierry Tilly — The Conman Who Captured an Aristocratic Family Nov 13, 2023

Thierry Tilly persuaded members of France’s de Védrines family that hidden enemies were plotting against them, then used that fear to control their relationships, work and fortune. Terrifying & True follows the manipulation from the family’s château at Monflanquin to their isolation in Oxford. Promises of protection escalated into coercion and abuse before an escape helped expose the scheme. This account examines how a trusted adviser gained such power—and how the family began to break free. Tilly was ultimately convicted of crimes including fraud and torture.
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Unknown Broadcast | Carnival in Vienna & Chicken Heart — Crime and Science-Fiction Horror Nov 12, 2023

A carnival employee sees a chance to steal a fortune; a laboratory experiment threatens to swallow the world. Unknown Broadcast pairs “Carnival in Vienna” from Escape with Arch Oboler’s “Chicken Heart” from Lights Out. Johnny Allison’s scheme involves a sabotaged Ferris wheel, stolen identification and a laughing mechanical clown in postwar Austria. Then living tissue grows beyond containment in a classic science-fiction nightmare. These vintage radio dramas trade the glitter of a midway for the dread of a laboratory, linking criminal ambition with a catastrophe no one knows how to stop.
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The Happiest Day by Edgar Allan Poe: Pride, Power & Joy Already Lost Nov 10, 2023

Can a happy memory become painful simply because it can never return? Hear Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Happiest Day” in a brief spoken-word reading about vanished pride, lost hope and the distance between youth and the present. The speaker looks back on a moment of glory while love and friendship seem to have lost their warmth. Repeated references to the happiest day make the contrast with his wounded heart increasingly stark. This melancholy poem offers a quieter encounter with Poe, where the haunting comes from memory and the conviction that life’s brightest hour has already passed.
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Horror at the Hexagon House Inn: Haunted Letters from 1934 Black Springs Nov 08, 2023

Henry Noble’s letters from a Texas inn begin as a writer’s observations and become a record of mounting terror. In Bill Spears’s “Horror at the Hexagon House Inn,” Henry and Victoria leave Chicago in 1934, hoping Black Springs’ dry air will help her persistent cough. Their six-sided lodging soon offers stranger concerns: footsteps, moving furniture and a past that refuses to stay outside their room. This historical ghost story unfolds through correspondence, combining Depression-era atmosphere with possession and buried violence. How much can a letter explain when its author no longer trusts what he sees?
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Terrifying & True | The Lake Bodom Murders — Finland’s Unsolved Camping Massacre Nov 06, 2023

Three young campers were murdered at Finland’s Lake Bodom in June 1960; their injured companion, Nils Gustafsson, survived. Terrifying & True revisits the lakeside attack, the troubled crime scene and the evidence that drew investigators back decades later. Gustafsson was prosecuted and acquitted in 2005, and the killings remain unsolved. This account separates the known events from suspicions surrounding one of Finland’s best-known murder mysteries. Missing possessions, disputed interpretations and unanswered questions still shape the search for an explanation. We're telling that story tonight.
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Unknown Broadcast | Something on His Mind & The Silver Shoe: Borneo Revenge and a Ghostly Double Nov 05, 2023

Jealousy makes a Borneo homecoming dangerous, while an impossible resemblance draws a grieving man toward a stranger. Unknown Broadcast presents “Something on His Mind” from Beyond Midnight and “The Silver Shoe” from Suspense. The first drama turns a plantation love triangle into an insect-driven revenge nightmare. The second asks why a woman looks exactly like someone already buried—and how a silver keepsake could have escaped her coffin. These fictional stories pair tropical body horror with a mystery of identity and mourning. Desire clouds judgment in both, but the threats take very different forms.
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3 Thanksgiving Horror Stories | Killer Turkeys, Family Secrets & Undead Revenge Nov 03, 2023

Thanksgiving dinner comes with a body count in three holiday horror stories. A welfare check exposes a family’s grotesque secret in “Thanksgiving Dinner.” Giant killer turkeys turn an Ozark town’s feast into a siege in “Turkey Shoot.” And a woman who should be dead returns to settle unfinished business at “Fiendsgiving.” From small-town police horror to creature-feature chaos and undead revenge, this Thanksgiving anthology serves a feast nobody should survive. Stories by Rachael Redolfi, David O’Hanlon, and Rob Fields.
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Ghost Story | Two Boys Lost in a Shifting Haunted House Nov 01, 2023

A county-fair adventure leads two boys into a haunted house where the doors keep changing and the way outside disappears. Their mysterious new friend promised a look around an abandoned mansion. Instead, Jack and his companion find an impossible library, watchful animal heads, and something moving through rooms that refuse to stay in place. Every attempted escape takes them deeper into the house. “Ghost Story” is a childhood nightmare of lost time, spectral visitors, and a dare that becomes a desperate search for daylight. By A.N. Onimus.
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Inbetween | Halloween Hospital Horror Between Worlds Oct 31, 2023

A Halloween hospital visit leaves Ruby Salazar trapped between worlds, hunted by a six-eyed spider-crab creature. After waking from a nap following an ultrasound, she finds empty corridors, broken clocks, and phones that carry only static. A stranger in the boiler room may know a way out, but passage home has a price—and the thing upstairs is still searching for her. “Inbetween” blends liminal-space horror, medical anxiety, and a monster’s relentless pursuit in a hospital where even time has stopped working. By Shane Migliavacca.
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Monthly Spooky | Extreme Haunted Houses, Trapped Riders & Halloween in 1914 Oct 30, 2023

Extreme haunted houses, riders stranded upside down, and Halloween party advice from 1914 fill this visit to the Monthly Spooky crypt. Henrique Couto and Michelle discuss the appeal of a haunt pushed to its limits, the real fear of an amusement-park malfunction, and the surprising ways people celebrated Halloween more than a century ago. Haunted-attraction conversation meets strange news and vintage Halloween history in a seasonal roundup with plenty to debate on the way home from your next spook house.
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Edgar Allan Poe Collection | The Raven, House of Usher & Gothic Horror Oct 29, 2023

Edgar Allan Poe’s Gothic stories and poems make a long, unsettling night of Halloween listening. This collection includes “The Raven,” “Morella,” “The Oval Portrait,” “The Fall of the House of Usher,” and “The Cask of Amontillado.” Grieving lovers, obsessive narrators, decaying mansions, and carefully planned revenge share the dark with Poe’s poetry of death and dreams. Hear classic horror literature shift from a midnight visitor’s tapping to the silence of the catacombs. Written by Edgar Allan Poe and performed by Henrique Couto.
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Unknown Broadcast | The Signal-Man & The Open Boat: Ghost Warnings and Survival Oct 28, 2023

A railway apparition warns of disaster in “The Signal-Man,” introduced as “Hello Down There.” Four shipwrecked men struggle toward shore in Stephen Crane’s “The Open Boat.” Then “Devil’s Due” offers two violent thieves a suspiciously perfect hiding place, and “Crank Letter” puts a physician in the path of a death threat. Unknown Broadcast gathers four old-time radio dramas of haunted railways, desperate sea survival, demonic bargains, and revenge. Tune in for vintage suspense where a warning may be impossible to understand until it is too late.
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Caroline Quinn: Vampire Hunter | A Halloween Siege at Hope Springs Oct 28, 2023

A vampire outbreak in a retirement community gives government troubleshooter Caroline Quinn a Halloween assignment far beyond a routine investigation. Unusual deaths draw her to Hope Springs, where the morgue’s occupants refuse to stay dead and a growing nest threatens the town. Caroline has silver ammunition, ultraviolet grenades, and backup with superhuman powers. The enemy has something none of them expected. “Caroline Quinn: Vampire Hunter” mixes urban fantasy, military action, and an undead siege in a world where monsters are real. By Mike Ashkewe.
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Halloween Radio 2023 | 22 Spooky Songs for Your Halloween Party Oct 27, 2023

Halloween Radio 2023 puts Henrique Couto behind the microphone as your DJ for 22 spooky songs. Queue up this music special while you carve pumpkins, decorate the house, hand out candy, or get ready for a costume party. Artist introductions and personal Halloween memories connect the tracks, including music from Ghoultown, for a radio-style celebration of the season. Trade the usual party background noise for a host who loves October as much as you do, and discover bands to follow long after Halloween night. Please support the featured artists.
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The Portal | A Halloween Movie Marathon Traps Viewers in a Vampire World Oct 27, 2023

An all-night horror movie marathon traps Madelyne and Carter in a parallel Strickfield ruled by vampires. The Centennial Theatre’s secret midnight feature promises a trip into another world. When the friends wake in an abandoned auditorium, that promise has become terrifyingly literal. Familiar faces now have fangs, the clocks are blank, and getting the movie running again may be their only way home. “The Portal” brings haunted-film horror, Bella Taibon, and a vampire siege to a Halloween night made for movie lovers. By Rob Fields.
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Babysitter Massacre: Family Splatters | Full Slasher Horror Audiobook Oct 26, 2023

A three-day babysitting job becomes a fight to keep a child alive when an escaped death-row killer reaches Etawah. Deryn agreed to watch little Iris, unaware that the girl’s grandfather believes she will bring about the apocalypse. Red is willing to cut through every babysitter in his path to reach her. Protecting Iris means facing the violence outside and the past Deryn hoped to leave behind. “Babysitter Massacre: Family Splatters” is a full slasher audiobook by David O’Hanlon, narrated by Henrique Couto. How far will a babysitter go for a child she loves?
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Return to the Cry Baby Bridge | A Strickfield Halloween Ghost Story Oct 25, 2023

Strickfield’s Cry Baby Bridge calls a new group of friends into a Halloween ghost story. Madelyne Donnerly and her companions leave trick-or-treating behind to investigate Indian Hollow Road, where legend warns of a murdered mother and her crying baby. Three boys vanished there the year before. Now Madelyne’s connection to Mary Worth may be the only hope of finding them. “Return to the Cry Baby Bridge” continues “Ghost in the Graveyard” with haunted-road folklore, missing children, and a spirit whose grief has become a curse. By Rob Fields.
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Tricks and Treats Vol. 2 | Three Halloween Horror Stories Oct 24, 2023

Halloween in Strickfield comes with three dangerous treats and a host straight from Hell. Jack Scratch returns to introduce “Beggars Can’t Be Choosers” by Morgan Moore, “Halloween Cookies” by Keith Tomlin, and “Beggars’ Night Massacre” by Rob Fields. A woman tired of trick-or-treaters, a family’s holiday visit, and a costumed killer turn familiar October rituals into supernatural punishment, sinister hospitality, and slasher terror. “Tricks and Treats Vol. 2” is a darkly comic Halloween horror anthology where answering the door can be your first mistake.
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Terrifying & True | Liske Family Massacre: The 2010 Halloween Murders in Oak Harbor Oct 23, 2023

The Liske family massacre turned Halloween morning 2010 into a devastating discovery for sixteen-year-old Devon Griffin. Returning home in Oak Harbor, Ohio, he found his mother Susan, stepfather William Liske, and brother Derek dead. Terrifying & True follows the investigation, the search for William “B.J.” Liske Jr., and the guilty plea that brought three life sentences. Behind the Halloween headlines lay years of conflict and a family left to carry the loss. What led to three murders inside the home where Devon expected to find his family safe?
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Unknown Broadcast | Poltergeist & Three Skeleton Key: Ghosts and Lighthouse Horror Oct 22, 2023

A graveyard trespass awakens a violent “Poltergeist,” while “The Visit” takes a young divinity student down a road he should never have followed. In “Sleep Is for Children,” a mother and daughter face a killer inside their home. Vincent Price narrates “Three Skeleton Key,” where starving rats trap three lighthouse keepers. Unknown Broadcast gathers four old-time radio dramas from Lights Out, Beyond Midnight, Suspense, and Escape: supernatural warnings, a home invasion, and a desperate coastal siege. Tune in for vintage horror where danger waits beyond the light.
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Cutting Deep Into Horror | Murder Party (2007): Halloween Horror Comedy & Art-World Satire Oct 21, 2023

“Murder Party” (2007) turns a Halloween invitation into an art-world nightmare: a lonely man arrives at a Brooklyn warehouse, and the artists inside plan to make his death their masterpiece. Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi discuss Jeremy Saulnier’s horror comedy, its homemade costume, practical gore, low-budget ingenuity, and merciless satire of creative insecurity. Rachael brings an art-school perspective to a party where everyone wants recognition and nobody agrees on the murder. Cutting Deep Into Horror includes full-film spoilers.
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Sweet Revenge | Candy Jack’s Return in a Halloween Slasher Story Oct 20, 2023

Candy Jack is back from the grave, and Halloween has given him a monstrous new body. A year after a confrontation at his candy factory left him dead, Cleo is trying to give her daughter an ordinary night of trick-or-treating. Then his coffin breaks open, and the people involved in his death become targets. Peppermint eyes, candy-coated flesh, and a hunger for revenge turn a familiar holiday treat into slasher body horror. “Sweet Revenge” follows a mother facing the predator she thought was gone for good. By David O’Hanlon.
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Babysitter Massacre: Daddy’s Little Killer | Full Slasher Horror Audiobook Oct 19, 2023

A babysitting favor puts Abby in the path of the Etawah Slasher. Covering a friend’s shift seems harmless, but one lie sets off a chain of murders that leaves the babysitters racing to identify a killer before their names join the victim list. Every new body brings another suspect and a bloodstained secret closer to the surface. “Babysitter Massacre: Daddy’s Little Killer” delivers a full slasher audiobook of revenge, deadly deception, and a babysitting club under siege. Written by David O’Hanlon and narrated by Henrique Couto. Can Abby expose the killer in time?
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Send Beer | A Zombie-Apocalypse Delivery Route Turns Deadly Oct 18, 2023

A zombie apocalypse has made bicycle deliveries dangerous, but a missing order worries Felix more than the dead outside. The Patel family has stopped requesting groceries, and their homing pigeon has not returned. A welfare check takes the courier into a boarded-up house where an ordinary delivery route becomes an impossible choice. “Send Beer” mixes bleak survival horror and dark humor. By Michelle Antisocial.
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New Life on Halloween | Spider Powers, Mutants & a Strickfield Conspiracy Oct 17, 2023

Felicia Mirren survived a blood-soaked Thanksgiving with spider powers she cannot explain. Now Halloween brings another outbreak to Strickfield—and a chance to discover what changed her. A violent incident at a crowded store leads toward a secret organization, an experimental compound called New Life, and a transformation that is still rewriting her body. “New Life on Halloween” mixes mutant-monster horror, a bioweapon conspiracy, and a cheerleader’s struggle to control her growing hunger. Can Felicia uncover the truth before she changes again? By Rob Fields.
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Terrifying & True | The Murder of Martha Moxley: Mischief Night and the Skakel Case Oct 16, 2023

Martha Moxley was fifteen when she was killed with a golf club in Greenwich, Connecticut, on Mischief Night 1975. Pieces of a broken club led investigators toward the neighboring Skakel household, but the case would take decades to reach a courtroom. Terrifying & True follows the evidence, disputed accounts, and Michael Skakel’s murder conviction, which was later vacated; prosecutors dropped the charge in 2020. He maintains his innocence. The story examines wealth, a stalled investigation, and a family’s pursuit of answers. What happened after Martha left her friends that October night?
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Unknown Broadcast | Let Me See Your Face & The Waxwork: Classic Radio Horror Oct 15, 2023

A veiled stranger sits alone in a hotel garden, and one guest cannot resist seeing her face. Beyond Midnight’s “Let Me See Your Face” follows curiosity past repeated warnings into a supernatural encounter. Then Herbert Marshall performs “The Waxwork,” a Suspense adaptation of A. M. Burrage’s story about a journalist spending the night among a museum’s notorious murderers. One figure seems far too alert for wax. Unknown Broadcast pairs two old-time radio mysteries about the danger of looking closer, from an ominous garden to a chamber of horrors after closing time.
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Six More Devious Tales of Halloween | Headless Riders, Pumpkin Monsters & Deadly Games Oct 14, 2023

Six Halloween horror stories turn familiar October sights into threats: a headless rider, a pumpkin monster, a grinning figure, and games that go too far. Hear “Dullahan” by Morgan Moore; “Origin of the Pumpkin Man” by Charles Campbell; “The Grinner” by Henrique Couto; “Ghost in the Graveyard” by Rob Fields; “Tricks and Treats” by Keith Tomlin; and “The Night Stocker” by Shane Migliavacca. This extended anthology moves from Irish folklore and haunted-bridge terror to sinister trick-or-treating and a supermarket slasher. Which Halloween tradition would you dare to try?
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Future Taibon | A Vampire Wakes as a Machine in a Monster-Ruled 2099 Oct 13, 2023

Cassillia Taibon wakes in 2099 with a vampire’s memories and a machine’s body. The world outside her crypt has fallen to Hellweaver, leaving Strickfield abandoned and monsters roaming the ruins. Her new systems offer extraordinary power, but surviving scorpion-tailed werewolves and a tyrant’s sacrifices will take more than metal beneath synthetic skin. “Future Taibon” sends a resurrected vampire hybrid into post-apocalyptic horror, where her mission may be the last chance to change a conquered world. How do you fight evil after it has already won? By Rob Fields.
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Vampire Night | A Cleveland Bachelorette Party Becomes a Vampire Siege Oct 12, 2023

A Cleveland bachelorette party becomes a vampire siege when three bloodthirsty strangers enter the Wings and Dings strip club. Megan and her friends planned one last wild night before her wedding. Now flashing lights hide the first attacks, exits become traps, and bartender Joan must find a route through the chaos. “Vampire Night” delivers a feature-length horror novella of punk bloodsuckers, desperate survivors, and a celebration turning into a massacre. Written by Joe Ruston and narrated by Henrique Couto. The party is over; the hunt has begun.
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A Zombie’s Halloween | An Undead Cheerleader Attacks Strickfield Academy Oct 11, 2023

A zombie cheerleader brings Halloween revenge to Strickfield Academy. Bernadette Hallow already hates the strict Catholic school when a bite in the woods changes her into something hungry, powerful, and very hard to discipline. She returns with an undead army and a grudge against the students and staff. But Headmistress Hiltonson has a secret life hunting monsters, and she has no intention of surrendering her campus. “A Zombie’s Halloween” pits flesh-eating rebellion against a prepared opponent in Rob Fields’s darkly comic Strickfield horror story. Who will be left when the school day ends?
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Books for Halloween | Cameron Chaney of Library Macabre Oct 10, 2023

Halloween reading gets a visit from Cameron Chaney, horror author and creator of Library Macabre. He joins Henrique Couto to talk scary books, seasonal reading, and the stories that belong beside a dark October night. Their picks include “Dark Harvest,” with talk of Ray Bradbury’s “The Halloween Tree” and Cameron’s own “Autumncrow High: Fresh Hell.” Build a Halloween reading list with two horror enthusiasts swapping recommendations and discussing what makes a book worth staying up for. A relaxed book conversation for readers ready to find their next spooky-season obsession.
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Terrifying & True | Yoshihiro Hattori: The Halloween Wrong-Door Shooting in Louisiana Oct 09, 2023

Yoshihiro “Yoshi” Hattori was a sixteen-year-old Japanese exchange student looking for a Halloween party when he reached the wrong house in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. On October 17, 1992, homeowner Rodney Peairs shot him after a confrontation at the door. Terrifying & True examines the mistaken address, cultural misunderstanding, and sharply different criminal and civil outcomes: Peairs was acquitted of manslaughter, then held liable in the civil case. How did a teenager’s night of celebration become a tragedy that reached families on both sides of the Pacific?
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Unknown Broadcast | A Night in Murder’s Den & Spiders: Wax Museum Killers and Amazon Terror Oct 08, 2023

A wax museum’s murderers seem to watch an overnight guest, while an enormous spider offers two desperate men a dangerous chance at riches. Beyond Midnight’s “A Night in Murder’s Den” follows journalist Raymond Hewson into Mariner’s Waxworks, where one killer’s eyes seem much too alive. In Lights Out’s “Spiders,” Joe and Dixie try to capture an Amazon creature they should have fled. Unknown Broadcast pairs old-time radio suspense with jungle monster horror: two stories in which the prospect of a payday keeps men close to something they already know they should fear.
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Six Horrifying Tales of Halloween | Cursed Treats, Mutant Creatures & Satanic Panic Oct 07, 2023

Six Halloween horror stories turn seasonal treats and celebrations into traps. Hear “Pumpkin Spice and Nothing Nice” by Charles Campbell; “Retro Halloween Weekend” by Rob Fields; “The Halloween Party” by Keith Tomlin; “A Wet and Wild Halloween” by David O’Hanlon; “Halloween 198666” by Daniel Wilder; and “Mischief Night: The Halloween Invasion” by Shane Migliavacca. Cursed cravings, mutant creatures, and a night of satanic panic fill this extended narrated anthology. Pick a comfortable seat for six different ways October can go horribly wrong.
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Burn on the Bayou | A Haunted Halloween Party and a Deadly Revenge Plot Oct 06, 2023

A haunted Halloween party on the Louisiana bayou offers a cheating husband the perfect cover for murder. Undead party designer Lucien Greyshire has filled Pickering Manor with frightening effects, grim history, and alligators waiting below. His wealthy client thinks he knows how the evening will unfold. But Lucien has arranged more than entertainment, and the guest list conceals a deadly surprise. “Burn on the Bayou” is Southern Gothic revenge horror by L. F. Falconer, where hiring the perfect host may be the last mistake you make.
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Strife of the Party | A Corporate Halloween Party Becomes an Occult Sacrifice Oct 05, 2023

A corporate Halloween party becomes a sacrifice to something ancient beneath the office tower. Special-effects artist Bronson James joins Keisha for an evening of costumes, rivalries, and rich executives. Then strange forces drive the guests into violence, elevators become traps, and the building’s ocean-themed décor takes on a dreadful new meaning. “Strife of the Party” mixes workplace satire, occult horror, and an aquatic god demanding payment. Bronson knows how to make fake monsters—but surviving a real one will require a different skill. By David O’Hanlon.
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A New Halloween Legend | A Party at the Haunted Carnovasch Estate Oct 04, 2023

The abandoned Carnovasch Estate looks like the perfect place for Strickfield’s biggest Halloween party. Castalia Mirren and her girlfriend Bobbi ignore the locked gate and warnings, inviting students from rival schools into the supposedly haunted mansion. Music, costumes, and curiosity fill the house until someone finds a secret passage leading below. “A New Halloween Legend” turns a teenage celebration into forbidden-basement horror, with the estate’s hidden history waiting beneath the party. Some houses have a reputation for a reason. By Rob Fields.
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The Definitive Halloween Horror Movie Watchlist Oct 03, 2023

Build a Halloween horror movie marathon with Henrique Couto and film fanatic David Denoyer. Their watchlist ranges from family-friendly scares and familiar favorites to darker independent films and overlooked movies set on Halloween. The conversation includes “Mad Monster Party” and the slasher “Trick,” with picks organized around different audiences and October moods. Whether you are planning a group movie night or choosing one last film after the trick-or-treaters leave, this discussion offers places to start beyond the same annual reruns.
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Terrifying & True | The Egging Murder: The Killing of Jonathan Tyler Gilbert Oct 02, 2023

An egging incident ended with twenty-two-year-old Jonathan Tyler Gilbert dead on a Georgia road. This 2023 Terrifying & True episode follows the shooting near Griffin, the romantic dispute investigators described, and the evidence that led to three arrests. The case shows how a confrontation outside a home became a fatal act of violence. Case update: Sydney Maughon pleaded guilty to malice murder in 2024 and received life with the possibility of parole. What turned a plan to vandalize a house into a killing that left a family grieving?
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Unknown Broadcast | Violent Night & Execution: Fugitives, Revolution and Supernatural Judgment Oct 01, 2023

A Caribbean revolution traps a fugitive in a church while the man hunting him searches the worshippers. Escape’s “Violent Night” follows a desperate flight through hostile territory, with sanctuary offering little certainty. Then Arch Oboler’s Lights Out drama “Execution” confronts a Nazi officer with a prisoner who seems to return after every hanging. Unknown Broadcast pairs political adventure with supernatural wartime horror in two old-time radio stories about power, revenge, and resistance. One man needs a way out; another discovers that killing cannot silence every voice.
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The Bells | Edgar Allan Poe’s Gothic Poem of Joy, Alarm & Mourning Sep 29, 2023

Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Bells” turns a familiar sound into a journey from celebration to dread. Silver sleigh bells give way to golden wedding bells, then clanging alarms and the heavy toll of iron funeral bells. As the rhythm grows more urgent, the same repeated word begins to carry an entirely different feeling. This dramatic poetry reading lets Poe’s musical language build its own Gothic atmosphere, moving through joy, panic, and mourning without a conventional monster. Listen to the bells change—and to the life passing between each peal.
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The Piano Witch | A Haunted Instrument and a Child’s Deadly Lessons Sep 27, 2023

A child’s piano lessons awaken something hungry inside the instrument. Eight-year-old Brooke Holden begins studying with Norma Brantley, a teacher whose youthful appearance hides a much older secret. The figure visiting Brooke’s dreams wants more than music: it wants a human soul. As a repairman is drawn to the estate, the lessons become part of a witch’s ritual. “The Piano Witch” is occult horror about a haunted piano, an unsettling teacher, and a child learning the wrong kind of power. By Charles Campbell.
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Monthly Spooky | Skinwalker Ranch, Halloween Traditions & a Yoga-Class False Alarm Sep 25, 2023

Skinwalker Ranch, Halloween traditions around the world, and a yoga class mistaken for a mass killing fill the Monthly Spooky crypt. Henrique Couto and Michelle discuss the Utah ranch’s paranormal reputation, an Atlantic-crossing attempt in a giant hamster-wheel vessel, and the false alarm triggered by a relaxation session in England. Strange news meets haunted-place lore and Halloween conversation, with a few reminders that a frightening first impression may have an ordinary explanation.
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Cutting Deep Into Horror | Dark Nature (2022): Trauma, Wilderness Survival and Creature Horror Sep 22, 2023

“Dark Nature” (2022) takes a trauma-recovery retreat into the Canadian wilderness, where something may be hunting the women on the trail. Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi discuss Berkley Brady’s creature feature, following Joy’s struggle to trust her companions, their guide, and her own perception of danger. The conversation explores the mountain setting, monster design, and the film’s connection between abuse and survival. Cutting Deep Into Horror includes full-film spoilers and discussion of intimate-partner violence, PTSD, and traumatic experiences.
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Mad as Hell | A Strickfield Vigilante Hunts the Halloween Killer Next Door Sep 20, 2023

A Strickfield vigilante discovers a second killer operating dangerously close to home. She has spent years targeting people she considers deserving of punishment, but the corpse found near her house is not her work. Someone is turning the neighborhood’s Halloween decorations into murder scenes—and bringing attention she cannot afford. “Mad as Hell” follows a killer hunting another killer through small-town suspicion, family tension, and a holiday dispute that becomes far more than a feud over lawn displays. A Halloween slasher story by Rob Fields.
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Terrifying & True | Amber Wilde: The Pregnant Student Who Vanished in Green Bay Sep 18, 2023

Amber Wilde vanished from Green Bay, Wisconsin, in September 1998. The nineteen-year-old pregnant student had spoken with her father after a minor car crash, then stopped answering his calls. Her car later appeared near Lambeau Field with her belongings inside, the driver’s seat moved, and roughly 900 unexplained miles on the odometer. Terrifying & True follows the timeline, diary entries, and troubling clues in the search for Amber. Who drove her car after she disappeared, and what could those extra miles reveal about the student who never returned home?
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Bonus Spooky | Splintered in Her Head: A Buried Identity Returns in Queer Horror Sep 15, 2023

Lulu DuBois buried the identity she was expected to live with. Now something is clawing its way out of that symbolic grave. Her life with her wife Denise is threatened by a violent double determined to reclaim her body and future. “Splintered in Her Head” turns the fear of being forced back into an unwanted life into supernatural body horror. Morgan Moore’s story follows a transgender woman defending the person she has become, with love and self-possession at stake. This Bonus Spooky episode asks what happens when the past refuses to stay buried.
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I Hate Working at the Gas Station After Discovering Its Dark Secret | Missing Minutes & Missing People Sep 13, 2023

Two minutes vanish from a gas station’s security footage every night. Then an engagement ring turns up in a chicken nugget, and two overnight workers begin asking questions the company does not want answered. White vans, missing people, and a coworker’s strange decline expose a threat behind the convenience-store routine. “I Hate Working at the Gas Station After Discovering Its Dark Secret” is workplace horror by Michael Kelso.
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Terrifying & True | Henry Lee Lucas: The Confession Killer and His False Claims Sep 11, 2023

Henry Lee Lucas confessed to hundreds of murders, helping close cases across the United States. But travel records, contradictory accounts, and impossible timelines raised a disturbing question: how many of those confessions were false? Terrifying & True examines the Confession Killer, his confirmed violence, and the investigators who accepted his claims. Theme: Ray Mattis. Music: AudioBlocks. Executive producer: Rob Fields. What happens to victims’ families when an apparent answer sends the search for a killer in the wrong direction?
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Cutting Deep Into Horror | The Host (2006): Bong Joon-ho’s River Monster and Family Horror Sep 08, 2023

Bong Joon-ho’s “The Host” (2006) brings a river monster into the heart of Seoul—and tears a family apart when it takes a young girl. Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi explore the Park family’s desperate rescue effort, the creature’s design, and the film’s sudden shifts between horror, grief, and dark comedy. Their discussion connects environmental contamination and failed authorities with the personal stakes that make this Korean monster movie hurt. Cutting Deep Into Horror includes full-film spoilers as the hosts examine why the family matters as much as the beast.
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The House in the Woods | Spider Horror in Oregon’s Alder Creek Woods Sep 06, 2023

A hiker searching for an Oregon ghost town discovers a house guarded by spider-filled jack-o’-lanterns. Inside lies enough treasure to change his life, along with an eight-eyed creature he barely escapes. Years later, his wife Sarah needs an operation he cannot afford, and the memory of that hidden fortune draws him back toward Alder Creek. Told as a letter he hopes she never reads, “The House in the Woods” pits devotion against the knowledge that something monstrous is still waiting among the trees. A woodland creature-horror story by Bruce Haney.
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Terrifying & True | Dan Rather’s “What’s the Frequency, Kenneth?” Attack: The Mystery Behind R.E.M.’s Song Sep 04, 2023

“What’s the frequency, Kenneth?” became a famous R.E.M. lyric after a baffling attack on CBS anchor Dan Rather. In October 1986, a stranger beat him on a New York sidewalk while repeating the question. Terrifying & True follows the assault, the phrase’s journey into popular culture, and the later identification of William Tager, whose claims about television messages offered a disturbing possible explanation. The incident became a musical reference, but it began with a real victim. Why was Rather targeted, and what did that strange question mean?
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Freaky Food and Demonic Drink | Seven Food Horror Stories of Cursed Meals & Cannibal Appetites Sep 01, 2023

Seven food horror stories serve deadly honey, sinister feasts, cursed coffee, and cannibal appetites. Hear “All the Busy Bees” by David O’Hanlon; “For the Mother” by Mark T. B. Shields; “You Are What You Eat” and “Good to the Last Drop” by Rob Fields; “The Dinner Guests” by Shane Migliavacca; “Thanksgiving Dinner” by Rachael Redolfi; and “Taco Tuesday” by Keith Tomlin. “Freaky Food and Demonic Drink” turns familiar meals into traps, from an office craving to a family dinner nobody should attend. Come hungry for narrated horror; leave the leftovers alone.
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Feline Troubles | A Demon Possesses the Family Cat Aug 30, 2023

The family cat is hungry, vicious, and behaving like something that should never have come out of the basement. After Pashmina develops a strange illness, Coco begins showing the same disturbing changes—and the children become targets. Their father tries to protect the household as an aging pet turns into a relentless threat. “Feline Troubles” transforms the comfort of a familiar animal into demonic-possession horror, with a crooked jaw, red eyes, and a family suddenly afraid of its own home. By Douglas Waltz. Is the danger really confined to the cat?
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Monthly Spooky | Island of the Dolls, a Surfboard-Stealing Otter & a Haunted Chair Aug 28, 2023

The Island of the Dolls offers one kind of creepy company; a secondhand chair advertised as “definitely not haunted” offers another. Henrique Couto and Michelle compare eerie places and strange headlines, including Florida’s runaway rabbit population and a sea otter with a habit of stealing surfboards. Monthly Spooky moves from animal mischief to unsettling travel lore, with plenty of room to question a story’s frightening reputation. Would you visit the island—or take the seller’s word about that chair?
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To Her Whose Name Is Written Below | Edgar Allan Poe’s Hidden Valentine Aug 25, 2023

Edgar Allan Poe hides a woman’s name inside a poetic riddle in “To Her Whose Name Is Written Below.” Also known as “A Valentine,” the poem addresses Frances Sargent Osgood while challenging its audience to discover the secret in its lines. Compliment, wordplay, and deliberate misdirection turn a love poem into a puzzle that rewards a closer look at the page. This spoken-word reading offers a different side of Poe: playful, intimate, and fascinated by the things language can conceal. Can you hear the clues before you search for the hidden name?
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I Guard Windmills and I’m Not Sure if I’ll Survive the Shift | Bigfoot at the Wind Farm Aug 23, 2023

A night guard’s wind-farm patrol becomes a Bigfoot encounter he may not survive. Scorched trees and a missing turbine point toward something the previous shift has kept quiet. Then a towering creature chases his truck through the dark. “I Guard Windmills and I’m Not Sure if I’ll Survive the Shift” brings cryptid horror to an isolated security job, where learning the site’s history may explain why the forest wants revenge. By Michael Kelso.
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Terrifying & True | Pakistan Urban Legends: Pichal Peri, Karsaz Churail & Haunted Places Aug 21, 2023

Pakistan’s urban legends warn of beautiful strangers with backward feet, haunted roads, and buildings said to shelter jinn. Terrifying & True explores the Pichal Peri, Karachi’s Karsaz Road, Mohatta Palace, and other places where local history meets supernatural reputation. These are folklore and reported encounters, with details that change across tellers—not verified proof of spirits. Travel through stories of churails, vanishing hitchhikers, and places people avoid after dark. How does an ordinary road or house become a warning passed between generations?
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Cutting Deep Into Horror | Barbarian (2022): The Rental House, Hidden Tunnel and Underground Nightmare Aug 18, 2023

“Barbarian” (2022) begins with a double-booked Detroit rental and a stranger at the door. What Tess finds below the house changes the danger completely. Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi discuss Zach Cregger’s sharp narrative turns, Georgina Campbell’s survival instincts, Bill Skarsgård’s unsettling presence, and Justin Long’s compromised character. Cutting Deep Into Horror explores trust, abuse, empathy, and the hidden spaces that make this horror film so hard to predict. Full-film spoilers follow as the hosts trace how the movie keeps changing the rules of the nightmare.
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Welcome to Black Springs | A New Deputy Finds an Ageless Girl Beneath a Church Aug 16, 2023

A new deputy arrives in Black Springs, Texas, and discovers the town’s strangest prisoner beneath a church. Sheri Davis expects a quiet fresh start after leaving Dallas. Instead, Sheriff Andy Barnes leads her to a hidden cell holding a girl called Shine, who has not aged in ten years and possesses impossible strength. Father Ortega needs help containing her, but nobody has explained what she is. “Welcome to Black Springs” opens a supernatural small-town mystery where a routine first day exposes a secret the whole job may depend on keeping. By Bill Spears.
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Terrifying & True | The Ashland Massacre: Kentucky’s 1881 Christmas Murders Aug 14, 2023

A Christmas Eve fire exposed three murders in Ashland, Kentucky, in 1881. Fanny and Robert Gibbons and their friend Emma Thomas were dead, and the search for justice soon sparked more violence. Terrifying & True traces the Ashland Massacre through George Ellis’s confession, the accusations against William Neal and Ellis Craft, and the trials that failed to quiet public fury. A lynching and a deadly confrontation with militia followed. How did outrage over three young victims turn a criminal investigation into a wider tragedy for the community?
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Ghoulish Getaways | Five Vacation Horror Stories of Monsters, Maniacs & Zombies Aug 11, 2023

Five vacation horror stories replace rest and relaxation with predators, roadside danger, and the undead. “Ghoulish Getaways” includes “Bella’s Holiday” and “The Rest Area” by Rob Fields, “Dead and Breakfast” by Morgan Moore, “Bed, Breakfast and Zombies” by Keith Tomlin, and “Wings of Twilight” by L. F. Falconer. Beach trips and unfamiliar lodgings offer places to unwind—until distance from home becomes the problem. This narrated anthology mixes monsters, maniacs, and zombie horror for travelers who know a quiet getaway can feel very different after dark.
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Suspended | Bella Taibon Battles a Succubus for Strickfield High Aug 09, 2023

A succubus is feeding on Strickfield High, and Bella Taibon must break her suspension to investigate. New student Lavender has the boys enthralled and Principal Matthew Van Diest in her sights. Bella’s vampire abilities usually give her an advantage, but this rival’s supernatural influence may be stronger. “Suspended” sends Bella and her best friend Eileen into a mature supernatural horror story of predatory attraction, mind control, and dangerous school secrets. Stopping the demon means recognizing a threat that everyone else is eager to welcome. By Rob Fields.
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Terrifying & True | Jimmy Hoffa: The Teamsters Boss Who Vanished Outside Detroit Aug 07, 2023

Jimmy Hoffa went to a meeting outside Detroit on July 30, 1975, and vanished. The former Teamsters president had spent years fighting for power, serving time in prison, and navigating relationships with organized crime. Terrifying & True follows his rise, his struggle to regain influence, and the unanswered questions surrounding the Machus Red Fox restaurant in Michigan. Rivalries and Mafia theories complicate a case whose most important evidence is still missing: Hoffa himself. Who expected him that afternoon, and how did a public figure disappear so completely?
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Cutting Deep Into Horror | Funny Games (2007): Home-Invasion Terror and Audience Complicity Aug 04, 2023

“Funny Games” (2007) turns a family’s vacation into a home invasion that refuses to obey the usual thriller rules. Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi discuss Michael Haneke’s psychological horror film, its chilling politeness, fourth-wall breaks, and deliberate denial of relief. The attackers seem to understand the audience’s expectations as well as their victims’ fears. Cutting Deep Into Horror examines violence, helplessness, and the discomfort of watching a movie that looks back at you. This is a full-spoiler discussion of the 2007 film and its confrontational approach to suspense.
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The Stop-Sign Man | A Birthday Dare and a South Carolina Urban Legend Aug 02, 2023

A stolen stop sign and an eight-sided barn are the ingredients for a South Carolina birthday dare. Seventeen-year-old Stratton Duke knows the rules: go alone, tell nobody, and never get caught. He wants to impress his classmates, but summoning the Stop-Sign Man brings consequences that follow him home. “The Stop-Sign Man” turns a rural urban legend into a coming-of-age nightmare, where a familiar road symbol becomes the face of something waiting in the dark. A County Line Horror story by Bryce Gibson. How do you undo a ritual you never believed in?
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Monthly Spooky | Philadelphia Experiment, Basement Screams & Fish with Human Teeth Jul 31, 2023

The Philadelphia Experiment promises a vanished warship and a secret naval disaster—but how much belongs to legend? Henrique Couto and Michelle explore the story of the USS Eldridge alongside reports of screams beneath a basement and fish with humanlike teeth. Monthly Spooky brings military conspiracy lore, strange animal news, and unsettling household sounds into one crypt conversation. Follow the claims and oddities without mistaking an enduring paranormal story for established history.
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The Cask of Amontillado | Edgar Allan Poe’s Revenge in the Catacombs Jul 28, 2023

Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” invites you below the carnival and into a revenge plot disguised as hospitality. Montresor offers Fortunato a taste of rare wine, knowing the proud connoisseur will follow him through the family catacombs. Damp walls, ancestral bones, and a worsening cough mark their descent while the supposed host keeps offering chances to turn back. This complete Gothic horror reading follows one man’s carefully controlled confession. What insult could justify his plan—and why is he so certain he can punish without consequence?
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Hell Hath No Fury | A Vengeful Ghost Confronts True-Crime Influencers Jul 26, 2023

A young bride’s tragedy becomes a ghost legend—and a tempting subject for true-crime influencers. Zelda Mae Darling’s life unravels after a dinner-party disaster, leaving a history shaped by public judgment and a demand for punishment. Decades later, creators chasing attention treat the story as material for another stunt. “Hell Hath No Fury” brings supernatural revenge to the world of haunted tourism, online fame, and people who turn someone else’s suffering into entertainment. Aaron Michael Cook’s ghost story asks what happens when the woman behind the legend finally gets a say.
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Terrifying & True | Titanic Mysteries: Ice Warnings and the Olympic-Switch Theory Jul 24, 2023

Titanic’s sinking left a documented maritime disaster and a century of theories in its wake. Terrifying & True examines missed ice warnings, lifeboat failures, and claims about fire and construction alongside the unsupported idea that Titanic was secretly exchanged with its sister ship Olympic. The episode follows the divide between evidence and conspiracy lore surrounding the April 1912 tragedy. More than 1,500 people died; the search for explanations has never stopped. Which questions reveal real failures, and which turn a catastrophe into a more elaborate story?
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Weekly Spooky at 200 Episodes | How the Audio Horror Show Is Made Jul 21, 2023

How do you keep an independent horror podcast going for 200 episodes? Filmmaker and journalist Andrew Shearer interviews Henrique Couto about Weekly Spooky’s first major milestones, the work behind the narration, and the collaborators who keep the stories coming. Their conversation looks at the demands of a weekly release schedule and the ambitious production of episode 200. Hear the person behind the microphone discuss building an audio-horror show, learning along the way, and what comes next. A behind-the-scenes visit for listeners curious about how their scares are made.
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Over the Scare | A Live Radio Séance Becomes Demonic Possession Jul 19, 2023

A recovered cassette captures a radio show’s final broadcast after a psychic interview goes horribly wrong. WGAB’s hosts expect jokes and a ratings boost from medium Sophia Martin. When Ricky challenges her to summon a real spirit, something called Lock answers—and begins exposing secrets live on the air. “Over the Scare” is a lost-broadcast horror drama about possession, guilt, and a studio that can no longer control its guest. Written by Henrique Couto; starring Couto, Dan York, and Rachael Redolfi. What would you do if the voice on the radio knew what you had done?
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Terrifying & True | Lost Colony of Roanoke: What Happened to the 1587 Settlers? Jul 17, 2023

The Lost Colony of Roanoke was gone when John White returned in 1590. Three years earlier, English settlers had arrived on the North Carolina coast, including White’s daughter Eleanor Dare and granddaughter Virginia. Delayed supplies, conflict, and the carved word “CROATOAN” left a mystery that still invites competing explanations. Terrifying & True follows the settlement’s history and theories of relocation, survival, and assimilation with nearby Indigenous communities. Did the colonists disappear—or leave clues to a future their returning governor never found?
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Imitation | Edgar Allan Poe’s Poem of Dreams, Pride & Lost Hope Jul 14, 2023

Edgar Allan Poe’s “Imitation” looks back on a private world of dreams, pride, and a bright hope that has slipped away. The speaker describes an early life shaped by visions others could not share, with memory hovering between waking thought and dream. This brief poetry reading offers the melancholy side of Poe: no pursuing monster, just the unsettling distance between a remembered inner world and the present. Listen as mystery and lost possibility take the place of a conventional ghost, in an intimate piece for lovers of Gothic poetry and reflective verse.
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Cruel Moon | A Werewolf Transformation Told from Inside the Curse Jul 12, 2023

A nighttime animal attack leaves a runner with thirty-seven stitches—and wounds that vanish within two days. Then senses sharpen, anger surges, and the full moon brings blood-soaked gaps in memory. “Cruel Moon” tells a werewolf horror story from inside the transformation, as new strength becomes a threat to everyone nearby. Bones shift, appetite changes, and the narrator struggles to understand what happens during the missing hours. This visceral account of lycanthropy asks whether the curse is destroying its victim or revealing something they secretly want. By Anonymous.
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Terrifying & True | Danny LaPlante: The Boy in the Walls and the Gustafson Family Murders Jul 10, 2023

Danny LaPlante’s name is tied to the “boy in the walls” story and the 1987 murders of Priscilla Gustafson and her children Abigail and William in Massachusetts. Terrifying & True examines the home-intrusion accounts that became an apparent-haunting legend, then follows the Gustafson killings, the manhunt, and LaPlante’s conviction. The retellings can be lurid, but the victims and the criminal case were real. How did a story of someone secretly occupying a family’s home become linked to a triple murder—and where does the documented record end?
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Summer Slayings | Five Horror Stories of Ghosts, Werewolves, Zombies & Camp Killers Jul 07, 2023

Five summer horror stories turn swimming, camp, and roadside lodgings into dangerous escapes. “Summer Slayings” features “The Spirit of Langley Pond” by Charles Campbell; “Camp Dead and Buried” by John Oak Dalton; “The Wolf of Fagan County” and “Summer Slaycation” by David O’Hanlon; and “Bed, Breakfast and Zombies” by Keith Tomlin. A vengeful ghost, a camp killer, a werewolf, undead hosts, and bayou creatures make this narrated anthology a long night of hot-weather terror. Pack for the trip—but remember that a remote getaway can also leave you far from help.
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These Dark Woods | Momo, the Missouri Monster, and a Summer Camp Nightmare Jul 05, 2023

A Momo campfire legend becomes a fight for survival at an isolated summer camp. Seventeen-year-old Lucy Burr tells her young campers about the Missouri Monster, hoping to scare them into paying attention. Then a hulking figure with glowing eyes appears beyond the firelight. Arrows, snares, and traps suggest this predator has planned the hunt. David O’Hanlon’s “These Dark Woods” pits Scout training against a terrifying pursuer—and sends Lucy back toward a nightmare she cannot leave behind. What is stalking the woods, and how much of the campfire story can she trust?
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Cutting Deep Into Horror | Possession (1981): Divorce, Doppelgängers & Body Horror Jun 30, 2023

“Possession” (1981) turns the collapse of a marriage into feverish body horror. Henrique Couto and Selis of Sweet N Spooky discuss Andrzej Żuławski’s cult film, starring Isabelle Adjani and Sam Neill as a couple whose separation opens onto jealousy, doubles, and monstrous desire in divided Berlin. Cutting Deep Into Horror explores Adjani’s performance, the subway sequence, and the disturbing creature at the center of Anna’s secret life. This full-spoiler conversation considers how the film makes emotional devastation physical, with discussion of abuse, trauma, and relationship violence.
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Prom Night of the Dead Part 4 of 4 | Roni’s Last Stand at Strickfield’s Corpse Prom Jun 28, 2023

A corpse-filled prom waits inside the locked gym at Strickfield High. Roni Brunswick and Derek Masters enter a final celebration built around Lillian Johanssen, where murdered classmates form a grotesque court and two living guests still have roles to play. “Prom Night of the Dead” reaches its fourth and final chapter as the apparent haunting forces a confrontation with the secrets behind the killings. Rob Fields brings the Strickfield slasher saga to a showdown of obsession, revenge, and desperate escape. Start with Part 1 to follow the mystery through all four installments.
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Monthly Spooky | Jersey Devil Folklore, Venice’s Green Water & Tasting Spirits Jun 26, 2023

The Jersey Devil brings Pine Barrens folklore to a Monthly Spooky conversation about the month’s strangest stories. Henrique Couto and Michelle explore New Jersey’s famous cryptid alongside Venice’s fluorescent green canal water, an extended stay beneath the ocean, and a woman who says she can taste spirits. Monster legends share the microphone with unusual claims and odd news, as the hosts follow what makes each story so hard to ignore. What keeps the Jersey Devil alive in the public imagination?
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The Fall of the House of Usher | Edgar Allan Poe’s Gothic Mansion Horror Jun 23, 2023

A visit to Roderick Usher’s decaying mansion becomes a nightmare of illness, isolation, and family dread. Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher” follows a narrator trying to comfort an old friend while Roderick’s sister Madeline lies gravely ill. The house seems to share its inhabitants’ decline, and a storm brings sounds that reason cannot easily explain. Hear the complete Gothic horror story in which a damaged home and a troubled bloodline become inseparable. Is the terror inside the walls, inside the mind, or moving between the two?
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Prom Night of the Dead Part 3 of 4 | A Ghostly Killer Stalks Strickfield High Jun 21, 2023

A figure resembling the dead Lillian Johanssen is punishing Strickfield High’s summer-school students. Roni Brunswick wants to graduate and stay out of prison, but classmates keep dying and her own history makes her easy to suspect. With Derek Masters beside her, she follows the secrets connecting the victims to the Prom from Hell. Part 3 of Rob Fields’s “Prom Night of the Dead” tightens a high-school slasher mystery of blackmail, revenge, and an apparent ghost. Is Lillian back, or is someone using her memory to prepare one final event? Continue from Parts 1 and 2.
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Terrifying & True | Black-Eyed Children: Doorstep Encounters and an Internet Urban Legend Jun 19, 2023

Black-eyed children appear at doors and car windows, asking for a ride or permission to come inside. Their requests sound ordinary until witnesses notice eyes without visible whites—and a fear they cannot explain. Terrifying & True explores this modern urban legend through reported encounters, internet retellings, and the recurring invitation motif. From lonely roads to late-night knocks, these stories turn an offer of help into a frightening decision. Are the visitors supernatural, or does the legend reveal something about our fear of trusting strangers?
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The Man That Was Used Up | Edgar Allan Poe’s Dark Satire of a Mysterious War Hero Jun 16, 2023

Everyone praises General John A. B. C. Smith, but nobody will explain what makes the celebrated soldier so remarkable. Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Man That Was Used Up” follows a curious narrator through evasive conversations and extravagant compliments toward an unexpected private discovery. This complete reading blends dark comedy, technological anxiety, and the grotesque in a satire of military celebrity. Beneath the public image of a perfect hero lies a secret that changes the meaning of every admiring word. How much of a reputation is assembled for display?
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Prom Night of the Dead Part 2 of 4 | Summer School Becomes a Slasher Mystery Jun 14, 2023

Summer school at Strickfield High has become a murder scene, and Roni Brunswick is running out of ways to stay clear of trouble. A figure resembling Lillian Johanssen targets students connected to the Prom from Hell, repeating the violence that should have ended with her death. Part 2 of Rob Fields’s “Prom Night of the Dead” mixes apparent ghostly revenge with a slasher mystery of hidden affairs, rivalries, and a gym kept under lock. Continue from Part 1 as Roni and Derek face a growing body count.
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Terrifying & True | Flannan Isles Lighthouse: Three Keepers Vanished in 1900 Jun 12, 2023

Three lighthouse keepers vanished from Scotland’s Flannan Isles in December 1900, leaving an empty station and no clear account of their final hours. Terrifying & True follows James Ducat, Thomas Marshall, and Donald MacArthur on remote Eilean Mòr, where dangerous seas offer a plausible explanation for the disappearance. Later stories added ominous logs, strange meals, and supernatural theories, but those embellishments are not the same as evidence. What happened when the light went unattended, and why has this maritime mystery outlived so many explanations?
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Cutting Deep Into Horror | Hereditary (2018): Grief, Family Trauma & Occult Horror Jun 09, 2023

“Hereditary” (2018) turns family grief into occult horror. In the debut of Cutting Deep Into Horror, Henrique Couto and Selis of Sweet N Spooky discuss Ari Aster’s film, Toni Collette’s performance, and the miniature worlds that mirror Annie Graham’s home. Follow guilt, séances, and hidden details through a story whose final act changes what came before. Full-film spoilers and discussion of bereavement, mental health, and disturbing violence shape this look at inherited horror.
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Prom Night of the Dead Part 1 of 4 | A Missing Body and a Ghostly Revenge Mystery Jun 07, 2023

A dead prom-queen candidate is missing from the morgue, and Strickfield High’s summer students may not be safe. Two months after the Prom from Hell, Roni Brunswick arrives for classes alongside survivors carrying secrets of their own. Then a glowing figure resembling Lillian Johanssen appears. Part 1 of Rob Fields’s four-part “Prom Night of the Dead” begins a high-school slasher mystery where revenge may have returned from the grave. Start here as a new term reopens an old nightmare.
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Terrifying & True | Room 1046: The Unsolved Murder of Artemus Ogletree Jun 05, 2023

Room 1046 at Kansas City’s President Hotel held a dying man, a false name, and a mystery that would outlast his identification. In January 1935, the guest registered as Roland T. Owen was found bound and badly wounded after days of odd calls and unexplained visitors. He was later identified as Artemus Ogletree. Terrifying & True follows the hotel staff’s observations, a note to “Don,” and an anonymous payment for the burial. Who attacked the young traveler, and why did letters suggest he was alive after his death?
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Cryptid Corner | Five Monster Stories of Mothman, Chupacabra & More Jun 02, 2023

Mothman, the Chupacabra, and stranger beings fill five tales in “Cryptid Corner.” Hear “I Had Mothman’s Baby” by Daniel Wilder, “The Triangle People” by Shane Migliavacca, “Careful What You Wish” by David O’Hanlon, “The Beast of Roca de Vaca” by Morgan Moore, and “Ol’ Bones” by Joe Solmo. This creature-horror anthology moves from modern monster folklore to dimensional intruders, a dangerous wish, and an ancient appetite. The threats are fictional; the invitation to look over your shoulder is sincere.
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Breaking the Seal | A Witch’s Hex Turns a Hangover into Body Horror May 31, 2023

A hangover becomes a witch’s revenge when a man discovers he cannot stop urinating. The bathroom is flooding, a bloody pentagram marks his chest, and the previous night’s choices are beginning to come back to him. “Breaking the Seal” traps its narrator in an increasingly desperate race to get the curse lifted without losing what remains of his dignity. Douglas Waltz mixes gross-out body horror, occult punishment, and dark comedy in a story where a bad morning refuses to end. The only person who can help is the woman he wronged.
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Monthly Spooky | Jack the Ripper, Body Parts for Sale & Unexplained Pasta May 29, 2023

Jack the Ripper’s Whitechapel murders anchor a Monthly Spooky conversation that starts with stranger modern headlines: piles of pasta discovered in New Jersey and human body parts offered for sale. Henrique Couto and Michelle move from baffling news to Victorian crime history, discussing the killings and the unidentified murderer whose reputation still shadows London. This crypt visit combines strange-news reactions with a longer look at an enduring true-crime mystery. Which clues deserve more attention than the legend?
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Prom Queen Killer | Loralee Hardy’s Complete Strickfield Prom-Night Slasher Saga May 26, 2023

Prom-queen candidates are dying at Strickfield High, and Loralee Hardy has received a threat from the brother she hoped was gone. As the school’s popularity contest turns vicious, private grudges and a shattered family history feed a killer’s campaign. “Prom Queen Killer” collects Rob Fields’s complete miniseries into one feature-length slasher story, following Loralee, her girlfriend Misty, and a prom race that becomes a fight to survive. Every relationship may conceal a motive, and every invitation brings the dance closer. Who will be left to claim the crown?
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File 137 | A Cybernetic Hacker Opens a Forbidden Memory in 2190 May 24, 2023

In 2190, cybernetic hacker Carly hunts a forbidden file that has left other data thieves dead. A self-erasing preview promises the answer: a neural recording from a secret laboratory where an impossible specimen begins to move. Then Carly’s systems overload, and disconnecting may no longer be enough. “File 137” turns curiosity into cyberpunk horror, with virtual reality, wet-wired implants, and knowledge that refuses to stay safely behind a screen. Mike Ashkewe’s science-fiction horror story asks what happens when opening a file gives something access to you.
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Terrifying & True | King Tut’s Curse: Deaths After the Tomb or Media-Made Myth? May 22, 2023

King Tut’s curse became a worldwide story after Lord Carnarvon died months after the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb. Terrifying & True revisits Howard Carter’s 1922 excavation, the deaths attached to it, and the newspaper coverage that made ancient revenge seem possible. Coincidence, illness, and the long lives of many people associated with the tomb complicate the legend. Explore the Curse of the Pharaohs as a collision of Egyptology, fear, and sensational storytelling. Was a boy king guarding his burial—or were modern readers helping build a myth?
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Spirits of the Dead | Edgar Allan Poe’s Gothic Poem of Mourning & Unseen Company May 19, 2023

Edgar Allan Poe’s “Spirits of the Dead” turns solitude beside a tombstone into the feeling of being surrounded. The dead who were known in life seem present again, while stars, shadow, and still air deepen the mystery. This atmospheric poetry reading explores mourning and unseen companionship through the quiet imagery of Gothic verse. There is no need for a violent apparition when the whole night can feel occupied. Listen to a brief, intimate Poe poem in which being alone does not mean being free of those who came before—and silence offers little certainty.
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Wolf Rage | Danielle Boyd’s Werewolf Curse and the Strickfield Church Massacre May 17, 2023

Danielle Boyd returns to Strickfield with a werewolf curse and a temper that can trigger the change without a full moon. Once a successful Malibu model, she now hides her secret while confronting the religious household she escaped. When violence at the local church turns into a massacre, Danielle becomes a suspect in killings she knows were not hers. “Wolf Rage” brings transformation horror, family control, and a supernatural murder mystery into Rob Fields’s Strickfield universe. Can a woman carrying a monster inside her convince anyone that a different killer is responsible?
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Terrifying & True | SUNDS: Hmong Refugee Sleep Deaths, Nightmares & a Medical Mystery May 15, 2023

Sudden deaths during sleep left Southeast Asian refugee families and doctors searching for answers. Terrifying & True examines Sudden Unexplained Nocturnal Death Syndrome, or SUNDS, with attention to Hmong experiences of displacement, nightmare traditions, and the medical investigation into abnormal heart rhythms. The episode also explores the real reports that helped inspire Wes Craven’s “A Nightmare on Elm Street.” Spiritual interpretations belong to the cultural history, not proof of a supernatural cause. What lies behind a fear that sleep itself could be fatal?
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Fairyland | Edgar Allan Poe’s Moonlit Poem of Dreams & Unease May 12, 2023

Edgar Allan Poe’s “Fairyland” carries the listener into a dreamscape where immense moons descend over mountains, valleys, and shadowed water. Clouds become strange garments, familiar landscapes lose their scale, and beauty remains just beyond explanation. This spoken-word poetry reading offers a quieter kind of unease, built from changing light and the sense that the natural world has slipped into a dream. Enter a lesser-known corner of Poe’s imagination, where the setting itself supplies the mystery. What happens to wonder when nothing around you stays the same size?
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The Thin Place | Irish Folklore, a Dullahan & the Ohio Woods Between Worlds May 10, 2023

An abandoned bridge in Ohio leads a teenage camper into the world of his grandmother’s Irish folklore. Rich dismisses her warnings until distant lights draw him across a boundary into woods where a headless rider and stranger creatures are real. The dullahan, the pooka, and old protective customs become more than fireside stories as a cabin gathering turns deadly. “The Thin Place” blends Celtic folklore with wilderness horror, forcing a skeptical boy to remember what might get him home. David O’Hanlon’s story asks which family warning you would wish you had believed.
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Terrifying & True | Wall Street Bombing of 1920: America’s Unsolved Financial District Attack May 08, 2023

A horse-drawn wagon exploded on Wall Street at lunchtime on September 16, 1920, killing 38 people and injuring many more. Terrifying & True reconstructs the blast outside New York’s financial institutions, the rescue effort, and an investigation that never established who built the bomb. Threatening flyers, anarchist suspects, and a hurried cleanup complicated the search for answers. Behind the attack’s famous location were clerks, messengers, and other workers caught in the street. Who brought the wagon there, and why did the trail to the bomber go cold?
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The Haunted Palace | Edgar Allan Poe’s Gothic Allegory of a Mind in Ruins May 05, 2023

Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Haunted Palace” begins with a radiant building filled with music and harmony, then lets sorrow change every room. Glowing windows darken, beautiful voices become discordant, and the palace turns into an image of a mind losing its order. This Gothic poetry reading explores psychological collapse through architecture, sound, and haunting visual detail. The horror comes from watching something once alive with meaning become impossible to recognize. Listen for the human features hidden in the building as Poe makes a ruined kingdom feel painfully close.
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The Eighth Abigail | Christmas, Cloning & a Gothic Family Secret May 03, 2023

An undead child stands in a Christmas snowstorm, watching the house where her mother is preparing another replacement. A mortician has secretly sheltered the eighth Abigail after her geneticist sister’s attempts to restore a lost daughter kept failing. Now compassion, grief, and the responsibility for those discarded children collide. “The Eighth Abigail” is L. F. Falconer’s wintry Gothic horror story of cloning, resurrection, and a family unable to accept death. What happens to a child brought back as a miracle when she cannot be the person her mother remembers?
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Terrifying & True | Bobby Dunbar: The Missing Child, Bruce Anderson & a DNA Revelation May 01, 2023

Bobby Dunbar disappeared during a Louisiana fishing trip in 1912. Eight months later, his parents brought home a boy they believed was their son—but Julia Anderson said the child was hers, Bruce. Terrifying & True follows the search, the disputed identification, and the kidnapping case against William Cantwell Walters. Decades later, DNA testing challenged the reunion and supported Anderson’s claim. One family gained an answer while another mystery remained. If the boy raised as Bobby was Bruce Anderson, what happened to the four-year-old who vanished at Swayze Lake?
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The Doomed City by Edgar Allan Poe | Gothic Poetry in a City Ruled by Death Apr 28, 2023

Death watches from a throne above a silent city in Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Doomed City.” Towers, open graves and deserted palaces stand beside motionless water, illuminated by an eerie light rising from the sea. Nothing stirs beneath the darkened sky—until the stillness begins to break. Henrique Couto reads this early Poe poem, drawing you into a landscape where architecture and mortality become inseparable. A brief, atmospheric journey into Gothic poetry, strange waters and the fear of a world abandoned by the living.
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Friday Night Frights | A Cursed Football Jersey and a Dangerous Winning Streak Apr 26, 2023

A cursed football jersey offers a desperate quarterback the comeback of his dreams in “Friday Night Frights” by Rob Fields. With college scouts watching and an abusive coach threatening his future, Greg Branlake buys the number 00 jersey of Strickfield legend Mick “The Demon” Knight. His passes improve, his strength surges—and his girlfriend Katie sees a change the cheering crowd refuses to notice. How much of himself will Greg surrender to keep winning? A Strickfield horror story of ambition and dangerous power.
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Monthly Spooky | Haunted Airbnbs, Déjà Vu, Cave Isolation & Evil Dead Rise Apr 24, 2023

Haunted Airbnbs, déjà vu and 500 days alone in a cave: Henrique and Michelle explore unsettling places and unreliable perceptions in this April 2023 Monthly Spooky. A salvage operation becomes a rescue, a vacation rental raises paranormal questions, and extreme isolation changes the meaning of an ordinary day. Then the conversation turns to Evil Dead Rise and the horror of demonic possession at home. Settle into the crypt for strange news, uneasy travel and horror-movie discussion.
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The Conqueror Worm by Edgar Allan Poe | Gothic Poetry and a Theater of Death Apr 21, 2023

A theater full of weeping angels watches humanity perform in Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Conqueror Worm.” The actors chase an elusive phantom while unseen forces move the scenery, trapping the drama in a circle without escape. Then a crawling red shape enters the stage. Henrique Couto reads this macabre poem of mortality, helplessness and the terrible distance between the players and those pulling their strings. Listen as Poe turns an evening at the theater into a compact vision of cosmic horror, where even the audience cannot intervene.
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The House That Killed Me | Haunted-House Exploration and a Warning from the Dead Apr 19, 2023

Ghostly children warn two video creators to leave an abandoned Oregon house in “The House That Killed Me” by Bruce Haney. Brandon hopes the untouched rooms will make his channel a success; Dan knows the property’s history includes deaths much more recent than Brandon expected. Cameras capture the house’s secrets, but a forgotten piece of equipment draws them back inside after their first encounter. Are the dead protecting their home—or trying to protect its visitors? Haunted-house horror meets the dangerous pursuit of internet fame.
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Terrifying & True | The Battle of Los Angeles — 1,400 Shells, No Enemy Aircraft Apr 17, 2023

The Battle of Los Angeles sent more than 1,400 anti-aircraft shells into the night sky in February 1942, yet no enemy aircraft was confirmed. A wartime blackout, sweeping searchlights and conflicting official explanations turned a coastal air-raid alarm into an enduring UFO mystery. Terrifying & True follows the panic after Pearl Harbor and the nearby Ellwood shelling, then examines the balloon explanation and the photograph that helped fuel decades of speculation. What did the guns actually target—and how much did fear shape what people saw? We're telling that story tonight.
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The Oval Portrait by Edgar Allan Poe | A Lifelike Painting and an Obsessive Artist Apr 14, 2023

A wounded traveler discovers a painting that seems disturbingly alive in Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Oval Portrait.” Sheltering in a remote château, he shifts a candle and reveals a young woman’s face in an ornate frame. A book beside his bed holds the portrait’s history: a devoted bride, a painter consumed by his work, and long sittings in an isolated tower. Henrique Couto narrates this Gothic horror story about love, obsession and the price of artistic perfection. What happened outside the frame while the artist pursued the perfect likeness?
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Night of the Tyrants | T. Rex Horror at a Missouri Meth-Lab Trailer Park Apr 12, 2023

Tyrannosaurs crash a criminal execution in “Night of the Tyrants” by David O’Hanlon. At a Missouri trailer park turned meth lab, Bruce and Maggie Boudreaux face a Dixie Mafia enforcer after stealing from the operation. Then an emergency siren sounds, something heavy crosses the roof, and the people holding the guns discover they are prey. Volatile chemicals, locked-in enemies and prehistoric predators make every escape route a fresh gamble. This darkly comic dinosaur horror story asks who has the worst odds: the thieves, the mobster or anyone between them and the truck.
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Terrifying & True | Tupac Shakur Murder: The 1996 Las Vegas Shooting Apr 10, 2023

Tupac Shakur’s 1996 Las Vegas murder left a shooting scene, an earlier casino fight and years of conflicting accounts. This April 2023 Terrifying & True episode revisits the fatal attack after the Tyson–Seldon fight, Tupac’s final ride with Suge Knight, and the allegations and theories surrounding the white Cadillac. The recording predates the later prosecution. Case update: Duane “Keffe D” Davis was convicted of first-degree murder on August 31, 2026. How did a public shooting become a mystery that outlived so many of its witnesses? We're telling that story tonight.
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Morella by Edgar Allan Poe | Gothic Horror, Identity and a Haunting Resemblance Apr 07, 2023

Can a person’s identity survive death? Edgar Allan Poe’s “Morella” follows a husband whose fascination with his wife’s forbidden studies turns to dread. After her death, he raises a daughter whose appearance, intelligence and speech seem increasingly familiar. The child remains unnamed as affection gives way to a fear he cannot explain. Henrique Couto narrates this Gothic horror story of marriage, occult philosophy and the unsettling boundary between resemblance and return. One name carries everything the father has tried to bury.
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Bloody Mary | A Sleepover Dare and a Haunted-Mirror Urban Legend Apr 05, 2023

The Bloody Mary mirror ritual gives a school bully a new way to try scaring Madelyne in Rob Fields’ “Bloody Mary.” Arial Mirren has planned a Strickfield sleepover prank, but her coffee-loving classmate refuses to be frightened. After the party, the other girls start seeing someone in their reflections—and Madelyne is the one they turn to for help. A haunted-mirror urban legend becomes a mischievous ghost story about friendship, bullying and the difference between pretending to be fearless and knowing something nobody else does.
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Terrifying & True | David Hadaway: The Unsolved 1986 Columbus Murder Near Ohio State Apr 03, 2023

David Hadaway was nineteen when his body was found near Ohio State University in Columbus in July 1986. Known as “Diamond Dave,” the Sears employee had attended a gathering before his final movements became uncertain. Terrifying & True revisits the timeline, a blanket that offered a possible clue, and an investigation left without a clear motive or confirmed murder scene. The focus stays on David and the evidence surrounding his death. What happened after the gathering—and who could help fill the gap in his last hours? We're telling that story tonight.
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Punching the Creepy Clock | Five Workplace Horror Stories Mar 31, 2023

A restaurant ghost, a delivery gone wrong and a vampire at the convenience store make clocking in dangerous. “Punching the Creepy Clock” collects five workplace horror stories:
“Lucien Greyshire and the Ghost from Applebee’s” — L.F. Falconer
“I Used to Drive a Delivery Truck, Until the Incident” — Michael Kelso
“Convenience Store Vampire” — Douglas Waltz
“The Fall of Man” — David O’Hanlon
“The Night Stocker” — Shane Migliavacca
From the stockroom to the road, an ordinary shift can hide something monstrous. Ready to work late?
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Crime and Bedevilment: The Falling Out of Two Brothers | An Occult Heist Goes Wrong Mar 29, 2023

Two thieves interrupt an occult ritual in “Crime and Bedevilment: The Falling Out of Two Brothers” by Joe Solmo. Brandon and Mickey follow a wealthy woman home, certain her safe-deposit box will be an easy score. Inside her estate, a candlelit ceremony and a mysterious collar turn their bickering burglary into a supernatural catastrophe. One brother brings the bullets; the other brings an extraordinary talent for making things worse. As snow closes in, escaping the house may be the simplest part of their night. A darkly comic tale of black magic, greed and a dangerous brotherly bond.
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Monthly Spooky | Haunted Photos, Crybaby Bridges & Cocaine Cat Mar 27, 2023

Haunted photographs and Crybaby Bridge legends put supposed evidence of the supernatural under the crypt’s spotlight in this March 2023 Monthly Spooky. Henrique and Michelle discuss eerie images, a house sold with its own cemetery, and the bizarre Cocaine Cat news story. Why does an unexplained figure in a photograph feel so persuasive—and why do the same frightening bridge stories follow us from town to town? Join a conversation about local folklore, alleged hauntings and odd headlines that hardly need embellishment.
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Blood and Snow | Strickfield Blizzard Horror + Henrique Couto Interview Mar 24, 2023

A blizzard hides more than footprints in “Blood and Snow” by Rob Fields. Heiress Veronica Grande flees a killer into Strickfield’s backwoods, where a contaminated river and a family fortune turn survival into something far stranger. When a search party enters the frozen wilderness a year later, finding Veronica may be more frightening than losing her. Winter isolation, family betrayal and monstrous hunger drive this horror story. Also includes Charles Campbell’s interview with host Henrique Couto.
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Blood and Snow | A Missing Heiress and Strickfield’s Frozen Backwoods Mar 22, 2023

A missing heiress, a poisoned river and a brutal blizzard collide in “Blood and Snow” by Rob Fields. Veronica Grande’s inheritance puts her in a killer’s path, sending her into Strickfield’s frozen backwoods. A year later, her mother joins a search party heading into the same wilderness, where abandoned houses and warnings about the hungry dead offer little comfort. What has survived beneath the snow—and what does the family really want to bring home? A winter horror story of betrayal, monstrous hunger and a search that should never have begun.
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Terrifying & True | Shark Arm Case: James Smith, Patrick Brady & a Sydney Murder Mystery Mar 20, 2023

A tiger shark disgorged a tattooed human arm before visitors at Sydney’s Coogee Aquarium in 1935. The limb led police to missing man James Smith and a murder investigation far stranger than a shark attack. Terrifying & True follows the Shark Arm case through Patrick Brady, businessman Reginald Holmes and the tangled accounts of Sydney’s criminal underworld. A crucial witness died before giving evidence, and the rest of Smith’s body was never recovered. How much could one severed arm reveal—and what could investigators actually prove? We're telling that story tonight.
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Horror 421 | Jeff Strand on Pressure, Deathless & Writing Horror Mar 17, 2023

Jeff Strand discusses Pressure, Deathless and the challenge of returning to a story years later on Horror 421. Host Charles Campbell and guest co-host Henrique Couto ask about outlining, audiobooks, self-publishing and balancing horror with comedy. Strand explains the writing challenge behind Kutter—a serial killer whose bond with a Boston terrier tests the reader’s sympathies—and talks about his Wolf Hunt series. This March 2023 author interview connects specific books with the decisions behind them. How do you keep changing your approach after more than fifty books?
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Tarnished Gold | An NFL Quarterback Faces a Demon’s Cruel Game Mar 15, 2023

An NFL quarterback turns to a demon after three bad games threaten everything he believes about himself in “Tarnished Gold” by David O’Hanlon. Carlton Gold has championships, fame and a vast contract, but Mister Day insists his throwing arm is not the problem. The pale stranger offers help that becomes a brutal test of identity, obligation and self-worth. Carlton must face what success has cost him while a supernatural manipulator rewrites the rules. Football ambition meets psychological torment and body horror in a game no stadium could contain.
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Terrifying & True | Werewolf of Defiance: Ohio’s 1972 Railroad-Track Sightings Mar 13, 2023

The Werewolf of Defiance stalked Ohio’s railroad tracks in a brief wave of reported sightings in 1972. Workers described a large, hairy figure with an animal-like head; one account included an encounter with something carrying a wooden board. Terrifying & True follows the newspaper attention, police response and local fear that turned the reports into enduring cryptid folklore. Witness claims, possible pranks and familiar animals all belong in the discussion. What moved through the rail yard after dark—and why did a werewolf become the explanation? We're telling that story tonight.
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Ghost Stories Vol. 1 | Five Paranormal Tales of Hauntings and Demons Mar 10, 2023

A haunted pond, a graveyard after dark and something beneath a neighbor’s house await in “Ghost Stories Vol. 1.” Five supernatural horror stories fill more than two hours:
“Suffer the Little Children” — Dennis Freeman
“The Spirit of Langley Pond” — Charles Campbell
“Homecoming” — Joe Solmo
“Ghost in the Graveyard” — Rob Fields
“The Dead Thing Under the House” — David O’Hanlon
From a couple’s new home to a dare among friends, familiar places become dangerous. Will you recognize the warning before the haunting reaches you?
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I Know Who You Are | A Beagle, a Woodland Haunting and a Terrifying Double Mar 08, 2023

A beagle follows a scent into the woods, and something follows him home in “I Know Who You Are” by Charles Campbell. Rita adores Miller, but after their ordinary walk turns strange, his nighttime growling and frantic digging suggest a presence she cannot see. A storm draws them back toward the trees, where a familiar face waits on the wrong side of the living world. This supernatural horror story ties a woman’s love for her dog to a woodland haunting and an accusation she cannot outrun. What has Miller found—and why does it know her?
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Terrifying & True | Lake Michigan Triangle: Shipwrecks, Flight 2501 & Great Lakes Mysteries Mar 06, 2023

Shipwrecks, vanished crews and Flight 2501 helped build the legend of the Lake Michigan Triangle. Terrifying & True explores the Great Lakes region between Ludington, Benton Harbor and Manitowoc, following real disasters alongside the paranormal stories attached to them. From the Rosa Belle to a passenger plane lost over the lake in 1950, the episode asks how dangerous water and gaps in the record become tales of strange lights and missing time. Which details belong to documented tragedy, and which arrived as the legend grew? We're telling that story tonight.
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A Night at the Galleria | Ancient Vampires and an After-Hours Mall Robbery Mar 01, 2023

Two ancient vampires plan an anniversary at a closed shopping mall in “A Night at the Galleria” by Rob Fields. Theodore and Esme look like children, making it easy to slip past security for a private night of stores, snacks and movies. But a crooked guard and his accomplices have plans for the jewelry counters and payroll safe. When the robbery interrupts the celebration, the thieves mistake the couple for easy targets. After-hours mall horror meets immortal romance in a story about predators who have badly misjudged the company they are keeping.
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Monthly Spooky | Black-Eyed Children, Haunted Rings & Cocaine Bear Feb 27, 2023

Black-Eyed Children and haunted rings bring urban legends and cursed-object stories to this February 2023 Monthly Spooky. Henrique and Michelle gather in the crypt to discuss unsettling encounters, the fears we attach to ordinary possessions, and the real animal story behind Cocaine Bear. Strange news meets paranormal claims and horror-movie conversation, with room for both curiosity and disbelief. Would you open the door to those children—or put on a ring someone warned you never to wear?
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Ghosts in the Machine | A Bullied Girl and a Face Hidden in Computer Code Feb 22, 2023

A woman’s face appears inside a school computer’s code in “Ghosts in the Machine” by Shane Migliavacca. Janet Rogers is grieving her parents, enduring cruel classmates and adjusting to her aunt’s unsettling old house when impossible things begin happening around her. The stranger on the screen seems familiar—and promises to help her unlock the world. Is Janet being haunted, or discovering that reality is less solid than it looks? This science-fiction horror story follows a lonely girl whose search for comfort may change far more than her school day.
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Terrifying & True | Natalie Wood: Her Drowning, Conflicting Accounts & Lingering Questions Feb 20, 2023

Natalie Wood disappeared from the yacht Splendour near Catalina Island in November 1981. Her death was first ruled an accidental drowning, but conflicting accounts of the night and later forensic questions kept the case in public view. Terrifying & True revisits the voyage with Robert Wagner, Christopher Walken and captain Dennis Davern, tracing the disputed timeline and the investigation’s reopening. The account separates recorded findings from allegations about what happened aboard. Why have Wood’s final hours proved so difficult to reconstruct? We're telling that story tonight.
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The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe | Gothic Poetry, Lost Lenore and “Nevermore” Feb 17, 2023

A raven interrupts a grieving scholar’s lonely December night in Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven.” Mourning Lenore, the narrator opens his chamber to a visitor whose single word seems to answer questions no living person can resolve. Curiosity becomes dread as he keeps asking, unable to resist the reply. Henrique Couto reads this classic Gothic poem of loss, memory and self-torment, letting its insistent rhythm draw you deeper into the room. Is the bird a messenger, an omen or simply the voice grief has been waiting to hear?
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Gloverville | Halloween Screams Next Door in a Southern Small Town Feb 15, 2023

Screams next door disturb the approach of Halloween 1982 in “Gloverville” by Charles Campbell. Charlie and his friend Niecy have been warned to stay away from the Reynolds house, but young Libby’s lonely nights in a backyard shed make that advice hard to follow. In their South Carolina neighborhood, an ordinary act of kindness leads toward a hunger the children do not understand. Southern small-town horror, childhood friendship and a grandmother’s fierce warnings collide. What happens inside that house after dark—and why is Libby afraid to sleep there?
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Terrifying & True | Karlie Lain Gusé: The Unsolved Chalfant Valley Disappearance Feb 13, 2023

Karlie Lain Gusé was sixteen when she disappeared from Chalfant Valley, California, on October 13, 2018. Her phone stayed behind; witnesses reported seeing her near Highway 6 that morning. Terrifying & True follows the final known movements, the search and the rumors that gathered around a missing teenager. The FBI and Mono County Sheriff’s Office continue to seek information. Official case details and tip information: https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/kid...
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Introducing Weird Darkness with Darren Marlar | A Nightmare on Elm Street’s True Inspiration Feb 11, 2023

What real events helped inspire A Nightmare on Elm Street? Darren Marlar traces the reports behind Wes Craven’s nightmare killer in this full guest episode of Weird Darkness, introduced by Henrique Couto. The stories also explore Beverly Rose Potts’ 1951 disappearance, fatal accidents involving movie prop weapons, strange deathbed moments and the gruesome legend of the mellified man. Horror movie history meets unsolved mystery and dark folklore in a narrated collection for listeners who wonder where the screen’s scares end and the real world begins.
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Five Stories of Love and Death Vol. 2 | Valentine Horror Anthology Feb 10, 2023

Love bends time, grief refuses to let go and a date takes a monstrous turn in “Five Stories of Love and Death Vol. 2.” This Valentine horror anthology features:
“Echoes” and “Deb, Debbie, Deborah” — Shane Migliavacca
“Party in the Woods” — Joe Solmo
“Boy Meets Ghoul” — Rob Fields
“Roxy” — Charles Campbell
From a small-town newcomer to a lonely Valentine’s night, these five stories make attraction and devotion dangerously uncertain. Listen for dark romance, supernatural encounters and the dread of getting close to the wrong person.
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Slasher II: Valentine’s Day | A Scream Queen’s Horror Convention Becomes a Ghoul Hunt Feb 08, 2023

A scream queen’s convention appearance becomes a real monster encounter in “Slasher II: Valentine’s Day” by Rob Fields. Vickie Valentine is filming a horror sequel with the Corgen Twins when an imposing fan and his mother take an interest in her that goes far beyond an autograph. Their plans lead into the Strickfield Backwoods, where movie weapons and practical effects may be poor protection against a ghoul family. Slasher filmmaking meets cannibal horror in a sequel about the frightening distance between playing a final girl and becoming one.
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Terrifying & True | Anthony & Nathaniel Cook: The Toledo Serial Murders Feb 06, 2023

Anthony and Nathaniel Cook’s crimes left Toledo, Ohio, families waiting years for answers. Terrifying & True follows the brothers’ attacks, the survivors who helped investigators and the DNA evidence that connected earlier cases to a wider pattern of murder. The episode examines how forensic testing and a 2000 plea agreement exposed crimes that had remained unresolved, then considers the consequences of the sentencing deal. Behind every breakthrough were victims whose lives had been cut short. How did the pattern stay hidden for so long? We're telling that story tonight.
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Five Disturbing Tales of Love and Blood Vol. 1 | Valentine Horror Stories Feb 03, 2023

A Valentine’s gift, a blind date and a night at lovers’ lane turn romance deadly in “Five Disturbing Tales of Love and Blood Vol. 1.” This horror anthology includes:
“Be Mine” — Shane Migliavacca
“Love Conquers All” and “The Blind Date” — Joe Solmo
“A Sunken Heart in Hino Bay” — Jeff Carpenter
“Lovers’ Lane” — Morgan Moore
Five stories take desire into slasher horror, reckless rituals and the uncanny depths of the sea. Before you answer that invitation or trust a stranger with your heart, settle in for love at its most unsettling.
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Incident at Isotope Inn | A Desert Motel Siege and an Impossible Doorway Feb 01, 2023

A desert motel hostage crisis opens onto something stranger than escape in “Incident at Isotope Inn” by Shane Migliavacca. Jane Whitman arrives carrying grief and a gun, just as violent criminals bring the isolated Arizona inn under siege. Beyond the motel, the former military site at Black Ridge sends out a signal that cannot be ignored. A storm, a forbidden landscape and an impossible doorway draw the survivors toward a question with terrible stakes: can the past be changed? Crime thriller and science-fiction horror collide far from anyone who could help.
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Monthly Spooky | Funeral-Home Living, Deadly Love & Swallowing LEGO for Science Jan 30, 2023

What is it like to live in a funeral home? Henrique and Michelle begin this January 2023 Monthly Spooky with a home where caring for the dead is part of everyday life. Then come researchers swallowing LEGO pieces for science and love stories that turn deadly. The crypt conversation moves from an unusual living arrangement to a memorable experiment and the frightening side of intimacy. Strange news, dark humor and real human behavior supply plenty of unease without needing a monster at the door.
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Five Stories of Wolf Beasts | Werewolves, Curses & Canine Horror Jan 27, 2023

Werewolves stalk a campsite, rumors turn classmates into suspects and a loyal dog becomes a deadly protector in “Five Stories of Wolf Beasts.” This creature-horror collection features:
“Wolf Moon” — Joe Solmo
“Eh, Real Monsters from NEPA” — Michelle Antisocial
“A Dog and His Boy” and “The Wolf of Fagan County” — David O’Hanlon
“Wilson Road” — Charles Campbell
Five stories follow canine terror from a school in Pennsylvania to the woods of the rural South. Who is the real threat: the beast, or the people hunting it?
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Rage’s End Part 4 of 4 | The Angel of Death Faces Judgment Jan 25, 2023

Love and vigilante justice reach a breaking point in “Rage’s End Part 4” by Rob Fields. Detective Drake Kazmierczak confronts Raige, the woman he plans to marry and the Angel of Death he has sworn to stop. With the Queen of Hearts killer still a threat, neither the law nor their relationship offers an easy way out. This concluding chapter brings the four-part Strickfield serial-killer miniseries to its final reckoning. Can Drake save the person he loves without accepting the judgment she has passed on everyone else? Start with Part 1 for the complete story.
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Terrifying & True | The Circleville Letters: Threats, a Booby Trap & an Unsolved Mystery Jan 23, 2023

Anonymous letters terrorized Circleville, Ohio, with accusations, threats and a booby trap along a school-bus route. Terrifying & True follows Mary Gillispie’s ordeal, her husband Ron’s death and the attempted-murder case against Paul Freshour. His conviction did not settle the identity of the letter writer, and accounts of continuing mail deepened the mystery. Handwriting evidence, personal secrets and disputed timelines make this a case where certainty is hard to earn. Who knew enough to keep a community frightened—and how many people were involved? We're telling that story tonight.
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Rage’s End Part 3 of 4 | A Wounded Vigilante and the Queen of Hearts Killer Jan 18, 2023

A wounded vigilante returns to a killer’s river house in “Rage’s End Part 3” by Rob Fields. Raige is running out of ways to hide her double life from Detective Drake Kazmierczak, her partner and fiancé. The Queen of Hearts killer still holds an innocent woman captive, and freeing her could require a bargain Raige cannot safely keep. Love, obsession and serial-killer rivalry tighten around the Angel of Death as Drake follows the clues toward the same house. Continue the four-part Strickfield miniseries, where the next rescue could expose everything.
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Terrifying & True | Westside Park Murders: Kimberly Dowell & Ethan Dixon’s Unsolved Case Jan 16, 2023

Kimberly Dowell and Ethan Dixon were found shot in a parked car at Muncie’s Westside Park in September 1985. The Indiana teenagers’ deaths generated witnesses, competing theories and evidence that never produced a straightforward answer. Terrifying & True revisits the night of the murders, the Volkswagen where they were discovered, and the leads that drew investigators in different directions. Suspicion and later claims are weighed against what the record supports. What happened inside that car—and which overlooked detail might explain it? We're telling that story tonight.
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Spooky on the Road | Michigan Dogman, Lake Michigan Triangle & UFOs with Ashley Hilt Jan 13, 2023

Michigan’s Dogman, the Lake Michigan Triangle and UFO sightings take center stage as Fortean investigator Ashley Hilt joins Henrique Couto for Spooky on the Road. The On Wednesdays We Talk Weird host shares regional folklore and reported encounters, including a winged figure in Flint and the 1994 West Michigan UFO reports. Recorded during Henrique’s winter trip, this conversation follows the strange stories attached to the Great Lakes and the woods around them. What makes a place a magnet for monster sightings—and how much should we believe?
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Rage’s End Part 2 of 4 | A Hostage Rescue and the Hunt for the Angel of Death Jan 11, 2023

A hostage crisis draws two investigations toward disaster in “Rage’s End Part 2” by Rob Fields. Drake Kazmierczak is determined to catch the Angel of Death, unaware that the vigilante is his own fiancée, Raige. While he follows a lead at an abandoned summer camp, Raige tracks the Queen of Hearts killer to a river house where a captive woman’s life depends on her next move. The second chapter of this Strickfield serial-killer miniseries turns a rescue into a dangerous collision between love, duty and a secret that cannot stay hidden forever.
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Terrifying & True | Keddie Cabin Murders: The Unsolved Mystery of Cabin 28 Jan 09, 2023

Cabin 28 at the Keddie resort became a crime scene in April 1981: Sue Sharp, her son John and his friend Dana Wingate were found murdered, while twelve-year-old Tina Sharp was missing. Terrifying & True reconstructs the Northern California case, the children who survived in the cabin and the discovery of Tina’s remains three years later. The episode examines overlooked leads, disputed accounts and the questions surrounding the original investigation. How could one small cabin hold so much violence—and leave so much unexplained? We're telling that story tonight.
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Spooky on the Road | Michigan Wendigos, Manitous & Melonheads with Stew Miller Jan 07, 2023

Michigan folklore gets a local guide when lifelong resident Stew Miller joins Henrique Couto for Spooky on the Road. Their conversation visits Wendigo stories, Manitous and the state’s strange Melonhead legends, following the tales attached to forests, communities and roads across the Great Lakes State. Indigenous traditions and later local monster stories have different roots, giving the discussion more to explore than a simple creature list. Ride along for regional lore and a Michigander’s perspective on what makes home feel haunted.
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Rage’s End Part 1 of 4 | A Vigilante Serial Killer Becomes the Target Jan 04, 2023

A vigilante serial killer receives a warning on her college graduation day in “Rage’s End Part 1” by Rob Fields. Raige’s new life as a detective and bride-to-be rests on one secret: she is the Angel of Death. When the Queen of Hearts killer returns to Strickfield, a personal challenge threatens both her hidden rituals and her future with Drake Kazmierczak, the detective determined to catch her. Begin this four-part crime-horror miniseries about rival killers, dangerous devotion and the moment a hunter realizes someone has been waiting for her.
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Terrifying & True | Texas Killing Fields: I-45 Victims, Suspects & Unsolved Cases Jan 02, 2023

The Texas Killing Fields connect a landscape of loss along Interstate 45 between Houston and Galveston. Women and girls vanished, bodies were recovered, and families struggled to keep cases from being dismissed or forgotten. Terrifying & True follows the Calder Road discoveries alongside other I-45 investigations, distinguishing solved crimes from unresolved cases and unproven links. DNA breakthroughs brought answers for some families, but the geography does not establish a single killer. How did so many separate lives become one haunting name? We're telling that story tonight.
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The Angel of Death: Rage Collection | Five Strickfield Serial-Killer Horror Stories Dec 30, 2022

Meet Strickfield’s Angel of Death in five connected horror stories by Rob Fields. Before the four-part “Rage’s End” miniseries, this collection follows the vigilante’s origins, deadly relationships and encounters with other predators. Holiday violence, a pursuit through illness and a babysitting job with dangerous secrets build the history behind a killer who believes she is delivering justice.
Includes “The Hook,” “Christmas Rage,” “Catalyst,” “Sick With Rage” and “Angel in Babysitting.” A bloody introduction to Raige’s world, intended for mature listeners.
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Stakes ’n Shoguns | Count Dracula at a New Year’s Eve Grindhouse Dec 28, 2022

Count Dracula turns a New Year’s Eve movie night into a vampire siege in “Stakes ’n Shoguns” by Dan Wilder. A Manhattan grindhouse patron only wants to watch Shogun Assassin, but something is feeding among the front-row sleepers. With the exits blocked and bats gathering, surviving the screening will require more than a taste for screen violence. A blood-bank receptionist, a disreputable priest and improvised defenses face the oldest predator in the building. Expect profane dark comedy, shabby cinema atmosphere and a midnight celebration with very sharp teeth.
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Monthly Spooky | Golem Folklore, Ghost Ships, Grinches & Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 Dec 26, 2022

Golem folklore meets Christmas horror in this December 2022 Monthly Spooky. Henrique and Michelle discuss ghost-ship news, Grinch-related oddities and the Jewish legend of a being formed from clay. Then they revisit Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 and compare unsettling Reddit accounts described as “glitches in the matrix.” It is a crypt conversation about creations that escape control, holiday mayhem and reports that make ordinary reality feel unreliable. Bring your curiosity—and your tolerance for Christmas slasher chaos.
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'Twas the Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke Moore — Fireside Holiday Reading Dec 24, 2022

A miniature sleigh, eight reindeer and a visitor on the rooftop arrive in “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas,” the classic holiday poem credited to Clement Clarke Moore. Settle beside the fire for a spoken-word reading of a household’s mysterious Christmas Eve encounter with St. Nicholas. Stockings, chimney soot and a sudden clatter outside create a gentle moment of suspense before the familiar festive welcome. This quiet seasonal interlude brings the wonder of a midnight visit to Weekly Spooky—a cozy listen for anyone who loves hearing the traditional poem aloud. Narrated by Henrique Couto, with music by Ray Mattis.
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My First Scary Stories | Henrique Couto’s Early Tales of Revenge, Murder & Monsters Dec 23, 2022

Hear the roots of Weekly Spooky in Henrique Couto’s early “Don’t Listen in the Dark” recordings. Written and performed before the podcast began, “My First Scary Stories” moves through a crooked contractor’s reckoning, an unsettling house, a dangerous séance and grave-robbing consequences. Bank robbers, a prison revolt and a barroom predator add to the collection’s human and supernatural threats. The episode closes with a late-night cemetery recording, giving this horror marathon an unusually personal setting. Written and performed by Henrique Couto; mature content.
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Dead Silent Night | Santa’s Killer Elf and a Very Dangerous Naughty List Dec 21, 2022

Santa’s killer elf returns for an overdue Christmas reckoning in “Dead Silent Night” by David O’Hanlon. Peppermint Ray has business with Derek, a man who has spent years escaping the consequences of his cruelty. This time, a monstrous reindeer and a collection of vicious holiday tricks accompany the visitor. Derek thinks he can outwit the naughty list again, but his house hides reasons for Ray to stay. An adults-only Christmas horror story of supernatural punishment, outrageous violence and dark comedy, where the bells announce anything but peace.
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Terrifying & True | The Covina Christmas Massacre — A Killer in a Santa Suit Dec 19, 2022

A Santa disguise brought violence to the Ortega family’s Christmas Eve gathering in Covina, California, in 2008. Bruce Pardo arrived armed, opened fire and set the home ablaze, killing nine people, including his former wife Sylvia. Terrifying & True follows the preparations investigators uncovered, the survivors’ escape and the family at the center of the tragedy. This account examines a planned act of domestic mass violence without turning the victims into holiday spectacle. How did a familiar symbol of welcome become the cover for an attack? We're telling that story tonight.
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Christmas Scary Stories Vol. 2 | A Blizzard Killer, Satan Claus & a Deadly Wish Dec 16, 2022

Three Christmas horror stories turn the holiday into a test of survival. In Shane Migliavacca’s “The Weather Outside Is Frightful,” a blizzard conceals an ax-wielding zealot. Keith Tomlin’s “Satan Claus” follows children who leave blood in cookies to summon a protector against their abusive stepfather. L. F. Falconer’s “Christmas Cranberries” brings a cruel child and a coveted red baseball bat into a darker version of Santa’s judgment. Settle in for snowy isolation, a forbidden holiday ritual and the danger of assuming Christmas wishes come without consequences.
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Operation Deadly Night | A Robot Santa Turns Christmas Eve into a Nightmare Dec 14, 2022

A robot Santa update changes the Molson family’s trusted android butler in “Operation Deadly Night” by Keith Tomlin. In 2047, Charles is supposed to wrap gifts, sing carols and help make Christmas effortless. Once the household settles in for the holiday, his new routine takes the naughty list far too seriously. The family has welcomed a machine into every corner of its home—and given it everything it needs to judge them. Futuristic Christmas horror mixes domestic surveillance, killer robots and the frightening limits of trust in an automated helper.
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Terrifying & True | Sodder Children: The Christmas Fire & Five Missing Siblings Dec 12, 2022

Five Sodder children were believed to be upstairs when their West Virginia home burned early on Christmas Day in 1945. Their parents escaped but never accepted that the fire explained everything. Terrifying & True follows the failed rescue attempts, the lack of clearly identifiable remains, reported sightings and the photograph that kept the family searching. The episode weighs disputed clues against the uncertainty left by a devastating blaze. Were Maurice, Martha, Louis, Jennie and Betty lost in the fire, or did the family’s unanswered questions point elsewhere? We're telling that story tonight.
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Christmas Scary Stories Vol. 1 | Five Tales of Winter Monsters & Holiday Terror Dec 09, 2022

Five Christmas horror stories bring danger through the snow: “Biting Cold” by Jeff Carpenter; “Home for Christmas” by Shane Migliavacca; “Christmas Rage” by Rob Fields; “Welcome to Tiny Christmas, Iowa” by Michelle Antisocial; and “Babes in Terrorland” by Morgan Moore. A hunter faces a ravenous beast, a boarding school shelters a stranger, and Strickfield encounters a killer Santa. A town’s relentless cheer and a toy-store break-in complete the collection. Settle in for winter survival, holiday cults and toys with their own ideas about unwanted visitors.
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Krampus Is Comin’ | A Cursed Snow Globe and a Sorority’s Christmas Reckoning Dec 07, 2022

A Krampus snow globe offers much more than a last-minute Christmas gift in “Krampus Is Comin’” by Rob Fields. Strickfield sorority president Kathy Betcher has learned to answer betrayal with revenge, keeping even her family at a distance. A reluctant visit home sends her to Tinker’s for a present for her little sister, where a horned figure waits behind glass. When its eyes begin to glow, Kathy’s private grudges find a terrifying new outlet. Cursed-object horror meets Christmas folklore in a story about punishment, family and the danger of deciding who deserves it.
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Terrifying & True | Krampus: Alpine Folklore, Krampusnacht & Santa’s Dark Counterpart Dec 05, 2022

Krampus brings horns, chains and punishment to the Alpine Christmas season. Terrifying & True follows the folklore of Saint Nicholas’s frightening companion through Krampusnacht, winter customs and the masked processions of the Krampuslauf. Birch switches, bells and baskets give the legend its unsettling imagery, while regional traditions and modern reinventions complicate simple claims about its origins. How did a figure meant to frighten children become a holiday attraction celebrated far beyond the Alps—and what still makes those bells sound like a warning? We're telling that story tonight.
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Santa Claus Is Killin’ the Town | A Christmas Reunion Turns into Slasher Horror Nov 30, 2022

A hometown Christmas reunion turns threatening in “Santa Claus Is Killin’ the Town” by Morgan Moore. Janice joins her girlfriend Molly for a holiday at an old inn in Decatur, hoping an unfamiliar circle of friends might offer the right setting for a proposal. But cozy traditions share the town with a sinister Christmas legend, and the welcoming image of Santa begins to change. This holiday slasher story mixes a queer romance, reunion nerves and the fear of being far from home when the celebration goes wrong. Some Christmas visitors bring more than coal.
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Monthly Spooky | Dark Christmas Origins, Deadly Video Games, Haunted Asylums & Bigfoot Nov 28, 2022

Dark Christmas traditions, haunted asylums and a Bigfoot story lead this November 2022 Monthly Spooky. Henrique and Michelle bring strange headlines to the crypt, including the idea of a video game with deadly consequences and the frightening stories attached to holiday customs. The movie conversation revisits the Thanksgiving slasher Blood Rage and looks ahead to that year’s Christmas horror releases. Settle in for cryptid curiosity, alleged hauntings and seasonal movie talk as one holiday gives way to another.
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Turkey Terror | Tentacled Thanksgiving Horror in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula Nov 23, 2022

A family’s Thanksgiving feast comes with tentacles in “Turkey Terror” by Douglas Waltz. On the shores of Lake Superior in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, hunting the holiday bird is a tradition passed between generations. The meat is delicious; the fear on returning hunters’ faces is harder to explain. After a disastrous hunt brings him home from graduate school, one man heads into the frozen wilderness determined to end the custom. Thanksgiving creature horror meets a family secret whose source waits inside a lakeside cave. What have they really been putting on the table?
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Terrifying & True | Chalino Sanchez: The Unsolved Murder of a Corrido Legend Nov 21, 2022

Chalino Sanchez’s 1992 murder followed a life that helped make him a corrido legend. Terrifying & True traces his rise from homemade recordings to packed performances, the Coachella concert gunfight and his final return to Culiacán. A note passed to him onstage became part of the mythology, though its contents have never been publicly established. His music, survival and violent death left a legacy that stretches across Sinaloa and Southern California. What can the final performance tell us—and where does the evidence give way to legend? We're telling that story tonight.
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Lucien Greyshire and the Ghost from Applebee’s | A Poltergeist’s Strange Job Offer Nov 16, 2022

A teenage poltergeist gets an unusual job offer in “Lucien Greyshire and the Ghost from Applebee’s” by L. F. Falconer. Lucien can see the dead, and his Halloween entertainment business has a place for talents the living cannot provide. At a restaurant, he recruits a restless spirit who remembers little of his own past. Work and companionship sound like a second chance, but Lucien’s kindness comes with secrets of its own. This ghost story blends afterlife melancholy and macabre humor with a troubling question: how well should you know the man offering you a future?
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Terrifying & True | La Mancha Negra: Venezuela’s Mysterious Black Road Stain Nov 14, 2022

La Mancha Negra was reported as a sticky black stain spreading along Venezuela’s Caracas airport highway. Drivers described dangerously slick pavement, and repeated cleaning attempts only added to the mystery. Terrifying & True examines accounts of changing road conditions, theories involving asphalt, oil and sewage, and the political suspicions that grew around the problem. Dramatic accident figures circulated, but the scale of those claims remains disputed. Was this an unresolved road hazard, a story enlarged by repetition—or a mixture of both? We're telling that story tonight.
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The Fall of Man | A Supermarket Owner Trapped in a Killer’s Game Nov 09, 2022

A supermarket owner discovers a body in aisle seven in “The Fall of Man” by David O’Hanlon. He built Brown’s General Market into his whole world, advancing as competitors and colleagues suffered suspiciously convenient accidents. Now the exits are chained and a voice over the public-address system knows far too much about his success. Every department becomes hostile territory as he tries to survive inside the business he loves. Darkly comic workplace horror turns ambition, retail routine and a carefully protected past into the ingredients of one very bad closing shift.
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Terrifying & True | The Alaska Triangle: Missing Aircraft, Wilderness Danger & Kushtaka Lore Nov 07, 2022

The Alaska Triangle links real disappearances with the supernatural stories told about a vast wilderness. Terrifying & True revisits the 1972 flight carrying Hale Boggs and Nick Begich, other missing-aircraft accounts, the Japan Airlines Flight 1628 UFO report and Kushtaka folklore. Mountain weather, remote terrain and the difficulty of finding wreckage sit alongside stranger proposed explanations. The episode explores how loss becomes regional legend without treating paranormal claims as proof. What disappears in Alaska—and what grows in the silence left behind? We're telling that story tonight.
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Angel in Babysitting | A Vigilante Serial Killer Takes a Dangerous Job Nov 02, 2022

A babysitting job puts Strickfield’s Angel of Death close to another predator in “Angel in Babysitting” by Rob Fields. After two young women are killed, Raige notices something deeply unsettling about ten-year-old Douglas Kazmierczak. Her own secret life makes her alert to signs other people overlook—but acting on them could expose her to the detective she is dating. This serial-killer horror story twists the familiar babysitter-in-danger setup into a contest of suspicion and bloodlust. What happens when the person hired to protect a child has deadly secrets of her own?
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The Night Stocker | Halloween Horror on a Supermarket Night Shift Oct 31, 2022

A first job becomes a Halloween nightmare in “The Night Stocker” by Shane Migliavacca. Milly Richards trades trick-or-treating for a shift at Bargain Groceries, hoping the paycheck will help her family. A red Firebird circles too close before she even arrives, and inside the store a tense manager is waiting for a special shipment. Empty aisles and isolated stockrooms make it hard to know which warnings matter. This story of after-hours workplace horror mixes ’80s atmosphere, stalking and a shift whose real duties were never mentioned in the interview.
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Family-Friendly Halloween Horror Stories Vol. 2 | Chupacabra, Vampires & Haunted Technology Oct 28, 2022

Five family-friendly Halloween horror stories bring young listeners into strange territory: “The Beast of Roca de Vaca” by Morgan Moore; “A Night at the Galleria” by Rob Fields; “Ghosts in the Machine” by Shane Migliavacca; “The Siren’s Song” by Joe Solmo; and “Summer Slaycation” by David O’Hanlon. A hunt for Chupacabra evidence, ancient vampires in a closed mall and a face in computer code lead to a voice beneath the river and monsters beyond summer camp. Share a long spooky listen built around curiosity, courage and the danger of going one step too far.
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Tricks and Treats | Three Halloween Horror Tales with Hell’s Talent Scout Oct 26, 2022

Hell’s talent scout takes a Halloween stroll in “Tricks and Treats” by Keith Tomlin. Jack Scratch is looking for mortals with a gift for cruelty, and a quiet Midwestern town has plenty of doors to try. “The White Lion” follows a family seeking one particular house; “The Countess” introduces reckless teenagers to a dangerous stranger; and “The Bunny” puts a fleeing killer in a costumed child’s path. Three linked tales turn trick-or-treating into a tour of human and supernatural evil. Jack enjoys meeting promising recruits—and Halloween gives him excellent cover.
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Monthly Spooky | Witch’s Tower, Bigfoot & Halloween Haunts Across America Oct 24, 2022

Bigfoot reports, a mysterious Witch’s Tower and haunted attractions set the mood for this October 2022 Monthly Spooky. Henrique and Michelle bring Halloween strange news into the crypt, including the legend of a woman with a golden arm and stories of unsettling places across America. The conversation also visits The Midnight Club and The Watcher, joining regional lore to that season’s screen scares. Come for cryptid encounters and haunted history; stay for a horror-loving conversation about the stories people keep telling after dark.
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Family-Friendly Halloween Horror Stories Vol. 1 | Werewolves, Zombies & Cursed Music Oct 21, 2022

Five family-friendly Halloween horror stories mix monster mysteries with dangerous magic: “Eh, Real Monsters from NEPA” by Michelle Antisocial; “Bed and Breakfast and Zombies” by Keith Tomlin; “Heart of Fire, Heart of Stone” by Joe Solmo; “A Night of Hot Wax” by John Oak Dalton; and “The Lady in the Germ Box” by Killian Crane. Meet a suspected werewolf, a town with undead secrets, young elemental rivals, a forbidden record collection and a wish-granter at summer camp. Curiosity opens every door—but getting back out may take courage and a little help.
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Ghost in the Graveyard | A Halloween Game Inside Strickfield’s Locked Cemetery Oct 19, 2022

Children’s laughter draws three friends into a locked cemetery on Halloween in “Ghost in the Graveyard” by Rob Fields. Bill Chapman, Brian “Chunker” Chunk and Richie Horton are heading home with a week’s worth of candy when they hear what sounds like trouble beyond the wall. Inside the fog, a familiar childhood game becomes an invitation they may regret accepting. Strickfield’s restless past follows them among the graves, turning concern for strangers into a desperate search for escape. A Halloween ghost story about friendship, old fears and playing after midnight.
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Terrifying & True | Poisoned Halloween Candy: Urban Legend, Panic, and Murder Oct 17, 2022

Poisoned Halloween candy became an American urban legend despite a troubling gap between the familiar warning and documented crimes. Terrifying & True examines the deaths of Kevin Toston and Timothy O’Bryan, sociologist Joel Best’s research, and the media scares and hoaxes that helped keep parents checking wrappers. Real tragedies sit beside exaggerated claims, often pointing toward dangers closer to home than an unknown trick-or-treater’s neighbor. Why does the image of a stranger handing out poisoned sweets remain so powerful? We're telling that story tonight.
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The Grinner | A Halloween Candy Dare at an Abandoned Funeral Home Oct 14, 2022

A take-one candy rule becomes a challenge in “The Grinner” by Henrique Couto. Ten-year-old Robin wants to be Halloween’s undisputed champion, and the rotting scarecrow outside McClellan Hall offers the perfect test of nerve. His friend Michael knows the old funeral home’s legend and would rather leave the bowl alone. Robin has other plans. This Halloween horror story captures the thrill of childhood dares, the lure of a forbidden landmark and the moment a decoration becomes much too interesting. How much candy is worth finding out whether the warning is real?
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Origin of the Pumpkin Man | A Halloween School Prank and a Monstrous Revenge Oct 12, 2022

A cruel school prank helps create a Halloween monster in “Origin of the Pumpkin Man” by Charles Campbell. At LBC Middle School’s 1987 Jack-O-Lantern Jubilee, Butch Marker and Steve Vig prepare explosive pumpkins for the festivities. After a child is hurt, science teacher Raymond Mathis receives a packet marked PUMPKIN POTION and an invitation to punish those responsible. The dance is still ahead, but the evening’s rules are already changing. An ’80s Halloween horror story about recklessness, revenge and the frightening birth of a local legend.
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Terrifying & True | Chain Letters: Curses, Pyramid Schemes & Viral Fear Oct 10, 2022

Chain letters turn a simple instruction—pass this on—into a promise of fortune or a threat of disaster. Terrifying & True follows copied religious warnings, Lucy Meyer’s 1888 fundraising appeal and the money-making schemes that flooded mailboxes long before email spam. Dime letters and the Circle of Gold show how generosity, greed and superstition can keep a message moving. Today the same pressure travels through social feeds and forwarded posts. Why do people who doubt a curse still hesitate to break the chain, and who profits from that hesitation? We're telling that story tonight.
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Dullahan | A Headless Horseman on a Halloween Shortcut Oct 05, 2022

A Halloween shortcut leads toward a headless horseman in “Dullahan” by Morgan Moore. New to Yatesville, Isaiah Crane accepts a costume-party invitation from the girl he likes, even though his classmates want him dressed as a local man executed for witchcraft. Running late, he takes his bicycle into the woods and discovers that resembling a dead man can attract the wrong kind of attention. Folk horror meets the anxiety of trying to fit in as Isaiah searches for a way back to the party. Some town legends become much harder to dismiss after dark.
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Terrifying & True | Corpsewood Manor Murders (1982): Charles Scudder and Joseph Odom Oct 03, 2022

The 1982 Corpsewood Manor murders destroyed the secluded Georgia home Charles Scudder and Joseph Odom had built together. Terrifying & True follows the couple’s move from Chicago, their hospitality and the rumors of wealth that drew Kenneth Brock and Tony West to their door. The robbery, killings and trials became tangled with homophobia, occult imagery and the era’s Satanic Panic. Later ghost stories surround the ruins, but the documented crime begins with human choices. How did a dream of privacy become a target for violence and prejudice? We're telling that story tonight.
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Blood Rage | Strickfield’s Angel of Death Hunts a Vampire Sep 28, 2022

A blood-drained corpse puts a serial killer on a vampire’s trail in “Blood Rage” by Rob Fields. Raige is a Strickfield police intern with a secret appetite for murder, working beside Detective Drake Kazmierczak while trying to keep her own crimes hidden. A fraternity-house investigation points toward a predator whose methods are disturbingly different from hers. Between the case and her growing attraction to Drake, every move risks exposing the Angel of Death. Vampire horror collides with a killer’s double life in the next chapter of Raige’s story.
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Monthly Spooky | La Llorona, Child Ghosts & Halloween Strange News Sep 26, 2022

La Llorona, the Weeping Woman of folklore, leads this September 2022 Monthly Spooky into Halloween season. Henrique and Michelle discuss reported child ghosts, mystery meat, a real-life Addams family and strange stories from Reddit. The crypt conversation then turns to Jeepers Creepers: Reborn, The Invitation and Pearl, bringing movie reactions alongside urban legends and paranormal claims. It’s a spooky-season snapshot of the tales that travel from haunted waterways to the screen—and the odd headlines in between.
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Not Them | A Paranormal Investigator’s Partner Has Been Replaced Sep 21, 2022

A paranormal investigator recognizes a stranger where everyone else sees his trusted partner in “Not Them” by Tyler Belmont. Anthony Thomas knows Margaret Clark’s face, voice and history—but the woman arriving at work looks nothing like her. Colleagues accept the change, and even Margaret’s wife seems unaware that anything is wrong. Anthony’s experience with monsters offers little comfort when memory itself becomes unreliable. This supernatural identity-horror story asks what happens when the person beside you changes and you’re the only one who notices.
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Terrifying & True | Texarkana Moonlight Murders: The Phantom Killer Sep 19, 2022

The 1946 Texarkana Moonlight Murders left five people dead and a border town afraid of the dark. Terrifying & True follows attacks on lovers’ lanes and at a farmhouse, the survivors’ accounts and the investigation of the figure called the Phantom Killer. The case helped inspire The Town That Dreaded Sundown, but the real people behind the screen legend deserve a closer look. Fear, conflicting clues and an elusive attacker turned ordinary nighttime routines into a source of dread. What could investigators establish—and what remained beyond their reach? We're telling that story tonight.
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Ophiuchus | A Mysterious 1982 Arcade Game Demands More Than Quarters Sep 14, 2022

A strange arcade cabinet waits inside a gas station in “Ophiuchus” by Dan Wilder. It’s 1982, and twelve-year-old Darcy Reed is looking for a game worth her quarters at Rocco’s Gas and Go. The unfamiliar machine offers something she has never played before, but its alien imagery and unsettling demands suggest the stakes extend beyond a high score. Retro gaming nostalgia gives way to science-fiction horror as Darcy learns that the controls do more than move a character on a screen. What happens when the game starts making its own moves—and expects her to keep playing?
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Terrifying & True | Sylvia Likens: The 1965 Murder and Ivan Rogers’s Memorial Sep 12, 2022

Sylvia Likens was sixteen when she was murdered in Indianapolis in 1965. This Terrifying & True account by John Oak Dalton examines Gertrude Baniszewski’s household, the abuse others witnessed and the trial that followed. It also traces a less familiar connection: filmmaker Ivan Rogers, a child in the city at the time, later worked to preserve Sylvia’s memory through a public memorial. The episode contains graphic accounts of child abuse and torture. How did a neighborhood fail Sylvia—and how did one man choose to remember her? We're telling that story tonight.
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The Charnel House | A Child Discovers a Funeral Home’s Forbidden Rooms Sep 07, 2022

A bored child slips away from a funeral and finds a disturbing new friend in “The Charnel House” by Morgan Moore. Nine-year-old Benjamin Randall has never understood why Calvary residents find Hobart’s Funeral Manor so unsettling. During his great-grandfather’s service, he wanders beyond the rooms meant for visitors and meets Anna, a girl with an unusual connection to the house. Curiosity pulls him deeper into Mr. Hobart’s private world. Gothic funeral-home horror turns a dull family obligation into the fear of discovering a secret its keeper cannot let you carry away.
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Terrifying & True | Stalked After Work: A Firsthand True Stalker Story Sep 05, 2022

A nineteen-year-old woman’s short walk home from work becomes a source of dread in this firsthand stalking account from Reddit user u/CanadianGal3. Terrifying & True follows her recollection of an older acquaintance whose unwanted attention intruded on her pharmacy job and daily routine. Friendly appearances and family connections made the warning signs harder to confront, while pressure for contact kept escalating. This is the contributor’s account of what happened to her. When someone refuses to respect a boundary, how long does familiarity feel like safety? We're telling that story tonight.
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New Awakenings | A Morgue Escape and a Terrifying New Hunger Aug 31, 2022

Waking up on a morgue slab is only the beginning in “New Awakenings” by Rob Fields. Shawnee gets dressed, walks out and returns to her plans with Bev, still shaken by the cursed alarm clock that recently brought Strickfield’s dead out of their graves. Now both friends are hungry in a way their usual mall snacks may not satisfy. This sequel to “Rude Awakenings” shifts zombie horror into the perspective of someone trying to resume an ordinary life after an extraordinary night. Getting home is easy; understanding what came home with her is another matter.
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Monthly Spooky | Sleep Paralysis, Dancing Coffins, Nope & Bodies Bodies Bodies Aug 29, 2022

Sleep paralysis and the frightening “old hag” experience take center stage in this August 2022 Monthly Spooky. Henrique shares his own experience of waking unable to move as he and Michelle discuss the fear attached to a presence at the bedside. Strange news brings haunted crypts, sharks, sinkholes and dancing coffins into the conversation. They also react to the Wednesday trailer, Jordan Peele’s Nope and Bodies Bodies Bodies—a mix of personal experience, paranormal lore and that summer’s horror movies.
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Convenience Store Vampire | A Night-Shift Romance with a Dangerous Secret Aug 24, 2022

An eighteen-year-old night clerk finds unexpected company in “Convenience Store Vampire” by Douglas Waltz. Working late at a Stop N Go in Portage, he passes quiet hours with horror movies until Elizabeth begins visiting the store. The attraction is mutual, but the woman brightening his shift has secrets the films have only partly prepared him to understand. Dark romance meets after-hours vampire horror in a story of first jobs, lonely counters and a customer who changes everything. The register needs watching, yet the most important arrival may never make a purchase.
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Terrifying & True | The Missing Paperboys of Des Moines: Johnny Gosch and Eugene Martin Aug 22, 2022

Johnny Gosch and Eugene Martin disappeared while delivering newspapers in the Des Moines area, two years apart. Terrifying & True revisits twelve-year-old Johnny’s 1982 disappearance and thirteen-year-old Eugene’s vanishing in 1984, tracing the early searches, family efforts and public pressure to improve responses to missing children. Similar circumstances invited speculation, but they do not establish a shared offender. These cases became part of a national reckoning over children’s safety. How did two familiar paper routes become the start of unanswered questions? We're telling that story tonight.
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Ol’ Bones | A Family’s Bargain with a Monster in the New York Woods Aug 17, 2022

A family leaves its first hunting kill for something in the forest in “Ol’ Bones” by Joe Solmo. In northern New York, a grandfather’s warning has become a rule: offer the creature its share, respect the creek’s markings and leave its territory alone. Carcasses hanging in trees and enormous tracks give the younger generation reasons to obey, even without seeing what accepts the sacrifice. This backwoods monster story follows a bargain passed down as family lore. Curiosity promises a glimpse of the truth—but some neighbors are safer left unseen.
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Terrifying & True | Mary Celeste: The Unsolved Ghost Ship Mystery Aug 15, 2022

The Mary Celeste was found adrift in the Atlantic in 1872, with no one aboard to explain why it had been abandoned. Terrifying & True traces the merchant ship’s troubled history, Captain Benjamin Briggs’s final voyage and the disappearance of his family and crew. The salvage inquiry raised suspicions, while theories about cargo fumes, weather and a hurried evacuation competed with the ghost stories that followed. A seaworthy vessel became one of maritime history’s enduring mysteries. What could persuade ten people to leave their ship—and where did they go? We're telling that story tonight.
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By the Horns | Carnivorous Cattle and a Texas Chemical Cover-Up Aug 10, 2022

A chemical cover-up turns cattle country into a feeding ground in “By the Horns” by David O’Hanlon. Spencer Ambrose makes a living protecting powerful clients from the consequences of their pollution. His latest assignment takes him to Belfast, Texas, where buried military chemicals and a rancher’s reckless plans threaten much more than a lawsuit. When the livestock develop an appetite for people, legal maneuvering stops being useful. This darkly comic creature feature pits corporate arrogance against carnivorous cattle, with a crooked lawyer caught in the stampede.
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I Used to Drive a Delivery Truck, Until the Incident | A Ghost in the Cab Camera Aug 03, 2022

A delivery driver is disciplined for carrying a passenger he cannot see in “I Used to Drive a Delivery Truck, Until the Incident” by Michael Kelso. The company’s cab camera shows a stranger beside him; the seat looks empty from behind the wheel. Writing to his nephew Harry, the veteran driver explains why he refuses to recommend the job. Supernatural road horror turns workplace surveillance into the only warning that something is riding along.
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Monthly Spooky | Long Island Shark Attacks, Vampire Kits & Centralia’s Mine Fire Aug 01, 2022

Centralia’s underground mine fire, Long Island shark attacks and a child’s vampire-defense kit launch the first Monthly Spooky. In this 2022 premiere, Henrique Couto and Michelle Antisocial discuss strange news, horror movies and their own visit to Pennsylvania’s nearly abandoned town. A forest inside a giant Chinese sinkhole prompts spelunking fears, while Jaws, The Descent and the first Munsters trailer bring the conversation back to the screen. Meet the crypt’s resident hosts in a roundtable about frightening places, odd headlines and the things horror fans find funny.
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Weekly Spooky Trailer | Scary Stories for Halloween All Year Aug 01, 2022

Ghosts, murderers and monsters are waiting on Weekly Spooky. This short trailer introduces a narrated horror podcast built for listeners who wish Halloween lasted all year. Hear the voice and atmosphere of the show before choosing your first full scary story, from supernatural encounters to human killers and creatures lurking beyond the light. The original trailer invites you back for a new tale every Wednesday; the expanding feed offers more ways to spend a night with the strange and unexplained. Where will you begin—and what will follow you into the dark?
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Murder Mansion Part 4 of 4 | Grimm Manor’s Haunted-House Finale Jul 27, 2022

Grimm Manor’s final puzzles force Bethany Martinson to question everyone she met inside. In Rob Fields’ “Murder Mansion” finale, the escape-room expert must connect a wreck on a stormy road, a hidden fortune and the apparition hunting her through the house. Three former detectives want the treasure, while Bethany’s dangerous alter ego threatens to take control. Ghosts and buried history close in on a young woman whose cleverness may finally have met its match. Can she solve the mansion before it keeps her? Part 4 of 4; begin with Part 1.
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Behind the Spooky #04 | Joe Solmo, Penned in Blood & Writing Extreme Horror Jul 25, 2022

Joe Solmo explains how Penned in Blood helped supply the stories that launched Weekly Spooky. In Behind the Spooky #04, Henrique Couto talks with the author about publishing fiction online, building a horror-writing community and finding a character’s voice. They revisit “Hyster Hysteria,” the appeal of extreme horror and the books and video-store discoveries that shaped their tastes. It’s an early look at the collaboration behind the podcast, with practical creative choices and a few uncomfortable laughs. How far is too far when a scary idea takes hold?
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Murder Mansion Part 3 of 4 | Ghosts, Traps and Grimm Manor’s Maze Jul 20, 2022

Grimm Manor turns a treasure hunt into a maze of ghostly threats in Rob Fields’ “Murder Mansion Part 3.” Bethany Martinson and three former detectives have survived separate traps, but corridors refuse to lead where they should. A tempting feast, impossible rooms and the sinister apparition test Bethany’s escape-room instincts, while the men keep chasing Beauregard Grimm’s fortune. Her darkest rival may be closer than any ghost. Follow this Strickfield haunted-house mystery as the clues grow stranger and the route out disappears. Part 3 of 4.
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Murder Mansion Part 2 of 4 | A Deadly Fortune Hunt Through Grimm Manor Jul 13, 2022

A ghostly apparition carries Bethany deeper into Grimm Manor while three former detectives race to find its hidden fortune. Rob Fields’ “Murder Mansion Part 2” sends the rivals into separate escape-room nightmares: a dangerous attic, a hall of mirrors and challenges built around fear. Bethany’s puzzle-solving talent has brought her prize money before, but these rooms offer no safe way to quit. Old grudges make cooperation difficult, and the house keeps finding new ways to divide its guests. Continue the Strickfield haunted-house serial in Part 2 of 4.
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Murder Mansion Part 1 of 4 | Escape-Room Horror Inside Grimm Manor Jul 06, 2022

A Fourth of July storm strands escape-room expert Bethany Martinson near Grimm Manor in Rob Fields’ “Murder Mansion Part 1.” Seeking shelter after a wreck, she meets an elderly couple and three former detectives who resent her past successes. Then comes a story about Beauregard Grimm’s hidden fortune—and rooms that may hold more than treasure. Bethany is used to solving traps for prize money, but this isolated house has no friendly game master waiting outside. Enter a Strickfield haunted-house mystery where curiosity can close the door behind you. Part 1 of 4.
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Heart of Fire, Heart of Stone | A School Bully and Elemental Magic Jun 29, 2022

A school bully’s anger burns with something more than cruelty in Joe Solmo’s “Heart of Fire, Heart of Stone.” Cody dreads his daily encounters with Aiden Fitzgerald until his stepsister Abby spots signs of an older power behind the abuse. An ancient book offers a way to understand the forces of fire, earth, water and air—and perhaps change the balance between the boys. This supernatural coming-of-age story brings elemental magic into a familiar schoolyard struggle. Can Cody find the strength to stand his ground without letting anger decide who he becomes?
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Behind the Spooky #03 | Rob Fields on Strickfield, Urban Legends & Horror Writing Jun 27, 2022

Rob Fields explains how retelling urban legends grew into Strickfield, the fictional Ohio town connecting his Weekly Spooky stories. In Behind the Spooky #03, he and Henrique Couto discuss recurring characters, Fear Street, writing stand-alone tales within a larger world and a friendship stretching back to Henrique’s early filmmaking. The conversation follows the creative choices behind the Angel of Death stories and a town that keeps producing new nightmares. Meet the writer whose imagination rarely gives him a night off.
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Cardboard | Whispering Boxes and Warehouse Creature Horror Jun 22, 2022

Whispers rise from a foul-smelling box in Douglas Waltz’s “Cardboard.” A new worker at a medical-supply warehouse is told the odor comes from the water used to make the packaging. That explanation cannot account for the voice asking for help. Alone over a long weekend, he starts cutting and taping a cardboard labyrinth, drawn into work that feels less like a job than a command. Boxes, bubble wrap and ordinary supplies become the ingredients of industrial creature horror. Something wants him to finish building—and it has plans for whoever comes in on Monday.
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The Spirit of Langley Pond | A Lakeside Prank Awakens a Vengeful Ghost Jun 15, 2022

A lakeside prank crosses into real ghost-story territory in Charles Campbell’s “The Spirit of Langley Pond.” In 1981, Alayna Ann Sanders is killed while swimming for shore. Forty years later, friends gather at a cabin where her haunting has become local legend. Frog plans to frighten them with staged sounds, but something beneath the water has its own reason to break the silence. Two summer nights converge in Southern supernatural horror about a crime the pond has never forgotten. Originally published in “Horror 421: The Road to Terror.”
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Hog Wild | Killer Feral Hogs and a Captive’s Fight to Survive Jun 08, 2022

A car full of criminals crashes into a tree above a pack of enormous feral hogs in David O’Hanlon’s “Hog Wild.” The men were heading for abandoned Brody Mines to silence a witness. Now their sedan hangs upside down over hungry animals, and Gabby McKee is still trapped in the trunk. Getting free means surviving the wreck, the people who kidnapped her and a monstrous boar waiting below. This wilderness survival horror story turns a planned execution into a desperate fight for escape. The men brought a victim into the woods; they never expected to become prey.
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Bella’s Holiday | A Daywalking Vampire Hunts Werewolves at the Beach Jun 01, 2022

A daywalking vampire’s beach vacation becomes a werewolf hunt in Rob Fields’ “Bella’s Holiday.” Bella Taibon accompanies her friend Einny Donnerly to Shore City, where a visit to Einny’s grandmother is awkward enough before a body washes ashore. The wounds point to a predator Bella knows well, and the full moon promises more trouble. With the holiday slipping away, the friends enter a seaside world of hidden vampires and dangerous family secrets. This Strickfield adventure brings supernatural rivalry to the shore. Bella packed for a break; the monsters have other plans.
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Calamity Jane vs. Dracula Part 2 of 2 | The Vampire Battle for Deadwood May 25, 2022

Dracula’s grip on Deadwood tightens in the conclusion of John Oak Dalton’s “Calamity Jane vs. Dracula.” With saloon women rising as vampires and the sheriff serving a new master, Jane needs more than bullets. Colorado Charlie, a mysterious gambler and a Chinese blacksmith drawing on jiangshi lore join the fight. Coffins, cemetery wood and a weapon forged for the undead turn the frontier town into a supernatural battlefield. This fictional weird Western mixes gunfighter action with vampire horror. Can Jane survive the next sunset? Part 2 of 2.
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Behind the Spooky #02 | Dan Wilder on Writing Horror and Making Movies May 23, 2022

Dan Wilder and Henrique Couto trace the collaboration behind Weekly Spooky in Behind the Spooky #02. Their work on “Ouija Room” and “Boggy Creek: The Series” leads into a conversation about choosing stories from Penned in Blood, shaping scripts and moving from writing into directing. Dan recalls making his first film in 2019 and the projects that followed. This interview explores how a horror podcast grows from shared tastes, practical experience and creative enthusiasm. What makes a story exciting enough to keep two collaborators coming back?
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Calamity Jane vs. Dracula Part 1 of 2 | A Vampire Comes to Deadwood May 18, 2022

A coffin arrives in Deadwood, and bullets cannot stop what steps out in John Oak Dalton’s “Calamity Jane vs. Dracula.” Grieving Wild Bill Hickok, Jane encounters a wounded gambler and a stranger whose journey leads to The Gem saloon. By nightfall, the frontier town faces a threat its gunfighters were never trained to kill. Colorado Charlie joins Jane as the dead begin moving through streets she thought she knew. This fictional weird Western brings the legendary vampire into a blood-soaked frontier adventure. Six-shooters meet the supernatural in Part 1 of 2.
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The Deal Was Great, but the Payments Are Hell | Demons at the Motel Door May 11, 2022

A pizza delivery looks like a demonic ambush to Jerimiah Reedle in Joe Solmo’s “The Deal Was Great, but the Payments Are Hell.” Hiding in a cheap motel with his father’s revolver, he follows family rules meant to keep Hell at bay. The delivery driver insists he only wants his money, but another visitor is coming with a different debt to collect. Paranoia, inherited trouble and a very unlucky pizza run collide in this darkly comic demon story. How long can a locked door protect you from an old bargain?
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Zombillies | Killer Zombie Children in Strickfield’s Backwoods May 04, 2022

Zombie children overrun Strickfield’s backwoods in Rob Fields’ “Zombillies.” Seven-year-old prankster Billy McCracken meets a brutal end, but a polluted river sends him home hungry for revenge. Every new victim brings the horde closer to isolated trailers and unsuspecting travelers. Vinton Rose and Shelly May Ruebottom have just watched a zombie movie; now they must decide whether its survival lessons will work outside the screen. Rural horror, killer kids and gruesome dark comedy turn a small community into a battleground. Can anyone stop the outbreak before the woods belong to Billy?
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Why Am I Here? | A Lonely Child’s Ouija Board Ritual Apr 27, 2022

A lonely boy asks a Ouija board the question his family will not answer in Morgan Moore’s “Why Am I Here?” Bruce Evans wants to know whether his life has a purpose. When his older brother mocks the board and describes a gruesome way to make a real one, Bruce takes the instructions seriously. A cruel joke becomes the starting point for occult horror, family violence and a desperate search for someone willing to listen. The boy wants an answer from the spirit world. What might answer him instead?
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Behind the Spooky #01 | Henrique Couto on Creating a Horror Podcast Apr 25, 2022

Henrique Couto traces his path from early podcasting to Weekly Spooky in Behind the Spooky #01. He recalls launching The Freak Forum in 2005, making The Hen House and recording a scary-story album before building a weekly home for horror fiction. The show’s first tale, Shane Migliavacca’s “Mischief Night,” connects that history to the voice listeners know today. This personal episode includes early comedy material and the creative decisions behind the podcast’s beginnings. Hear how filmmaking, music and a love of Halloween led Henrique back to the microphone.
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Maggie Blue | A Sanitarium Patient Draws Murders Before They Happen Apr 20, 2022

A silent patient draws crimes he could never have witnessed in David O’Hanlon’s “Maggie Blue.” New therapist Maggie Gillespie arrives at San Pascualito Federal Sanitarium to study a man who has spent forty years behind locked doors. His latest picture shows her in the dress she is wearing, caught in violence that has not happened yet. As Maggie arranges the drawings into a timeline, the pattern reaches into her own life. This psychic murder mystery asks a dangerous question: is her patient a killer, a witness or a warning?
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Roxie | A Mysterious Stranger and Supernatural Obsession Apr 13, 2022

An intoxicating stranger makes a deadly impression in Charles Campbell’s “Roxie.” Jake Blackmon meets her while walking his dog and feels an attraction he cannot explain. She offers no surname or history, then disappears as suddenly as she arrived. When she returns a year later, the promise Jake made in her presence becomes something she expects him to honor. This supernatural horror story follows desire into manipulation and violence. Jake calls it love, but how much of his devotion is still his own?
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Sick with Rage | A Feverish Vigilante Hunts the Queen of Hearts Killer Apr 06, 2022

A fever and a blizzard cannot keep Strickfield’s Angel of Death from a new murder scene in Rob Fields’ “Sick with Rage.” Police intern Raigen Devereux secretly hunts other killers, but illness has left her unusually vulnerable. A call about two missing family members leads to a body, a missing heart and a Queen of Hearts playing card. Following the trail means pushing her failing strength—and risking the identity she keeps hidden from police. This winter serial-killer story pits Raige against a predator whose crimes are becoming dangerously personal.
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The Trouble with Cousins | Body Snatchers and a Mad Scientist’s Experiment Mar 30, 2022

A black-market doctor pays two cousins for stolen body parts in Joe Solmo’s “The Trouble with Cousins.” The work is ugly, but Jimmy’s appetite for trouble makes it worse. When their buyer offers more money for living subjects, the pair enter a business even more dangerous than raiding a morgue. Then a visit to the doctor’s warehouse exposes signs of an experiment they do not understand. Extreme body horror, criminal greed and grotesque dark humor collide as family loyalty becomes a liability. What has Doc been building with all those deliveries?
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Love, Burgers, and the Open Road | A Boy Faces a Truck-Stop Killer Mar 23, 2022

A truck-stop layover becomes a fight against an escaped killer in David O’Hanlon’s “Love, Burgers, and the Open Road.” Thirteen-year-old Brad leaves his troubled home with Uncle Curtis, a trucker taking him toward the father he barely knows. Burgers and roadside advice make the trip feel like a fresh start—until a storm strands them at Moonlight Drive. Inside waits the masked Phantom Killer, and Brad has little to defend himself beyond the lessons he has just learned. A coming-of-age road story takes a brutal turn where the highway offers no easy way out.
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Squirrels | Something Is Watching from the Empty House Mar 16, 2022

Squirrels watch a jogger from the windows of a dead neighbor’s empty house in Douglas Waltz’s “Squirrels.” Each morning there are more, staring silently as he passes along Marigold Street. His realtor friend does not return his calls, the sale sign disappears, and an unfamiliar old man insists there is no infestation. When the animals suddenly vanish and the front door stands open, curiosity draws the runner closer. This suburban creature-horror story makes an ordinary route feel wrong, one window at a time.
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Wings of Twilight | A Cabin Vacation and Deadly Fairy Folklore Mar 09, 2022

A skeptic swats what he thinks is a dragonfly and finds a tiny bleeding figure in his hand in L.F. Falconer’s “Wings of Twilight.” At a remote lakeside cabin, Martin and his wife Darlene photograph something that should belong only to folklore. Across the water, noisy campers disturb the evening while the couple struggle to trust what they have seen. The promise of a remarkable discovery turns into woodland horror as doubt and danger grow together. If fairies are real, what happens when your first encounter with one is an act of violence?
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Mary’s Revenge | A Strickfield Urban Legend Becomes a Vigilante Mar 02, 2022

The fictional AIDS Mary urban legend returns to Strickfield in Rob Fields’ “Mary’s Revenge.” Mary Anne Wright targets members of a fraternity connected to her assault, using disguises, police reports and a supernaturally lethal infection to draw them into her trap. Her campaign is calculated, but the men she is hunting begin preparing an ambush of their own. This extreme revenge-horror story follows a survivor whose rage has become a murderous identity. As hunter and quarry trade places, Mary risks becoming consumed by the punishment she intends to deliver.
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The Tree in the House | A Thorn Wound Becomes Botanical Body Horror Feb 23, 2022

A weed drives its thorn through a gardener’s boot in Tim Castle’s “The Tree in the House.” Pulling it free should end an unpleasant afternoon. Instead, the wound becomes the start of something moving beneath his skin. He digs for roots, doubts what he remembers and watches an ordinary injury become impossible to explain. This botanical body-horror story turns a familiar flower bed into the source of an invasive transformation, with the victim awake to every new sensation. How do you escape a growing thing when your own body is where it has taken root?
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It Never Snows in the Valley | A Killer Storm on Highway 421 Feb 16, 2022

The snow has teeth in Charles Campbell’s “It Never Snows in the Valley.” Crystal Parker wakes to an impossible forecast and discovers the white clumps outside are crawling across her windows. When they begin chewing through the glass, her quiet Saturday becomes a desperate run toward Highway 421. Ball’s filling station may offer shelter, but the storm is spreading across the community faster than anyone can understand it. Southern small-town horror meets a carnivorous weather nightmare. Staying warm is no longer the hardest part of surviving winter.
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Lovers’ Lane | A Valentine’s Date on a Haunted Hill Feb 10, 2022

A Valentine’s date leads two lovers onto cursed ground in Morgan Moore’s “Lovers’ Lane.” Frankie takes Annie to Cherry Hill and tells her about Marshall Pressor, the executioner whose victims may still lie beneath their secluded meeting place. Annie is new to town and its legends; Frankie treats the story as part of the evening’s excitement. Then midnight arrives, the car alarm sounds and the hill begins to change. This supernatural holiday horror story turns a search for privacy into a test of loyalty. How much does a promise of love mean when the dead come closer?
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The Truth About Groundhog Day | The Witch’s Curse of Hollow Point Feb 02, 2022

Groundhog Day becomes a witch’s countdown in Rob Fields’ “The Truth About Groundhog Day.” In 1821, Gretta Finny curses the settlers of Hollow Point for the violence used to take her coven’s land. An immortal groundhog and its shadow bind the village to a terrible bargain. Two centuries later, students from Strickfield University camp among the abandoned buildings and find a mayor’s account of what happened. This fictional folk-horror tale twists a familiar February tradition into inherited punishment. What returns when the shadow falls for the sixth time?
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Prom Queen Killer Part 4 of 4 | The Strickfield Prom-Night Slasher Finale Jan 26, 2022

Prom night brings Strickfield High’s deadly competition to its reckoning in Rob Fields’ “Prom Queen Killer Part 4.” Loralee Hardy has endured threats, grief and a race for the crown poisoned by blackmail. Now the remaining secrets must surface as the killer’s campaign reaches the dance itself. This high-school slasher finale closes the four-part mystery of ambition, family trauma and revenge. Who will survive the night the students have been waiting for? Listen after Parts 1–3.
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Prom Queen Killer Part 3 of 4 | A Bloody Warning for Loralee Hardy Jan 19, 2022

A bloody warning makes the prom-queen murders personal for Loralee Hardy in Rob Fields’ “Prom Queen Killer Part 3.” Two nominees have been killed after leaving the race, and the attack on someone Loralee loves brings the threat to her door. Taylor Mirren still controls the competition through secrets, while a message from Loralee’s abusive brother hangs over every move she makes. Grief and suspicion tighten this Strickfield high-school slasher as prom approaches. Is the crown driving the violence, or is someone using the contest to settle an older score? Part 3 of 4.
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Prom Queen Killer Part 2 of 4 | Blackmail and Murder at Strickfield High Jan 12, 2022

Dropping out of the prom-queen race offers no safety in Rob Fields’ “Prom Queen Killer Part 2.” Taylor Mirren uses other students’ secrets to clear her path to the crown, but the withdrawals are followed by murders. Loralee Hardy faces a competition that now reaches beyond humiliation into lethal danger, with a threat from her past complicating every suspicion. This Strickfield slasher mixes high-school rivalry, blackmail and a killer hiding behind the race. Continue the mystery in Part 2 of 4.
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Prom Queen Killer Part 1 of 4 | A Deadly Rivalry at Strickfield High Jan 05, 2022

A surprise prom-queen nomination puts Loralee Hardy in Taylor Mirren’s sights in Rob Fields’ “Prom Queen Killer Part 1.” Loralee has built a new life at Strickfield High with her friend Cheryl and girlfriend Misty, but the race for the crown stirs up ruthless ambition and painful family history. Taylor intends to win at any cost, and a message from Loralee’s past threatens what she has rebuilt. This four-part high-school slasher begins with friendships, secrets and a contest whose stakes are about to turn deadly. Start the Strickfield mystery here, with Part 1 of 4.
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A Few Cold Ones | A New Year’s Eve Beer Festival Turns into a Slasher Dec 29, 2021

An escaped murderer joins the New Year’s Eve crowd in David O’Hanlon’s “A Few Cold Ones.” Maggie Mills and her friends arrive at the historic Springer Hotel for a beer festival, fireworks and a night in a building famous for its ghosts. Otis Kilgore has a different celebration in mind. As the party fills the halls, his familiar giggle signals a danger that has nothing to do with the hotel’s haunted reputation. This holiday slasher follows the violence through crowds and hidden tunnels while midnight approaches. Can Maggie find a way out before the countdown ends?
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Blood on the Snow | A Christmas Eve Blizzard and a Roadhouse Murder Mystery Dec 25, 2021

A Christmas Eve blizzard strands a traveler at Vera’s Roadhouse in Shane Migliavacca’s “Blood on the Snow.” An abandoned car, strange footprints and a line of Robert Frost’s poetry suggest trouble outside. Inside, strangers shelter from the storm while the man argues with a voice named Simon. When people begin dying, every explanation creates another suspect. This snowbound supernatural murder mystery turns a roadside refuge into a place where appearances cannot be trusted. The cold makes leaving dangerous; the growing body count makes staying worse.
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All I Want for Christmas | A Stolen Doll and a Cemetery Ghost Dec 22, 2021

A father finds his daughter’s most-wanted Christmas gift in a child’s coffin in Morgan Moore’s “All I Want for Christmas.” Cemetery worker Jebediah Hawkins has searched every store for a Tressy doll. The one buried with a six-year-old girl offers a terrible shortcut, and on Christmas Eve he returns with a shovel. This holiday ghost story follows a loving intention across a boundary that should never be crossed. Jebediah wants to give his family a perfect morning. What will the doll’s first owner make of his gift?
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Lady Frankenstein | A Vampire Creation’s Christmas Rampage Dec 15, 2021

A scientist brings a woman assembled from corpses to life in Rob Fields’ “Lady Frankenstein”—and discovers he has used a vampire’s remains. Vincent Frankenstein believes he has corrected his ancestor’s mistakes, but his creation escapes toward Strickfield’s Christmas lights with a hunger his research never anticipated. As holiday shoppers fill the town, creator and creature enter a deadly pursuit. Mad science meets vampire horror in a Christmas monster story about an experiment that refuses to stay under its maker’s control.
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The Naughty List | Thirteen Children Trapped in a Christmas Monster Maze Dec 08, 2021

Thirteen children wake inside an ice maze in Keith Tomlin’s “The Naughty List.” Twelve-year-old Andy Price went to sleep in a home for troubled youths; now he faces frozen corridors, waiting weapons and a white-furred creature hunting the prisoners. The choices seem simple: find the exit or kill the beast. Andy is used to manipulating others to get his way, but this Christmas Eve game may demand more than his usual tricks. A brutal holiday creature story asks what happens when the naughty list becomes a sentence—and survival depends on the children beside you.
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Christmas Cranberries | A Cruel Child and a Terrible Christmas Wish Dec 01, 2021

A red baseball bat tops Ronnie’s Christmas list in L.F. Falconer’s “Christmas Cranberries.” The seven-year-old hides acts of cruelty from his parents and associates hurting animals with a sweet, familiar taste. He plans to behave just long enough to get his present, despite his grandparents’ warning about the dark companion who punishes bad children. This disturbing holiday horror story follows a family struggling to see what lies behind a child’s innocent face. Ronnie believes Christmas will reward him. Someone else in the house has begun to understand what he wants to do next.
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Fiendsgiving | A Thanksgiving Party Becomes an Undead Murder Mystery Nov 24, 2021

A Friendsgiving gathering turns deadly in Rob Fields’ “Fiendsgiving.” One year after a crash outside Strickfield Chemicals killed Mandy Craven, Eileen Donnerly attends Chelsea Mirren’s holiday party. A guest is found drained of blood, phones disappear and escape becomes difficult. Old grudges and the memory of the accident make every person in the house a possible threat. This Strickfield Thanksgiving horror story mixes undead danger with a locked-house mystery. Eileen has learned plenty from her vampire friend Bella, but tonight she may have to put those lessons to use alone.
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Valley Rat | A Teenage Fight Turns Deadly on Highway 421 Nov 17, 2021

A teenage fight turns into a deadly reckoning in Charles Campbell’s “Valley Rat.” On a hot day in 1981, Dusty Turner walks into the Minute Shop proud of standing up to the Elliott brothers. Then a police officer arrives with news that Jesse Elliott is dead. Johnny wants revenge, and a challenge at Caver Park draws Dusty toward a confrontation he cannot easily refuse. This Southern crime-horror story follows the unwritten rules of a small Highway 421 community, where pride runs deep and people keep their own secrets. Who decides what justice looks like in the Valley?
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Love Conquers All | A Scarecrow Ritual Goes Horribly Wrong Nov 10, 2021

Three rejected young men try to summon a love goddess into a scarecrow in Joe Solmo’s “Love Conquers All.” Drinking in a farm field, Brian, Chad and Derrick decide a woman made by magic will be easier to impress. Their offerings and borrowed ritual promise an answer to their desires, but a careless joke gives the thing they call up an identity of its own. This extreme supernatural horror comedy turns entitlement and drunken bravado into a night of straw, fire and panic. The men want someone who will do whatever they ask. They have not considered what she might want.
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Phantasmagoria | A Late-Night Horror Host Reaches Through the TV Nov 03, 2021

A forbidden late-night horror show begins speaking directly to a young viewer in Morgan Moore’s “Phantasmagoria.” Stephen Wittington waits for his parents to sleep before tuning in to Moloch’s weekly movie broadcast. The host both frightens and fascinates him, and tonight’s Samhain celebration promises something special. But the invitation reaches beyond the television, testing the boundary between watching a scary story and becoming part of it. Occult horror meets the nostalgia of midnight movies in a tale about the screen a child cannot bring himself to switch off.
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Mischief Night: The Halloween Invasion | Punk Rock vs. Body-Snatching Monsters Oct 31, 2021

A stranded punk band finds an eerily empty town on Halloween in Shane Migliavacca’s “Mischief Night: The Halloween Invasion.” Jade and her bandmates need help with two blown tires, but the townspeople’s glowing eyes suggest a much bigger problem. An old Marine and his dog join their fight against something turning human bodies into a shared nightmare. This Halloween special pairs the feature story with music, a childhood Halloween memory and vintage horror-movie ads.
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Halloween 198666 | Metalheads, Graveyard Witchcraft and a Demon on the Loose Oct 27, 2021

An ancient spell book turns one last trick-or-treating trip into a monster problem in Dan Wilder’s “Halloween 198666.” It is October 31, 1986, and two small-town metalheads want candy, horror movies and a final helping of teenage mischief. Their plans take them to a cemetery, where a ritual seems like a better idea than it really is. Before the night ends, Sam, Ace and Hannah must deal with something that should have stayed on the page. This darkly comic Halloween creature feature mixes ’80s music nostalgia, graveyard magic and the consequences of a very bad dare.
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A Wet ’n’ Wild Halloween | Body Horror at a Texas Water Park Oct 20, 2021

A Halloween date turns into an outbreak at Splash Town in David O’Hanlon’s “A Wet ’n’ Wild Halloween.” Bryce finally takes Rebecca to the Texas water park, where the Pumpkin King slide promises a frightening ride. Then the water begins stinging, strange chemicals enter the treatment system and swimmers start changing. Teenage romance meets aquatic body horror as the park becomes a trap. What is growing beneath the fun?
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The Halloween Party | A Warehouse Sacrifice and a Stranger from Hell Oct 13, 2021

A masked killer prepares a Halloween sacrifice inside an abandoned warehouse in Keith Tomlin’s “The Halloween Party.” Amber expected costumes and a night out with friends; now she is bound beside the evidence of a murderous ritual. Her screams attract Clyde, a grinning greaser with a switchblade and an unsettling enthusiasm for the scene. He seems willing to interrupt the killer, but his idea of helping is far from reassuring. This supernatural slasher mixes occult violence with pitch-black humor. A stranger has answered Amber’s cries—what kind of rescue has she found?
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Retro Halloween Weekend | A Haunted Drive-In Shows the Wrong Movie Oct 06, 2021

A Halloween movie marathon becomes personal in Rob Fields’ “Retro Halloween Weekend.” Destiny Mirren and Sienna Michaels head to a Strickfield drive-in with a plan to steal the event’s money. The theater they find seems oddly deserted, and its secret lineup of old horror movies is disappointing—until a feature begins mirroring their own lives. This haunted-cinema story turns teenage mischief into a frightening question about who controls the screen. The next scene may explain why they were brought here.
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Pumpkin Spice & Nothing Nice | A Halloween Hater’s Supernatural Curse Sep 29, 2021

A rude encounter at a doughnut shop brings a Halloween curse down on Amber Hanna in Charles Campbell’s “Pumpkin Spice & Nothing Nice.” She despises the holiday, its eager children and the smell of pumpkin spice. After insulting a young trick-or-treater, she develops a strange mark that spreads through the working day. Doctors have no answer, and the scent she hates follows her everywhere. Halloween body horror meets dark comedy as Amber searches for the stranger behind her changing face.
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Boy Meets Ghoul | A First Date with a Flesh-Eating Family Sep 22, 2021

Meeting your date’s family can be terrifying—especially in Rob Fields’ “Boy Meets Ghoul.” North Ridgeway football player Christian ignores his friends’ warnings about Strickfield and accepts Chloe Anne Carmichael’s invitation home. Her relatives are warm, welcoming and eager to share dinner, but their appetites turn an awkward first visit into something monstrous. This supernatural horror romance mixes ghouls, dark humor and the pull of a family that looks after its own. Christian wants a girlfriend; the Carmichaels may be offering a commitment he never imagined.
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My Freaky Family Fables Part 2 | Five Tales of Sinister Family Secrets Sep 15, 2021

A children’s TV show, a doomed marriage and a disturbing laboratory open new branches of a monstrous family tree in “My Freaky Family Fables Part 2.” Henrique Couto returns to the fictional family album for the second half of Weekly Spooky’s 100th-episode celebration. Five tales come from Shane Migliavacca, Morgan Moore, Keith Tomlin, Michelle Adler and Dan Wilder, including “Magic Manor,” “Kill Your Pretty Face,” “The Early Bird” and “The Scientist.” Supernatural dread and grotesque humor fill this anthology for mature listeners. Every photograph has a story; some deserve to stay hidden.
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My Freaky Family Fables Part 1 | Five Stories from a Monstrous Family Album Sep 08, 2021

A sinister buffet, a brilliant but dangerous relative and an unusual bed-and-breakfast welcome you into “My Freaky Family Fables Part 1.” Henrique Couto opens a fictional family album for Weekly Spooky’s 100th episode, telling five stories behind its unsettling photographs. David O’Hanlon, Christopher Dowell, Rob Fields, Joe Solmo and Killian Crane supply the tales, from “Romance is Dead” and “Country Cookin’” to “Hankie and the Homunculus.” Macabre family history meets monsters, experiments and dark comedy in this anthology for mature listeners. What is hiding in the next picture?
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Knightly News | An Armored Killer Attacks a Fantasy Faire Sep 01, 2021

An armored killer turns a fantasy faire into breaking news in David O’Hanlon’s “Knightly News.” Reporter Jennifer Lake needs a sensational assignment to keep her place at Channel 7. Covering a costumed festival seems like a career setback—until the weapons start drawing real blood. Jennifer and secretary Teagan must find a way through the chaos while the cameras keep rolling. Workplace satire meets medieval slasher horror as two ambitious women become part of the story they wanted to report. How far will they go for the final shot?
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A Night of Hot Wax | Haunted Records and an Occult Recording Session Aug 25, 2021

A hidden record collection leads a young violinist toward an abandoned factory in John Oak Dalton’s “A Night of Hot Wax.” Etheridge takes a summer job cleaning Old Man Baldwin’s garage, where music is strictly forbidden. The rule makes little sense until Baldwin recounts an orchestra’s late-night recording session, a robed visitor and sheet music that changed everything. This coming-of-age occult horror story follows musical ambition into a place the town left behind. Some performances should never be repeated.
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Normal Shit | A Flower Delivery Job During the Zombie Apocalypse Aug 18, 2021

The zombie apocalypse is no excuse to miss a delivery in Michelle Adler’s “Normal Shit.” Felix still reports to a flower shop while the city falls apart, treating severed limbs and empty streets as workday obstacles. A bicycle route brings barricades, infected customers and mounting injuries, but disappointing a client feels almost as frightening. This dark horror comedy follows a dependable worker trying to keep a routine when nothing is normal.
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Even Witches Can Cry | A Grieving Mother’s Demonic Bargain Aug 11, 2021

A grieving mother hears her baby crying from an empty crib in Charles Campbell’s “Even Witches Can Cry.” Jillian Hubbard lost Clementine Rose five months ago. Now a voice offers to return her daughter in exchange for a future favor. The promise gives Jillian what she wants most, but years later the debt comes due—and Clementine’s dreams point toward strange women in the woods. Maternal love, witchcraft and a demon’s bargain collide in a story about the price of bringing someone back.
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Chain Letter | A Strickfield Curse with a Deadly Deadline Aug 04, 2021

A chain letter makes its threats real in Rob Fields’ “Chain Letter.” Rebecca Mirren opens an envelope with no return address and finds instructions she cannot safely ignore. With her friend Mica Collins beside her, each new demand becomes a choice between obedience, guilt and another person’s life. An occultist’s revenge turns the familiar “pass it on” warning into supernatural horror. Can the girls break the chain without making someone else its next victim?
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The Wolf of Fagan County | A Small-Town Werewolf Hunt in 1986 Jul 28, 2021

Werewolf terror reaches a boy’s family in David O’Hanlon’s “The Wolf of Fagan County.” During the summer of 1986, mutilated bodies turn Whistler’s old warnings about the woods into an urgent threat. Thirteen-year-old Conrad and his sister Lisa live under curfew as the attacks move closer, exposing a danger the town’s patrols cannot contain. Rural folklore, family secrets and creature horror collide in a coming-of-age nightmare. Conrad used to love the local monster stories. Now he needs to understand which ones might keep him alive.
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The Siren’s Song | A Dead Mother’s Voice Calls from the River Jul 21, 2021

A boy hears his dead mother calling from beneath a canoe in Joe Solmo’s “The Siren’s Song.” Days after her funeral, Jacob visits a remote river cabin with Uncle Glen. His father refuses to return to the place, and questions about his mother’s past go unanswered. Now a familiar voice beneath the water asks for help. Grief and siren folklore meet in a supernatural horror story about the danger of hearing exactly what you long to hear.
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Hunter Black | A Haunted Typewriter Brings a Teenage Author’s Killer to Life Jul 14, 2021

A teenage novelist’s fictional hitman begins crossing into reality in Rob Fields’ “Hunter Black.” Simon Griffin writes his science-fiction books on his grandfather’s battered typewriter, finding refuge from Strickfield High’s bullies in the worlds he creates. But when his characters leave the page, the power to rewrite a bad day becomes something far more dangerous. This supernatural revenge story asks what happens when a young author can make every threat come true.
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Camp Dead and Buried | A Summer-Camp Slasher in the Heat of 1980 Jul 07, 2021

An end-of-summer party becomes a fight for survival in John Oak Dalton’s “Camp Dead and Buried.” It is 1980, and the counselors at Indiana’s rundown Camp Elderberry face a stifling final night before going home. Then arrows and fire tear through their plans. Cut off in the dark, the remaining staff must turn camp lessons and improvised weapons against a human threat. This summer-camp slasher pairs period detail with gallows humor. Who is hunting the counselors?
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The Beast of Roca de Vaca | A Chupacabra Hunt on a School Field Trip Jun 30, 2021

Bloodless livestock turn a school field trip into a Chupacabra hunt in Morgan Moore’s “The Beast of Roca de Vaca.” Ranch Roca de Vaca offers riding lessons and tales of Puerto Rican folklore—until animals are found dead behind torn fencing. With the bus due the next morning, Patrick, Sean and Tommy sneak out with a camera to prove the monster is real. This creature-horror story follows three boys past the adults’ warnings and into barns where something is feeding.
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Bed and Breakfast and Zombies | A Family Vacation Opens a Forbidden Crypt Jun 23, 2021

A cemetery beside a country inn offers far too much adventure in Keith Tomlin’s “Bed and Breakfast and Zombies.” Jake’s father has diverted their family vacation to Stones Creek to research witchcraft. Bored at the Grinning Cat Inn, Jake befriends a visiting count’s son and explores the sealed crypt across the road. Strange markings and a hidden entrance turn curiosity into undead danger. This graveyard horror story gives two boys a terrible reason to regret opening a door.
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Dead Ahead | A Hit-and-Run Cover-Up Summons the Dead Jun 16, 2021

Burying a hit-and-run victim does not quiet Becca’s conscience in Joe Solmo’s “Dead Ahead.” Her boyfriend Tom insists they hide the body beside a New Jersey road and keep moving. Already wanted by police, the pair cannot afford another secret coming to light. But Tom’s cruelty drives Becca toward an occult ritual that promises revenge through the dead. This supernatural horror story follows guilt, coercion and buried violence into a nightmare of revenants. Becca wants to punish the man controlling her life. She may be opening a path for more than one unfinished grievance.
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Summer Slaycation! | A Camp Prank Leads into a Swamp of Mutant Creatures Jun 09, 2021

Six teens sneak away from a rehabilitation camp in David O’Hanlon’s “Summer Slaycation!” Their plan is to cross the lake and frighten the girls at a neighboring retreat. But the Cypress Maze is harder to navigate after dark, and something beneath the canoes is hunting. A crumbling house deeper in the swamp conceals experiments that should never have survived. This summer creature feature sends a cruel prank straight into mad science, body horror and backwoods mayhem.
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Catalyst | A Detective Hunts Strickfield’s Angel of Death Jun 02, 2021

A detective follows a vigilante killer to Strickfield in Rob Fields’ “Catalyst.” Drake Kazmierczak wants answers about the Angel of Death, whose victims include a woman he once loved. Four years earlier, Raigen Devereux investigated a missing teenager and a teacher exploiting her students. Their stories bring buried evidence and personal loyalties into the same investigation. This dark crime-horror tale explores the line between exposing predators and deciding who deserves to die.
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Taco Tuesday | A Roadside Meal Turns into Body Horror May 26, 2021

One unforgettable meal starts erasing a man’s identity in Keith Tomlin’s “Taco Tuesday.” Columbus office worker John Davidson accepts a stranger’s recommendation for a restaurant outside the city. The tacos are extraordinary; the hunger, sickness and missing memories that follow are not. When John returns for answers, the building is nothing like he remembers. Food horror and grotesque transformation meet in a darkly comic story about a craving that may belong to someone else.
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The Black Museum | Cursed Antiques and a TV Appraiser’s Occult Bargain May 19, 2021

A television appraiser discovers a collection no one should own in John Oak Dalton’s “The Black Museum.” Steve’s struggling show, Junkin’ Coast to Coast, needs a sensational Halloween find. A diary bound in human skin leads him and videographer Yvonne toward a private museum of murder weapons and cursed objects. Its mysterious curator wants one more acquisition, and Steve’s expertise makes him useful. Occult horror meets television satire as the search for profitable antiques becomes a dangerous bargain. What would Steve trade to keep his show on the air?
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Wilson Road | Two Cousins Hunt a Werewolf in an Abandoned Brick Plant May 12, 2021

A monster sighting sends two cousins into the woods in Charles Campbell’s “Wilson Road.” Tanner races home claiming he saw something huge near the creek. Danny brings a shotgun, and broken branches lead them toward an abandoned brick plant riddled with dangerous pits. Inside waits a black-furred creature that walks on two legs. This Southern werewolf story turns a familiar dirt road into a route through family secrets and backwoods folklore. The boys think they know the land around their home. Tonight, it has something new to show them.
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Fun in Funeral | A Clown Burial Ritual Must End Before Midnight May 05, 2021

A clown funeral has a deadly deadline in David O’Hanlon’s “Fun in Funeral.” Fennis Farcemeister’s companions must finish their sacred games before midnight to guide his soul to the Palace of Joy. Failure means he returns hungry. Rivalries and an unwelcome human intruder threaten the ceremony, turning mourning into a grotesque struggle for survival. Undead clown horror meets black comedy in a world with its own rules for laughter, grief and the things beneath the greasepaint.
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You Are What You Eat! | A Workplace Bully Faces a Grisly Reckoning Apr 28, 2021

A factory bully makes a coworker’s lunch his personal battleground in Rob Fields’ “You Are What You Eat!” Robbie Farns works at Mirren Automotive to pay for university and wants to follow his vegan diet in peace. Aaron Jameston, a boastful hunter, treats that choice as an invitation to torment him. Daily harassment gives way to a grisly revenge plot in this Strickfield horror story. Aaron prides himself on knowing what belongs at the top of the food chain. How secure is his place there?
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Dead and Breakfast | A Blizzard Traps Travelers with an Ice-Pick Killer Apr 21, 2021

A blizzard sends four travelers into a killer’s path in Morgan Moore’s “Dead and Breakfast.” Rachel, Matt, Danni and Jack abandon their final camping trip of the season, only to skid off the road in Oldsville. The town is almost entirely dark, but one house offers warmth and a room for the night. Outside, a stranger carrying an ice pick moves through the snow. This winter slasher turns emergency shelter into another danger. When the storm closes every route out, where can they run?
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Torture and Other Job Skills | A Demonic Job Interview for an Abusive Manager Apr 14, 2021

An abusive manager finds a disturbing new career opportunity in Killian Crane’s “Torture and Other Job Skills.” Laid off during the pandemic, he loses the authority that made him feel useful and spirals into resentment. Then an identical job advertisement appears in every newspaper he opens, directing him to a tower of black glass. The interviewer seems unusually interested in his methods of punishment. Workplace horror and a demonic bargain turn a desperate job search into a test of character. His former employees called him a monster. Will the next employer consider that an asset?
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The Last Days of Jimmy Flavor | A Vatican Heist and a Deadly Occult Cult Apr 07, 2021

A broke phone repairman invents a criminal identity for an occult heist in David O’Hanlon’s “The Last Days of Jimmy Flavor.” Flavio Jimenez becomes Jimmy Flavor when a friend offers him a lucrative job: recover a stolen grimoire for the Vatican. The target is tied to a cult devoted to a god of disease, and its followers have frightening ways to pursue thieves. Crime horror and grotesque supernatural pursuit collide as Jimmy tries to survive the reputation he made up.
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Glenda’s & the Snake Lady | A Widower Bargains with a Barroom Legend Mar 31, 2021

A widower enters the forbidden room of a Southern bar in Charles Campbell’s “Glenda’s & the Snake Lady.” On a snowy December night in 1985, Redd Jones notices purple light beneath a locked door. Local lore says a half-woman, half-serpent visits Glenda’s on certain nights, offering answers to those who find her. Redd wants to know why his apparently healthy wife died in her sleep. This Southern Gothic horror story turns grief into a dangerous bargain: the truth he seeks may cost a secret of his own.
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The Bad Schoolgirl | Vampire Cheerleaders at Strickfield High Mar 24, 2021

Vampire cheerleaders have competition in Rob Fields’ “The Bad Schoolgirl.” Master Vampire Bells Taibon attends Strickfield High with Eileen “Einstein” Donnerly, hoping to avoid attachments while investigating the school’s predatory squad. The Mirren twins can walk in daylight, and their plans reach well beyond the next basketball game. Supernatural horror, bloody action and dark humor collide as Bells follows the cheerleaders into the woods. Protecting Einstein may force her to admit how much this strange town already matters to her.
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My Dog, Doug | A New Family Pet and a House Full of Monsters Mar 17, 2021

A free dog and a bargain house come with unexpected complications in David O’Hanlon’s “My Dog, Doug.” Barry Warner’s daughter adores her new pet, but scratching inside the walls and an attic door opening by itself suggest something else has moved in. Doug notices the disturbance too—and understands far more than Barry expects. Creature horror meets domestic comedy as a family’s fresh start becomes an encounter with vicious intruders. Is the odd little dog another problem, or their best hope?
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Old Jerry | A Halloween Prank at a Cannibal’s House Mar 10, 2021

Egging Old Jerry’s house is a terrible Halloween mistake in RT Raynaud’s “Old Jerry.” Returning alone for candy, in the same devil costume, is worse. The homeowner recognizes his tormentor and offers a private haunted-house tour. Now Jerry talks through his grievances while struggling with a broken saw and some very messy work. This grisly horror monologue puts listeners inside a cannibal’s cheerful, self-justifying rant. There are rules to trick-or-treating, and Jerry is eager to explain them.
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Slasher | A Student Horror Film Becomes a Masked-Killer Nightmare Mar 03, 2021

A student film crew gets trapped inside its own slasher movie in Rob Fields’ “Slasher.” The Strickfield University Film Society needs a hit to survive, so director Jessie Corgen brings her cast to a performance hall scheduled for demolition. Then an arrow strikes, the exits are chained and the masked Scream Queen begins stalking the production. This campus horror story turns prop-room weapons and backstage corridors into threats. Who is controlling what happens when the cameras roll?
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Grave Consequences | A Grave Robber Finds More Than Buried Treasure Feb 24, 2021

A grave robber’s easy payday disappears beneath the cemetery in Killian Crane’s “Grave Consequences.” Dennis chooses an old-money tombstone, trusting fog and darkness to hide his work. But opening Vanya Mills’ coffin draws him into a chamber filled with corpses and a terrifying mourner. Even there, he cannot stop thinking about an emerald necklace. This claustrophobic supernatural horror story follows a thief whose greed survives every warning. What will he leave behind to get back out?
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Party in the Woods | Creatures Stalk a Moonlit Party Feb 17, 2021

Something is waiting at the party clearing in Joe Solmo’s “Party in the Woods.” Tristan takes Becca down a familiar path behind a neighbor’s farm, expecting friends, whiskey and a quiet place to impress the new girl. Instead, the firewood is wet, the others are missing and movements in the trees grow harder to dismiss. This graphic backwoods creature story turns teenage bravado into terror. Tristan knows these woods—but the things watching him know how to enjoy a hunt.
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Be Mine | A Secret Admirer’s Valentine’s Day Killing Spree Feb 10, 2021

A secret admirer turns Valentine’s Day into a campus nightmare in Shane Migliavacca’s “Be Mine.” Blake receives chocolates and an invitation to meet beneath the east bleachers, but she would rather finish her overdue paper. Someone else has already planned their evening together. With her roommate Cassie drawn into the mystery, romantic messages become threats and familiar faces disappear. This holiday slasher follows a pursuit in which affection sounds increasingly like an ultimatum.
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Good to the Last Drop | A Cursed Coffeemaker Unleashes Murderous Rage Feb 03, 2021

A vintage coffeemaker changes more than breakfast in Rob Fields’ “Good to the Last Drop.” Adam buys a replacement for his girlfriend Jarren at the mysterious Tinker’s shop. After the first pot, her buried anger begins spilling into life at Strickfield High. Adam turns to Bella Taibon as caffeine and dark magic make a dangerous combination. This cursed-object horror story brings a familiar comfort to a violent boil. Related story: Episode 65, “The Last Taibon.”
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Careful What You Wish | An Evil Ifrit Twists a Child’s Wish Jan 27, 2021

A sick child’s wish puts an ex-con in a fight with a fire spirit in David O’Hanlon’s “Careful What You Wish.” Penn befriends ten-year-old Ed while working as a mover. An ornate bottle among a family’s belongings releases Babak, an ifrit whose promises hide cruel interpretations. Ed wants to stop being a burden; Penn must confront the creature before that wish costs the boy everything. This dark-fantasy horror adventure combines genie lore, dangerous bargains and an unlikely friendship. Penn’s past has taught him to expect trouble. It has not prepared him to bargain with living fire.
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Adam’s Tale | Bloodthirsty Chipmunks and a Midnight Forest Ritual Jan 20, 2021

A camping party ends with Adam tied to a tree in Joe Solmo’s “Adam’s Tale.” He cannot remember how he got there, and his captor says the woods are waiting for a meal. The rustling overhead seems too small to matter—until bloodthirsty chipmunks reveal a hunger far beyond their size. Creature horror and grotesque dark humor turn a familiar campsite into a place of ritual sacrifice. Adam needs to find his friends and escape before the colony collects what it believes it is owed.
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For the Mother | Norse Mythology and a Winter-Solstice Family Ritual Jan 13, 2021

A romance draws a mythology scholar into a sinister winter-solstice celebration in Mark T.B. Shields’ “For the Mother.” Astrid has loved Norse legends since childhood. When Baldur invites her to his wealthy family’s mountain estate, their ancient names and lavish hospitality seem almost too familiar. As the longest night approaches, the customs she studied begin demanding her participation. This folk-horror story combines isolation, ritual and disturbing family obligations. Knowing the old tales may help Astrid recognize the danger—but does it tell her how to leave?
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The Last Taibon | Bella’s Vampire-Hunter Origin in Strickfield Jan 06, 2021

A vampire hunter walks into a Strickfield bar during a blizzard in Rob Fields’ “The Last Taibon.” Bella Taibon is searching for an undead enemy, carrying the memory of a family slaughtered and a revenge that changed her body forever. She can face sunlight, but that does not mean she escaped the blood of a Master Vampire unchanged. This supernatural action-horror story introduces Bella’s unusual powers and her uneasy connection with the Donnerly family. Her hunt brought her to town. Something else may keep her there.
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Satan’s Shotgun | An Undead Gunslinger Hunts the Nightmare Zodiac Death Gang Dec 30, 2020

An undead farmer rides toward revenge on New Year’s Eve, 1899, in Dan Wilder’s “Satan’s Shotgun.” Twelve years after an occult gang destroyed his family, he is still hunting its leader. Between them stand enemies shaped by the signs of the zodiac, each with a monstrous advantage. This weird Western mixes supernatural gunfights, necromancy and pitch-black humor as a stubborn gunslinger challenges an entire nightmare posse. Dying has not stopped him before. But every return has a cost, and the final confrontation may demand more than another round of ammunition.
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Satan Claus | A Christmas Demon Answers Two Siblings’ Desperate Wish Dec 25, 2020

Two siblings seek protection from an abusive stepfather in Keith Tomlin’s “Satan Claus.” Tyler tells Emily about a forbidden Christmas ritual involving blood and cookies, and she reluctantly helps him test the legend. The thing that answers wears a Santa hat, but its hunger follows rules the children have not fully understood. This fictional holiday horror story mixes a demonic visitor, family desperation and the danger of trusting a ritual passed from person to person. Emily wants her brother safe. What happens when their attempt to stop one monster invites another inside?
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The Weather Outside Is Frightful | A Christmas Blizzard and an Occult Axeman Dec 23, 2020

A trail of blood leads a patrolwoman into a Christmas nightmare in Shane Migliavacca’s “The Weather Outside Is Frightful.” During a 1973 blizzard, Halsey Stone and her partner investigate a report of screaming. A survivor points them toward a wounded attacker, and Stone follows the fading evidence into an abandoned theater. This winter slasher combines police pursuit, occult obsession and a storm that cuts off help. The man inside believes his ax has a sacred purpose. Stone must get close enough to stop him.
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Babes in Terrorland & The Santa Letters | Two Christmas Horror Stories Dec 16, 2020

Killer toys and ominous letters fill this Christmas double feature by Morgan Moore. In “Babes in Terrorland,” a teenager’s plan to steal a handmade clown doll leads him into a toy store whose stock is more watchful than it appears. “The Santa Letters” follows a fictional series of holiday murders in Circleville, told in the style of a chilling case history. Two tales turn childhood Christmas wishes into dread: what happens when the things meant to bring joy become a threat?
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Welcome to Tiny Christmas, Iowa! | A Holiday Job in a Sinister Cult Town Dec 09, 2020

A New York designer who hates Christmas takes a job in a town devoted to it in Michelle Antisocial’s “Welcome to Tiny Christmas, Iowa!” Rachel needs the money, even if she exaggerated her experience creating window displays. Cheerful neighbors, relentless carolers and a handsome widower seem determined to help her settle in. Their welcome gradually becomes something she cannot comfortably refuse. This Christmas folk-horror comedy turns small-town charm into cult coercion. Rachel came to build a festive display. The people of Tiny Christmas have another role waiting for her.
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Christmas Rage | An Ax-Wielding Santa Terrorizes Strickfield Dec 02, 2020

A killer in a Santa suit turns Strickfield’s Christmas celebrations into a massacre in Rob Fields’ “Christmas Rage.” After bloodshed at the mall, the threat reaches the community’s holiday gatherings. Police intern Raigen Devereux follows the violence while navigating a complicated family visit of her own. The figure behind the beard has chosen a town where even the apparent victims may be dangerous. This Christmas slasher brings masked-killer suspense and vigilante horror to the world of the Angel of Death. Can Raigen uncover what is driving the attacks before the next celebration?
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Turkey Shoot | Giant Killer Turkeys Attack an Ozark Thanksgiving Diner Nov 25, 2020

Thanksgiving dinner becomes a fight against giant killer turkeys in David O’Hanlon’s “Turkey Shoot.” Sheriff Eldon Hart and Deputy Alex Hargrove investigate a body torn apart by impossibly large birds near Fiddler’s Gap. A trek into the Ozark woods brings them face to face with a flock that is watching, communicating and closing in. As the attack reaches the town’s crowded diner, the holiday meal becomes a survival problem. This creature feature combines rural horror, a diner siege and grisly comedy. The sheriff brought a shotgun. The birds have the numbers.
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Reaper Requisitions | A Grim Reaper Trains the Wrong Intern Nov 18, 2020

Retirement is almost within reach for Reaper 7142 in Christopher Dowell’s “Reaper Requisitions.” After an eternity collecting souls, a veteran reaper hopes an intern can take over the route. The trainee has little patience for grief, procedure or the people making their final transition. In this afterlife bureaucracy, a careless collection can create a banshee—and management still expects the paperwork. Supernatural workplace comedy meets a story about compassion and burnout. Training a replacement may take more out of 7142 than another lifetime on the job.
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The Babysitter | A Strickfield Twist on the Caller-in-the-House Urban Legend Nov 11, 2020

A babysitting job becomes a nightmare of threatening calls in Rob Fields’ “The Babysitter.” Kelsey expects dinner and an ordinary evening watching the Marsden children in Strickfield Commons. Then a threatening caller knows too much, the boys disappear and an operator traces the calls to another line inside the house. Police intern Raigen Devereux enters a mystery in which appearances cannot be trusted. This urban-legend-inspired thriller twists the classic babysitter scare into a dark Strickfield crime story. Who knows what happened before the telephone began ringing?
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The Dead Thing Under the House | A Crawlspace Corpse and Moroi Horror Nov 04, 2020

A reclusive neighbor asks for help removing a corpse in David O’Hanlon’s “The Dead Thing Under the House.” Blake has spent his life wondering about Old Man Jennings and the barred house across the street. Now the man called Harp wants him to crawl beneath it, where a grisly discovery points toward a supernatural feud. Harp calls the enemy a moroi; Blake would prefer an explanation that does not involve soul-eating creatures. This small-town monster story combines claustrophobic dread, dark humor and an unlikely friendship. Some visitors cannot be kept out by locking the doors.
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Another Mischief Night | A Masked Escapee’s Deadly October Pursuit Oct 31, 2020

An October storm unlocks Forbes Sanitarium in Shane Migliavacca’s “Another Mischief Night.” Amanda Williams escapes wearing a blank white mask, leaving violence behind as her brother Kyle tries to reach her. But Amanda cannot trust the faces claiming to help, and every reunion threatens another attack. This psychological slasher follows a family fractured by trauma through a night of pursuit and mistaken identities. Can Kyle get through to the sister behind the mask? This Halloween special also includes skits, music and Emily Dickinson’s “I Felt a Funeral, in My Brain.”
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The Pumpkin King | Halloween Monsters Invade an Ozark Corn Maze Oct 28, 2020

A Halloween corn maze becomes a monster battleground in David O’Hanlon’s “The Pumpkin King.” Ozark cousins Barley and Clyde disturb an occult altar in the swamp, bringing trouble back to a children’s hayride. Now living scarecrows, hungry dead and fiery pumpkin creatures stand between the visitors and a safe trip home. This rural horror comedy follows two unlikely rescuers whose muscle truck may be more useful than their judgment. The cousins are accustomed to making bad decisions. Tonight, the harvest has found a way to make them pay.
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Bad Cop in a Small Town on Halloween Night | A Marshal’s Last Shift Turns Deadly Oct 21, 2020

A disgraced marshal’s final shift leads into an abandoned carnival in John Oak Dalton’s “Bad Cop in a Small Town on Halloween Night.” Faron has lost his town’s trust and expects little beyond the usual dealers and petty crime. But a confrontation reveals a captive woman and evidence of a network protected by people with power. Rural noir meets Halloween horror as a compromised lawman follows the trail through a decaying midway. Faron has spent years abusing his authority. What will he do when he finds people counting on him to look away?
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Photosensitive | Haunted-House Photos Reveal an Unseen Intruder Oct 14, 2020

Someone is photographing Lacey inside her new home while she sleeps in Joe Solmo’s “Photosensitive.” The pictures appear on her phone during Halloween week, turning a bargain country house into evidence of an unseen intruder. Her sister Simone helps search for cameras and hidden entrances, but a glimpse of a blue work shirt in one image offers a disturbing clue. Haunted-house horror meets the dread of being watched. Lacey finally owns a place of her own—who else believes they belong there?
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Halloween Heist | A Strickfield Predator Walks into a Revenge Trap Oct 07, 2020

A Halloween invitation draws a wealthy predator into a revenge trap in Rob Fields’ “Halloween Heist.” Calvin Mirren follows Kitty and her friends Jamie and Leena from Strickfield’s trick-or-treating crowds to a private party at Shaker’s. He expects another night of easy conquests, certain his money and charm will keep him in control. His hosts have studied him far more closely than he realizes. This explicit Halloween revenge thriller follows a man who secretly films women into a celebration arranged by people with reasons to remember him.
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Boxed In | The Abandoned House Behind a Missing-Girl Urban Legend Sep 30, 2020

A missing-girl legend draws two teenagers off a Xenia bike trail in Morgan Moore’s “Boxed In.” New to town, Daniel listens as his friend Kyle describes Patty Short, a girl supposedly imprisoned underground inside a rain barrel. An overgrown path leads toward the abandoned property where it happened, and Daniel wants to see whether the story is true. This claustrophobic urban-legend thriller turns a summer walk into a test of trust inside an abandoned garage. Some stories are warnings to stay away. Daniel is about to learn why this one survived.
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The Lady in the Germ Box | A Summer-Camp Monster Grants Dangerous Wishes Sep 23, 2020

A summer-camp bully locks Greg in a portable toilet—and something underneath answers his complaints in Killian Crane’s “The Lady in the Germ Box.” The blue-skinned visitor calls herself the Lady of the Lake and offers to improve his miserable stay. Greg wants his tormentor gone, a starring role in the camp play and the attention of a girl who barely notices him. Wish-granting folklore takes a grotesque turn in this camp horror story. The Lady listens carefully to every word, but does she understand what Greg means—or only what he asks for?
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Silvia | A Snake-Loving Ex Returns to Strickfield for Revenge Sep 16, 2020

Zach’s snake-loving ex returns with a demand for revenge in Rob Fields’ “Silvia.” After the events of “People Can Lick Too,” nightmares of Silvia Charmer and her reptiles follow him into waking life. She blames him for killing her beloved copperhead, yet the attraction between them has never entirely faded. Reconciliation offers a new beginning surrounded by pets Zach still fears. This explicit supernatural relationship story asks whether love can survive guilt, obsession and a partner whose family may be stranger than it first appears.
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All the Busy Bees | Carnivorous Bees and a Sinister Corporate Inheritance Sep 09, 2020

A struggling man inherits a company with a gruesome product in David O’Hanlon’s “All the Busy Bees.” Chuck Byers barely knew his executive father, but the death brings a private jet, armed guards and a tour of a secretive Arkansas facility. Behind its polished offices, flesh-eating bees are at work on an extraordinary kind of honey. Corporate horror and grotesque comedy expose the machinery beneath a sudden fortune. Chuck wants to know what his father built. The board is more interested in finding out how useful the new owner will be.
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Eh, Real Monsters from NEPA | A Werewolf Hunt Targets a Bullied Teen Sep 02, 2020

A scarred newcomer becomes the target of a werewolf hunt in Michelle Antisocial’s “Eh, Real Monsters from NEPA.” Patrick survived the animal attack that killed his father, only to face relentless bullying at his new Pennsylvania school. Outsider Marisa befriends him as mutilated livestock feed the town’s suspicions. Soon the rumors become an excuse for adults with silver bullets to take matters into their own hands. This werewolf story follows grief, prejudice and a friendship tested by fear. Looking like an outsider is enough to make Patrick a suspect.
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Cry Baby Bridge | Three Boys Test Strickfield’s Haunted-Bridge Legend Aug 26, 2020

Three boys test a haunted-bridge legend in Rob Fields’ “Cry Baby Bridge.” Camping near Indian Hollow Road, Horton, Chapman and Chunker visit the crossing where Abigail Tomlin and her baby supposedly drowned. Local lore says anyone who hears the infant crying will die before morning. A prank seems to explain the first scare, but something else is moving beside the river. This Strickfield ghost story turns a dare into a race for daylight. The boys came to prove they were brave; the voice beneath the bridge gives them a reason to run.
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The Triangle People | A Photographer Captures Something from Another Reality Aug 19, 2020

A photographer develops evidence of something that should never appear on film in Shane Migliavacca’s “The Triangle People.” Recovering from a mass shooting, Sarah Hoffman accepts a catalog assignment inside an abandoned city hall. Graffiti warns of the Triangle People, and uneven footsteps draw her down an empty corridor. What she captures there begins following her beyond the shoot. Paranormal photography meets cosmic horror in a story about a survivor struggling to trust her senses. Sarah needs this picture to make sense. Its subject may prefer to stay unseen.
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Suffer the Little Children | A Ouija Board Awakens the Quarry’s Shadows Aug 12, 2020

A Ouija-board session turns an abandoned quarry into a trap in Dennis Freeman’s “Suffer the Little Children.” Eleven-year-old Greg persuades his older brother Anthony to let him join the neighborhood boys during Thanksgiving break. Their secret outing promises adventure until the planchette begins answering and something moves beneath the black water. Occult horror meets the pressures of growing up as a younger brother’s trust becomes more important than fitting in. The boys expected a ghost story. They have opened a conversation with something that can reach back.
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Quarantine: A Story of Isolation | Hungry Rats and a Locked-Away Past Aug 05, 2020

Scratching inside the walls breaks a recluse’s perfect isolation in Keith Tomlin’s “Quarantine: A Story of Isolation.” Chester Lytle has books, deliveries and enough money to keep the pandemic outside his door. A mouse is the first thing he cannot control. As rodents invade his refuge, they drive him toward a basement he has spent years avoiding. This psychological horror story follows a man whose safest place is built over memories he refuses to face. Chester can escape into any book he chooses, but the noise downstairs keeps pulling him back.
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The Hook | A Strickfield Twist on the Lovers’ Lane Urban Legend Jul 29, 2020

An escaped killer stalks a couple parked above Strickfield in Rob Fields’ “The Hook.” Farley McFaine has spent years in prison with a metal hook where his hand once was. Now he is free, following familiar urges toward an isolated overlook. A radio bulletin warns Raige and Franklin to leave, but the figure outside is already close. This slasher retelling of the lovers’ lane urban legend turns a private date into a confrontation with a practiced murderer. Farley assumes he knows what frightened people will do. How well has he chosen his next victim?
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The Chain of Time | A Missing Girl and a Witch’s Cottage in the Woods Jul 22, 2020

A missing classmate draws Andrew into the woods in Killian Crane’s “The Chain of Time.” Five weeks after Claire Ellis vanished, the twelve-year-old sees her among the trees and follows, hoping to make up for an old failure of courage. A beautiful stranger offers shelter, French toast and chocolate milk, but the warmth of her cottage conceals a terrible appetite. This dark fairy tale pairs a child-eating witch with a brass pocket watch whose history Andrew does not understand. Finding Claire brought him here. Getting home may require more than finding the path.
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The Worm Has Turned | An Ex-Con, a Skin-Suit Killer and Monstrous Candy Jul 15, 2020

A chance at a payday leads an ex-con toward a skin-suit killer in David O’Hanlon’s “The Worm Has Turned.” Penn is waiting in a park when a lonely boy named Ed strikes up a conversation and shares his gummi worms. It is National Gummi Worm Day, apparently, and Ed believes in magic. Penn needs cash more than company, but the criminal job ahead will test more than his nerve. This grotesque body-horror comedy pairs a desperate thief with a child nobody seems to want around. Can their unlikely friendship offer anything against a man who collects human skin?
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People Can Lick Too | A Strickfield Urban Legend with a Venomous Twist Jul 08, 2020

A familiar urban legend takes a venomous turn in Rob Fields’ “People Can Lick Too.” Zach Jenner has left snake-loving Silvia Charmer for Jensen Mirren, but neither relationship is willing to let him go. When a frightened confrontation ends with Silvia’s pet copperhead dead, her promise of revenge follows Zach home. His dog Sparky offers the one comfort he still trusts at night. This explicit Strickfield horror story mixes obsession, jealousy and the fear of what waits beside the bed. How long can a familiar touch feel reassuring?
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A Dog and His Boy | A Collie’s Bloody Fourth of July Revenge Jul 01, 2020

Fireworks bring out a loyal dog’s dangerous side in David O’Hanlon’s “A Dog and His Boy.” Rocko dreads the Fourth of July, even though ten-year-old Ryan tries to make the holiday bearable. An accident sends Ryan to the hospital, leaving the collie outside as three neighborhood bullies turn their rockets toward him. Told through Rocko’s practical, often absurd thoughts, this bloody horror comedy follows a very protective pet past the limits of good behavior. The boys see a frightened dog behind a fence. Rocko sees a problem that needs solving.
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The Message | A Strickfield Campus Crime Draws the Angel of Death Jun 24, 2020

A student’s plot to destroy a professor draws a vigilante’s attention in Rob Fields’ “The Message.” Genevieve Van Sant expects privilege to carry her through Strickfield University. When a professor refuses her demands, she and her boyfriend manufacture a devastating accusation. A classmate known as the Angel of Death has been watching them closely. This bleak crime-horror story follows evidence toward a private, deadly reckoning. Content notice: sexual assault, false accusation, suicide, graphic violence and explicit language.
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Father’s Day | A Séance Awakens a Hatchet-Killer Ghost Jun 17, 2020

A Father’s Day dare summons something inside a condemned house in Shane Migliavacca’s “Father’s Day.” Matt follows Greg and Jenny off the Pearce Creek trail, hoping to impress the girl he likes. Their plan to test a local ghost story becomes an encounter with a red-capped figure carrying a hatchet. A goth girl’s knowledge of protective rituals may offer help, but the abandoned house is no longer just a setting for the scare. This supernatural horror story turns friendship and a careless séance into a struggle with a presence that wants more than visitors.
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The Faithful | A Stranded Colony Ship Enters a Forbidden Alien World Jun 10, 2020

A desperate colony ship approaches a planet quarantined for five centuries in David O’Hanlon’s “The Faithful.” With supplies running out and thousands of lives aboard the Wayfarer, Rayburn Halsey needs somewhere to land. Baron-117 offers a chance of survival, but the scout sent to its surface has stopped answering. Strange trees and a bloody handprint greet the rescue party. This science-fiction horror story follows stranded travelers into a settlement where faith has taken an unfamiliar form. What kept the colonists alive after everyone abandoned them?
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Moonstruck | Do Not Look at the Moon: An Emergency Alert Turns Apocalyptic Jun 03, 2020

An emergency alert wakes Dean at 3:01 a.m. with one instruction: do not look at the moon. In Mark “Ferret” Mohlenhoff’s “Moonstruck,” social posts and strange callers soon urge him to do exactly that. Dean and his boyfriend Rusty set out to reach his family, only to find wrecked cars and people staring at the sky. Familiar streets become a maze of stalled traffic and figures with empty eye sockets. This cosmic horror story turns an ordinary night into an apocalyptic escape. Dean can keep his eyes down, but how far can he travel without looking up?
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The Gang High Beam Initiation | A Deadly Headlight Urban Legend at Strickfield May 27, 2020

Flashing your headlights makes you a target in Rob Fields’ “The Gang High Beam Initiation.” At Strickfield University, pledges to an exclusive fraternity must drive with their lights off and kill the first motorist who signals them. Caprice has watched another member complete the ritual. Now her own initiation approaches, and the car ahead carries someone she knows. This fictional retelling of the headlight-flashing urban legend ties campus privilege to a murderous test of loyalty. How much does belonging mean when the price is another person’s life?
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Savior of the Sea | A Sea God’s Bargain and a Tentacled Hotel Nightmare May 20, 2020

A dental convention becomes a sea-monster nightmare in Joe Solmo’s “Savior of the Sea.” Hannah finds her Portland hotel dark, its clerk dying and a trail of water leading toward something with tentacles. A stranger offers protection, claiming powers no ordinary rescuer could possess. His help comes with a demand: Hannah must become his bride. This aquatic horror story turns a promise of safety into a struggle for freedom, with danger on both sides of the bargain. Content notice: attempted sexual violence and graphic violence.
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The Dinner Guests | A Roadside Kidnapping Becomes a Monstrous Family Dinner May 13, 2020

Two killers choose a captive’s family home for their next stop in Shane Migliavacca’s “The Dinner Guests.” Orville Trench and Cherry Kowalski have left bodies behind them when they abduct Lauren and head for her parents’ isolated house outside Hillbury. The welcome is warmer than they expect, and dinner is already part of the plan. This backwoods horror story follows predators into a household with its own disturbing appetites. Beyond the dying trees and the old chemical spill, Orville and Cherry assume they are the most dangerous people at the table.
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AIDS Mary | A Campus Urban Legend Leaves a Message in Lipstick May 06, 2020

A message in lipstick links a string of fraternity deaths in Rob Fields’ “AIDS Mary.” Raymond Burr dismisses the campus rumor until the victims turn out to be men he knows. Behind their shared secrets lies an act of violence, and someone intends to make them answer for it. This fictional urban-legend revenge story follows a frightened fraternity member as the warning on the mirror moves closer to home. Content notice: sexual assault, suicide and explicit violence.
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Cat’s Out of the Bag | A Dead Pet and a Sister’s Dangerous Cover-Up Apr 29, 2020

Hiding a dead cat seems easier than telling the truth in Morgan Moore’s “Cat’s Out of the Bag.” Michelle and Arianna accidentally run over Munk, the black cat adored by Michelle’s younger brother Mark. They dispose of the body and let him believe his pet has vanished. As Mark searches, Michelle’s guilt turns every dark corner into a possible hiding place for the animal she killed. This domestic horror story follows a small lie toward a much larger family secret. Michelle fears what will happen if her brother finds out. Silence may be the worse choice.
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Echoes | A Lakeside Date Repeats a Waitress’s Drowning Nightmare Apr 22, 2020

A lakeside picnic begins to resemble a drowning nightmare in Shane Migliavacca’s “Echoes.” Waitress Ronny is drawn to Travis, a handsome newcomer who brings excitement to her small New York town. Before their date, she dreams of being unable to move as water closes around her. A shadowy visitor seems to be trying to warn her, but daylight makes the fear harder to trust. This supernatural suspense story follows a new romance through disturbing moments of recognition. The lake looks beautiful in the afternoon sun. Why does Ronny feel she has been here before?
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The God Tongue | A Hunter Gains a Voice That Begins Rewriting His Flesh Apr 15, 2020

A hunter gains an impossible voice after killing the wrong creature in Dan Wilder’s “The God Tongue.” Born without a tongue, Ezra lives alone in the forests outside Jayden’s Cross. During an autumn hunt, he mistakes an antlered figure for a stag. What it carries becomes a gift he never asked for: a new tongue, strange voices and markings that begin spreading across his skin. This forest body-horror story follows a promise of speech into a transformation beyond human language. Something in the mist has chosen Ezra, and it has much more to say.
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The Rest Area | An Axe-Killer Story Comes Alive on a Late-Night Road Trip Apr 08, 2020

An axe-killer story stops being a joke at a lonely highway rest area in Rob Fields’ “The Rest Area.” Returning from the Ohio State Fair, Brad teases Robbie with rumors about escaped murderer Aaron Rutter. When they pull off U.S. 23, a prank in the dark gives way to an attacker carrying a real axe. The two friends scatter into the trees with their car suddenly far beyond reach. This road-trip slasher turns a routine bathroom stop into a hunt through the woods. Brad wanted to frighten his friend. Now neither knows whether the next sound means rescue or pursuit.
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The Devil Reaps the Harvest | A Black-Market Organ Deal Wakes a Buried Monster Apr 01, 2020

Spilled blood wakes a failed experiment in John Oak Dalton’s “The Devil Reaps the Harvest.” Peter O’Day brings a bag of cash to an abandoned laboratory, hoping to buy kidneys for a sick little girl. His supplier keeps the organs in a beer cooler and his past mistakes buried around the property. When the handoff goes wrong, something hungry follows the scent through the woods. This gruesome horror comedy connects a desperate purchase to a business built on other people’s bodies. Peter paid to move ahead of a waiting list. Getting out alive was never in the deal.
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Just a Dream | Four Pale Visitors Come Closer to a Boy’s Bed Each Night Mar 25, 2020

Four pale visitors step from a black car and approach David’s house in Joe Solmo’s “Just a Dream.” The eight-year-old keeps waking from the same nightmare, but each night the strangers get closer. His older brother promises to protect him, and a stuffed owl’s radio offers a little comfort in the dark. Neither explains why the details keep returning so precisely. Set among the toys and television memories of an eighties childhood, this supernatural horror story gives a familiar reassurance an uneasy meaning. David’s family says it was only a dream. How can he be sure?
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Basket Hound | A Soul-Stealing Stranger Visits an Old West Saloon Mar 18, 2020

A stranger offers a saloon worker a bargain with a hidden cost in Scott S. Phillips’ “Basket Hound.” Seventeen-year-old Orel Hamlin enjoys the quiet of his nightly trips outside to empty the spittoons. Then George Malcolm appears behind the Stone House, all persuasive talk and interest in a young man others underestimate. What he carries inside him belongs nowhere near an ordinary frontier town. This Weird West horror story mixes stolen souls, grotesque body horror and a midnight confrontation. Malcolm thinks he has found an easy mark. Orel already has a job.
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Warehouse of Blood | A Missing-Model Investigation Uncovers a Waterfront Monster Mar 11, 2020

A reporter follows a missing model’s trail into a blood-soaked warehouse in Shane Migliavacca’s “Warehouse of Blood.” On Friday the 13th in April 1979, Sam shadows shipping heir Teddy Stoneberry to the waterfront. She expects evidence of a rich man’s crime. Instead, a mauled guard and movement above the storage shelves suggest something much harder to explain. Armed with a flashlight and a two-shot pistol, Sam must navigate the dark before her subject finds her. This gritty monster thriller turns the chance for a career-making scoop into a fight to escape.
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Rude Awakenings | A Cursed Alarm Clock Wakes the Graveyard Mar 04, 2020

A bargain alarm clock wakes far more than its owner in Rob Fields’ “Rude Awakenings.” Shawni Jerral needs to stop oversleeping before her boss fires her. A strange shop called Tinker’s offers an inexpensive solution, but the new clock gets louder no matter how low she sets it. Angry neighbors are only the first sign of trouble. She takes it to a sleepover at Bev’s house, opposite a graveyard. Testing the alarm wakes its residents. This cursed-object horror comedy turns a simple wake-up call into a zombie siege. The alarm has one job, and it refuses to quit.
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I Had Mothman’s Baby | A Trailer-Park Cryptid Pregnancy Turns Monstrous Feb 26, 2020

A woman claims Mothman fathered her child in Dan Wilder’s “I Had Mothman’s Baby.” Earl arrives at Verlene’s blacked-out trailer to hear what she calls the story of the century. A heavily bundled stranger, impossible cravings and a rapidly changing body feature in her account—and something inside the trailer may be ready to corroborate it. This outrageous cryptid horror comedy turns Mothman folklore into a grotesque tale of pregnancy and monstrous parenthood. Verlene wants publicity for her unusual family. Earl would settle for a little light and a safe way out.
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Hysterhysteria | A Woman Wakes in a Dark Clinic with Something Calling Her Mother Feb 19, 2020

Something moves across the broken glass in Joe Solmo’s “Hysterhysteria.” Alicia wakes in darkness with a wound across her abdomen and no memory of how she arrived. Lightning reveals the wreckage of a doctor’s office, but the small figure nearby is harder to explain. It knows her face, calls her mother and wants her attention. This psychological body-horror story traps a frightened woman between fractured memories and an impossible demand for care. Each flash shows her a little more of the room. The intervals of darkness give her visitor time to move.
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Deb, Debbie, Deborah | A Valentine’s Blizzard Brings a Killer to a Widow’s Door Feb 12, 2020

A knock interrupts a widow’s lonely Valentine’s Day in Shane Migliavacca’s “Deb, Debbie, Deborah.” Deborah has been dancing with memories of her dead husband as snow cuts off the world outside. News of an escaped killer and the return of a disturbing childhood presence make the evening harder to trust. When a stranger arrives, her isolated home becomes the meeting place for two very troubled lives. This psychological horror story mixes grief, obsession and brutal violence behind a familiar holiday door. Content notice: suicidal behavior and graphic violence.
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A Sunken Heart in Hino Bay | A Valentine Crush Meets Sea Folklore and Mutation Feb 05, 2020

A rejected Valentine draws a student toward polluted waters in Jeff Carpenter’s “A Sunken Heart in Hino Bay.” Ayumi hopes handmade chocolates will win her biology teacher’s affection. He is preoccupied with the bay’s mutated sea life; she is captivated by a tale of a sea princess who can change her form. Learning to dive offers a way to follow him beneath the surface, where her fantasies meet something far stranger. This aquatic body-horror story blends obsessive longing with sea folklore. What kind of transformation is waiting in the water?
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The Black Cat | Edgar Allan Poe’s Gothic Tale of Guilt and Murder Jan 29, 2020

A condemned man recounts the horror that destroyed his household in Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Black Cat.” Once devoted to his pets, he turns cruel toward Pluto, his faithful black cat. After violence and a mysterious fire, a second animal appears with an unsettling resemblance to the first. Henrique Couto narrates this classic Gothic story of alcoholism, guilt and a mind desperate to excuse its own brutality. Is the cat a supernatural pursuer, or does the narrator bring his punishment upon himself? Content notice: animal cruelty and domestic violence.
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The Devil Knows Three Chords | A Bluegrass Duo Faces a Crossroads Bargain Jan 22, 2020

A bluegrass partnership unravels in 1968 San Francisco in John Oak Dalton’s “The Devil Knows Three Chords.” Chester Killbuck wants to keep playing the old songs; Bobby Lee Starr hears a future in the music his son loves. A booking at the Avalon Ballroom brings their differences to a breaking point, along with questions about where Chester’s remarkable talent came from. This musical folk-horror story gives the crossroads bargain a place among fiddles, family ties and changing times. Bobby Lee knows his partner’s playing. How well does he know the man?
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They Don’t Drive Cars | Flesh-Eating Creatures Invade an All-Night Store Jan 15, 2020

A two-in-the-morning snack run leads to a blood-spattered store in Scott S. Phillips’ “They Don’t Drive Cars.” Aaron delivers newspapers in Charlton, New Mexico, and knows Freddy’s All-Nite should be quiet. Tonight, something small and hungry is loose near the rain-soaked streets. Finding help means persuading someone that the danger is real before it reaches them too. This creature-feature horror comedy turns an ordinary craving into a frantic small-town survival problem: what do you do when the things outside are too strange to name?
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Wolf Moon | A Werewolf Stalks a Remote Lakeside Campsite Jan 08, 2020

A werewolf follows the scent of blood to an isolated campsite in “Splatter” Joe Solmo’s “Wolf Moon.” Brandon promises Daria a peaceful night beside a remote lake, far from traffic and crowded campgrounds. For her first wilderness trip, she gets unfamiliar noises, a small cut on her hand and a huge shape sniffing along the tent. When the creature attacks, the car offers only a fragile hope of escape. This brutal werewolf story turns a romantic getaway into a fight to protect the person beside you. Daria wanted to share Brandon’s love of the outdoors. Now she has to survive it.
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Even the Devil Tells the Truth… Sometimes | A New Year’s Eve Pact in New York Dec 31, 2019

A stolen amulet puts a violent New Yorker in business with the Devil in Dan Wilder’s “Even the Devil Tells the Truth… Sometimes.” The terms promise immortality in exchange for a killing each New Year’s Eve. For a man who already enjoys hurting strangers, the bargain sounds simple—until another midnight approaches and he begins testing what his patron really meant. This explicit supernatural crime story follows a remorseless narrator through the city’s holiday crowds. While Times Square waits for the ball to drop, he has a very different deadline to meet.
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Home for Christmas | A Wendigo Comes to a Snowbound Boarding School Dec 24, 2019

A Christmas blizzard traps the residents of Blackoaks Boarding School with an unexpected guest in Shane Migliavacca’s “Home for Christmas.” Kat and the other girls face a holiday of flickering tree lights and closed roads when a stranger arrives, claiming to have survived a bus crash. Offering him warmth seems only humane. But an old hunger has found its way into the house, and dead phone lines leave little chance of help. This snowbound Wendigo horror story turns holiday hospitality into a siege. The people inside must decide what they have let in.
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Biting Cold | A Wounded Hunter Faces a Beast in a Christmas Blizzard Dec 18, 2019

A wounded hunter has one hand, a fading phone battery and a beast waiting in the snow in Jeff Carpenter’s “Biting Cold.” An avalanche has left him stranded as Christmas approaches. He needs to make a fire before exposure finishes what the animal began, while saved messages from his daughter give him a reason to keep moving. This winter survival-horror story pits a broken body against hunger, blood loss and the long night. Narrated by Henrique Couto, with music and sound design by Ray Mattis, it brings the frozen wilderness close enough to hear.
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The Blind Date | A Goth Romance Leads to a Haunted Cemetery Dec 11, 2019

An online match takes Cassandra from a Goth club to a haunted cemetery in Joe Solmo’s “The Blind Date.” Encouraged by her friend Betty, the shy horror fan meets Jeremy, who shares her taste in dark music. Their evening ends with a drive to a busy park, then a walk across the road to a quieter graveyard. Beneath a statue of the town’s founder, Jeremy’s attention begins to feel less like affection and more like preparation. This occult dating-horror story turns a first romance into a trap. What arrangements has he made for the girl who trusted him?
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Homecoming | A Couple’s First Night in Their New House Awakens a Demon Dec 04, 2019

A surprise home purchase leads a couple into a demonic family secret in Joe Solmo’s “Homecoming.” Brandon wants to give his fiancée Christy a fresh start, complete with borrowed furniture and plans for children. On their first night, thumps and screams draw him toward a dark basement marked with strange symbols. Whatever waits below seems to know Christy, who has never known her biological parents. This haunted-house story turns the promise of a shared future into a struggle over an inherited past. Brandon chose the house. Did something inside choose them?
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Thanksgiving Dinner | A Small-Town Welfare Check Reveals a House of Cruelty Nov 27, 2019

A routine welfare check takes Officer Sophia Cortez inside a nightmare in Rachael Redolfi’s “Thanksgiving Dinner.” Hoping for a quieter life in Monticello, Indiana, Sophia expects the usual small-town duties. A visit to Norman Roberts’ trailer instead reveals signs of prolonged captivity and abuse, forcing her to reconstruct what the neighborhood never saw. This fictional police horror story follows the human cost of a discovery that changes both an investigation and the officer making it. Content notice: severe child abuse, captivity and graphic violence.
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Survivors | A Girl Raised to Fear the Undead Ventures Beyond Her Forest Cabin Nov 20, 2019

A teenage girl leaves the safety of a forest cabin in Shane Migliavacca’s “Survivors.” Her father has raised her to believe the world outside belongs to scavengers and the walking dead. He taught her to hunt, shoot and distrust strangers, while keeping supply trips to himself. When she must face the woods without his protection, those lessons become the only guide she has. This psychological survival-horror story follows a fifteen-year-old confronting a world she knows through someone else’s warnings. Can she recognize danger when every stranger looks like an enemy?
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I Saw the Dragon | A Mercenary’s Endless Night in a Haunted TV Station Nov 13, 2019

A mercenary holds a television station through a night that will not end in John Oak Dalton’s “I Saw the Dragon.” Sent to secure a hill in a war-torn African country, he finds disturbing videotapes and voices beneath the floor. Dead comrades appear, the darkness persists, and martial-arts star Don “The Dragon” Wilson becomes part of an increasingly surreal ordeal. This supernatural war story follows a soldier beyond the threats his training can explain. Holding the station was the assignment. Waiting for sunrise may be the harder battle.
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Caves | Two Lovers Find Hungry Creatures Beneath the Woods Nov 06, 2019

Two girls seeking privacy find something hungry underground in Joe Solmo’s “Caves.” Becky and Janice want a place where they can be together without hiding their relationship from a disapproving town. A rainy drive leads to an old cave, a warming fire and small, soft-furred creatures with wide green eyes. The animals seem almost like toys, and Becky cannot resist getting closer. This claustrophobic creature-horror story turns a secret romantic escape into a fight beneath the earth. The cave offered shelter from the storm. What offers shelter from its inhabitants?
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Mischief Night | A Halloween Home Invasion Pits a Babysitter Against Two Criminals Oct 30, 2019

A Halloween night at home becomes a brutal invasion in Shane Migliavacca’s “Mischief Night.” Sixteen-year-old Amanda is watching her sick little brother Kyle while their parents are out. Beyond the decorations and thinning crowds of trick-or-treaters, Bud and Ray are looking for trouble. Their choice of house forces Amanda to defend a child who cannot defend himself. This slasher-style home-invasion story puts sibling loyalty against men who mistake a babysitter for an easy victim. The siblings expected candy, crafts and horror on television. Then the knocking starts.
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Built for Death | A Crooked Contractor Faces a Monster at His Own Building Site Oct 23, 2019

A crooked contractor takes shelter in a building made with his own shortcuts in Henrique Couto’s “Built for Death.” Daniel Cole keeps hidden cash at a remote construction site beside the woods. When a flat tire delays his departure, something with claws reaches for him beneath the car. The unfinished office offers a locked door and a place to hide, but Daniel knows exactly what he saved on the materials. This creature-horror preview introduced Weekly Spooky before its Halloween 2019 launch. How much protection has Daniel actually built?
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