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

February 09, 2025 Unknown Broadcast | Death Pays the Freight — Freight-Train Doppelgänger Thriller
A freight train offers Joe Harris a way west—and a chance to become someone else. In “Death Pays the Freight,” a deadly encounter inside a boxcar leaves him facing a stranger who looks uncannily like him. Taking the other man’s identity seems like an escape, but the life attached to that name carries dangers Joe cannot see. Unknown Broadcast presents a vintage radio thriller built around a stolen identity, a desperate decision and the consequences waiting at the next stop. For listeners drawn to railroad suspense, crime stories and old-time radio noir.

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26 min
February 07, 2025 Love Gone Wrong | 7 Terrifying Tales of Romance & Horror
Love becomes obsession, temptation and supernatural terror in seven Weekly Spooky stories. A date, a wedding and a party in the woods each promise intimacy—and deliver danger. Narrated by Henrique Couto.

Includes “Love Conquers All” and “Party in the Woods” by Joe Solmo; “Suspended,” “Till Death Do Us Part” and “First Date” by Rob Fields; “Echoes” by Shane Migliavacca; and “Roxie” by Charles Campbell. This Valentine’s horror collection brings together haunted romance, violent jealousy and lovers whose secrets make getting close the worst possible choice.

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2 hr 36 min
February 05, 2025 I Was Hunted by a Cryptid in a Snowstorm — A Trucker’s Blizzard Nightmare
A trucker expects bad roads when a snowstorm closes in. He doesn’t expect something with antlers to stalk him through the blizzard. A roadside stop becomes a fight to survive as smashed windows, freezing wind and a predator outside leave his truck feeling less like shelter than a trap. Michael Kelso’s “I Was Hunted by a Cryptid in a Snowstorm” is a winter creature-feature horror story about isolation on the road and the danger hidden by falling snow.

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59 min
February 03, 2025 Terrifying & True | The Wendigo — Indigenous Folklore of Hunger, Greed, and Cannibalism
The Wendigo is more than a monster in the woods. Terrifying & True explores the hunger, greed and fear of cannibalism surrounding this being in distinct Algonquian traditions, including Ojibwe and Cree accounts. From teachings discussed by Basil H. Johnston to the notorious Swift Runner case, the episode examines how folklore, colonial interpretation and modern horror have shaped very different versions of the legend. What gets lost when a warning about consuming others becomes just another creature feature? Narrated by Henrique Couto.

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23 min
February 02, 2025 Unknown Broadcast | The Next Murder — A Deadly Prediction from Suspense
Two strangers strike up a conversation about a recent murder. One seems unusually interested in the other—and in a waitress he plans to take to the movies. In “The Next Murder,” a chance meeting becomes an unnerving exchange about hidden motives and the crime that may happen next. Unknown Broadcast presents this vintage Suspense drama by Joseph Cochran, starring Joseph Julian and Lawson Zerbe. Follow a psychological radio thriller where another person’s insight can feel less like understanding than a threat, and casual conversation gives away far too much.

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26 min
January 31, 2025 Do You Even Movie? | Confessions of a Serial Killer (1985): Henry Lee Lucas-Inspired Horror
“Confessions of a Serial Killer” (1985) turns a murderer’s jailhouse account into a grim road through American horror. Henrique Couto and David Denoyer revisit Mark Blair’s film, inspired by Henry Lee Lucas, and Robert Burns’s unnerving lead performance. They discuss the Director’s Cut, the movie’s low-budget atmosphere and the way its confessional structure pulls viewers into the killer’s account. This Do You Even Movie? episode contains full spoilers and discussion of disturbing violence.

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1 hr 29 min
January 29, 2025 Spin the Bottle Part 5: The Pink Death Unmasked | Series Finale
Samara Mirren wakes to find Blake Karen standing over her, insisting she is ready to reveal the truth. Samara is certain she has found the Pink Death, but the killer’s final game is still unfolding. Rob Fields’s “Spin the Bottle: Part 5” brings this Strickfield slasher miniseries to its bloody conclusion, with a deadly party game, broken trust and one survivor demanding answers. Who has been controlling the bottle—and how much of what Samara saw can she believe? Start with Part 1 to follow the mystery before this series finale. Narrated by Henrique Couto.

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47 min
January 27, 2025 Monthly Spooky | Haunted Mansions, Bear Impersonators, Snuff-Film Myths & Digital Horror
A bear-costume insurance scheme, a supposedly haunted English mansion and the ugly history of snuff-film rumors lead Monthly Spooky’s January 2025 conversation. Henrique and Michelle move from strange news to the boundary between staged horror and real violence, including “Faces of Death” and the way disturbing media finds new audiences online. Join them for a candid, darkly funny discussion of sensational claims, internet horror and the stories people want to believe. An archive episode for listeners who like their paranormal talk mixed with weird news and skepticism.

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1 hr 49 min
January 26, 2025 Unknown Broadcast | The Man Who Sold His Soul — A Faustian Radio Horror Story
What would you trade for the life you always wanted? In “The Man Who Sold His Soul,” Sir Dominic Sarsfield makes a bargain whose deadline turns every passing day into a threat. The promise of worldly reward gives way to the problem of escaping a contract with a far more powerful creditor. Unknown Broadcast presents a vintage supernatural radio drama of temptation, dread and a debt coming due. Follow Sarsfield into a devil’s-bargain story where getting what you asked for may be the beginning of the punishment, and the calendar is running out.

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30 min
January 24, 2025 Best of 2024 | Never Bet the Devil Your Head — Edgar Allan Poe
Toby Dammit cannot resist a reckless wager—especially one involving the Devil and his own head. In Edgar Allan Poe’s “Never Bet the Devil Your Head,” a habitual gambler meets a challenge that gives his favorite expression a sinister new meaning. This Best of 2024 presentation pairs Gothic menace with Poe’s absurd, macabre humor as an exasperated narrator tries to account for his friend’s behavior. Hear a complete classic horror story about temptation, bravado and the terrible cost of a careless bet, narrated by Henrique Couto for Weekly Spooky.

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29 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…