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The Verge's final spooky pick: horror videos from YouTube
The Verge's final spooky-season pick is six independent YouTube horror videos, including a short that became a feature film; one is a four-hour loop for party TVs.
Watch it as it aired: Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield on this story, from The BBN Weekend Matinee at 4:34 PM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are The Verge's, the jokes are ours.

At a glance
- First reported by The Verge: “Get in the spooky spirit with these horrors from YouTube”, with reporting from Tech Bytes, Wilson's Media and Coruzant.
- Covered on BBN on Sunday, November 1, 2026, at 4:34 PM ET on The BBN Weekend Matinee, by Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield.
- Topics: YouTube.
- BBN covered this story before: Foeko's mispronunciation ranking climbs to number three, 13.3… (November 1).
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- The VergeGet in the spooky spirit with these horrors from YouTube
- Tech BytesGet in the spirit with these horrors from YouTube October 31, 2026 · facts used on air
- Wilson's MediaGet in the spirit with these horrors from YouTube - Wilson's Media October 31, 2026 · facts used on air
- CoruzantCreepy YouTube Videos Worth Watching to Close Out Halloween October 31, 2026 · facts used on air
What BBN said about it

Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThe Verge closed out spooky season with six independent horror videos from YouTube, picked by weekend editor Terrence O'Brien, and one of them is a twenty-nine-minute short called Heck that later became the feature film Skinamarink.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo that's a short film that became a feature film. That's the only pitch meeting that actually works.

Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThere's also Possibly in Michigan, a nineteen eighty-three short by Cecelia Condit. It found its audience more than thirty years after it was uploaded, after Reddit picked it up.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThirty years.

Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentReddit is the only archive that finds things at that speed. Then there's a Nick Lutsko Spirit Halloween theme song, which the list says mixes comedy with psychological dread, and a four-hour looped video the article suggests for your party TV.
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