Terrifying & True | Frau Perchta, the Christmas Witch: Alpine Folklore and Chilling Christmas Horror
Released on 12/08/2025
In this holiday special, we dive into the eerie, mature side of winter tradition, where spooky stories, urban legends, and brutal morality tales kept entire villages in line through the darkest nights of the year. If you crave Christmas horror that feels older and sharper than anything under the tree, this is your episode.
Inside this episode:
- The rules of the Christmas Witch: Why Alpine families raced to finish their spinning, scrub their homes, and eat a strict Twelfth Night meal before Epiphany, terrified that one broken tradition could invite Perchta’s knife.
- Belly-Slitter punishments straight out of horror stories: From trampled weaving to the infamous eviscerations stuffed with straw and stones, we unpack how this gruesome myth drove real-world discipline in a brutal winter landscape.
- From Bright Goddess to winter monster: How a once-benevolent “Bright One” and Lady of Epiphany was demonized by the Church into a sinister Christmas hag, complete with goose-foot, ragged robes, and a curse-laden black cloth.
- Wild Hunts and haunted Alpine nights: The chilling tales of Perchta’s ghostly procession screaming across the winter sky, dragging lost souls and unbaptized children in her wake, and why villagers locked doors and clutched charms when the wind howled.
- The Perchten, Krampus, and other holiday terrors: Meet the beautiful and ugly Perchten, see how they inspired modern Krampus runs, and compare them to figures like Belsnickel and Père Fouettard in a full-blown Christmas rogues’ gallery.
- Living traditions in the spooky season: How today’s Perchtenläufe—massive parades of horned masks, cowbells, and towering headdresses—keep this eerie anthology of winter legends alive in the mountains, blending folk horror with festival fun.
This episode is perfect for listeners who love folklore, chilling stories, and mature themes that turn cozy Christmas nostalgia into something far more eerie, scary, and unforgettable. When the holidays get too sweet, remember: in some places, kids didn’t just fear coal in their stocking—they feared Frau Perchta at the door.
We’re telling that story tonight.
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Unknown Broadcast | Six Horror Stories of Fate, Hubris, and the Crawling Night
Released on 12/07/2025
- 👶 Child of Misfortune — Some lives are born owing. Fate keeps the ledger; the interest is fear.
- 👑 King of the World — When ego crowns itself, the fall kneels to no one. Power is a lovely mask, my dear—until it slips.
- 🎁 A Good Thing — A perfect gift with teeth in the ribbon. Luck smiles wide enough to bite.
- 🕷️ Crawling Thing — Something moves where the light refuses to go. Don’t name it; names make doors.
- 🧱 Subbasement — Beneath the basement lies another key, another lock, another breath that isn’t yours.
- 🎨 Fear Paints a Picture — A portrait that stares back and keeps staring. Brushstrokes become a séance; the frame refuses to close.
Lean closer, my dear. We’ll pass the hush like a dish at table—classic OTR horror stories, radio suspense, and the signal that calls itself Unknown Broadcast long after the set goes cold.
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Yuletide Bloodbath: 9 Christmas Horror Stories of Killer Santas, Krampus & Winter Nightmares
Released on 12/06/2025
Settle in for over-the-top holiday carnage as we revisit listener-favorite stories from across the Weekly Spooky vault, curated into one seamless Christmas horror anthology. From backwoods bloodbaths and cursed gifts to AI Santas gone rogue and Christmas Eve in a haunted psych ward, this bingeable episode delivers everything you love about the season… and everything you’re secretly afraid of.
Inside this episode:
• All I Want For Christmas — by Morgan Moore
A devoted father wants to give his daughter the perfect Christmas… even if it means doing something unimaginably horrific. As his plan spirals out of control, this tale asks just how far love — and denial — will go when the holiday lights are glaring and the secrets are buried deep.
• Blood on the Snow — by Shane Migliavacca
On Christmas Eve, bodies are piling up and a brutal killer stalks a snow-swept road. When a stranger stumbles into a roadhouse full of uneasy locals, blizzard-bound murder mystery turns into a fight for survival against something far more vicious than the storm outside.
• Santa Claus is Killin’ the Town — by Morgan Moore
A cozy trip home for the holidays becomes a small-town Christmas slasher when an old local legend crashes the party. At the quaint Chamberlain Inn, tinsel, nostalgia, and hot cocoa give way to blood, panic, and the horrifying truth behind the town’s festive folklore.
• Krampus Is Comin’ — by Rob Fields
A young woman becomes host to the spirit of Krampus on Christmas Eve, and suddenly the naughty finally get what’s coming to them. This one is a bloody revenge fantasy where ho-ho-ho turns into no-no-NO as Krampus uses her body to settle every score.
• Operation Deadly Night — by Keith Tomlin
A futuristic Santa Claus mod for home androids is supposed to spread cheer… until a glitch turns them into jolly killing machines. Families across America find themselves barricaded in their own homes, battling friendly-faced robots who only want one thing this Christmas: your last breath.
• Dead Silent Night — by David O’Hanlon
Lust, dark elves, and twisted tradition collide in a wickedly funny Christmas nightmare. What starts as a kinky holiday encounter turns into a deadly game where the “helpers” of the season have teeth, claws, and a very different wish list than you were expecting.
• 12 Days — by Mike Ashkewe
Far from Earth on a ship called the Roanoke, a pilot trapped in deep space faces AI sabotage, time slipping, and existential dread over twelve long days of Christmas. This eerie sci-fi tale turns festive countdowns into a cosmic death sentence where no signal home can save you.
• A Christmas to Remember — by Joe Solmo
Donnie finally comes home hoping for a fresh start, but the sins of his past are waiting under the tree. As old grudges ignite and fate takes a grisly turn, this story pushes holiday redemption into a dark corner where forgiveness and revenge are soaked in blood.
• Xmas at the Psych Ward — by Bruce Haney
It’s Christmas Eve in a 1960s psychiatric hospital, complete with strange patients, questionable treatments, and staff who are hiding more than they heal. When the snow falls and the power flickers, holiday cheer curdles into institutional horror — and someone (or something) inside isn’t staying in their room tonight.
Whether you’re decorating the tree, wrapping presents, or doom-scrolling through December, this Christmas horror stories marathon is built for bingeing: one epic episode, nine chilling tales, and enough killer Santas, Krampus justice, and winter nightmares to carry you straight through the season.
Hit play, my spookies, and make Weekly Spooky your go-to Christmas horror podcast for long winter nights.
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The Christmas Carnival: A Haunted Holiday Horror Story
Released on 12/05/2025
Packed with mature themes perfect for the holiday spooky season, this episode blends folklore and horror stories into a gripping narrative you’ll want as a seasonal tradition. If you love scary tales with eerie atmospheres, prepare yourself for a winter fairground nightmare like no other. Pull on a sweater, pour some cocoa, and experience the terror of a haunted holiday fairground. Will they survive the carnival and see Christmas morning? Tune in to find out.
The Christmas Carnival — by Rob Fields
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The Pageant: A Chilling Christmas Horror Story
Released on 12/04/2025
Perfect for fans of mature-themed spooky stories and chilling tales set during the holiday season, this episode explores how a seemingly innocent Christmas event transforms into a haunting narrative of fear and suspense. Experience a terrifying Christmas story that will keep you on the edge of your seat this holiday season.
Pour some cocoa, dim the lights, and get ready for an unforgettable Christmas horror experience brought to you by Weekly Spooky.
The Pageant — by Morgan Moore
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The Weather Outside is Frightful: Deadly Christmas Hurricane!
Released on 12/03/2025
Chet Miller is a grieving widower spending Christmas alone in Nokomis, Florida, the TV off and a vintage Christmas radio humming carols in the corner. When a sudden Christmas hurricane slams into the coast, he refuses to evacuate. He’s convinced his late wife is still with him in the house, and he won’t abandon her memory… or the mysterious leather journal he keeps close at hand. As the storm intensifies outside, the whispers inside his home grow stronger, and the line between grief and haunting starts to tear open.
With floodwater creeping under the door, power lines snapping, and that old radio picking up voices it shouldn’t, Chet finds himself trapped between the rising storm and a presence that wants more than his company. Is it the ghost of the woman he loved, or something far older answering a desperate, dangerous wish? On this night, the biggest threat may not be the hurricane—but what he invited in when nobody was listening.
If you love Christmas ghost stories, coastal horror, and supernatural thrillers where the weather and the haunting hit at the same time, this creepy Christmas podcast episode is the perfect dark companion for your winter nights. Turn off the lights, turn up the volume, and find out what happens when the weather outside is more than just frightful.
The Weather Outside Is Frightful — by Charles Campbell
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This Week in Horror History | Turistas, Scalps, House of Dracula & Girls Nite Out
Released on 12/02/2025
We kick things off with Turistas (2006), the mid-2000s travel horror where a dream backpacking trip in Brazil plunges into organ-harvesting terror. It’s that “don’t get on the bus” era of horror, loaded with sweaty paranoia and the ugly underside of “exotic” tourism.
From there, we head to the desert with Scalps (1983), a shoestring-budget curse shocker about archaeology students who dig on sacred land and unleash a vengeful spirit. It slipped quietly into limited December release but later clawed out a cult following on home video and streaming thanks to its gritty, regional DIY vibe.
Then we turn back the clock to House of Dracula (1945), one of Universal’s last serious monster mash-ups. Dracula, the Wolf Man, and Frankenstein’s monster all converge on a tormented doctor who thinks he can “cure” them — and instead gives us a fog-drenched fever dream of capes, neck bolts, and mad science that feels tailor-made for chilly December nights.
Our Deep Cut Spotlight goes to Girls Nite Out (1982), a campus slasher originally released as The Scaremaker. A college basketball win kicks off an all-night scavenger hunt, while a killer in the school’s bear mascot costume stalks the grounds with steak knives strapped to its paws. It’s pure early-’80s slasher energy — dorm drama, campus radio, locker-room stalking — that barely made a ripple in theaters but was rescued by VHS and, eventually, a boutique Blu-ray restoration.
We also roll through a Birthday Roll for horror heavy hitters born this week — from Sean S. Cunningham and Tony Todd to genre-shaping talents behind slashers, supernatural sequels, and expressionist nightmares — and talk about how their work threads through the films we’re spotlighting.
To wrap it all up, we land on a Weekly Recommendation that fits perfectly with early December: Edward Scissorhands (1990). It’s the ultimate snowy, suburban gothic fairy tale — pastel houses, winter loneliness, and a gentle “monster” whose ice-carved sculptures make the snow fall — ideal for horror fans easing into holiday mode without losing that eerie edge.
This episode of This Week in Horror History is brought to you in part by Savorista — the spooky-friendly coffee brand serving bold, gourmet flavors in decaf and half-caf roasts so you can binge horror without wrecking your sleep. Head to Savorista.com, pick out your favorite light, medium, or dark roast, and use promo code SPOOKY at checkout to get 25% off your first order. Every purchase supports the show directly and keeps the horror history rolling.
If you love horror podcasts, physical media, and deep-cut genre history, queue this one up and let This Week in Horror History program your first December horror marathon.
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Terrifying & True | Dangers of a Victorian Christmas: Fires, Poisons, and Deadly Traditions
Released on 12/01/2025
Inside this episode:
- Candle-lit Christmas trees as ticking time bombs: How dry fir branches, open flames, and flammable Victorian fashion created instant infernos in parlors across Britain and beyond.
- Toxic snow, tinsel, and ornaments: From cotton “snow” that flashed into flame to lead-based tinsel and arsenic-dyed decorations that slowly poisoned anyone who touched or tasted them.
- Deadly toys and poisoned treats: The rise of arsenic greens, adulterated candies, and tainted puddings, and the chilling real-life stories of children who paid the price for “holiday cheer.”
- Early electric lights and new kinds of danger: How the “safe” alternative to candles—experimental electric light strings and overloaded wiring—brought shocks, sparks, and fresh fears to the Christmas season.
- From horror to reform: The fires, poisonings, and public scandals that pushed governments, scientists, and ordinary families toward modern safety standards, consumer protections, and fire codes that still save lives today.
This Christmas, as you plug in your UL-listed lights and hang shatterproof ornaments, remember the people who learned these lessons the hardest way possible—and the ghostly echoes of Victorian Christmases that still haunt our holidays. We’re telling that story tonight.
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Unknown Broadcast | Four Horror Stories of Illusion, Justice, Betrayal, and a Stalking Shadow
Released on 11/30/2025
- 🕰️🌉 An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge — A rope, a river, and a heartbeat that refuses to stop. When time loosens its grip, salvation and illusion become the same face, my dear. Follow—if you dare—where the mind flees when the body cannot.
- 📖⚖️ Murder Must Be Paid For — The book opens, the page turns, and a debt steps into the room. Justice has a long memory, and ink darker than blood. The Keeper smiles… and closes the cover.
- 🚢🕯️ The Man Within — On a fog-slick coast, conscience and cowardice trade names. A man hides from the world until the storm learns his true address. Which door would you choose, my dear—the one that forgives, or the one that forgets?
- 🗞️🗽 The Creeper — Headlines scream, windows lock, and fear learns your floor by heart. A city listens for a soft step in a loud night—and hears it pause outside the door. Don’t breathe.
Close your eyes and keep listening. Unknown Broadcast endures—classic OTR horror stories and radio suspense that whisper long after the set goes cold.
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10 Scary Christmas Horror Stories — Holiday Ghosts, Killer Santas & Winter Nightmares
Released on 11/29/2025
This is the first in our holiday horror binge, dropping every Saturday until New Year’s, so you’ll always have fresh Christmas horror audio to play while the snow falls and the lights flicker.
Inside this Christmas horror compilation:
- I’ll Be Home For Christmas — by Shane MigliavaccaSnowed into an isolated girls’ boarding school during a brutal winter storm, homesick teens settle in for a cozy Christmas Eve—until a desperate knock at the door turns the night into a terrifying siege of blood, fear, and survival.
- Christmas Rage — by Rob FieldsAt Strickfield Towne Centre Mall, Christmas Eve explodes into violence when simmering grudges, holiday stress, and one very dangerous man in a Santa suit turn the season of giving into a slasher-fueled massacre.
- Welcome to Tiny Christmas, Iowa! — by Michelle AntisocialA burned-out city transplant takes a job in the “tiniest, most Christmasiest place in Iowa,” where it’s always December, the decorations never come down, and the town’s obsession with holiday cheer hides a truly sinister secret.
- The Santa Letters — by Morgan MooreInspired by the infamous Circleville letters, a quiet Ohio town is terrorized by anonymous “Santa” notes filled with accusations and threats—turning Christmas mail into a weapon and shattering the illusion of a peaceful holiday.
- Babes in Terrorland — by Morgan MooreA classic neighborhood toy store overflows with shoppers, kids, and glittering displays… but after closing time, the lights go out, the doors lock, and the aisles become a maze of fear where Christmas wishes twist into a claustrophobic nightmare.
- The Weather Outside is Frightful — by Shane MigliavaccaOn Christmas Eve 1973, a rookie cop and her jaded partner answer a call in the middle of a once-in-a-decade blizzard—only to discover something inhuman hunting in the snow, and a storm that may never let them escape.
- Satan Claus — by Keith TomlinA family’s ugliest sins summon a monstrous, horned figure in a Santa hat from the winter woods. This isn’t Saint Nick—it’s something far older, delivering brutal justice to the truly naughty on Christmas night.
- Christmas Cranberries — by L. F. FalconerA cruel boy grows obsessed with an old-world Christmas legend, only to learn that some hungry holiday spirits are waiting for a chance to taste something fresh, red, and screaming—no matter how pretty the table looks.
- The Naughty List — by Keith TomlinA vicious twelve-year-old wakes up in an icy labyrinth with other “bad kids,” stalked by a towering Christmas beast and watched by eerie elves. This year, Santa’s naughty list is real, and the punishment is permanent.
- Lady Frankenstein — by Rob FieldsIn the village of Strickfield, a descendant of Henry Frankenstein uses a conveniently fresh corpse and his ancestor’s notes to build the perfect woman just before Christmas—only to unleash a vampiric creation into the holiday shopping crowds.
If you crave Christmas horror stories, holiday ghost stories, and winter horror podcasts you can binge all season long, this Weekly Spooky Christmas compilation belongs on your playlist from now through New Year’s.
Press play, plug in the tree, and let the holiday fear begin.
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