Weekly Spooky: Horror Stories & Scary Tales

What really happened when a monstrous black dog with burning eyes was said to crash through two churches during a violent storm in East Anglia in 1577? In this episode of Terrifying & True, we dig into the chilling legend of Black Shuck, the infamous hell hound of Suffolk and Norfolk, and the real storm disaster that may have given one of England’s most terrifying folklore creatures its lasting power.

From the shattered calm of church services in Bungay and Blythburgh, to stories of death omens, devil dogs, scorched church doors, and a beast said to move with the storm itself, this is a tale where English folklore, paranormal legend, and real historical fear collide. We explore the terrifying reports tied to the August 4, 1577 thunderstorm, the long tradition of phantom black dogs in Britain, and the grounded explanations behind one of the most enduring supernatural legends in the British Isles.

If you love true folklore, haunted history, mysterious creatures, dark legends, and stories where the line between history and nightmare is razor thin, this is an episode you do not want to miss. Because Black Shuck is more than just a monster story. It is a legend about weather, death, panic, faith, and the shape fear takes when it comes out of the storm.

We’re telling that story tonight.

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Unknown Broadcast returns to the Weekly Spooky feed with more old-time radio horror stories, classic OTR suspense, vintage mystery radio, ghostly dread, strange disappearances, greed, curses, and dark family secrets. This week’s transmission moves from plague-haunted bloodlines to a vanished bride, from murderous greed to a glittering dream of impossible wealth.

🌹 A Ring of Roses — A seemingly innocent visit to meet a fiancée’s old friend turns into a sinister journey through inherited secrets, Black Plague lore, and a cursed ring that feels tied to the living and the dead alike. It’s lush, gothic, and steeped in the creeping dread of classic radio horror.
💍 The Bride Vanishes — A bride disappears into mystery, leaving behind unease, strange behavior, and the sense that something is deeply wrong beneath the surface. This one carries that delicious vintage radio suspense mood of mounting confusion, ominous atmosphere, and danger waiting just offstage. 
💵 Avarice — The Whistler steps in with a tale of greed, money, and murderous desperation, where John Abbott’s hunger for wealth twists everything around him. It is sharp, cruel, and exactly the kind of crime-horror radio story where one bad desire poisons an entire house.
💎 The Diamond as Big as the Ritz — The night closes with Escape, promising a fabulous world of wonder, danger, and impossible riches. There’s something especially haunting about ending on a story built around desire so extravagant it starts to feel unreal, like a dream that may not want to let you wake up.

If you love classic OTR horror, old-time radio suspense, vintage mystery anthologies, paranormal audio drama, and eerie stories pulled from the strangest corners of broadcasting history, this episode is packed with exactly that kind of shadowy delight.

Some families inherit love. Some inherit dread. And some spend their whole lives reaching for something bright enough to blind them.

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Small-town horror, vampire horror, cursed love, alternate dimensions, and terrifying supernatural encounters collide in this eerie Weekly Spooky compilation of four dark and dangerous tales. If you love creepy small-town secrets, portal horror, monster stories, evil transformations, and strange nights that spiral into bloodshed, this one is packed with nightmare fuel.

Tonight’s lineup moves from a town that has been erased from the map, to a sleepover that opens a doorway into a dead vampire world, to a drunken ritual that summons something no one was meant to love, and finally to a seductive nightmare of blood, betrayal, and the deadly price of the nightlife. These stories all hit that sweet spot where youthful recklessness, supernatural evil, and terrible choices meet in the dark.

• I’m from a Small Town That No Longer Exists. No One Is Allowed to Know Why — by Michael KelsoA childhood memory of hide-and-seek in the cornfields turns into a chilling account of strangers, human shells, and a town that seems to have been swallowed up and erased. It’s eerie, paranoid, and loaded with that “something is deeply wrong here” kind of dread.
• Doorway to Horror — by Rob FieldsA girls’ movie night goes horribly wrong when a mysterious disc drags them into an alternate vampire-ruled Strickfield where Christmas decorations glow over a dead world. This one is fast, fun, creepy, and full of portal horror, undead danger, and end-of-the-world atmosphere.
• Love Conquers All — by Joe SolmoThree desperate guys try to conjure up the perfect supernatural lover and instead create a hay-stuffed monstrosity with a seductive voice and murderous intentions. It’s nasty, funny, mean, and exactly the kind of rural backwoods horror-comedy that goes from stupid idea to absolute disaster in record time.
• Newborn — by Rob FieldsA night of partying and seduction becomes a brutal vampire origin story as Eliza discovers the truth about what she has become and how far she is willing to go for power. This one leans dark, sexy, vicious, and fully monstrous in all the best ways.

From vanished towns and cursed fields to vampire clubs and broken doorways between worlds, this collection is all about crossing a line you can’t uncross. Lock the doors, keep your eyes off the dark corners, and don’t trust anything that offers you freedom too easily.

Which one got under your skin the most?

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Creep (2014) is one of the most unsettling found footage horror movies of the 2010s, and in this episode of Cutting Deep into Horror, Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi dig into why Patrick Brice’s microbudget nightmare still works so well. This episode centers on Creep, the 2014 psychological horror film directed by Patrick Brice and built around the deeply unnerving chemistry between Mark Duplass and Brice himself. The uploaded episode notes describe the discussion as a deep dive into trust, manipulation, ethical boundaries, filmmaking, and emotional vulnerability, with the hosts also teasing One Cut of the Dead for next week. 
Inside this episode
Why Creep feels so real and why its awkward, intimate style makes the horror hit harder
Josef as a manipulator, using warmth, humor, and vulnerability as weapons
Found footage tension and how the film turns normal social discomfort into dread
Filmmaking ethics and performance, including how the movie comments on directors, subjects, and emotional exploitation
Henrique and Rachael’s own filmmaking stories, including videography and client-boundary experiences that echo the film’s anxieties
The final act and ending, and why the movie lingers long after it is overThese themes line up closely with the episode chapters and summary embedded in the uploaded transcript file, including sections on wedding videography struggles, first impressions, the shift in atmosphere, the Peachfuzz reveal, manipulation, and filmmaking truths.   

About the film​Creep premiered at SXSW on March 8, 2014. It was directed by Patrick Brice, with story credit shared by Patrick Brice and Mark Duplass, and it has gone on to become a modern cult favorite in found-footage and psychological horror circles.

It stars Mark Duplass as Josef and Patrick Brice as Aaron. 

Where to watch (U.S., this week)
Current U.S. availability appears to include Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads, Amazon Prime Video, and Amazon Prime Video with Ads for streaming, with Amazon Video and Fandango At Home showing rental and/or purchase options. I’m only listing options that were corroborated across multiple sources. 

Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi go beyond a surface-level review and really get into why Creep feels so disturbing, how Josef weaponizes performance, and why the movie doubles as a nasty little commentary on storytelling itself.

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What if the scariest thing in your home wasn’t a ghost… but a painting you created yourself? In tonight’s Weekly Spooky episode, a casual girls’ night turns into a chilling supernatural nightmare when a woman discovers that her strange new artwork seems to know too much about her house, her life, and what is about to happen next. Haunted paintings, witches, cursed art, ghosts, and home invasion horror collide in one eerie tale that keeps getting darker every time you look closer.

If you love scary stories, witch horror, haunted house tales, paranormal fiction, and stories where everyday life suddenly slips into something impossible and terrifying, this one is for you. “I Painted a Witch” blends domestic unease, occult mystery, creepy imagery, and supernatural dread into a nightmare about art that doesn’t just reflect reality… it changes it. Lock the doors, leave the lights on, and look away before the painting looks back.

I Painted a Witch — by Bruce Haney

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