Halloween Podcasts to Keep You Awake At Night

Whether you like spooky things or spooky movies, there are great Halloween podcasts to inform you or send a shiver up your spine. Some horror podcasts have great short horror stories, in-depth film discussions, true supernatural stories, or use an everything approach and touch on all things horror-related.

What makes a good Halloween horror podcast differs, some use humor to explore their subjects, others are straight original horror stories, either told to the audience by a narrator or dramatized like a radio play. All are about the things that make a person look over their shoulder or lock the door at night.

Anything Ghost Show

The Anything Ghost Show is the place to go to hear anything and everything ghost. Host Lex Wahl has been collecting ghost stories and supernatural encounters and sharing them with listeners since 2006, curating them to find the spookiest one to tell.

Wahl tells the stories in a folksy manner, connecting with his avid listeners. In each episode, he shares the first name and location of those who have sent their stories in, giving the podcast a friendly, homemade feeling.

 Haunted Places

There are creepy and foreboding places across the planet and just down the street. Haunted Places host Greg Polcyn is trying to find them all. He takes the listening on an audio tour of graveyards, forests, prisons, anyplace where there might lurk the paranormal.

Well-produced scripted tales, delving into the history of each location being investigated. Current episodes center on witch legends and feature locations like the 'Old Burying Point Cemetary' in Salem, Massachusetts. Other episodes explore "Donner Memorial State Park", and "The Haunted Vicarage."

Ghoulish Tendencies

Ghoulish Tendencies Gabi Fiore & Kim Douthit Two are two spooky ghouls, united in the PNW with a mutual love for all things ghostly, haunted, unexplained, and murderous. Their podcast features the duo investigating all things paranormal, odd, weird, but they do it with love, and skepticism.

They have over 50 episodes looking at paranormal history, movies, murder, dolls, haunted houses, UFO's and anything supernatural, or maybe not so supernatural. The two hosts have a great rapport and humor, and they do their research and know what they're talking about, which isn't always true.

The Wrong Station

The Wrong Station is an original anthology horror podcast written and produced by Anthony Botelho, Alexander Saxton, and Jacob Duarte Spiel. The podcast features adult horror stories with mature themes, so not appropriate for children.

The Wrong Station is currently on its sixth season of original horror stories, with nearly 80 available on their official site, along with transcripts of each episode. The stories are creepy and intense, with professional production values, and great for listening to on a dark night alone.

And That’s Why We Drink

And That's Why We Drink is a paranormal and great true crime podcast hosted by Christine Schiefer, Em Schulz, and a big box of wine. Ghost stories, terrifying true crime, and alcohol all in one podcast, and they invite the audience to join them.

The podcast is funny and informative, with the hosts riffing off each other as they relate stories of killers, unsolved crimes, supernatural happenings, aa they drink. Nearly 250 episodes are available.

What Are You Afraid Of Podcast

The What Are You Afraid of Podcast with hosts T. Fox Dunham and Phil Thomas covers all things horror, from the paranormal to history, to the indy horror scene, a bit of everything having to do with terror. Whatever the listener is into, WAYA has an episode for them.

The hosts talk to authors, journalists, paranormal investigators, and everyone they can in the horror field while delivering a professional and informative show that "Celebrates Halloween every day". Dozens of episodes are available now.

The NoSleep Podcast

A horror fiction podcast "for the dark hours when you dare not close your eyes". The NoSleep Podcast features original tales of horror and terror designed to keep you awake and shivering through the night.

Currently on season 17, this features a cast of talented voice actors, well-produced episodes with atmospheric music, and sound effects to enhance the frightening tales. There are hundreds of tales from past seasons to chose from.

 Jim Harold’s Campfire

Jim Harold is a podcasting pioneer, making programs since 2005. He has a small empire, producing several shows, with his most popular being The Paranormal Podcast and Campfire. Campfire features true tales of ghosts and the supernatural, told by those who experienced them.

Campfire is a podcast for those who might not be ready for their own ghost hunting kit but think there might be more out there than meets the eye. Each episode is usually around an hour to an hour and a half, relating several supernature stories per episode told in an effective and creepy manner. With over 500 episodes available there is plenty to dive into and binge.

Lore

Aaron Mahnke has built something of a Lore empire since launching his podcast in 2015,  Lore has become a book series, a television series with two seasons on Amazon Prime, and he's added other podcasts and media that delve into all things dark, dangerous, and mysterious.

Lore deals primarily with true tales of the supernatural, although Mahnke will usually add a warning that these are tales after all, and truth might vary from telling to telling. The stories are creepy, well told and the storytelling excellent. Mahnke is currently remastering old episodes to increase their quality, so now is a good time to sign on.

The Last Podcast On The Left

Marcus Parks, Henry Zebrowski, and Ben Kissel are three very funny, interesting guys who love to talk and joke about very bad things. On The Last Podcast on the Left horror, serial killers, monsters, bizarre incidents, all are fair game for the hosts in-depth conversations.

Simply one of the best horror and definitely one of the funniest, the trio has dissected films, books, TV, and any other weird or gruesome thing that has gotten their attention and done so with intelligence, humor, and a bit of yelling over each other. The show is funny and always informative, with many episodes in multiple parts to get everything in