The story concerns two well-behaved children, living with their mother and their baby sibling in the forest. One day the children meet a strange little girl, who tells them that she has a tiny man and woman in a box, and will only show them to naughty children. The children return home, and do their best to be naughty despite ... Read More »

When his friend Cunningham warns Van Cheele that there is a wild beast in his woods, he pays scant attention. But later, following an encounter in the woods with an uncanny, wild-looking youth who speaks of an appetite for child-flesh, Van Cheele begins to wonder if there might be a connection between the youth and the recent disappearance of a ... Read More »

This excellently produced, abbreviated rendition of the Washington Irving tale (the full text of which is below) was produced by the Columbia River Entertainment Group as part of their rare and wonderful Scary Stories Around the Fire with Uncle Guts audio CD, released back on September 15, 2005.  The tale features the vocal talents of Tom Joyal, Maria Casler, Garth ... 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 »