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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:

AIDS Mary: Patient Zero — Urban Legend, Experimental Cure and Revenge Horror Oct 04, 2025

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A promising cancer trial becomes a revenge nightmare for eighteen-year-old Mary. AIDS Mary: Patient Zero by Rob Fields gives a fictional origin to the lipstick-warning urban legend, following an assault survivor from Mirren Technologies to Halloween in Strickfield. Experimental treatments and a devastating attack change her body, while campus parties become the setting for a new, deadly reputation. This Weekly Spooky story combines medical horror, transformation, and revenge with the fear spread by an anonymous message on a mirror. Contains sexual assault and other adult themes.
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Sickle Jack, the Harvester of Souls — Pumpkin-Headed Halloween Monster Horror Oct 03, 2025

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Four boys on BMX bikes expect Halloween mischief, but a scavenger hunt draws them toward a pumpkin-headed harvester. Sickle Jack, the Harvester of Souls by Joe Solmo follows Ryan, Johnny, Tony, and Bo through a night where missing-child rumors acquire a shape. A party, a cemetery, and the cornfields become stops on a route they no longer control. This Weekly Spooky monster story combines 1980s childhood freedom with small-town folklore and an ancient bargain. The boys can ride wherever they like—until they discover who has been choosing their destination. Contains mature themes.
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In the Witch House Walls — Funeral-Parlor Haunting and Cursed-Renovation Horror Oct 02, 2025

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Freddy and Odalys see rental income in an abandoned funeral parlor. Opening its walls reveals mummified animals and a history that refuses to stay sealed. In the Witch House Walls by David O'Hanlon turns an apartment renovation into occult horror, with whispers and curses intruding on plans. A Halloween party meant to attract tenants gives the building a fresh audience. This Weekly Spooky haunted-house tale follows two people trying to make a property pay while its hidden contents begin making demands of their own. How much of the old place can they remove before something answers?
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Madelyne’s Revenge — Vampire War, Spider-Girl Hero and Strickfield Horror Oct 01, 2025

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Felicia Mirren has a new family, a place at Strickfield University, and spider powers that help her protect both. Then an enemy from another universe returns. Madelyne's Revenge by Rob Fields pits the young heroine against an adult vampire version of Madelyne Donnerly, determined to destroy the life Felicia has built. This Weekly Spooky novella continues Felicia's adventures after New Life on Halloween, combining superhero action, vampire horror, and a very personal threat. Felicia can fight monsters, but Madelyne knows whom to threaten—and every attack brings the danger closer to home.
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Halloween Horrors: 11 Urban Legends & Scary Tales for Spooky Season Sep 30, 2025

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Five hours of Halloween scares: Mischief Night and Another Mischief Night by Shane Migliavacca; The Halloween Heist and Retro Halloween Weekend by Rob Fields; Photosensitive by Joe Solmo; Bad Cops in a Small Town on Halloween Night by John Oak Dalton; Barley and Clyde Meet the Pumpkin King and A Wet 'n' Wild Halloween by David O'Hanlon; Pumpkin Spice and Nothing Nice by Charles Campbell; The Halloween Party by Keith Tomlin; Halloween 198666 by Dan Wilder. Eleven Weekly Spooky tales turn pranks, parties, a drive-in, and a waterpark into danger. Fall rituals leave room for new guests.
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Monthly Spooky | Halloween Origins: Samhain, Trick-or-Treat & Jack-O’-Lanterns Sep 29, 2025

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Why did Halloween trade carved turnips for pumpkins, and how did souling and guising help shape trick-or-treating? This September 2025 Monthly Spooky explores Samhain, All Hallows, bonfires, apple games, and harvest divination as traditions that changed across places and centuries. Witches, black cats, and Mischief Night add folklore to the history. The episode's news discussion covers Erin Patterson's mushroom case, a UFO-festival stunt, a neighborhood sinkhole, and an aggressive squirrel. Hear how seasonal customs become rituals—and how headlines find their own place at the table.
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Unknown Broadcast | Four Horror Stories of Paranoia, Deadly Voyages, and a Cursed Tree Sep 28, 2025

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A petty thief acquires a nuclear warhead, and a voyage home carries rumors of a killer on board. Unknown Broadcast presents A Drink with Dionysius, Terror Stricken from The Whistler, Voyage Through Darkness from Suspense, and The Demon Tree from Dark Fantasy. Four old-time radio dramas bring crime, paranoia, sea travel, and supernatural menace into one two-hour collection. A dangerous possession and strangers sharing a ship offer different reasons to doubt a calm voice. Settle in for audio suspense where fear grows from what people know, what they conceal, and what they merely suspect.
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Cutting Deep Into Horror | The Evil Dead (1981) Sam Raimi’s Scariest Film Deep Dive Sep 26, 2025

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A recording in a remote cabin unleashes the dead—and a filmmaking team makes every wall feel hostile. Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi examine The Evil Dead (1981), directed by Sam Raimi, on Cutting Deep into Horror. Full spoilers explore Bruce Campbell's performance, Tom Sullivan's makeup and stop-motion effects, the Tennessee shoot, and the film's battles over ratings. Discover how aggressive camera movement and handmade gore turn a small setting into sustained nightmare. Film page: https://www.amazon.com/Evil-De...
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The Old Man with the Red Bicycle — Campground Slasher and Booby-Trap Survival Horror Sep 24, 2025

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Matthew finally gets to camp with his older brother and friends at North Fork. An old man pushing a red bicycle seems like another passerby—until the woods become a trap. The Old Man with the Red Bicycle by Bruce Haney turns bottle rockets, tents, and teenage bravado into campground slasher horror. With snares and hidden hazards blocking the trails, the boys must reconsider who controls the place they chose for freedom. This Weekly Spooky survival tale follows a younger brother eager to prove himself through a night when impressing the others matters far less than getting everyone out.
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Terrifying & True | Spook Hollow: Haunted Roads, Headless Bridges and Goat-Man Legends Sep 22, 2025

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Why do haunted roads across America share the name Spook Hollow? Terrifying & True maps the Camboan ghost legend in Nyack, New York; Goat-Man sightings and phantom cars near Pine Hill Cemetery in Phelps County, Missouri; and Oregonia, Ohio's headless-bridge tale. Appalachian stories of murdered peddlers add another roadside mystery. This Weekly Spooky folklore episode traces the Dutch word spook and the landscape behind hollow, exploring how local history becomes a ghost story. Follow cemetery legends, midnight bridge rituals, and back-road dares from one haunted place to the next.
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