The best musical version of “The Hearse Song” I have ever heard – check out more of Harley Poe’s work online at www.chainsmokingrecords.com. If you’re interested in purchasing the book this song/story was originally published in, click here to check out Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. The Hearse Song Source: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Author: Alvin ... Read More »
Steven Long tells this tale of the creepypasta genre about a not-at-all ominous photo of a pair of twins, which is distributed in chain letter fashion, with an unsettling twist and an ultimatum you would prefer not to receive. If you think you can escape the twins now, just remember, you’ve already seen the picture, so they’ve already seen you. ... Read More »
Welcome to Chilling Tales new narrator Keenon Brevik – available to tell your original tales! In his first entry on the site, Keenon voices a tale written by horror aficionado Emma Froh. In what Emma calls her first “stab” at a monster story, we follow the tale of a fearless young man. An adrenaline junkie, the young man is put ... Read More »
Narrator Edward Bennett tells this cautionary tale of a boy and his father who live together on a lake. The boy gives his father the age-old excuse typically used to stay up at night, the one regarding a monster under the bed. His father, of course, brushes it off as nonsense – perhaps a bit prematurely. Writer Mark Newton wrote ... Read More »
“The Big Toe” is a short horror film adaptation of the story of the same title as featured in Alvin Schwartz’s legendary book of scary folktales, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, about a poor boy who finds a big toe sticking out of the ground near a local cemetary. Being the resourceful chap he his, he decides to ... Read More »
Bump is a fantastic short independent horror film written by Jerod Brennen, produced by Martin Troy and starring L.V. Alberto and Gina Evangelisti. Two young co-eds housesitting for friends away on vacation. Everything is going well until they hear “bumping” noises in the basement garage. They investigate, of course. Check out more of Martin Troy’s work on YouTube here. Read More »
Narrator Christina Cross tells this tale from Robert D. San Souci’s fantastic collection adapted folklore, Even More Short & Shivery, about a dying man and his friend, who wishes his companion would stop complaining and just die already. Rather than wait for nature to take its inevitable course, they decide to tempt death in the most recent way possible: asking ... Read More »
Sometimes when you hear strange noises at night, you shouldn’t just assume it was the house settling, or someone playing tricks on you. If the hair on the back of your neck stands up and you feel a chill down your spine, just start running. You might get a head start before it catches you. With this vocal rendition of ... Read More »
Narrator Craig Groshek tells this tale from Alvin Schwartz’s Scary Stories 3 about a pair of farmhands who, in their boredom, decide to create an effigy of their neighbor Harold, to be used as a scarecrow in their fields. All is well and good until they begin mistreating the doll, and then strange things begin happening. Are the noises “Harold” ... Read More »
In this short “story,” crisis is personified. Crisis looms in the dark, waiting for the opportune moment to strike, threatening at all times to reduce you and everything you love to shambling wrecks. The text is from a British Red Cross advertisement written and launched in 2012. Here, a creepy spin is put on it by UK narrator Steven Long ... Read More »
Some people believe that monsters only come out at night. But the latest rumors of creatures were not of the type found in corners behind doorways or the ones hiding beneath a bed. Instead, they were seen coming up out of old mine shafts. These…things…weren’t human, and every day they got a bit bolder, and they traveled farther from the ... Read More »
This well-done poem captures a playful yet foreboding sense of spiders. Whether or not you suffer from arachnophobia, we think you’ll enjoy the anonymous author’s take on our necessary yet creepy-crawly eight-legged beasties. Spiders Author: Anonymous “Are there spiders under my sheet?” Thought a little girl so soft and sweet “Yes” was the answer she didn’t want to hear, ... Read More »
From 1973 comes this rip of the infamous tale “The Dare” from vinyl record “Scary Spooky Stories,” a classic released by Troll Records and narrated by several of CBS Radio Workshop’s finest vocal talents of the day. Narrated by the legendary Ralph Bell, “The Dare” is about a boy who accepts a dare to go into a graveyard at midnight ... Read More »
This wonderfully original and award-winning short-film by Matt Bloom of Hurricane Films is based on the theory that as death approaches time slows to a crawl. The question is – who is going to die and how? *WINNER: BEST HORROR/SCI FI: London Independent Film Festival* *WINNER: PLATINUM REMI DIRECTING AWARD: WorldFest, Houston* *WINNER: SILVER ACE AWARD: Las Vegas Film Festival* ... Read More »
It is not that unusual for a young child to have an imaginary friend or two. Oftentimes parents think it cute – a mischievous little friend afoot to take the blame for some minor wrongdoings. In fact, many parents believe a good imagination is healthy. But what happens when the child begins to be tormented by their “imaginary friend,” to ... Read More »
From Ask the Bones, a collection of folklore adapted by authors Arielle North Olson and Howard Schwartz, comes this tale of an unemployed man, who at his time of desperation meets a cousin of his who invites him to stay with her, saving him from homelessness and, presumably, starvation. He and his family enjoy their new life with their cousin ... Read More »
An anonymous author penned this dreadful tale of terror about a boy and a creature outside his window – a creature that will not stop staring at him. This story has often been recorded and posted online, but narrator Jordan Antle’s version here is one of the very best we have found. We hope you enjoy this tale! To see/hear ... Read More »
Narrator Jonathan Jones brings new life to this classic S.E. Schlosser tale of terror from Texas, featured on Schlosser’s website, www.americanfolklore.net, as well as in her published collection of Texas folktales and scary stories, Spooky Texas: Tales of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, and Other Local Lore. The main character in this tale wakes from what she believes to be a nightmare involving a ... Read More »
This short film by Matt Rogers was inspired by the infamous folktale of the same title, which is featured in many books and anthologies of folklore. There are literally hundreds of variants of this tale, including such well-known versions as Mark Twain’s “The Golden Arm” and selections from Alvin Schwartz’s Scary Stories books such as “Just Delicious,” “The Big Toe” ... Read More »
Voiceover artist Jonathan Jones narrates this well-produced original tale from the mind of writer Craig Groshek, which centers on a farmer named Richard Mayes and his wife, who is about to give birth to a son. From the beginning, they both know something is wrong, for the baby is growing exponentially and eating far more than is typical. Once the ... Read More »
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