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Ted always dreamed that someday he would be a ventriloquist and that day finally arrived on his 50th birthday. One of his closest friends, Bob, decided since it was the big 50 and he would make his dream come true. Bob had his eyes on an antique ventriloquist dummy at his aunt's antique shop. He told her to put it on hold so he could surprise his good friend Ted at his birthday dinner tomorrow. Bob was excited to be able to make his buddy Ted's dream come true. Bob gave his aunt the money for the dummy and got it gift wrapped.

Karen and her friends Jimmy, Doug, and David were avid ghost hunters in their town. They were always excited to find a new location that no other ghost hunters had explored. Karen and her friends were driving around after midnight on a windy night, bored of not being able to find a new location. Just as they were about to give up, David said, "Stop!" Doug replied, "You scared the crap out of me. I almost ran the car off the road!"

Long ago, tales of fairies were very much real and respected among many Irish families for fear that they may be cursed. Patrick and Sophie O'Brian were direct descendants of a family that had fallen victim to one such curse. Since they only knew of the tales that were told by their parents and were not directly affected by the superstitions, they did not really believe in any of them. They would often joke about the evil fairies that lived in the forts just miles from where they lived.

Captain Johnny Bones loved to sail the seven seas with some of the roughest shipmates that ever sailed.

Captain Johnny Bones' ship was called Bloody Bones because every ship that crossed Captain Johnny Bones' path would be hammered with cannons and when Captain Johnny Bones got through with the crew there would nothing left but "Bloody Bones". When Captain Johnny Bones and his shipmates came aboard they stole all the gold and would slit every crew member's throats.

Mrs. Knoll didn't know it, but fixing up the plantation was a bad idea. Whenever anyone does renovations to an old home, this angers any ghosts present and sometimes leads to fatal consequences. As for Mr. Knoll - he didn't realize that having reenactments on a battlefield where thousands of Civil War soldiers lost their lives was a bad idea as well. The reenactment would only summon up an army of the dead with grave consequences for the living....

This is a story about forbidden love between Abraham Lincoln and a Sasquatch.

A comedic, psychedelic, rock-and-roll, coming-of-age story. If you love Charles Bukowski, David Sedaris, and John Birmingham, you'll love this. It's a batch of dysfunctional, zany-yet-poignant tales. Inside you'll meet characters like Balloon-Head Ed, the sociopathic neighbor; the startled prostitutes, Trixie and Destiny; a transsexual terrier; an angry and drunken town; a disabled comedian; and one very hung over and naughty boy. So what are you waiting for?

Sit back, turn the lights down low, and get ready for the scare of your life, with five bloodcurdling short stories from 31 Horrifying Tales from the Dead, told by Drac Von Stoller. "Campfire Tales", "Captain Bloody Bones", "Curse of the Evil Fairies Fort", "The Garden of the Dead", and "The Inheritance" will have your hair standing on end!

Jimmy Spencer was only ten years old and scared to go into the woods behind his house. His older brother Steven would tell him stories about a man that lived in a cabin in the woods that liked to kill children with his sharp axe. During the day Jimmy's brother would dare him to go into the woods, but Jimmy was so scared that if he did he might be on the old man's chopping block behind his cabin.

Rachel loved her garden so much she had her husband Henry put a bench facing her garden so she could spend hours reading in the sunlight and gazing at the beautiful flowers she planted. Rachel wanted her garden to be the envy of every garden grower in the state but wasn't really sure how she was going to do it so she read every book about gardening she could but she was getting frustrated. Then one day when she was reading one of her books on gardening she just remembered that her husband Henry had a laboratory.

Countess York was a very rich mean spoiled woman who upon her husband's death inherited not only his wealth but his cold heartedness. The countess husband was a wealthy oil tycoon who handled all his affairs with an iron fist. The minute her husband died the countess had plenty of money to give her husband a very expensive funeral but being taught by a man with a cold heart and an iron fist he was lucky to have been put into a pine box and buried in the family cemetery.

We've all heard the legendary song "The Midnight Special" at least once in our lives. It's the fabled tale about how a mysterious train passes by a prison every night, and if the light of the train shines on a lucky prisoner waiting at his cell window, they'll be released But what happens next? Where does this prisoner go from here, and who is this mysterious conductor waiting on the train to meet with the lucky prisoner? You'll have to take this journey to find out!

Sit back, turn the lights down low, and get ready for the scare of your life. Immerse yourself into some of the best horrifying short stories ever told. 21 Short Stories from '31 Horrifying Tales from the Dead' includes "Don't Mess with the Dead", "Don't Go in the Woods", "Death Island Lighthouse", "I Just Couldn't Leave Her in the Cold Dark Ground", "Cannibal Lake", "The Red Room", "Death of a Writer", "Army of the Dead", "The Shadowman", "Knock Three Times on My Grave", "Worley Manor", and many more.

When three friends decide to camp out at a supposedly haunted ghost town on Halloween night, they get much more than they bargained for. Terrifying, unexplainable things begin happening as soon as they set out. Their legendary tales told around the campfire prove to be much more real than they ever could have imagined.

Kathy and Jim Patterson were just a little too eager to settle down and start a new family. They jumped into the first place they saw, Denmore Castle, unaware of what lay beneath the castle walls. Kathy was a school teacher and Jim was a chemist. Kathy and Jim had it all: money, love and the pursuit of happiness. The Pattersons felt castle Denmore would be a dream come true, but in actuality it would lead them both down the road of torment and death.

This book consists of concepts relating to the dangers of alcohol use in correlation with our pursuit of peace and pleasure. It is specifically tailored for the teenage/young adult listener.

Frank and Jane Dennison thought they had found the house of their dreams. When they were able to acquire a beautiful Victorian mansion at a great price, they jumped at the opportunity. However, they had no way of knowing what they were truly getting themselves into. Will the Dennisons be able to escape the grasp of the haunted estate? Or will they too meet an untimely end?

Dr. Carvington worked countless hours down in his laboratory trying to perfect the greatest breakthrough in medical history. Most of his subjects were very unhealthy and barely made it through Dr. Carvington's experiments. Dr. Carvington wasn't about to give up his work on any poor useless specimen that meant absolutely nothing to him in a personal way. Dr. Carvington must have seen a half a dozen specimens before the right one came along. There stood at the doorway a dashing young man with blonde hair

During the 1700's, Blackbeard's ship, the Queen Anne's Revenge ran aground at the entrance to Beaufort inlet and wasn't discovered until hundreds of years later. During an expedition of the sunken ship, something went terribly wrong, but the effects of that incident would not be felt until years later when a barrel of an unknown substance was tossed overboard during the expedition. The barrel took several years to erode, but when it did that's when all hell broke loose.

Henry loved his family so much he just couldn't bear to put them in the cold ground when they died knowing that would be the last time he would ever get to see and feel their warm embrace. Henry never told his wife Jane his true feelings about if her or their kids passed on what would happen to them, so he kept his secret bottled up inside. Years passed and one by one Henry's three children and wife died under mysterious circumstances.