From Nancy Robert’s 1978 book Appalachian Ghosts comes this tale, originally titled “The Angel of Death,” about a woman and her ill husband.  In a desperate attempt to make sense out of her new circumstances, the wife visits a witchwoman of sorts, and is told some alarming news: that under no circumstances is she to let anyone open the cemetery gate across ... Read More »

One day, a man finds the hay bales from his farm scattered all over his fields, and at first assumes that it is the work of pranksters.  But when he attempts to put the bales back, he upsets the actual culprit.  The perpetrator soon sends him a macabre message – a message that changes everything.  And then the man sees ... Read More »

This is the story of a girl named Tilly, who hears a disembodied voice calling to her in the night, and each night it gets closer, and closer…and closer.  This tale comes from an amazing classic scary folktale book entitled Whistle in the Graveyard by author Maria Leach.  It has been out of print for years, but if you can ... Read More »

This is the story of a shopkeeper who sees the same woman rush into her store several nights in a row, always grabbing a bottle of milk and then running out into the night. After several nights of this bizarre behavior, he and a few friends decide to follow her, to find that she is returning – to a graveyard. ... Read More »

Craig Groshek tells this short tale about an Irish parish priest named Father McSweeny, who was unpopular but respected in life and who died young, to the relief of many.  But rather than rest in peace, Father McSweeny had other plans. Original story source: http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t12596.html Father McSweeny Author: Anonymous Narrator: Craig Groshek Father McSweeny, an Irish priest, returned to the town ... 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 »

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 »

A narrated rendition of a popular creepypasta story about a hunter who finds himself lost in the woods, when he suddenly comes upon what appears to be a deserted cabin.  Deserted – or so he thinks. The Cabin in the Woods Author:  Anonymous Narrated By:  Craig Groshek There was a hunter in the woods, who, after a long day hunting, ... Read More »