Halloween Ghost Stories By The Campfire | #MidnightInTheMacabre
Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime StoriesShow Notes
A nervous teenager at a Finley garage sale warns a new kid not to buy the five-dollar scarecrow sitting in a chair by the house, then tells the story of the Murphy family's Halloween yard display and the scarecrow Jack Murphy built with his father when he was eleven.
A NOTE FROM DARREN: As we step into the Halloween weekend, I thought it might be fun to share some Halloween-themed Creepypastas. Four fictional stories, in fact. And to add to the “Halloweenishness” of this episode, rather than spooky music in the background, as you can already tell, I’m back at the campfire to tell you these spooky stories – because it just feels more like Halloween that way.
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:00:50.027 = “The Murphy Horror House” by Kelly Foster 00:30:34.200 = “Don’t Take Your Eyes Off Your Children This Halloween” by Michael Richardson *** 00:48:31.114 = “Be Home By Midnight on Halloween Night” by SirScareMe *** 01:02:41.159 = “It Came From The Haunted House Across The Street” by SirScareMe 01:17:30.215 = Show Close
SOURCES and RESOURCES: “The Murphy Horror House” by Kelly Foster: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/mrhhzd8n “Don’t Take Your Eyes Off Your Children This Halloween” by Michael Richardson: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/6mvx38yp “Be Home By Midnight On Halloween Night” by SirScareMe: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/62ne66aa "It Came From The Haunted House Across The Street” by SirScareMe: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/y6yffmf5
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