Weekly Spooky | Scary Stories for Spooky Season

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  Intruder in the Night | Home Invasion Horror for Halloween 16.09.2026 45min

  A teenage babysitter faces a masked intruder with poison gas in Intruder in the Night, a home invasion horror story by David O’Hanlon. It’s September 1944, and fourteen-year-old Candice Cardona is watching two boys in Couto Basin. Then a window opens, a sickly sweet smell drifts through the house, and muddy boot prints lead to the children’s room. Someone is already inside—and Candice has more than her own life to save. Make room in your scary Halloween stories queue for the Mad Gasser of Couto Basin, an original Weekly Spooky nightmare rooted in wartime paranoia. Don’t breathe too deeply.Bonus episodes & support: https://weeklyspooky.com/joinMore scary stories: https://weeklyspooky.com/Story submissions: [email protected]
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  This Week in Horror History | Jennifer's Body, Blair Witch, Hardware & The Addams Family - Sep 14-20 15.09.2026 19min

  Jennifer's Body turns friendship into demonic horror, Blair Witch sends a new crew into the Black Hills, and Hardware traps a killer machine inside an apartment. This Week in Horror History covers September 14-20, 2026, with The Addams Family's macabre TV comedy and Cry_Wolf's invented serial killer joining the lineup. Revisit the films and television that made possession, technology, and even a family home feel dangerous. Plus, celebrate Sam Neill, Jennifer Tilly, Cassandra Peterson, and George R. R. Martin, then add Underworld's vampire-Lycan war to your Halloween watchlist.Bonus episodes & support: https://weeklyspooky.com/joinMore scary stories: https://weeklyspooky.com/Story submissions: [email protected]
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  Terrifying & True | Lizzie Borden: The Axe Murders, Trial and Unsolved Mystery 14.09.2026 48min

  Lizzie Borden was acquitted of the 1892 axe murders, yet a notorious nursery rhyme still casts her as the killer. Terrifying & True returns to Fall River, Massachusetts, to examine the deaths of Andrew and Abby Borden and the evidence at her 1893 trial. From the disputed barn alibi and burned dress to the handleless hatchet, follow the clues that fueled suspicion without securing a conviction. Separate the historical record from folklore and competing theories. Why did suspicion survive the verdict—and why are the murders still unsolved? We're telling that story tonight.Bonus episodes & support: https://weeklyspooky.com/joinMore scary stories: https://weeklyspooky.com/Story submissions: [email protected]
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  Unknown Broadcast | Harvest of Death & The Ghost in the Garden: Old-Time Radio Mysteries 13.09.2026 3t 11min

  Unknown Broadcast collects six old-time radio mysteries spanning political intrigue, wartime danger, and deadly relationships. Machiavelli steers a young man toward a false confession; a Korean War mission sends minesweepers into peril. Hear Down the Garden Path (CBS Radio Mystery Theater), Wild Oranges (Escape), Needle in the Haystack (Suspense), Harvest of Death (The Whistler), The Ghost in the Garden (Inner Sanctum), and Cornelia (Quiet Please). More than three hours of classic radio suspense move from a threatened coastal household to a marriage poisoned by hatred.Bonus episodes & support: https://weeklyspooky.com/joinMore scary stories: https://weeklyspooky.com/Story submissions: [email protected]
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  Rituals, Reels & Rentals | 7 Halloween Horror Stories: Cursed VHS & Slashers 12.09.2026 4t 55min

  A cursed VHS traps viewers in a slasher nightmare, vampires rent movies after dark, and a horror host draws a young fan into his show. Rituals, Reels & Rentals gathers seven scary Halloween stories into nearly five hours of Weekly Spooky fiction. Hear PHANTASMAGORIA, Special Halloween Hours, The Strickfield Slasher, and ERASURE, alongside graveyard rituals and a deadly rental. Dan Wilder, Keith Tomlin, Morgan Moore, Rob Fields, and Charles Campbell turn 1980s horror nostalgia into cursed-media nightmares. One tape can erase people from existence. How safe are you on the other side of the screen?Bonus episodes & support: https://weeklyspooky.com/joinMore scary stories: https://weeklyspooky.com/Story submissions: [email protected]
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  Terrifying & True | No One Is Coming: 7 Stories of Murder, Survival & Haunted Places 11.09.2026 3t 59min

  At Hinterkaifeck, six people are murdered—and someone may have stayed at the farm afterward. No One Is Coming gathers seven Terrifying & True accounts of unsolved crime, wilderness disaster, and haunted-place folklore. Visit the Stanley Hotel, the Good Hart murders, and Bonnie Hood's death at Camp Nelson, then follow the Hamar-Daban hikers, Alfred Packer, and the Donner Party. Nearly four hours separate documented events from disputed testimony and ghost stories. When help is miles away, whose account can you trust? We're telling that story tonight.Bonus episodes & support: https://weeklyspooky.com/joinMore scary stories: https://weeklyspooky.com/Story submissions: [email protected]
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  Thursday Thrills | Bihl Manor: Ohio Ghost Stories Behind A Very Haunted Renovation 10.09.2026 19min

  Bihl Manor in Fremont, Ohio, is the reportedly haunted house behind HGTV's A Very Haunted Renovation. Its ghost stories include a man at an empty upstairs window, a red-haired figure on the stairs, and voices with no visible speaker. Thursday Thrills follows Henrique Couto through the property's history and haunting accounts, from the Bihl and Wolfe families to funeral viewings and paranormal investigations. Explore how a family home became a destination for ghost hunters, while separating reported experiences from documented facts. What was haunting its reputation before the cameras arrived?Bonus episodes & support: https://weeklyspooky.com/joinMore scary stories: https://weeklyspooky.com/Story submissions: [email protected]
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  Anger Issues | A Werewolf Curse at Strickfield High 09.09.2026 52min

  Danielle Boyd turns into a werewolf whenever she loses her temper—and stays fully aware of what she does. Anger Issues by Rob Fields brings a curse that cannot wait for the full moon to Strickfield High. After a cheerleader's brutal death, monster hunter Headmistress Hiltonson targets Danielle. The town's mysterious rejuvenating waters let Hiltonson go undercover as a student to hunt her prey. This darkly funny Weekly Spooky horror story traps teenage rage inside a school full of supernatural secrets. Can Danielle control her anger with a monster hunter hiding among her classmates?Bonus episodes & support: https://weeklyspooky.com/joinMore scary stories: https://weeklyspooky.com/Story submissions: [email protected]
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  This Week in Horror History | IT, Hellraiser & True Blood - Sep 7-13 08.09.2026 20min

  Pennywise crawls out of Derry, Hellraiser opens its puzzle box, and True Blood brings vampires out of the coffin. This Week in Horror History revisits those milestones for September 7-13, 2026, alongside Amnesia: The Dark Descent and the prom-night terror of The Loved Ones. Discover how Stephen King's IT, Clive Barker's Cenobites, and a game built around running and hiding found different ways to make audiences afraid. Plus, celebrate birthdays and revisit The X-Files. Pick your next Halloween watch or game, from supernatural conspiracies to a castle where fighting back isn't an option.Bonus episodes & support: https://weeklyspooky.com/joinMore scary stories: https://weeklyspooky.com/Story submissions: [email protected]
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  Terrifying & True | The Golem of Prague: Jewish Folklore's Clay Monster 07.09.2026 49min

  The Golem of Prague is Jewish folklore's clay guardian, shaped to protect a threatened community. Terrifying & True follows Rabbi Judah Loew's legend through sacred Hebrew letters, the older golem of Chelm, and tales of a body hidden in the Old-New Synagogue attic. Discover how Yudl Rosenberg's 1909 book helped define a defender against false antisemitic accusations. We distinguish religious tradition and documented history from later fiction. What happens when a protector can obey its maker but cannot understand the consequences? We're telling that story tonight.Bonus episodes & support: https://weeklyspooky.com/joinMore scary stories: https://weeklyspooky.com/Story submissions: [email protected]
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  Unknown Broadcast | Deadly Lessons: Old Time Radio Horror & Suspense 06.09.2026 3t 23min

  Unknown Broadcast: Deadly Lessons gathers six old-time radio dramas of murder, revenge, and time travel. A teacher discovers secret seances after a pupil dies of fright; gold miners are hunted for their claim. Hear The Last Lesson (CBS Radio Mystery Theater), The Notebook (Escape), Finishing School (Suspense), The Black Book (The Whistler), One for the Book (Quiet Please), and Dr. Manette's Manuscript (The Weird Circle). Fred Gwynne, William Conrad, and Elsa Lanchester feature in more than three hours of vintage mystery and Gothic suspense. Some lessons come at a terrible price.Bonus episodes & support: https://weeklyspooky.com/joinMore scary stories: https://weeklyspooky.com/Story submissions: [email protected]
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  The Long Road to the Haunted Hayride | 8 Halloween Horror Stories 05.09.2026 4t 53min

  Stay on the wagon. The haunted hayride has one rule, and breaking it turns staged scares into a fight to survive. Eight Halloween horror stories fill nearly five hours in The Long Road to the Haunted Hayride, a Weekly Spooky fiction anthology of corn mazes, scarecrows and Southern Gothic revenge. Meet The Grinner, The Piano Witch and Sickle Jack, then board the final hayride. Stories by David O'Hanlon, Henrique Couto, Charles Campbell, Joe Solmo, William Rayne, L.F. Falconer and Rob Fields lead from swamp-born pumpkin monsters to a living corn maze that demands a price for escape.Bonus episodes & support: https://weeklyspooky.com/joinMore scary stories: https://weeklyspooky.com/Story submissions: [email protected]
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  Cutting Deep into Horror | The Ritual (2017): Folk Horror, Survivor’s Guilt & the Forest Monster 04.09.2026 1t 54min

  The Ritual (2017) turns a Swedish forest hike into folk horror, where an ancient creature uses its victims' trauma to demand submission. What does the creature want from Luke? Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi examine David Bruckner's film, Rafe Spall's performance, and its origins in Adam Nevill's novel. From the cabin's effigy to the creature's design, this Cutting Deep into Horror discussion connects survivor's guilt with the monster's control. Full spoilers: explore Luke's struggle to resist, the ending, and comparisons with The Blair Witch Project and Midsommar.Bonus episodes & support: https://weeklyspooky.com/joinMore scary stories: https://weeklyspooky.com/Story submissions: [email protected]
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  Thursday Thrills | Kyoto's Gate to Hell: Rokudo Chinno-ji & Japanese Folklore 03.09.2026 18min

  Kyoto's Rokudo Chinno-ji is a real temple at the heart of Japan's Gate to Hell folklore—and Capcom's Onimusha: Way of the Sword. Legend links its well to Ono no Takamura, a court official said to travel between the living world and the underworld. Thursday Thrills explores the temple's hidden bell, ancestral-spirit rituals, and the stories surrounding this sacred crossroads. Henrique Couto separates documented history from supernatural claims, tracing Japanese folklore beyond the game's setting. Why did a well and a bell become ways of imagining contact with the dead?Bonus episodes & support: https://weeklyspooky.com/joinMore scary stories: https://weeklyspooky.com/Story submissions: [email protected]
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  I Do Not Know You | A Cursed Tape Recorder Predicts His Death 02.09.2026 24min

  A vintage tape recorder knows Jerry Scott's secrets—and gives him five minutes before an inhuman visitor arrives. I Do Not Know You by Tyler Belmont is an analog horror story from Weekly Spooky. An unmarked package appears in Jerry's electronics shop, and the machine inside announces when he will die. Then a tall stranger starts tapping at the glass. Jerry locks the doors and reaches for a baseball bat, but the recording insists he cannot escape. Is there still time to prove it wrong? Henrique's 40th birthday wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wish...Bonus episodes & support: https://weeklyspooky.com/joinMore scary stories: https://weeklyspooky.com/Story submissions: [email protected]
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  This Week in Horror History | IT Chapter Two, Suspiria, Outlast & Pontypool - Aug 31-Sep 6 01.09.2026 21min

  Pennywise waits in Derry, witches control a dance academy, and Outlast sends you into an asylum with only a camera. This Week in Horror History revisits IT Chapter Two, Suspiria (2018), Outlast, and The Possession for August 31-September 6, 2026. Explore the films and survival-horror game behind the nightmares, then tune into Pontypool, where language itself can carry an infection. Plus, revisit The Prophecy and celebrate birthdays including Keanu Reeves and Michael Keaton. Build a Halloween watchlist that runs from a haunted box to a radio broadcast where speaking can spread the danger.Bonus episodes & support: https://weeklyspooky.com/joinMore scary stories: https://weeklyspooky.com/Story submissions: [email protected]
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  Monthly Spooky | The Great Moon Hoax, Halloween Hauntings, Bigfoot & UFOs 31.08.2026 2t 24min

  Bat people on the Moon? The Great Moon Hoax of 1835 sold readers an imaginary lunar world, and Henrique Couto and Michelle follow the newspaper sensation that made fiction look like science. This August 2026 Monthly Spooky also checks in on reported Bigfoot sightings in Connecticut, unusual UFO reports from Brussels, and a haunted library story with a room the library says never existed. From lunar creatures to disputed encounters, how does a strange story become something people believe? Henrique's birthday wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wish...Bonus episodes & support: https://weeklyspooky.com/joinMore scary stories: https://weeklyspooky.com/Story submissions: [email protected]
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  Unknown Broadcast | What the Darkness Saw: Classic OTR Mystery 30.08.2026 2t 4min

  A witness hears a paid killing. A recovering patient sees a murder everyone denies. Unknown Broadcast gathers four classic old-time radio mysteries about the danger of knowing too much: The Blind Witness, The Country of the Blind, Eyewitness, and With My Own Eyes. A sighted mountaineer reaches a community that treats vision as a disease, while a reporter's prison tour becomes a violent mutiny. Across just over two hours of vintage suspense, testimony becomes a liability and disbelief can be a weapon. Who will listen when the only person who knows the truth is the person no one believes?Bonus episodes & support: https://weeklyspooky.com/joinMore scary stories: https://weeklyspooky.com/Story submissions: [email protected]
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  Halloween Horror Stories | Vampires, Body Horror & Headless Folklore 29.08.2026 4t 53min

  A headless rider stalks a Halloween shortcut, a drive-in marathon turns into an afterlife reckoning, and an experiment gives a woman a monstrous body. Halloween Changes You brings five horror stories into nearly five hours of headless folklore, vampires, and body horror. Morgan Moore's Dullahan joins Rob Fields' Retro Halloween Weekend, Retro Halloween Revelations, New Life, and Madelyne's Revenge. From a forgotten witch-trial museum to a vampire from another world, these transformations reach far beyond a costume. Surviving the night may mean becoming something you no longer recognize.Bonus episodes & support: https://weeklyspooky.com/joinMore scary stories: https://weeklyspooky.com/Story submissions: [email protected]
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  When Legends Turn Deadly: True Crime Meets Cryptid Folklore 28.08.2026 4t 8min

  Can a ghost story expose a murder, or can belief help conceal real harm? Eight Terrifying & True investigations connect the Greenbrier Ghost, the Fox sisters, the Hat Man, and the fatal exorcisms of Anneliese Michel with the stories people tell about fear. Deer Woman, djinn, Melonheads, and the killing of Jeffrey Hall complete just over four hours of folklore, spiritualism, and documented tragedy. Cultural traditions, reported encounters, and criminal cases each receive their own context. Follow the evidence to see where a legend ends and its human consequences begin.Bonus episodes & support: https://weeklyspooky.com/joinMore scary stories: https://weeklyspooky.com/Story submissions: [email protected]