4 Spooky Country Songs to Add to Your Playlist This October

Most people think of country music as the genre of summertime, but there are actually a fair few songs that feel tailor-made for the colder, spookier months. If you’re looking for country songs to add to your playlist that befit the Halloween spirit, look no further than the list below.

4 Spooky Country Songs to Add to Your Playlist This October

1. “Two Black Cadillacs” (Carrie Underwood)

If there was ever a time to sing about committing an unspeakable crime wouldn’t it be Halloween? While this Carrie Underwood murder ballad doesn’t exactly scream ghosts, goblins, or ghouls, there is something haunting about it. Add this to your playlist for a dose of something dark.

Yeah, they took turns laying a rose down
Threw a handful of dirt into the deep ground
He’s not the only one who had a secret to hide
Bye bye, bye bye, bye bye

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2. “Gravedigger” (Willie Nelson)

Next up on our list of Halloween country songs, we have Willie Nelson’s “Gravedigger.” The graveyard setting in this Nelson song makes it apt for this list. In the lyrics, Nelson tells the story of the many deaths his gravedigger character has heard tell of. It’s just unsettling enough to be a shoo-in for your Halloween country playlist.

Gravedigger
When you dig my grave
Could you make it shallow
So that I can feel the rain
Gravedigger

3. “The Legend of Wooley Swamp” (Charlie Daniels)

You’d be hard-pressed to find a better storyteller in country music than Charlie Daniels. Daniels was an expert at crafting well-told, head scratching narratives. “The Legend of Wooley Swamp” is perhaps his most chilling. He sings about heading out into the woods late at night, frightened of all the creepy crawlies that might be awaiting him.

Well, if you ever go back in the Wooley Swamp
Well, you better not go at night
There’s things out there in the middle of them woods
That make a strong man die from fright

4. (It’s A) Monster’s Holiday (Buck Owens)

While the other songs on this list might be somewhat of a stretch, Buck Owens’ “(It’s A) Monster’s Holiday” is a Halloween country song. Owens lists several icons of the season: Frankenstein, Dracula, and more. If you’re looking for a true October-centric country song, this Owens offering is just the ticket.

Dracula wasa doing his stuff- Breathing down my neck
Jump back, make tracks, here comes the Hunchback- Better get out of his way
Fee fee fi fi fo fo fum, It was a Monster’s Holiday

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