This Halloween, jump into the eerie tale of Elmer McCurdy—a true crime deep dive into urban legends and America’s carnival underbelly. In 1976, a seemingly innocuous Halloween haunt took a terrifying turn when a “mannequin” on a Long Beach dark ride wasn’t a prop—it was a real human corpse. In 1976, a TV crew at The Pike’s Laff in the Dark discovered human bone after a stunt arm snapped. Forensics exposed arsenic embalming, a copper bullet jacket, and a 1924 penny with old carnival tickets—breadcrumbs that led to Elmer McCurdy, a bungling Oklahoma train robber killed in 1911. For more than six decades, his body was bought, sold, and exhibited in sideshows and roadside museums, then misfiled as a prop and hung on a ride—until investigators finally confirmed the truth and laid him to rest under concrete in Guthrie (1977).

This is a true-crime deep dive into America’s carnival underbelly, the commodification of death, and how an outlaw became the Funhouse Mummy.

Inside this episode:

• The 1976 discovery at The Pike: the moment the “dummy” bled clues—arsenic, bullet jacket, 1924 penny, tickets.
• McCurdy’s final heist (1911): the botched robbery, the posse’s shot, and an undertaker who wouldn’t release the body.
• The carnival con: how promoters “claimed” the corpse and rebranded it coast-to-coast for decades.
• Forensic ID & burial (1977): the paper trail that ended with concrete sealing a grave in Guthrie, Oklahoma.
• Ethics & aftermath: why outlaw mummies vanished—and what the case says about spectacle vs. dignity.

If you’re searching funhouse mummy, Elmer McCurdy, Long Beach funhouse corpse, The Pike Laff in the Dark, outlaw mummy Oklahoma, arsenic embalming, sideshow history, or a true crime podcast about real “haunted” carnivals, this episode is your map. Follow and share for spooky-season specials all October.

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Old-Time Radio (OTR) horror anthology featuring CBS Radio Mystery Theater, Escape, Lights Out, Murder at Midnight, Suspense, and The Whistler—six restored classics in one episode for fans of vintage radio drama, noir thrillers, and classic horror stories.
Gather close, my dear. The dial warms, the room cools, and the old ghosts speak.

• ⚖️ Guilty as Charged (CBS Radio Mystery Theater, by G. Frederick Lewis) — A wrongful accusation tightens like a noose as the justice system hisses for blood.
• 💰🌊 Seeds of Greed (Escape, by Freud A. Nelson) — Treasure glitters; conscience drowns. On a small ship, fortune names its price.
• 🕷️ Spider (Lights Out) — A carnival of nerves and a creature with too many eyes; some webs are spun from human hunger.
• 🍷💀 Death’s Goblet (Murder at Midnight, by Sigmund Miller) — A cursed cup passes from hand to hand, and every toast is a tally.
• 🔪 Two Sharp Knives (Suspense, by Dashiell Hammett) — Small-town secrets, hardboiled logic, and a blade-clean cut to the truth.
• 🕯️ Dark Pattern(s) (The Whistler) — Motives woven like lace in shadow; the narrator knows what you did… and why.

Keep the lights low, but not out. Some shapes look back when you stare too long.

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Halloween turns an urban legend into a living nightmare.

This scary, feature-length horror story follows a dying teen who enters an experimental trial—then a violent assault twists a cure into something new. The whispers name her AIDS Mary, a lipstick-leaving shadow who walks frat houses and midnight streets, where mirrors fog with warningsand victims fade in days.

If you crave Halloween horror stories and spooky stories with mature themes, this one hits like a rumor you wish you’d never heard—part urban legend, part revenge, and all dread. Built for spooky seasonlisteners who want long, immersive chills with real-world bite, it’s a tense, tragic spiral you won’t shake off by morning.

Night four of 31 shows in 31 days—subscribe now for a new scare every single day this October.

AIDS Mary: Patient Zero — by Rob Fields

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Halloween is here—and so are the scary horror stories you crave.

Tonight’s nightmare follows four boys on BMX bikes through spooky season mayhem: a house party gone wrong, a sinister scavenger hunt, and the legend of a pumpkin-headed scarecrow who carves his way across town. As whispers spread from the playground to the dumpster behind the corner store and into a cemetery mausoleum, the truth hits like a blade: Sickle Jack isn’t just a story—he’s the harvest.

Expect mature themes, relentless tension, and a midnight showdown in the cornfields where an ancient bargain is kept and the missing return as something… else. This is Halloween horror storytelling built for listeners who love spooky stories with teeth.

This is night three of 31 shows in 31 days on Weekly Spooky—a new scare every single day this October. Subscribe, rate, and bring a friend to the fire. We go again tomorrow.

Sickle Jack, the Harvester of Souls — by Joe Solmo

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Experience the chilling haunt at a renovated funeral parlor this Halloween!

Tonight’s feature-length episode delivers one of the season’s darkest scary stories, steeped in haunted house chills and mature themes.

When Freddy and Odalys try to turn an abandoned funeral parlor into apartments, they discover the walls are stuffed with mummified animals, curses, and whispers that never stop. As they lean into spooky season with Halloween decorations and a party to lure tenants, the house reveals what it really is—a place where spooky stories come alive, and death is only the beginning.

This is Halloween horror storytelling at its most terrifying—perfect for listeners searching for scary podcasts, haunted house horror stories, and chilling long-form spooky stories with a mature edge. And don’t forget—this is night two of our 31 shows in 31 days event. Weekly Spooky is bringing you a brand new nightmare every single day this October.

In the Witch House Walls — by David O’Hanlon

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For your spooky season! Halloween scary stories, vampire battles, supernatural showdowns, and long, immersive horror podcasts, this feature-length nightmare is for you. 

Kick off 31 Days of Halloween with a Full-Length Horror Story that drips with blood, fangs, and supernatural terror. Madelyne’s Revenge unleashes vampires, monsters, and a spider-girl heroine in a battle that could decide the fate of an entire town.

Felicia Bates thought her spider’s strength could protect her family… until the unkillable Madelyne Donnerly returns from the grave. With vampire hordes, a devil’s bargain, and a fight that stretches into the Backwoods, this isn’t just a scary tale — it’s a Halloween horror epic.


Madelyne’s Revenge — by Rob Fields

And it’s just the beginning… because Weekly Spooky is dropping 31 shows in 31 days this October.



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Dive into scary Halloween stories with our bingeable horror anthology featuring 11 chilling tales perfect for October nights. Discover spooky stories that explore everything from small-town mischief and cursed pumpkin spice to retro drive-in frights and eerie waterpark terror. Press play and let the jack-o’-lantern glow transform your experience this spooky season.

In this episode (in order):

• Mischief Night — Shane Migliavacca — Pranks and vandalism give way to something meaner in the dark, when a “just-for-fun” night won’t stay harmless.
• The Halloween Heist — Rob Fields — A smooth operator gambles on Halloween chaos to pull off a score—until masks and motives start to blur.
• Photosensitive — Joe Solmo — Strobe lights and camera flashes turn a seasonal celebration into a panic-inducing nightmare.
• Bad Cops in a Small Town on Halloween Night — John Oak Dalton — A quiet community learns what happens when the badge goes bad after sundown.
• Barley and Clyde Meet the Pumpkin King — David O’Hanlon — Two rough cousins run afoul of autumn’s oldest royalty—folk-horror with a wicked grin.
• Another Mischief Night — Shane Migliavacca — The pranks return—but this time the consequences come calling.
• Pumpkin Spice and Nothing Nice — Charles Campbell — A rude encounter at a coffee counter brews into a curse no latte can sweeten.
• Retro Halloween Weekend — Rob Fields — A drive-in marathon promises nostalgia, then spools into real fear between the reels.
• The Halloween Party — Keith Tomlin — Friends head for a blowout bash; the only thing scarier than the costumes is what’s waiting outside.
• A Wet ’n’ Wild Halloween — David O’Hanlon — After-hours at the waterpark, echoes in the pipes and shadows in the slides.
• Halloween 198666 — Dan Wilder — ’80s memories, metal, and whispered rumors—some legends don’t stay buried after the credits roll.

Cue this Weekly Spooky compilation for the season: short, punchy scares; cozy-creepy vibes; and enough twists to keep your porch light burning. Follow, rate, and share if this kept you company on a long October night.


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Discover the eerie origins of Halloween from Samhain rituals to modern trick-or-treating!

Kick off spooky season with Monthly Spooky as we uncover the origins of Halloween—from ancient Samhain rites to the folklore behind trick-or-treat, jack-o’-lanterns (yes, turnips first!), towering bonfires, and why bats became icons of the night. We connect old-world customs to the traditions you love today, separating myth from history so you can sound scary-smart all October.
Inside this episode

• Samhain → All Hallows’ → Halloween: how the celebration evolved
• Souling & guising: the path to modern trick-or-treat
• Turnip to pumpkin: the strange journey of the jack-o’-lantern
• Bonfires & bats: practical reasons that became spooky symbols
• Apple games, bobbing & fortune-telling: the harvest rituals that linger
• Mischief Night, witches, black cats: what’s legend vs. what’s real

Plus fresh spooky news

• Erin Patterson: the latest Death Cap mushroom sentencing update
• UFO festival stunt to “make contact” (and why these events keep booming)
• A massive sinkhole that swallowed part of a neighborhood
• A dangerous squirell attacking innocent people

New here? This episode stands alone—perfect entry point for fans of Halloween history, folklore, and true-crime-adjacent spooky news.🎧 Hit play, then tell us: Which tradition surprised you most?

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Come closer, my dear. Tonight the glass trembles, the sea goes sightless, and a tree learns your name. We’ll drink, we’ll listen, and we’ll see what answers when we call out in the dark.

• 🍷 A Drink with Dionysius — A small-time schemer toasts his luck and finds a warhead at the bottom of the bottle. Greed, old flames, and the kind of deal that stains the soul.
• 😱 Terror Stricken (The Whistler) — Fear begins as a whisper and ends as gangrene. Paranoia swells until every heartbeat sounds like a verdict.
• 🚢 Voyage Through Darkness (Suspense) — A ship at night, a passenger who cannot see, and a killer moving like weather across the deck. The ocean keeps its secrets—until it doesn’t.
• 🌲 The Demon Tree (Dark Fantasy) — In the wrong forest, the bark has memory. Bloodlines are tallied in rings, and the wood speaks back when you breathe its name.

Finish your drink, keep your hands inside the light, and do not—under any circumstance—turn your back on the tree.

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A Cornerstone of Horror Cinema!

Henrique Couto & Rachael Redolfi cut deep into Sam Raimi’s The Evil Dead (1981)—the raw, relentless, cabin-in-the-woods classic that jump-started a whole splatter language. We unpack how Raimi’s scrappy camera attacks, Tom Sullivan’s gnarly makeup/stop-motion, and Bruce Campbell’s live-wire performance forged a cult juggernaut on a shoestring. We also trace the Michigan-to-Tennessee origin story (yes, that Morristown cabin), why the movie’s fever-dream logic still rattles modern audiences, and how the film’s ratings saga (X → NC-17; many releases unrated) fed its outlaw reputation. 
Inside this episode

• Pure nightmare mode: Why the 1981 original plays it straight—and meaner—than its sequels, leaning into fever-dream momentum instead of jokey splatter.
• DIY brutality: Tom Sullivan’s prosthetics and stop-motion meltdown; Raimi’s aggressive camera grammar that makes the cabin feel alive. 
• From Michigan to Morristown: How a Detroit proof-of-concept led to a Tennessee shoot—and the enduring lore around that cabin site. (We discuss the oft-told lightning-strike story and what locals say.) 
• The ratings fight: Festival buzz, an X rating, later NC-17 notes, and why many home releases stayed unrated—fueling the film’s “forbidden” aura. 

Where to watch (U.S.) — checked Sept 23, 2025

• Prime Video — https://www.amazon.com/Evil-Dead-Bruce-Campbell/dp/B01CY5KYRC
• Fandango at Home (Vudu) — https://athome.fandango.com/content/browse/details/The-Evil-Dead/13752
• Apple TV — https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/the-evil-dead/umc.cmc.2zdhjrx2rwh7e0hu6a0iczqfq
• JustWatch (availability tracker) — https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the-evil-dead

Quick-answer FAQ

• How scary is it? Very. The film’s been rated X/NC-17 over time for intense gore; many releases are unrated. 
• Who did the effects? Tom Sullivan handled prosthetics and the famous stop-motion finale. 
• Where should I watch it tonight? Rent on Prime Video, Fandango at Home, or Apple TV (see links above). 

Hosted by Henrique Couto & Rachael Redolfi, Cutting Deep into Horror blends smart film craft talk with fun, practical-effects geekery—so you can watch smarter (and scream louder).

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