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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

By: Alvin Schwartz
Narrated by: Patton Oswalt, Melissa McBride, Alex Brightman
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The iconic anthology series of horror tales that's now a feature film!

Narrated by Patton Oswalt, Melissa McBride, and Alex Brightman, this collection includes all three of Alvin Schwartz's classic story collections: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, and Scary Stories 3. Walking corpses, dancing bones, knife-wielding madmen, and narrow escapes from death - they're all here in this chilling collection of ghost stories, collected and retold by folklorist Alvin Schwartz. These horrific tales are guaranteed to raise goosebumps. Let the faint of heart beware.

Pull up a chair, find a hand to hold, and prepare to be horrified.

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©2019 Alvin Schwartz (P)2020 HarperCollins Publishers
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It Get’s Better Later

I almost gave up but the stories improve as you continue your listen. I preferred the second half more.

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I liked this because they would tell you the story and how to scare your friends, like when to jump out at them.

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As an audible selection

I think this is prob better as a hands on book to read. It was a bit much to listen to all of the credits and footnotes.

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great stuff! absolute classic.

stories are as always good. Having patton oswalt narrate the first book was a mistake, he just isn't a good listen and was a poor choice for the material.

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great job

Loved it. It's easier to feed and listen to a book as of late lol. My 7 month loves listening to me read him scary stories and this was the only one I didn't have the complete collection of and it was easier to set my phone up to have him listen lol he really enjoyed this book series.

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Wonderfully spooky blast from the past!

These books were my bible back when I was young. It was very enjoyable revisiting these classic tales as an adult.

Good narration!

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Some work needed

This is not the original version with the rich sepulchral tones. And the spoken instructions of the jump scare stories in the first section are enough totake listeners out of the stary.

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scary

love these scary stories!! really keep me up at night.. love sharing them with my kids..

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Pro: Has some missing tales.

Con: there is a serious lack of ambience, and the voice acting is severely dry and monotone.

Recommend for the additional stories missing in the other collection, and nothing more.

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child's stories tip tell in the dark

had these books as a child loved them then and love them now, storyteller sucks

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