Weekly Spooky | Scary Stories for Spooky Season
Join Henrique Couto for Halloween horror stories and spooky tales. Explore urban legends, haunted houses, cursed objects, vampires, werewolves, and cryptids in expertly narrated, mature-themed stories perfect for spooky season. Every Monday and Wednesday, get scary frights with cinematic sound design, dark humor, and twist endings. Whether you're into horror stories, creepy legends, or seasonal specials, Weekly Spooky delivers the scariest stories for late-night chills, road trips, and binge listening.
Episodes
Unknown Broadcast | The Murder Ship & The Sea Phantom: Old-Time Radio Horror
Unknown Broadcast brings six old-time radio thrillers from fogbound streets to haunted seas. A war veteran helps a stranger home and becomes entangled in murder; treasure hunters encounter the captain of a sunken galleon. Hear In the Fog (CBS Radio Mystery Theater), Two If by Sea (Escape), The Man in the Fog (Suspense), Seascape (The Whistler), The Murder Ship (Inner Sanctum), and The Sea Phantom
The Monsters' Halloween Revue | 7 Scary Stories: Pumpkin Man & Werewolves
A pumpkin curse, a werewolf's deadly game, and Jack Scratch's twisted tales fill The Monsters' Halloween Revue. Settle in for nearly five hours of scary Halloween stories from Weekly Spooky, including Origin of the Pumpkin Man, STALK, and the complete Tricks and Treats trilogy. A costume party invites ancient powers, while an autumn hookup becomes a desperate test of survival. This seven-part horr
The Dead Don't Stay Silent: 9 Macabre True Crime Stories
A severed arm inside a shark. Two men found wearing lead masks. The Dead Don't Stay Silent gathers nine true-crime cases and macabre histories in a Terrifying & True collection. Explore the Shark Arm case, Somerton Man, Bella in the Wych Elm, Donna Doll, Lynnette Craft, and the Lead Masks mystery, plus the Salish Sea feet, the shrunken-head trade, and Carl Tanzler. More than four hours trace f
Thursday Thrills | Flatwoods Monster to Mothman: A West Virginia Cryptid Road Trip
The Flatwoods Monster and Mothman turn West Virginia folklore into a road trip after dark. In 1952, Kathleen May's group reported a towering figure on a hillside; in 1966, two couples said a red-eyed creature chased their car near Point Pleasant. Henrique Couto revisits these reported cryptid encounters, the original witness accounts and the meteor, owl and crane explanations. Explore the TNT Area
Intruder in the Night | Home Invasion Horror for Halloween
A teenage babysitter faces a masked intruder with poison gas in Intruder in the Night, a home invasion horror story by David O’Hanlon. It’s September 1944, and fourteen-year-old Candice Cardona is watching two boys in Couto Basin. Then a window opens, a sickly sweet smell drifts through the house, and muddy boot prints lead to the children’s room. Someone is already inside—and Candice has more tha
This Week in Horror History | Jennifer's Body, Blair Witch, Hardware & The Addams Family - Sep 14-20
Jennifer's Body turns friendship into demonic horror, Blair Witch sends a new crew into the Black Hills, and Hardware traps a killer machine inside an apartment. This Week in Horror History covers September 14-20, 2026, with The Addams Family's macabre TV comedy and Cry_Wolf's invented serial killer joining the lineup. Revisit the films and television that made possession, technology, and even a f
Terrifying & True | Lizzie Borden: The Axe Murders, Trial and Unsolved Mystery
Lizzie Borden was acquitted of the 1892 axe murders, yet a notorious nursery rhyme still casts her as the killer. Terrifying & True returns to Fall River, Massachusetts, to examine the deaths of Andrew and Abby Borden and the evidence at her 1893 trial. From the disputed barn alibi and burned dress to the handleless hatchet, follow the clues that fueled suspicion without securing a conviction.
Unknown Broadcast | Harvest of Death & The Ghost in the Garden: Old-Time Radio Mysteries
Unknown Broadcast collects six old-time radio mysteries spanning political intrigue, wartime danger, and deadly relationships. Machiavelli steers a young man toward a false confession; a Korean War mission sends minesweepers into peril. Hear Down the Garden Path (CBS Radio Mystery Theater), Wild Oranges (Escape), Needle in the Haystack (Suspense), Harvest of Death (The Whistler), The Ghost in the
Rituals, Reels & Rentals | 7 Halloween Horror Stories: Cursed VHS & Slashers
A cursed VHS traps viewers in a slasher nightmare, vampires rent movies after dark, and a horror host draws a young fan into his show. Rituals, Reels & Rentals gathers seven scary Halloween stories into nearly five hours of Weekly Spooky fiction. Hear PHANTASMAGORIA, Special Halloween Hours, The Strickfield Slasher, and ERASURE, alongside graveyard rituals and a deadly rental. Dan Wilder, Keit
No One Is Coming: 7 Stories of Murder, Survival & Haunted Places
At Hinterkaifeck, six people are murdered—and someone may have stayed at the farm afterward. No One Is Coming gathers seven Terrifying & True accounts of unsolved crime, wilderness disaster, and haunted-place folklore. Visit the Stanley Hotel, the Good Hart murders, and Bonnie Hood's death at Camp Nelson, then follow the Hamar-Daban hikers, Alfred Packer, and the Donner Party. Nearly four hour
Thursday Thrills | Bihl Manor: Ohio Ghost Stories Behind A Very Haunted Renovation
Bihl Manor in Fremont, Ohio, is the reportedly haunted house behind HGTV's A Very Haunted Renovation. Its ghost stories include a man at an empty upstairs window, a red-haired figure on the stairs, and voices with no visible speaker. Thursday Thrills follows Henrique Couto through the property's history and haunting accounts, from the Bihl and Wolfe families to funeral viewings and paranormal inve
Anger Issues | A Werewolf Curse at Strickfield High
Danielle Boyd turns into a werewolf whenever she loses her temper—and stays fully aware of what she does. Anger Issues by Rob Fields brings a curse that cannot wait for the full moon to Strickfield High. After a cheerleader's brutal death, monster hunter Headmistress Hiltonson targets Danielle. The town's mysterious rejuvenating waters let Hiltonson go undercover as a student to hunt her prey. Thi
This Week in Horror History | IT, Hellraiser & True Blood - Sep 7-13
Pennywise crawls out of Derry, Hellraiser opens its puzzle box, and True Blood brings vampires out of the coffin. This Week in Horror History revisits those milestones for September 7-13, 2026, alongside Amnesia: The Dark Descent and the prom-night terror of The Loved Ones. Discover how Stephen King's IT, Clive Barker's Cenobites, and a game built around running and hiding found different ways to
Terrifying & True | The Golem of Prague: Jewish Folklore's Clay Monster
The Golem of Prague is Jewish folklore's clay guardian, shaped to protect a threatened community. Terrifying & True follows Rabbi Judah Loew's legend through sacred Hebrew letters, the older golem of Chelm, and tales of a body hidden in the Old-New Synagogue attic. Discover how Yudl Rosenberg's 1909 book helped define a defender against false antisemitic accusations. We distinguish religious t
Unknown Broadcast | Deadly Lessons: Old Time Radio Horror & Suspense
Unknown Broadcast: Deadly Lessons gathers six old-time radio dramas of murder, revenge, and time travel. A teacher discovers secret seances after a pupil dies of fright; gold miners are hunted for their claim. Hear The Last Lesson (CBS Radio Mystery Theater), The Notebook (Escape), Finishing School (Suspense), The Black Book (The Whistler), One for the Book (Quiet Please), and Dr. Manette's Manusc
The Long Road to the Haunted Hayride | 8 Halloween Horror Stories
Stay on the wagon. The haunted hayride has one rule, and breaking it turns staged scares into a fight to survive. Eight Halloween horror stories fill nearly five hours in The Long Road to the Haunted Hayride, a Weekly Spooky fiction anthology of corn mazes, scarecrows and Southern Gothic revenge. Meet The Grinner, The Piano Witch and Sickle Jack, then board the final hayride. Stories by David O'Ha
Cutting Deep into Horror | The Ritual (2017): Folk Horror, Survivor’s Guilt & the Forest Monster
The Ritual (2017) turns a Swedish forest hike into folk horror, where an ancient creature uses its victims' trauma to demand submission. What does the creature want from Luke? Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi examine David Bruckner's film, Rafe Spall's performance, and its origins in Adam Nevill's novel. From the cabin's effigy to the creature's design, this Cutting Deep into Horror discussion c
Thursday Thrills | Kyoto's Gate to Hell: Rokudo Chinno-ji & Japanese Folklore
Kyoto's Rokudo Chinno-ji is a real temple at the heart of Japan's Gate to Hell folklore—and Capcom's Onimusha: Way of the Sword. Legend links its well to Ono no Takamura, a court official said to travel between the living world and the underworld. Thursday Thrills explores the temple's hidden bell, ancestral-spirit rituals, and the stories surrounding this sacred crossroads. Henrique Couto separat
I Do Not Know You | A Cursed Tape Recorder Predicts His Death
A vintage tape recorder knows Jerry Scott's secrets—and gives him five minutes before an inhuman visitor arrives. I Do Not Know You by Tyler Belmont is an analog horror story from Weekly Spooky. An unmarked package appears in Jerry's electronics shop, and the machine inside announces when he will die. Then a tall stranger starts tapping at the glass. Jerry locks the doors and reaches for a basebal
This Week in Horror History | IT Chapter Two, Suspiria, Outlast & Pontypool - Aug 31-Sep 6
Pennywise waits in Derry, witches control a dance academy, and Outlast sends you into an asylum with only a camera. This Week in Horror History revisits IT Chapter Two, Suspiria (2018), Outlast, and The Possession for August 31-September 6, 2026. Explore the films and survival-horror game behind the nightmares, then tune into Pontypool, where language itself can carry an infection. Plus, revisit T
Monthly Spooky | The Great Moon Hoax, Halloween Hauntings, Bigfoot & UFOs
Bat people on the Moon? The Great Moon Hoax of 1835 sold readers an imaginary lunar world, and Henrique Couto and Michelle follow the newspaper sensation that made fiction look like science. This August 2026 Monthly Spooky also checks in on reported Bigfoot sightings in Connecticut, unusual UFO reports from Brussels, and a haunted library story with a room the library says never existed. From luna
Unknown Broadcast | What the Darkness Saw: Classic OTR Mystery
A witness hears a paid killing. A recovering patient sees a murder everyone denies. Unknown Broadcast gathers four classic old-time radio mysteries about the danger of knowing too much: The Blind Witness, The Country of the Blind, Eyewitness, and With My Own Eyes. A sighted mountaineer reaches a community that treats vision as a disease, while a reporter's prison tour becomes a violent mutiny. Acr
Halloween Horror Stories | Vampires, Body Horror & Headless Folklore
A headless rider stalks a Halloween shortcut, a drive-in marathon turns into an afterlife reckoning, and an experiment gives a woman a monstrous body. Halloween Changes You brings five horror stories into nearly five hours of headless folklore, vampires, and body horror. Morgan Moore's Dullahan joins Rob Fields' Retro Halloween Weekend, Retro Halloween Revelations, New Life, and Madelyne's Revenge
When Legends Turn Deadly: True Crime Meets Cryptid Folklore
Can a ghost story expose a murder, or can belief help conceal real harm? Eight Terrifying & True investigations connect the Greenbrier Ghost, the Fox sisters, the Hat Man, and the fatal exorcisms of Anneliese Michel with the stories people tell about fear. Deer Woman, djinn, Melonheads, and the killing of Jeffrey Hall complete just over four hours of folklore, spiritualism, and documented trag
Halloween Horror Nights 2026: The Architecture of Fear | Thursday Thrills
Why do we pay to be terrified at Halloween Horror Nights? Henrique Couto explores how haunted attractions use darkness, sound, misdirection, and live actors to turn a room into a threat. This Thursday Thrills preview of HHN 2026 draws on announcements available August 25 and research on fear and enjoyment, with stops at Universal Orlando, Hollywood, Knott's, and Six Flags. A filmmaker's eye reveal
The Ant Aquarium of Minister Crap & Things | Halloween Insect Horror
A glass aquarium is locked around a man's head, and the fire ants are already moving. In The Ant Aquarium of Minister Crap & Things by Gary D, a windowless basement becomes a claustrophobic revenge trap crawling with roaches, centipedes, and worse. Years ago, he and his best friend Dave forced another child to swallow bugs. Now that cruelty has returned in a form he cannot brush away. This Wee
This Week in Horror History | Candyman, Until Dawn, Don't Breathe & Lord of Illusions
Candyman, Until Dawn, and Don't Breathe turn familiar places into traps in This Week in Horror History for August 24–30, 2026. Revisit Nia DaCosta's Chicago-set sequel, the choices that drive a teen slasher game, and a Detroit burglary that goes disastrously wrong. The Last Exorcism adds a fraudulent preacher's documentary, while Clive Barker's Lord of Illusions takes the spotlight with occult det
Terrifying & True | Elisa Lam at the Cecil Hotel: The Truth Behind the Elevator Video
Elisa Lam's Cecil Hotel elevator video became an internet mystery, but her 2013 death was officially ruled an accidental drowning. Terrifying & True follows the Canadian traveler's final days in Los Angeles and examines how a rooftop water tank became the focus of ghost stories and murder theories. Court records, the elevator's controls, and a maintenance worker's account challenge claims abou
Unknown Broadcast | Train Mysteries: Orient Express & The Signalman
A railway worker sees warnings of disaster beside a dark tunnel. A businessman on the Orient Express meets an armed stranger. Unknown Broadcast gathers The Train Stops, Orient Express, The Signalman, and Ticket to Nowhere for more than two hours of classic old-time radio suspense. CBS Radio Mystery Theater, Escape, Suspense, and The Whistler carry you from a forgotten station to Balkan intrigue an
4 Scary Stories | Serial Killers, Witches, Werewolves & Supernatural Monsters
A robbery interrupts a witch's ritual, a seductive stranger demands murder, and a criminal job brings a giant gummy worm into play. Four Weekly Spooky horror stories turn bad decisions into supernatural traps, from cursed brothers to a blizzard pursuit of Strickfield's Queen of Hearts serial killer. Crime and Bedevilment, Roxie, Sick With Rage, and The Worm Has Turned deliver over 90 minutes of wi
Cutting Deep into Horror | Tonight She Comes (2016): Blood Rituals & Body Horror
Tonight She Comes (2016) starts with a blood-covered killer and a cabin in the woods, then plunges into an occult ritual with its own grotesque rules. Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi revisit the slasher on Cutting Deep into Horror, tracing its blood runes, absurd characters, gory effects, and Friday the 13th Part VII homage. They also recall discovering it through Movies at the Asylum and explo
Clown Panic 2016: When Weird Experiences Become Urban Legends | Thursday Thrills
The 2016 killer clown panic began with reports from South Carolina woods and spread into threats, hoaxes, and copycat encounters. Ten years later, Henrique Couto follows the Greenville County sightings through news coverage and social media to arrests, school scares, and Penn State's student clown hunt. Thursday Thrills separates the unsubstantiated earliest claims from the real consequences of vi
The Darkness Under Clear Lake: A Sunken Relic Possesses a Missing Swimmer
Brian disappears beneath Clear Lake and returns clutching a carved relic, his body waterlogged and his strength no longer human. In Bruce Haney's The Darkness Under Clear Lake, a camping trip with Michelle and friends becomes a fight against possession and something waiting underwater. The object will not let Brian go, and getting it away from him may be the survivors' only chance. This Weekly Spo
This Week in Horror History | Halloween Primer: Blade, Exorcist III & American Werewolf
Blade, The Exorcist III, and An American Werewolf in London lead This Week in Horror History for August 17–23, 2026. Revisit Wesley Snipes' Daywalker, William Peter Blatty's supernatural detective story, the home invasion of You're Next, and Rebecca Hall's haunted grief in The Night House. Fred Dekker's Night of the Creeps takes the spotlight with alien parasites and undead fraternity brothers. Ho
Terrifying & True | The Pale Crawler: How The Rake Became a Cryptid Legend
The Pale Crawler looks like a creature caught between a human and an animal, but The Rake began as a deliberately written horror story. Terrifying & True traces Operation Crawler, alleged Illinois and Kentucky encounters, and the viral trail-camera images that helped turn creepypasta into cryptid folklore. Misidentified wildlife, pareidolia, sleep paralysis, and staged footage offer ways to ex
Unknown Broadcast | No Boat Comes Back: Classic OTR Mystery
An island promises refuge, but the people arriving bring danger with them. Unknown Broadcast collects four classic old-time radio mysteries: The Beach of Falesa, The Far-Away Island, The Island, and Escape to Skull Island. A trader enters a struggle over power on a Pacific island, a fugitive faces a murderous pursuer, and a weary Marine imagines a world without hunger or war. A hunted killer's pas
4 Scary Stories | Haunted House, Cursed Object, Serial Killers & Cannibal Monsters
A one-dollar bowl brings home a ghost, and two serial killers choose a family with something monstrous on the menu. Four Weekly Spooky horror stories turn a first date, a yard-sale bargain, a country dinner, and a party in the woods into deadly mistakes. First Date and Thrifting Fail—We're Now Haunted! lead from a haunted mansion to an object that refuses to stay discarded; The Dinner Guests and P
Cryptids Around the Campfire: Werewolf, Bigfoot, Chupacabra & Wendigo | Halloween Marathon
Railroad workers report a werewolf in Defiance, Ohio. Black-Eyed Children ask to come inside. Seven Terrifying & True investigations gather Bigfoot, the Fouke Monster, Chupacabra, Indrid Cold, and more for over three hours of campfire listening. Follow Ohio's Grassman to Salt Fork State Park, trace changing Chupacabra accounts, and explore the UFO lore around Point Pleasant. The Wendigo segmen
Jeff the Killer: Creepypasta Supernatural Folklore Uncovered | Thursday Thrills
Jeff the Killer's pale face and 'Go to sleep' became creepypasta shorthand for a nightmare. Thursday Thrills follows the fictional killer's origin stories and the image edits that turned him into internet folklore. Henrique Couto traces Sesseur, GameFuelTV, Japanese image boards, prettyFACE, and the 'White Powder' trail, then examines how a false story about a bullied girl became attached to the f
Odd Egg: Weird Experiences Turn Grotesque in Spooky Season Body Horror
Eleven eggs are empty. The twelfth hatches a tiny human head on six spiderlike legs. In Odd Egg by Alex Grass, Maryellen accepts a free carton from a smiling stranger who claims a god lives inside it. Breakfast becomes a creature-horror nightmare as the thing grows, feeds, and changes, pulling her toward the mysterious Time of the Egg. This Weekly Spooky debut blends grotesque body horror with dar
This Week in Horror History | Halloween Primer: The Monster Squad, Cujo & The Fly
The Monster Squad, Cujo, and The Fly lead This Week in Horror History for August 10–16, 2026. A stalled car becomes a trap in Stephen King's rabid-dog nightmare, while The Others, Jason Goes to Hell, and Lovecraft Country bring ghostly secrets, possession, and cosmic horror. Fred Dekker's monster-kid adventure takes the spotlight before David Cronenberg's The Fly marks its 40th anniversary as the
Terrifying & True | The Man With a Hole in His Stomach: Beaumont’s Human Experiments
Alexis St. Martin survived an 1822 gunshot wound with an opening into his stomach. William Beaumont used it to study digestion, lowering food on threads into a living man's body. Terrifying & True examines the medical breakthrough and the unequal relationship behind it: a surgeon who was also an employer, a labor contract requiring experiments, and a patient who negotiated, refused, and repeat
Unknown Broadcast | Storm Horror: Hurricane & Night of the Storm
A hurricane drives a desperate pair into an armed standoff. Elsewhere, three people race a storm to save an innocent man from execution. Unknown Broadcast brings together Hurricane, Flood on the Goodwins, Night of the Storm, and Man in the Storm for just over two hours of classic old-time radio suspense. CBS Radio Mystery Theater, Escape, Suspense, and The Whistler follow a wartime Channel crossin
4 Scary Travel Horror Stories | Wendigo, Ghost Ship, Airplane Horror & Serial Killer
A flight repeats its fatal journey. A ghost ship offers rescue until the flesh-eating rats emerge. Four Weekly Spooky travel horror stories turn planes, ships, and highways into traps, with cannibal athletes facing a Wendigo transformation and a serial killer waiting at a truck stop. The Last Flight Out, Be Careful What You Eat, The Ship of the Cannibal Rats, and Love, Burgers, and the Open Road d
Cutting Deep Into Horror | Hell House LLC (2015) — Halloween Haunt Found Footage Horror
Hell House LLC (2015) turns a Halloween haunted attraction into a found footage catastrophe at the Abaddon Hotel. Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi examine Stephen Cognetti's film on Cutting Deep into Horror, from clown mannequins and background movement to the camera logic that makes its fake documentary convincing. They compare its confined nightmare with The Houses October Built and follow the
Solar Eclipse 2026: Supernatural Folklore & Celestial Monsters | Thursday Thrills
What if a monster swallowed the sun? The August 12, 2026 solar eclipse sets the stage for a Thursday Thrills journey through celestial dragons, Rahu, and the Norse wolves Sköll and Hati. Henrique Couto explores the folklore people used to explain a darkened sky, from noise meant to drive a creature away to fears that daylight might never return. Originally released before the eclipse, this episode
Let-Down: Body Horror Through a Child's Perspective
A six-year-old girl who cannot speak is trying to feed her baby brother. In Let-Down by Morgan Moore, poverty, illness, neglect, and a father's gambling leave a family without food or formula. The child remembers that mothers make milk, but her incomplete understanding leads toward a terrible solution. Told through her perspective, this Weekly Spooky story turns an act of care into graphic body ho
This Week in Horror History | The Sixth Sense, Piranha & Bodies Bodies Bodies (Aug. 3–9)
The Sixth Sense, Piranha, and Bodies Bodies Bodies lead This Week in Horror History for August 3–9, 2026. Revisit M. Night Shyamalan's ghost story, Joe Dante's killer-fish mayhem, and a hurricane party poisoned by suspicion. Joëlle Jones' Lady Killer brings a murderous homemaker to the comics calendar, while Antropophagus takes the deep-cut spotlight on a deserted Greek island. Horror birthdays an
Terrifying & True | USS Indianapolis Sinking: Sharks, Survival and Captain McVay
The USS Indianapolis sank on July 30, 1945, leaving its crew adrift with dehydration, exposure, and shark attacks. Only 316 survived. Terrifying & True follows the secret atomic-bomb delivery mission, the torpedoes from Japanese submarine I-58, and the failure to recognize that a warship was missing. Survivor accounts and the eventual rescue lead to Captain Charles McVay's court-martial and th
Unknown Broadcast | Classic Old Time Radio Horror: Leiningen vs the Ants, CBS Radio Mystery Theater & Suspense
A plantation faces an army of ants, a blackmail victim considers murder, and an isolated doctor needs patients a little too badly. Unknown Broadcast gathers four old-time radio thrillers: A Choice of Witnesses by Henry Slesar, Leiningen Versus the Ants by Carl Stephenson, The King's Birthday by Louis Pelletier, and Patients for the Doctor. CBS Radio Mystery Theater, Escape, Suspense, and The Whist
4 Scary Animal Horror Stories | Werewolf, Killer Hippos, Demon Cat & Monster Dog!!!
A film crew meets Pablo Escobar's cocaine hippos in Colombia, and a werewolf discovers that anger can be more dangerous than a full moon. Four Weekly Spooky animal horror stories bring jungle survival and cursed pets close to home: Stay Hungry, Wolf Rage, My Dog, Doug, and Feline Troubles. A new house hides rats and a shape-shifting dog, while a calico cat's glowing eyes signal a threat to childre
Disappearances & Lost Colonies | True Crime Mystery Marathon
A ship drifts without its crew. A late-night phone call ends in a disappearance. Vanished Without a Trace gathers eight Terrifying & True investigations, from the Mary Celeste and Roanoke to Angela Hammond and Brandon Swanson. The Franklin Expedition, Dyatlov Pass, and the Bennington and Alaska Triangles complete over three hours of maritime and missing-person history. Evidence, theories, and
Hungry Ghost Month: Supernatural Folklore from Asia | Thursday Thrills
Why is the best seat at a Hungry Ghost Festival performance left empty? Thursday Thrills explores Chinese ghost folklore and unseen guests honored in the seventh lunar month. Henrique Couto follows Singaporean getai, Taiwan's water lanterns, and Hong Kong's Yu Lan traditions, distinguishing Daoist Zhongyuan observances from Buddhist Yulanpen and ancestor remembrance. Food, incense, joss paper, and
The Ties That Bind: Vampire Love Triangle Horror Story
Buster Crane's first love has returned, but the woman he still loves has no reflection. In The Ties That Bind by Rob Fields, a reunion at Strickfield University pulls Buster between childhood sweetheart Talia Mirren and Romy Jillian, a vampire who refuses to let him go. A confrontation in a crowded nightclub turns romance into a dangerous contest of jealousy, blood, and loyalty. This mature Weekly
This Week in Horror History | The Lost Boys, Jason Lives & Fright Night (July 27–August 2)
The Lost Boys, Jason Lives, and Fright Night bring vampires and resurrected slashers to This Week in Horror History for July 27–August 2, 2026. Revisit Santa Carla's nightlife, Tommy Jarvis' graveyard mistake, and the forbidden woods of The Village. Cherie Dimaline's Empire of Wild adds Métis folklore and a missing husband with a familiar face; The Collector takes the spotlight with a thief trappe
Monthly Spooky | Creepy Carnival Animatronics, Hooga Hooga, Haunted Houses & UFOs
Laughing Sal's mechanical cackle carries across the midway, but why does a carnival attraction feel so threatening? Henrique Couto and Michelle explore the funhouse figure's history in July 2026's Monthly Spooky. The strange-news roundup also visits Michigan's Hooga Hooga camp legend, a Japanese service investigating allegedly haunted homes, and UFO reports near Virginia. Michelle closes with a re
Unknown Broadcast | Halloween in July: Classic Old Time Radio Horror
A haunted bride, a village of ancient sorcery, and a wife becoming a cat bring Halloween to July on Unknown Broadcast. Six classic old-time radio dramas fill over three hours: Here Goes the Bride, Ancient Sorceries, The Lord of the Witch Doctors, Mirage, Cat Wife, and Beware of Tomorrow. Hear CBS Radio Mystery Theater, Escape, Suspense, and Lights Out, with work by Algernon Blackwood, Arch Oboler,
Summerween: 4 Halloween Horror Stories with Bigfoot, Vampires, Zombies & Demons
Bigfoot hunts a wind-farm guard, ancient vampires spend their anniversary in a closed mall, and a courier pedals through the zombie apocalypse. Four Weekly Spooky stories celebrate Summerween with creatures, dark comedy, and work that could cost more than a paycheck. A desperate manager's interview at a black-glass tower completes the lineup with a recruiter for Hell. Stories by Michael Kelso, Rob
Cutting Deep Into Horror | Found Footage Horror: The Houses October Built (2014)
The Houses October Built (2014) follows five friends searching for America's most extreme haunted attractions, until masked performers follow them beyond the haunts. Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi explore Bobby Roe's found footage film on Cutting Deep into Horror, tracing its documentary origins, real haunt performers, and the elusive Blue Skeleton. Full spoilers cover the ending, comparisons
Shark Week Horror: Jersey Shore Attacks & Unsolved Sea Mysteries | Thursday Thrills
The 1916 Jersey Shore shark attacks changed how Americans feared the water. Sydney's 1935 Shark Arm murder case began when a captive shark vomited a tattooed human arm. Henrique Couto follows both cases in this Shark Week edition of Thursday Thrills, separating disputed details from the evidence. The journey also examines the unverified Black Demon, the Stronsay Beast, and megalodon's place in pre
Chupacabra Horror: A Puerto Rico Cryptid Encounter Nightmare
A howl tears through a Puerto Rico summer camp, and counselor Jonathan Edwards finds his dream job has been built over a supernatural danger. Camping With Chupacabra by Douglas Waltz sends him beyond Camp Clemente's cabins into a bat-filled cavern and a monster-hunting mission beneath the mountains. Wilderness skills, a Zippo lighter, and dynamite may be his best defense against the creatures wait
This Week in Horror History | Dracula, Maximum Overdrive & Deep Blue Sea (July 20–26)
Dracula, Maximum Overdrive, and Deep Blue Sea lead This Week in Horror History for July 20–26, 2026. Frank Langella's seductive vampire shares the calendar with The Hills Have Eyes, Jordan Peele's Nope, and Carrion, the game that lets you become the escaped monster. Stephen King's killer-machine siege takes the spotlight before engineered sharks turn an underwater laboratory into this week's recom
Terrifying & True | Brian Barrett: The TalHotBlond Internet Love Triangle Murder
Brian Barrett was himself online; the adults in the TalHotBlond romance were hiding behind invented identities. In 2006, the 22-year-old student and coach was murdered outside his workplace near Buffalo. Terrifying & True traces Thomas Montgomery's teenage Marine persona, Mary Shieler's use of her daughter's identity, and the jealousy that crossed from chatrooms into real violence. Messages, p
Unknown Broadcast | The Singing Walls — Psychic Terror, Wartime Murder & Ghostly Revenge
Music comes through a hotel wall, a private club witnesses impossible predictions, and spies carry deadly secrets aboard the Taurus Express. Unknown Broadcast gathers The Walls of Jericho, Three Good Witnesses, The Singing Walls, and The Avengers for over two hours of old-time radio suspense. CBS Radio Mystery Theater, Escape, Suspense, and The Whistler move through psychic terror, wartime murder,
Late Night Horror: Demons, Cults & Cursed Rituals Anthology
A runaway opens scripture devoted to an imprisoned demon goddess, while a mercenary drags his cameraman into a cult's abandoned asylum. Four Weekly Spooky horror stories make ambition, cruelty, and curiosity dangerous: Sin, Gamble with the Devil, Breaking the Seal, and The Bad Schoolgirl. A witch's curse and vampire cheerleaders with soul-powered jewelry complete nearly two hours of occult horror
The Premature Burial by Edgar Allan Poe — Complete Gothic Horror Reading
What if everyone mistakes your stillness for death? The Premature Burial by Edgar Allan Poe follows a man whose catalepsy makes being buried alive an obsession. Weekly Spooky presents the complete reading, from the accounts that feed his fear to the vault, alarms, and escape devices he builds against it. Each safeguard promises control, yet his imagination keeps returning to a sealed coffin. This
Cartoon Cat Internet Horror: Why Creepypasta Monsters Feel Sinister | Thursday Thrills
Trevor Henderson's Cartoon Cat turns the look of an animated friend into an internet horror nightmare. Thursday Thrills explores the fictional monster's rubber-hose style, distorted nostalgia, and creepypasta appeal, asking why a familiar cartoon grin can feel wrong when it appears outside the screen. The episode follows its imagery and folklore before an original story enters an abandoned mall af
Driving a Truck Can Be a Nightmare, Literally: Cryptid Terror on the Road!
A truck driver's nightmare shows a monster dragging him into the woods. Then his delivery route reaches the same bridge, and his daughter Angeline knows what is waiting there. Driving a Truck Can Be a Nightmare, Literally by Michael Kelso turns shared dreams into a warning that grows harder to ignore with every late run. This Weekly Spooky highway horror story puts a father's ordinary job between
This Week in Horror History | The Blair Witch Goes Viral (July 13–19)
The Blair Witch Project, The Fly, and The Only Good Indians lead This Week in Horror History for July 13–19, 2026. Revisit the 1958 teleportation nightmare, Stephen Graham Jones' supernatural reckoning, the mutations of The Island of Dr. Moreau, and a vengeful killer whale in Orca. The Strain takes the spotlight with vampirism as an outbreak before the weekly recommendation enters Maryland's woods
Terrifying & True | The Taos Hum: New Mexico’s Unexplained Low-Frequency Noise
Some Taos residents described a distant diesel engine that never stopped, even when investigators struggled to find its source. Terrifying & True follows the Taos Hum in New Mexico, from disrupted sleep and daily life to the 1993 investigation. Microphones, surveys, and hearing research tested a mystery heard by only part of the community. Industrial noise, tinnitus, auditory perception, and g
Unknown Broadcast | Ghost Ships, Death Cards, Buried Bodies, and Fool’s Gold
A ship drifts with meals still waiting, and a secret club deals cards that choose who must die. Unknown Broadcast brings four old-time radio mysteries into over two hours of suspense: Sea Fever by Ian Martin, The Young Man with the Cream Tarts by Robert Louis Stevenson, Last Night by Cornell Woolrich, and Fool's Gold. CBS Radio Mystery Theater, Escape, Suspense, and The Whistler follow a deserted
4 Scary Stories: Urban Legends, Cryptids & Cursed Rituals with DEMONS
A stolen stop sign awakens a local terror, and a family's hunting tradition hides a bargain with a forest god. Four Weekly Spooky horror stories turn folklore and childish dares into dangerous encounters: The Legend of Oopsie Poopsie, The Stop-Sign Man, Ol' Bones, and Why Am I Here? From an Adirondack creature with a ridiculous name to a lonely boy's question for a Ouija board, each tale gives cur
Evil Dead Burn Weekend: Demonic Possession, Cursed Books & Hellhound Horror
A possessed child is hidden beneath a church, thieves interrupt a coven, and an investigator tracks a hellhound. Released for Evil Dead Burn's opening weekend, this Weekly Spooky collection gathers eight original horror stories into nearly five hours of demonic chaos. Cursed books, a haunted Texas inn, a high-school outbreak, and the demon goddess Hellweaver turn familiar places into battlegrounds
Siren Head: Cryptid Terror & Distorted Broadcasts | Thursday Thrills
Siren Head turns an emergency warning into something that may be calling you closer. Created by horror artist Trevor Henderson in 2018, the fictional creature spread through games, videos, and fan stories until it acquired the feel of a rural urban legend. Thursday Thrills follows the monster's distorted broadcasts and connection to analog horror, asking why a shape glimpsed across a dark field ca
Branch Manager: Deep Woods Horror Story & Supernatural Folklore
Something in Algonquin Park is listening for the next camper to move. In Branch Manager by Gary D, also known as Blue Fire Raging, three Toronto telemarketers trade their call centre for a weekend in the woods. Fog and snapped branches give way to shredded tents, missing friends, and a forest that seems to be crawling toward them. Kenny's escape from work becomes a struggle against a sound-sensiti
This Week in Horror History | Splatter Films & Supernatural Folklore
The Descent, Blood Feast, and MADiSON lead This Week in Horror History for July 6–12, 2026. Explore splatter cinema's bloody beginnings, an instant camera that invites horror into every shot, and a cave expedition trapped with something below. Fear Street Part Two: 1978 adds Camp Nightwing's slasher nightmare, while Burial Ground takes the spotlight with Italian zombie chaos. Birthdays and a Phant
Terrifying & True | The Greenbrier Ghost: A Haunted Murder Mystery
Zona Heaster Shue's mother said a ghost revealed her daughter's murder; an exhumation supplied physical evidence. Terrifying & True revisits the 1897 Greenbrier Ghost case in West Virginia, where Mary Jane Heaster challenged a natural-death ruling and accused Zona's husband, Trout Shue. Follow the broken-neck findings, the trial, and the defense questioning that brought the apparition story be
Unknown Broadcast | Psychic Horror, Living Mannequins, Vanishing Rooms, and Deadly Jealousy
A poet hiding in a department store discovers that someone already lives behind the displays. A missing apartment leaves five canaries as clues. Unknown Broadcast collects The Girl Who Found Things, Evening Primrose, Five Canaries in the Room, and The Other Woman for over two hours of old-time radio mystery. CBS Radio Mystery Theater, Escape, Suspense, and The Whistler add an uncanny search for a
Cannibals & Cursed Ground | Late Night Horror Anthology With Supernatural Revenge
A waterfall campsite draws an ax-wielding threat, while a photographer's roadkill art puts two unsettling hitchhikers in his car. Four Weekly Spooky horror stories make isolation dangerous in Fortune Falls, Roadkill, Old Jerry, and The Rest Area. A Halloween prank leads into a recluse's haunt, and a lonely Ohio rest stop attracts an escaped murderer with an appetite. Stories by David O'Hanlon, Tra
Summer of the Demon: Complete Horror Audiobook | Cursed Football Jersey & Summer Camp Horror
A cursed football jersey promises a failing player greatness, then turns his rivalry into a demonic nightmare. Summer of the Demon by Rob Fields collects Friday Night Frights and all five parts of the camp-horror serial in one three-hour episode. Greg Branlake puts on Mick 'The Demon' Knight's 00 jersey; survivor Eddie 'Peewee' Richter later faces the returning threat at Camp Red Feather with the
