Scary ghost stories – originals and classic campfire tales.
Gather ’round the lantern, let us try and scare you, make you laugh, maybe both. But you may not want to read these spooky tales alone. We warned you!
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012
Larger-than-life Charleston hotel owner pays the ultimate price for messing around with the mayor’s wife in Nick Zegarac’s twisted ghost story of murder and revenge from the spooky streets of old Charleston.
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Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
Virginia ghost story about two kids who investigate a mysterious campfire across an eerie swamp one night. You know this ain’t gonna end well.
Posted in Ghost Stories, Your Short Stories | 14 Comments »
Thursday, February 16th, 2012
Who is the crazy local gal wandering around a Louisana gas station asking customers about her missing mother? Find out in this Louisiana ghost story from Sabrina Alipate.
Posted in Ghost Stories, Your Short Stories | 6 Comments »
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
Ghost story of a Dallas boy who meets the girl of his dreams in a Texas small town. A girl who might be too good to be true. Maybe the old rotary phone is a giveaway.
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Saturday, December 31st, 2011
Kentucky ghost story of a haunted house that holds the key to the mysterious past of a young girl.
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Wednesday, December 14th, 2011
True Texas ghost story of a strange Mexican woman haunting the Green Elm Bridge in West Texas. Think we’ll take the long way next time.
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Saturday, October 22nd, 2011
True story of north Texas haunted house, and a first hand account of the ghosts there.
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Saturday, October 15th, 2011
Ghost story for young kids about an annoying ghost standing in the way of a child’s midday snack.
Posted in Audio Stories, Ghost Stories, Kids Stories | 14 Comments »
Thursday, October 13th, 2011
True ghost stories from Jim Harold’s Campfire, one of the most popular paranormal podcasts.
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Monday, October 3rd, 2011
Ghost story of one man’s sleepness night that leads to a mysterious encounter with a stranger along a moonlit road.
Posted in Ghost Stories, Your Short Stories | 6 Comments »
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
Virginia ghost story about a haunted grist mill.
Posted in Ghost Stories, Oldies but Goodies, Your Short Stories | 23 Comments »
Tuesday, July 5th, 2011
Kentucky ghost story of two boys on a camping trip that encounter the ghost of a mysterious girl during a lightning storm.
Posted in Civil War Historic Stories, Ghost Stories, Your Short Stories | 9 Comments »
Tuesday, June 21st, 2011
Ambrose Bierce’s classic ghost story “The Boarded Window” produced by Freshwater Seas Audiobooks.
Posted in Audio Stories, Ghost Stories | 46 Comments »
Monday, May 23rd, 2011
Turbulent saga of Savannah’s MacCafferty clan – witches, ghosts, psychic powers and women with tragic tastes in men.
Posted in Ghost Stories, Your Short Stories | 4 Comments »
Wednesday, April 13th, 2011
Kid-friendly ghost story from Arkansas about a haunted house with some spooky ghosts with a serious knack for baking. Written by Harris Tobias.
Posted in Ghost Stories, Kids Stories, Your Short Stories | 70 Comments »
Sunday, March 6th, 2011
Edgar is terrified of a demonic presence in his apartment’s back room.
Posted in Ghost Stories, Your Short Stories | 5 Comments »
Tuesday, December 28th, 2010
Ghost story of a haunted house with an athletic ghost. But what is this ghost keeping in his gym bag?
Posted in Ghost Stories, Your Short Stories | 14 Comments »
Saturday, November 13th, 2010
Catholic priest is assigned to a mysterious, rural Alabama town and hears a VERY strange confession.
Posted in Ghost Stories, Your Short Stories | 3 Comments »
Monday, May 3rd, 2010
Alabama ghost story about a mysterious young girl who takes a newcomer on a dangerous hike.
Posted in Ghost Stories, Oldies but Goodies, Your Short Stories | 33 Comments »
Wednesday, April 14th, 2010
Ghost story of a singing frog who shows that eternal love is not just for humans.
Posted in Creature Stories, Ghost Stories, Kids Stories, Myths, Legends & Folktales, Oldies but Goodies, Your Short Stories | 15 Comments »
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
The Bell Witch story, history of the Bell Family and the ghost haunting Adams, Tennessee to this day.
Posted in Creature Stories, Ghost Stories, Southern U.S.A Culture, History & Travel, Weird True Stories | 7 Comments »
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
Chilling ghost story from Alabama of two young girls who discover the tragic secrets behind a Civil War-era haunted house.
Posted in Audio Stories, Civil War Historic Stories, Ghost Stories, Oldies but Goodies | 57 Comments »
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
Ghost story from Alabama of a wandering traveler who stumbles across the terrifying secret behind a spooky backwoods church.
Posted in Audio Stories, Ghost Stories, Oldies but Goodies | 49 Comments »
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
Florida ghost story about a young girl who will do anything for a nice prom dress, including robbing the dead!
Posted in Audio Stories, Ghost Stories, Oldies but Goodies | 69 Comments »
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
Ghostly tale from coastal Georgia about a mysterious grave marker and the brave woman who lies there.
Posted in Ghost Stories, Oldies but Goodies, Southern U.S.A Culture, History & Travel | 8 Comments »
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
Heartwarming story of a unique Christmas ghost who teaches a lost soul the value of family.
Posted in Audio Stories, Ghost Stories, Oldies but Goodies | 31 Comments »
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
Two Georgia good-ol’-boys let their thirst for riches lead them straight into a horrifying encounter with an ancient mountain haunt.
Posted in Ghost Stories, Oldies but Goodies | 12 Comments »
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
Georgia Civil War ghost story about the mysterious “Green Eyes” creature that roams the haunted Chickamauga Battlefield each night.
Posted in Audio Stories, Civil War Historic Stories, Creature Stories, Ghost Stories, Oldies but Goodies | 27 Comments »
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
Georgia Civil War ghost story about hauntings at a long forgotten Civil War battlefield outside Atlanta.
Posted in Audio Stories, Civil War Historic Stories, Ghost Stories, Oldies but Goodies | 25 Comments »
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
Famous African-American ghost story of a haunted marsh in St. Simons Island, Georgia where the Ibo IIgbo) tribe bravely resisted being sold into slavery.
Posted in Ghost Stories, Myths, Legends & Folktales, Oldies but Goodies | 18 Comments »
Sunday, April 19th, 2009
Georgia ghost story of a Hollywood screenwriter’s frightening stay in a haunted hotel.
Posted in Audio Stories, Ghost Stories, Oldies but Goodies | 17 Comments »
Sunday, April 19th, 2009
Civil War ghost story of a Georgia plantation haunted by a broken heart.
Posted in Civil War Historic Stories, Ghost Stories, Oldies but Goodies | 8 Comments »
Saturday, April 18th, 2009
Ghost story about a haunted family clock that perhaps shouldn’t have been passed down to the next generation.
Posted in Ghost Stories, Oldies but Goodies | 6 Comments »
Saturday, April 18th, 2009
Ghost story from Kentucky coal mining country of one coal miner’s experience with the ultimate act of love.
Posted in Ghost Stories, Oldies but Goodies | 8 Comments »
Saturday, April 18th, 2009
Ghost story from Kentucky coal mining country about a miner’s strange and life changing experience with a mysterious black dog.
Posted in Ghost Stories, Oldies but Goodies | 23 Comments »
Saturday, April 18th, 2009
Spooky Appalachian ghost story of a mountain traveler, stunned by the death of his wife, who stumbles across a strange mountain town with a horrifying secret.
Posted in Ghost Stories, Oldies but Goodies | 19 Comments »
Saturday, April 18th, 2009
Louisiana ghost story of a traveling preacher and his new wife who spend the night in a haunted house, and learn that marriage can be even more terrifying than ghosts!
Posted in Ghost Stories, Oldies but Goodies | 8 Comments »
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
Story behind the famous “Flaming Tomb,” a haunted crypt that reguarly draws ghost hunters to New Orleans’ Metairie Cemetery.
Posted in Ghost Stories, Oldies but Goodies, Weird True Stories | 4 Comments »
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
African-American ghost story from Louisiana about a poor widow who wants to get on her with her life – if only her husband would stay dead!
Posted in Audio Stories, Ghost Stories, Myths, Legends & Folktales, Oldies but Goodies | 29 Comments »
Sunday, April 12th, 2009
Cajun ghost story about a miserly father whose cruelty to his only daughter comes back to haunt him during a gulf storm.
Posted in Ghost Stories, Oldies but Goodies | 21 Comments »
Sunday, April 12th, 2009
Louisiana ghost story about two childhood friends who make a mutual promise that must be kept – even beyond the grave!
Posted in Audio Stories, Ghost Stories, Oldies but Goodies | 47 Comments »
Saturday, April 11th, 2009
Alabama ghost story about a tired farm widow who visits the local witch a good night’s sleep – big mistake.
Posted in Audio Stories, Creature Stories, Ghost Stories, Oldies but Goodies | 33 Comments »
Saturday, April 11th, 2009
Poignant Kentucky ghost story about the power of a mother’s love and how it stretches even beyond the grave.
Posted in Audio Stories, Ghost Stories, Oldies but Goodies | 29 Comments »
Friday, April 10th, 2009
Spooky Cajun ghost story about two boys’ misadventures in a haunted pumpkin patch one Halloween.
Posted in Audio Stories, Ghost Stories, Oldies but Goodies | 27 Comments »
Friday, April 10th, 2009
Gruesome New Orleans ghost story about a sausage shop owner who has a unique way of getting rid of his wife.
Posted in Ghost Stories, Oldies but Goodies | 9 Comments »
Friday, April 10th, 2009
Louisiana ghost story about the well documented hauntings at Myrtles Plantation.
Posted in Civil War Historic Stories, Ghost Stories, Oldies but Goodies | 21 Comments »
Friday, April 10th, 2009
Mississippi ghost story about a young boy’s encounter with a strange girl who suddenly appears near his family’s farm.
Posted in Ghost Stories, Oldies but Goodies | 6 Comments »
Thursday, April 9th, 2009
Famous North Carolina ghost story about the “Maco Light,” a paranormal phenomena along the local railroad that has fascinated ghost hunters for years.
Posted in Ghost Stories, Oldies but Goodies | 8 Comments »
Thursday, April 9th, 2009
Native American ghost story from North Carolina about a brave Cherokee whose stance against the white man would make him a legend.
Posted in Ghost Stories, Oldies but Goodies | 6 Comments »
Thursday, April 9th, 2009
Famous South Carolina ghost story of Alice Flagg, a well known ghost haunting South Carolina’s Grand Strand.
Posted in Audio Stories, Ghost Stories, Oldies but Goodies | 28 Comments »
Thursday, April 9th, 2009
Terrifying ghost story from B.M. Croker about two gentleman’s dare for one to spend the night in a Charleston haunted house.
Posted in Ghost Stories, Oldies but Goodies | 14 Comments »
Thursday, April 9th, 2009
South Carolina ghost story of the famed Gray Man of Pawley’s Island whose appearance is seen as a warning by locals of an upcoming hurricane.
Posted in Audio Stories, Ghost Stories, Oldies but Goodies | 9 Comments »
Thursday, April 9th, 2009
Ghost story based on the famous Bell Witch hauntings in Tennessee, this is the story of two kids who embark on a dangerous journey into the Bell Witch Cave.
Posted in Creature Stories, Ghost Stories, Oldies but Goodies | 12 Comments »
Sunday, April 5th, 2009
Ghost story of a Tennessee fiddle player has a bad run-in with some evil rattlesnakes.
Posted in Audio Stories, Ghost Stories, Oldies but Goodies | 20 Comments »
Sunday, April 5th, 2009
Christmas ghost story – or a visit from Santa Claus?
Posted in Ghost Stories, Kids Stories, Oldies but Goodies | 15 Comments »
Sunday, April 5th, 2009
Ambrose Bierce’s famed ghost story of a murder from three perspectives – including the ghost’s!
Posted in Ghost Stories, Oldies but Goodies | 8 Comments »
Sunday, April 5th, 2009
Tennessee spooky story about one boy’s quest to find out where the nightly eerie noises in the local cemetery are coming from.
Posted in Ghost Stories, Oldies but Goodies | 10 Comments »
Saturday, April 4th, 2009
Terrifying Alabama ghost story of a group of young boys who conspire to keep a horrible secret between them to their graves – and the creature of the lake who won’t let that happen.
Posted in Audio Stories, Ghost Stories, Oldies but Goodies | 63 Comments »
Saturday, April 4th, 2009
Georgia ghost story about a mysterious young girl who appears nightly beside a remote covered bridge.
Posted in Audio Stories, Ghost Stories, Oldies but Goodies | 29 Comments »
Saturday, April 4th, 2009
Civil War ghost story of artifact collector has a ghostly encounter with one of the Confederacy’s most famous spies.
Posted in Civil War Historic Stories, Ghost Stories, Oldies but Goodies | 5 Comments »