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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 Herrmann Family Poltergeist — Seaford’s 1958 Haunting Mystery Jun 02, 2025

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Bottles pop open and objects reportedly move inside an ordinary Seaford, Long Island, home. The Herrmann family's 1958 disturbances draw police, reporters, and parapsychologists into a case nicknamed 'Popper.' Terrifying & True follows Detective Joseph Tozzi's investigation and the competing explanations for the events. Was a child responsible, were witnesses mistaken, or did the reports suggest something harder to explain? Hear how a suburban household became a national paranormal story, and why the presence of investigators did not settle the argument over its cause.
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Unknown Broadcast | In a Lonely Place — Four Radio Horror Stories of Isolation and Death Jun 01, 2025

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Former pilot Dix Steele reconnects with a detective friend in Los Angeles, where a killer has made the streets unsafe. Robert Montgomery stars in In a Lonely Place, adapted from Dorothy B. Hughes' novel, in this Unknown Broadcast collection. Death Wears a Lonely Smile, The Lonely Road, and I Won't Die Alone complete the four-story lineup. Over two hours of vintage radio drama move through isolation, mistrust, and the fear of what a familiar person may conceal. Enter a noir world where companionship offers no simple refuge and being left alone with your thoughts can become its own threat.
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Berenice by Edgar Allan Poe – A Haunting Tale of Obsession and Madness May 30, 2025

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Egaeus cannot stop thinking about his cousin Berenice's teeth. As her illness worsens, his fixation reduces the woman he knows to one terrible detail. This dramatic reading of Edgar Allan Poe's Berenice brings a Gothic tale of obsession, unreliable memory, and bodily dread to Weekly Spooky. The secluded family home offers little protection from a mind that cannot release its chosen object. Hear Poe's first-person account unfold toward a discovery the narrator himself struggles to understand. What can an obsession make someone overlook—and what might it make him do?
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Valmont: The Black Raven Chronicles — Chapter 1: Resurrection in Black Raven May 29, 2025

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Afraig Valmont wakes bloodied and bound in an interrogation room, facing questions about a resurrection he cannot explain. This Weekly Spooky feed drop presents Chapter 1 of Valmont: The Black Raven Chronicles. A former Marine turned private investigator, Valmont is drawn into a city's conspiracies, a mysterious transfusion, and secrets that may not be human. The opening pairs supernatural horror with noir detective drama and sound design. Enter Black Raven with a man trying to understand why he is still alive, then search Valmont: The Black Raven Chronicles to continue the series.
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A Plant Called Death - Terrifying Forest Horror with a Lovecraftian Twist May 28, 2025

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His wife wants to find a flower called Death. He would rather spend their vacation by a pool. Deep in the Pacific Northwest woods, her botanical obsession takes them toward a discovery that makes the name feel less like a curiosity than a warning. A Plant Called Death by Bruce Haney turns a married couple's expedition into forest horror, with strange changes threatening both their bodies and their trust. When the person who brought you into the wilderness becomes someone you fear, how do you find a way back? Signed April Fool copies: https://weeklyspooky.com/april...!
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Monthly Spooky | Murder by Mushroom, Haunted Dudleytown, and Eerie Disappearances May 26, 2025

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Erin Patterson's death cap mushroom trial and Dudleytown, Connecticut, lead the May 2025 Monthly Spooky. Henrique and Michelle discuss the Australian poisoning allegations as the case unfolded, then explore how an abandoned settlement acquired its cursed-town legend. Graffiti naming missing toddler William Tyrrell adds another mystery. Across true crime, paranormal storytelling, and conversation, the hosts consider how incomplete information and repeated stories shape public fear. Hear the headlines in context. April Fool: https://weeklyspooky.com/april...!
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Unknown Broadcast | Crystal Gazer — Fortune Tellers, a Cursed Bell and Deadly Plans May 25, 2025

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A wealthy man sees his own murder inside a fortune teller's crystal ball. Can Augustus Van Dusen, the Thinking Machine, untangle the vision before it comes true? The Crystal Gazer, adapted from Jacques Futrelle, opens this four-story Unknown Broadcast collection, followed by Premonition, Borrowed Future, and Death Is the Judge. Over two hours of vintage radio mystery and suspense bring together apparent second sight, dangerous schemes, and a cursed Chinese bell. Follow a detective's test of the supernatural—and people willing to gamble with the future.
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Do You Even Movie? | Carrie (1976) – The Prom Horror Masterpiece May 23, 2025

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Carrie White's prom night remains one of horror cinema's most painful catastrophes. Henrique Couto and David Denoyer revisit Carrie (1976), Brian De Palma's Stephen King adaptation starring Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie. They discuss De Palma's camera choices, Carrie's mother, the cruelty of the prom sequence, and the film's appeal as a first step into horror. Their prom memories join a tribute to Priscilla Pointer in the May remembrance series. Telekinesis, religious fear, and teenage humiliation drive this full-spoiler conversation. More Do You Even Movie?: https://doyouevenmovie.com/
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Gator Boy of Dead Ore Swamp - Terrifying Southern Cryptid Horror May 21, 2025

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Garrett Jenkins hates Dead Ore Swamp, but taking a date to Brackett's Thumb is a local tradition. He and Toni Rising slip away from their graduation party for one last night together—and find out why the swamp's legend endures. Gator Boy of Dead Ore Swamp by David O'Hanlon brings a reptilian threat into a Southern coming-of-age nightmare. The couple's private escape becomes a creature-feature fight for survival, with dark humor and a town's ugly history beneath the water. Some traditions are worth breaking before they break you. April Fool: https://weeklyspooky.com/april...!
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Terrifying & True | The Vanishing of Brandon Swanson — A Minnesota Road Mystery May 19, 2025

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Brandon Swanson calls his parents after driving into a ditch on a Minnesota road. He walks toward distant lights while his father searches, then the call abruptly ends. Terrifying & True reconstructs the 19-year-old's disappearance on May 14, 2008, the mistaken belief that he was near Lynd, and the search around waterways and rural terrain. The episode examines how a phone conversation offered so much detail yet no clear account of what happened next. It also follows the case's connection to Brandon's Law. Trace the geography and questions behind an enduring missing-person mystery.
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