Halloween Stories
Halloween is traditionally a time for telling spooky stories, about
ghosts, skeletons, witches, goblins, jack o'lanterns, etc etc. Links to
spooky Halloween stories:
The Singing Bone
A spooky story, from Grimm's Fairy Tales, of a message from beyond the grave,
when a bone sings out for justice.
Oh If I Could But
Shiver
A brave lad spends three nights in a haunted castle, to win the hand of a
beautiful princess. Another Grimm's Fairy Tale.
The Ballad of Binnorie
The lyrics of the traditional Ballad of Binnorie, where a harp sings out against a murderous sister.
The Story of Binnorie
A story of two sisters, based on the traditional ballad of Binnorie, but without the dialect!
The
White Cat Ghost
The story of a white cat whose attachment to her owner extended beyond life
itself
The Lair of the White Worm
The classic story of an ancient and evil monster, written by Bram Stoker, the author
of Dracula. Also check out the WHITE WORM
STORE for the book, the music, and the DVD!
The Canterville Ghost
The ever-popular ghost story by Oscar Wilde.
...........He put on his slippers, took a small oblong phial out of his
dressing-case, and opened the door. Right in front of him he saw, in the wan
moonlight, an old man of terrible aspect. His eyes were as red burning coals;
long grey hair fell over his shoulders in matted coils; his garments, which
were of antique cut, were soiled and ragged, and from his wrists and ankles
hung heavy manacles and rusty gyves.......
The White Maniac
An early vampire story
...........How well I remember that picture to-day. The white room -- the
torn and brilliant flowers -- and the mad fury of that lovely being. A laugh
echoed again upon my lips, an involuntary laugh it was, for I knew not that I
laughed.......
The Screaming Skull
A spooky ghost story
......Yes, I found it here when I came. You see, it was very white and
polished, like a thing meant to be kept under a glass case, and the people
did not know where it came from, nor what to do with it; so they put it back
into the bandbox and set it on the shelf of the cupboard in the best bedroom,
and of course they showed it to me when I took possession. I was taken down
to the beach, too, to be shown the place where Luke was found, and the old
fisherman explained just how he was lying, and the skull beside him. The only
point he could not explain was why the skull had rolled up the sloping sand
towards Luke's head instead of rolling downhill to his feet.......
For more stories for Halloween see Halloween
Tales
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