Weekly Spooky | Scary Stories for Halloween

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Weekly Spooky | Scary Stories for Halloween episodes

June 04 Ghost Lights That Follow You: Min Min Light Horror & Marfa Mystery | Thursday Thrills
Would you follow a light that seems to follow you? Thursday Thrills explores Australia's Min Min Light, the Marfa Lights of West Texas, and the Hornet or Joplin Spook Light along the Devil's Promenade. Reported roadside encounters meet folklore, paranormal tourism, and possible explanations involving headlights, mirages, and temperature inversions. A fictional ghost-light encounter then turns those fears into a story of its own. Travel from outback roads to U.S. viewing spots and consider how darkness, distance, and expectation shape what people see when a glow refuses to make sense.

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22 min
June 03 Summer of the Demon pt 1: Cursed Objects & Camp Horror
Eddie 'Peewee' Richter survived a football rival's monstrous transformation. At Camp Red Feather, he discovers the nightmare has followed him into summer. Summer of the Demon Part 1 by Rob Fields opens a five-part Weekly Spooky horror serial with a brutal attack and the return of the cursed 00 jersey. Eddie should be training for football with the Strickfield Serpents; instead, he must confront a creature seeking revenge for the championship game. Start the story as camp routines give way to fear, and a familiar uniform becomes the first clue to a threat that survived the final whistle.

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36 min
June 02 This Week in Horror History | Poltergeist, Psycho II & The Omen's 6/6/06 Curse
Poltergeist turns a suburban home into a trap, while Psycho II brings Norman Bates back to the Bates Motel. This Week in Horror History explores June 1–7 through haunted houses, killer sequels, and the 6/6/06 release of The Omen remake. The Purge asks what happens when violence becomes legal for a night, and Splice makes genetic engineering a nightmare of creation and responsibility. Plus, horror birthdays include Robert Englund and Danielle Harris, and The Loved Ones supplies a vicious prom-night recommendation. Find your next watch among families and homes that cannot keep anyone safe.

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21 min
June 01 Terrifying & True | Katarzyna Zowada: The Krakow Murder Investigation
Katarzyna Zowada vanished in Krakow, Poland, in 1998. The discovery of her remains in the Vistula River turned a missing-person search into a murder investigation that would span decades. Terrifying & True follows the forensic evidence, renewed searches by Poland's Archiwum X investigators, and a court history that includes a conviction and an acquittal. This June 2026 episode examines why suspicion and disturbing evidence do not automatically establish who committed a crime. Behind the case is a young student and a family left seeking answers about the life taken from them.

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39 min
May 31 Unknown Broadcast | Out of Focus & Banquo’s Chair — Psychological Horror and Ghostly Justice
A man's imagined perfect woman becomes dangerously real, and a professor is pursued by an unseen presence that will not accept rejection. Unknown Broadcast gathers four old-time radio mysteries: Out of Focus, How Love Came to Professor Guildea, Banquo's Chair, and Decision. More than two hours of vintage suspense lead from obsessive fantasy to a Scotland Yard inspector's trap and The Whistler's cruel consequences. An empty chair may be enough to shake a murder suspect—but is guilt the only thing joining the table? Listen for the moment a private fear begins taking up space in the room.

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2 hr 24 min
May 30 Sci-Fi Horror: Portal Terror & Cursed Technology Nightmares
An antique typewriter makes a teenage writer's revenge real, while portals open onto a vampire-ruled Earth. Three Weekly Spooky sci-fi horror stories turn familiar technology into a threat: Ghost in the Machine by Shane Migliavacca, plus Portals and Hunter Black by Rob Fields. A grieving girl encounters a mysterious digital woman, heroes fight across parallel worlds, and a writer loses control of the killer he imagined. Over three hours of haunted technology, alternate dimensions, and dark fantasy ask what happens when the machine stops obeying—and the things it creates can reach you.

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3 hr 3 min
May 29 Cutting Deep Into Horror | Paranormal Activity & Found Footage Horror History
Paranormal Activity (2007) makes a bedroom camera an invitation to watch for something you hope will never appear. Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi examine Oren Peli's found footage horror film, starring Katie Featherston and Micah Sloat, on Cutting Deep into Horror. They explore nighttime sounds, long silences, and the relationship tensions that make the haunting feel personal. How does a nearly motionless shot turn waiting into dread? Full spoilers, including the theatrical and alternate endings, with comparisons to Cloverfield and a look at the film's microbudget success.

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1 hr 30 min
May 28 The Backrooms: Found Footage Horror & Liminal Space Internet Folklore | Thursday Thrills
The Backrooms turns empty yellow rooms and buzzing fluorescent lights into a place you might never escape. Thursday Thrills explores the internet horror legend, from its 2019 message-board origins to Kane Pixels' found footage series and the A24 film Backrooms, directed by Kane Parsons. This May 2026 episode looks at liminal spaces, analog horror, and the unsettling familiarity of corridors that seem to lead nowhere. Why can an empty building feel more threatening than a visible monster? Follow the creepypasta that made getting lost feel like slipping out of reality itself.

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20 min
May 27 The Thing That Lurks in the Tunnel — Liminal Horror with a Dark Twist
Will follows his crush Travis into the winter woods for a late-night smoke. Inside an abandoned railway tunnel, movement in the shadows makes their private hideaway feel occupied. The Thing That Lurks in the Tunnel by Bruce Haney turns teenage attraction and betrayal into a Weekly Spooky creature horror story. As Travis reveals his cruelty, Will must decide whether to follow the only flashlight farther into the dark or risk finding his own way out. A claustrophobic listen for fans of abandoned places, wilderness horror, and coming-of-age nightmares. What else is living in the tunnel?

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30 min
May 26 This Week in Horror History | Alien, Stranger Things & Modern Horror Icons — May 25–31
Alien traps a crew aboard the Nostromo, while Vecna turns memory into a weapon in Stranger Things 4. This Week in Horror History revisits May 25–31 through Ridley Scott's sci-fi horror, Sam Raimi's Drag Me to Hell, the backwoods pursuit of Wrong Turn, and Octavia Spencer's basement hospitality in Ma. From the xenomorph to a curse that follows you home, explore how these films and series make escape feel impossible. Plus, celebrate horror icons including Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, and Peter Cushing. Your next horror watch may begin with a place that looks safe enough to enter.

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22 min

About Weekly Spooky | Scary Stories for Halloween

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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…