As you hold the flashlight beneath your chin, eerily illuminating your face, you glance around the semi-circle of kids holding onto marshmallows and sticks over the camp fire, and some are intently staring at you with wide eyes, others looking around at their friends for support.
Telling ghost stories is one of the oldest pastimes in the world; a way of exorcising our anxieties and deepest fears through a cathartic tale. If you’re looking for another ghost story to tell around a campfire, then here are some suggestions for all different ages and scare levels.
If you want to get your adult fix of ghostly stories this Halloween, then you’ll get chills reading “The Shining” by the master of macabre, Stephen King. “Books of Blood” by Clive Barker offers a collection of short stories that will get you in the mood for Halloween horror.
Edgar Allan Poe’s short stories are timeless classics that will never lose their appeal, causing shivers to creep down your spine and your heart beat to rise. Also recommended are “The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton,” “Dagon and Other Macabre Tales” by HP Lovecraft, “Cold Hand In Mine: Strange Stories” by Robert Aickman and “Ghost Story” by Peter Straub.
For some people, ghostly stories aren’t enough. Now there is a whole cultural phenomenon surrounding the idea of ghost hunters, as seen on the TV show by the same name. Some avid paranormal enthusiasts use books of ghost stories as launching points for ghost hunting expeditions of their own.
They’ll visit Alcatraz, Amityville, The Winchester House, Bachelor’s Grove Cemetery, the Lemp Mansion, the Viscilla Ax Murder House, the Old Slave House on Hickory Hill, Bobby Mackey’s Music World, Myrtles Plantation and Gettysburg.
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