On 16th November, 1870, Mr. Shchapoff, a Russian squire, the narrator, came home from a visit to a country town, Iletski, and found his family in some disarray. There lived with him his mother and his wife's mother, ladies of about sixty-nine,... Read more of The Dancing Devil at Scary Stories.caInformational Site Network Informational.ca
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Legendary And Ancestral Ghosts
Whatever explanations may be given of the various sto...

The Cock Lane Ghost
The quaint old London church of St. Sepulchre's could...

The Knot In The Shutter
"It is said that a dream produced a powerful effect on ...

Present At A Hanging
An old man named Daniel Baker, living near Lebanon,...

By Peden's Cleuch
The Border hounds had gone right away up Redewater af...

One Does Not Always Eat What Is On The Table
By the light of a tallow candle which had been placed o...

The Vigil Of Saint Mark Or Fatal Superstition
Rebecca was the fairest maid That on the Dan...

Keeping His Promise
It was eleven o'clock at night, and young Marriott wa...

Ticonderoga"
Inverawe rose before dawn and went straight to the cave...

Vision Of Cromwell
A vision that I had presently after the king's dea...





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Drake's Drum
Sir Francis Drake--who appears to have been especially befriended by his demon--is said to drive at night a black hearse drawn by headless horses, and urged on by running devils and yelping, headless dogs, thr...

The Spectre Bridegroom
Long, long ago a farmer named Lenine lived in Boscean. He had but one son, Frank Lenine, who was indulged into waywardness by both his parents. In addition to the farm servants, there was one, a young girl, Na...

Sarah Polgrain
A woman, who had lived in Ludgvan, was executed at Bodmin for the murder of her husband. There was but little doubt that she had been urged on to the diabolical deed by a horse-dealer, known as Yorkshire Jack, ...