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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 | Greed, Guilt & the Black Curtain: Four Horror Stories of Money, Murder, and Memory Loss Sep 21, 2025

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Cary Grant stars as an amnesiac afraid of his own past in Suspense's The Black Curtain. Unknown Broadcast gathers four old-time radio dramas about money, murder, and memory loss: You Can Die Again, written for radio by Sam Dann and featuring Richard Mulligan; Money Money Money; The Black Curtain; and Summer Goodbye, written and directed by Willis Cooper with Ernest Chappell. Over two hours move from crime and noir mystery to the atmosphere of Quiet, Please. Can a man trust his own account of a life he cannot remember? Follow the missing years before the past catches up with him.
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Cutting Deep Into Horror | Event Horizon (1997) — Haunted Spaceship, Hell Clues & Ending Explained Sep 19, 2025

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A rescue crew boards a missing spaceship that has returned with something inside. Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi explore Event Horizon (1997), directed by Paul W. S. Anderson, on Cutting Deep into Horror. Full spoilers examine the Latin distress call, Captain Miller's guilt, Dr. Weir's grief, and a finale that questions whether rescue is possible. Gothic corridors and physical space hazards make this haunted-house-in-space story more than an unseen threat. Trace the film's journey from box-office failure to cult horror. Film page: https://www.justwatch.com/us/m...
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A New Beginning: Demon Princess of Hell Arrives Sep 17, 2025

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Lucibella Taibon crosses Ravenhenge from Hell into Strickfield, where Eileen Donnerly needs protection from a revenge plot. A New Beginning by Rob Fields brings an Elder Princess of Hell into a world of school bullies, vampires, and memories someone has forbidden. This Weekly Spooky supernatural thriller combines demonic royalty with small-town conflict, as power meets people who have no idea whom they are confronting. A crushed muscle car is only one warning that the rules have changed. Follow Lucibella into a life where protecting a friend can draw the attention of far older forces.
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Terrifying & True | The Acid King Murder: Ricky Kasso, Satanic Panic, and the Killing of Gary Lauwers Sep 15, 2025

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Gary Lauwers's murder in Northport, Long Island, became a news story about Satanism. What did the case actually show? Terrifying & True examines Ricky Kasso, the 1984 killing in Aztakea Woods, and the headlines that helped turn him into the Acid King. Drugs, reported occult behavior, witness accounts, and the trial of Jimmy Troiano reveal a complex legal and social aftermath. This Weekly Spooky documentary follows the crime and its victims while questioning claims of an organized cult. Hear how a local tragedy became part of America's Satanic Panic—and how the label shaped its telling.
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Unknown Broadcast | Dark Destinies and Long Nights: Five Horror Stories of Death and Fate Sep 14, 2025

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A horoscope threatens a powerful woman's future, and five dramas test whether anyone can escape an ominous prediction. Unknown Broadcast presents Death in the Stars by Ian Martin, starring Kim Hunter; The Long Night with Frank Lovejoy; Lucky Night from The Whistler; I Walk in the Night from Mystery Playhouse, credited to Emil Tepperman; and Dark, Dark Destiny from Inner Sanctum. Over two and a half hours of old-time radio explore fear, luck, temptation, and consequence. Listen for characters who try to bargain with the future while their own choices give the next warning more weight.
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Cutting Deep Into Horror | Fire in the Sky (1993): Alien Abduction, Trauma, and Small-Town Panic Sep 12, 2025

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An Arizona logging crew returns without one man, and suspicion falls on the people who say they saw a UFO. Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi examine Fire in the Sky (1993), Robert Lieberman's dramatization of Travis Walton's 1975 abduction claim. Cutting Deep into Horror explores the differences between his account and the film, with full spoilers for its notorious alien sequence. D. B. Sweeney, Robert Patrick, and James Garner anchor a discussion of trauma, practical effects, and small-town panic. Film page: https://www.paramountmovies.co...
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What Ricky Did on his Summer Vacation - Satanic Panic 1984 Sep 10, 2025

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Summer 1984: Ricky wants proof that the Devil is listening, and a night in the woods turns a reckless dare into murder. What Ricky Did on his Summer Vacation by Dan Wilder draws on Acid King folklore for a fictional horror story about teenage bravado, drugs, and the urge to turn violence into spectacle. As classmates hear what happened, Ricky's performance of power grows harder to control. This Weekly Spooky tale uses the atmosphere of the Satanic Panic to follow a boy mistaking attention for infernal approval. Contains graphic violence, drug use, and suicide.
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Terrifying & True | Resurrection Mary: Chicago’s Archer Avenue Vanishing Hitchhiker Sep 08, 2025

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Resurrection Mary accepts a ride along Chicago's Archer Avenue, then vanishes near Resurrection Cemetery. Who inspired this vanishing-hitchhiker legend? Terrifying & True follows reported ghost encounters, dance-hall memories, and the stories surrounding Mary Bregovy and Anna Norkus, two women proposed as Mary's real identity. This Weekly Spooky folklore documentary traces the haunted road through historical records and paranormal accounts. A young woman in white, a late-night lift, an empty back seat: hear why drivers keep returning to one of Chicago's most enduring ghost stories.
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Unknown Broadcast | Terror on the Heath and at the Gallows: Four Horror Stories of Murder and Suspense Sep 07, 2025

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A hunted engineer leaves Turkey by ship, hoping distance will keep an assassin behind him. Unknown Broadcast presents Eric Ambler's Journey into Fear from Escape, alongside Terror on the Heath, The Accusing Corpse, and The Hangman's Rope from The Hall of Fantasy. Four old-time radio dramas bring espionage, past-life questions, murder investigation, and supernatural suspense into one two-hour collection. E. G. Marshall introduces the Mystery Theater selection, while each drama follows its own clues toward danger. Board for vintage suspense where an escape route can bring a threat closer.
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Fairground Frights — Seven Carnival Horror Stories of Curses, Clowns and Haunted Attractions Sep 05, 2025

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A clown's funeral and an impossible arcade game turn amusement into unease. Fairground Frights gathers seven Weekly Spooky stories: Fun in Funerals and Careful What You Wish For by David O'Hanlon; Babes in Terrorland by Morgan Moore; Ophiuchus by Daniel Wilder; Ghost Story by A.N. Onimus; Old Jerry by R.T. Raynaud; and The Black Museum by John Oak Dalton. Cursed curios, haunted spaces, dark comedy, and dangerous bargains fill over two and a half hours of horror fiction. Step beyond the attractions for stories where getting what you wanted can be a sign that something has gone wrong.
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