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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:

Terrifying & True | The Real Men in Black: UFO Witness Threats, Government Conspiracy, and Paranormal Cases Mar 16, 2026

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UFO witnesses report strange visitors who demand silence. Terrifying & True follows the Men in Black legend through Maury Island, Albert K. Bender, Point Pleasant, Robert Richardson in Ohio, Dr. Herbert Hopkins, and the Niagara Falls hotel footage claim. Threatening calls and unsettling encounters helped turn alleged intimidation into a lasting UFO legend. The episode weighs documented history against witness stories and paranormal explanations without treating a cover-up as proven. Are these accounts evidence of a shared threat, or stories shaped by the legend they helped create?
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Unknown Broadcast | Phantom Hands, Cursed Rings, and Deadly Lies: Four Old-Time Radio Horror Stories Mar 15, 2026

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A pianist loses his right hand, yet something seems determined to reach the keys. Unknown Broadcast gathers The Hand That Refused to Die, The Ring of Thoth, Wet Saturday, and The Accounting. Four old-time radio dramas move from phantom hands and an ancient Egyptian relic to a family concealing murder and The Whistler's reckoning with money and lies. More than two hours of supernatural mystery and crime suspense turn talent, immortality, and respectability into dangerous desires. Listen as a household tries to explain away the unthinkable—and discover how much politeness can conceal.
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Ides of March: Four Horror Stories of Monsters, Revenge, Cannibals, and the Living Dead Mar 14, 2026

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A swamp legend rises from the mud, a predator talks of conservation, and an alarm clock wakes more than its owner. Four Weekly Spooky Ides of March stories turn bad choices into monstrous consequences: Gator Boy of Dead Ore Swamp and Stay Hungry by David O'Hanlon, You Are What You Eat by Robert Fields, and Rude Awakenings by Rob Fields. Over two hours of creature horror, cannibal terror, and supernatural revenge move from a cursed place to a meal that refuses to stay on the menu. Daily routines become threats in tales where getting what you wanted may be the worst part of the bargain.
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Cutting Deep Into Horror | Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986): Why It’s So Disturbing Mar 13, 2026

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Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) makes ordinary rooms feel complicit in violence. Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi examine John McNaughton's film, starring Michael Rooker, Tom Towles, and Tracy Arnold, on Cutting Deep into Horror. They explore Henry, Otis, and Becky, the film's ugly realism, and its disputed true-story reputation. Full spoilers, including the ending, for listeners interested in serial killer cinema and exploitation horror. Film page: https://www.amazon.com/gp/vide...
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The Backroads Cryptid: A Drug-Fueled Ride Into a Rural Monster Nightmare Mar 11, 2026

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A man wakes in a freezing pasture with missing hours, a dead phone, and no idea how he got there. The Backroads Cryptid by Bruce Haney follows a disastrous party into rural Oregon, where two strangers say a creature attacked their car. Their story sounds impossible until the darkness beyond the farmhouse starts to feel occupied. This Weekly Spooky horror fiction mixes drug-fueled paranoia, isolated farmland, and a savage monster encounter. Getting home means deciding whose account to trust and whether the people offering shelter are any safer than whatever is waiting outside the door.
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This Week in Horror History | Scream VI, It Follows, Resident Evil & Children of the Corn (Mar 9–15) Mar 10, 2026

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Ghostface stalks New York in Scream VI, while the threat in It Follows never needs to run. This Week in Horror History explores March 9–15 through Children of the Corn, Resident Evil, and the Jersey Devil mockumentary The Last Broadcast. Killer children, infected corridors, and suburban paranoia offer different ways to make a familiar place unsafe. Birthdays include Brittany Snow, Emile Hirsch, Michael Caine, and Pollyanna McIntosh. The Invitation closes the watchlist with a dinner party where grief and suspicion share the table. Find a film that makes the next invitation feel different.
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Terrifying & True | Castlerock Double Murder (1991): Staged as a Suicide Pact Mar 09, 2026

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Lesley Howell and Trevor Buchanan were found dead in a car in Castlerock, Northern Ireland, in May 1991. The scene suggested a suicide pact; a confession nearly 18 years later exposed a double murder. Terrifying & True follows Colin Howell and Hazel Stewart, the affair behind the killings, the staged garage scene, and the convictions that overturned the accepted account. This true crime episode examines how deception survived inside a close religious community and how investigators revisited the evidence. What happens when the story told about two deaths protects the people responsible?
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Unknown Broadcast | Ghosts, Curses, and Deadly Secrets: Four Old-Time Radio Horror Stories Mar 08, 2026

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A widow welcomes memories of her husband until the dead seem unwilling to make room for the living. Unknown Broadcast gathers The Ghost at the Gate, Blood of Cain, Statement of Employee Henry Wilson, and Jane Eyre. Four old-time radio dramas move through grief, a New Orleans family's dark inheritance, a troubling confession, and a governess entering a house of secrets. More than two hours of ghost lore, criminal suspense, and gothic romance make domestic comforts feel uncertain. At the dinner table or behind a locked door, the past may still expect to be treated as one of the family.
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Ides of March: Four Horror Stories of Revenge, Backwoods Violence, and Roadside Monsters Mar 07, 2026

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A night of humiliation becomes a revenge story, while a country feud and a lonely highway turn cruelty into danger. Four Weekly Spooky Ides of March tales gather Hell Hath No Fury by Aaron Michael Cook, Valley Rat by Charles Campbell, Fortune Falls by David O'Hanlon, and ROADKILL by Travis VanHoose. Over two hours of horror fiction move from small-town grudges to friends chasing a view in the wilderness and a pickup stopping for the wrong reason. Betrayal links the stories, but each road has a threat. Before trusting strangers or settling scores, listen for what is beyond the lights.
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Best of 2025: Ed and Lorraine Warren: The True Story Behind Annabelle, Amityville and The Conjuring Mar 06, 2026

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Ed and Lorraine Warren helped make Annabelle, Amityville, and the cases behind The Conjuring household names. This Best of 2025 re-air of Terrifying & True examines their rise in paranormal investigation and the conflicting accounts surrounding their work. Over two and a half hours explore the occult museum, claims of hauntings and possession, skeptical criticism, and the public image that shaped their legacy. Follow the gap between a famous horror story and what its evidence can establish. How did the Warrens' accounts become so influential, and why do they remain controversial?
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