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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:

Summer of the Demon pt 1: Cursed Objects & Camp Horror Jun 03, 2026

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Eddie 'Peewee' Richter survived a football rival's monstrous transformation. At Camp Red Feather, he discovers the nightmare has followed him into summer. Summer of the Demon Part 1 by Rob Fields opens a five-part Weekly Spooky horror serial with a brutal attack and the return of the cursed 00 jersey. Eddie should be training for football with the Strickfield Serpents; instead, he must confront a creature seeking revenge for the championship game. Start the story as camp routines give way to fear, and a familiar uniform becomes the first clue to a threat that survived the final whistle.
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Story submissions: WeeklySpooky@gmail.com

This Week in Horror History | Poltergeist, Psycho II & The Omen's 6/6/06 Curse Jun 02, 2026

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Poltergeist turns a suburban home into a trap, while Psycho II brings Norman Bates back to the Bates Motel. This Week in Horror History explores June 1–7 through haunted houses, killer sequels, and the 6/6/06 release of The Omen remake. The Purge asks what happens when violence becomes legal for a night, and Splice makes genetic engineering a nightmare of creation and responsibility. Plus, horror birthdays include Robert Englund and Danielle Harris, and The Loved Ones supplies a vicious prom-night recommendation. Find your next watch among families and homes that cannot keep anyone safe.
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Terrifying & True | Katarzyna Zowada: The Krakow Murder Investigation Jun 01, 2026

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Katarzyna Zowada vanished in Krakow, Poland, in 1998. The discovery of her remains in the Vistula River turned a missing-person search into a murder investigation that would span decades. Terrifying & True follows the forensic evidence, renewed searches by Poland's Archiwum X investigators, and a court history that includes a conviction and an acquittal. This June 2026 episode examines why suspicion and disturbing evidence do not automatically establish who committed a crime. Behind the case is a young student and a family left seeking answers about the life taken from them.
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Unknown Broadcast | Out of Focus & Banquo’s Chair — Psychological Horror and Ghostly Justice May 31, 2026

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A man's imagined perfect woman becomes dangerously real, and a professor is pursued by an unseen presence that will not accept rejection. Unknown Broadcast gathers four old-time radio mysteries: Out of Focus, How Love Came to Professor Guildea, Banquo's Chair, and Decision. More than two hours of vintage suspense lead from obsessive fantasy to a Scotland Yard inspector's trap and The Whistler's cruel consequences. An empty chair may be enough to shake a murder suspect—but is guilt the only thing joining the table? Listen for the moment a private fear begins taking up space in the room.
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Sci-Fi Horror: Portal Terror & Cursed Technology Nightmares May 30, 2026

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An antique typewriter makes a teenage writer's revenge real, while portals open onto a vampire-ruled Earth. Three Weekly Spooky sci-fi horror stories turn familiar technology into a threat: Ghost in the Machine by Shane Migliavacca, plus Portals and Hunter Black by Rob Fields. A grieving girl encounters a mysterious digital woman, heroes fight across parallel worlds, and a writer loses control of the killer he imagined. Over three hours of haunted technology, alternate dimensions, and dark fantasy ask what happens when the machine stops obeying—and the things it creates can reach you.
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Cutting Deep Into Horror | Paranormal Activity & Found Footage Horror History May 29, 2026

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Paranormal Activity (2007) makes a bedroom camera an invitation to watch for something you hope will never appear. Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi examine Oren Peli's found footage horror film, starring Katie Featherston and Micah Sloat, on Cutting Deep into Horror. They explore nighttime sounds, long silences, and the relationship tensions that make the haunting feel personal. How does a nearly motionless shot turn waiting into dread? Full spoilers, including the theatrical and alternate endings, with comparisons to Cloverfield and a look at the film's microbudget success.
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The Backrooms: Found Footage Horror & Liminal Space Internet Folklore | Thursday Thrills May 28, 2026

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The Backrooms turns empty yellow rooms and buzzing fluorescent lights into a place you might never escape. Thursday Thrills explores the internet horror legend, from its 2019 message-board origins to Kane Pixels' found footage series and the A24 film Backrooms, directed by Kane Parsons. This May 2026 episode looks at liminal spaces, analog horror, and the unsettling familiarity of corridors that seem to lead nowhere. Why can an empty building feel more threatening than a visible monster? Follow the creepypasta that made getting lost feel like slipping out of reality itself.
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The Thing That Lurks in the Tunnel — Liminal Horror with a Dark Twist May 27, 2026

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Will follows his crush Travis into the winter woods for a late-night smoke. Inside an abandoned railway tunnel, movement in the shadows makes their private hideaway feel occupied. The Thing That Lurks in the Tunnel by Bruce Haney turns teenage attraction and betrayal into a Weekly Spooky creature horror story. As Travis reveals his cruelty, Will must decide whether to follow the only flashlight farther into the dark or risk finding his own way out. A claustrophobic listen for fans of abandoned places, wilderness horror, and coming-of-age nightmares. What else is living in the tunnel?
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This Week in Horror History | Alien, Stranger Things & Modern Horror Icons — May 25–31 May 26, 2026

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Alien traps a crew aboard the Nostromo, while Vecna turns memory into a weapon in Stranger Things 4. This Week in Horror History revisits May 25–31 through Ridley Scott's sci-fi horror, Sam Raimi's Drag Me to Hell, the backwoods pursuit of Wrong Turn, and Octavia Spencer's basement hospitality in Ma. From the xenomorph to a curse that follows you home, explore how these films and series make escape feel impossible. Plus, celebrate horror icons including Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, and Peter Cushing. Your next horror watch may begin with a place that looks safe enough to enter.
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Monthly Spooky | Cryptid Horror & Paranormal Mysteries Declassified May 25, 2026

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Ohio's Loveland Frogman meets the USS Indianapolis in this May 2026 Monthly Spooky. Henrique Couto and Michelle discuss cryptid sightings and UFO reports, then turn to the documented wartime sinking and the sailors' struggle against thirst, exposure, and sharks. The conversation also takes in a burial jar, a coyote's swim to Alcatraz, and a reported celebrity haunting. Memorial Day history sits alongside strange headlines and horror-fan conversation, with episode 400 and Cinema Wasteland in the mix. Follow the difference between a frightening record and a story people want to believe.
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