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Sept. 17, 2026
Thursday Thrills | Flatwoods Monster to Mothman: A West Virginia Cryptid Road Trip
The Flatwoods Monster and Mothman turn West Virginia folklore into a road trip after dark. In 1952, Kathleen May's group reported a towering figure on a hillside; in 1966, two couples said a red-eyed creature chased their car near Point Pleasant. Henrique Couto revisits these reported cryptid encounters, the original witness accounts and the meteor, owl and crane explanations. Explore the TNT Area legend and the 2026 Mothman Festival, scheduled for September 19–20. What did those beams of light
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Sept. 16, 2026
Intruder in the Night: A Babysitter’s Nightmare | Halloween Horror Story
A masked intruder armed with poison gas stalks a teenage babysitter and two young boys in this 1944 home invasion horror story from David O’Hanlon—an eerie Halloween-season nightmare built on wartime paranoia, chemical terror, and the fear of someone already inside the house. Fourteen-year-old Candice Cardona thinks the strange smell, the open window, and the muddy boot prints can all be explained away. Then one of the children is found unconscious, a chemical sprayer hisses in the dark, and a
Sept. 15, 2026
This Week in Horror History | Jennifer's Body, Blair Witch, Hardware & The Addams Family
Jennifer's Body turns friendship into demonic horror, Blair Witch sends a new crew into the Black Hills, and Hardware traps a killer machine inside an apartment. This Week in Horror History covers September 14-20, 2026, with The Addams Family's macabre TV comedy and Cry_Wolf's invented serial killer joining the lineup. Revisit the films and television that made possession, technology, and even a family home feel dangerous. Plus, celebrate Sam Neill, Jennifer Tilly, Cassandra Peterson, and George
Sept. 14, 2026
Terrifying & True | Lizzie Borden: The Axe Murders, Trial and Unsolved Mystery
Lizzie Borden, the 1892 Fall River axe murders, and the trial that became one of America's greatest unsolved mysteries. With Netflix's Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story bringing renewed attention to the case, Terrifying & True returns to Fall River, Massachusetts, and the locked Borden home at 92 Second Street. On August 4, 1892, Andrew and Abby Borden were killed hours apart inside the house. Suspicion fell on Andrew's daughter Lizzie, yet investigators found no eyewitness, no conclusively ide
Sept. 13, 2026
Unknown Broadcast | Rural Horror: Harvest of Death & Ghost in the Garden
Halloween Season approaches as Unknown Broadcast follows the garden path into six old-time radio horror stories, classic OTR mysteries, and radio suspense tales rooted in fields, orchards, and haunted soil. CBS Radio Mystery Theater, Escape, Suspense, The Whistler, Inner Sanctum, and Quiet Please bring in a harvest that should have been left in the ground. The fruit is ripe, the hay is stacked, and something beneath the garden has started breathing. ☠ Down the Garden Path - A pleasant path win
Sept. 12, 2026
7 Halloween Horror Stories: Cursed VHS, Slashers & Video Store Horror
Seven Halloween horror stories rewind the season into nearly five hours of cursed VHS tapes, video store nightmares, slasher killers, occult rituals, late-night horror television, and supernatural scary stories. Weekly Spooky presents Rituals, Reels & Rentals, a retro Halloween horror compilation for listeners who love horror fiction podcasts, 1980s horror nostalgia, cursed media, vintage video stores, Samhain folklore, and long-form scary stories. These tales move from an ancient graveyard spe
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June 27, 2026
The Mechanical Walt: Audio-Animatronics as Disneyland's Cryogenic Chamber
Beyond the frozen body myth, what if Walt Disney's true 'preservation' is found not in ice, but in the uncanny lifelikeness of Disneyland's Audio-Animatronics? Explore how these marvels became Walt's enduring echo, a chillingly advanced form of lega…
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June 12, 2026
America’s Loch Ness Monster: Why Lake Monster Legends Still Refuse to Sink
What is it about a dark lake at night that makes every ripple feel alive? In this episode of Thursday Thrills, Weekly Spooky dives into one of the most enduring forms of monster folklore: the lake creature. From the legendary Champ of Lake Champlai…