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    The Wreck

    The Wreck

    [ranking: 1]
    On the way to the Christmas dance, a high schooler drives a girl he met home and gifts her some charming Christmas tinsel. He comes to find his new friend died in a tragic car accident on the way there... but she takes off with the tinsel he gave her.

    The Hearse Song

    The Hearse Song

    [ranking: 2]
    What happens when you die? This song explains it all in gruesome detail. All goes well for about a week... until the coffin begins to leak.

    May I Carry Your Basket?

    May I Carry Your Basket?

    [ranking: 3]
    Poor Sam Lewis was walking home around midnight when something strange occurred. He came across a woman walking ahead of him, carrying a basket. A kind young man, Sam offered to carry the basket for the woman. What he discovered hidden in that inauspicious basket filled his heart with unspeakable terror.

    The Big Toe

    The Big Toe

    [ranking: 4]
    There are several lessons that can be learned from this story: If you find a toe sticking up from the ground, don't pick it up. If you try to pick it up and it doesn't give way, don't force it. Finally, if you take it home with you, you definitely shouldn't eat it.
    You really never know when the toe's previous owner will come looking for it.

    The Drum

    The Drum

    [ranking: 5]
    A gypsy with a magical drum tells two children that if they do terrible things to their mother, they can have the drum. However, the gypsy never gives them the drum, and the mother gets so fed up that she leaves and gives them a new mother with chilling glass eyes and a wooden tail.

    The Ghost With The Bloody Fingers

    The Ghost With The Bloody Fingers

    [ranking: 6]
    This tale concerns a hotel with a recurring vacancy problem. There is one room that they only rent out when the rest are taken, and only then when the customer absolutely insists. They say the room is haunted, and no one who stays makes it through the night.

    Cold As Clay

    Cold As Clay

    [ranking: 7]
    A farmer's daughter fell in love with a farmhand named Jim. Her father did not approve, and the daughter was forced to go away and live with her uncle. Jim was heartbroken, and he soon died and was buried. Except, he didn't quite stay that way.

    The Walk

    The Walk

    [ranking: 8]
    Two men walk down a lonely dirt road. Each man is afraid of the other. Neither is willing to broach the silence... and it is beginning to get dark.

    Room For One More

    Room For One More

    [ranking: 9]
    Dreams should never be taken lightly, least of all if they involve a hearse. One night, Joseph Blackwell has such a dream. He is staying with friends when he dreams that a hearse pulls up in the middle of the night. The hearse is just packed with people, and the driver explains with a maniacal grin that there's "room for one more."

    The Guests

    The Guests

    [ranking: 10]
    A young couple is on a long drive when they decide to stop for the night. On the side of the road, they spot an old house and decide to see if they rent rooms. An old couple welcomes them and invites them to stay the night, but not everything is as it seems.

    Me Tie Dough-ty Walker!

    Me Tie Dough-ty Walker!

    [ranking: 11]
    When spending the night in a haunted house on a $200 bet, bringing your dog may seem like a good idea. Man's best friend is often good company. Only, you should be sure that your dog doesn't know how to sing. If he does, well, something might join him in a duet... something sinister.

    The White Satin Evening Gown

    The White Satin Evening Gown

    [ranking: 12]
    The moral of this story is to never purchase clothes secondhand (sorry Plato's Closet). You just never know who the previous owner might be.

    The Attic

    The Attic

    [ranking: 13]
    This short story is about a trapper named Rupert who lives alone in the woods with his beloved dog Sam. Well, one day while Rupert was out checking traps, Sam went missing. Rupert looked everywhere for Sam, but couldn't find him.
    Then, a few days later, Rupert heard something moving around in the attic.

    The Hook

    The Hook

    [ranking: 14]
    We've all heard this story at one time or another. A couple teenagers are "hanging out" at Lookout Point in their car at night. They hear on the radio that a killer has escaped prison and is at large in the area. The killer happens to have a hook for a hand. "What's that scratching sound I hear?"

    Wonderful Sausage

    Wonderful Sausage

    [ranking: 15]
    When a seemingly happy butcher murders his wife, he grinds her up into sausage to feed to the local townsfolk. Unable to sell enough, he goes on a killing spree, grinding people up into meat. When the locals find out, they feed him to his very own sausage grinder.

    Something Was Wrong

    Something Was Wrong

    [ranking: 16]
    John is confused when people scream and run in horror at the sight of him. Although, it all becomes very clear when he comes home to his wife ?C at his very own funeral.

    The Babysitter

    The Babysitter

    [ranking: 17]
    This tale is a classic. It's so common, it could even be considered a horror trope. A babysitter is minding her own business, taking care of a few children one night. Trouble starts when she starts getting weird calls from some creep. Things escalate rather quickly from there.

    The Wendigo

    The Wendigo

    [ranking: 18]
    When you are up in northern Canada, be careful where you decide to go hunting. There are creatures up there that defy comprehension. If you aren't careful, you might just run into a wendigo. When the wind picks up, listen closely.

    The Thing

    The Thing

    [ranking: 19]
    Ted and Sam were the best of friends. One fateful night, they saw - well, a thing. They couldn't exactly make out what it was at first. After overcoming their fear, they managed to get close enough to see it clearly. Yet it wouldn't be until later that they realized what the thing really was.

    The Girl Who Stood On A Grave

    The Girl Who Stood On A Grave

    [ranking: 20]
    A variation of this story served as the plot of a Twilight Zone episode. In this version, a girl is at a party. Everyone is talking about the graveyard up the street, and a boy warns against standing on graves. The girl bravely says she will do it, and to prove it, the boy tells her to stick a knife in the dirt above the grave.
    This will prove that she went through with it. When the girl gets to the graveyard, though, things don't go as planned.

    The Red Spot

    The Red Spot

    [ranking: 25]
    Waking up one morning to find a blemish on her face, a young girl soon finds out that something other than bacteria is festering inside the bursting boil. Her face eventually explodes with a torrent of spiders.

    The Haunted House

    The Haunted House

    [ranking: 26]
    One day a priest decided to spend the night in a haunted house. He figured that he could put the spirit to rest. Well, in the course of that night, he did meet the spirit. She was murdered, and she knows who did it.

    Sam's New Pet

    Sam's New Pet

    [ranking: 27]
    While in Mexico, Sam's parents find an animal with "short hair, short legs, and and a long tail." Thinking it's the perfect new pet, they sneak it across customs ?C only to find out that their furry friend is actually a rabid rat when it starts foaming at the mouth.

    Aaron Kelly's Bones

    Aaron Kelly's Bones

    [ranking: 28]
    In this story, "dead" is a relative term. Aaron Kelly is dead, but he sure doesn't act like it. He comes home and acts as if nothing is wrong. Well, this causes some undue hardship for his widow and some fiddler who apparently was just waiting for Aaron to die so he could swoop in and marry her. That's not creepy at all, buddy.

    Harold

    Harold

    [ranking: 21]
    A poor scarecrow shaped in the image of a person his creators simply despise, Harold is a silently sentient being who is routinely abused. Harold grows sick of this treatment and psychologically tortures the two men who've been putting him through hell, before skinning them and spreading out their bloody skin to bake in the sun.

    The White Wolf

    The White Wolf

    [ranking: 22]
    Wolves can be a real problem. They kill livestock and sometimes even people. People will pay good money to a person who gets rid of the problem. If you do decide to make a living off killing wolves, however, you might one day run into the White Wolf.

    High Beams

    High Beams

    [ranking: 23]
    This story might seem like a familiar one. A young woman is driving home, down a country road. She notices a truck following her. No matter which way she turns, the truck follows. Soon the truck starts flashing its high beams at her but doesn't seem to want to pass her. I'm sure she'll figure it out eventually.

    What Do You Come For?

    What Do You Come For?

    [ranking: 24]
    This story goes to show that not all company is good company. Sometimes it is a collection of rotting body parts that slides down the chimney. Sometimes those body parts start to move...

    The Slithery-Dee

    The Slithery-Dee

    [ranking: 29]
    This short poem gets straight to the point.
    The slithery-dee,He came out of the sea;He ate all the others,But he didn't eat me...

    Wait Till Martin Comes

    Wait Till Martin Comes

    [ranking: 30]
    An old man was out for a leisurely walk when suddenly, a terrible storm broke out. Hurriedly, he takes shelter in what appears to be an abandoned house. Upon closer inspection, however, it turns out that the house does have some resident black cats of the most unusual nature.

    The Wolf Girl

    The Wolf Girl

    [ranking: 31]
    While the wolf girl's father is out searching for help during her mother's fateful labor, her mother dies, and the baby is born into the world without a soul around... except for the wolves. The wolves take her in, and the girl becomes feral.

    A New Horse

    A New Horse

    [ranking: 32]
    Witches are curious things. This witch owns a magic bridle that turns men into horses. Well, one of her victims happens to be a farmhand with plans on how to get even.

    The Dead Man's Brains

    The Dead Man's Brains

    [ranking: 33]
    This game is a Halloween classic. A group of friends gets together to inspect the body of a dead man. They are blindfolded and then pass around the organs and appendages (usually made of different food stuff). What's a bowl of eyeballs between friends?

    Old Woman All Skin And Bone

    Old Woman All Skin And Bone

    [ranking: 34]
    This cheerful song is about an old woman who decides to go to church to hear the parson. In the process, she comes face to face with her own mortality. Yikes.

    Alligators

    Alligators

    [ranking: 35]
    Everyone knows there aren't any alligators around here. Well, unless you believe the story of one woman. She is just convinced that her husband and two boys have turned into the scaly creatures. And who's to say, maybe she is on to something.

    The Viper

    The Viper

    [ranking: 36]
    Things are not always what they seem. Keep this in mind if you ever get a phone call from "The Viper."

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Dim the lights and gather 'round, because here we have the best of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. These are stories you might remember from your childhood, stories that left an indelible mark upon your young psyche as you read them by flashlight, underneath the covers. Packed to the brim with horror, one can hardly believe that these were written for children. Apparently, kids were made of hardier stock back then.

Kids have long had to endure horrors as part of the growing-up process. The classic game of Bloody Mary is but one example. Even as infants, kids are subjected to some pretty horrific nursery rhymes. Telling urban legends is a sandlot pastime that goes back generations. Plus, in the modern age, there are talking dolls that amount to pure nightmare-fuel. Telling scary stories, though, will always have an important place in the world of childhood. Perhaps they prepare us for the real-world horrors of adult life.

What makes these the scariest stories for kids? Well, the book's haunting illustrations by Stephen Gammell certainly play their part, so much so that a reprint had to replace them with more "child-friendly" fare. Thanks to the power of the Internet, however, we can still enjoy the scariest children's stories as they were meant to be experienced: how we experienced them, recoiling in horror at the images shown in low light as we tried our best to scare the pee out of our best friends. Vote up the ones that left their mark in the dark recesses of your mind.

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