Terrifying Images From “Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark”

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark was the ultimate compilation of horror from our youth. The most terrifying parts, though, were the illustrations by Stephen Gammell. Click here to see more, if you dare. Sweet dreams. posted on August 29, 2011 at 2:57pm EDT

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The Haunted House

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The Red Spot

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There were spiders in her cheek, man!

Rat Dog

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1. The Hook

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Balloon Skull

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what is this i don’t even.

2. Skull

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3. The Bride

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Note to self: don’t play hide and seek on your wedding day.

4. Severed Head

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5. The Big Toe

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Ahh I remember this!! The story that freaked me out the most was the spiders in the cheek one…but all of the pictures were equally terrifying
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LOVED these books so much! The pics were the greatest part, they really used to freak me out. Fave book series as a kid!
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Loved these so much as a kid. Good times.
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Woooaahhhh I remember every one of these. My personal favorite is the big toe XD
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I remember these from grammar school. They freaked me out so much, I couldn’t even hold them. Looking back on it now, I’m surprised this was even considered a kid’s book. The images are pretty horrifying.
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I remember being excited to buy this from the scholastic book thing at school, and when it came it was a kitten poster. I guess they misread my order number.
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Totally had these. My mom took them away when she finally realized I wasn’t sleeping at night because of them.
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Ghost stories are awesome! The Japanese have some good scary stories
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Elementary school! I remember purchasing two of these books from the Scholastic Catalog and not being able to keep them in my bedroom… yes, the illustrations were THAT creepy.
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I remember 2nd grade, we did this whole “indoor camping trip” thing near the end of the year. We set up a tent in the classroom, had a fake fire, had smores, and some people brought books to read from. I brought one of these books. Ah, sweet nostalgia.
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FYI, they reissued these books in a nicer version with less scary pictures. AKA: RUINED THEM. That being said, who’s got my toe?
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One of my favorites
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I would always skip the picture pages for a reason! These haunt my nightmares to this day. And I still remember the stories…. GAH no green ribbons or wedding chests evar!!!
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Holy crap! I remember covering the images in the book just to try and read the stories.
I still have scary dreams today about my face breaking out in spiders. ahhhh!
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I remember this!!!
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YES! I’ve been looking for the names of these books I had them a long time ago don’t know what happened to them, now I can hopefully repurchase them, pretty much the best scary stories ever.
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Had all 3 in paperback, really gotta go on Amazon and get the hard cover collection.
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Me tie dough-ty walker!
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“Get yourself a band aid!”
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ahh i used to read those books in the library when i was in grade school. they would give me nightmares.
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