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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:

Satan’s Shotgun | An Undead Gunslinger Hunts the Nightmare Zodiac Death Gang Dec 30, 2020

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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

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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

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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.
Babysitter Massacre: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08P...
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Babes in Terrorland & The Santa Letters | Two Christmas Horror Stories Dec 16, 2020

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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?
Babysitter Massacre: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08P...=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_X.p2FbW448V8Z
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Welcome to Tiny Christmas, Iowa! | A Holiday Job in a Sinister Cult Town Dec 09, 2020

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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