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

May 05, 2025 Terrifying & True | The Tromp Family Disappearance — Australia’s Bizarre Road Mystery
Why would five family members leave their farm, discard familiar routines, and flee across Australia? Terrifying & True follows the Tromp family's road journey from Silvan, Victoria, in August 2016. As the family separates, distressed encounters and a widening search turn their private fear into a national mystery. The episode reconstructs their movements and examines reports of stress and paranoia without imposing a diagnosis. Everyone was found alive, but the reason for the flight resisted a simple explanation. Follow the route and the unanswered questions behind the 'Runaway Tromps.'

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36 min
May 04, 2025 Unknown Broadcast | "Song of the Slasher" — Inner Sanctum Serial-Killer Mystery
A whistled tune announces danger in a neighborhood stalked by a serial killer. Detective Dan Miller must follow the sound while worrying about his wife, Laura, and a musician whose habits seem suspicious. Unknown Broadcast presents Song of the Slasher from Inner Sanctum Mysteries, with Arnold Moss in a vintage radio tale of murder, suspicion, and domestic unease. The investigation brings the threat closer to home as familiar voices become difficult to trust. Hear the clues and the misdirections unfold, without knowing who is behind the tune—or what the detective's search will expose.

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30 min
May 02, 2025 5 Monster Horror Stories — Chupacabra, Forest Gods and Snow Beasts
Forest gods, a Chupacabra encounter, lake terror, and a predator in the snow fill five Weekly Spooky stories: The God Tongue by Dan Wilder; The Beast of Roca de Vaca by Morgan Moore; Ol' Bones by Joe Solmo; The Creature from Richardson Lake by Charles Campbell; and I Was Hunted by a Cryptid in a Snowstorm by Michael Kelso. Henrique Couto hosts more than two hours of creature horror, from secluded woods to water where a nighttime swim becomes dangerous. Each landscape hides a different threat. Hear what happens when curiosity or a wrong turn takes people into something else's territory.

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2 hr 15 min
April 30, 2025 S.S. Death Glamp - Spring Break Turns into a Blood-Soaked Nightmare
The Delta Phi sisters arrive at Stardust Court expecting a spring break worth posting about. Behind the cheerful glamping trailers, someone has very different plans for their bodies. S.S. Death Glamp by David O'Hanlon turns a sorority getaway into a brutal campground survival story, with human experiments, murderous secrets, and betrayals that make escape harder at every turn. Ivelisse's carefully managed image offers little protection once the holiday becomes a hunt. This grindhouse-style tale mixes dark humor with graphic creature and slasher horror. How much of paradise was ever real?

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1 hr 4 min
April 28, 2025 Monthly Spooky | Haunted Morgues, Cropsey and Staten Island Horror
How did Staten Island's Cropsey legend become entwined with real crimes? Henrique and Michelle explore the bogeyman stories, Andre Rand, and Jennifer Schweiger's case in the April 2025 Monthly Spooky. Haunted morgues, institutional history, paranormal accounts, and horror-film conversation widen the discussion beyond the investigation. The episode considers how a place acquires a frightening reputation—and how actual victims can become obscured by a monster's name. Follow the connections between local folklore and documented events while keeping the ghost stories in their own context.

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2 hr
April 27, 2025 Unknown Broadcast | "On a Country Road" — A Stranded-Motorist Thriller from Suspense
A shortcut leaves a couple stranded on a country road as a storm closes in. The radio warns that a dangerous woman is at large; then a soaked stranger appears, begging to enter their car. On a Country Road, presented by Unknown Broadcast, is a Suspense thriller starring Howard Duff and Ida Lupino. With fuel gone and help uncertain, a locked door becomes the center of a desperate argument about whom to trust. Rain, darkness, and an alarming broadcast turn an ordinary drive into a test of judgment. Would you open the door when fear makes every explanation sound like a trap?

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21 min
April 25, 2025 Do You Even Movie? | The Crow (1994) Love, Vengeance, and Rain-Soaked Justice
Eric Draven returns from the grave to avenge the murder of his fiancée and himself. Henrique Couto and David Denoyer revisit The Crow (1994), Alex Proyas' rain-soaked Gothic action film starring Brandon Lee. They discuss Lee's performance, alternate casting, changes from the comic, the film's distinctive style, and the tragedy surrounding production. The April Showers finale also includes their response to the 2024 remake. Love, grief, and vengeance lead this full-spoiler conversation about a film that remains personal to Henrique. More Do You Even Movie?: https://doyouevenmovie.com/

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2 hr 22 min
April 23, 2025 Bringing Out the Wolf in Me – A Werewolf Story of Rage at Strickfield High
Danielle Boyd's werewolf curse answers to anger, not the full moon. At Strickfield High, keeping it hidden becomes harder when transfer student Keenan Dorfman refuses to accept her rejection. Bringing Out the Wolf in Me by Rob Fields turns an unwanted pursuit into a dangerous struggle over a secret. Danielle stays aware inside the silver-furred beast, but one burst of rage could expose her to everyone. A teenage werewolf story about coercion, control, and the cost of being pushed too far. What happens when someone thinks knowing your weakness gives him the right to use it?

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29 min
April 21, 2025 Terrifying & True | David Hampson, the Silent Man — The Mystery That Baffled Britain’s Courts
David Hampson repeatedly stands in a Swansea road, blocks traffic, and refuses to explain himself. Arrests and prison sentences do not end the pattern. Terrifying & True examines the case of the 'Silent Man,' whose courtroom silence creates another puzzle for judges and investigators. The episode follows the appearances on De La Beche Street and the question of whether his refusal to speak is deliberate. Protest, compulsion, and defiance have all been suggested, but his motive remains elusive in this account. How can a simple obstruction become such a difficult mystery to resolve?

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25 min
April 20, 2025 Unknown Broadcast | "Ghost on the Newsreel Negative" — Haunted-Film Horror from Lights Out
Two newsreel men visit a supposedly haunted farm, hoping to bring back something worth showing an audience. Their banter grows uneasy as the effort to film a ghost leads them into an unfamiliar house and strange encounters. Unknown Broadcast presents Ghost on the Newsreel Negative from Lights Out, a vintage radio story that mixes humor with supernatural suspense. A camera promises evidence, but getting the shot means staying close to whatever waits in the dark. Follow the crew from skepticism toward uncertainty, and hear what happens when the assignment starts to frighten them.

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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…