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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:

Rage’s End Part 4 of 4 | The Angel of Death Faces Judgment Jan 25, 2023

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Love and vigilante justice reach a breaking point in “Rage’s End Part 4” by Rob Fields. Detective Drake Kazmierczak confronts Raige, the woman he plans to marry and the Angel of Death he has sworn to stop. With the Queen of Hearts killer still a threat, neither the law nor their relationship offers an easy way out. This concluding chapter brings the four-part Strickfield serial-killer miniseries to its final reckoning. Can Drake save the person he loves without accepting the judgment she has passed on everyone else? Start with Part 1 for the complete story.
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Story submissions: WeeklySpooky@gmail.com

Terrifying & True | The Circleville Letters: Threats, a Booby Trap & an Unsolved Mystery Jan 23, 2023

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Anonymous letters terrorized Circleville, Ohio, with accusations, threats and a booby trap along a school-bus route. Terrifying & True follows Mary Gillispie’s ordeal, her husband Ron’s death and the attempted-murder case against Paul Freshour. His conviction did not settle the identity of the letter writer, and accounts of continuing mail deepened the mystery. Handwriting evidence, personal secrets and disputed timelines make this a case where certainty is hard to earn. Who knew enough to keep a community frightened—and how many people were involved? We're telling that story tonight.
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More scary stories: https://weeklyspooky.com/
Story submissions: WeeklySpooky@gmail.com

Rage’s End Part 3 of 4 | A Wounded Vigilante and the Queen of Hearts Killer Jan 18, 2023

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A wounded vigilante returns to a killer’s river house in “Rage’s End Part 3” by Rob Fields. Raige is running out of ways to hide her double life from Detective Drake Kazmierczak, her partner and fiancé. The Queen of Hearts killer still holds an innocent woman captive, and freeing her could require a bargain Raige cannot safely keep. Love, obsession and serial-killer rivalry tighten around the Angel of Death as Drake follows the clues toward the same house. Continue the four-part Strickfield miniseries, where the next rescue could expose everything.
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More scary stories: https://weeklyspooky.com/
Story submissions: WeeklySpooky@gmail.com

Terrifying & True | Westside Park Murders: Kimberly Dowell & Ethan Dixon’s Unsolved Case Jan 16, 2023

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Kimberly Dowell and Ethan Dixon were found shot in a parked car at Muncie’s Westside Park in September 1985. The Indiana teenagers’ deaths generated witnesses, competing theories and evidence that never produced a straightforward answer. Terrifying & True revisits the night of the murders, the Volkswagen where they were discovered, and the leads that drew investigators in different directions. Suspicion and later claims are weighed against what the record supports. What happened inside that car—and which overlooked detail might explain it? We're telling that story tonight.
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Spooky on the Road | Michigan Dogman, Lake Michigan Triangle & UFOs with Ashley Hilt Jan 13, 2023

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Michigan’s Dogman, the Lake Michigan Triangle and UFO sightings take center stage as Fortean investigator Ashley Hilt joins Henrique Couto for Spooky on the Road. The On Wednesdays We Talk Weird host shares regional folklore and reported encounters, including a winged figure in Flint and the 1994 West Michigan UFO reports. Recorded during Henrique’s winter trip, this conversation follows the strange stories attached to the Great Lakes and the woods around them. What makes a place a magnet for monster sightings—and how much should we believe?
Ashley’s work: https://linktr.ee/itsasherz
Sponsored by HenFlix.com.
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Story submissions: WeeklySpooky@gmail.com

Rage’s End Part 2 of 4 | A Hostage Rescue and the Hunt for the Angel of Death Jan 11, 2023

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A hostage crisis draws two investigations toward disaster in “Rage’s End Part 2” by Rob Fields. Drake Kazmierczak is determined to catch the Angel of Death, unaware that the vigilante is his own fiancée, Raige. While he follows a lead at an abandoned summer camp, Raige tracks the Queen of Hearts killer to a river house where a captive woman’s life depends on her next move. The second chapter of this Strickfield serial-killer miniseries turns a rescue into a dangerous collision between love, duty and a secret that cannot stay hidden forever.
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More scary stories: https://weeklyspooky.com/
Story submissions: WeeklySpooky@gmail.com

Terrifying & True | Keddie Cabin Murders: The Unsolved Mystery of Cabin 28 Jan 09, 2023

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Cabin 28 at the Keddie resort became a crime scene in April 1981: Sue Sharp, her son John and his friend Dana Wingate were found murdered, while twelve-year-old Tina Sharp was missing. Terrifying & True reconstructs the Northern California case, the children who survived in the cabin and the discovery of Tina’s remains three years later. The episode examines overlooked leads, disputed accounts and the questions surrounding the original investigation. How could one small cabin hold so much violence—and leave so much unexplained? We're telling that story tonight.
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Spooky on the Road | Michigan Wendigos, Manitous & Melonheads with Stew Miller Jan 07, 2023

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Michigan folklore gets a local guide when lifelong resident Stew Miller joins Henrique Couto for Spooky on the Road. Their conversation visits Wendigo stories, Manitous and the state’s strange Melonhead legends, following the tales attached to forests, communities and roads across the Great Lakes State. Indigenous traditions and later local monster stories have different roots, giving the discussion more to explore than a simple creature list. Ride along for regional lore and a Michigander’s perspective on what makes home feel haunted.
Guest: Stew Miller. Sponsored by HenFlix.com.
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Rage’s End Part 1 of 4 | A Vigilante Serial Killer Becomes the Target Jan 04, 2023

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A vigilante serial killer receives a warning on her college graduation day in “Rage’s End Part 1” by Rob Fields. Raige’s new life as a detective and bride-to-be rests on one secret: she is the Angel of Death. When the Queen of Hearts killer returns to Strickfield, a personal challenge threatens both her hidden rituals and her future with Drake Kazmierczak, the detective determined to catch her. Begin this four-part crime-horror miniseries about rival killers, dangerous devotion and the moment a hunter realizes someone has been waiting for her.
Sponsored by HenFlix: https://henflix.com/
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More scary stories: https://weeklyspooky.com/
Story submissions: WeeklySpooky@gmail.com

Terrifying & True | Texas Killing Fields: I-45 Victims, Suspects & Unsolved Cases Jan 02, 2023

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The Texas Killing Fields connect a landscape of loss along Interstate 45 between Houston and Galveston. Women and girls vanished, bodies were recovered, and families struggled to keep cases from being dismissed or forgotten. Terrifying & True follows the Calder Road discoveries alongside other I-45 investigations, distinguishing solved crimes from unresolved cases and unproven links. DNA breakthroughs brought answers for some families, but the geography does not establish a single killer. How did so many separate lives become one haunting name? We're telling that story tonight.
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More scary stories: https://weeklyspooky.com/
Story submissions: WeeklySpooky@gmail.com

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