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Haunted houses
TK 2084, 1st printing, 126 pages
- GenresHorrorParanormal
126 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1972
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October 8, 2019
I got this from one of the old Scholastic Book Clubs we had maybe in 8th grade (89-90). So if one reads from a kids point of view it's rather good. Back in those days they'd have competitions on how many one got read. Well one of these tiny books counted. For how short it is even half way thru it's well worth it. And Also the print is smaller than many books today so it could in theory be longer.. I actually can't believe good reads actually listed this book. Good for them !
January 12, 2018
This is a slender volume of stories that is a relic of some book fair or garage sale find from my childhood. The stories within all have the feel of collected hauntings from an oral tradition put to paper. They tend to be told straightforwardly, the creepypasta of yesteryear. Occasionally I got the impression of an M.R. James story put to paper after a couple rounds of the telephone game.
Maybe it was Stockholm Syndrome, but I was entertained by the last two stories. One was a surprise vampire story in a book full of chain-rattling ghosts, the other had a seriously malevolent ghost. And yet, the frame they were presented in sucked all the dread and tension from the stories. This book is a curiosity, or maybe useful as story writing prompts, but not particularly noteworthy.
Maybe it was Stockholm Syndrome, but I was entertained by the last two stories. One was a surprise vampire story in a book full of chain-rattling ghosts, the other had a seriously malevolent ghost. And yet, the frame they were presented in sucked all the dread and tension from the stories. This book is a curiosity, or maybe useful as story writing prompts, but not particularly noteworthy.
May 25, 2024
25 SHORT TALES OF VARIOUS “HAUNTED HOUSES”
This 1972 book contains stories of about 25 different ‘Haunted Houses,’ intended for younger readers. Most of the accounts are only a few pages long—sufficiently long to be read as ‘spooky stories’ before a group (e.g., at a campfire).
There are no footnotes, or documentation of where the stories come from. But they are well-told and entertaining.
This 1972 book contains stories of about 25 different ‘Haunted Houses,’ intended for younger readers. Most of the accounts are only a few pages long—sufficiently long to be read as ‘spooky stories’ before a group (e.g., at a campfire).
There are no footnotes, or documentation of where the stories come from. But they are well-told and entertaining.
October 29, 2025
I agree with one of reviewers of Haunted Houses that some of the accounts of hauntings seem disturbingly realistic. A lot of miscellaneous details which adds nothing to the atmosphere or settings of the accounts; just the facts. Unsettling.
July 11, 2022
Great cozy creepy ghost stories!
August 29, 2020
some of these stories where creepy others not so much. 14-4 stars, 8-5 star and the rest three star ratings so gave it four stars.
the animal ones where my favorite and where the ghost helped the people or people got the ghosts to find peace.
most the stories was set outside the USA though.
reading it August 28th 2020 I change the rating because some of the stories just one of the sparse they used to be to me that's why I dropped it to a three star rating.
I used this for the category of A haunted House book and this was book 3 of summerween.
the animal ones where my favorite and where the ghost helped the people or people got the ghosts to find peace.
most the stories was set outside the USA though.
reading it August 28th 2020 I change the rating because some of the stories just one of the sparse they used to be to me that's why I dropped it to a three star rating.
I used this for the category of A haunted House book and this was book 3 of summerween.
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