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Weekly Spooky | Scary Stories for Halloween

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

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82:35

7 Teeth: Thanksgiving Asylum Horror Story

Weekly Spooky | Scary Stories for Halloween ·

2025/11/26

Thanksgiving horror story on the Weekly Spooky podcast: a snow-dusted asylum turns festive decorations and Jenga games into a slasher-mystery nightmare. Patients go missing. A “therapy” session ends in blood. And seven broken teeth point to a cover-up thicker than gravy. If you’re craving holiday horror, asylum terror, and killer-on-the-loose suspense for your Thanksgiving drive—or to hide from family after pie—this episode’s your perfect Black-Friday binge. 7 Teeth — by David O’Hanlon.🎧 LISTEN NOW

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21:59

This Week in Horror History | Misery, Scrooge &...

Weekly Spooky | Scary Stories for Halloween ·

2025/11/25

This Week in Horror History is your winter horror watchlist, breaking down Christmas horror movies, winter thrillers, and classic ghost stories for the week of November 26–December 2. In this episode of the Weekly Spooky horror podcast, host Henrique Couto revisits Misery (1990), Scrooge / A Christmas Carol (1951), Violent Night (2022), deep-cut sequel The Descent Part 2 (2009), and cult anthology Deadtime Stories (1986) to help you build the perfect cold-weather horror marathon.We start in the snow

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131:31

Monthly Spooky | Haunted Mansions, Holiday Scares,...

Weekly Spooky | Scary Stories for Halloween ·

2025/11/24

Thanksgiving horror, turkey-day traditions, haunted mansions, Sin Eater folklore. Henrique & Michelle serve cozy table talk (leftovers, cranberry, Black Friday) before carving into eerie headlines and a feast-themed deep dive into the Sin Eater—perfect for the season of big meals and bigger myths.Inside this episodeTurkey-day talk: best leftovers (mashed-potato + cranberry sandwich), Black Friday timing and plans.Feature: The Sin Eater — where the legend comes from, how the ritual worked, and

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115:32

Unknown Broadcast | Family Secrets & Fatal Footfalls:...

Weekly Spooky | Scary Stories for Halloween ·

2025/11/23

We return with old-time radio horror stories, classic OTR, and radio suspense for a pre-Thanksgiving vigil, my dear—where family tables creak, footsteps count down to doom, and a song in the parlor hushes murderous hearts. Tonight’s reliquary opens to four chillers, a clutch of shadows to keep the knives honest and the lights low. 🕰️ Family Ties — The portrait smiles, the phone rings, and blood remembers what the living forget, my dear.🥧 Just One Happy Little Family — The perfect supper setting:

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214:29

Thanksgiving Nightmares: 6 Thanksgiving Horror...

Weekly Spooky | Scary Stories for Halloween ·

2025/11/21

We’re serving up a full plate of Thanksgiving horror stories—killer turkeys, cursed family dinners, and cozy traditions that turn disturbingly dark. This feature-length Thanksgiving horror podcast special is made for holiday travel, late-night cooking, or hiding from your relatives while you lose yourself in a long, chilling anthology of spooky tales.Inside this Weekly Spooky Thanksgiving horror compilation, you’ll hear:• “Thanksgiving Dinner” — by Rachael RedolfiA cop comes home to quiet

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52:45

I'm From a Small Town That No Longer Exists:...

Weekly Spooky | Scary Stories for Halloween ·

2025/11/19

Weekly Spooky horror podcast presents a chilling small-town disappearance tale of possession, control, and a ruthless government cover-up. In the rural Midwest, people begin staring without blinking, neighbors vanish and return… wrong, and a hovering light seals the town off from the world.What follows is a desperate run through cornfields, soldiers, fences, and a mystery scrubbed from history. If you crave alien-or-demonic takeover vibes, X-Files energy, and conspiracy horror, press play and keep

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20:37

This Week in Horror History | Sleepaway Camp, Sleepy...

Weekly Spooky | Scary Stories for Halloween ·

2025/11/18

Step into late November with This Week in Horror History, the horror podcast that digs into the spooky anniversaries hiding between Thanksgiving and Christmas. In this episode, we dive into a full week of genre milestones for November 18–25, from cult slashers and gothic ghost stories to Stephen King adaptations, survival horror gaming, and a haunting cannibal romance.We kick things off at summer camp with Sleepaway Camp (1983), the infamous 1980s slasher movie whose shocking final twist made it a

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74:58

Terrifying & True | Thanksgiving in a Haunted...

Weekly Spooky | Scary Stories for Halloween ·

2025/11/17

Every November we hear the cozy legend of the First Thanksgiving—Pilgrims, turkey, and a peaceful feast in the New World. But the real story behind Thanksgiving is much darker. Long before it became a holiday, the land around Plymouth was a plague-ravaged, haunted wilderness, where the Pilgrims saw the Devil in every tree… and the Wampanoag saw spirits in every swamp.This is the terrifying true story behind the celebration we remember every Thanksgiving.In this Thanksgiving horror history episode of

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132:41

Unknown Broadcast | Echoes at Midnight: Stories of...

Weekly Spooky | Scary Stories for Halloween ·

2025/11/16

Ah, hello, my dear. You’ve wandered into Unknown Broadcast—your little doorway to old-time radio horror stories, classic OTR chills, and the hush of radio suspense that never quite died. Tonight, the dial slips and the past answers. Don’t fret if the voice sounds close; some things sit beside you when you press play. My dear, listen very carefully.🧳 The Old Country — A son returns across oceans and years, and the land remembers him better than he remembers himself. Roots grip deeper than bones; the

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119:19

Cutting Deep into Horror | Bitter Feast (2010) — Dark...

Weekly Spooky | Scary Stories for Halloween ·

2025/11/14

This week on Cutting Deep into Horror, hosts Henrique Couto & Rachael Redolfi dive into Bitter Feast (2010)—a brutally underrated foodie horror thriller perfect for the Thanksgiving season. When a celebrity chef snaps after a vicious review, a simple cooking critique becomes a nightmarish showdown of revenge, obsession, and culinary torture.We break down why Bitter Feast has become a cult favorite for fans of chef horror, creative captivity stories, and Thanksgiving-adjacent genre films, and how

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58:08

Withdrawal — Cursed Rock-Star Horror Story: Fame,...

Weekly Spooky | Scary Stories for Halloween ·

2025/11/12

Weekly Spooky horror podcast delivers an original cursed song and rock-star possession tale soaked in ’80s fame and occult obsession. When faded idol Sammy Scar surges back to stardom, the crowds chant in perfect unison, a buried B-side resurfaces, and a whisper won’t stop saying, “They’re here for you.”From Sunset Strip glare to Times Square neon, this celebrity horror spirals toward a deadly encore where the ticket price is breath and blood. If you crave cursed music, occult folklore, and

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23:21

This Week in Horror History | Creepshow, Dracula &...

Weekly Spooky | Scary Stories for Halloween ·

2025/11/11

This Week in Horror History dives into a loaded week: Creepshow hits wide release, Interview with the Vampire and Bram Stoker’s Dracula redefine luxe gothic on the big screen, Half-Life 2’s Ravenholm sneaks survival horror into AAA gaming, and Stephen King’s Cycle of the Werewolf howls through November. We spotlight Supernatural’s early heart-stopper “Home,” roll birthdays for genre icons, compare ’90s velvet vampires to today’s, and cap it with a cult-classic pick: Slumber Party Massacre. Perfect

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65:13

Terrifying & True | Dark Realities of the First...

Weekly Spooky | Scary Stories for Halloween ·

2025/11/10

The First Thanksgiving wasn’t a cheerful myth—it was born from starvation, epidemic, and uneasy diplomacybetween the Wampanoag and the Pilgrims at Plymouth in 1620–1621.In this Terrifying & True deep-dive, we peel back comforting legend to confront the Great Dying, the stark winter that followed the Mayflower landfall, and the fragile accord brokered through Samoset, Squanto, and Massasoit. We unpack the mutual-defense treaty, the practical lifelines of corn, fish, and eels, the political

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134:55

Unknown Broadcast | Graves & Revenants: Classic...

Weekly Spooky | Scary Stories for Halloween ·

2025/11/09

In this episode of Mystery Theater, we delve into the sinister world crafted by Wilkie Collins, exploring a chilling tale titled "Shadows from the Grave." The story is introduced by our host, Hyman Brown, who sets the stage for an intriguing exploration of mortality and the supernatural. We meet Xavier Yardley Zenith, a young photographer who inherits a mysterious estate from his Uncle George, who ominously proclaims that he will die within a week.Uncle George's peculiar insistence on guarding his

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58:58

6 Years of Weekly Spooky: Building a Horror Podcast...

Weekly Spooky | Scary Stories for Halloween ·

2025/11/07

Arts & culture reporter Andrew Shearer (USA TODAY Network) sits down with filmmaker and creator Henrique Couto for a candid, anniversary deep-dive into how Weekly Spooky grew from a Halloween 2019 launch into a must-hear horror podcast. They unpack the October blitz of 32 episodes in 31 days, what it takes to publish nearly five days a week, and how the show evolved into a sustainable business through advertising and relentless consistency. You’ll hear behind-the-scenes production stories,

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41:51

Gone Hunting: Werewolf Revenge Under a Full Moon

Weekly Spooky | Scary Stories for Halloween ·

2025/11/05

Werewolf horror collides with hunting gone wrong in a full-moon revenge tale that turns a quiet farmhouse into a home-invasion nightmare. Two friends take a shot in the dark woods and trigger a relentless payback—amber eyes at the window, claws at the door, and a family debt that must be paid before dawn. Expect cinematic suspense, survival horror, and a sharp morality play about guilt, guns, and what stalks the tree line when the moon is high. This Weekly Spooky horror podcast episode delivers a

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21:22

This Week in Horror History | Gojira, Carrie, They Live

Weekly Spooky | Scary Stories for Halloween ·

2025/11/04

This Week in Horror History is your weekly horror podcast tracking classic anniversaries and where to watch. For Nov 3–9, we hit Gojira (Godzilla, 1954), Carrie (1976), They Live (1988), The Twilight Zone: “Escape Clause” (1959), Silent Hill Origins (2007), and cult slasher The Prowler (1981)—plus birthdays for Bram Stoker and Tom Savini and a holiday-horror flashpoint with Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984). We wrap with a Weekly Recommendation and U.S. streaming info to watch tonight.Inside this

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58:17

Terrifying & True | Donner Party Cannibalism:...

Weekly Spooky | Scary Stories for Halloween ·

2025/11/03

The true story of the Donner Party—cannibalism and survival in the Sierra Nevada. In winter 1846–1847, nearly 90 pioneers were snowbound at Truckee/Donner Lake after betting on the Hastings Cutoff and losing critical weeks in the Wasatch Mountains and Great Salt Lake Desert. What followed—starvation, the Forlorn Hope snowshoe escape, and cannibalism—became America’s most infamous saga of westward migration.This documentary-style episode of Terrifying & True traces the route from Springfield,

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278:59

Unknown Broadcast | Ghosts Beyond the Veil: Seven...

Weekly Spooky | Scary Stories for Halloween ·

2025/11/02

Unknown Broadcast keeps vigil for All Souls’ Day—a night of old time radio horror stories (old-time radio / OTR horror), vintage radio drama, and midnight radio suspense in a true ghost stories podcast ritual. Between stations the names return, and someone answers from the far side. Step closer; listen softer. Some signals aren’t meant for the living—yet here we are.🕯️ Home is Where the Ghost Is — We don’t say their name out loud; the house remembers it for us.👻 The Dead Alive — A knock at a

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178:15

Ghosts Beyond the Veil: Seven Horror Stories for Día...

Weekly Spooky | Scary Stories for Halloween ·

2025/11/01

💀 When Halloween fades and Día de los Muertos begins, Weekly Spooky keeps the candles burning for the restless dead. Join us this November 1st for seven chilling stories of ghosts, haunted places, and spirits that refuse to stay buried.Each tale drifts between the worlds of the living and the departed — from cursed lovers and spectral revenge to drowned souls and haunted houses. If you thought Halloween was over, think again.Inside this Día de los Muertos special:• Echoes — by Shane MigliavaccaA

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