Weekly Spooky | Scary Stories for Halloween

By Henrique Couto | Scary Stories & Horror ExpertTrue Crime Fiction Drama

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Weekly Spooky | Scary Stories for Halloween episodes

October 09 Cutting Deep into Horror | Hellraiser (1987): Pinhead, Desire & Body Horror
Hellraiser (1987) turns desire into body horror. Henrique and Rachael revisit Clive Barker's original film, from Pinhead and the Cenobites to the Lament Configuration puzzle box. Are these beings evil, or do they operate beyond human morality? Cutting Deep into Horror explores Julia's obsession with Frank and the betrayal at the heart of a crumbling marriage. We unpack the ending, religious imagery, practical effects, and Christopher Young's haunting score. Add this horror classic to your Halloween watchlist, then open the box with us for a movie discussion about pleasure, pain, and control.

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1 hr 28 min
October 08 Three Twisted Halloween Treats | Ghost Stories & Pumpkin Horror
Three scary Halloween stories by Gary D turn a boarded-up house, an attic game, and a pumpkin patch into a night of ghostly dread and grotesque surprises. In “Off Her Rocker,” two boys discover their abandoned clubhouse isn’t empty. “Bones in the Attic” makes a childhood game of Don’t Peek dangerously real. Then “Punkinhead” follows a fugitive’s Halloween escape through a graveyard toward something growing in the dark. Grab your candy bucket for a horror triple feature of haunted houses, rattling bones, dark humor, and body horror. Narrated by Henrique Couto.

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36 min
October 08 Halloween Home Haunts: Your Neighbor Built a Nightmare | Thursday Thrills
Halloween home haunts turn ordinary yards into neighborhood haunted houses—and sometimes the decorations answer back. Henrique Couto celebrates handmade Halloween displays, the West Carrollton Stranger Things house, Haunt 31’s plywood-tombstone beginnings, and Home Depot’s talking, app-controlled Skelly. Trick-or-treat memories, ingenious props, and an imaginary porch encounter reveal why the spooky house on the block stays with us for years. What makes a familiar front yard feel like Halloween has finally arrived? Join Thursday Thrills for spooky-season fun and a new appreciation of the people behind the monsters.

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18 min
October 07 Hardcore Halloween | Truth or Dare with a Demon
In this scary Halloween story, Truth or Dare becomes a fight for souls. Pricilla Mirren and her cruel gang think they're untouchable—until Hellweaver traps them at Strickfield University and takes control. Lies have a price. Dares have no limits. Can anyone outplay a demon who takes every promise literally? Hardcore Halloween is a supernatural horror story by Rob Fields, narrated by Henrique Couto, with an opening poem from Nathaniel Perry of The Poem Cast.

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1 hr 1 min
October 06 This Week in Horror History | Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Werewolf by Night & Lamb (Oct 5–11)
October 5-11 brings Leatherface, Marvel monsters, and Icelandic folk horror to your Halloween watchlist. This Week in Horror History revisits The Texas Chain Saw Massacre's early release history, the monster hunt of Werewolf by Night, Freddy's Nightmares on television, and Quarantine's trapped reporter. Our deep cut, Lamb, finds an impossible child on a remote farm; weekly pick Trick 'r Treat turns Halloween traditions into deadly rules. Plus birthdays for Clive Barker, Sigourney Weaver, Guillermo del Toro, and Stephen Moyer. Discover cult horror, found-footage panic, and a reason to leave the pumpkins lit.

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23 min
October 05 Terrifying & True | Harry Houdini's Final Halloween: Death, Seances & the Secret Code
Harry Houdini died on Halloween, October 31, 1926. For the 100th anniversary in 2026, explore his secret code for testing messages from the dead—and the mediums he fought to expose. This spooky season, Terrifying & True follows the stomach-punch legend, Arthur Conan Doyle's Spiritualism, Arthur Ford's disputed message and Bess Houdini's final 1936 seance. Hear archival recordings of Houdini, Conan Doyle and Bess herself as we separate documented history from supernatural claims. Could the world's greatest escape artist expose a fake message from beyond the grave? We're telling that story tonight.

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53 min
October 04 Unknown Broadcast | Werewolf Stories & Deadly Revenge: Halloween Radio Horror
Unknown Broadcast brings werewolf stories and deadly revenge to Halloween listening. In The Beast Must Die, a grieving father hunts the driver who killed his son; in The Red Forest, a motorist faces a wildfire. This six-story collection blends supernatural horror with human danger.

Hear The Night of the Wolf, The Red Forest, The Beast Must Die, The Master's Tree, The Werewolf, and W Is for Werewolf, from CBS Radio Mystery Theater, Escape, Suspense, The Whistler, The Weird Circle, and Dark Fantasy. Turn down the lights for a night of old-time radio suspense, where the monster isn't always supernatural.

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3 hr 15 min
October 03 Strickfield After Dark | 4 Halloween Horror Stories: Ghosts & Grimm Manor
A forbidden cemetery game from urban legends draws three boys into a ghost's path, and a dare at Grimm Manor becomes a midnight contest with its dead owners. Strickfield After Dark gathers four Halloween horror stories by Rob Fields into nearly five hours of Weekly Spooky fiction. Hear Ghost in the Graveyard, Halloween Night at Grimm Manor, A New Halloween Legend, and Mad as Hell. Haunted houses, an occult book, and a human killer's violent code turn this Ohio town's traditions into threats. Two rivals must work together inside the manor, but can they put their feud aside before the game ends?

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4 hr 56 min
October 02 Folklore Friday | Vampire Legends & Dark Folklore for Halloween
Why do vampire legends still frighten us? Henrique Couto welcomes folklorist and author D.L. Wainright to explore Romanian strigoi, Dracula, graveyard rituals, and New England vampire beliefs. This Folklore Friday conversation follows garlic, sunlight, shapeshifting, and a party guest hiding a disturbing secret beneath the table. Along the way: Ohio's Butter Street Monster, La Llorona, Slender Man, werewolves, and Halloween traditions. Discover how familiar monsters change as we share their stories—and which old fears still follow us into spooky season.

D.L.'s books: https://thehollowsun.com/

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2 hr 5 min
October 01 Deadname: She Stole the Wrong Life — A Halloween Horror Story
A nameless young woman steals another girl's identity in Deadname, a Halloween horror story by Morgan Moore. With no memory of her past, she sees a costume and mask as a chance to belong. But at a Halloween party, someone is watching—and he thinks he knows her.
A stolen life. A stranger's obsession. One night behind the wrong mask. This psychological horror story brings slasher suspense to spooky season. Follow Weekly Spooky for more scary stories.
Narrated by Henrique Couto.

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32 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…