Best Mark Henriques Podcasts (2026)

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Terrifying & True | Alfred Packer: The Colorado Cannibal’s 1874 Murder Trial 45:46

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A blizzard. A vanished trail. The San Juan Mountains in the winter of 1874. Six men leave safety behind—and only one walks back into town. This is the infamous Alfred (Alferd) Packer story: the “Colorado Cannibal” case that refuses to stay settled, because the evidence is brutal… and the survivor’s account keeps shifting. In this episode of Terrify…

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Unknown Broadcast | Four Old-Time Radio Horror Stories of Secrets and Survival 2:08:56

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Unknown Broadcast returns with old-time radio horror stories, classic OTR suspense, and radio mystery that slips into the Weekly Spooky feed like a transmission you didn’t ask for… but can’t stop hearing. Tonight’s broadcast contains four vintage radio nightmares—crime-soaked, uncanny, and quietly vicious: 🩸 “The Telltale Scar” (CBS Radio Mystery T…

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Best of 2025: Spin the Bottle — A Deadly College Slasher Horror Story 3:23:49

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Weekly Spooky is kicking off Best of 2025 by revisiting one of the year’s most unforgettable nightmares: a college horror novella where a simple night out becomes a spin-the-bottle slasher spiral. Samara thinks she’s just stepping outside her comfort zone—new look, new crush, new rules. But in Strickfield, the party games don’t stay playful for lon…

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Best of 2025: Winter Horror Stories, Cryptids & Wendigo Folklore 1:51:57

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Bundle up, my spookies—this Best of 2025 episode of the Weekly Spooky horror podcast is a snow-choked compilation built for year-round bingeing: winter horror, blizzard dread, creature features, and a finale that pivots into true crime + folklore with a chilling Terrifying & True deep dive. Inside this Best of 2025 compilation: “I Love the Cold” — …

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BANNED! Part 1: Blizzard Horror Convention Murder Mystery Begins 49:22

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Weekly Spooky horror podcast kicks off a brand-new New Year miniseries with a snowbound slasher mystery set inside a remote ski lodge where a horror convention is about to become a hunting ground. Seven years ago, a furious fan named Robbie Redden drove hours to meet an actress he idolized—only to be humiliated, thrown out, and branded with one unf…

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This Week in Horror History | M3GAN, The Relic, The Terror & Resident Evil 4 (Jan 5–11) 22:32

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Start the year with killer dolls, museum monsters, Arctic dread, and survival horror at full sprint. In this week’s This Week in Horror History (January 5–11), we’re tracking the releases that shaped modern fear—then diving deep into one of the meanest “new apartment” nightmares of the 1970s. Quick Hits (Jan 5–11): M3GAN (2023) — the AI “best frien…

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Terrifying & True | 1993 Hamar-Daban Mystery: Siberia’s “Dyatlov Pass” Tragedy 29:29

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Dive into chilling stories and eerie folklore with this terrifying true mystery from Siberia...A true crime / survival mystery in August 1993, seven hikers entered the Hamar-Daban Mountains of Buryatia (near Lake Baikal)—and only one walked back out. What happened on that windswept ridge has been called the “Buryat Dyatlov Pass”: a sudden storm, a …

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Unknown Broadcast | Jealousy, Keys & Red Marks: Four Old-Time Radio Horror Stories 2:15:13

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Ah, there you are. Unknown Broadcast returns with old-time radio horror stories, classic OTR, and radio suspense for those who like the dark close and the volume low, my dear. Tonight the valves warm and the quiet learns to talk: 🔥 Hell Hath No Fury — Fame can’t drown jealousy; a private curtain falls where the applause can’t reach. 🌒 The Night Rev…

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Small Town Secrets: Five Horror Stories of Hidden Cults, Monsters, and Dark Rituals 2:00:01

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Small town horror stories hit different—because everyone knows your name… and everyone is hiding something. In this Weekly Spooky Vault compilation, we dig into Small Town Secrets where quiet streets cover up occult rituals, missing people, backwoods monsters, and ancient things that should’ve stayed buried. Lock your doors, kill the lights, and li…

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Best of 2025: I Was Hunted by a Cryptid in a Snow Storm 55:42

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Kick off the Best of 2025 with one of the most intense episodes we released on the Weekly Spooky horror podcast—a brutal winter survival horror story where a long-haul trucker gets trapped at a lonely truck stop after a sudden blizzard buries the world in white. The bathroom run turns into a nightmare when his tracks vanish, the store is locked and…

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Saint Jimmy: Y2K Panic Meets New Year’s Eve 44:44

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Weekly Spooky rings in the new year with a New Year’s Eve horror story that spirals into a Y2K nightmare—and it all starts with a stupidly simple discovery: crank two radios loud enough, hit the right tone, and you can rip open a hole in time. Sixteen-year-old Jimmy and his cousin Phillip start pulling lost junk from the void… until grief turns cur…

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This Week in Horror History | New Year Horror — Kwaidan, Witchboard & One Missed Call (Dec 29–Jan 4) 22:53

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New Year’s horror, horror movie history, and messages from the other side—welcome to This Week in Horror History, the weekly horror podcast where we track what happened on these dates across film, books, and cult classics.In this episode, Henrique Couto follows a haunting thread that runs straight through the holiday: a phone that calls from the fu…

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Monthly Spooky | New Years True Crime, Bigfoot on I-80, & Conjuring House Lawsuit 2:20:31

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Monthly Spooky true crime + paranormal to close out the year: a chilling wrongful conviction case tied to a 1987 Times Square-area murder that stole decades from two lives—and the long road to exoneration when the truth finally surfaced. Inside this episode: The New Year’s Eve case: The wrongful convictions of Eric Smokes and David Warren after a 1…

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Unknown Broadcast | Bells Before Midnight: Six Horror Stories of Farewells, Guilt, and the End 3:03:24

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Ah, there you are, my dear. Unknown Broadcast returns with old-time radio horror stories, classic OTR ghost tales, and radio suspense for these last nights before New Year’s Eve—when clocks get louder and promises come due. Sit close to the speaker and let the tubes warm. Inside tonight’s program: 👼 Angel of Death — Grief invites a visitor who neve…

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6 Scary New Year Tales of Devils, Vampires, Zombies & Paranormal Evil! 2:42:08

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Ring in the new year with a New Year’s Eve horror stories marathon built for maximum dread: devil bargains, vampires in the dark, zombie chaos, and a paranormal case file that turns the end of the year into a blood-soaked countdown. If you’re searching for scary New Year stories, NYE horror, or a horror anthology podcast to binge, this is your midn…

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After Christmas Horror Stories: Scary Christmas Novella Double Feature 3:26:16

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Looking for after Christmas horror stories and scary Christmas stories to keep the season creepy on December 26? Tonight on the Weekly Spooky feed, we’re dropping a holiday horror podcast double feature—two full-length Christmas horror novellas built for the quiet, eerie day after Christmas, when the decorations are still up… and the darkness feels…

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Otis Slays Christmas: Killer Santa Slasher at Kmart 1:20:43

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Weekly Spooky drops a Christmas Eve horror story soaked in ’90s slasher energy and last-minute retail panic. In Etawah, Oklahoma (1996), Otis Kilgore walks into the Big K like it’s a church—new car, new haircut, new plan—convinced a cashier named Diane has been sending him secret messages. But when the store “messes with” his routine, Otis spirals …

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This Week in Horror History | The Exorcist, The Faculty & Body Snatchers (Dec 22–28) 21:39

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Step into This Week in Horror History and relive the nightmare fuel of December 22–28: a Christmas-week collision of alien infiltration, true-case exorcism lore, and paranoia-soaked sci-fi horror. This episode digs into: Dec 25, 1998 — The Faculty: the ultimate ’90s teen alien horror—teachers acting wrong, bodies getting swapped, and the school tur…

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Terror at Christmas: Jack Scratch’s Hellish Holiday! 1:40:38

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Weekly Spooky unleashes a Christmas horror anthology where the lights are twinkling… and the afterlife is weaponized. When Jack Scratch throws open the curtains on Hell’s “operations,” you don’t get fire-and-brimstone pageantry—you get clipboards, procedures, and punishments dressed up in tinsel. Tonight’s holiday horrors include: The Santa Experim…

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Terrifying & True | Santa’s Stolen Bones: The Medieval Relic Heist of St. Nicholas 1:10:34

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Dive into Christmas true crime, Santa Claus history, and holiday folklore with the real medieval relic heist that helped shape the legend of Santa. In 1087, sailors from Bari, Italy break into the tomb of St. Nicholas in Myra (modern Turkey)—and the world’s most famous Christmas icon gets a disturbingly real origin story. Inside the candlelit crypt…

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Unknown Broadcast | Christmas Horror Stories of Gifts, Ghosts & Snowbound Suspense 3:54:55

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Unknown Broadcast — old-time radio horror stories, classic OTR, radio suspense, and Christmas ghost stories for the longest nights of the year. A special holiday edition, my dear: later nights for cold frights. We unwrap mislaid presents, whispered confessions, and footsteps in new snow; a Yule of shivers where favors come due and the past waits in…

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Christmas Horror Stories: 3 Scary Holiday Novellas 4:06:32

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Christmas horror stories marathon time, my spookies. Tonight on Weekly Spooky, you’re getting a full holiday horror novella triple-feature—three long, nasty winter tales where tinsel and terror share the same oxygen. This is cozy-season listening with sharp teeth: a haunted mall after-hours, a slumber-party movie night that opens the wrong door, an…

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Scary Christmas Stories: 7 Christmas Horror Tales to Ruin the Holidays 4:56:43

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If you’re hunting for Christmas horror stories and scary Christmas stories that feel like a warm holiday glow… right before the lights go out—welcome to the final Xmas compilation of the year on the Weekly Spooky feed. Expect holiday horror, supernatural dread, and the kind of winter nightmares that make you double-check the chimney, the gift tags,…

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The Naughty Claus: Killer Santa Christmas Horror Story 41:48

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It’s Christmas Eve, the lights are bright, the carols are fake, and something wrong is crawling down the chimney of a normal night. In this Weekly Spooky Christmas horror story, Allison just wants to survive the holidays long enough to buy a last-minute gift… but a filthy, broken “Santa” has other plans — and he’s working off a Naughty List that do…

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Cutting Deep into Horror | Dead End (2003) Christmas Road Trip to Hell! 1:53:47

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If you’re hunting for a Christmas horror movie that isn’t cozy or cute, Dead End (2003) is a nasty little gift waiting on a snowy back road. On this episode of Cutting Deep into Horror, hosts Henrique Couto & Rachael Redolfi sink into the cult Christmas chiller where the Harrington family’s Christmas Eve shortcut becomes an endless nightmare of cur…

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An Angel of Death Christmas: A Scary Holiday Horror Showdown 1:58:02

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Looking for a Christmas horror story that hits like a slasher, moves like a thriller, and burns like a nightmare? This week on Weekly Spooky, the holidays turn deadly in the Strickfield universe when a toxic chemical crash on a snowy Ohio highway ignites neon green fire—and something comes shambling out of it. Detective Chantel Devereux thinks the …

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A Christmas Romance: A Witch’s Curse Horror Story 49:21

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Dive into this chilling Christmas horror story where a centuries-old witch's curse entwines with a doomed romance. From the icy Middle Ages to modern-day Strickfield, discover how true love battles a dark, supernatural force in a tale filled with eerie twists and mature themes. Unwrap a spooky story perfect for fans of horror stories and chilling h…

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This Week in Horror History | Black Christmas, Young Frankenstein & Ghost Story (December 15–21) 23:52

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Bundle up, my spookies—this week’s This Week in Horror History digs into Christmas horror movies, winter ghost stories, and festive frights from December 15–21. We’re hanging the stockings and turning off the lights as we revisit the classics that made the holidays just a little more terrifying. We kick things off with Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstei…

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Black Christmas: A Cursed Snow Globe Christmas Horror Story 1:00:11

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Weekly Spooky brings you a Christmas horror story about a broke newsboy, a hidden antiques shop, and a cursed snow globe that can tilt luck itself—if you’re willing to pay. Inside the glass sits a miniature winter town… and with each whispered wish, the flakes swirl… and a few turn black. At first, it feels like a miracle: debts vanish, odds bend, …

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Terrifying & True | Père Fouettard: The French Krampus and the Dark Side of Christmas 58:10

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When most people think of Christmas, they picture cozy lights, warm cocoa, and jolly Saint Nick. But in parts of France and Belgium, children grew up with a much darker figure stalking the snowy streets: Père Fouettard, the “French Krampus” — Saint Nicholas’ brutal Christmas punisher. In this chilling episode of Terrifying & True, we unwrap one of …

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Unknown Broadcast | Six Horror Stories of Guilt, Poison, and the Pendulum 3:10:03

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Unknown Broadcast returns with classic old-time radio horror stories—radio suspense steeped in paranoia, poison, prison clocks, and a blade that never stops its kiss. Settle in, my dear: this ghost stories podcast slips between classic OTR chambers—Mystery Theater, Escape, The Whistler, and more—where alibis are stitched on ocean liners, serpents n…

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Christmas Horror Stories: Snow, Santa & Slaughter 4:36:23

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Trade Hallmark cheer for brutal Christmas horror stories in this binge-length Weekly Spooky special. We’re talking Christmas horror, twisted folklore, and bloody urban legends—killer elves, demonic Santas, zombie outbreaks, and holiday vengeance that turns tinsel into a crime scene. If you crave scary Christmas stories with mature themes, this wint…

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Cutting Deep into Horror | Wind Chill (2007) – Emily Blunt’s Snowbound Christmas Ghost Story 2:04:02

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Looking for a cozy-but-creepy Christmas horror movie to watch while the snow piles up outside? On this episode of Cutting Deep into Horror, hosts Henrique Couto & Rachael Redolfi dig into Wind Chill (2007), a snowbound Christmas ghost story directed by Gregory Jacobs and starring Emily Blunt and Ashton Holmes. Set the day before Christmas Eve on an…

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A Blue Christmas: A Dark Superhero Holiday Horror Story 2:11:28

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Dive into a chilling Christmas horror tale with “A Blue Christmas,” where eerie folklore and superhero dark fantasy collide in the snow-covered streets of Shore City. This feature-length episode blends spooky stories and urban legends during the spooky season, delivering mature themes and an anthology vibe that horror fans will love. Follow reporte…

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Milk, Cookies, and Krampus: A Christmas Horror Story of Folklore, Family… and a Very Bad Dog 46:01

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On this Weekly Spooky Christmas horror special, we’re heading back to Strickfield, Ohio for a night of folklore, family traditions, and a Krampus visit that feels a little too real. When Daisy May Donnerly, Carnelian Mirren, and the ever-hungry Ol’ McDonald settle in on Christmas Eve, all they’re supposed to do is leave milk and cookies for Santa—b…

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This Week in Horror History | Christine, The Wolfman & Scream 2 (December 8–14) 22:11

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Horror movies, holiday slashers, and classic monster mayhem collide in this episode of This Week in Horror History, covering December 8–14 in spooky cinema. We dig into the releases, icons, and deep cuts that shaped horror long before Christmas morning ever arrived. This week’s watch list includes: Christine (1983) – John Carpenter’s sleek, icy ada…

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Terrifying & True | Frau Perchta, the Christmas Witch: Alpine Folklore and Chilling Christmas Horror 1:02:43

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Terrifying & True returns with dark Christmas horror rooted in real Alpine folklore and chilling winter horror stories. Long before cozy Hallmark snowfalls, families in the high Alps spent the Twelve Nights of Christmas fearing a “Christmas Witch” who might reward your hard work… or split you open and stuff you with straw if you broke her rules. Th…

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Unknown Broadcast | Six Horror Stories of Fate, Hubris, and the Crawling Night 3:01:30

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Ah, there you are, my dear. Unknown Broadcast arrives with old-time radio horror stories, classic OTR chills, and the kind of radio suspense that leans close enough to fog the glass. Tonight, six shadows take attendance: 👶 Child of Misfortune — Some lives are born owing. Fate keeps the ledger; the interest is fear. 👑 King of the World — When ego cr…

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Yuletide Bloodbath: 9 Christmas Horror Stories of Killer Santas, Krampus & Winter Nightmares 3:52:12

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Looking for terrifying Christmas horror stories to binge this December? This Weekly Spooky holiday special unleashes nine brutal Christmas horror tales packed with killer Santas, vengeful Krampus spirits, murderous androids, and snow-choked nightmares — the perfect Christmas horror podcast compilation for wrapping gifts, long drives, or late-night …

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The Christmas Carnival: A Haunted Holiday Horror Story 2:08:51

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Dive into a chilling Christmas horror story in this novella-length special from Weekly Spooky. Set in the snowy, eerie town of Strickfield, this episode combines cozy small-town Christmas vibes with truly scary, supernatural urban legends. Follow Bill and his family as they uncover the dark secrets of the haunted Christmas Carnival, a place where t…

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The Pageant: A Chilling Christmas Horror Story 31:05

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Christmas Eve in a small-town church takes a terrifying turn in this chilling holiday horror story. “The Pageant”brings you into the heart of Christmas traditions gone wrong, filled with suspense, mature themes, and dark secretslurking beneath the carols and candlelight. Janet Monroe, caught up in the high-stakes drama of running the church’s Chris…

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The Weather Outside is Frightful: Deadly Christmas Hurricane! 43:46

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Looking for a chilling Christmas horror story with ghosts, storms, and a cursed secret? This holiday horror episode of Weekly Spooky takes you to the Florida coast on Christmas Eve, where there’s no snow—just black water, violent wind, and something in the dark that refuses to let go. Chet Miller is a grieving widower spending Christmas alone in No…

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This Week in Horror History | Turistas, Scalps, House of Dracula & Girls Nite Out 21:59

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The first week of December isn’t just for cozy rom-coms and twinkling lights. On this episode of This Week in Horror History, we dig into the spooky side of December 1–7, charting travel nightmares, cursed deserts, classic Universal monsters, and a knife-clawed college mascot turning school spirit into a bloodbath. We kick things off with Turistas …

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Terrifying & True | Dangers of a Victorian Christmas: Fires, Poisons, and Deadly Traditions 54:38

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A Victorian Christmas looks cozy on greeting cards—glowing candle-lit trees, shimmering tinsel, children gathered around the fire. But behind the snow-globe charm was a season of deadly house fires, toxic decorations, poisoned sweets, and experimental electric lights that turned “old-fashioned Christmas” into a very real nightmare. In this episode …

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Unknown Broadcast | Four Horror Stories of Illusion, Justice, Betrayal, and a Stalking Shadow 2:09:29

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Tonight, my dear, the dial drifts into places where time kinks, debts come due, and footsteps follow just out of sight. Settle in with Unknown Broadcast—your portal to classic OTR chills, old-time radio horror stories, and radio suspense that still breathe in the dark. Listen close… the night is speaking. 🕰️🌉 An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge — A r…

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10 Scary Christmas Horror Stories — Holiday Ghosts, Killer Santas & Winter Nightmares 3:54:09

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Looking for scary Christmas horror stories to binge while you decorate the tree? This feature-length Christmas horror podcast special from Weekly Spooky packs 10 terrifying holiday horror tales into one nonstop marathon of killer Santas, haunted Christmas traditions, deadly blizzards, cursed letters, and creepy toy stores. Perfect for anyone who lo…

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Cutting Deep into Horror | Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) The Birth of Modern Terror 2:09:10

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This Black Friday, Cutting Deep into Horror takes you back to where modern terror truly began: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974). Hosts Henrique Couto & Rachael Redolfi break down Tobe Hooper’s legendary shocker — a film that reshaped horror with its brutal realism, suffocating Texas heat, and one of cinema’s most terrifying families. Perfect for…

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7 Teeth: Thanksgiving Asylum Horror Story 1:22:35

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Thanksgiving horror story on the Weekly Spooky podcast: a snow-dusted asylum turns festive decorations and Jenga games into a slasher-mystery nightmare. Patients go missing. A “therapy” session ends in blood. And seven broken teeth point to a cover-up thicker than gravy. If you’re craving holiday horror, asylum terror, and killer-on-the-loose suspe…

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This Week in Horror History | Misery, Scrooge & Violent Night 21:59

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This Week in Horror History is your winter horror watchlist, breaking down Christmas horror movies, winter thrillers, and classic ghost stories for the week of November 26–December 2. In this episode of the Weekly Spooky horror podcast, host Henrique Couto revisits Misery (1990), Scrooge / A Christmas Carol (1951), Violent Night (2022), deep-cut se…

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Monthly Spooky | Haunted Mansions, Holiday Scares, and the Sin Eater! 2:11:31

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Thanksgiving horror, turkey-day traditions, haunted mansions, Sin Eater folklore. Henrique & Michelle serve cozy table talk (leftovers, cranberry, Black Friday) before carving into eerie headlines and a feast-themed deep dive into the Sin Eater—perfect for the season of big meals and bigger myths. Inside this episode Turkey-day talk: best leftovers…