Gross, scary, frightening, silly, gory, creepy and well-told fully-documented tales are illustrated with black and white drawings of vague eerie tones which accentuate the gruesome detail. All stories were responsibly collected from contemporary American folklore. An extensive, thought-provoking bibliography is included. Solid scariness usually told by memory on overnights, camping trips, and at Halloween from generation to generation has a validity that the trendy horror or macabre of other recent books cannot match. (9 years and older)