A Hotlist on Scary Stories

A Hotlist on Scary Stories
An Internet Hotlist on Scary Stories

created by Marilyn McPhie

Introduction
In addition to using books and magazines to find out about Scary Stories, why not also use the power of the Internet? The links below will get you started.

The Internet Resources

Stories for Preschoolers

'The Little Orange House' - A simple paper cutting story

Stories for Older Kids

'The Ghost with One Black Eye' - A silly ghost story told by Priscilla Howe (RealAudio)
'The Little Bat and All That Blood' - A funny joke-story told and illustrated by cartoonist Joe Wos
'The Moonlit Road' - Southern ghost stories to read and hear (RealAudio)
Magic Tales of Mexico - Texts in English and Spanish, including a few scary stories

Classic Scary Stories

'Mr. Fox' - A classic 'Bluebeard'-like story
'The Boy Who Drew Cats' - Author Aaron Shepard's retelling of a Japanese story
'The Man Who Sang to Ghosts' - Aaron Shepard's retelling of 'Hoichi the Earless'
'Wiley and the Hairy Man' - A readers-theater version of an old African-American tale
Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts - Full texts of many, many traditional tales, edited by D. L. Ashliman

Historical Hauntings

History Channel - Historic Hauntings - True stories of ghosts at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and elsewhere

Urban Legends and UFOs

Snopes.com - Snopes is the place to go for urban legends. Great stuff.

Content by Marilyn McPhie, mcphie@cts.com
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Last revised Thu Jan 24 13:28:49 US/Pacific 2008