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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 | Severed Feet on the Shore: The Bizarre Mystery Haunting British Columbia Aug 18, 2025

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Why have human feet washed ashore inside running shoes around the Salish Sea? Terrifying & True examines discoveries in British Columbia and Washington since 2007, following DNA identifications, matched pairs, and the theories the headlines inspired. Natural decomposition and buoyant footwear explain how remains can separate and travel without deliberate dismemberment. This Weekly Spooky documentary explores the forensic work behind the mystery while keeping unresolved cases and hoaxes distinct. Hear how a pattern can acquire a criminal explanation before the evidence supports one.
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Unknown Broadcast | Walking Corpses, Midnight Murders, and Other Chilling Horror Stories Aug 17, 2025

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An American couple's island honeymoon collides with a plot involving a zombie army. The Walking Corpse opens this Unknown Broadcast collection, followed by Serenade for a Cobra, Murder at Midnight, Fire in the Sky, and Can't We Be Friends. Five old-time radio dramas offer more than two and a half hours of supernatural menace, murder, and uneasy relationships. The opening story brings political ambition into a tropical nightmare; each later selection adds its own mystery to the dial. Settle in for audio suspense where the promise of rest or companionship can lead somewhere less welcoming.
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Do You Even Movie? | BLADE (1998) Wesley Snipes’ Daywalker, Blood Rave & How It Revived Superhero Movies Aug 15, 2025

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The blood rave opens Blade (1998) with a promise: these vampires have found the wrong nightclub guest. Henrique Couto and David Denoyer revisit Stephen Norrington's film on Do You Even Movie?, with Wesley Snipes, Stephen Dorff, and Kris Kristofferson. Full spoilers explore the Daywalker, Whistler, techno, and superhero cinema after Batman & Robin. Film: https://www.amazon.com/gp/vide... | Show: DoYouEvenMovie.com | Email: doyouevenmoviepod@gmail.com | Instagram: @DoYouEvenMoviePod | X: https://x.com/dyempod | Facebook: Do You Even Movie? – Podcast
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Things Come in Threes — A Backwoods Creature Hunts Three Strickfield Cousins Aug 13, 2025

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A runaway dog leads three look-alike cousins into Strickfield's Backwoods, where something much larger crashes through the trees. Things Come in Threes by Rob Fields follows Madelyne Mouse Donnerly, Eileen, and Daisy May as a visit turns into a monster chase. Arial Mirren's introduction to the country cousin brings comedy before the girls need a battered pickup and some unexpected help. This Weekly Spooky creature story combines family banter, back-road danger, and the recurring characters' strange abilities. Finding the dog was supposed to be the hard part; now they need a way home.
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Terrifying & True | Typhoid Mary: The Deadly True Story of New York’s Invisible Killer Aug 11, 2025

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Mary Mallon felt healthy while typhoid outbreaks followed her work as a New York cook. Terrifying & True traces how George Soper identified the woman called Typhoid Mary as an asymptomatic carrier, leading to quarantine on North Brother Island. Released in 1910, she returned to cooking under another name before a 1915 hospital outbreak brought renewed confinement. This Weekly Spooky medical-history episode examines the evidence, immigrant stigma, and the conflict between public health and personal liberty. Explore the person behind a nickname that turned a case into a lasting warning.
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Unknown Broadcast | Buried Secrets and Midnight Killers: Four Stories to Die For Aug 10, 2025

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A scientist reveals a world inside a moonbeam; an elevator operator resembles a convicted killer. Unknown Broadcast presents four old-time radio dramas: Under Grave Suspicion, Night Man, The Good Die Young, and Men Call Me Mad. CBS Radio Mystery Theater, Suspense, The Mysterious Traveler, and Dark Fantasy bring over two hours of crime, psychological terror, and strange science. Lucille Fletcher's Night Man follows a woman who thinks a killer has returned. Scott Bishop's Men Call Me Mad explores a miniature universe that a scientist wants to prove exists. What will the discovery cost him?
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The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar — Edgar Allan Poe’s Mesmeric Death Horror Aug 08, 2025

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Can a hypnotic trance hold a dying man between life and death? Edgar Allan Poe's The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar turns that experiment into Gothic horror. A narrator records the procedure with confidence, but the patient offers answers no observer is prepared to hear. This Weekly Spooky reading of the 1845 story explores mesmerism, scientific ambition, and the terror of treating a human body as proof of a theory. The calm language makes each observation harder to dismiss. As his control over death falters, the experimenter faces a state he can describe but cannot fully understand.
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Fortune Falls - Ax Murder in the Oregon Wilderness Aug 06, 2025

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Janine and Rose choose Oregon's mountains for summer 1976, hoping a backpacking trip will offer freedom and a sunrise. A red pickup remains in the parking lot after everyone else leaves Fortune Falls. By nightfall, their secluded campsite becomes an ax killer's hunting ground. Fortune Falls by David O'Hanlon follows two college friends into a wilderness slasher story where the person they should fear is already nearby. This Weekly Spooky tale combines 1970s road-trip optimism with brutal survival horror. The waterfall can wait; making it through the dark requires courage.
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Terrifying & True | Murder by Potatoes — The Unsolved Killing of Donna Doll Aug 04, 2025

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Donna Doll left her library job at Northern Illinois University in October 1970 and disappeared. Nine days later, she was found dead in a cornfield near DeKalb. Terrifying & True examines the 21-year-old student's last movements, missing belongings, and a reported clue: a large quantity of potatoes in her stomach. This Weekly Spooky cold-case documentary follows the investigation and the questions the evidence leaves open. Who killed Donna, and where had she been held? The strange detail draws attention, but the mystery remains the loss of a young woman and the search for answers.
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Unknown Broadcast | Four Tales of Murder, Mystery, and the Macabre Aug 03, 2025

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A new bride hears a disturbing claim about her husband's former wives, while a jungle guide faces the ruler of a private kingdom. Unknown Broadcast presents four old-time radio dramas: Deadly Honeymoon, Kill, The Power of Hammer, and Murder by an Expert. Over two hours of mystery and suspense move from marital distrust to an expedition in the Belgian Congo. In Escape's The Power of Hammer, a government inspector recruits a reluctant guide to confront a man who claims extraordinary power. Listen for the secrets behind a marriage and a kingdom before either journey reaches its end.
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