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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:

Unknown Broadcast | Signals from the Dead Air: Four Classic Radio Horror Tales of Revenge and Ruin Feb 22, 2026

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A fake medium profits from grief, while an unsettling sound makes a home feel hostile. Unknown Broadcast gathers Medium Rare from CBS Radio Mystery Theater, Bells from Suspense, Career Man from The Whistler, and the snake-country mystery Snake Doctor. Four old-time radio stories move through deception, ambition, buried money, and revenge. More than two hours of vintage suspense ask what happens when a successful con begins to control the person running it. At Cashier Creek or in a quiet room, the danger may be a secret believed safely buried. Tune in before the next warning rings.
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Edgar Allan Poe Horror Stories: The Black Cat, The Cask of Amontillado, and More Classic Gothic Tales Feb 21, 2026

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A confession, a wine-cellar invitation, and a prisoner's terror lead into five Edgar Allan Poe stories. Weekly Spooky presents The Black Cat, Morella, The Cask of Amontillado, The Pit and the Pendulum, and Berenice in over two hours of classic Gothic fiction. Guilt, grief, revenge, and obsession shape narrators whose accounts grow more disturbing as they unfold. Poe makes a family home, a memory, or a sensory detail feel impossible to escape. Listen for psychological horror and macabre suspense in the original prose, where the voice explaining the nightmare may be an unreliable guide.
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Deals with the Devil: Horror Stories of Demons, Curses, and Dark Bargains Feb 20, 2026

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A motel visitor brings a debt a fugitive cannot evade, and a grieving mother's promise comes due. Four Weekly Spooky devil-deal stories gather The Deal Was Great, But The Payments Are Hell by Joe Solmo, Even Witches Can Cry by Charles Campbell, Gamble with the Devil by David O'Hanlon, and The Devil Knows Three Chords by John Oak Dalton. A would-be mercenary's raid and a backstage feud between bluegrass legends complete this collection of demonic bargains. Supernatural revenge meets ambition and grief in tales where the offer sounds perfect. Listen to what the bargain leaves unsaid.
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Road Trip: Snowbound in a Small-Town Bar With Monsters and a Militia Feb 18, 2026

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Caroline Quinn wants two weeks away from heartbreak. A snowbound stop in Germfask, Michigan, gives her a bar full of armed strangers instead. Road Trip by Mike Ashkewe follows the part-vampire government troubleshooter into The Den, where weak cell service and bitter cold make leaving difficult. The locals' ties to the Claw of the Northern Patriots turn a cold welcome into a supernatural fight for survival. This Weekly Spooky story mixes vampire action, rural monster horror, and a road trip gone wrong. Caroline came looking for somewhere to disappear; the danger is being made to stay.
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This Week in Horror History | Freaks, House on Haunted Hill and Army of Darkness (Feb 16–22) Feb 17, 2026

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Vincent Price invites strangers into House on Haunted Hill, Ash battles deadites in Army of Darkness, and Lestat takes the stage in Queen of the Damned. This Week in Horror History explores February 16–22 with Tod Browning's Freaks and the toy-factory horror of Poppy Playtime: Chapter 5. Haunted-house showmanship meets medieval splatter and vampire rock-star excess. Birthdays include Ricou Browning, Christopher Eccleston, Thomas Jane, and Drew Barrymore. The Hitcher closes the watchlist with a reminder that an open road can become a trap long before the driver sees what is following.
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Terrifying & True | Stanley Hotel: The Shining Origin and America’s Most Haunted Hotel Feb 16, 2026

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Room 217 at the Stanley Hotel connects a real explosion with the inspiration for Stephen King's The Shining. Terrifying & True visits Estes Park, Colorado, tracing the 1911 disaster, Elizabeth Wilson's survival, and the ghost stories surrounding F. O. and Flora Stanley. King's 1974 stay helped turn empty corridors into horror history; later television and tourism carried the legend further. Reported hauntings remain distinct from documented events. Explore how a hotel became a destination for paranormal curiosity, and why a story about a room can change the way its next guest sleeps.
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Unknown Broadcast | Love and Death on the Air: Four Old-Time Radio Horror Stories Feb 15, 2026

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Celebrity, romance, and a managed reputation become tools of danger in four vintage radio dramas. Unknown Broadcast presents A Matter of Love and Death, Love, Honor, or Murder, The Heart of Ethan Brand, and The Lovely Look. More than two hours of old-time radio suspense explore obsession, devotion, unsettling secrets, and The Whistler's warning about appearances. These stories ask how well anyone can know the person asking for trust. A public image may hide a private motive, and a loving gesture may carry a threat. Listen for the moment a harmless-looking relationship changes shape.
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Valentine’s Day Horror Stories Marathon: 6 Scary Tales of Love and Murder Feb 14, 2026

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Valentine's Day becomes a threat in six Weekly Spooky stories of stalking, jealousy, and murder. Deb Debbie Deborah and Be Mine by Shane Migliavacca lead into LOVERS' LANE by Morgan Moore, then Rob Fields brings Slasher II: Valentine's Day, Slasher: Valentine Screams, and Slasher: Valentine Scorn. Over five hours of romantic horror move from heartbreak and obsessive attention to a risky make-out spot and showbiz carnage. This marathon is for listeners who like their holiday fiction bloody and their love stories uneasy. A sweet message can be a warning when the sender refuses to let go.
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Cutting Deep Into Horror | Pearl (2022) Mia Goth’s Stardom Nightmare, Ti West’s X Prequel Feb 13, 2026

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Pearl (2022) turns a dream of stardom into a Technicolor nightmare. Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi examine Ti West's X prequel and Mia Goth's performance on Cutting Deep into Horror. Full spoilers cover ambition, repression, rural isolation in 1918, and the gap between performing normality and containing rage. How does the film's bright Hollywood style make Pearl's confinement feel worse? They connect beauty, violence, and the need to be seen. Film page: https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/... Listings: https://www.justwatch.com/us/m...
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Will You Be My Undead Valentine? - Zombie Horror Novella: An Undead Love Story of Murder and Revenge Feb 11, 2026

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At a winter Grange dance in 1958, August Hannig and Becky Sue 'Bex' Brewer find someone else who wants to escape Dorset. Will You Be My Undead Valentine? by Bruce Haney turns their forbidden romance into a zombie horror novella. Bex's violent father, small-town rules, and a love that refuses to stay buried pull the young couple toward revenge. Weekly Spooky mixes retro Americana, snowbound dread, and cemetery shadows with a darkly romantic promise: the end of a life may not end a relationship. Listen for doomed lovers and undead horror without knowing where their dance will lead.
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