Rumpelstiltskin is a scary fairy tale. It is based on an old German folktale called “Rumpelstiltzchen” which was collected by The Brothers Grimm. The 1857 version of the story features the weirdest suicide...
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Escaped Maniac
The Escaped Maniac is a scary story about a man who picks up a hitch-hiker on a lonely country road. It is based on an old horror comic. I was driving down a lonely country road. It was a dark and dismal night. The rain...
Hilltop House
Hilltop House is a Halloween poem about a haunted house on a hill. It is based on a poem by Jack Prelutzky. There’s a house upon the hilltop we dare not go inside, For that is where the evil lives, Where ghosts...
Goldilocks
Goldilocks and the Three Bears is a scary fairy tale. It is based on an old story recorded by British poet Robert Southey in 1837 called “The Story of The Three Bears”. Instead of a cute young girl with...
Its Halloween
It’s Halloween is a collection of spooky and creepy poems to read aloud on All Hallow’s Eve. It’s Halloween by Jack Prelutsky It’s Halloween! It’s Halloween! The moon is full and bright And...
Sleeping Beauty
Everyone knows the story of Sleeping Beauty, but do you know the creepy real story behind the famous fairy tale? It is based on an old Italian folktale recorded by Giambattista Basile called “Sun, Moon and...