Scary Stories
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 Black Dog of Hanging Hills
A black dog haunts Meriden, CT. A version of this story is retold by S.E. Schlosser in Spooky New England.
- Blackbeard's Ghost
Blackbeard's ghost continues to walk the shores on the Pamlico Sound, searching for his head.
- The Bloodstain
A murdered man haunts the house where he was killed.
- The Cut-Off
A Louisiana riverboat captain is trapped forever in a cut-off. A new version of this story is retold by S.E. Schlosser in Spooky South.
- The Dungarvon Whooper
A murdered cook screams out his rage and terror each evening at dusk.
- 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.
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The Doctor and the Ghost
A ghost helps a doctor save his patient. (Utah)
- The Express Train to Hell
The Express Train to Hell comes to Newark Central Station to take the soul of an old man.
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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!
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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 Ghosts of Ringwood Manor
Do not visit Ringwood Manor after dark!
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The Grave
A woman haunts her burial ground.
- The Headless Horseman
A headless Hessian gallops forth from the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, scaring the locals.
- Henry Hudson and the Catskill Gnomes
Every wondered who Rip Van Winkle played nine-pins with? It was Henry Hudson and his crew!
- I'm All Right
A soldier visits his mother after he is killed in the Middle East.
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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.
- Lost!
A prospector lost in the mire is lead to safety by a beautiful ghost.
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Milk bottles
Day after day, a woman comes to the store for milk and leaves without paying.
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Ocean-Born Mary
The ghost of a beautiful woman haunts the house where her pirate-husband was murdered.
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Palatine
A Dutch ship wrecks off Block Island. (Rhode Island.) A new version of this story is retold by S.E. Schlosser in Spooky New England.
- The Phantom Drummer
The sound of a phantom drummer seals the doom of a Revolutionary War soldier trying to desert the British army.
- The Phantom Lovers of Dismal Swamp
A distraught man seeks for his dead lover in the Dismal Swamp.
- The Phantom Train Wreck
A horrible train wreck is re-enacted before the eyes of a stranded traveler.
- Presumed Drowned
The souls of five drowned men rejoin their ship from the Ice.
- The Shadow Train
A ghost train stops to rescue a dying man.
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Spuyten Duyvil
New Amsterdam is under attack. Can a brave trumpeter warn the people in time? (New York)
- The Tolling of the Bell
A bell mysteriously tolls in the night, foretelling the doom of the passengers of a local ship.
- 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 Trapper's Ghost
The phantom of an evil trapper is doomed to roam the wilds of Labrador, helping lost travelers to atone for his sins.
- Podcast: Turnabout is Fair Play
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.
- The White Horse
Mounted on a white horse, a new bride flees for her life from a rejected suitor.
- The White House Ghosts
Who's haunting the White House?
- The White Lady
A ghost rises out of Durand Lake to hunt down her daughter's killer. (New York)
- Who Calls?
A Cree warrior journeying to the home of his beloved hears her voice calling his name in the night.
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