I. Campfire Stories: Children's Stories -- For the littlest campfire kids. Funny Ghosts & Spooky Stories - For kids with a higher "scare" level Campfire Ghost Stories -- Will give you goosebumps. Scary Tales -- Leave the light on! Tall Tales -- Give 'em a good laugh! II. Campfire Songs

BRAND NEW CAMPFIRE TALES! The Spooky Series Stories: Boo Hag Bobby set out to find himself a beautiful wife and ended up with a monster. The Yellow Ribbon Jane always wears a yellow ribbon around her neck and Johnny really wants to know why. Big Liz A slave girl is murdered by her master when she turns spy for the Yankees. Black Aggie An evil statue comes to life at night in the cemetery. The Gold Hand A man ruthlessly woos a woman because he wants to take possession of her gold hand. Hairy Toe An old woman finds a hairy toe and cooks it up for dinner, much to the annoyance of its former owner. The Ghost in the Stacks A college student sees the ghost of a murdered girl haunting the library. Enchanted A little girl follows the sound of the enchanted children of Alpha, with fatal results. Podcasts: Heartbeat A jealous husband murders his wife and his haunted thereafter by her heartbeat. The Ghost in the Alley The vengeful ghost of a murdered girl haunts an alley. Playing Piano A man is driven mad by his wife's incessant piano playing. Don't Turn On The Light A college girl returns to her dorm room to find her roommate murdered! The Wraith in the Creek A wraith stalks a lumberjack as he works along the creek. I'm Coming Down Now! A real-estate agent tries in vain to sell a haunted house. The Headless Horseman A Sleepy Hollow Dutchman has the very first encounter with the Headless Horseman. The Fifty Cent Piece A couple spend a night at a haunted house.

Campfire Ghost Stories

• The Army of the Dead
  The ghosts of the Confederate Army still march through Charleston, South Carolina. A new version of this story is retold by S.E. Schlosser in Spooky South.

• The Bells
  A sweeper -- seeking buried treasure -- encounters a terrible ghost!
  
  
• Black Bartelmy's Ghost
  Black Bartelmy was an evil, surly buccaneer who murdered his wife and children and went to sea with a band of pirates as nasty as he. (Nova Scotia)

• The Bloodstain
  A murdered man haunts the house where he was killed.

• Boo Hag
  Bobby set out to find a beautiful wife and ended up with a monster.

• The Death Coach

The Death Coach comes for a dying man.
• Dem Bones
  The ghosts of Captain Kidd's pirate crew return to the place where they buried their treasure.

• The Express Train to Hell
  The Express Train to Hell comes to Newark Central Station to take the soul of an old man.

• The Fifty-cent Piece
  A couple spend a night at a haunted house. (New York)

• The Girl in White
  A young man finds himself flirting with a ghost!
  
  
• The Green Lantern
  The ghost of a lighthouse keeper haunts St. Martin's Island.

• Ghost Handprints
  Ghosts rescue a car stuck on the railroad tracks.

• The Ghost Pilots of Times Square
  The spirits of two RAF pilots visit Times Square after their planes were shot down over Berlin.
• The Ghost Ship of Captain Sandovate
  The merciless crew that killed their captain are doomed to sail the Atlantic forever, searching for water.

• Ghost Train
  A Ghost Train appears on the tracks three miles outside of Medicine Hat, Alberta.
• The Headless Horseman
  A headless Hessian gallops forth from the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, scaring the locals.
• La Llorona
  The ghost of a woman searches the river banks for her sons.

• The Lady in Lace
  A beautiful ghost walks the shores near Pebble Beach, California.

• The Lady in Red
  A murdered woman haunts a Nevada hotel.

• The Lincoln Death Train
  Every April, the ghostly Lincoln Death Train travels up to Albany from New York City bearing a skeletal orchestra and the coffin of Abraham Lincoln.
• Milk bottles
  Day after day, a woman comes to the store for milk and leaves without paying.

• The Telltale Seaweed
  An overnight stay in an abandoned Cape Cod house reveals a ghost. (Massachusetts) A new version of this story is retold by S.E. Schlosser in Spooky New England.

• The White Lady
  A ghost rises out of Durand Lake to hunt down her daughter's killer. (New York)

Scary Tales

• Bloody Bones
  A witch summons a monster to destroy an old hunter who stole her pig.
  
  
• Bloody Mary
  The spirit of Bloody Mary returns to claim the lives of those saying her name in front of a darkened mirror.

• Dancing with the Devil
  A girl learns too late that you should never dance with the devil.

• The Death Waltz
  A dead man seeks revenge when his fiance's turns her attention to another less than a week after his death.
  
  
• The Devil On Washington Rock
  The Devil appears in a dream...and other places.

• The Goblin of Easton
  An evil monk is hung for his crimes, but his spirit returns as a goblin to hunt down his brothers.
  
  
• The Hairy Toe
  An old woman finds a hairy toe and cooks it up for dinner, much to the annoyance of its former owner. (Scary!)

• Podcast: The Hermit's House
  A vampire stalks a young woman and her infant child. From Spooky New York.

• The Hook
  A crazed killer stalks a young couple parked in Lovers Lane.
  
  
• La Mala Hora
  A woman meets a spectre on her way to a friend's house.

• The Llorona, Omen of Death
  Two young men see the ghost of the Llorona as they drive home one evening.

• The Melt Shop
  The horrible ghost of a dead steel worker haunts the melt shop at night.
  
  
• Podcast: Rival Witches
  The rivalry between two evil witches terrifies the residents of a small town. From Spooky New Jersey.

• Screaming Jenny
  A burning ghost haunts the tracks near Harpers Ferry.

• The Screaming Tunnel
  The ghost of a young girl trapped in a burning house haunts a tunnel near Niagara Falls.

• The Storm Hag
  A sea witch in Lake Erie lures men to their death.
  
  
• Podcast: Tailypo
  An old hunter finds out the hard way that he should be kind to strange animals! From Spooky South.

• Podcast: Turnabout is Fair Play (6 mb download)
  An old man's ghost turns the tables on two little boys who played tricks on him when he was alive. Story comes from Spooky New Jersey and is read aloud by author S.E. Schlosser.
• The Werewolf's Bride
  A Werewolf steals a bride on her wedding day.

• Windigo
  A starving warrior comes face to face with a cannibalistic monster called a Windigo.

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