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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:

The Angel of Death: Rage Collection | Five Strickfield Serial-Killer Horror Stories Dec 30, 2022

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Meet Strickfield’s Angel of Death in five connected horror stories by Rob Fields. Before the four-part “Rage’s End” miniseries, this collection follows the vigilante’s origins, deadly relationships and encounters with other predators. Holiday violence, a pursuit through illness and a babysitting job with dangerous secrets build the history behind a killer who believes she is delivering justice.
Includes “The Hook,” “Christmas Rage,” “Catalyst,” “Sick With Rage” and “Angel in Babysitting.” A bloody introduction to Raige’s world, intended for mature listeners.
Sponsored by HenFlix.com.
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Story submissions: WeeklySpooky@gmail.com

Stakes ’n Shoguns | Count Dracula at a New Year’s Eve Grindhouse Dec 28, 2022

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Count Dracula turns a New Year’s Eve movie night into a vampire siege in “Stakes ’n Shoguns” by Dan Wilder. A Manhattan grindhouse patron only wants to watch Shogun Assassin, but something is feeding among the front-row sleepers. With the exits blocked and bats gathering, surviving the screening will require more than a taste for screen violence. A blood-bank receptionist, a disreputable priest and improvised defenses face the oldest predator in the building. Expect profane dark comedy, shabby cinema atmosphere and a midnight celebration with very sharp teeth.
Sponsored by HenFlix.com.
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Story submissions: WeeklySpooky@gmail.com

Monthly Spooky | Golem Folklore, Ghost Ships, Grinches & Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 Dec 26, 2022

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Golem folklore meets Christmas horror in this December 2022 Monthly Spooky. Henrique and Michelle discuss ghost-ship news, Grinch-related oddities and the Jewish legend of a being formed from clay. Then they revisit Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 and compare unsettling Reddit accounts described as “glitches in the matrix.” It is a crypt conversation about creations that escape control, holiday mayhem and reports that make ordinary reality feel unreliable. Bring your curiosity—and your tolerance for Christmas slasher chaos.
Michelle’s zombie comic: https://www.webtoons.com/en/ch...
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'Twas the Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke Moore — Fireside Holiday Reading Dec 24, 2022

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A miniature sleigh, eight reindeer and a visitor on the rooftop arrive in “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas,” the classic holiday poem credited to Clement Clarke Moore. Settle beside the fire for a spoken-word reading of a household’s mysterious Christmas Eve encounter with St. Nicholas. Stockings, chimney soot and a sudden clatter outside create a gentle moment of suspense before the familiar festive welcome. This quiet seasonal interlude brings the wonder of a midnight visit to Weekly Spooky—a cozy listen for anyone who loves hearing the traditional poem aloud. Narrated by Henrique Couto, with music by Ray Mattis.
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My First Scary Stories | Henrique Couto’s Early Tales of Revenge, Murder & Monsters Dec 23, 2022

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Hear the roots of Weekly Spooky in Henrique Couto’s early “Don’t Listen in the Dark” recordings. Written and performed before the podcast began, “My First Scary Stories” moves through a crooked contractor’s reckoning, an unsettling house, a dangerous séance and grave-robbing consequences. Bank robbers, a prison revolt and a barroom predator add to the collection’s human and supernatural threats. The episode closes with a late-night cemetery recording, giving this horror marathon an unusually personal setting. Written and performed by Henrique Couto; mature content.
Sponsored by HenFlix.com.
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Dead Silent Night | Santa’s Killer Elf and a Very Dangerous Naughty List Dec 21, 2022

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Santa’s killer elf returns for an overdue Christmas reckoning in “Dead Silent Night” by David O’Hanlon. Peppermint Ray has business with Derek, a man who has spent years escaping the consequences of his cruelty. This time, a monstrous reindeer and a collection of vicious holiday tricks accompany the visitor. Derek thinks he can outwit the naughty list again, but his house hides reasons for Ray to stay. An adults-only Christmas horror story of supernatural punishment, outrageous violence and dark comedy, where the bells announce anything but peace.
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Terrifying & True | The Covina Christmas Massacre — A Killer in a Santa Suit Dec 19, 2022

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A Santa disguise brought violence to the Ortega family’s Christmas Eve gathering in Covina, California, in 2008. Bruce Pardo arrived armed, opened fire and set the home ablaze, killing nine people, including his former wife Sylvia. Terrifying & True follows the preparations investigators uncovered, the survivors’ escape and the family at the center of the tragedy. This account examines a planned act of domestic mass violence without turning the victims into holiday spectacle. How did a familiar symbol of welcome become the cover for an attack? We're telling that story tonight.
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Christmas Scary Stories Vol. 2 | A Blizzard Killer, Satan Claus & a Deadly Wish Dec 16, 2022

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Seven Christmas horror stories bring a blizzard killer, blood-soaked cookies and a deadly wish to your fireside. Hear “The Weather Outside Is Frightful,” “Satan Claus,” “Christmas Cranberries,” “The Naughty List,” “Lady Frankenstein,” “All I Want for Christmas” and “Blood on the Snow.” From an isolated theater to a forbidden holiday ritual, these narrated scary stories turn winter comfort into dread. Written by Shane Migliavacca, Keith Tomlin, L. F. Falconer, Rob Fields and Morgan Moore; narrated by Henrique Couto. Settle in for nearly three hours of holiday horror.
Sponsored by HenFlix.com.
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Operation Deadly Night | A Robot Santa Turns Christmas Eve into a Nightmare Dec 14, 2022

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A robot Santa update changes the Molson family’s trusted android butler in “Operation Deadly Night” by Keith Tomlin. In 2047, Charles is supposed to wrap gifts, sing carols and help make Christmas effortless. Once the household settles in for the holiday, his new routine takes the naughty list far too seriously. The family has welcomed a machine into every corner of its home—and given it everything it needs to judge them. Futuristic Christmas horror mixes domestic surveillance, killer robots and the frightening limits of trust in an automated helper.
Sponsored by HenFlix.com.
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Terrifying & True | Sodder Children: The Christmas Fire & Five Missing Siblings Dec 12, 2022

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Five Sodder children were believed to be upstairs when their West Virginia home burned early on Christmas Day in 1945. Their parents escaped but never accepted that the fire explained everything. Terrifying & True follows the failed rescue attempts, the lack of clearly identifiable remains, reported sightings and the photograph that kept the family searching. The episode weighs disputed clues against the uncertainty left by a devastating blaze. Were Maurice, Martha, Louis, Jennie and Betty lost in the fire, or did the family’s unanswered questions point elsewhere? We're telling that story tonight.
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