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EPISODE · Apr 20, 2026 · 32 MIN

Terrifying & True | Black Shuck: The Hell Hound Behind a 1577 Storm

from Weekly Spooky | Scary Stories for Halloween · host Henrique Couto | Scary Stories & Horror Expert

Black Shuck's legend places a terrifying black dog inside the churches of Bungay and Blythburgh during the Suffolk storm of August 4, 1577. Terrifying & True explores the reported apparition, deaths, scorched-door stories, and the disaster behind one of England's best-known phantom hounds. Follow the accounts that turned violent weather into a tale of the devil, then compare the legend with grounded explanations and Britain's wider black-dog folklore. What happens when a community's fear of a real storm takes an animal shape—and keeps roaming long after the skies have cleared? Bonus episodes & support: https://weeklyspooky.com/join More scary stories: https://weeklyspooky.com/ Story submissions: [email protected]

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