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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 Wendigo — Indigenous Folklore of Hunger, Greed, and Cannibalism Feb 03, 2025

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The Wendigo is more than a monster in the woods. Terrifying & True explores the hunger, greed and fear of cannibalism surrounding this being in distinct Algonquian traditions, including Ojibwe and Cree accounts. From teachings discussed by Basil H. Johnston to the notorious Swift Runner case, the episode examines how folklore, colonial interpretation and modern horror have shaped very different versions of the legend. What gets lost when a warning about consuming others becomes just another creature feature? Narrated by Henrique Couto.
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Unknown Broadcast | The Next Murder — A Deadly Prediction from Suspense Feb 02, 2025

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Two strangers strike up a conversation about a recent murder. One seems unusually interested in the other—and in a waitress he plans to take to the movies. In “The Next Murder,” a chance meeting becomes an unnerving exchange about hidden motives and the crime that may happen next. Unknown Broadcast presents this vintage Suspense drama by Joseph Cochran, starring Joseph Julian and Lawson Zerbe. Follow a psychological radio thriller where another person’s insight can feel less like understanding than a threat, and casual conversation gives away far too much.
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Do You Even Movie? | Confessions of a Serial Killer (1985): Henry Lee Lucas-Inspired Horror Jan 31, 2025

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“Confessions of a Serial Killer” (1985) turns a murderer’s jailhouse account into a grim road through American horror. Henrique Couto and David Denoyer revisit Mark Blair’s film, inspired by Henry Lee Lucas, and Robert Burns’s unnerving lead performance. They discuss the Director’s Cut, the movie’s low-budget atmosphere and the way its confessional structure pulls viewers into the killer’s account. This Do You Even Movie? episode contains full spoilers and discussion of disturbing violence.
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Spin the Bottle Part 5: The Pink Death Unmasked | Series Finale Jan 29, 2025

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Samara Mirren wakes to find Blake Karen standing over her, insisting she is ready to reveal the truth. Samara is certain she has found the Pink Death, but the killer’s final game is still unfolding. Rob Fields’s “Spin the Bottle: Part 5” brings this Strickfield slasher miniseries to its bloody conclusion, with a deadly party game, broken trust and one survivor demanding answers. Who has been controlling the bottle—and how much of what Samara saw can she believe? Start with Part 1 to follow the mystery before this series finale. Narrated by Henrique Couto.
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Monthly Spooky | Haunted Mansions, Bear Impersonators, Snuff-Film Myths & Digital Horror Jan 27, 2025

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A bear-costume insurance scheme, a supposedly haunted English mansion and the ugly history of snuff-film rumors lead Monthly Spooky’s January 2025 conversation. Henrique and Michelle move from strange news to the boundary between staged horror and real violence, including “Faces of Death” and the way disturbing media finds new audiences online. Join them for a candid, darkly funny discussion of sensational claims, internet horror and the stories people want to believe. An archive episode for listeners who like their paranormal talk mixed with weird news and skepticism.
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Unknown Broadcast | The Man Who Sold His Soul — A Faustian Radio Horror Story Jan 26, 2025

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What would you trade for the life you always wanted? In “The Man Who Sold His Soul,” Sir Dominic Sarsfield makes a bargain whose deadline turns every passing day into a threat. The promise of worldly reward gives way to the problem of escaping a contract with a far more powerful creditor. Unknown Broadcast presents a vintage supernatural radio drama of temptation, dread and a debt coming due. Follow Sarsfield into a devil’s-bargain story where getting what you asked for may be the beginning of the punishment, and the calendar is running out.
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Best of 2024 | Never Bet the Devil Your Head — Edgar Allan Poe Jan 24, 2025

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Toby Dammit cannot resist a reckless wager—especially one involving the Devil and his own head. In Edgar Allan Poe’s “Never Bet the Devil Your Head,” a habitual gambler meets a challenge that gives his favorite expression a sinister new meaning. This Best of 2024 presentation pairs Gothic menace with Poe’s absurd, macabre humor as an exasperated narrator tries to account for his friend’s behavior. Hear a complete classic horror story about temptation, bravado and the terrible cost of a careless bet, narrated by Henrique Couto for Weekly Spooky.
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Spin the Bottle Part 4: The Pink Death’s Final Round & Blake’s Hidden Truth Jan 22, 2025

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Samara Mirren wakes from another round of the Pink Death’s game with a terrible loss to confront and no clear way to escape. Grant Wilde wants to help, but trusting anyone becomes harder as Samara’s suspicions turn toward Blake Karen. In “Spin the Bottle: Part 4,” Rob Fields tightens the Strickfield slasher mystery around a party game that now decides who lives and who dies. Every relationship is a possible clue, and the killer is preparing another invitation. Continue the five-part horror miniseries in order.
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Best of 2024: Last Flight Out — A Haunting Tale of Love, Loss, and Mystery in the Skies Jan 20, 2025

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A flight from Atlanta to Seattle becomes an airborne nightmare when Sheila takes her seat beside elderly passenger Otis Thornton. His strange conversation and the plane’s gathering trouble make an ordinary trip feel increasingly wrong. What does Otis know, and how much of what Sheila hears should she believe? Charles Campbell’s “The Last Flight Out” returns in this Best of 2024 episode, combining fear of flying, claustrophobic suspense and the uneasy intimacy of sitting beside a stranger with nowhere to go. Narrated by Henrique Couto for Weekly Spooky.
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Unknown Broadcast | "Mirage" — Arch Oboler’s Coastal Nightmare from Lights Out Jan 19, 2025

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A quiet stretch of beach becomes a place of impossible dread in “Mirage.” Carl and Linda encounter an old man writing names in the sand, and the seaside scene begins to suggest a reality neither of them understands. Unknown Broadcast presents Arch Oboler’s Lights Out radio drama, where a small, unsettling detail grows into a threat that cannot be explained away. Listen for vintage supernatural suspense built from waves, isolation and the fear that something ordinary is revealing your fate. A haunting old-time radio story for a night when the shore feels far away.
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