Weekly Spooky

The murder of Brian Barrett became one of the most disturbing true crime cases of the early internet age: a deadly online love triangle built on catfishing, fake identities, chatroom deception, jealousy, and obsession.In 2006, 22-year-old Brian Barrett was shot and killed outside Dynabrade Corporation in Clarence, New York, near Buffalo. At first, the murder seemed almost motiveless. Brian was a college student, athlete, Little League coach, and future teacher with no obvious enemies. But investigators soon uncovered a digital trail involving Pogo chatrooms, Yahoo instant messages, online romance, and a username that would become infamous: TalHotBlond.This episode of Terrifying & True investigates the real story behind the Brian Barrett murder, the TalHotBlond case, and the online deception that led to violence. Thomas Montgomery, a 46-year-old married father, had been posing online as an 18-year-old Marine sniper named Tommy. Mary Shieler, a 45-year-old mother in West Virginia, was posing as her own teenage daughter, using the girl's photos and voice to maintain the fantasy. Brian Barrett entered the situation as himself — a real 22-year-old man caught between two adults hiding behind fake ideAs the lies unraveled, Montgomery became consumed by jealousy, humiliation, and obsession. The online rivalry moved from Pogo games and instant messages into the workplace, where Brian and Thomas both worked. Then, on September 15, 2006, Brian walked to his pickup truck after his shift and was ambushed with a .30-caliber rifle.We examine the evidence against Thomas Montgomery, the DNA on the peach pit, the missing rifle, the chat logs, the TalHotBlond deception, Mary Shieler's role, and why the case became known as the internet love triangle murder. But at the center of the story is not a screen name, a scandal, or a twist. It is Brian Barrett — a son, brother, friend, coach, student, and future teacher whose life was stolen by obsession.We're telling that story tonight.

Unknown Broadcast returns with a full night of horror fiction anthology classics: CBS Radio Mystery Theater, Escape, Suspense, and The Whistler. Four eerie stories of supernatural mystery, impossible apparitions, and noir crime spanning the Golden Age of radio drama. Immersive vintage suspense for late-night listening.Tonight's eerie OTR lineup includes “The Walls of Jericho,” “Three Good Witnesses,” “The Singing Walls,” and “The Avengers” — four strange stories of impossible apparitions, wartime murder, hidden bodies, haunted walls, stolen gold, ghostly revenge, and crimes that refuse to stay buried.

Demons, Satanic cults, and supernatural revenge collide in this horror fiction anthology. A runaway discovers a forbidden book devoted to an imprisoned goddess. A mercenary raids an asylum to film a cult. A cursed man awakens to humiliation and dark magic. Four tales of demonic possession, occult rituals, and vampire mythology—expertly narrated with dark comedy and spine-tingling twists. Perfect late-night horror for spooky season enthusiasts.“Sin” — by Rob FieldsA murderous runaway hiding inside a Catholic academy discovers a forbidden scripture devoted to Hellweaver—and begins a bloody ritual to become the imprisoned demon goddess's devoted daughter.“Gamble with the Devil” — by David O'HanlonA delusional soldier of fortune hires a desperate cameraman to film his promotional reel, then drags him into an abandoned asylum for a heavily armed assault on a Satanic cult whose rituals have summoned something horrifyingly real.“Breaking the Seal” — by Douglas WaltzAfter a drunken encounter with a practicing witch, a hungover man awakens with a bloody pentagram on his chest and an unstoppable bodily curse that only the woman he insulted can remove.“The Bad Schoolgirl” — by Rob FieldsA foul-mouthed, daywalking Master Vampire enters Strickfield High and follows a squad of vampire cheerleaders into the woods, where stolen souls are being used to power their supernatural jewelry.

What could be worse than dying? Waking up after everyone has already buried you.Weekly Spooky presents a complete reading of “The Premature Burial” by Edgar Allan Poe, a claustrophobic gothic horror story built around one of humanity's oldest and most terrifying fears: being buried alive.Tormented by a medical condition that can make him appear dead, a man becomes consumed by accounts of premature burial. He studies coffins, graves, crypts, and horrifying cases of people awakening beneath the earth. As his obsession grows, he takes increasingly desperate precautions to ensure that he will never open his eyes inside a sealed coffin.But fear has a way of following us into the darkness.This classic Edgar Allan Poe audiobook is perfect for listeners searching for buried alive horror stories, gothic horror, classic scary stories, macabre fiction, claustrophobic horror, literary horror, and complete Edgar Allan Poe readings.Tonight, the most terrifying place imaginable is not a haunted house.It is six feet underground.

Cartoon Cat is one of the creepiest viral horror monsters to crawl out of internet folklore. In this episode of Thursday Thrills, we dive into the Cartoon Cat urban legend, explore its origins in modern internet horror, and talk about why old cartoon imagery feels so unsettling when it turns sinister.From rubber-hose animation and creepy vintage cartoon aesthetics to internet monster lore, creepypasta-style fear, and the strange power of distorted childhood nostalgia, this episode explores why Cartoon Cat has become such a memorable modern horror icon.We'll look at the legend, the style, the nightmare fuel behind the character, and an eerie original story about what happens when something impossible starts moving inside an abandoned mall after dark.If you love internet horror, creepypasta, urban legends, creepy cartoons, analog-style nightmare imagery, Trevor Henderson-style monsters, and spooky campfire storytelling, this ride into Cartoon Cat territory is for you.

A truck driver's terrifying nightmare begins coming true in this supernatural highway horror story about prophetic dreams, a demonic roadside creature, and a daughter who knows something is waiting for her father in the dark.After dreaming that a towering monster tears him from his delivery truck and drags him into the woods, an ordinary car-parts driver tries to convince himself it was only a nightmare. Then he reaches the same bridge from his dream. He sees something enormous watching from the trees—and his eight-year-old daughter Angeline already knows exactly what he saw.As Angeline's psychic dreams become increasingly urgent, every late delivery run brings her father closer to the creature lurking beside the highway. Is the nightmare a warning that can still save him, or a vision of something that has already decided his fate?“Driving a Truck Can Be a Nightmare, Literally” by Michael Kelso is a suspenseful scary story blending truck driver horror, road horror, shared nightmares, psychic premonitions, family terror, creature-feature suspense, and a frightening supernatural monster encounter. Fans of horror stories, highway legends, demon stories, cryptid fiction, dark-road encounters, psychological suspense, and immersive audio fiction will want to keep their doors locked for this one.Tonight on the Weekly Spooky horror podcast, one father must decide whether his daughter's nightmares are childish fears—or warnings from something real waiting beside the road.You can purchase books from this author here: https://geni.us/michaelkelsoauthor

Mid-July horror gets mutated, vengeful, infectious, and lost in the woods in this episode of This Week in Horror History, covering the week of July 13 through July 19. This time, we're digging into mad-scientist island nightmares, supernatural revenge literature, one extremely angry killer whale, a science-fiction body-horror classic, biological vampires, and the tiny independent movie that changed horror marketing forever.Inside this episode:July 13, 1977 — The Island of Dr. Moreau opens in U.S. theatersBurt Lancaster brings H.G. Wells' nightmare of science without conscience to the screen in a sweaty, pulpy story filled with animal-human mutations, unchecked authority, and a scientist convinced that nature would be better if he personally rearranged it.July 14, 2020 — The Only Good Indians is publishedStephen Graham Jones delivers one of modern horror literature's sharpest supernatural reckonings as four Blackfeet men discover that something from their past has memory, purpose, and antlers waiting in the dark.July 15, 1977 — Orca opens in New YorkThe post-Jaws creature-feature wave gets stranger, angrier, and surprisingly tragic when a killer whale driven by grief, intelligence, and patience begins pursuing the human responsible for an unforgivable act.July 16, 1958 — The Fly releases in the United StatesA scientist, a teleportation machine, and one tiny insect create one of science-fiction horror's most unforgettable transformations, turning a dream of human progress into a cruel nightmare of mixed bodies and irreversible mistakes.Deep-Cut Spotlight — The StrainGuillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan drag vampires out of the velvet cape and into the quarantine zone as a passenger plane lands at JFK filled with the dead. What follows treats vampirism like a biological outbreak capable of spreading through New York while officials argue, deny, and react too late.Horror Birthdays This Week:Patrick Stewart, Larry Cohen, Corey Feldman, and James Brolin enter the birthday roll, bringing connections to Lifeforce, Green Room, It's Alive, Q, The Stuff, Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, The Lost Boys, Gremlins, and The Amityville Horror.Weekly Recommendation — The Blair Witch ProjectThree student filmmakers enter the Maryland woods with cameras, recording equipment, and a local legend, creating a landmark of found-footage horror built from darkness, disorientation, improvised performances, and the terrifying possibility that the footage might be real.Plus, Weekly Spooky returns Wednesday with another fresh original horror story, followed by more terrifying history, strange mysteries, movie talk, and unexplained broadcasts throughout the week.From The Island of Dr. Moreau and The Only Good Indians to Orca, The Fly, The Strain, and The Blair Witch Project, this week in horror history proves that terror can spread through laboratories, guilty memories, dark water, crowded cities, and one cursed corner of the internet.

The Taos Hum is one of America's strangest unexplained sound mysteries: a low-frequency noise heard by only a small percentage of people, often described as a distant diesel engine, electrical drone, vibration, or pulsing hum with no visible source.In this episode of Terrifying & True, we investigate the mystery of the Taos Hum in northern New Mexico, where residents including Steve Walters, Bob and Catanya Saltzman, and K.C. Grams reported a persistent unexplained hum that disrupted sleep, concentration, balance, and daily life. Some heard it inside their homes. Some heard it outdoors. Some tried to escape it, only to wonder whether the sound had followed them.As reports spread, the Taos Hum became more than a local complaint. Congressman Bill Richardson pushed for answers, and investigators from the University of New Mexico, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, the Air Force's Phillips Laboratory, and hearing researchers studied the phenomenon with microphones, antennas, magnetometers, geophones, low-frequency detectors, and public surveys.Was the Taos Hum caused by industrial noise, power lines, electromagnetic fields, military experiments, extremely low-frequency transmissions, secret government technology, rare hearing sensitivity, or low-frequency tinnitus? Or is the truth even stranger: that “the Hum” may not be one mystery at all, but several different sound and perception phenomena gathered under one unforgettable name?This episode explores the 1993 Taos Hum investigation, the science of low-frequency sound, tinnitus and auditory perception, government secrecy theories, New Mexico conspiracy fears, and why some mysteries remain terrifying even when the instruments record silence.We're telling that story tonight.

Unknown Broadcast returns with four old-time radio horror stories, classic OTR suspense, vintage radio mystery, and eerie anthology drama pulled from somewhere beyond the static.Tonight's transmission begins aboard a deserted ghost ship, where the Annabella is found adrift with warm meals, a set table, and not a living soul on board. Then Escape invites us into a gentleman's nightmare of cream tarts, secret clubs, death cards, and impossible exits. After that, Suspense takes us to a debt-ridden dude ranch where a missing guest, a forged check, and a body in a rumble seat turn yesterday's confusion into tonight's murder mystery. Finally, The Whistler follows a quiet bank teller whose perfect long-term theft becomes a perfect trap.

This Weekly Spooky horror compilation features four terrifying stories packed with urban legends, cryptids, folk horror, haunted forests, cursed rituals, supernatural monsters, dark humor, and deadly Ouija board terror.An Adirondack newcomer encounters the grotesque truth behind a bizarre local legend. A South Carolina teenager steals a stop sign and awakens something inside an abandoned barn. A family's hunting tradition conceals a blood pact with an ancient forest god. And a lonely child seeking answers from the spirit world follows a cruel joke into unimaginable horror.Perfect for fans of narrated horror fiction, scary stories, rural folklore, creature horror, occult horror, supernatural suspense, and chilling campfire tales.“The Legend of Oopsie Poopsie” — by Joe SolmoA newcomer to a tiny Adirondack town learns that the ridiculous local legend stalking the surrounding pines is very real, unusually large, and desperately in need of a change.  “The Stop-Sign Man” — by Bryce GibsonOn his seventeenth birthday, a South Carolina teenager steals a stop sign for a forbidden local rite of passage—only to discover that the old urban legend demands a deadly price.  “Ol' Bones” — by Joe SolmoA family's hunting traditions conceal an old agreement with a towering forest god, and two careless campers may force the creature to renegotiate the terms of its bloody bargain.  “Why Am I Here?” — by Morgan MooreA lonely boy asks a Ouija board the one question no one else will answer, then follows his brother's cruel joke toward a ritual no spirit should ever answer.  

Cursed objects, demonic possession, and occult rituals dominate this special horror anthology. As Evil Dead Burn hits theaters July 10, Weekly Spooky delivers a full night of original, cinematic-quality scary stories featuring cursed artifacts and supernatural folklore — no movie tie-in, just pure demon-fueled terror. Perfect for horror enthusiasts craving that wild cocktail of dark supernatural chaos and spine-tingling dread.This compilation is built for horror fans searching for the next terrifying thing to binge after Evil Dead Burn, with original tales of possession, witchcraft, hellhounds, Satanic panic, haunted inns, cursed books, and rituals gone horribly wrong.Tonight, we open the gates to a demonic horror marathon where small towns hide possessed children beneath churches, old Texas inns burn with buried sins, high schools become battlegrounds for Hell itself, thieves interrupt witchcraft, fools summon something far worse than a love goddess, cosmic heroes face a demonic destroyer, and a paranormal investigator tracks a snarling beast from the abyss.If you are searching for Evil Dead Burn, Evil Dead horror stories, demonic possession stories, Deadite-style horror, cursed object horror, Satanic ritual stories, witchcraft horror, hellhound stories, supernatural horror podcast, or scary stories to binge, this Weekly Spooky compilation is your weekend descent into madness.Inside this compilation: a possessed girl in a secret church basement, a ghostly Texas inn haunted by a murdered priest, a demon outbreak inside a modern high school, criminal brothers cursed by a coven, a scarecrow love goddess summoned by idiots, a cosmic last stand against Hellweaver, a Satanic Panic nightmare from 1984, and a hardboiled paranormal case involving a hellhound and the summoner who called it.Hit play, my spookies. The ritual has started, the darkness is hungry, and something evil is already listening.

Tonight on Thursday Thrills, we head into the woods for Siren Head, the internet urban legend that turns emergency sirens, storm warnings, distorted broadcasts, and lonely rural roads into pure nightmare fuel. Created by horror artist Trevor Henderson in 2018, Siren Head became a modern folklore icon through TikTok, YouTube shorts, indie horror games, fan stories, and creepypasta-style sightings.This show keeps the tone fun, spooky, and campfire-ready as we explore why a forty-foot siren-headed monster feels so strangely believable, how the legend spread online, why it connects to analog horror and emergency broadcast fears, and why the creature works best when it is half-glimpsed at the edge of a dark field.Is the siren warning you... or calling you closer?

Tonight on Weekly Spooky, we dive into nature horror from Algonquin Park's cursed wilderness. “Branch Manager” — a gruesome, darkly funny supernatural folklore tale from Gary D up in Ontario, Canada aka Blue Fire Raging — follows three Toronto telemarketing workers seeking escape in the Canadian deep woods. What begins as beer and campfire jokes turns into a nightmare when something ancient, hungry, and rooted in revenge awakens. Perfect cryptid encounter storytelling with late night horror that blends true wilderness with paranormal dread.Kenny, Dave, and Karl just want to get away from their miserable call centre jobs with a relaxing camping trip, but the forest has other plans. At first, it's only fog, roadkill, strange sounds, and branches snapping in the dark. Then the tent is shredded. Kenny's friends vanish. Deep scrape marks carve through the campsite. And somewhere beyond the firelight, the trees themselves seem to be crawling, listening, hunting, and waiting for the next sound.This story delivers camping horror, wilderness horror, killer tree horror, creature feature terror, Canadian forest horror, and the kind of bloody, bizarre, dark comedy that makes a simple walk in the woods feel like a death sentence. If you love scary stories, horror stories, monster stories, campfire horror, survival horror, nature revenge horror, supernatural folklore, and creepy tales about what might be watching from the treeline, this one digs its roots in deep.Inside this episode: a camping trip gone horribly wrong, a sound-sensitive forest monster, missing campers, supernatural revenge from nature, gruesome body horror, dark humor, and one very angry collection of trees that may finally be done letting humanity swing the axe.Listen now for a brutal and unforgettable horror fiction anthology episode from Weekly Spooky, where the woods are alive, the branches are hungry, and the forest has a brand-new manager.Branch Manager by Gary D up in Ontario, Canada

Summer horror gets bloody, claustrophobic, cursed, and undead in this episode of This Week in Horror History, covering the week of July 6 through July 12. This time, we're digging into splatter-film history, cursed-camera video games, one of the scariest cave movies ever made, Netflix's summer-camp slasher revival, Italian zombie cult madness, and the return of the Tall Man. Inside this episode:July 6, 1963 — Blood Feast reportedly plays Peoria, IllinoisHerschell Gordon Lewis changes horror forever with a cheap, outrageous, blood-soaked shocker often credited as a key turning point in splatter cinema and grindhouse gore. July 8, 2022 — MADiSON releasesA haunted-house horror game turns an instant camera into a cursed object, making every photo feel like an invitation for the nightmare to come closer.July 8, 2005 — The Descent opens theatrically in the UK and IrelandNeil Marshall sends a group of friends into an unmapped cave system where grief, betrayal, darkness, and something much worse are waiting below.July 9, 2021 — Fear Street Part Two: 1978 releases on NetflixThe Fear Street trilogy heads to Camp Nightwing for a brutal summer-camp slasher packed with cursed-town mythology, teen terror, and R.L. Stine nostalgia with real bite.Deep-Cut Spotlight — Burial GroundAndrea Bianchi's Italian zombie cult favorite unleashes ancient Etruscan dead, a cursed country estate, crumbling corpses, and some of the strangest undead chaos of the early 1980s.Horror Birthdays This Week:Shelley Duvall, Kevin Bacon, Anjelica Huston, and Fred Gwynne all enter the birthday roll, bringing connections to The Shining, Friday the 13th, Tremors, The Witches, The Addams Family, The Munsters, and Pet Sematary. Weekly Recommendation — Phantasm IIAngus Scrimm's Tall Man returns in a bigger, weirder, more action-heavy sequel filled with silver spheres, funeral-home dread, road-trip nightmare energy, and late-80s cult horror atmosphere.Plus, Weekly Spooky heads into the woods with “Branch Manager” by Gary D up in Ontario, Canada — aka Blue Fire Raging — where exhausted telemarketers escape into Algonquin Park only to discover that the forest is listening, moving, and hungry. From Blood Feast and MADiSON to The Descent, Fear Street Part Two: 1978, Burial Ground, and Phantasm II, this week in horror history proves that summer horror can trap you underground, curse your camera, resurrect the dead, send you to camp, and still leave room for one more silver sphere flying down the hallway.

The Greenbrier Ghost is one of the strangest true crime cases in American history: a West Virginia murder trial where testimony about a ghost helped expose the truth.In 1897, Elva Zona Heaster Shue was found dead in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. Her husband, Erasmus Stribbling “Trout” Shue, quickly took control of her body, covered her neck, and helped rush her toward burial before a complete medical examination could be performed. At first, Zona's death was treated as natural.Then her mother, Mary Jane Heaster, claimed Zona returned from the grave.According to Mary, her daughter appeared to her over four nights and revealed that Trout had broken her neck. When authorities exhumed Zona's body, doctors found a broken neck, a crushed windpipe, and evidence of violent death. What had been buried as a tragic natural death became a murder investigation.This episode of Terrifying & True examines the real Greenbrier Ghost case, the murder of Zona Heaster Shue, the 1897 trial of E. S. Shue, the role of ghost testimony in court, the exhumation that changed everything, and the mystery of whether Mary Jane Heaster saw a spirit, had a vision, followed intuition, or used folklore to force justice.Was the Greenbrier Ghost truly a voice from beyond the grave? Or was this the story of a grieving mother who refused to let her daughter's murder stay buried?We're telling that story tonight.

Unknown Broadcast returns with four old-time radio horror stories, classic OTR suspense, vintage radio mystery, and eerie anthology drama pulled from somewhere beyond the static.Tonight's transmission begins with a troubled girl whose uncanny gift for finding lost things draws her toward a missing woman, a frightened family, and something buried much too close to home. Then the doors close inside an enormous department store, where a poet discovers that the mannequins are not the only inhabitants waiting for nightfall. After that, a bachelor party becomes an impossible murder mystery involving a dead stranger, a vanished apartment, and five extremely important canaries.Finally, The Whistler follows a jealous wife whose plan to eliminate “the other woman” rests upon one fatal assumption.

Four terrifying tales of isolation and predation: a waterfall campsite, lonely Ohio highway, Halloween prank, and deserted rest area become hunting grounds for serial killers, cannibals, and shapeshifting monsters. This late night horror anthology blends true crime terror with supernatural revenge and desperate fights for survival—expertly narrated for maximum chills.“Fortune Falls” — by David O'HanlonTwo college friends secretly camp beside a remote Oregon waterfall, but their plans to witness its beautiful sunrise are interrupted by a mysterious cowboy, a speeding truck, and an ax.“Roadkill” — by Travis VanHooseAn arrogant Ohio photographer earns his first major success by transforming roadside death into art—until two strange hitchhikers confront him over the animals he deliberately left behind.“Old Jerry” — by R.T. RaynaudA Halloween prankster enters the neighborhood recluse's homemade haunted house and discovers that Old Jerry has a vicious sense of humor, a failing power saw, and an appetite no amount of candy could satisfy.“The Rest Area” — by Rob FieldsTwo friends stop at an isolated Ohio rest area and play one frightening prank too many—awakening the attention of an escaped ax murderer who has been searching for his next meal.

A cursed football jersey turns a high school star into a monster… and the nightmare follows his rival to summer camp.This full Weekly Spooky horror audiobook collects Friday Night Frights and all five parts of Summer of the Demon by Rob Fields in one complete scary story release.If you love horror audiobooks, supernatural horror stories, cursed object horror, summer camp horror, football horror, and long-form scary stories, this is the entire Demon saga from beginning to end.In Friday Night Frights, Greg Branlake is desperate to save his football future after a humiliating loss to Strickfield High. When he discovers the original 00 jersey worn by Mick “The Demon” Knight, the legendary football relic seems to give him everything he wants: power, confidence, scholarships, fame, and revenge. But the jersey is more than a collector's item. It is a cursed object, and once Greg puts it on, the Demon begins to take over. Then, in Summer of the Demon, Eddie “Peewee” Richter is still haunted by the state championship game where he survived Greg Branlake's demonic transformation. Now Eddie and his teammates are at Camp Red Feather, preparing for college football with the Strickfield Serpents, when the Demon returns with glowing red eyes, unstoppable strength, and unfinished business.From Friday night lights to Camp Red Feather, from high school rivalry to demonic revenge, this complete audiobook brings the entire cursed football horror saga together in one massive Weekly Spooky episode.Listen now to Summer of the Demon: The Complete Horror Audiobook, featuring Friday Night Frights and the entire five-part miniseries.

Deep woods horror stories have taken over scary-story feeds for a reason: the wilderness is one of the last places where modern people can still feel completely outmatched.In this Thursday Thrills episode, Henrique takes a late-night car ride through supposedly firsthand camping, hiking, park ranger, cave, and backcountry accounts gathered from online folklore threads. These are not presented as verified cases; they are modern campfire stories - the kind people post after something in the woods, on the trail, or outside the tent refuses to leave their mind. From silent strangers at remote campsites to forests that suddenly go dead quiet, mountain lion instincts, bison breathing outside a tent, cave drummers, and Miniwashitu, the Missouri River Monster, this episode explores why wilderness horror remains so powerful.

Cursed football horror reaches its terrifying finale as the Weekly Spooky horror fiction anthology concludes Summer of the Demon. In Part 5, Eddie Richter, Jessica Branlake, Charlie Thoss, and the surviving players of Camp Red Feather face the final nightmare behind the cursed 00 jersey, the Demon's return, and the dark secrets that have haunted this deadly summer football camp.The truth behind the Demon is finally revealed, but knowing the truth may not be enough to survive it. The curse grows stronger, old betrayals rise from the shadows, and Eddie is forced into the ultimate supernatural showdown: a brutal football game where the scoreboard means life, death, and damnation.This thrilling conclusion delivers supernatural horror, cursed-object terror, demon horror, summer camp horror, football horror, monster mayhem, dark teen horror energy, mature themes, shocking revelations, high-stakes action, and a final battle that brings the whole miniseries roaring into the end zone.If you love horror stories, scary stories, creepy campfire tales, demonic curses, haunted sports horror, killer summer camp stories, and serialized horror fiction, this finale of Summer of the Demon brings the curse of Camp Red Feather to its wildest, bloodiest, most intense chapter yet.

Summer horror gets radioactive, gothic, mechanical, and undead in this episode of This Week in Horror History, covering the week of June 29 through July 5. This time, we're crawling through giant insect mayhem, modern gothic literature, Japanese cyberpunk body horror, George A. Romero's underground zombie apocalypse, and one deeply twisted Italian gothic shocker from the early 1960s. Inside this episode:June 29, 1977 — Empire of the Ants opens in New YorkA radioactive drive-in creature feature turns Florida real estate, toxic waste, Joan Collins, and giant ants into pure summer horror chaos. June 30, 2020 — Mexican Gothic is publishedSilvia Moreno-Garcia's modern gothic landmark sends Noemí Taboada into a poisonous mansion where family secrets, sickness, inheritance, and fungal horror take root.July 1, 1989 — Tetsuo: The Iron Man releases in JapanShinya Tsukamoto's black-and-white cyberpunk nightmare turns the human body into metal, noise, panic, rust, drills, and unforgettable industrial body horror.July 3, 1985 — Day of the Dead receives its New York/limited releaseGeorge A. Romero traps the end of the world inside a military bunker, where zombies own the surface and the survivors may be more dangerous than the dead.Deep-Cut Spotlight — The Horrible Dr. HichcockBarbara Steele stars in Riccardo Freda's morbid Italian gothic horror film about obsession, death, forbidden desire, and a mansion where the past refuses to stay buried. Horror Birthdays This Week:Dan Aykroyd, Larry David, Tom Cruise, and Gloria Stuart all land in this week's horror-adjacent birthday roll, from paranormal comedy and classic Universal horror to vampire films, alien invasion, and anxiety comedy.Weekly Recommendation — Tales of TerrorRoger Corman, Edgar Allan Poe, Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, and Basil Rathbone bring classic anthology horror, gothic dread, revenge, madness, and candlelit old-school atmosphere to this week's recommendation.From Empire of the Ants and Mexican Gothic to Tetsuo: The Iron Man, Day of the Dead, The Horrible Dr. Hichcock, and Tales of Terror, this week in horror history proves that summer is never safe from monsters, machines, mansions, zombies, or the dead things waiting underground.

What really happened to the children of Hamelin on June 26, 1284? This June on Monthly Spooky, Henrique and Michelle follow the real history behind the Pied Piper of Hamelin—from the medieval town chronicle and the legend of 130 missing children to theories involving plague, the Children's Crusade, dancing mania, mass migration, and a brightly dressed recruiter known as a “locator.” Then the show takes its usual turn into the month's funniest, creepiest, and most bewildering paranormal news, bizarre archaeology, weird science, unexplained mysteries, strange animals, haunted houses, and new horror movies.Inside this episode:The Pied Piper of Hamelin, June 26, 1284, and the earliest surviving evidence behind one of history's darkest fairy talesWhy plague, the Children's Crusade, medieval dancing mania, German migration, and supernatural forces have all been proposed as explanationsA 7,000-year-old mass grave at Vráble, Slovakia, containing 78 bodies—and 77 headless skeletonsReported ghostly child footprints, handprints, and unexplained noises inside an appliance shop in Mendoza, ArgentinaUnited Airlines Flight 236 turning back toward Newark after a Bluetooth device appeared under the alarming name “BOMB”The still-unfolding search for Gracie, the giraffe who escaped Cedar Hollow Ranch and disappeared into the rugged Texas Hill CountryScientists baking sourdough bread with yeast recovered from Ötzi the Iceman's 5,300-year-old mummyThe Ocean Census announcing 1,121 strange marine species—including a ghost shark and a mysterious worm living inside a deep-sea “glass castle”A live frog named Greg discovered inside a sealed Woolworths bag of lettuce in Esperance, Western AustraliaAustralia's record seizure of 100,000 illegal Madagascar hissing and Dubia cockroachesVirginia's allegedly haunted Octagon Mansion, a Civil War-era paranormal landmark listed for only $295,000Henrique's spoiler-light theater reactions to Scary Movie (2026), Passenger, and The Death of Robin HoodA terrifying Reddit “glitch in reality” story about a finished basement that suddenly ceased to exist—and the disturbing gas-leak explanation behind itHenrique's growing Dayton folklore TikTok audience, local urban legends, and the viewers determined to correct every detailNew here? Monthly Spooky is the paranormal comedy and weird-news companion to Weekly Spooky, hosted by filmmaker Henrique Couto and Michelle. Every episode mixes haunted history, creepy folklore, unexplained mysteries, bizarre science, strange but true news, horror movie reviews, and the kind of late-night conversation that makes frightening stories even more fun.Follow or subscribe so you never miss the last Monday of the month. Which mystery gets under your skin most: Hamelin's missing children, Slovakia's headless dead, Mendoza's phantom footprints—or the house whose basement seemingly vanished? And seriously—how do you lose a giraffe?

Four chilling tales converge on one broadcast tonight. Conspiracy to Defraud weaves narcotics agents and deadly foreign intrigue. Then Taboo ventures into Carpathian darkness where village fears of werewolf horror may be terrifyingly real. Menace in Wax transforms a wartime London museum into a murder trap of espionage and hidden messages. Finally, The Whistler drifts through fog-shrouded shores where a harbor killing remains unsolved. Horror fiction anthology meets true crime mystery—expertly narrated supernatural folklore for the darkest hours.Four stories. Four disguises. One broadcast that smiles politely while leading you deeper into the dark.

Late night horror fiction anthology featuring vampire stories that bite into four different corners of the undead mythos. From a daylight-walking Master Vampire made vulnerable by a solar eclipse, to supernatural romance in a convenience store and brutal strip club slaughter—these vampire horror tales deliver the dark supernatural folklore, mature themes and creature-feature terror that Weekly Spooky fans crave. Perfect for horror enthusiasts, scary story collectors, and late-night listeners seeking immersive, cinematic storytelling.Inside this episode:• Mortal Eclipse — by Rob FieldsA powerful Master Vampire becomes dangerously human during a rare solar eclipse, leaving her vulnerable to enemies who have been waiting for the perfect time to strike. What begins as a quiet moment above the city turns into a brutal vampire battle involving old grudges, dark magic, and the terrifying price of immortality. • Vampire Night — by Joe RustonA group of women out for one wild night in Cleveland cross paths with a pack of vicious vampire punks, turning a strip club into a neon-lit slaughterhouse. As the bodies pile up, a bartender fights to survive a savage urban vampire attack that may not end when the sun comes up. • Stakes n' Shoguns — by Dan WilderOn New Year's Eve, a man hoping to watch a bloody samurai movie in a grimy theater finds himself trapped with drunken vampires, bat swarms, a disgraced priest, and something that may be Count Dracula himself. It's a filthy, funny, chaotic vampire nightmare soaked in grindhouse energy and midnight-movie madness. • Convenience Store Vampire — by Douglas WaltzA bored night-shift clerk at a convenience store meets a mysterious woman who appears without setting off the doorbell and slowly draws him into her strange, romantic, undead world. When violence erupts during a robbery, his ordinary life ends… and eternity begins. If you love vampire horror podcasts, scary vampire stories, bloodsucker fiction, supernatural romance, punk vampires, Dracula horror, midnight movie monsters, vampire attacks, and darkly funny horror, this compilation delivers a bloody mix of action, atmosphere, comedy, romance, and undead terror.

Unsolved murders, true crime mystery, and urban legends collide in this 10-part horror anthology. From Johnny Gosch's vanishing to the Keddie Cabin bloodbath, Mandela Effect phenomenon, Men in Black encounters, and the legendary Angikuni Lake disappearance—explore real cases, cryptid folklore, and paranormal gaps that blur fact and fiction. Perfect for late night listening.

This is the stuff of Late Night Horror... The Walt Disney cryogenic frozen conspiracy has haunted Disneyland lore for 60 years—but what if the real horror is how a debunked myth became immortal? Henrique Couto investigates the supernatural folklore behind the legend: the 1960s cryonics craze that made it plausible, the tabloid lies about secret chambers beneath Pirates of the Caribbean, and how Walt Disney's official biography unexpectedly breathed new life into the urban legend. A chilling true crime mystery of myth-making itself and how weird experiences can keep an idea alive.

The cursed 00 jersey grows more dangerous as the horror fiction anthology continues at Camp Red Feather. In Part 4 of Summer of the Demon, Eddie Richter wakes up injured but not defeated, and the battle against the Demon becomes more desperate than ever.After surviving another brutal attack, Eddie realizes the nightmare may have a weakness. But knowing how to fight the Demon and actually surviving the fight are two very different things. As storm clouds gather, practice turns strange, teammates grow suspicious, and Camp Red Feather prepares for another deadly scrimmage, Eddie and the Serpents are forced to make their boldest play yet.This episode of Weekly Spooky delivers supernatural football horror, cursed-object terror, summer camp suspense, demonic mayhem, eerie mystery, teen horror energy, mature themes, brutal action, dark secrets, and a shocking cliffhanger that changes the game heading into the final chapter.Summer of the Demon by Rob Fields

Horror history spirals into paranoia and infection this week—from The Thing's frozen body horror to 28 Days Later's rage-virus chaos, The Omen's cursed bloodline, 1408's haunted hotel nightmare, and Quake's gothic digital terror. Henrique explores how June 22–28 birthed some of horror's most influential outbreak and supernatural films, dissecting what made them landmarks in horror legends and why they still feel dangerously relevant today.Inside this episode:• 1408 turns one hotel room into a psychological pressure cooker, trapping a skeptical writer inside a space that studies him, wounds him, and refuses to let him leave.• The Omen gives the evil-child movie one of its classiest and creepiest landmarks, with the Antichrist hiding behind privilege, elegance, and a terrifyingly calm little smile.• 28 Days Later drags outbreak horror into the 21st century with empty London streets, sprinting infected, digital grime, and the terrifying idea that civilization can collapse almost overnight.• Quake opens a slipgate into gothic castles, wet tunnels, shambling monsters, Lovecraftian dread, and a diseased industrial soundscape that helped reshape horror-tinged gaming.• The Deep-Cut Spotlight goes to The Thing, John Carpenter's 1982 alien paranoia nightmare about imitation, isolation, mistrust, Rob Bottin's legendary effects, and the terrifying question of who is still human.Plus: a horror birthday roll featuring Bruce Campbell, Peter Lorre, Isabelle Adjani, and Kathy Bates, a creepy look at how horror teaches us to distrust the obvious, and a weekly recommendation for Twilight Zone: The Movie, the complicated 1983 anthology film that brought Rod Serling's nightmare world to the big screen.From haunted rooms and Antichrist children to rage-infected streets, gothic gaming nightmares, Antarctic isolation, alien imitation, blood tests, body horror, and the cold collapse of trust, this week proves horror history can make monsters out of places, people, memories, machines, and the person standing right beside you.

In 2006, Ohio State medical student Brian Shaffer walked into a crowded Columbus bar at the start of spring break — and was never seen again.The cameras showed him near the Ugly Tuna Saloona shortly before closing time. They showed him talking casually near the entrance. They showed him turn away. But they never clearly showed him leaving. What followed became one of the most baffling missing person cases in modern Ohio true crime: searches of the South Campus Gateway complex, theories about hidden exits and blind spots, questions about foul play, accident, voluntary disappearance, and a family left waiting for answers that still have not come.This episode of Terrifying & True investigates the disappearance of Brian Shaffer, the Ohio State medical student who vanished from Columbus on April 1, 2006. We examine the final surveillance footage, the search efforts, the role of camera blind spots, the theories that have followed the case for nearly two decades, and the human heartbreak behind one of America's most haunting unsolved mysteries.Brian Shaffer was not a legend. He was a son, a brother, a boyfriend, a future doctor, and a grieving young man standing at the edge of the rest of his life. Then, somewhere between a crowded bar and the outside world, he disappeared.We're telling that story tonight.

Tonight, the signal begins with a rainy road, a frightened son, and a father's desperate attempt to bury the truth. Then we step Out of This World into a nightmare of stage lights, ventriloquism, and a dummy that may know more than any wooden thing should. After that comes one of radio's most famous terror pieces, Sorry, Wrong Number, where a woman trapped by a telephone hears the machinery of murder moving closer. And finally, The Whistler brings us Jealousy, a poisonous tale of fear, obsession, suspicion, and the terrible ways love curdles into death.

Four twisted tales of babysitting horror: when childcare becomes a killing field. Urban legends, serial killer thrillers, mad science nightmares, and cursed bridges—all wrapped around the ultimate betrayal of trust. Perfect for fans of true crime horror, supernatural folklore, and dark fiction anthologies. Expert narration with cinematic ambiance brings each nightmare to life.

True crime horror gets cinematic in this anthology: serial killers, unsolved murders, and supernatural folklore collide as real killers prove darker than horror fiction. Discover how monsters hide using superstition and fear. From farmhouses to dating shows, explore where true crime mystery meets cursed truths—with dark humor and spine-tingling ambiance.Terrifying & True returns with a special collection of disturbing true crime, serial killers, unsolved murders, scary stories, and mature themes. These cases all circle one chilling idea: real-life monsters often hide in plain sight.Inside this collection: Ed Gein, the quiet Wisconsin killer who inspired horror icons; Richard Chase, the Vampire of Sacramento; Charlie Brandt, the hidden monster with a violent past; Rodney Alcala, the Dating Game Killer; Henry Lee Lucas, the Confession Killer whose case blurred truth and manipulation; and The Phantom Killer, the masked figure behind the terrifying Texarkana Murders. Together, these stories create a grim journey through killers, predators, false confessions, urban legend, and the frightening truth that evil does not always look like evil at first glance. Listener discretion is advised for mature themes and disturbing true crime subject matter.

Cryptid folklore and encounters shape regional identity across America. Why do certain monsters become inseparable from the places that claim them?In this Thursday Thrills episode, Henrique Couto explores how the Jersey Devil haunts the Pine Barrens, Mothman defines Point Pleasant, and the Chupacabra became a symbol of rural fear. Discover why local legends aren't just scary stories—they're the mythology that communities use to understand themselves and their land. A dark journey through cryptid encounters that reveal us as much as they terrify us.

Cursed objects awaken at Camp Red Feather as the horror fiction anthology continues. In Part 3 of Summer of the Demon, Eddie digs deeper into a monstrous curse that claims the camp is hiding dark secrets. The Demon grows stronger, the truth more dangerous, and Eddie realizes: everyone knows something they're refusing to tell him. How far will he go to uncover what happened that summer?The nightmare at Camp Red Feather continues as Eddie Richter searches for answers behind the cursed football jersey, the brutal attacks, and the monstrous figure stalking the camp. What began as a strange summer football camp mystery has become something far more dangerous, and every new clue only raises more questions.This episode of Weekly Spooky delivers supernatural football horror, cursed-object terror, summer camp suspense, eerie mystery, teen horror energy, brutal monster mayhem, dark secrets, mature themes, and a fast-moving story full of danger, dread, and chilling surprises.Summer of the Demon Part 3 by Rob Fields

Horror history gets iconic, aquatic, gothic, apocalyptic, and completely unhinged this week as This Week in Horror History travels through June 15–21 with motel terror, shark sequels, dark superhero nightmares, zombie blockbuster chaos, and one wild space-vampire cult classic that brings cosmic horror crashing down on Earth.This episode digs into a packed week of classic horror movies, cult horror, summer blockbusters, gothic comic-book horror, zombie disaster cinema, and 1980s Cannon Films madness, including the New York premiere of Psycho, the U.S. release of Jaws 2, the theatrical arrival of Batman Returns, the blockbuster zombie outbreak of World War Z, and the Deep-Cut Spotlight on Tobe Hooper's bizarre 1985 space vampire epic Lifeforce.Inside this episode:• Psycho rewrites the rules of horror moviegoing, turns the Bates Motel into a nightmare landmark, and makes one ordinary shower one of the most famous crime scenes in cinema.• Jaws 2 drags audiences back to Amity Island for more shark terror, seaside panic, and one of horror's most frustrating “nobody believes the guy who is right” sequel setups.• Batman Returns transforms Gotham into a twisted Christmas horror fairy tale full of sewer lairs, circus gangs, stitched leather, abandoned children, corporate monsters, Catwoman, and the Penguin.• World War Z reimagines the zombie apocalypse as global disaster cinema, with the undead moving less like slow corpses and more like a rushing human flood.• The Deep-Cut Spotlight goes to Lifeforce, Tobe Hooper's strange, ambitious, and deeply excessive Cannon Films cult classic about Halley's Comet, alien vampires, life-draining seduction, plague victims, and London falling apart under cosmic horror.Plus: a horror birthday roll featuring Courteney Cox, Laurie Metcalf, John Carl Buechler, and Nicole Kidman, a creepy look at how horror became a massive summer marketing event, and a weekly recommendation for Hammer's Dracula, also known as Horror of Dracula, starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing.From Norman Bates and shark-infested beaches to Gotham monsters, zombie swarms, Halley's Comet, space vampires, Hammer horror, and Cannon Films insanity, this week proves horror history can be classic, blockbuster-sized, cult, strange, seductive, and absolutely impossible to ignore.

Highway 16 in northern British Columbia looks, at first glance, like any other remote road: mountains, forests, rivers, small towns, and long stretches of empty pavement. But for decades, this corridor became known by a much darker name — the Highway of Tears.This episode of Terrifying & True investigates the real history behind one of Canada's most devastating true crime cases: the disappearances and murders of women and girls along Highway 16 and nearby routes, many of them Indigenous. Officially, the RCMP's Project E-PANA includes eighteen cases, but families, advocates, and Indigenous organizations have long argued that the true number may be higher.We examine the victims, the isolated geography, the lack of safe transportation, the failures of policing and media attention, and the systemic conditions that allowed danger to persist for decades. This is not a story about one cursed road or one simple explanation. It is a story about grief, survival, ignored warnings, and families who refused to let their loved ones disappear from memory.The Highway of Tears remains one of the most haunting examples of how true crime can expose something larger than a single mystery: a pattern of violence, silence, and systemic failure that continues to demand answers.We're telling that story tonight.

Four eerie tales of gothic horror and betrayal unfold tonight. A desert archaeological dig uncovers fresh horror instead of ancient history. Then Owl Creek Bridge becomes a nightmare of illusion, escape, and doom. Witchcraft, stagecraft, and murder collide in flames and suspicion. Finally, The Whistler arrives with a crime story where the cleverest plan may already be waiting to betray you. Expert narration. Immersive darkness. Spine-tingling twists.

Supernatural horror stories, creature attacks, dark fantasy nightmares, vampire hunters, witchcraft, death cults, feral forest legends, and occult monster terror collide in this eerie Weekly Spooky compilation built for fans of scary stories, horror fiction, paranormal thrillers, folk horror, supernatural action, dark magic, cannibal legends, and cursed wilderness mysteries.These stories crawl through haunted forests, secret schools, forgotten hills, and poisoned realms where the old rules of the world break apart. A gentle hermit discovers an ancient corruption spreading through the woods. A supernatural federal agent spends New Year's Eve fighting undead servants and a death god. A folklore writer follows a century-old Oregon mystery into the trees… and finds out some legends are hungry enough to survive.Inside this episode:• New Year's Evil: A Paranormal Thriller from the Case Files of Caroline QuinnA half-vampire federal troubleshooter returns to her old supernatural school on New Year's Eve, only to find the campus overtaken by cultists, undead creatures, and a possible death god resurrection. It's occult action horror with monsters, government secrets, superpowered students, and a countdown to midnight. • Hermit — by Mike MannIn a strange fantasy realm, an ancient woodland healer discovers black ichor infecting animals, trees, and the balance of nature itself. Her desperate warning leads her toward a village where fear, cruelty, dark magic, and monstrous transformation await. • Fool's Hill — by Bruce HaneyA folklore writer investigating old Oregon witch legends uncovers a century-long pattern of disappearances, mutilated bodies, strange screams in the woods, and a hill with a terrible reputation. What begins as local legend becomes a grim folk-horror mystery about curiosity, cannibal survival, and the stories people should have left buried. If you love supernatural horror podcasts, scary folklore stories, dark fantasy horror, occult mysteries, vampire hunters, haunted woods, death cult horror, folk horror, and creature-feature nightmares, this compilation delivers a strange, bloody trip into worlds where the monsters may be ancient, human, undead, or something much worse.

Edgar Allan Poe's gothic horror masterpiece comes alive in "Shadow, A Fable"—a chilling tale of death, plague, and ancient dread that feels disturbingly modern. Henrique brings his filmmaker's eye to Poe's most eerie fiction, crafting an immersive audio experience of supernatural terror as a group of men confront something unseen lurking just beyond the light. Perfect for horror fiction fans and Poe enthusiasts.Turn down the lights, my spookies… because in Poe's world, the shadow is never just a shadow.Shadow, a Fable — by Edgar Allan Poe

Cryptid folklore meets modern surveillance this week on Thursday Thrills. We dive into Champ, America's answer to the Loch Ness Monster, and explore the eerie lake-monster legends that refuse to fade—especially after alleged new footage surfaced on Lake Champlain. From high-tech underwater searches to centuries-old hidden-creature encounters, we ask: what makes these stories persist, and what happens when folklore gets caught on camera?Join us as we look at the darkness beneath the surface.

Cursed objects awaken fresh horror in Part 2 of Summer of the Demon. After surviving the jersey's return, Peewee wakes in Greg's room to meet his parents—who reveal the obsession started at Tinkers, a mysterious junk shop. Their confession changes everything: the curse isn't contained. The darkness at Camp Red Feather intensifies as secrets unravel and the real horror emerges. Mature themes, supernatural escalation, and eerie family revelations await in this terrifying chapter of the Weekly Spooky horror fiction anthology.Back at Camp Red Feather, the Demon strikes again, turning a pool party into a blood-soaked nightmare and proving that no one tied to the championship game is safe. Peewee wants answers, but every clue points back to Greg Branlake, Mick “The Demon” Knight, and the supernatural force hidden inside that 00 jersey.Then Greg's sister Jessica arrives at camp, determined to help uncover the truth about her brother's death, his journals, and the mysterious “Vicious Vixen” who may know more than anyone realizes. But before Peewee and Jessica can escape Camp Red Feather, the Demon returns in broad daylight—and this time, he is ready to tear through everyone on the field.This second chapter of Rob Fields' sports horror slasher miniseries delivers cursed object terror, demonic revenge, summer camp carnage, supernatural football horror, and a brutal cliffhanger that pushes Peewee closer to a showdown he may not survive.Listen now for a scary summer horror story where the Demon is back on the field… and he's still playing to kill.Summer of the Demon: Part 2 — by Rob Fields

Horror history gets weird, reflective, and dangerously snackable this week as This Week in Horror History travels through June 8–14 with mischievous monsters, haunted hotels, supernatural comedy, demonic hauntings, creepy mirrors, and one killer dessert that may be eating America alive.This episode digs into a packed week of classic horror movies, cult horror sequels, supernatural blockbusters, 1980s horror, haunted-house horror, and strange consumer-satire body horror, including the release of Gremlins, the same-day arrival of Ghostbusters, the wider theatrical expansion of The Shining, the hit sequel The Conjuring 2, and the mirror-filled nightmare of Poltergeist III.Inside this episode:• Gremlins turns one cute little mogwai into small-town monster chaos and helps push Hollywood toward the PG-13 rating.• Ghostbusters brings haunted libraries, demonic possession, rooftop apocalypse, and paranormal exterminators into one of the biggest supernatural comedy franchises ever.• The Shining expands wider in U.S. theaters, pulling more audiences into Stanley Kubrick's cold, hypnotic nightmare inside the Overlook Hotel.• The Conjuring 2 sends Ed and Lorraine Warren to the Enfield haunting and introduces one of modern horror's most memorable demonic figures.• The Deep-Cut Spotlight goes to Poltergeist III, the strange 1988 sequel that traps Carol Anne inside a haunted Chicago high-rise full of mirrors, elevators, cold hallways, and unfinished supernatural business.Plus: a horror birthday roll featuring Johnny Depp, Natalie Portman, Jurgen Prochnow, and Adrienne Barbeau, a creepy look at how horror sneaks into family homes, hotels, corporate towers, grocery aisles, and blockbuster comedy, and a weekly recommendation for Larry Cohen's weird, gross, and sharply satirical cult classic The Stuff.From mogwai mayhem and ghost exterminators to haunted reflections, demonic forces, the Overlook Hotel, and a mysterious dessert that might be consuming its customers from the inside out, this week proves horror can invade almost anything: your home, your hotel room, your movie theater, your refrigerator, and your appetite.

The murder of Jeffrey Hall is one of the most disturbing modern American true crime cases — not because the killer was hidden, but because the person who pulled the trigger was only 10 years old.On May 1, 2011, in Riverside, California, 32-year-old Jeffrey Hall was asleep on the couch when his son, Joseph Hall, took a .357 revolver from a closet, walked downstairs, and shot him in the head. Jeffrey Hall was not just a father. He was a local leader in the National Socialist Movement, a neo-Nazi organization, and had filled his home with extremist politics, weapons, instability, fear, and violence.But this case is not a simple story of poetic justice. It is a deeply unsettling look at childhood trauma, extremist indoctrination, domestic chaos, juvenile justice, gun access, and the impossible question of what justice means when a child kills.Inside this episode:• The life and extremism of Jeffrey Hall — a Riverside neo-Nazi leader who brought hate into politics, public rallies, and his own home.• Joseph Hall's troubled childhood — marked by neglect concerns, instability, weapons, alleged abuse, behavioral issues, and a household shaped by fear.• The night of the shooting — when a 10-year-old boy retrieved a loaded revolver and killed his sleeping father.• The legal question at the heart of the case — whether Joseph, at just 10 years old, truly understood the wrongfulness and permanence of what he had done.• The juvenile trial and appeals — including the court's finding of second-degree murder, challenges over Miranda rights, and the larger debate over children in the criminal justice system.• The tragedy beneath the headlines — a violent extremist father, a frightened child, a broken household, and a legal system forced to sort horror into categories that never fully fit.This is not a murder mystery. Joseph Hall admitted what happened. The deeper mystery is how a child arrived at that couch with a revolver in his hand — and how many adults, systems, ideologies, and failures helped put him there.A man was killed. A child was charged. A family was destroyed. And the house Jeffrey Hall built around hatred became the place where that violence came home.We're telling that story tonight.

Unknown Broadcast slips once more into the Weekly Spooky feed, carrying four old-time radio horror stories, classic OTR suspense dramas, and strange little nightmares that sound as though they were never meant to be transmitted at all.Tonight, the signal begins with a clock that should not exist, moves through the perfume of wild oranges on a deadly Southern shore, follows a woman into a murder mystery wrapped in danger and inheritance, and ends with The Whistler watching a clever crime collapse beneath its own shadow.

Horror fiction anthology featuring mad science, body horror mutations, and medical terror. When human experiments go catastrophically wrong, an asylum doctor transforms into something impossible, a toxic disaster spawns flesh-ripping nightmares, and secret bioweapons become monsters. Four gruesome tales of scientific failure and corporeal dread, expertly narrated with cinematic ambiance for fans of creature horror, horror legends, and dark pulp storytelling.These four tales crawl through the places where the human body stops being safe: an asylum doctor transformed into something impossible, a toxic disaster that unleashes prehistoric predators, a mountain crime scene overrun by man-eating feral hogs, and a warehouse hiding a family secret made of scars, blood, and teeth.Inside this episode:• I Used to Be a Doctor in an Insane Asylum. My Patient Destroyed My World. — by Michael KelsoA psychiatrist working with the most violent patients imaginable loses everything when one of them escapes… but death is only the beginning. After a brutal attack, the doctor awakens as something no longer fully human, becoming an electrical ghost obsessed with revenge. • Night of the Tyrants — by David O'HanlonA criminal nightmare in Fortune, Missouri turns prehistoric when a toxic disaster reveals what a nearby “chemical depot” has really been hiding. Drug dealers, killers, explosions, and rampaging dinosaurs collide in a savage body-horror creature feature. • Hog Wild — by David O'HanlonA botched murder trip leaves criminals stranded in the woods, suspended in a wrecked car above a feeding frenzy of feral hogs. As the bodies fall and the pigs gather below, survival becomes a bloody, brutal fight against nature's ugliest appetite. • Warehouse of Blood — by Shane MigliavaccaA late-night reporter follows a missing-person lead into a family-owned warehouse and finds something much worse than a scoop. Behind the locked doors waits a scarred, hidden, half-forgotten monster who wants to play with his new “dolly.” If you love mad scientist horror, body horror stories, monster horror podcasts, creepy experiments, mutant creatures, revenge from beyond death, and gory pulp horror, this compilation is packed with the kind of nasty surprises that make you check your pulse just to make sure your body still belongs to you.

REC (2007) found footage horror gets the Cutting Deep into Horror treatment as Henrique Couto & Rachael Redolfilock themselves inside one of the most terrifying Spanish horror movies ever made. Directed by Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza, REC is a lean, relentless Spanish found footage zombie horror classic that follows a TV reporter and her cameraman into a Barcelona apartment building where a routine emergency call becomes a sealed-off nightmare.In this episode, Henrique and Rachael dig into why REC still feels so scary, eerie, immediate, and brutally effectivenearly two decades later. From the firehouse ride-along setup to the escalating quarantine, from the infected attacks to the unforgettable night-vision finale, this is a movie that understands exactly how to use shaky camera chaos without losing the audience.Inside this episode:Why REC works so well as found footage horror — and why the news crew setup makes the camera feel natural instead of forced.The apartment building as a horror trap — claustrophobic hallways, locked exits, frightened residents, and a quarantine that keeps tightening.Spanish zombie horror vs. American remake energy — including comparisons to Quarantine and why the original feels rawer and more dangerous.The Tristiana Medeiros reveal — how the movie shifts from outbreak horror into something more demonic, strange, and unforgettable.The final darkness — why the night-vision climax remains one of the most iconic endings in modern found footage horror.Henrique and Rachael's final thoughts on why REC is one of the strongest found footage films they've covered so far.REC was reportedly produced on a roughly $2.1 million budget and earned about $23 million worldwide, making it a major international success for Spanish horror and one of the defining found-footage genre entries of the 2000s.

Mysterious ghost lights haunt the darkest roads in America and Australia. In this Thursday Thrills episode, explore cryptid encounters and spooky legends tied to the Marfa Lights, Min Min Light horror, and the Devil's Promenade—unexplained phenomena that draw paranormal tourists into real darkness. From eerie folklore to modern sightings, we investigate why these haunted locations refuse to stay dead.Inside this episode:The Hornet / Joplin Spook Light and the haunted road known as the Devil's PromenadeWhy the Marfa Lights became a paranormal tourism destination in West TexasThe Min Min Light legends of the Australian outback and why they feel so sinisterPossible explanations, from headlights and mirages to temperature inversionsA fictional ghost-light encounter built from the fears these legends tap intoNew here? Thursday Thrills is a quick weekly ride into creepy stories, haunted places, weird obsessions, and eerie little corners of the world worth talking about.Would you follow a mysterious light down a dark road?

A cursed football jersey, a dead rival, and a summer camp full of athletes collide in this terrifying new Weekly Spooky horror story from Rob Fields.After surviving the impossible during last fall's championship game, Eddie “Peewee” Richter should be focused on college football, scholarships, and proving he belongs on the field. Instead, he's trapped at Camp Red Feather, haunted by nightmares of Greg Branlake—the football phenom who transformed into something monstrous in front of an entire stadium.But when the Demon returns, it is no longer just a nightmare.A brutal attack at camp proves that the horror from Strickfield's past is alive, angry, and hungry for revenge. Peewee may have escaped once, but the Demon has a new plan: kill everyone who was there that night, saving Peewee for last. As panic takes hold and secrets surrounding the mysterious 00 jersey begin to surface, Peewee realizes the only way to survive may be to uncover the truth behind the curse before it comes for him.This first chapter of the Summer of the Demon miniseries launches a fast, frightening blend of sports horror, supernatural revenge, summer camp terror, monster mayhem, and Strickfield mythology—perfect for fans of scary stories, cursed objects, demonic slashers, and horror fiction with a pulpy, high-energy edge.Listen now for a summer horror story where the game never really ended… and the Demon is still keeping score.Summer of the Demon: Part 1 — by Rob Fields

Horror history gets dangerously domestic this week as This Week in Horror History travels through June 1–7 with haunted houses, killer sequels, cursed children, dystopian violence, mature themes, and one deeply uncomfortable genetic-engineering nightmare.This episode digs into a packed week of classic horror movies, cult horror sequels, supernatural horror, Blumhouse hits, and underrated sci-fi body horror, including the return of Norman Bates, the suburban nightmare of Poltergeist, the perfectly timed 6/6/06 release of The Omen remake, and the birth of The Purge as a modern horror franchise.Inside this episode:• Psycho II brings Norman Bates back to the Bates Motel in one of horror's most surprisingly strong legacy sequels.• Poltergeist turns the American dream house into a supernatural trap full of TV static, cursed land, and unforgettable 1980s horror imagery.• The Omen remake arrives on 6/6/06, turning a horror release date into pure Antichrist marketing gold.• The Purge launches a massive Blumhouse franchise with one terrifying idea: for twelve hours, all crime is legal.• The Deep-Cut Spotlight goes to Splice, the disturbing 2010 sci-fi horror film about genetic engineering, parental failure, and the nightmare of creating life without the courage to take responsibility for it.Plus: a horror birthday roll featuring Danielle Harris, Keith David, Robert Englund, and Jessica Tandy, a creepy look at what these stories say about control, family, suburbia, and civilization, and a weekly recommendation for Sean Byrne's vicious prom-night horror film The Loved Ones.From haunted television screens to cursed children, science gone rotten, and a society where the rules turn off for one night, this week proves horror is often scariest when it moves into the places that were supposed to keep us safe.

On November 12, 1998, twenty-three-year-old Katarzyna Zowada vanished in Krakow, Poland—a disappearance that would transform into one of modern horror history's most disturbing cases. Weeks later, a discovery on the Vistula River revealed forensic horror and unanswered questions that still haunt the city. Join Henrique as we explore the gaps, the inexplicable details, and the paranormal mystery behind one of Poland's most chilling unsolved murders.Inside this episode:• The disappearance of Katarzyna Zowada and the warning signs that were not treated urgently enough.• The horrifying Vistula River discovery that transformed a missing-person case into one of Poland's most infamous murders.• The forensic mystery surrounding the deliberate removal of skin and the questions it raised about the killer's knowledge, motive, and control.• The long cold case investigation, including Poland's Archiwum X, DNA testing, exhumation, 3D modeling, and renewed river searches.• The arrest, conviction, appeal, and 2024 acquittal of Robert J., and why the case remains legally unresolved.• The human story beneath the horror — Katarzyna as a daughter, student, and young woman whose identity should never be swallowed by the brutality of what was done to her.This is not just a story about one of Europe's most shocking true crime cases. It is a story about how grief lingers when the legal system cannot give a final answer. It is about the danger of confusing suspicion with proof. And it is about a river that gave back part of the truth — but not the killer's name.Katarzyna Zowada disappeared in 1998. Her remains surfaced in the Vistula in 1999. More than twenty-five years later, her murder is still waiting for justice.We're telling that story tonight.

Unknown Broadcast returns to the Weekly Spooky feed with another dimly glowing transmission of old-time radio horror stories, classic OTR suspense, vintage radio mystery, psychological horror, and ghostly little dramas where the mind is never quite as private as it seems.Tonight's broadcast brings four eerie classics from the darker corners of the dial: a commuter whose fantasy woman steps out of his imagination and into his doom, a cold professor pursued by a force he refuses to understand, a criminal investigation where the dead may be the only witness left worth trusting, and a final Whistler tale where one desperate choice may seal a fate already waiting in the dark. The host is waiting. The chair is ready. The story is sharpening. But some things, perhaps wisely, remain just a little out of focus.