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Weekly Spooky | Scary Stories for Halloween

Weekly Spooky is your year-round Halloween podcast for scary stories: original horror fiction, urban legends, haunted places, cryptids and dark folklore, alongside true crime, paranormal mysteries and horror history.

Hosted by filmmaker and narrator Henrique Couto, the feed combines cinematic horror stories, dark humor, twist endings, old-time radio nightmares, horror-movie discussion, and investigations into the strange and unexplained. Recurring programs include Weekly Spooky fiction, Terrifying & True, Thursday Thrills, Unknown Broadcast, This Week in Horror History, Cutting Deep Into Horror, Monthly Spooky, and seasonal story compilations.

During Halloween and spooky season, discover scary stories of haunted houses, cursed objects, vampires, werewolves, urban legends, ghost stories, monster encounters, and long-form horror marathons for late-night listening, fall drives, and Halloween parties. Mature themes included.

Explore the complete world of Weekly Spooky at https://weeklyspooky.com/ and follow the podcast for new nightmares throughout the week.

Copyright: © Copyright Henrique Couto

Latest Episodes:

The Spirit of Langley Pond | A Lakeside Prank Awakens a Vengeful Ghost Jun 15, 2022

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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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More scary stories: https://weeklyspooky.com/
Story submissions: WeeklySpooky@gmail.com

Hog Wild | Killer Feral Hogs and a Captive’s Fight to Survive Jun 08, 2022

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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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More scary stories: https://weeklyspooky.com/
Story submissions: WeeklySpooky@gmail.com

Bella’s Holiday | A Daywalking Vampire Hunts Werewolves at the Beach Jun 01, 2022

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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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More scary stories: https://weeklyspooky.com/
Story submissions: WeeklySpooky@gmail.com

Calamity Jane vs. Dracula Part 2 of 2 | The Vampire Battle for Deadwood May 25, 2022

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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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More scary stories: https://weeklyspooky.com/
Story submissions: WeeklySpooky@gmail.com

Behind the Spooky #02 | Dan Wilder on Writing Horror and Making Movies May 23, 2022

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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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More scary stories: https://weeklyspooky.com/
Story submissions: WeeklySpooky@gmail.com

Calamity Jane vs. Dracula Part 1 of 2 | A Vampire Comes to Deadwood May 18, 2022

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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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More scary stories: https://weeklyspooky.com/
Story submissions: WeeklySpooky@gmail.com

The Deal Was Great, but the Payments Are Hell | Demons at the Motel Door May 11, 2022

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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

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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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Story submissions: WeeklySpooky@gmail.com

Why Am I Here? | A Lonely Child’s Ouija Board Ritual Apr 27, 2022

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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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Bonus episodes & support: https://weeklyspooky.com/join
More scary stories: https://weeklyspooky.com/
Story submissions: WeeklySpooky@gmail.com

Behind the Spooky #01 | Henrique Couto on Creating a Horror Podcast Apr 25, 2022

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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.
Sponsored by HenFlix: https://henflix.com/
Bonus episodes & support: https://weeklyspooky.com/join
More scary stories: https://weeklyspooky.com/
Story submissions: WeeklySpooky@gmail.com

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