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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:

Father’s Day | A Séance Awakens a Hatchet-Killer Ghost Jun 17, 2020

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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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Story submissions: WeeklySpooky@gmail.com

The Faithful | A Stranded Colony Ship Enters a Forbidden Alien World Jun 10, 2020

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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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Story submissions: WeeklySpooky@gmail.com

Moonstruck | Do Not Look at the Moon: An Emergency Alert Turns Apocalyptic Jun 03, 2020

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.
Legend background: https://www.snopes.com/fact-ch...
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Cat’s Out of the Bag | A Dead Pet and a Sister’s Dangerous Cover-Up Apr 29, 2020

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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

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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

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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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