2025 HALLOWEEN SPECIAL

2025 HALLOWEEN SPECIAL

Author: Forgotten News Podcast October 26, 2025 Duration: 2:29:51

Listen to our awesome collection of Strange, Spooky, and Sinister Stories and Surprises , for Halloween !!!

Boo!

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EPISODE RELEASE DATE:  10/25/2025.

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THE STORIES AND STUFF:


1_Screamin' Ball (At Dracula Hall) - The Duponts (04:15).

2_Paramedic Paranormal Story Kelsey Oliveri & JerryKokich (07:13)

3_Haunted House - Johnny Fuller (08:23)

4_The Screaming From Our Neighbor’s Back YardAstrid W.S. (11:26)

5_Demonic TV Set (13:36)

6_At The House of Frankenstein - Big Bee Kornegay (16:34)

7_Date Night Becomes Spooky (19:21)

8_Ghost Girl Becomes Jealous - Chrisi Talyn Saje (24:16)

9_Monster Rap - Bobby "Boris" Pickett (29:55)

10_Jean Spangler Mystery (34:57)

11_Moonlight Music Mystery - Astrid W.S. (34:57)

12_Kill It - The Antwinettes (38:47)

13_The Hike (42:39)

14_My Missing Wife - Dan Ware & Rhonda Sigler-Ware (43:57)

15_Janie Made A Monster - The Fabulous Five (45:59)

16_Teen Sleepover Gets Creepy, After Playing With Ouija Board (49:44)

17_We're Gonna Be SO Happy Soon - Erin Suminsby (50:28)

18_He's A Vampire - Archie King (59:46)

19_The Charm - Alyssa Petrey (01:02:40)

20_Choke (01:02:39)

21_It's Halloween - The Shaggs (01:04:11)

22_Ghost Girl Is ShockedKathleen Li (01:07:34)

23_My Childhood Encounter With A Ghost (01:13:15)

24_Laurie (Strange Things Happen) - Dickie Lee (01:14:44)

25_The Girl In The Red Bikini - Jerry Kokich (01:18:33)

26_My Old Boyfriend's Military Funeral (01:26:19)

27_You Can Get Her, Frankenstein - The Castle Kings (01:27:29)

28_Kayla Berg, Unsolved Disappearance (01:30:22)

29_A Twisted Sister's Obsession Becomes Possession (01:35:03)

30_Walkin' Through A Cemetery - Claudine Clark (01:47:48)

31_She Drove Down The Haunted Road (01:51:16)

32_Weird Home Invasion (01:55:09)

33_Rockin' Zombie - The Crewnecks (01:56:13)

34_The Bone (01:59:29)

35_The Static (02:01:31)

36_Frankie Frankenstein - Ivan (02:07:41)

37_Her Green Ribbon (02:10:55)

38_We Saw A Ghost, On Our First Date (02:12:43)

39_That Halloween Night - Denise & The Double Dates (02:18:44)

40_The Unnatural (02:22:15)


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NOTE:   STORIES THAT DO NOT HAVE IDENTIFIED NARRATORS WERE VOICED ANONYMOUSLY.


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MISCELLANEOUS:


Host Intro – Nina Innsted, host of the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Already Gone⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ podcast.

Aphorism Source – Dashiell Hammett, Letter to Josephine Hammett Marshall, November 12, 1951.

Aphorism Voice - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kit Caren⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, co-host of Forgotten News Podcast.


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MUSIC:


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I Knew A Guy.


All Other Music & Sound Effects Are From ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Freesound.org⁠⁠⁠ or the Public Domain.



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