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by Henrique Couto | Scary Stories & Horror Expert
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.
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- Today52 min
Terrifying & True | Harry Houdini's Final Halloween: Death, Seances & the Secret Code
Harry Houdini died on Halloween, October 31, 1926. For the 100th anniversary in 2026, explore his secret code for testing messages from the dead—and the mediums he fought to expose. This spooky season, Terrifying & True follows the stomach-punch legend, Arthur Conan Doyle's Spiritualism, Arthur Ford's disputed message and Bess Houdini's final 1936 seance. Hear archival recordings of Houdini, Conan Doyle and Bess herself as we separate documented history from supernatural claims. Could the world's greatest escape artist expose a fake message from beyond the grave? We're telling that story tonight.Bonus episodes & support: https://weeklyspooky.com/joinMore scary stories: https://weeklyspooky.com/Story submissions: WeeklySpooky@gmail.com
- Yesterday3h 14m
Unknown Broadcast | Werewolf Stories & Deadly Revenge: Halloween Radio Horror
Unknown Broadcast brings werewolf stories and deadly revenge to Halloween listening. In The Beast Must Die, a grieving father hunts the driver who killed his son; in The Red Forest, a motorist faces a wildfire. This six-story collection blends supernatural horror with human danger.Hear The Night of the Wolf, The Red Forest, The Beast Must Die, The Master's Tree, The Werewolf, and W Is for Werewolf, from CBS Radio Mystery Theater, Escape, Suspense, The Whistler, The Weird Circle, and Dark Fantasy. Turn down the lights for a night of old-time radio suspense, where the monster isn't always supernatural.Bonus episodes & support: https://weeklyspooky.com/joinMore scary stories: https://weeklyspooky.com/Story submissions: WeeklySpooky@gmail.com
- 2 days ago4h 55m
Strickfield After Dark | 4 Halloween Horror Stories: Ghosts & Grimm Manor
A forbidden cemetery game draws three boys into a ghost's path, and a dare at Grimm Manor becomes a midnight contest with its dead owners. Strickfield After Dark gathers four Halloween horror stories by Rob Fields into nearly five hours of Weekly Spooky fiction. Hear Ghost in the Graveyard, Halloween Night at Grimm Manor, A New Halloween Legend, and Mad as Hell. Haunted houses, an occult book, and a human killer's violent code turn this Ohio town's traditions into threats. Two rivals must work together inside the manor, but can they put their feud aside before the game ends?Bonus episodes & support: https://weeklyspooky.com/joinMore scary stories: https://weeklyspooky.com/Story submissions: WeeklySpooky@gmail.com
- 3 days ago2h 4m
Folklore Friday | Vampire Legends & Dark Folklore for Halloween
Why do vampire legends still frighten us? Henrique Couto welcomes folklorist and author D.L. Wainright to explore Romanian strigoi, Dracula, graveyard rituals, and New England vampire beliefs. This Folklore Friday conversation follows garlic, sunlight, shapeshifting, and a party guest hiding a disturbing secret beneath the table. Along the way: Ohio's Butter Street Monster, La Llorona, Slender Man, werewolves, and Halloween traditions. Discover how familiar monsters change as we share their stories—and which old fears still follow us into spooky season.D.L.'s books: https://thehollowsun.com/Bonus episodes & support: https://weeklyspooky.com/joinMore scary stories: https://weeklyspooky.com/Story submissions: WeeklySpooky@gmail.com
- 4 days ago31 min
Deadname: She Stole the Wrong Life — A Halloween Horror Story
A nameless young woman steals another girl's identity in Deadname, a Halloween horror story by Morgan Moore. With no memory of her past, she sees a costume and mask as a chance to belong. But at a Halloween party, someone is watching—and he thinks he knows her.A stolen life. A stranger's obsession. One night behind the wrong mask. This psychological horror story brings slasher suspense to spooky season. Follow Weekly Spooky for more scary stories.Narrated by Henrique Couto.Bonus episodes & support: https://weeklyspooky.com/joinMore scary stories: https://weeklyspooky.com/Story submissions: WeeklySpooky@gmail.com
- 4 days ago18 min
Stingy Jack: The Halloween Legend Behind the Jack-o'-Lantern | Thursday Thrills
Stingy Jack and the Halloween legend behind the jack-o'-lantern welcome October with a bargain gone wrong. Henrique Couto follows an Irish folktale from a coin trapped beside a silver cross to the Devil stranded in a tree—and a promise with a terrible catch. Discover the carved turnip lanterns once used to frighten passersby, and the dark folklore behind that familiar pumpkin grin. What happens when outsmarting the Devil leaves you with nowhere to go? Light your first pumpkin and join Thursday Thrills for Halloween folklore, mischievous scares and a little light against the dark.Bonus episodes & support: https://weeklyspooky.com/joinMore scary stories: https://weeklyspooky.com/Story submissions: WeeklySpooky@gmail.com
- 5 days ago50 min
I'm a Firefighter and What I Found in the Last Fire Creeped Me Out | Halloween Ghost Story
A firefighter finds a notebook in the ashes of a burned cabin. Inside, Joe describes an isolated childhood, a forbidden railroad tunnel, and the Halloween night he dared to go trick-or-treating. His first taste of freedom leads toward a new family—but a shadow from home refuses to let him go. Michael Kelso's Halloween ghost story follows a boy caught between the life he wants and a haunting presence that keeps whispering one demand: home. What survived the fire, and why was the notebook protected? Hear this supernatural horror story on Weekly Spooky, narrated by Henrique Couto. Written by Michael Kelso.Bonus episodes & support: https://weeklyspooky.com/joinMore scary stories: https://weeklyspooky.com/Story submissions: WeeklySpooky@gmail.com
- 6 days ago24 min
This Week in Horror History | Night of the Living Dead, Near Dark & Halloween 6 - Sep 28-Oct 4
September 28-October 4 brings zombies, vampires, and Michael Myers to your Halloween watchlist. This Week in Horror History revisits Night of the Living Dead's farmhouse siege, Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers and the Thorn cult, and Hell Fest's killer hiding inside a Halloween attraction. Step into The Twilight Zone, discover the vampire western Near Dark, and meet our weekly pick, Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. Plus birthdays for Naomi Watts, Monica Bellucci, Neve Campbell, and Liev Schreiber. Explore the horror anniversaries behind your next spooky-season movie night. Not every mask is a costume.Bonus episodes & support: https://weeklyspooky.com/joinMore scary stories: https://weeklyspooky.com/Story submissions: WeeklySpooky@gmail.com
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About 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.
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