Weekly Spooky | Scary Stories for Halloween

Mercy Brown was dead. Her brother was dying. New England’s vampire panic drove families to open graves and burn hearts, hoping to save the living from tuberculosis, then called consumption. Henrique Couto traces Rhode Island’s vampire folklore, Connecticut’s mysterious JB55 burial and the evidence behind America’s graveyard rituals. Hear archival recordings of folklorist Michael Bell, Everett Peck and archaeologist Nicholas Bellantoni. With Thanksgiving’s promise of reunion as its backdrop, why did grieving families seek a cure inside a coffin? We're telling that story tonight.

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Unknown Broadcast keeps Halloween’s chill alive with four old-time radio mysteries of grief, witchcraft and the boundary between life and death.

✦ The Dead Deserve to Rest — A widow trusts a promise of contact beyond the grave.

☾ Ancient Sorceries — A strange village seems to recognize a traveler who has never visited.

◆ The Furnished Floor — A widower rebuilds the home he shared with his late wife.

✧ Apparition — A dead husband’s apparent return threatens an inheritance.

Dim the lights for All Souls season and classic radio suspense. The signal fades, but someone upstairs is still listening.

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Three masked trick-or-treaters. One empty candy bowl. In “Mischief Night: A Halloween Carol,” Eliza Jordan turns away children who insist they’re owed an offering. A storm traps her at home, her phone disappears, and her horror-movie marathon begins showing scenes from her own life. Now something with claws is inside the house. This scary Halloween story turns a lonely night on the couch into a supernatural home invasion—and makes “trick or treat” a threat.

Written by Shane Migliavacca. Narrated by Henrique Couto.

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Halloween in Strickfield opens doors that should stay shut. A bridge ghost holds missing children, a midnight movie leads to a vampire world, a ruined carnival hides a trip to 1955, and the Candy House returns for one deadly night. Follow Madelyne and her friends through nearly six hours of connected horror stories, where every local legend brings a new threat.

“Return to the Cry Baby Bridge” — Written by Rob Fields.
“The Portal” — Written by Rob Fields.
“The Last Carnovasch” — Written by Rob Fields.
“The Legend of the Lone Candy House” — Written by Rob Fields.
Narrated by Henrique Couto.

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Your Halloween party has a new soundtrack: 24 spooky songs from 14 artists, hosted by Henrique Couto. Weekly Spooky Radio 2026 brings together horror-inspired rock, monster pop, eerie electronics and occult chants in two-song sets, with Henrique back at the mic between each pair. Hear The Goldstars, DEATH CAT, Inglorious Kate, Gelatin Skelatin and more as ghosts, vampires, Frankenstein and werewolves take over the playlist. With more than 90 minutes of music, this Halloween bonus show is ready for pumpkin carving, costume prep, handing out candy or a late-night monster dance party.

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