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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 | "The Listener" — Inner Sanctum Cottage Murder Mystery Mar 09, 2025

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Ellen Richards sits in a remote New England cottage, listening for a sound she should never hear again: her dead husband's cane. Her nephew Leslie and caretaker Barbara are near, yet her fear keeps growing. Unknown Broadcast presents The Listener from Inner Sanctum Mysteries, a vintage radio tale of isolation, guilt, and suspicion. Something beneath the household routine keeps drawing Ellen's attention toward the cellar. Is grief making the silence unbearable, or does someone know exactly what she fears? Follow the voices and footsteps into a mystery built for listening.
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Do You Even Movie? | Down (2019) – A Valentine’s Day Nightmare in an Elevator! Mar 07, 2025

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Two people become trapped in an elevator over Valentine's Day weekend, and an apparent connection gives way to something more threatening. Henrique Couto and David Denoyer discuss Down (2019), Daniel Stamm's confined-space thriller starring Natalie Martinez and Matt Lauria. Opening their March Into the Dark series, the hosts examine the timing of its twist and share elevator experiences of their own. Romance, mistrust, and the lack of an exit give this holiday horror story its pressure. Full spoilers for the film and its turns. More Do You Even Movie?: https://www.doyouevenmovie.com...
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Ship of the Cannibal Rats: Shipwreck Survivors Trapped on a Rat-Infested Ghost Ship Mar 05, 2025

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Luka and Chance survive a sinking freighter and escape shark-filled water, only to climb aboard an abandoned liner crawling with hungry rats. Ship of the Cannibal Rats by David O'Hanlon turns a rescue into another trap. The drifting Lyudmila Gurchenko has no welcoming crew, little food, and movement inside its walls. Its animal inhabitants have claimed the ship, and the two men must find a way through rusting corridors before the swarm closes in. Maritime survival horror, grotesque ingenuity, and dark humor drive a voyage where reaching a larger vessel does not mean reaching safety.
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Terrifying & True | The Melonheads of Ohio — Dr. Crow and Kirtland’s Urban Legend Mar 03, 2025

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On dark roads near Kirtland, Ohio, local stories warn of the Melonheads—figures said to have escaped a doctor's cruel experiments. Terrifying & True explores the Dr. Crow legend and its changing versions in Ohio, Michigan, and Connecticut. Alleged laboratories, woodland sightings, and rumors of institutional abuse give each retelling a local setting, but the claims do not establish that the creatures or the doctor existed. Hear how fear of difference and the isolation of a country road helped build a monster story, and why a memorable explanation can outlast the evidence behind it.
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Unknown Broadcast | Reunion After Death — A Ghost Story of Love, Grief, and Betrayal Mar 02, 2025

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Adam cannot leave Diane's memory behind, even as his marriage to Evelyn binds him to the present. When he believes he encounters his lost love's spirit, grief becomes a source of possibility. Unknown Broadcast presents Reunion After Death, a vintage radio story of love, loyalty, and betrayal. Conversations with Christian and Basil reveal how much of Adam's life still belongs to someone who is gone. Listen as longing strains his relationships and the boundary between remembrance and a haunting grows uncertain. If the person you mourn returned, what would you be willing to believe?
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Beware the Ides of March — Horror Stories of Vengeance Feb 28, 2025

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A buried crime refuses to stay buried in six tales of vengeance: Dead Ahead by Joe Solmo; Hell Hath No Fury by Aaron Cook; The Stop Sign Man by Bryce Gibson; The Devil Reaps the Harvest by John Oak Dalton; Grave Consequences by Killian Crane; and Dead and Breakfast by Morgan Moore. Henrique Couto hosts Beware the Ides of March, a Weekly Spooky collection of guilty choices, dangerous legends, and revenge beyond the grave. More than two hours move from a couple's roadside disaster to a teenager's reckless dare. Listen as people discover how difficult it can be to leave a wrong behind.
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Roadkill — A Cruel Photographer Hunted by Shape-Shifting Deer Feb 26, 2025

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Lucas Riggs turns animal suffering into profitable photographs. Driving toward his family's Ohio estate after a major sale, he picks up two travelers who seem to know far too much about his work. Roadkill by Travis VanHoose sends a cruel artist down Route 747 into a revenge story where the subjects of his pictures may have a claim of their own. Rural isolation, bodily transformation, and a reversal of hunter and prey turn his triumph into terror. What if the image that made your career could follow you home? Author's books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/...
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Monthly Spooky | Kayaker Engulfed by a Humpback Whale, Abandoned Morgues and Lost Cosmonauts Feb 24, 2025

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A kayaker is engulfed by a humpback whale in the Strait of Magellan, while mysterious QR stickers appear on gravestones in Munich. Henrique and Michelle discuss these headlines in the February 2025 Monthly Spooky, then turn to abandoned morgues and the Lost Cosmonauts conspiracy. Alleged distress recordings and Cold War secrecy fuel the space stories, but the claims remain disputed. The conversation moves from an extraordinary filmed encounter to rumors about missions that may never have happened. Hear how unsettling images and incomplete information can create different mysteries.
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Unknown Broadcast | "The Eye of Evil" — Burmese Jungle Cult Horror from Escape Feb 23, 2025

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A troubling letter sends Stephen Loring from Mandalay toward a remote village in Burma to find his friend Campbell. What he discovers raises questions about fear, belief, and a mind slipping beyond explanations. Unknown Broadcast presents The Eye of Evil from Escape, a jungle mystery by Kathleen Hite. Loring follows ominous signs and accounts of an evil eye as the search pulls him toward a dangerous ritual. This vintage radio drama builds its unease around an isolated friend and the effort to understand what has changed him. How much should a rescuer trust the story he is being told?
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Cutting Deep Into Horror | It Comes at Night (2017): Infection, Isolation, and Paranoia Feb 21, 2025

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Two families share a remote house while an unexplained disease makes every stranger a possible threat. Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi examine It Comes at Night (2017) on Cutting Deep Into Horror, with full spoilers. The discussion follows Travis' nightmares, his parents' protective rules, and the uneasy alliance with Will's family. Fear of infection, darkness, and distrust shape a film whose most frightening choices come from people trying to survive. Join an analysis of family loyalty, uncertainty, and the point where protecting your own can become a danger to everyone else.
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