Weekly Spooky | Scary Stories for Halloween

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Weekly Spooky | Scary Stories for Halloween episodes

January 30 Best of 2025: 4 Scary Tales of Backwoods Survival, Killer Creatures, and a Summoned Hellhound
A hidden waterfall attracts an unwanted visitor, and a rare-flower search leads deep into danger. This Best of 2025 Weekly Spooky collection gathers Fortune Falls and Stay Hungry by David O'Hanlon, A Plant Called Death by Bruce Haney, and The Hellhowler by Joe Solmo. Over three and a half hours of horror fiction move from remote campsites and Pacific Northwest trails to Colombia's cocaine hippos and investigator James Becker's hunt for a supernatural threat. Four stories turn curiosity, ambition, and a client's warning into survival tests. The way home may be harder to find after dark.

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3 hr 33 min
January 28 BANNED! Part 4: Blizzard Horror Convention Slasher Finale
The Horror Snow-In reaches its final confrontation as a blizzard isolates High Point Ski Lodge. BANNED! Part 4 by Rob Fields closes the winter slasher miniseries with the killer moving from hidden attacks toward the end of a revenge plan. Headliner Vickie Valentine faces pressure that threatens to expose another danger, while desperate decisions send the convention deeper into chaos. This Weekly Spooky finale brings the reveals and reckoning together. Start with Part 1 for the full story, then return to a lodge where being banned has become a threat nobody dismisses.

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52 min
January 27 This Week in Horror History | Stephen King Week: The Shining + Rose Red (Jan 26–Feb 2)
Stephen King's novel The Shining and miniseries Rose Red turn hotels and mansions into traps in This Week in Horror History, covering January 26–February 2. Screamers brings killer machines, Parents adds suburban dinner-table dread, and Shadow of the Vampire blurs filmmaking with a monster that may be real. John Carpenter's The Fog closes the watchlist with ghost-story dread. Explore haunted homes, suspicious meals, and horror behind the camera. Episode sponsor: Savorista Coffee, decaf and half-caf blends. Original offer: code SPOOKY for 25% off at https://savorista.com/discount...

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23 min
January 26 Monthly Spooky | Haunted Castles & Stolen Corpses
Chillingham Castle's ghost stories meet a corpse-theft headline in this January 2026 Monthly Spooky. Henrique and Michelle discuss the castle's history and unusual cattle, mummified cheetahs in Saudi Arabia, and the 1922 Knickerbocker Theater collapse during a Washington snowstorm. Haunted-doll beliefs and the human-bone market join a horror-movie roundup. The conversation separates reported paranormal claims from historical tragedy while exploring why strange discoveries become irresistible stories. Settle in for haunted places, winter history, and the headlines behind the legends.

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2 hr 22 min
January 25 Unknown Broadcast | Snowbound Radio Horror: Classic Winter Tales of Ice, Whiteouts, and Cold Death
An ice-breaking mission encounters a strange thaw, and a pilot sent to investigate disappears. Unknown Broadcast gathers The Ice Palace, Death Has a Cold Breath, Snow on 66, and The Time of the Big Snow. Four old-time radio tales turn ice, winter journeys, and snowbound communities into settings for danger. More than two hours of vintage suspense mix polar science fiction with cold-weather mystery and roadside unease. From a search to a highway swallowed by white, the familiar landscape stops offering reassurance. Listen for the point when waiting out the weather is no longer enough.

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2 hr 5 min
January 24 Scary Road Trip Horror Stories: 5 Highway Tales of Hitchhikers, Monsters, and Motels
A delivery truck's cab feels occupied, and a father-daughter trip finds risky help after tire trouble. Five Weekly Spooky road stories gather I Used to Drive a Delivery Truck, Until the Incident by Michael Kelso, Strike-Out! by Morgan Moore, ROADKILL by Travis VanHoose, Wilson Road by Charles Campbell, and They Don't Drive Cars by Scott S. Phillips. Over two hours of highway horror follow strangers, a Deep South dirt road, and hungry creatures on a late snack run. These journeys make the next stop feel uncertain. Headlights reveal the road, but they cannot tell you whom to trust.

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2 hr 9 min
January 23 Best of 2025: Deadly Second Chances — Supernatural Horror Story Binge
Five doomed souls receive a chance to rewind their lives, and the Hellweaver has her own freedom at stake. Deadly Second Chances by Rob Fields returns as a complete Best of 2025 collection. In Perdition, she discovers a pact that could release her if she gives the souls another choice and leaves them to make it. Over four hours of Weekly Spooky supernatural horror explore revenge, redemption, and the decisions that survive a change of fate. All five chapters play as one continuous saga in the Strickfield universe. Would a second chance change you, or simply reveal you?

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4 hr 9 min
January 21 BANNED! Part 3 — The Killer Goes Public
The killer at the Horror Snow-In wants an audience, and the blizzard is cutting off the way home. BANNED! Part 3 by Rob Fields follows the convention deeper into panic at High Point Ski Lodge. Police return to question witnesses, staff disappear, and headliner Vickie Valentine tries to keep performing while another danger stirs within her. The third chapter of this Weekly Spooky winter slasher shifts from secret attacks to public terror, making crowded rooms feel less safe than the empty corridors. Begin with Part 1 to follow the mystery in order. The next event may be the killer's own.

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51 min
January 20 This Week in Horror History | Tremors, Split & The Blair Witch Project (Jan 19–Jan 25)
Tremors brings creatures beneath the ground, The Boy makes a doll unsettling, and Dead Space 2 turns survival horror interactive. This Week in Horror History covers January 19–25 with Split and The Blair Witch Project, including its Sundance screening and impact on horror marketing. Spree supplies a streaming-era found footage recommendation. Birthdays celebrate Edgar Allan Poe, David Lynch, Robert E. Howard, and Tobe Hooper. Explore films and games that turn watching into dread. Episode sponsor: Savorista Coffee. Original offer: code SPOOKY for 25% off at Savorista.com.

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22 min
January 19 Terrifying & True | The Caretos de Entrudo – Portugal’s Carnival Demons
Cowbells and masked figures fill the streets of Podence, Portugal, during the Caretos de Entrudo carnival. Terrifying & True explores the colorful wool costumes, anonymous mischief, community rituals, and effigy burning that mark winter's end. The episode follows the tradition's revival, generations of participants, and UNESCO recognition, with comparisons to other Iberian masked celebrations. Proposed links to ancient fertility rites remain interpretations rather than a proven origin. Discover how a living community tradition gains its power through disguise, movement, and noise.

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36 min

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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…