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Michael was the youngest in his family - just eight years old - and loved to watch his favorite TV show called Dark Shadows. Michael's older brother David and his sister Susan would constantly sneak up while Michael was watching Dark Shadows in the dark and scare him. Even though his brother and sister did a good job scaring him, what really scared Michael the most was the vampire Barnabas Collins.

Dr. Harry Stevens inherited his Uncle Henry's mansion after his passing. During the reading of Henry's Will the lawyer handed him a letter that was written by his Uncle Henry just before he was murdered. The letter stated that there is hidden treasure in the mansion that no one knows about except Henry. Dr. Stevens couldn't make out the rest of the writing because it was soaked in his Uncle's blood. Dr. Stevens took total occupancy of the mansion the following week.

Sam and Brenda were returning home from vacation on a beautiful nightly lit sky with a full moon shining down on the road. As Brenda was gazing at the moon and stars a beam of light shown down on the Matthews car, blinding them both which caused their vehicle to drive off the road. Then, all of a sudden the Matthews vanished from their vehicle.

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.

Reverend Jesse West and his family resided in a town called Jacksport for the past thirty years and were well known in town. The Reverend's wife taught bible school to young children at her husband's church while he wowed all the members of the church. The Reverend knew his bible inside and out and always helped anyone in need. Money was pouring in every Sunday and things were really looking good for the West family, but the Reverend West had a dark side nobody knew about not even his wife.

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!"

It all began around the 15th century when a man by the name of Henry Von Schmidt's obsession for grave robbing got out of control. Henry stumbled onto a grave with a pentagram etched into the tombstone and noticed writing on the tombstone. It read: "Whosoever desecrates Richard Valence III's final resting place will surely die!" Henry laughed it off, "Hogwash! Some children probably wrote those words and made up a story so the townspeople would think the cemetery was haunted.

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.

It is said that when we die we return back to dust from which we came. This is where the story begins. Sir Jacob Edwards was a King and the most evil man you would ever meet in your life. He loved to hear his prisoners bones snap into as they whaled and screamed in agony in his dungeon of horrors. As the saying goes what goes around, comes around. That is exactly what happened to Sir Jacob Edwards.

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. 5 Short Stories from '31 Horrifying Tales from the Dead' includes "Eyes of the Devil", "The Butcher", "Flesh on the Grill", "The Ghost of Hill Haven Road", and "Spells of Death". Narrated by Bruce Donnelly.

Sit back, turn the lights down low, and get ready for the scare of your life, with four bloodcurdling short stories from 31 Horrifying Tales from the Dead.

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....

It was the summer of 1963 and three friends Mark, Dan and Steve who loved to sail the deepest oceans shared the same dream, they all wanted to find the lost ship called the SS Triton that was said to have disappeared somewhere in the Bermuda Triangle in 1933 carrying over twenty million dollars in gold coins. After weeks of preparation with media attention the three friends were ready to set sail and have their pictures put on the front covers of all the major newspapers when they came back with the sunken treasure.

This is a collection of 10 short stories from 31 Horrifying Tales From The Dead, Volume 4.

10 Short Stories from 31 Horrifying Tales From The Dead, Volume IV 1. The Gallows on Hell Hill Island 2. Don't Flash Your Headlights 3.Voodoo Doll 4. No More Mr. Nice Guy 5. 666 6. Evil 7. The Vanishing Hitchhiker 8. Humans Can Lick, Too9. The Place Where There Were No Graves 10. Horror In The Wax Museum

Just off in the distance stood a little town called Killington - a town so small that was hard to locate on a map. In fact, this town only had a population of about 50 people, which could explain why nobody knew about it. That was all about to change with the arrival of Jason. Jason would end up turning the town upside down, making Killington a famous tourist attraction for all the wrong reasons.

Susie Meyers was one of the most beautiful women you ever laid eyes on. But her unfortunate demise made her the urban legend of Hill Haven road.

Legend has it that during the mid-1800s the Clanton brothers were considered some of the roughest outlaws that the west has ever known. It is said that one night they set up camp in the mountains after a stage coach robbery and as they were counting the stolen money around the campfire, they were ambushed by another gang of outlaws known as the Smith and Wesson brothers.

Every night little Johnny would lie in his bed and read his favorite comic book series "The Boogeyman". Johnny's big sister Betty would tease him about his comic book on a daily basis, and say things like, "Johnny if you don't stop reading those stupid comic books the boogeyman is going to get you." She would come in his room and yank the comic book out of his hands and throw it across the room. The more his sister tormented him, the more anger for his sister was mounting.