The Haunted Graveyard and Other True Ghost Stories

by Allan Zullo

Two teenagers break into a tomb late one night with terrifying results. . .a boy and girl hear eerie crying inside a cave, then discover the cave's chilling secret. . .a basketball player sees his father cheering in the bleachers, then receives some incredible news.

Genres: Childrens, Paranormal

128 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1996

About the author

Allan Zullo is an American non-fiction writer. He is the author or co-author of more than eighty paperbacks for adults and children.

A native of Rockford, Illinois, Zullo graduated from Northern Illinois University in 1969 with a degree in journalism. His books include The Baseball Hall of Shame and Baseball Confidential (both co-written with Bruce Nash), A Boomer's Guide to Grandparenting (co-written with his wife Kathryn), and the Haunted Kids series. Zullo has also written articles for The National Enquirer, The Christian Science Monitor, Ladies Home Journal, and The Palm Beach Post. His syndicated comic strip "The Ghost Story Club" ran in American newspapers from 1995 to 1998.

Zullo currently lives in Fairview, North Carolina.

Reviews

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great book filled with 10 “true” ghost stories. The stories ranged from eerie to sad to slightly humorous. A great spooky read.

[Dharia Scarab · Rating 3 out of 5]

My love of reading started when i was young, and it gives me immense pleasure to provide books to Spread the Word Nevada, an organization that passes them on to children in the community. They are a terrific organization supporting an important cause. If your local I encourage you to check them out. For those living further a field, look in your own community, their may already be a similar program in place. And if not, you can always help start one.

http://spreadthewordnevada.org/

Myself, I go out on the weekends and
shop thrift store and bulk book lots to rescue books and donate them. Sometimes I'll find a book I remember reading when I was young and will read it again before passing it on.

I don't rate these books using my normal scale, instead I give most of them three stars. This isn't a Criticism of the book, simply my way of rating them as good for children.

[Grant Whetstone]

The book I have just was a chilling story that is great to read. This book is mainly about ghost who have come back. This is an easy read except for a few words in each story. I only recommend for people who like a good scare.

[Rosa Cline · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 star

These 'Haunted' series by Mr Zullo are very nice to read. He's taken known stories of real life experiences and put them into these books. Short stories that are easy to get into and easy to read. Depending on who you are talking to and who 'believes' will depend upon if you believe these are real too

[Reader · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was an amazing book for my 12-year-old son. He came home with a school project and this is the book he picked for it which he had to have 12 different things because we’re doing a project and during these 12 project experiences, my son came to life describing the things in the book he liked. I think I would recommend this to anybody with a kid who they want to get excited about reading

[Elise · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good stories. I read it to make sure my daughter (9) isn't learning wrong/toxic things about the spirit world from it. I am not sure how I feel about it being presented as nonfiction. I'll be looking into the author and might update my review accordingly.

[Jason Medina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another nice quick read from Allan Zullo. I enjoy his short stories and creepy tales.

[Padmashree Rajagopalan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice and cool collection of different ghost stories. Don't know if its true or not, but they say it is..! I liked the one with the graveyard, the basketball, and the Inn. These were really cool and a bit scary!

[Stacey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Got this book from the elementary school book fair many years ago. Read it again and still got creeped out by one of the stories. Has a version of all the classics updated for modern times.

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

I still use all of these stories when we sit around a campfire :) They freak out all of my family and still keep me at ease with the unknown.