The Spookies Podcast

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By: Michael and Stephanie Black

Join your hosts Stephanie and Michael as they explore the spookiest and most disturbing cases of true crime, unexplained deaths, macabre history, serial killers, conspiracies, weird mysteries and the occult. Stories of morbid fascination and the human condition. Let us take you on a journey into darkness, and maybe have a laugh or two.

Christmas Evil
#47
12/26/2023

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Which means it’s time to talk about Kevin Spacey, Necrophilia, Cannibalism, A Killer Santa Claus, A Haunted Christmas Tree, The Return of Resurrection Mary, and the satanic child-eating anti-Claus known as KRAMPUS! Join Michael and Stephanie as they explore the dark side of Christmas! What a crazy ride it has been!


Jose Chung's Woke Islam
#46
12/04/2023

October 7th, 2023. Israel suffers a horrific surprise attack by the Islamist terrorist organization known as Hamas. A barbaric pogrom that cost the lives of at least 1200 Israelis. The worst massacre of the Jews since the holocaust. Israel has retaliated with a merciless bombing campaign that has cost thousands of Palestinian lives. Has Israel gone too far? Why are Tik Tokers and Gen Z kids so pro-Palestine? Why is Islam so embraced by the Communist Zoomer Left when it is a patriarchal, homophobic, and aggressively socially conservative religion? Michael and Stephanie discuss this and the state of the world in...


The Half-Life Of Resurrection Mary
#45
10/03/2023

Tonight we bring you a feral fairy tale about Chicago’s most famous ghost. Resurrection Mary supposedly died in a tragic car accident back in the 1930s, and she’s been coming back and haunting the living ever since. Tonight we blend history with myth to bring you our first short story about a tortured soul stuck between two worlds. It’s MaryHeimer time!


Conspiracies of The Denver Airport
#44
08/20/2023

STEPHANIE and MICHAEL are back! Our dynamic duo dive into the creepy weirdness that is the DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. From horrifying MURALS to clandestine Underground Tunnels. Is DIA just a series of misguided art choices or is it hiding the secret headquarters of a SATANIC TELETUBBIE CABAL?


The X-Files: RIGHT AND WONGS
08/11/2023

MICHAEL and film critic DARREN MOONEY have an exhaustive discussion about the chaotic fourth season of The X-FILES. The year the series finally conquered the 90s zeitgeist. We have a chat about Morgan and Wong’s controversial return to the show, the rise of Vince Gilligan, and all the doom and gloom surrounding the state of Hollywood these days.


Texarkana Moonlight Murders: Part II
#47
05/15/2023

In the third season finale, Stephanie and Michael discuss and debate the prime suspects behind the terrifying Phantom Killer - a still unidentified rapist and serial killer responsible for the Texarkana Moonlight Murders. Who was underneath that mask? A ghost? Tom Hanks? Was the real killer hiding in plain sight all along? Then, we dive into the shocking allegations against Mike Vanderbilt - a Chicago Based podcaster, film critic, bartender, and wannabe rocker who many women have accused of drugging and raping them. The Truth is In Here.


The Texarkana Moonlight Murders II
#43
05/14/2023

Texarkana, Texas. 1946. Someone or Something is killing off random teenagers, with a crisp and cold precision, and no one has an easy reason why. When darkness falls, a sadistic maniac in a mask known as THE PHANTOM KILLER brutally murdered unsuspecting young couple’s on lover’s lane. He wore a burlap sack over his head, with holes sliced out for eyes, and managed to single-handled terrorize an entire town. In Part 2 of 2, we discuss the suspects behind the murders.


The Texarkana Moonlight Murders
#42
05/07/2023

Texarkana, Texas. 1946. Someone or Something is killing off random teenagers, with a crisp and cold precision, and no one has an easy reason why. When darkness falls, a sadistic maniac in a mask known as THE PHANTOM KILLER brutally murdered unsuspecting young couple’s on lover’s lane. He wore a burlap sack over his head, with holes sliced out for eyes, and managed to single-handled terrorize an entire town.


Texarkana Moonlight Murders: Part 1
#46
04/20/2023

Texarkana, Texas. 1946.  Someone or something is killing off random teenagers, with a crisp and cold precision, and no one has an easy answer as to why. When darkness falls, a sadistic maniac in a mask known as THE PHANTOM KILLER brutally murdered unsuspecting young couples on lover’s lane. He wore a burlap sack over his head, with holes sliced out for the eyes, and managed to single-handedly terrorize an entire town. In Part 1 of 2, Michael and Stephanie explore a historic bit of dark history that spawn countless urban legends and horror films.


X-Files Reboot News, Trans Crisis Actors, and Ouija Contagion.
#45
04/02/2023

Stephanie and Michael debate and discuss the breaking news of a potential X-Files reboot and answer listener questions. Topics include Tik Tok conspiracies, Demonology, the ethics of True Crime, and the cringefest that was the Gwyneth Paltrow trial.Â