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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:

S.S. Death Glamp - Spring Break Turns into a Blood-Soaked Nightmare Apr 30, 2025

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The Delta Phi sisters arrive at Stardust Court expecting a spring break worth posting about. Behind the cheerful glamping trailers, someone has very different plans for their bodies. S.S. Death Glamp by David O'Hanlon turns a sorority getaway into a brutal campground survival story, with human experiments, murderous secrets, and betrayals that make escape harder at every turn. Ivelisse's carefully managed image offers little protection once the holiday becomes a hunt. This grindhouse-style tale mixes dark humor with graphic creature and slasher horror. How much of paradise was ever real?
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Monthly Spooky | Haunted Morgues, Cropsey and Staten Island Horror Apr 28, 2025

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How did Staten Island's Cropsey legend become entwined with real crimes? Henrique and Michelle explore the bogeyman stories, Andre Rand, and Jennifer Schweiger's case in the April 2025 Monthly Spooky. Haunted morgues, institutional history, paranormal accounts, and horror-film conversation widen the discussion beyond the investigation. The episode considers how a place acquires a frightening reputation—and how actual victims can become obscured by a monster's name. Follow the connections between local folklore and documented events while keeping the ghost stories in their own context.
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Unknown Broadcast | "On a Country Road" — A Stranded-Motorist Thriller from Suspense Apr 27, 2025

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A shortcut leaves a couple stranded on a country road as a storm closes in. The radio warns that a dangerous woman is at large; then a soaked stranger appears, begging to enter their car. On a Country Road, presented by Unknown Broadcast, is a Suspense thriller starring Howard Duff and Ida Lupino. With fuel gone and help uncertain, a locked door becomes the center of a desperate argument about whom to trust. Rain, darkness, and an alarming broadcast turn an ordinary drive into a test of judgment. Would you open the door when fear makes every explanation sound like a trap?
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Do You Even Movie? | The Crow (1994) Love, Vengeance, and Rain-Soaked Justice Apr 25, 2025

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Eric Draven returns from the grave to avenge the murder of his fiancée and himself. Henrique Couto and David Denoyer revisit The Crow (1994), Alex Proyas' rain-soaked Gothic action film starring Brandon Lee. They discuss Lee's performance, alternate casting, changes from the comic, the film's distinctive style, and the tragedy surrounding production. The April Showers finale also includes their response to the 2024 remake. Love, grief, and vengeance lead this full-spoiler conversation about a film that remains personal to Henrique. More Do You Even Movie?: https://doyouevenmovie.com/
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Bringing Out the Wolf in Me – A Werewolf Story of Rage at Strickfield High Apr 23, 2025

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Danielle Boyd's werewolf curse answers to anger, not the full moon. At Strickfield High, keeping it hidden becomes harder when transfer student Keenan Dorfman refuses to accept her rejection. Bringing Out the Wolf in Me by Rob Fields turns an unwanted pursuit into a dangerous struggle over a secret. Danielle stays aware inside the silver-furred beast, but one burst of rage could expose her to everyone. A teenage werewolf story about coercion, control, and the cost of being pushed too far. What happens when someone thinks knowing your weakness gives him the right to use it?
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Terrifying & True | David Hampson, the Silent Man — The Mystery That Baffled Britain’s Courts Apr 21, 2025

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David Hampson repeatedly stands in a Swansea road, blocks traffic, and refuses to explain himself. Arrests and prison sentences do not end the pattern. Terrifying & True examines the case of the 'Silent Man,' whose courtroom silence creates another puzzle for judges and investigators. The episode follows the appearances on De La Beche Street and the question of whether his refusal to speak is deliberate. Protest, compulsion, and defiance have all been suggested, but his motive remains elusive in this account. How can a simple obstruction become such a difficult mystery to resolve?
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Unknown Broadcast | "Ghost on the Newsreel Negative" — Haunted-Film Horror from Lights Out Apr 20, 2025

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Two newsreel men visit a supposedly haunted farm, hoping to bring back something worth showing an audience. Their banter grows uneasy as the effort to film a ghost leads them into an unfamiliar house and strange encounters. Unknown Broadcast presents Ghost on the Newsreel Negative from Lights Out, a vintage radio story that mixes humor with supernatural suspense. A camera promises evidence, but getting the shot means staying close to whatever waits in the dark. Follow the crew from skepticism toward uncertainty, and hear what happens when the assignment starts to frighten them.
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Do You Even Movie? | CRAWL (2019) Alligators, Floods & Florida Terror! Apr 18, 2025

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A Florida hurricane traps a daughter and her injured father in a flooding house—with alligators inside. Henrique Couto and David Denoyer discuss Crawl (2019), Alexandre Aja's survival thriller starring Kaya Scodelario and Barry Pepper. The hosts examine the creature entrance, characters under pressure, the original opening, and whether this is Hard Rain with gators. Rising water and confined space give the April Showers selection its bite. Revisit the scares, family ties, and the choices that keep the danger moving. Full spoilers. More Do You Even Movie?: https://doyouevenmovie.com/
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Strike Out — A Father-Daughter Road Trip into Mountain Slasher Horror Apr 16, 2025

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Eleven-year-old Cali Jansen is on a baseball road trip with her father when two failed tires leave them near an isolated mountain house. A request for help turns the journey into a fight for her life. Strike Out by Morgan Moore sends a young Orioles fan into slasher horror, where a threatening stranger, a dangerous property, and the tools at hand leave little room for error. Cali wanted opening day and family time; now she must find her own way through a nightmare. Hear a road-trip survival story in which a child's knowledge of baseball may become her most unexpected advantage.
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Terrifying & True | Angela Hammond — Abducted During a Payphone Call Apr 14, 2025

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Angela Hammond describes a suspicious pickup while calling her fiancé from a payphone in Clinton, Missouri. Then he hears her scream. Terrifying & True follows the April 4, 1991, abduction, Rob Shafer's desperate pursuit, and the vehicle failure that ends the chase. The episode examines the truck description, witness account, search, and later leads, including an unproven mistaken-identity theory. A conversation full of detail becomes the starting point for decades of questions. Follow what was heard and seen that night, and the evidence separating known events from speculation.
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