Hold Him, Tabb is a short ghost story for kids about a man named Tabb who spends the night in a spooky haunted house in Virginia. It is based on an old tale from African-American folklore. Before the railroads were...
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Your Hand in Mine
Your Hand in Mine is a scary funny poem by Tom Lehrer that is romantic, creepy and humorous at the same time. I hold your hand in mine, dear, I press it to my lips. I take a healthy bite From your dainty fingertips. My...
Black Death
The Black Death is a dark poem about the plague and the Grim Reaper. There are some similarities to The Masque of the Red Death. It is based on a song called “Lady Waters and The Hooded One”. “Will you...
Breathing Water
Breathing Water is a scary song by a band called Inhale. They say that if you put this song on and listen to it while you are going to sleep, it will give you horrible nightmares. It is dark ambient music with the...
You Always Hurt the One You Love
You Always Hurt The One You Love is a sad scary story about a boy who suffers from depression and wants to take his own life. He doesn’t realize that his actions will have terrible consequences for those who love...
Red Scarf
The Red Scarf is a scary story about a man whose wife has a very strange dream… A dream in which a man is strangled with a red scarf. When Mr. Smith eventually came home, it was extremely late. He closed the front...