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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:

Ides of March: AI Horror, Demonic Deals, Graveyard Horror, and Undead Revenge Stories Mar 28, 2026

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A writer's AI shortcut starts watching him, and a buried roadside mistake returns with unfinished business. Four Weekly Spooky stories gather I used to think AI was wonderful. Now I know it's evil. by Michael Kelso, Dead Ahead and The Blind Date by Joe Solmo, and The Grave Robbers by Bruce Haney. A demonic date and a cemetery theft join this Ides of March collection of artificial intelligence horror, occult bargains, and undead revenge. Nearly two hours of dark fiction ask what happens when a shortcut begins making demands. The thing you hoped would help may want something in return.
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Cutting Deep Into Horror | Someone’s Watching Me! (1978) John Carpenter Hidden Gem Breakdown Mar 27, 2026

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Someone's Watching Me! (1978) turns anonymous calls and apartment surveillance into a John Carpenter nightmare. Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi explore the TV thriller starring Lauren Hutton, David Birney, and Adrienne Barbeau on Cutting Deep into Horror. They examine stalking, privacy, Hutton's performance, and the uneasy humor behind a woman struggling to be believed. How does Carpenter make a room feel unsafe before anyone enters it? Full spoilers for this 1970s psychological thriller, with connections to Halloween and a closer look at a film often missed in Carpenter's catalog.
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Black Kat — A Black Cat Curse Turns Deadly Mar 25, 2026

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Katriana leaves a county fair carrying a curse: anyone whose path she crosses may die. Black Kat by Rob Fields turns a black cat curse into a supernatural revenge story set around Strickfield and Ridgeway Heights. After a cruel act brings a fortune teller's punishment, ordinary encounters become chains of lethal bad luck. This Weekly Spooky tale mixes carnival horror, gruesome accidents, and the panic of carrying a threat you cannot see. Kat wants help, but approaching the people she loves may put them next in line. How do you escape a curse when every step can hurt someone?
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This Week in Horror History | The Hills Have Eyes 2, Stay Alive, Gonjiam & Def by Temptation (Mar 23–29) Mar 24, 2026

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A video game kills its players in Stay Alive, while a livestream ghost hunt unravels in Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum. This Week in Horror History explores March 23–29 through The Hills Have Eyes 2, Black Sheep, and the supernatural seduction of Def by Temptation. Desert mutants, cursed technology, and carnivorous sheep make this a watchlist for creature-feature and found footage fans. Plus, birthdays include Steve McQueen, Jessica Chastain, Richard O'Brien, and Leonard Nimoy. The sci-fi horror film Life rounds out the week with an organism that has no interest in following the crew's rules.
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Terrifying & True | Deer Woman Legend Explained: Indigenous Folklore and the Dark Warning Behind the Myth Mar 23, 2026

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A beautiful stranger's deer hooves reveal that the person being pursued may be the dangerous one. Terrifying & True explores Deer Woman in Indigenous folklore, modern encounter stories, and popular adaptations. Roadside warnings, party retellings, and Haskell-associated stories connect the figure with predatory behavior, violence against women, and consequence. There is no single official version: traditions and later retellings differ. Follow how this unsettling legend can act as a warning or a form of justice, and why the moment someone looks down changes the meaning of the encounter.
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Unknown Broadcast | What Returns in the Night: Four Tales of Ghosts, Betrayal, and Retribution Mar 22, 2026

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Can a murdered wife return in another form? Unknown Broadcast gathers The Return of the Moresbys by Henry Slesar, John Jock Todd by Robert Simpson, The Burning Court from John Dickson Carr, and The Whistler's Retribution. Les Crutchfield adapts the jungle adventure for radio. More than two hours of old-time radio suspense move from reincarnation fears to poison, betrayal, and a reckoning on a dark road. These four vintage dramas make guilt harder to escape than any pursuer. Settle in for supernatural mystery and criminal suspicion, where a polite room may hide the most dangerous guest.
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Ides of March: Four Horror Stories of Demons, Curses, Occult Revenge, and Satan’s Shotgun Mar 21, 2026

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A school day turns demonic, and a night of partying unleashes an obscene curse. Four Weekly Spooky stories bring occult revenge to the Ides of March: Academia Demonia by David O'Hanlon, A New Beginning by Rob Fields, Breaking the Seal by Douglas Waltz, and Satan's Shotgun by Dan Wilder. Nearly two hours of horror fiction move through possession, infernal power, darkly comic punishment, and a revenge trail that keeps returning from the dirt. Each story puts a different price on the promise of protection or payback. When help arrives with Hell behind it, what will be left for you to owe?
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Lionizing — Edgar Allan Poe’s Dark Satire of Vanity and Celebrity Mar 20, 2026

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In Edgar Allan Poe's Lionizing, a young man's obsession with noses makes him the sensation of fashionable society. This short comic tale follows vanity, social climbing, and a celebrity culture that mistakes novelty for achievement. Expertise becomes fashion, admiration becomes a contest, and reputation depends on absurd rules no sensible person would choose. Weekly Spooky presents Poe's dark satire with its original prose at the center. Listen for the cruelty beneath the compliments as society decides who deserves attention—and how quickly a celebrated feature can become a liability.
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Boredom Can Be Deadly: Scary Phone Horror Story | He Called a Bathroom Wall Number and It Ruined His Life Mar 18, 2026

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A bored man calls a number scribbled inside a bathroom stall. His phone answers his thoughts—and offers money to kill a stranger. Boredom Can Be Deadly by Michael Kelso is a Weekly Spooky technology horror story about greed, surveillance, and a choice that becomes harder to take back. What looks like a prank supplies private information, directions, and a target, pulling a curious caller into someone else's deadly game. Dark humor gives way to paranoia as the device in his hand seems to know every hesitation. If the phone can read his mind, what chance does he have of keeping a secret?
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This Week in Horror History | Final Destination, Dawn of the Dead, Us & The Hearse (Mar 16–22) Mar 17, 2026

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Death makes everyday accidents feel planned in Final Destination, while fast zombies turn a mall into a trap in Dawn of the Dead. This Week in Horror History covers March 16–22 with The Final Conflict, Jordan Peele's Us, and the recurring black car of The Hearse. From Damien Thorn's corporate menace to frightening doubles, this week's films turn familiar places against their occupants. Birthdays include Brad Dourif, Sienna Guillory, Stephen Sommers, and Dominique Fishback. The ghostly photos of Shutter supply a recommendation for viewers who like their nightmares following them home.
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