The White Wolf is a scary story for kids about a man who hunts wolves. It is based on a folktale in The Telltale Lilac Bush by Ruth Ann Musick called “The White Wolf”. A version of this tale appeared in...
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Pumpkin People
Pumpkin People is a Halloween poem by John Ridland about strange creatures that hide inside your Jack-O-Lantern. The Pumpkin People camp inside Your Jack-o’-lantern’s pumpkin hide, Though you won’t...
Spring-Heeled Jack
Spring-Heeled Jack is a scary urban legend about a mysterious creature who terrorized London in the 1830s. Rumors about a monster named Spring-Heeled Jack began to circulate in London towards the end of 1837. Young...
Frog and Toad
Frog and Toad is a scary story for young children. It comes from a short little story named “Shivers” in a book by Arnold Lobel called Days With Frog and Toad. The night was cold and dark. “Listen to the...
Dancing With the Devil
Dancing with the Devil is an urban legend about a girl who goes to her school dance and meets a strange man in black. It is also known as “The Devil at the Dance”. There was a young girl who lived in Texas...
Polybius
Polybius is an urban legend about a rare arcade game that caused seizures or brain aneurysms and was used in mind control experiments to brainwash people and even cause them to kill themselves. Back in the 1980s, if...