Scary Podcasts to Immediately get Into the Halloween Spirit
It’s spooky season. I love Halloween and I love podcasts so it’s no surprise that I love a good scary podcast. While I listen to True Crime and similar podcasts year-round, I find myself seeking out more scary podcasts as it gets closer to October. These are the Scary Podcasts I’m listening to this October. Some are recent discoveries and some I’ve been listening to for years.
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Scary Podcasts for Scary Story Lovers
Let’s Not Meet
In this podcast, host Andrew Tate (Not that one) takes you through scary true stories that listeners have sent about their encounters with creepy or downright terrifying individuals. Let’s Not Meet is oddly soothing, and is the perfect listen for a cozy night inside by the fire. I even like to listen to it before I go to sleep.
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Creepy
Creepy takes you through some of the scariest creepypastas (internet legends), and other urban legends. This is a great podcast for listeners who love urban legends. The storytelling is unmatched and engaging, helping you become more involved in the story or urban legend being told. I highly recommend this podcast for a spooky drive to a haunted house.
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Old Time Radiocast
This is truly a uniquely entertaining podcast. In this podcast, Andrew Tate (again not that one) takes stories from the golden age of radio and remasters them for podcast form. The audio in these stories is unique to the time of radio resulting in a truly spooky atmosphere. This podcast will scare you as well as entertain you for hours.
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Scare You to Sleep
Not unlike, similar scary story podcasts, Scare You to Sleep takes you through different scary stories. While the concept of scary stories before bed isn’t new, Scare You to Sleep is truly unique. It has something for everyone from fictional stories to true crime. The host and the background music work wonderfully together consequently resulting in a truly scary listening experience.
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Scary Podcasts for True Crime Lovers
The Deck
The Deck is hosted by Ashley Flowers from Crime Junkies so you know that it’s going to be good content. Flowers takes you through a new case of missing or murdered individuals each week. Each case is or was at one point featured on playing cards that are given to prisoners to help solve those cases. It’s truly unlike other True Crime Podcasts and Flowers advocates for these victims and their families.
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Northern Nightmares
Northern Nightmares is a podcast I’ve recently found and added to my queue during their three-part Israel Keyes series. This Podcast is hosted by a mother and daughter in Alaska and features true crime stories from the same state. I don’t know why, but there’s something about Alaska and the vast wilderness that both scares and intrigues me(not to mention it’s one of the most dangerous states to be in as a woman).
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True Crime Garage
If you’re super familiar with True Crime, you’ve probably at least heard of True Crime Garage. This podcast is hosted by Nick and The Captain as they take you through a different case each week. True Crime Garage is not only entertaining but like Flowers, Nick and the Captain use their platform to advocate for the victims and their families.
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They Walk Among America
They Walk Among America is a relatively new podcast. First dropping in September of 2021, They Walk Among America is a podcast focused on some of the most infamous cases in American History. Nina Innsted is the host and a phenomenal storyteller. This podcast comes from the same people behind They Walk Among Us.
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Scary Podcasts For Paranormal Lovers
Haunted Places
When it comes to scary podcasts, you can’t get much better than Haunted Places. This Parcast Original takes you to scary, haunted places around the world. The hosts, Greg and Vanessa, are perfect storytellers who create the ultimate spooky vibe. Haunted Places is great for lovers of ghost stories.
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Other Scary Podcasts
This Horrible Place
This podcast is for my scary movie lovers or scary movie curious, and takes you through a different horror film in each episode and recaps them. It’s a great podcast for those of you who enjoy scary audio content but cannot watch a horror film. This Horrible Place will also give my scary movie fanatics more titles to add to their queue.
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And That’s Why We Drink
And That’s Why We Drink is a podcast about everything from true crime to ghost stories. As a result, I’m classifying this as other. This is another podcast that has something for everyone. Second, this podcast is hilarious. So it’s perfect for those who love a good scary story but are sensitive to overly scary vibes.
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Spooky Psychology
Spooky Psychology is a podcast for anyone who has an interest in psychology and the human mind. Considering the dark history of mental illness as well as the complexities of our minds, this podcast has a ton of material to use. This podcast is genuinely unique and worth a listen.
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