Creepy But True: Tales for the Campfire

by Joshua P. Warren, Andrea Saarkoppel

Overview

This spine-chilling collection of ghostly tales will entertain readers and campfire storytellers and their listeners for years to come. Filled with 150 true hair-raising testimonies from people around the world, this spell-binding compilation includes stories about aliens, UFOs, spirits, cemetery creatures, cryptids, and paranormal activities, among other strange mysteries. Guaranteed to provide thrills, chills, and involuntary shrieks, this collection of terrifying true tales will make readers question everything they think they know, and make them wonder if they should be afraid of the dark after all.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781499461527
Publisher:	The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Publication date:	07/30/2015
Series:	True Tales of Terror Series
Pages:	260
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.90(d)
Age Range:	12 - 17 Years

Table of Contents

Introduction 9

The Funeral of Flowers 15

The Butcher Knife and the Bathtub 17

I Could Hear It Breathing 18

Do Bad Dreams Do This? 19

The Crash 20

The Phantom Photographer 22

Hollywood Hobo 23

The Segment in the Sky 24

It Wasn't UFOs That Scared Him 25

Her Last Gift 26

Road Rush 27

No 25th Birthday 29

Energy Being 30

Stephen 31

It Slithered Into the Room 34

It Was Satan 35

A Husband's Comfort 37

The Porcelain Girl 39

Eyes on the Skies 40

Always During a Snowstorm 41

Vacation Chill 44

What Are the Chances? 47

My Juice 48

What If I Had Touched It? 49

One Last Look 50

Nose Drops…Daddy? 53

A Murder of Crows 54

Bubba 55

The Mist 56

A Paranormal Life 57

A Golden History 60

A Cry for Help 61

A Shocking Storm 63

Christmas at Grandma's 64

Give Them Back! 65

The Escalation of Trouble 67

Home Time 69

First Grade Tulpas 71

Slamming Smokes 74

Scaredy-Cat 75

David 76

Death Was Laughing! 77

Only a Pterodactyl Fits the Bill 78

The Old Lady Came Back 79

The Chord of Annihilation 80

A Green T-Shirt 81

Night Fishing 82

Morning Coffee 84

Joanne 85

I Decided I Would Jump 86

My Haunted Farm 87

The Thing Under the Truck 89

Happy Birthday 91

Late Night Assistant 92

As I Gazed at Her 95

Knives 96

My Sister's Room 97

Really an Angel? 98

Strange Geometry 100

The Soul Stealer 101

A Strange, Ominous Feeling 103

The Children and the Reptilians 105

Banging From Above 107

Small-Town Surprise 108

Strange Savior 109

Daddy Longlegs 111

Teenage Guest 112

I Knew It Was Max 114

Thunder in the Speakers 115

Psychosomatic 116

The Pen 117

The Silhouette 118

A Haunted Family 119

The Hand 122

Scared You, Didn't I? 123

The Shadow Bat From Hell 125

The Tour of Lights 127

Grandpa Jack 128

The Walker 129

Rage 130

Midnight Caller 133

She Wore a Fancy Dress 134

A Game of Hide and Seek 135

Night Shift Terror 137

The River's Edge 139

They Were Never the Same Again 141

The Eyeball in My Pocket 143

The Fighting Irish 144

Instantly There, Instantly Gone 147

Grandpa's Keys 149

What Dark Creature 150

Spiritual Resuscitation 153

Something Staring in the Window 154

Long, Creepy, Boney Fingers 155

He Thought It Had Gotten Me 157

I Could Feel the Ground Shake 158

The Electroconvulsive Creature 159

The Body Below 160

Human Guinea Pig 161

The Black Hole in the Bathroom 162

The Sky-Walker 164

Bedroom Visitors 165

A Friendly Game of Cards 166

UFO Hunting 169

The Phantom in Mom's Pants 170

Whenever Glenn Was Away 171

A Real, Live Nightmare 173

I'll Take My Own Car 175

The Invisible Shadow 176

1.5 Million Safe Miles 178

The Lightning Man 180

A Tap on the Shoulder 181

She'll Be Back 182

The Pilgrimage 183

Behind the Closet Door 185

Some Kind of Time Change 186

The Thing at the Foot of the Bed 189

Someone Calling My Name 190

Like Star Trek, but Without the Sparkles 191

Ghostly Fathers 192

Being on the Hill 193

A Burglar's Worst Enemy 195

Her Promise to Be Heard 200

But Why in Virginia? 201

I Assumed It Was My Mother 203

What The Heck Was That? 205

The Open Gate 208

It's Okay 209

The Deep-Breathing Demon 215

Mama's Babies 216

Walking and Praying 217

Strange Beast 218

Pap 219

Night Fishing at the Dam 221

The Backpacking Journey 222

Visiting Friends 226

The Sweaty Man 227

The Church of Nightmares 229

Security Patrol 230

The Illuminating Darkness 233

I'm Going to Rest Now 234

Helen, Come Forth 235

The Playful Ghost 236

Roadside Assistance 238

A Synchronistic Eulogy 240

The Legend of Red Blood Rock 244

The Whispering 245

The Twisted Cross 247

Epilogue 250

Glossary 251

For More Information 253

For Further Reading 256

Index 258