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02-05-2012, 09:15 AM | #31 (permalink) | |
Quiet Man in the Corner
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Poor, poor man. |
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02-05-2012, 09:23 AM | #32 (permalink) |
SOPHIE FOREVER
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You might enjoy it now, give it a try.
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02-05-2012, 09:40 AM | #33 (permalink) |
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Yeah I still love them just as much now. The illustrations still freak me out. If you're even a little bit interested, I would go on eBay or something and get whatever you can now before it's all gone.
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02-05-2012, 10:13 AM | #34 (permalink) |
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I find it pretty badass that all of the stories are collected from ancient folklore. I want to live in a family where stories told by word of mouth involve decapitations and such, what a fun childhood that would be. "Grandma, can you sing me The Hearse again?"
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02-05-2012, 10:34 AM | #35 (permalink) | |
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And this is how much a new treasury book is going for now. |
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02-05-2012, 10:49 AM | #36 (permalink) |
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That's quite pricy. I'm investing in some crappy paperback books to keep safe. I may raid the local elementary school library too.
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02-05-2012, 12:42 PM | #37 (permalink) |
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Just put on the Brady Bunch, that usually scares the **** out of people in the dark.
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02-05-2012, 07:35 PM | #38 (permalink) |
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I thought The Golden Arm came from that series but I guess it didn't. Anyway, this record scared me ****less when I was a little kid:
And, while it wasn't particularly scary, I was deeply disturbed by Harold. Especially the way he trotted along the roof like a horse on its hind legs. I don't think I read any of them but heard the record.
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02-05-2012, 08:57 PM | #39 (permalink) |
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I remember the covers/art pretty well, but don't remember anything else about them. I used to own these. I'm not sure what happened with them. Probably donated to kids or some such. Shoot.
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02-05-2012, 09:21 PM | #40 (permalink) |
Mate, Spawn & Die
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I take back my comment about not being familiar with these. I just googled "Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark" and came up with this cover...
...which I DO actually remember from my childhood. I don't remember anything specific but I'm pretty sure I read or heard at least some of them. One story I clearly remember from my childhood, which scared the ever-loving crap out of me, is this: There was this woman who always wore a ribbon around her neck. She never took it off, even around her husband. He sometimes asked her about it but the only thing she'd ever say about it was it could never, under any circumstances to be removed. After many years of this, the husband's curiosity finally got the best of him and he untied the ribbon while she was asleep. When he did so her head fell right and rolled onto the floor screaming, "I told you never to untie the ribbon!" Is that from this author? |
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