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Old 02-05-2012, 09:15 AM   #31 (permalink)
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I feel like I own these books. If the big toe story involves a golden retriever, especially. There was also the girl with the prom dress, the subway slasher, the dollhouse...
The prom dress, definitely. I'm not sure about a slasher or a dollhouse though.

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I am a disgrace. But this certainly sounds like something I would have loved as a kid.
Poor, poor man.
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Old 02-05-2012, 09:23 AM   #32 (permalink)
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I am a disgrace. But this certainly sounds like something I would have loved as a kid.
You might enjoy it now, give it a try.
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Old 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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Old 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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Old 02-05-2012, 10:34 AM   #35 (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?"
I know! My dad and mom both hate scary stuff. It's strictly me and my brother Matt who are into it. I can handle far more than he can though.

And this is how much a new treasury book is going for now.
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Old 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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Old 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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Old 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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Old 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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Old 02-05-2012, 09:21 PM   #40 (permalink)
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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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