Weekly Spooky | Scary Stories for Spooky Season

Richard Speck and the 1966 Chicago nurse murders remain one of the most horrifying chapters in Chicago true crime history. In this Best of 2025 revisit, Terrifying & True returns to one of its most gripping and disturbing deep dives: the night eight young student nurses were terrorized and murdered inside their South Side townhouse, and the long shadow that crime cast over America. This episod...

A love potion experiment goes horribly wrong in this twisted college horror story set at Strickfield University , where obsession, jealousy, and chemistry turn into a bloody nightmare. When a synthetic hormone transforms a brilliant student into a ravenous, lovesick monster, one desperate guy finds himself trapped in a science building with the very woman he’s been chasing for years—and now she wa...

This Week in Horror History for April 20–26 dives into a packed week of horror release dates, anniversaries, cult favorites, and modern genre hits—from Vacancy (2007) and Silent Hill (2006) to The Hand (1981) , Until Dawn (2025) , and this week’s Deep-Cut Spotlight, The Dark Half (1993) . If you love horror movie history , release date anniversaries , cult horror films , Stephen King adaptations ,...

When a black hell hound with burning eyes supposedly crashed through two churches during a violent 1577 storm in Suffolk and Norfolk, was it folklore or fact? In this episode of Terrifying & True, we investigate Black Shuck—the most fearsome cryptid in English folklore—and uncover the real storm disaster that may have birth one of the world's most enduring eerie legends. From eyewitness accoun...

Unknown Broadcast returns to the Weekly Spooky feed with more old-time radio horror stories, classic OTR suspense, vintage mystery radio, ghostly dread, strange disappearances, greed, curses, and dark family secrets . This week’s transmission moves from plague-haunted bloodlines to a vanished bride, from murderous greed to a glittering dream of impossible wealth. 🌹 A Ring of Roses — A seemingly i...

Small-town horror, vampire horror, cursed love, alternate dimensions, and terrifying supernatural encounters collide in this eerie Weekly Spooky compilation of four dark and dangerous tales. If you love creepy small-town secrets, portal horror, monster stories, evil transformations, and strange nights that spiral into bloodshed, this one is packed with nightmare fuel. Tonight’s lineup moves from a...

Creep (2014) is one of the most unsettling found footage horror movies of the 2010s, and in this episode of Cutting Deep into Horror , Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi dig into why Patrick Brice’s microbudget nightmare still works so well. This episode centers on Creep , the 2014 psychological horror film directed by Patrick Brice and built around the deeply unnerving chemistry between Mark Dupl...

What if the scariest thing in your home wasn’t a ghost… but a painting you created yourself ? In tonight’s Weekly Spooky episode, a casual girls’ night turns into a chilling supernatural nightmare when a woman discovers that her strange new artwork seems to know too much about her house, her life, and what is about to happen next. Haunted paintings, witches, cursed art, ghosts, and home invasion h...

This Week in Horror History for April 13–19 dives into a killer stretch of horror release dates, anniversaries, cult favorites, horror gaming, and one of the most divisive occult fever dreams of the 2010s. We’re talking American Psycho , The Amityville Horror , Jakob’s Wife , Sker Ritual , and a Deep-Cut Spotlight on The Lords of Salem —plus horror birthdays, a Then & Now bite, and a weekly re...

The Lead Masks Case is one of the strangest unsolved mysteries in true crime history: two Brazilian electronics technicians , found dead on a hillside in Niterói, Brazil , wearing homemade lead eye masks , with a cryptic note instructing them to take capsules , await a signal , and use the mask afterward. In this episode of Terrifying & True , we dig into the eerie facts, the failed investigat...

Unknown Broadcast slips once more into the Weekly Spooky feed with old-time radio horror stories, classic OTR suspense, vintage radio mystery, ghostly encounters, occult dread, and fatal justice . This week’s transmission moves from a war-haunted tavern to strange magic, from death-shadowed streets to a whispered tale of punishment waiting in the dark. 🔫 The Bullet — A weary veteran tries to leav...

Witchcraft, folk horror, Satanic Panic terror, cursed small towns, undead nightmares, and occult evil come together in this dark and eerie Weekly Spooky compilation. If you love witches, rural horror, sinister rituals, ancient gods, creepy old houses, and stories where the whole town feels wrong, this collection is packed with nightmare fuel. Tonight’s lineup drags you through the fever dream of 1...

Carrie Culberson was just 22 years old when she vanished from Blanchester, Ohio in August 1996. What followed became one of the state’s most haunting true crime cases: a young woman missing, a violent boyfriend at the center of suspicion, a town shaken by fear and rumor, and a murder conviction without a body . For this Best of 2025 revisit, we’re returning to one of the most gripping and unforget...

A lonely ice fishing hut , a brutal Ontario snowstorm , and a series of slow, deliberate knocks at the door in the dead of night — tonight’s Weekly Spooky episode delivers a deeply unsettling true scary story about isolation, fear, and the kind of experience that refuses to make sense long after the sun comes up. If you love true horror stories , creepy wilderness encounters , paranormal mysteries...

This Week in Horror History is your weekly horror release-date roundup , with where to watch or stream (U.S.) , a deep-cut spotlight , and a weekly recommendation for fans of monster movies, supernatural horror, survival horror, cosmic horror, Stephen King, and cult favorites . This week brings A Quiet Place , Oculus , Critters , Scary Movie 5 , and The Void —a lineup packed with silence-driven te...

The Anneliese Michel exorcism remains one of the most disturbing and controversial cases in modern religious history—a story of alleged demonic possession , failed medical treatment, Catholic ritual, and a young woman whose death still fuels arguments about faith, mental illness, epilepsy, and neglect . In this episode of Terrifying & True , we go beyond the sensational “real exorcism” legend...

Unknown Broadcast returns with more old-time radio horror stories, classic OTR suspense, vintage radio drama, eerie mystery anthologies, and dark audio storytelling slipped loose from the static. This week’s transmission moves from a prison-bred family wound that never healed, to occupied France and a dangerous OSS operation, to a miracle cure that may be something far worse, and finally to the so...

Ghost stories, werewolves, zombies, haunted houses, and small-town horror collide in this creepy collection of four scary stories packed with eerie legends, supernatural terror, and backwoods nightmares. If you love haunted pond tales, werewolf horror, ghost story atmosphere, weird monsters, and strange late-night encounters, this episode is built for you. Tonight’s lineup drags you through cursed...

Resurrection Mary , Chicago’s vanishing hitchhiker , Archer Avenue ghost story , and Resurrection Cemetery legend all come together in one of the most haunting and engrossing episodes of Terrifying & True —and for our Best of 2025 revisit, this is absolutely one worth experiencing again.  On a lonely stretch of road outside Chicago, drivers have reported the same chilling encounter for generat...

Looking for the perfect April Fools Day horror story ? Tonight on Weekly Spooky , a skeptical researcher chasing mysterious ley lines , haunted roads, and strange energy finds himself lured to a remote castle where nothing is what it seems. What begins like a campy gothic prank quickly spirals into a bizarre night of vampires, werewolves, dark comedy, and supernatural terror . This creepy and funn...

This Week in Horror History  is your weekly  horror movie and horror game release-date roundup , with where to watch or play (U.S.) , a deep-cut spotlight , and a weekly recommendation for fans of body horror, supernatural horror, Stephen King, cult horror, survival horror, and horror documentaries . This week brings Slither , Cat People , Cursed Films , Pet Sematary , and Resident Evil 3 —a lineu...

Monthly Spooky paranormal podcast time—Henrique & Michelle dig into spooky news , urban legends , and creepy folklore that hits different when winter won’t let go. We start with the chaos of modern life (yes, taxes), then dive headfirst into spring superstitions from around the world, including the wild Annapolis sock-burning tradition that literally sets “winter” on fire. Inside this episode:...

Unknown Broadcast returns with more old-time radio horror stories, classic OTR suspense, vintage radio mystery, and eerie anthology drama slipping out of the dark and into your speakers. This week’s transmission drifts from a lonely house haunted by more than nerves, to a mad dream of kingship, to a secret criminal chamber with its own whispered password, and finally to a single letter that ruins...

AI horror, demonic deals, graveyard horror, undead revenge, and creepy psychological terror collide in this Ides of March installment from the Weekly Spooky horror podcast . If you love scary stories , supernatural horror , occult suspense , vampire-style graveyard chills , and modern nightmares about technology turning against us, this collection is built to hit every nerve. In this episode, a wr...

John Carpenter’s Someone’s Watching Me! (1978) is one of the most overlooked thrillers in his filmography, and this week on Cutting Deep into Horror , Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi dig into the tense, creepy made-for-TV shocker Carpenter made right before Halloween . The film stars Lauren Hutton , David Birney , and Adrienne Barbeau , and turns anonymous phone calls, apartment paranoia, and s...