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5 Podcasts for Halloween Season 🎃
Halloween season starts now. The best way to prepare? Spooky podcasts.
Arielle Nissenblatt at EarBuds
September 28, 2025
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Podcast Picks Curated by Amy Traydon & Monique Sanchez
The Halloween season is knocking at our doors. What’s a better way to celebrate than with spooky stories that will give you the creeps but also, equally, make you laugh out loud?
We put together a list of episodes that does just that. Is it safe for work? Should you listen to it in the car with the kids? Fck no!
 Another F*cking Horror Podcast podcast cover art | Another F*cking Horror PodcastInspired by her birthday trip, Monique dives into the deeply fascinating and wildly spooky history of the Ursuline Convent in New Orleans. Then, because psychic sisters are gonna psychic sister, Amy also covers a historical story with the horrific Great Halifax Explosion of 1917. |
 Rattled & Shook podcast cover art | Rattled & ShookGrab Samantha and Molly and Josefina and have yourself a creepy tea party as host Meredith tells you two true spooky stories involving — you guessed it — dolls. Rattled & Shook has the right amounts of comedy, nostalgia, and creepiness. Their feed has new themed stories each week and every episode is a delightful, delicious listen. |
 What Went Wrong podcast cover art | What Went WrongMid-shoot rewrites, microwaved bubble gum, and more KY Jelly than an Arizona State frat party. This week, Chris & Lizzie hunker down with John Carpenter's cult classic The Thing, a film that survived production hell only to die in the wake of a more lovable Extra-Terrestrial. As total movie and pop culture nerds, we’re obsessed with Chris and Lizzie on What Went Wrong — their banter is gold, and their research makes even the biggest box office flops a good time. |
 Who Shat On The Floor At My Wedding? And Other Crimes podcast cover art | Who Shat On The Floor At My Wedding? And Other CrimesIn 2023, photos of a sun bear at Hangzhou Zoo in Eastern China broke the internet. Why? Because the bear was waving and looked suspiciously like a bloke in a ill-fitted bear suit. In season 3 of this hilarious podcast, “unqualified detectives” attempt to solve real non-crime crimes and ridiculous mysteries submitted by listeners. Their selection criteria for new cases is simple: “Anything the police laugh at is a case for us.” And because ‘time is money,’ all cases need to be cracked within 24 hours. |
 Wisecrack podcast cover art | WisecrackEdd Hedges, a fledgling English comedian, performs his routine on stage about a quirky-yet-creepy tale describing the scariest night of his life. The audience hangs on every word, including crime producer Jodi Tovay, unaware that this night would spark an investigation that would last nearly a decade. Wisecrack is a new, genre-bending podcast that will make you laugh and, equally, give you all the chills. |
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Movie Pairing in partnership with Tuesday Night Movie NightNosferatu (2024) Robert Eggers' Nosferatu is a beautiful, period piece horror film that reimagines the 1922 original horror motion picture, Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror. Eggers' take on the classic has that same, atmospheric creepiness that the best spooky stories manage to create. -Blake & Drew of TNMN🎬 |  |
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👻Join Another Fucking Horror Podcast hosts Amy Traydon and Monique Sanchez at The AllWays Lounge & Cabaret in New Orleans on October 4th for a live show.
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💖In Podcast The Newsletter, Lauren Passell recommends Clotheshorse. She writes: “This is why Amanda is good—she does so much research but also the has personal experience to illustrate and make sense of it. Clotheshorse is this perfect mix of those two things, a research paper peppered with good stories.”
Podcast news from Podnews
YouTube announced a number of new services, including ways to grab the best bits from long-form podcasts to automatically make shorts; enhance live streams; add AI editing; and enable dynamically-inserted sponsorship messages (so you can “remove the sponsorship when the deal is complete, resell the slot to another brand or eventually sell the same slot to multiple brands in different markets”).
“Ignoring Brazil isn’t just shortsighted — it’s bad business.” Renato Bontempo, the founder of the Brazil-based production company Bicho de Goiaba, writes for Podnews with some astonishing figures about podcasting’s success in the country - a top 3 country in the world for podcast consumption, but mostly ignored by larger podcast companies.
Comedy podcast festival Cheerful Earful has announced more stars and live shows that are taking part across London, Melbourne, and New York.
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