Weekly Spooky | Scary Stories for Spooky Season

The true story of the Donner Party—cannibalism and survival in the Sierra Nevada. In winter 1846–1847 , nearly 90 pioneers were snowbound at Truckee/Donner Lake after betting on the Hastings Cutoff and losing critical weeks in the Wasatch Mountains and Great Salt Lake Desert . What followed— starvation, the Forlorn Hope snowshoe escape, and cannibalism —became America’s most infamous saga of westw...

Unknown Broadcast keeps vigil for All Souls’ Day —a night of old time radio horror stories ( old-time radio / OTR horror ), vintage radio drama , and midnight radio suspense in a true ghost stories podcast ritual. Between stations the names return, and someone answers from the far side. Step closer; listen softer. Some signals aren’t meant for the living—yet here we are. 🕯️ Home is Where the Ghost...

💀 When Halloween fades and Día de los Muertos begins, Weekly Spooky keeps the candles burning for the restless dead. Join us this November 1st for seven chilling stories of ghosts, haunted places, and spirits that refuse to stay buried . Each tale drifts between the worlds of the living and the departed — from cursed lovers and spectral revenge to drowned souls and haunted houses. If you thought...

Celebrate Halloween and Weekly Spooky’s 6-year anniversary with "A Warm Place," a chilling Halloween horror story set in a nearly empty supermarket after hours. This tense and cinematic slasher tale weaves a spooky story filled with crackling Halloween atmosphere, creeping possession, and a terrifying cat-and-mouse chase. With mature themes, intense scares , and suspenseful horror storytelling, pr...

It’s the day before Halloween —aka Halloween Eve/Mischief Night —and we’re taking you straight into a haunted house where dares turn deadly and ghosts don’t just whisper… they play by house rules . In  Grimm Manor , a backwoods Strickfield legend, a stubborn challenge becomes a nightmare scavenger hunt with a single key , ticking clocks , and the specter of midnight closing in. Expect high-octane...

🎃 Halloween horror comes alive in one of Weekly Spooky’s most chilling tales yet! Deep within the decaying halls of Locust Grove Asylum, a cruel prank unleashes an ancient evil — and this Halloween, the Dirt Babies have returned. Middle school misfits, goth teens, and a grieving babysitter all collide when a cursed patch of grave dirt births tiny, homicidal creatures with a thirst for vengeance....

Get ready for the ultimate Halloween horror anthology of spooky season tales! This special episode of Weekly Spooky , Tricks and Treats 2025 , delivers four blood-chilling tales of terror told by your favorite infernal host, Jack Scratch . These interconnected Halloween stories explore the darkest corners of small-town evil , from child-snatching cultists to vengeful zombie dogs and serial-killer...

Halloween myths, poisoned candy, haunted houses, urban legends —we dive into the season’s biggest fears and the fun behind them. Henrique and Michelle unpack the poisoned Halloween candy panic, how it started, and why it stuck, then romp through haunted attractions and strange encounters that keep October deliciously spooky. We round it out with a quick October horror watch-list and some eerie sto...

Hello, my dear, allow me to slip into your feed this Halloween with a haunted signal of old-time radio horror stories and spine-chilling Halloween tales . These aren’t just whispers in the static—they’re ghostly warnings from a world where shadows speak and the dead walk again. 🎃 Devil’s Gold — A soldier finds an ancient curse buried beneath war-torn soil… and the price for greed is damnation. 🪓...

Light your candles and brace yourself for over seven haunting hours of Halloween horror stories —a monumental celebration of spooky season and the chilling genius of Edgar Allan Poe. Poe’s most  scary stories and spooky tales of madness, obsession, and death, all steeped in gothic atmosphere and mature themes . Perfect for Halloween night, a dark autumn drive, or those long October evenings when y...

A must-add for any Halloween watchlist: The Blair Witch Project (1999) gets the full Cutting Deep into Horror treatment with hosts Henrique Couto & Rachael Redolfi , diving into why this low-budget phenomenon rewired horror audiences and turbo-charged found-footage storytelling. We unpack its unsettling folklore, improvisational performances, and the way fear, survival, and group dynamics coll...

Settle in for a feature-length horror story  triple bill— full novellas packed with vampires , blood-soaked nightlife, and a blizzard-born revenant. Perfect for Halloween , spooky season binges, and anyone hunting scary stories that go for the throat without filler. • Vampire Night — Joe Ruston Cleveland after dark turns carnivorous when a sunglasses-at-midnight predator and his razor-smiled compa...

Halloween night turns into a horror story! The Pendleton Haunted Hayride  promises safe scares and small-town fun—until the rules start breaking themselves. Colette and her friends just wanted caramel apples, spooky lights, and a few harmless jumps. But as the wagon rolls deeper into the fog, every stop grows darker… and every “scene” feels a little too real. When the lights go out and the screams...

Celebrate your Spooky Season on a quiet Ohio block where a ghost boy pedals through the dark—and only some neighbors can see him. In this chilling tale of suburban hauntings and emotional struggles, Emmett Perry is fighting the bottle, trying to be a better dad. Late-night sightings pull him into an eerie mystery tied to a fatal bike accident, a wary grandma named Millie, and whispers about ' the...

In this  terrifying Halloween horror anthology from Weekly Spooky —the top-rated podcast for scary stories, haunted legends, and audio horror fiction. This chilling compilation brings together 8 original tales of cursed costumes, haunted airwaves, serial killers, and cornfield nightmares—all soaked in Halloween atmosphere. Perfect for fans of urban legends, Halloween creepypasta, or classic horror...

When the Halloween season rolls in, few names cast a darker shadow than Ed and Lorraine Warren —the real-life ghost hunters behind The Conjuring , Amityville Horror , and Annabelle . Their stories have fueled decades of scary movies , haunted house legends , and late-night whispers. But how much of it was true… and how much was carefully crafted myth? This Terrifying & True deep dive unearths...

Enter the cryptic world of Unknown Broadcast , where old-time radio horror stories linger like shadows that never quite leave. In this chilling collection, six macabre tales unspool from the archives of classic OTR suspense, filled with corpses that walk too well-dressed, wishes that rot the hand that makes them, and voices from jazz clubs and airplane cabins that should never be heard again. Thes...

It’s the heart of spooky season , and Weekly Spooky is bringing you a triple feature of full-length Halloween horror stories that will keep you up all night. Each of these novellas dives deep into mature, unsettling terror—from cursed soil to haunted technology to the return of one of Strickfield’s darkest legends. • Dirt Babies — by Bruce Haney Something terrible is sprouting in the earth, and it...

A must for any Halloween watchlist , Candyman (1992) remains one of horror’s most haunting reflections on myth, race, and obsession. In this episode of Cutting Deep into Horror , hosts Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi dig into Bernard Rose’s chilling vision , exploring how Clive Barker’s original short story “The Forbidden” transformed into a film that defined early-’90s horror. We dissect Tony...

Experience a terrifying Halloween horror story with "Deadly Rental — A VHS Nightmare"! On Halloween night at Valley Video, a storm and blackout turn a cozy movie marathon into a nightmare of terror . Trapped amidst flickering screens and sinister sounds, friends and customers face a growing sense of panic as a VHS slasher stalks the aisles, turning a routine rental into a deadly game of survival....

Experience a chilling Halloween horror story with "The Lone Candy House — A Halloween Tale of Vanishing Kids"! On a spooky Halloween night, a mysterious house emerges at the edge of Strickfield, its porch glowing and candy temptingly sweet. But what begins as a fun trick-or-treat adventure turns into a terrifying nightmare when a group of kids encounters locked doors, whispering mirrors, and the h...

Celebrate the spooky seaso n with this chilling compilation of Halloween horror stories, featuring vengeful zombies , vampire legends, cursed portals, haunted hospitals, and bloodthirsty creatures. Perfect for fans of dark legends, quick scares , and spooky tales, this episode delivers seven chilling stories designed to haunt your dreams and fuel your Halloween mood. If you love creepy legends, su...

Halloween horror stories—making spooky season terrifyingly real.   Richard Trenton Chase , the “Vampire of Sacramento,” whose 1977–1978 crimes turned neighborhood fear into a citywide lockdown. We connect the early warning signs to the unlocked-door “invitation” pattern , the frantic manhunt and FBI profile , and the courtroom fight over sanity and responsibility. With clear sourcing and zero fluf...

It's time for horror stories! When the clock forgets your name, my dear, the night remembers. In this episode of  Unknown Broadcast , we summon six chilling old-time radio horror stories —tales of cursed strangers, haunted houses, ghost makers, and books that bleed. These macabre fictions echo the golden age of radio—dark, vintage, and unforgettable. 👴 A Very Old Man — A kindly stranger wanders i...

Dive into a haunting Halloween tale as Halloween turns to horror in this chilling story ! When a rebellious teen steals a mysterious glowing pumpkin ring from a strange shop in Strickfield, she unleashes a Halloween curse that drags her into a nightmare realm filled with monsters and terror . As the night unfolds, she encounters living vines , pumpkin demons , and ghostly villages in a desperate f...