Weekly Spooky | Scary Stories for Halloween

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Weekly Spooky | Scary Stories for Halloween episodes

July 08, 2025 The Making of Jensen Mirren: Obsession, Blood, and the Devil You Love
Zach Jenner is caught between Jensen Mirren and Silvia Charmer, with jealousy, control, and a sinister urban legend closing in. People Can Lick Too and Silvia, both by Rob Fields, reveal the relationships behind Jensen's role in Deadly Second Chances Part 2. This Strickfield double feature mixes intimate betrayal with snake horror and the fear that someone knows your private life far too well. Hear Jensen's history before her chance to rewrite it, and follow a love triangle in which choosing a partner offers no guarantee of safety. Obsession has more than one face here.

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47 min
July 07, 2025 Terrifying & True | The Disappearance of Carrie Culberson — Ohio’s No-Body Murder Case
Carrie Culberson and her red Honda CRX vanished from Blanchester, Ohio, in August 1996. Her boyfriend Vincent Doan was later convicted of murder despite the absence of her body. For its 100th episode, Terrifying & True examines Carrie's reports of abuse, witness testimony, the troubled pond search, and her family's fight for answers. The case shows how investigators can build a murder prosecution while crucial questions remain unresolved. Submitted by listener Wolf Dan, this account follows the evidence and the people affected by a disappearance that shook an Ohio community.

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1 hr 33 min
July 06, 2025 Unknown Broadcast | Summer Horror: Four Classic Radio Tales of Suspense
A bargain summer retreat becomes a trap for Mike and Jane Slater in Granville. The Summer People opens this four-story Unknown Broadcast collection, followed by Summer Thunder, Summer Night, and The Thing from the Sea. Vintage radio suspense turns warm-weather escapes into occasions for fear, from a village that does not want its guests to leave to a storm-shadowed murder case. Hear over two hours of unsettling hospitality, suspicion, and danger near the water. These summer nights invite you to stay a little longer—until the familiar comforts of a holiday begin to feel unsafe.

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2 hr 11 min
July 04, 2025 7 Fourth of July Horror Stories — Haunted Water, Zombies and Demonic Bars
Fireworks give way to haunted water, zombies, and deadly summer escapes in seven Weekly Spooky stories: The Spirit of Langley Pond and Wilson Road by Charles Campbell; Bed, Breakfast, and Zombies by Keith Tomlin; The Wolf of Fagan County and Summer Slaycation by David O'Hanlon; Lady in the Germ Box by Killian Crane; and The Devil Knows Three Chords by John Oak Dalton. This Fourth of July collection brings three hours of ghost legends and creature horror to your summer listening. What waits beyond the swimming hole or the next roadside stop? April Fool: https://weeklyspooky.com/april...!

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3 hr 3 min
July 02, 2025 Deadly Second Chances Part 1 — AIDS Mary Rewrites Her Origin
Mary Anne Wright can return to the day that made her Strickfield's AIDS Mary. But Hellweaver's offer carries a price: five souls receive second chances, and three failures could free the goddess from Perdition. Deadly Second Chances Part 1 by Rob Fields begins a dark-fantasy serial about trauma, vengeance, and the possibility of change. Mary keeps her memories as she faces the past again. Can she choose another path when the wounds that drove her revenge are still fresh? Start the five-part saga here. Signed April Fool copies: https://weeklyspooky.com/april...!

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59 min
July 01, 2025 The Rise of AIDS Mary: Two Stories of Vengeance and Blood!
Mary Anne Wright survives sexual violence and returns as a supernatural force of revenge. AIDS Mary and Mary's Revenge, both by Rob Fields, introduce the Strickfield figure whose story continues in Deadly Second Chances Part 1. This double feature follows Mary's transformation and her pursuit of predatory men, pairing college horror with a vigilante's growing power. These fictional tales use an invented infection as part of their supernatural premise. Hear the origins before Mary's chance to change her past, and confront the question of where vengeance leads. Contains sexual violence.

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55 min
June 30, 2025 Monthly Spooky | Erin Patterson’s Mushroom Trial, Haunted Poveglia and the 1916 Shark Attacks
Erin Patterson's Australian mushroom trial, ghost legends from Poveglia, and the 1916 Jersey Shore shark attacks lead the June 2025 Monthly Spooky. Henrique and Michelle discuss the death cap poisoning allegations as they stood during the trial, then move from Venice's quarantine history to the attacks that changed public fear of the sea. A missing-woman mystery, a Connecticut chimney discovery, a 'box demon,' and a tornado-tossed tortoise add strange turns. Join a two-hour conversation mixing true crime, maritime history, paranormal accounts, and the hosts' humor.

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2 hr 3 min
June 29, 2025 Unknown Broadcast | Fear in the Dark: 4 Horror Stories About Shadows, Silence, and Survival
On a summer night, the Lonely One stalks a town whose familiar streets no longer feel safe. Ray Bradbury's The Whole Town's Sleeping joins In the Dark, The Dark Chamber, and One Dark Night in this four-story Unknown Broadcast collection. More than two hours of vintage radio suspense explore the fear of being unable to see—or trust—what is nearby. Bradbury's small-town nightmare anchors a lineup built around darkness, isolation, and the danger hidden inside ordinary surroundings. Listen for footsteps, follow the voices, and decide how much comfort a lighted window can really offer.

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2 hr 9 min
June 27, 2025 Do You Even Movie? | JAWS: The Revenge (1987) Summer Horror Gone Wild!
Can a shark hold a grudge against the Brody family? Henrique Couto and David Denoyer revisit Jaws: The Revenge (1987), the Bahamas-set sequel starring Lorraine Gary, Lance Guest, and Mario Van Peebles. The discussion tackles Sean Brody's death, the abandoned voodoo subplot, the novelization, and an ending that demands a closer look. Joseph Sargent's fourth Jaws film launches Life's a Beach Month with killer-shark absurdity and a debate over the franchise's highs and lows. Full spoilers for this tropical creature feature. More Do You Even Movie?: http://doyouevenmovie.com/

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1 hr 57 min
June 25, 2025 I Worked in a Museum of Oddities Until the Oddest Thing Happened to Me
A summer internship at a struggling museum of oddities becomes a fight to stay human. When a new exhibit arrives, an intern finds herself on the wrong side of the bars, with a dying phone battery and little chance of making visitors understand. Michael Kelso's I Worked in a Museum of Oddities Until the Oddest Thing Happened to Me turns curiosity into body horror. Can a plea for help escape the display? Author: https://geni.us/michaelkelsoau... Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Ho... April Fool: https://weeklyspooky.com/april...!

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55 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…