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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:

Cry Baby Bridge | Three Boys Test Strickfield’s Haunted-Bridge Legend Aug 26, 2020

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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