{"podcast":{"title":"Weekly Spooky | Scary Stories for Spooky Season","slug":"weekly-spooky-horror-stories-scary-tales-692630","podcast_index_feed_id":692630,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/5621141/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.weeklyspooky.com/","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/58fa5100916ce89aa01e342df5e21c72.jpg","author":"Henrique Couto","episode_count":1000,"summary":"Join Henrique Couto for Halloween horror stories and spooky tales! Explore urban legends, haunted houses, cursed objects, vampires , werewolves , and cryptids in expertly narrated, mature-themed stories perfect for spooky season . Every Monday and Wednesday, get scary frights with cinematic sound design, dark humor, and twist endings. Whether you're into horror stories , creepy legends, or seasonal specials, Weekly Spooky delivers the scariest stories for late-night chills, road trips, and binge listening. Discover more at WeeklySpooky.com , and fuel your spooky season with terrifying tales—mature themes included. Subscribe now for weekly updates on the scariest, most haunted stories, right in your ears!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-31T18:19:21.071139+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/weekly-spooky-horror-stories-scary-tales-692630"},"episode":{"title":"Terrifying & True | 10-Year-Old Killer & Dark American Murder History","slug":"terrifying-true-10-year-old-killer-dark-american-murder-history","published_at":"2026-06-08T09:00:25+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/weekly-spooky-horror-stories-scary-tales-692630/terrifying-true-10-year-old-killer-dark-american-murder-history","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/weekly-spooky-horror-stories-scary-tales-692630","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/terrifying-true-10-year-old-killer-dark-american-murder-history--72215389","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72215389/the_murder_of_jeffrey_hall.mp3","summary":"The murder of Jeffrey Hall is one of the most disturbing modern American true crime cases — not because the killer was hidden, but because the person who pulled the trigger was only 10 years old . On May 1, 2011 , in Riverside, California , 32-year-old Jeffrey Hall was asleep on the couch when his son, Joseph Hall , took a .357 revolver from a closet, walked downstairs, and shot him in the head. Jeffrey Hall was not just a father. He was a local leader in the National Socialist Movement , a neo-Nazi organization, and had filled his home with extremist politics, weapons, instability, fear, and violence. But this case is not a simple story of poetic justice. It is a deeply unsettling look at childhood trauma, extremist indoctrination, domestic chaos, juvenile justice, gun access, and the impossible question of what justice means when a child kills. Inside this episode: • The life and extremism of Jeffrey Hall — a Riverside neo-Nazi leader who brought hate into politics, public rallies, and his own home. • Joseph Hall’s troubled childhood — marked by neglect concerns, instability, weapons, alleged abuse, behavioral issues, and a household shaped by fear. • The night of the shooting — when a 10-year-old boy retrieved a loaded revolver and killed his sleeping father. • The legal question at the heart of the case — whether Joseph, at just 10 years old, truly understood the wrongfulness and permanence of what he had done. • The juvenile trial and appeals — including the court’s finding of second-degree murder, challenges over Miranda rights, and the larger debate over children in the criminal justice system. • The tragedy beneath the headlines — a violent extremist father, a frightened child, a broken household, and a legal system forced to sort horror into categories that ne…","meta_description":"The murder of Jeffrey Hall is one of the most disturbing modern American true crime cases — not because the killer was hidden, but because the person who…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2061,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/weekly-spooky-horror-stories-scary-tales-692630/episodes/terrifying-true-10-year-old-killer-dark-american-murder-history/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/weekly-spooky-horror-stories-scary-tales-692630/terrifying-true-10-year-old-killer-dark-american-murder-history.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}