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Terrifying & True | Anneliese Michel Exorcism True Story: Demonic Possession Claims and the Shocking Death Behind the Horror

Episode | 34 min | Apr 6, 2026
The Anneliese Michel exorcism remains one of the most disturbing and controversial cases in modern religious history—a story of alleged demonic possession, failed medical treatment, Catholic ritual, and a young woman whose death still fuels arguments about faith, mental illness, epilepsy, and neglect. In this episode of Terrifying & True, we go beyond the sensational “real exorcism” legend and into the documented tragedy behind the case: a deeply religious woman in West Germany, months of ritual intervention, a body wasting away in plain sight, and the horrifying question of what happens when conviction replaces care. 

We trace the full arc of the case, from Anneliese Michel’s early medical struggles and reported seizures to the growing belief that she was possessed, the Church-approved exorcism rites carried out by Fathers Ernst Alt and Arnold Renz, and the devastating collapse that ended in her death on July 1, 1976. The episode also follows the aftermath: the criminal trial, the role of her parents, the suspended sentences for negligent homicide, and the reason this case still endures as one of the darkest intersections of Catholic exorcism, psychological suffering, and preventable death. 

Inside this episode:
  • Who Anneliese Michel was before the case became world-famous
  • Epilepsy, psychiatric symptoms, and spiritual interpretation
  • How the possession narrative took hold
  • The months-long Catholic exorcism rites
  • Why medical treatment stopped
  • Her death from malnutrition and dehydration
  • The 1978 trial of her parents and the priests
  • Why the real horror is more disturbing than the legend

If you’re drawn to true exorcism stories, real demonic possession cases, Catholic horror, paranormal true crime, religious mystery, and the devastating gray area where belief and mental illness collide, this episode is essential listening. The Anneliese Michel case is frightening not because it might prove a demon was in the room—but because a suffering young woman was, and the people around her could no longer see her clearly enough to save her.

We’re telling that story tonight.

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Unknown Broadcast | Four Vintage Tales of Family Ruin, Wartime Espionage, Mad Science, and a Strange Little Visitor

Episode | 129 min | Apr 5, 2026
Unknown Broadcast returns with more old-time radio horror stories, classic OTR suspense, vintage radio drama, eerie mystery anthologies, and dark audio storytelling slipped loose from the static.

This week’s transmission moves from a prison-bred family wound that never healed, to occupied France and a dangerous OSS operation, to a miracle cure that may be something far worse, and finally to the soft, impossible footsteps of a child-sized presence that does not belong in any ordinary room. Four stories. Four distinct kinds of dread. All of them patient.

💰 “Accounts Receivable” — A son forced back into the orbit of his dying criminal father finds that old hatred is easier to carry than forgiveness. Prison, buried money, generational damage, and a home already cracking under financial strain turn this into a bitter family reckoning where every debt comes due.
⚜️ “Operation Fleur de Lys” — Occupied France, the underground, OSS planning rooms, and a mission tied to the coming push into Normandy give this one the charged pulse of wartime espionage. It moves with secrecy, danger, divided loyalties, and the feeling that love and duty may not survive the same operation.
🧠 “The Kettler Method” — A celebrated doctor’s brain operation promises wonders, but the very phrase “the Kettler Method” carries the chill of obsession, pride, and terrible consequences. Mad medicine, professional vanity, and surgical dread make this one feel like science stepping over a line it should never have approached.
👣 “Little Fellow” — Quiet, intimate, and deeply uncanny, this final tale trades overt violence for the hush of something impossible drawing near. A tiny voice, a tiny presence, and the eerie innocence of the title itself make it feel less like a haunting than an intrusion from some smaller, stranger corner of reality. 

So settle in for classic radio suspense, vintage horror, old-time radio mystery, and eerie supernatural drama from a feed that never entirely explains itself. Some ghosts come back for revenge, some secrets return for history, and some things arrive so softly you only notice them once they are already in the room. 

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Ghosts, Werewolves, Zombies, and Haunted Houses: 4 Small-Town Horror Stories

Episode | 123 min | Apr 4, 2026
Ghost stories, werewolves, zombies, haunted houses, and small-town horror collide in this creepy collection of four scary stories packed with eerie legends, supernatural terror, and backwoods nightmares. If you love haunted pond tales, werewolf horror, ghost story atmosphere, weird monsters, and strange late-night encounters, this episode is built for you.

Tonight’s lineup drags you through cursed water, alien chaos, full-moon bloodshed, and one deeply wrong house that should have been left alone. These stories all share that perfect campfire-horror feeling: ordinary people, local legends, and one terrible night where everything goes bad.

• The Spirit of Langley Pond — by Charles CampbellA hot summer night at the water turns into a chilling encounter with an old local legend that never truly died. This one has Southern ghost story energy, eerie atmosphere, and the kind of revenge-from-beyond-the-grave terror that sticks with you.
 
• Alien Zombie Punks from Upstate New York — by Dan WilderA punk show, New Year’s chaos, falling meteors, and undead weirdness collide in a blood-soaked blast of horror-comedy and cosmic mayhem. It’s wild, nasty, funny, and unlike anything else in the lineup. 

• The Beast of Fagan County — by David O’Hanlon
A string of brutal killings in a small town leads to paranoia, folklore, and the awful possibility that the monster is closer than anyone wants to believe. This is pure werewolf horror with a gritty small-town edge and a strong coming-of-age nightmare vibe.
 
• Ghost Story — by A.N. Onimus
A trip from the county fair to a strange old house becomes a full descent into dread, apparitions, and things no one should ever see in the dark. This one delivers classic haunted house terror with the intensity of a bad dream you never quite wake up from. 

From haunted local folklore to creature-feature carnage, this compilation is all about what waits just outside the glow of town lights. Put on your headphones, lock the doors, and step into a night of ghosts, monsters, and pure Halloween-all-year dread.
Which story got under your skin the most?

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Best of 2025 | Resurrection Mary: The True Story of Chicago’s Vanishing Hitchhiker Ghost

Episode | 98 min | Apr 3, 2026
Resurrection Mary, Chicago’s vanishing hitchhiker, Archer Avenue ghost story, and Resurrection Cemetery legend all come together in one of the most haunting and engrossing episodes of Terrifying & True—and for our Best of 2025 revisit, this is absolutely one worth experiencing again. 

On a lonely stretch of road outside Chicago, drivers have reported the same chilling encounter for generations: a beautiful young woman in a white dress asking for a ride, only to vanish near the gates of Resurrection Cemetery. In this episode, we dig into the eerie folklore, the alleged eyewitness encounters, the possible real women behind the legend, and the unsettling way this phantom hitchhiker story has embedded itself into American ghost lore. 

This is one of the best and most immersive Terrifying & True episodes of 2025—the kind of story that pulls you in with atmosphere, mystery, and just enough historical grounding to make every strange detail hit even harder. If you missed it the first time, this is the perfect chance to revisit one of the show’s standout deep dives. And if you already heard it, the legend of Resurrection Mary is the kind of chilling classic that only gets better on a second listen. 

Inside this episode:
  • The classic Resurrection Mary legend and why Archer Avenue remains one of America’s most famous haunted roads
  • The vanishing hitchhiker mystery and the terrifying pattern repeated across decades of sightings
  • Jerry Palus, cab drivers, nightclub witnesses, and cemetery encounters tied to the legend
  • The search for Mary’s real identity, including theories involving Mary Bregovy and Anna Norkus
  • The blurred line between folklore, fact, media, and mass belief that made this Chicago ghost story endure 

If you love true ghost stories, haunted road legends, urban legends, Chicago hauntings, and deeply atmospheric paranormal mysteries, this episode is one of the strongest examples of what Terrifying & True does best. This Best of 2025 revisit shines a light on a fan-favorite episode that remains one of the show’s most memorable journeys into the uncanny. We’re telling that story tonight.

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🎥 Produced by: Daniel Wilder
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Ep 393

Fooled Ya: April Fools Horror Story - A Deadly Prank!

Episode | 23 min | Apr 1, 2026
Looking for the perfect April Fools Day horror story? Tonight on Weekly Spooky, a skeptical researcher chasing mysterious ley lines, haunted roads, and strange energy finds himself lured to a remote castle where nothing is what it seems. What begins like a campy gothic prank quickly spirals into a bizarre night of vampires, werewolves, dark comedy, and supernatural terror.

This creepy and funny monster story blends classic horror movie vibes, eerie folklore, and an April Fools twist that turns a joke into a nightmare. If you love scary stories, gothic horror, cryptids, old-school monster movies, haunted castles, and supernatural suspense, this one is for you. Hit play and spend April 1st with a story that feels equal parts Hammer Horror, midnight creature feature, and wicked practical joke from hell.

Fooled Ya — by Douglas Waltz

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This Week in Horror History | Slither, Pet Sematary, Resident Evil 3 & Cat People (Mar 30–Apr 5)

Episode | 21 min | Mar 31, 2026
This Week in Horror History is your weekly horror movie and horror game release-date roundup, with where to watch or play (U.S.), a deep-cut spotlight, and a weekly recommendation for fans of body horror, supernatural horror, Stephen King, cult horror, survival horror, and horror documentaries.

This week brings Slither, Cat People, Cursed Films, Pet Sematary, and Resident Evil 3—a lineup packed with alien parasites, erotic transformation, cursed-production mythology, grief-driven resurrection horror, and full-speed Raccoon City panic

Inside this episode
Horror releases from Mar 30–Apr 5
Mar 31, 2006 — Slither
James Gunn’s slimy body-horror cult favorite turns alien parasites, mutant flesh, and small-town terror into one of the nastiest and funniest creature features of the 2000s.
Where to watch: Rent or buy on Prime Video, Apple TV, and Fandango at Home
Apr 2, 1982 — Cat People
A stylish, dreamlike erotic horror remake where sex, transformation, and predatory danger blur together in a feverish New Orleans nightmare.
Where to watch: Rent or buy on Prime Video, Apple TV, and Fandango at Home
Apr 2, 2020 — Cursed Films
his eerie Shudder horror docuseries explores cursed movie legends, horror fandom, and real tragedy, asking why the genre keeps turning productions into myths.
Where to watch: Streaming on Shudder; also available through AMC+ and Philo
Apr 5, 2019 — Pet Sematary
A modern Stephen King horror remake built on grief, resurrection, and the terrible idea that death might be reversible.
Where to watch: Streaming on Paramount+; also available via the Paramount+ Roku Channel; rent or buy on Apple TV and Fandango at Home
🎬 Deep-Cut Spotlight
Apr 3, 2020 — Resident Evil 3
A fast, brutal survival horror remake that turns Raccoon City, Jill Valentine, and Nemesis into a pure sprint through collapse, fire, and unstoppable biohazard chaos.
Where to play: PlayStation Store, Xbox Store, and Steam

🎂 Horror birthdays
Mar 30, 1957 — Tawny Moyer
Mar 31, 1943 — Christopher Walken
Apr 1, 1883 — Lon Chaney
Apr 4, 1932 — Anthony Perkins 

Weekly Recommendation
Apr 5, 1974 — Carrie
Stephen King’s classic horror novel remains one of the genre’s great nightmares of bullying, repression, religious terror, vengeance, and catastrophic power finally unleashed.
Where to read: Available in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, and audio editions

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Monthly Spooky | Bigfoot in Ohio & Cursed Lake Lanier: Sock Burning, Spring Superstitions, and Lake Shawnee Hauntings

Episode | 132 min | Mar 30, 2026
Monthly Spooky paranormal podcast time—Henrique & Michelle dig into spooky news, urban legends, and creepy folklore that hits different when winter won’t let go. We start with the chaos of modern life (yes, taxes), then dive headfirst into spring superstitions from around the world, including the wild Annapolis sock-burning tradition that literally sets “winter” on fire.

Inside this episode:
  • Sock Burning in Annapolis, Maryland: the bizarre spring festival you have to hear to believe
  • Springtime superstitions & rituals: strange “good luck” rules that feel like accidental curses
  • Wilderness encounters: unsettling stories that blur the line between fear, memory, and the unknown
  • Cursed Lake Lanier: deadly reputation, dark history, and why people call it haunted
  • Bigfoot sightings in Ohio: local buzz, creature-in-the-trees paranoia, and cryptid talk
  • Lake Shawnee Amusement Park: tragedies, eerie lore, and why some places never feel “quiet” again
  • Horror movies reviewed: what’s worth your time right now

New here? This episode stands alone—jump in for Bigfoot, haunted lakes, spring folklore, and the kind of spooky headlines that make you side-eye the woods on a sunny day.

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Unknown Broadcast | Four Old-Time Radio Stories of Fear, Deception, and Doom

Episode | 135 min | Mar 29, 2026
Unknown Broadcast returns with more old-time radio horror stories, classic OTR suspense, vintage radio mystery, and eerie anthology drama slipping out of the dark and into your speakers.

This week’s transmission drifts from a lonely house haunted by more than nerves, to a mad dream of kingship, to a secret criminal chamber with its own whispered password, and finally to a single letter that ruins lives from Vienna to Paris. Four tales. Four doors. None of them should be opened.

🐈 “The Resident” — An elderly woman seeking safety and solitude finds both slipping away when a strange cat appears, a younger intruder settles in far too comfortably, and the house itself begins to feel less like a refuge than a trap.
👑 “The Man Who Would Be King” — Two charming scoundrels chase empire at the edge of the world, gambling everything on nerve, fraud, and destiny until the dream turns savage and the crown grows much too heavy.
🗝️ “The Cave of Alibaba” — Secret societies, hidden rooms, criminal rituals, and a deadly mechanical trick turn this stylish thriller into a locked den of thieves where one wrong word can bury a man alive.
✉️ “The Letter” — In the shadow of Nazi terror and paranoia, a gentle scientist is destroyed by accusation, betrayal, and a single handwritten lie that keeps killing long after it is sent.
If you love classic radio suspense, vintage horror anthologies, creepy mystery drama, and old-time radio thrillers, this broadcast was waiting for you.

Some doors open with a password, some with a knock, and some with nothing more than curiosity. The trouble, as ever, is what chooses to answer.

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Ides of March: AI Horror, Demonic Deals, Graveyard Horror, and Undead Revenge Stories

Episode | 115 min | Mar 28, 2026
AI horror, demonic deals, graveyard horror, undead revenge, and creepy psychological terror collide in this Ides of March installment from the Weekly Spooky horror podcast. If you love scary stories, supernatural horror, occult suspense, vampire-style graveyard chills, and modern nightmares about technology turning against us, this collection is built to hit every nerve.

In this episode, a writer discovers that artificial intelligence can become something far more invasive—and far more dangerous—than a helpful tool. A deadly mistake on a dark road spirals into an occult revenge nightmare that refuses to stay buried. A promising night out twists into a demonic first date from hell, where desire, danger, and ritual all collide. And deep in the cemetery, greed leads two men straight into a grave-robbing horror story where the dead are anything but powerless.

In this episode (in order):

• “I used to think AI was wonderful. Now I know it’s evil.” — by Michael Kelso  A writing shortcut becomes a nightmare when the tech starts watching… predicting… and finally acting.
• “Dead Ahead” — by Joe Solmo  A body in the pines. A shoveled secret. And a ritual that turns guilt into something that can walk back out of the dirt.
• “The Blind Date” — by Joe Solmo  A goth romance fantasy curdles into a graveyard pact—because some dates aren’t looking for love… they’re looking for a third soul.
• “The Grave Robbers” — by Bruce Haney  A quick cemetery score turns into old-world hunger, blood-soaked greed, and a ride that doesn’t come with brakes—or mercy.


This Ides of March compilation is packed with creepy AI horror, dark supernatural fiction, demon horror, graveyard terror, undead suspense, and the kind of doom-soaked consequences that make horror so satisfying. If you like your horror stories with cursed choices, sinister turns, and punishments that come crawling back out of the dark, press play and keep the lights low.

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Cutting Deep into Horror | Someone’s Watching Me! (1978) John Carpenter Hidden Gem Breakdown

Episode | 116 min | Mar 27, 2026
John Carpenter’s Someone’s Watching Me! (1978) is one of the most overlooked thrillers in his filmography, and this week on Cutting Deep into Horror, Henrique Couto and Rachael Redolfi dig into the tense, creepy made-for-TV shocker Carpenter made right before Halloween.

The film stars Lauren Hutton, David Birney, and Adrienne Barbeau, and turns anonymous phone calls, apartment paranoia, and stalker dread into a slow-burn nightmare that still lands. The movie was produced by Warner Bros. Television and aired on NBC on November 29, 1978

In this episode, Henrique and Rachael get into why the movie works so well as a pre-Halloween Carpenter thriller, how it builds suspense out of invasive attention and helplessness, and why its made-for-TV roots actually sharpen the tension instead of softening it. They talk about Lauren Hutton’s strong lead performance, Adrienne Barbeau’s memorable supporting turn, the movie’s stalking setup, its uneasy humor, and the way it taps into fears about privacy, vulnerability, and not being believed. They also explore why this one deserves a much bigger reputation among fans of 1970s horror, psychological thrillers, and John Carpenter deep cuts.

Inside this episode:
  • why Someone’s Watching Me! feels like a missing link between Carpenter’s early work and Halloween
  • how the film turns phone harassment, surveillance, and apartment living into effective horror
  • why Lauren Hutton makes such a compelling lead
  • the importance of Adrienne Barbeau’s Sophie and the film’s unusually progressive character dynamics for 1978
  • why the movie’s TV-thriller format gives it a different but very effective rhythm
  • how Carpenter creates tension without needing nonstop violence or spectacle
Film details:
Year: 1978
Director: John Carpenter
Starring: Lauren Hutton, David Birney, Adrienne Barbeau
Runtime: 97 minutes 


Where to watch (U.S., this week):
Hoopla and available to rent or buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV, and Fandango at Home.

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