Scary Stories Audio Collection

Alvin Schwartz

Sep 2019 · HarperCollins · Narrated by George Irving

About this audiobook

The iconic anthology series of horror tales that's now a feature film!

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. Brought to spine-tingling, flesh-crawling life by acclaimed Broadway actor (and master ghoul) George S. Irving, 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.

Ratings and reviews

Perfect for children; just expressive enough to be creepy but not so sinister as to be too frightening. Excellently narrated and well accompanied by a spooky synth soundscape. Some stories from the text editions are not present here, for whatever reason.

Just love it!

Loved this book as a child, bought collection to hear with my daughter.

About the author

Alvin Schwartz is known for a body of work of more than two dozen books of folklore for young readers that explores everything from wordplay and humor to tales and legends of all kinds. His collections of scary stories—Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Scary Stories 3, and two I Can Read books, In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories and Ghosts!—are just one part of his matchless folklore collection.

George S. Irving received a Tony® Award nomination for his Broadway appearance in Me and My Girl. His other Broadway roles include The Pirates of Penzance, Irma La Douce, and Oklahoma!, as well as the animated television special The Year Without a Santa Claus.