100 Best Horror Podcasts

1. My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff

My Favorite Murder is a true crime comedy podcast hosted by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark. Each week, Karen and Georgia share compelling true crimes and hometown stories from friends and listeners. Since MFM launched in January of 2016, Karen and Georgia have shared their lifelong interest in true crime and have covered stories of infamous serial killers like the Night Stalker, mysterious cold cases, captivating cults, incredible survivor stories and important events from history like the Tulsa race massacre of 1921.  My Favorite Murder is part of the Exactly Right podcast network that provides a platform for bold, creative voices to bring to life provocative, entertaining and relatable stories for audiences everywhere. The Exactly Right roster of podcasts covers a variety of topics including historic true crime, comedic interviews and news, science, pop culture and more. Podcasts on the network include Buried Bones with Kate Winkler Dawson and Paul Holes, That's Messed Up: An SVU Podcast, This Podcast Will Kill You, Bananas and more.
Podcast myfavoritemurder.com
Hosts Karen Kilgariff, Georgia Hardstark
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.6 / 5Facebook Followers 496.9KInstagram Followers 907.2K Frequency 3 episodes / week Avg Length 59 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact Get Influential Podcasters ContactsGet access to 100k active Podcasters, Influencers in 1500 niche categories.Get targeted media contact list in your niche at your fingertips so you can focus on running your campaign.Email us the categories of Podcasters you want to reach out for your marketing campaign at anuj@feedspot.com Copy email. We'll share active Podcasters list with verified email contacts in an Excel or CSV format.Email us

2. Lore

The award-winning podcast (also a TV show & book series) about dark historical tales. Each episode explores the mysterious creatures, tragic events, and unusual places that fill the pages of history. Because sometimes the truth is more frightening than fiction.
Podcast lorepodcast.com
Host Aaron Mahnke
Email ****@lorepodcast.com
Apple Rating 4.6 / 5Facebook Followers 78.2KTwitter Followers 70.8KInstagram Followers 85.8K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 27 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

3. Morbid

It's a lighthearted nightmare in here, weirdos! Morbid is a true crime, creepy history and all things spooky podcast hosted by an autopsy technician and a hairstylist. Join us for a heavy dose of research with a dash of comedy thrown in for flavor.
Podcast wondery.com
Hosts Alaina Urquhart, Ash Kelley
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.5 / 5Facebook Followers 195.2KInstagram Followers 880.7K Frequency 2 episodes / week Avg Length 63 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

4. Last Podcast

The Last Podcast On The Left covers all the horrors our world has to offer both imagined and real, from demons and slashers to cults and serial killers, The Last Podcast is guaranteed to satisfy your blood lust.
Podcast last-podcast-on-the-left.simplecast.com
Hosts Henry Zebrowski, Marcus Parks
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.7 / 5 Frequency 2 episodes / week Avg Length 84 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

5. Darkness Prevails Podcast

TRUE Scary Stories, REAL Ghost Stories, and CREEPY Animal and Cryptid Sightings. This is Darkness Prevails, a horror podcast that specializes in giving you nightmares. With non-stop horror stories, you can finally die happy and afraid. Just remember, this world is a strange one!
Podcast cms.megaphone.fm
Email ****@eeriecast.store
Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Twitter Followers 9.7K Frequency 2 episodes / week Avg Length 130 min Since Sep 2016 Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

6. The Red Treehouse

Welcome to The Red Treehouse, where we explore the scariest stories to keep you up at night! Join me each week for stories of exorcisms, urban legends, cryptids, creepy pastas, and more. It's a scary world out there, let's explore it together in The Red Treehouse.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Host Will Soto
Apple Rating 4.9 / 5Instagram Followers 1.6K Frequency 13 episodes / quarter Avg Length 33 min Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

7. Radio Rental

Welcome to Radio Rental. Bizarre, true scary stories told by those who lived them.
Podcast cms.megaphone.fm
Email ****@tenderfoot.tv
Apple Rating 4.8 / 5Twitter Followers 8.1KInstagram Followers 100K Frequency 1 episode / month Avg Length 30 min Since Oct 2019 Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

8. The NoSleep Podcast

The NoSleep Podcast is a multi-award winning anthology series of original horror stories, with rich atmospheric music to enhance the frightening tales.
Podcast audioboom.com
Host David Cummings
Email ****@thenosleeppodcast.com
Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Facebook Followers 35.9KTwitter Followers 37K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 78 min Since Jun 2011 Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

9. And That's Why We Drink

Murder and the paranormal finally meet! Grab your wine and milkshakes and join us every Sunday for some chilling ghost stories and downright terrifying true crime stories. The world's a scary place. And that's why we drink!
Podcast and-thats-why-we-drink-2a8f8d17.simplecast.com
Hosts Christine Schiefer, Em Schulz
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.8 / 5 Frequency 2 episodes / week Avg Length 114 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

10. Bloody Good Horror

Bloody Good Horror is a website and podcast dedicated to the best and worst the horror genre has to offer.
Podcast bloodygoodhorror.com
Email ****@bloodygoodhorror.com
Apple Rating 4.4 / 5Facebook Followers 3.3KTwitter Followers 49.9K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 74 min Since Apr 2017 Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

11. Maniac on the Loose Scary Stories

This is a Scary Story podcast that specializes in scary stories that will curdle your blood and send shivers down your spine! New Scary Stories every week! Stories are written and narrated by award winning writer, Steve Hudgins. 'Hudgins is a Horror-Meister to reckon with!' VICTOR MILLER - Writer of Friday the 13th.
Podcast maniacontheloose.com
Host Steve Hudgins
Email ****@maniacontheloose.com
Apple Rating 4.8 / 5Facebook Followers 203 Frequency 4 episodes / week Avg Length 21 min Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

12. The Dark Swamp

Gather round, Gather round! The Swamp Dweller has a tale to share with you. Horror Stories to keep you up at night! 
Podcast audioboom.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Facebook Followers 3.6KInstagram Followers 5.4K Frequency 8 episodes / month Avg Length 36 min Since Jan 2019 Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

13. Dr. Death

When a charismatic young doctor announces revolutionary treatments for cancer and HIV, patients from around the world turn to him for their last chance. As medical experts praise Serhat Gumrukcu's genius, the company he co-founded rockets in value to over half a billion dollars. But when a team of researchers makes a startling discovery, they begin to suspect the brilliant doctor is hiding a secret. From Wondery, the new season of Dr. Death: Bad Magic is a story of miraculous cures, magic and murder. Hosted by Laura Beil.
Podcast wondery.com
Host Laura Beil
Email ****@wondery.com
Apple Rating 4.9 / 5Facebook Followers 159KInstagram Followers 78.2K Frequency 1 episode / month Avg Length 19 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

14. The Magnus Archives

'Make your statement, face your fear.' A weekly horror fiction podcast examining what lurks in the archives of the Magnus Institute, an organisation dedicated to researching the esoteric and the weird. Join Jonathan Sims as he explores the archive, but be be warned, as he looks into its depths something starts to look back.
Podcast rustyquill.com
Host Jonathan Sims
Email ****@rustyquill.com
Apple Rating 4.9 / 5Facebook Followers 9.4KTwitter Followers 32.1K Frequency 4 episodes / month Avg Length 27 min Since Mar 2016 Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

15. Scaring is Sharing

Follow Jeremy and Brandy Joe as they gush about all things horror and share their favorite scary flicks with one another.
Podcast podcasts.apple.com
Hosts Jeremy, Brandy Joe
Apple Rating 5 / 5 Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 69 min Since Oct 2020 Play Get Email Contact

16. Pseudopod

You've found the world's premier horror fiction podcast. For over a decade, Pseudopod has been bringing you the best short horror in audio form, to take with you anywhere. We pay our author's professional rates for original fiction and we reach more people every week than any other short fiction horror market.
Podcast pseudopod.org
Email ****@escapeartists.net
Apple Rating 4.8 / 5Twitter Followers 6.3K Frequency 1 episode / week Since Aug 2006 Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

17. The Bloodybits Horror Show

A weekly discussion about all things horror. Movies, Television, Books, Video Games. We cover the history, behind the scenes, and philosophy of it all
Podcast bloodybits.com
Host Eddie Jefferson
Email ****@bloodybits.com
Apple Rating 4.8 / 5Facebook Followers 303Twitter Followers 2.3K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 142 min Since Jul 2020 Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

18. Who's There

Horror movies are often misunderstood and so are the people who love them. Hosted by horror fan Allison, this is a podcast to talk to horror fans and see exactly why they love this genre the way they do.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Host Allison Broder
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Facebook Followers 60Twitter Followers 302 Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 38 min Since Aug 2020 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

19. Disturbed: True Horror Stories

True terrifying horror stories; kidnappings, serial killers, maniacs and the worst parts of your nightmares come to life. Join us every Thursday as we bring you a new set of real encounters.
Podcast disturbedpodcast.com
Host Chad
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.3 / 5Facebook Followers 607Twitter Followers 397Instagram Followers 984 Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 29 min Since May 2020 Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

20. This Is Horror Podcast

This Is Horror specialises in horror fiction and the craft of writing. This is a podcast dedicated to readers, writers and creators. Here, you will find books written by some of the best minds in dark fiction today, book reviews of the latest horror and genre releases, thought-provoking features, up-to-date news & more.
Podcast thisishorror.co.uk
Hosts Bob Pastorella, Michael David Wilson
Email ****@thisishorror.co.uk
Apple Rating 4.8 / 5Facebook Followers 4.3KTwitter Followers 9.2K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 71 min Since Feb 2013 Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

21. Let's Not Meet

True horror stories were written by those that made it out alive. First-person accounts narrated and produced by Andrew Tate in an anthology of terror and suspense.
Podcast letsnotmeetpodcast.com
Host Andrew Tate
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Twitter Followers 4.3KInstagram Followers 18.2K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 56 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

22. CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio

'Creepypastas' are the urban legends of the internet. A new age of horror told through digital word of mouth.
Podcast spreaker.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.8 / 5 Frequency 6 episodes / month Avg Length 57 min Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

23. Oh...The Horror

Horror enthusiasts, Jenn and Frank bring you deep dives on a variety of horror-related subjects. Let us be your home for all things horror, supernatural, scary, and downright creepy.
Podcast podcasts.apple.com
Hosts Jenn, Frank
Email ****@seriouslydecent.com
Apple Rating 4.4 / 5 Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 89 min Listen on Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

24. Kings of Kill

The show dedicated to the love of all things horror.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Twitter Followers 24 Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 30 min Since Oct 2020 Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

25. TERROR RADIO

Podcast dedicated to bringing you the best of horror and thriller old-time radio broadcasts as well as original stories.New episode every Friday!
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 23.5KInstagram Followers 520 Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 77 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

26. SlashU

Nick and Andy sit down and dissect the campy slasher 'classics' from the 70s and 80s. You'll gain a new appreciation for the horror genre through the eyes of these goofballs.
Podcast shows.acast.com
Hosts Nick Bankhead, Andy
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.9 / 5Facebook Followers 54 Frequency 3 episodes / month Avg Length 44 min Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

27. The Other Stories

These aren't the stories your mother used to tell you, no, these are The Other Stories. The Other Stories is a weekly short story podcast. A modern take on The Twilight Zone, Tales From The Crypt, or The Outer Limits. Sci-Fi, Horror, Thriller, and WTF stories are delivered right to your podcast feed every Monday morning.
Podcast shows.acast.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.5 / 5Facebook Followers 1.3KInstagram Followers 1.9K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 23 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

28. EnCrypted: The Classic Horror Podcast

Classic tales of supernatural horror and suspense are brought to life in this series of audiobooks featuring the works of E.F.Benson, Saki, H.P. Lovecraft, Bram Stoker, and more. Fans of the creepiest, spookiest podcasts will thrill to the immersive retellings of these nightmarish short stories from the vaults of terror, complete with compelling narration, sound effects and music. As told by the mysterious Jasper L'Estrange, EnCrypted: The Classic Horror Podcast is your new home for scary stories drawn from the rich traditions of horror, supernatural, and weird fiction.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Host Jasper L'Estrange
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 14Twitter Followers 46Instagram Followers 191 Frequency 1 episode / day Avg Length 44 min Since Apr 2021 Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

29. Playing with Madness

A horror comedy actual play podcast using the game Delta Green system and setting. In 1998 in the small mining town of Peskajumba strange events begin to unfold. Enjoy original music, bowling and madness. Starring Chris French, Danny Deluca, Andrew Collins-Anderson, Chris Thiel and Jared Witkofsky.
Podcast feeds.buzzsprout.com
Host Jared Witkofsky
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5 Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 61 min Since Mar 2021 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

30. Horror Movie Talk

A horror movie podcast featuring two schlubby guys talk about the horror movies that are in theaters, streaming, old favorites, and so bad they're good. Listen and subscribe!
Podcast horrormovietalk.com
Email ****@horrormovietalk.com
Apple Rating 4.4 / 5Facebook Followers 84Twitter Followers 2.8KInstagram Followers 1.5K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 78 min Since Jul 2018 Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact