Kids Halloween podcasts for a spooky October

It’s aliiiive!! Deep in the Foreshadow, the ever-dark lands of Once Upon a Time, lived Hogenstein, the infamous warthog scientist who invented “It’s Alive No. 5!” Using this freaky formula, a lightning rod and a fierce thunderstorm, he and his loyal lab assistant, Lugo the bat, brought a super creature to life. Muahahaha! But wait…that’s not what’s so terrifying about this tale—the scariest part is when the creature goes out into the world alone to face his fears.

Join Ivy, caretaker of peculiar and spooky stories from the hidden vault of R.L. Stine, as she explores some of her favorite chilling tales. This mechanized tale, Story Club members, might make you never want to own a robot vacuum cleaner.

A picky eater encounters a giant in a castle in the clouds, and uses his wits to escape being eaten.

Jessica’s first babysitting job is about to go very wrong when she realises it’s no ordinary baby in the crib upstairs.

In this episode of The Creeping Hour, Weta shares the story of Mariana, a girl who makes a routine visit to the orthodontist and leaves with a lot more than braces.

You arrive late to camp and get placed in a room with a single bunkbed all by yourself. The idea of having your own space sounds nice, until you realize you’re not alone… and someone or something is occupying the top bunk…

Do witches really exist? If so, what does it mean to be a witch? And are witches inherently good or bad? The answers to these questions have changed over time and you might be surprised to find out some of the answers. Give a listen to part one of a very special two part episode of Unspookable.

Hello boils, ghouls, and non-corporeal entities! Our SCARE-rator is here to tell you a spooky tale that will send shivers up your quivers and make your teeth chatter with delight! It’s party time at Katrina’s house and Ichabod Crane is having the time of his life. Jealous of his fun, Brom Bones gathers the guests to tell the chilling tale of the Headless Horseman, because he knows it will make sweet, but superstitious, Ichabod shriek and head for home. And when he does, poor Ichabod encounters something sinister in the woods. Is it the bully Brom playing an evil prank or the legendary ghoulish ghost?

Somewhere, in the dark, lives an old typewriter made of bones. With it you can write any story, except those with happy endings. This rhyming Halloween tale may be too spooky for very young ghosts and ghouls. Listener discretion is advised.

Street scenes. Halloween. The past. You are about to listen to several groups of kids who all live near one another, who take to the streets on their own daring journeys this Halloween Night. Their talk of candy and costumes will be familiar to you…until fear sets in and you hear a black cat start talking…a little too much. This next stop will be…in the Halloween Zone.

In our Halloween bonus episode, the explorers of the Marlowe face off against the Headless Robot. It takes some creative thinking on their part to figure out how to appease the ghost, and it doesn’t go too smoothly at first. But! Thanks to some literary ingenuity, they might just save the Marlowe.

Have you heard of the Mary Celeste? If you’ve heard of a ghost ship, this is probably the one. In 1872 it was found under sail in the Atlantic Ocean but with absolutely no one on board. What gives? And was this completely unique? It wasn’t, but it is certainly the most famous case and we wanted to know more!

Do you know your creepy creatures? Test yourself with this gruesome nature spooky quiz!

In this slightly scary episode, Mamma Jamma & Poppa Loo join Mr. Eric in the studio to talk about their house hunt. Can Zizi deal handle their new spooky house? Does Zach sleep through the entire episode? (spoiler: yyyup)

How did Halloween start? Why do people wear costumes on Halloween? Was Halloween once more about tricks than treats?

Today’s frightful free-for-all might just scare your pants off. It’s GHOSTS vs. ZOMBIES! Co-host of the Story Pirates podcast, Peter McNerney battles comedian and host of Forever Ago, Joy Dolo in this un-boo-lievable battle. Who will win? Ghoulish ghosts? Or zealous zombies?

Lots of people are afraid of the dark, including many kids who have shared that fear with us. In today’s episode we explore the fear of the dark with Daniel Handler, better known as Lemony Snicket, the author of the Series of Unfortunate Events books, and a picture book for young kids called The Dark.