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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:

Dark Fantasy Horror Fiction: Witches, Cults & Feral Legends Jun 13, 2026

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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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Story submissions: WeeklySpooky@gmail.com

Shadow, A Fable by Edgar Allan Poe: Plague, the Dead & Gothic Terror Jun 12, 2026

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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