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The giant Chenoo is a fierce creature from the north who has a heart of ice. What happens when a girl encounters a Chenoo alone while her brothers are out hunting? Listen to Alton Takiyama-Chung tell this thrilling tale from the Passamaquoddy who live in the Northeastern part of North America. We rate this story at 😱😱 screams: medium scary.

Tiernan Douieb who told us ‘The Ghost of the Bloody Finger’ shares this scary tale from Scotland about a young woodcutter who makes a deal with Death. Is that a good idea? Listen to Tiernan tell this trickster scary tale and find out who tricks who. We rate this story at 😱😱 screams: medium scary.

Two scary stories told by Alton Takiyama-Chung. A ghost story from China about a trickster salesman who can trick just about anyone, but can he trick a ghost? And a popular campfire story from the US about a spine-chilling voice calling for help in a graveyard.. would you offer to help? Listen if you’re feeling brave, but probably not just before bedtime! We rate these stories at 😱😱 screams: medium scary.

Kim has spent some time in Scotland recently and is now enchanted with Scottish stories and folk music. This chilling tale is about ‘the wee folk’ but they are not the kind of fairies who flutter around in flower petal dresses, sprinkling fairy dust. No, these fairies are tricksters of the cunning, and mean variety. Listen to Tiernan Douieb weave his story magic and be afraid! We give this story 😱😱 screams out of 3 - medium scary.

Long ago in a pretty village in Southern England there lived a fiendish monster – part rooster, part serpent part dragon. It lived in the dark cellar of an Abbey and no one who went to tackle him, came out alive. Someone had to help the people of Wherwell, but who and how? Listen to Jason Buck if you dare ....and find out. We give this story 😱😱 2 screams out of 3 - fairly scary.

The Pooka is a mysterious creature that can change shape. Sometimes he’s friendly, sometimes not, and often he’s a bit of a trickster. He often takes the form of a horse, a goat, or a goblin. This is the story of a young piper who is snatched away by the Pooka to play pipes at a banshee’s party. (A banshee is a ghostly spirit.) Will the young man make it back home? Listen to Rosalind Buck if you dare ....and find out. We give this story 😱😱 screams. Medium scary. .

An old English folktale about a fearless girl who for a dare, goes to a graveyard to bring back a skull. This impresses a young man who asks for her help to banish a ghost who is terrifying him and haunting his house. Can she help and will she ever understand what it feels like to be tfrightened? Listen to Sarah Liisa Wilkinson tell this marvellous but frightening tale and be very afraid! We give this story 😱😱😱 3 screams pretty scary.

A lazy boy runs away from helping his mum with the chores, and runs into something far worse. A very creepy old woman. Will he escape? Listen to Despina Ariou from Greece - tell this terrifying story and we guarantee you'll never say no to helping make the breakfast ever again! We give this story 😱😱😱 3 screams - pretty darn terrifying.

In this scary story from Japan, a man meets a terrifying ghostly creature on a dark road. Does he escape or is he trapped forever? Have a listen to Alton Takiyama-Chung and decide for yourself if it’s a happy ending. We give this story 😱😱😱 screams, pretty darn spooky.

In this scary story from the Balkans, Death comes a calling on a little old lady. But it’s the night of her 100th birthday party and she’s not about to miss that. What can she do? Have a listen to Despina Ariou from Greece and find out. We give this story😱😱 screams, not quite as scary as its title suggests.

In this scary fairytale from Ukraine, Russia and other Slavic countries, we hear another adventure involving Baba Yaga the Witch. A plucky young girl called Galina is sent to Baba Yaga the witch’s house to pick mushrooms. Will she make it back alive? Listen to storyteller Rosalind Buck and be afraid. We rate this story at 😱😱😱 screams – very scary.

This is a story about a black beast who terrorises a town in Suffolk in the east of England. He arrives during a storm and departs leaving a trail of destruction and claw marks etched into church doors? Listen to this old tale told by Super Great David and all will be revealed. We rate this story at 😱😱 screams. (medium scary.)

In this second part of the story we learn about Gus the trusty sheepdog, who is chasing him and why he ended up running through two churches in the process. There is a scary witch in this story so be warned, but trusty old Gus prevails. Are you ready to run? We rate this story at 😱😱 screams. (medium scary.)

In this scary fairytale from France told by Lucy Lill, a desperate mother sells her lazy youngest son to the devil who is mean and menacing and has terrifying hogs. The animals in the story do not live happily ever after. We rate this story at 😱😱😱 screams – pretty darn scary. You have been warned.

In this scary fairytale from the Texas/Mexican border, children are warned by their parents not to stay out playing after dark because of La Llorona the weeping woman who haunts the forest looking for her lost children. But one young boy takes no notice, will he make it home, or will he be ‘claimed’ by La Llorona? Listen to this story with your children, told by wordsmith Baden Prince Junior, and I suspect they will never stay out playing after dark again! We rate this story at 😱😱😱 screams – pretty darn scary.