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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.

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Latest Episodes:

The Man That Was Used Up | Edgar Allan Poe’s Dark Satire of a Mysterious War Hero Jun 16, 2023

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Everyone praises General John A. B. C. Smith, but nobody will explain what makes the celebrated soldier so remarkable. Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Man That Was Used Up” follows a curious narrator through evasive conversations and extravagant compliments toward an unexpected private discovery. This complete reading blends dark comedy, technological anxiety, and the grotesque in a satire of military celebrity. Beneath the public image of a perfect hero lies a secret that changes the meaning of every admiring word. How much of a reputation is assembled for display?
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Prom Night of the Dead Part 2 of 4 | Summer School Becomes a Slasher Mystery Jun 14, 2023

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Summer school at Strickfield High has become a murder scene, and Roni Brunswick is running out of ways to stay clear of trouble. A figure resembling Lillian Johanssen targets students connected to the Prom from Hell, repeating the violence that should have ended with her death. Part 2 of Rob Fields’s “Prom Night of the Dead” mixes apparent ghostly revenge with a slasher mystery of hidden affairs, rivalries, and a gym kept under lock. Continue from Part 1 as Roni and Derek face a growing body count.
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Terrifying & True | Flannan Isles Lighthouse: Three Keepers Vanished in 1900 Jun 12, 2023

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Three lighthouse keepers vanished from Scotland’s Flannan Isles in December 1900, leaving an empty station and no clear account of their final hours. Terrifying & True follows James Ducat, Thomas Marshall, and Donald MacArthur on remote Eilean Mòr, where dangerous seas offer a plausible explanation for the disappearance. Later stories added ominous logs, strange meals, and supernatural theories, but those embellishments are not the same as evidence. What happened when the light went unattended, and why has this maritime mystery outlived so many explanations?
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Cutting Deep Into Horror | Hereditary (2018): Grief, Family Trauma & Occult Horror Jun 09, 2023

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“Hereditary” (2018) turns family grief into occult horror. In the debut of Cutting Deep Into Horror, Henrique Couto and Selis of Sweet N Spooky discuss Ari Aster’s film, Toni Collette’s performance, and the miniature worlds that mirror Annie Graham’s home. Follow guilt, séances, and hidden details through a story whose final act changes what came before. Full-film spoilers and discussion of bereavement, mental health, and disturbing violence shape this look at inherited horror.
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Prom Night of the Dead Part 1 of 4 | A Missing Body and a Ghostly Revenge Mystery Jun 07, 2023

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A dead prom-queen candidate is missing from the morgue, and Strickfield High’s summer students may not be safe. Two months after the Prom from Hell, Roni Brunswick arrives for classes alongside survivors carrying secrets of their own. Then a glowing figure resembling Lillian Johanssen appears. Part 1 of Rob Fields’s four-part “Prom Night of the Dead” begins a high-school slasher mystery where revenge may have returned from the grave. Start here as a new term reopens an old nightmare.
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Terrifying & True | Room 1046: The Unsolved Murder of Artemus Ogletree Jun 05, 2023

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Room 1046 at Kansas City’s President Hotel held a dying man, a false name, and a mystery that would outlast his identification. In January 1935, the guest registered as Roland T. Owen was found bound and badly wounded after days of odd calls and unexplained visitors. He was later identified as Artemus Ogletree. Terrifying & True follows the hotel staff’s observations, a note to “Don,” and an anonymous payment for the burial. Who attacked the young traveler, and why did letters suggest he was alive after his death?
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Cryptid Corner | Five Monster Stories of Mothman, Chupacabra & More Jun 02, 2023

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Mothman, the Chupacabra, and stranger beings fill five tales in “Cryptid Corner.” Hear “I Had Mothman’s Baby” by Daniel Wilder, “The Triangle People” by Shane Migliavacca, “Careful What You Wish” by David O’Hanlon, “The Beast of Roca de Vaca” by Morgan Moore, and “Ol’ Bones” by Joe Solmo. This creature-horror anthology moves from modern monster folklore to dimensional intruders, a dangerous wish, and an ancient appetite. The threats are fictional; the invitation to look over your shoulder is sincere.
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Breaking the Seal | A Witch’s Hex Turns a Hangover into Body Horror May 31, 2023

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A hangover becomes a witch’s revenge when a man discovers he cannot stop urinating. The bathroom is flooding, a bloody pentagram marks his chest, and the previous night’s choices are beginning to come back to him. “Breaking the Seal” traps its narrator in an increasingly desperate race to get the curse lifted without losing what remains of his dignity. Douglas Waltz mixes gross-out body horror, occult punishment, and dark comedy in a story where a bad morning refuses to end. The only person who can help is the woman he wronged.
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Monthly Spooky | Jack the Ripper, Body Parts for Sale & Unexplained Pasta May 29, 2023

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Jack the Ripper’s Whitechapel murders anchor a Monthly Spooky conversation about Victorian crime, human body parts offered for sale and mysterious piles of pasta in New Jersey. Henrique Couto and Michelle explore strange headlines, the unidentified killer and the evidence behind an enduring true-crime mystery. Join them in the crypt for unsettling history and baffling news.
Correction at 2:29:06: Frankenstein was published in 1818, seventy years before the 1888 Jack the Ripper murders.
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Prom Queen Killer | Loralee Hardy’s Complete Strickfield Prom-Night Slasher Saga May 26, 2023

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Prom-queen candidates are dying at Strickfield High, and Loralee Hardy has received a threat from the brother she hoped was gone. As the school’s popularity contest turns vicious, private grudges and a shattered family history feed a killer’s campaign. “Prom Queen Killer” collects Rob Fields’s complete miniseries into one feature-length slasher story, following Loralee, her girlfriend Misty, and a prom race that becomes a fight to survive. Every relationship may conceal a motive, and every invitation brings the dance closer. Who will be left to claim the crown?
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