Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark: Three Books to Chill Your Bones: All 3 Scary Stories Books with the Original Art!: The Ultimate Horror Book Set for Kids and Adults Cover
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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Three Books to Chill Your Bones: All 3 Scary Stories Books with the Original Art!: The Ultimate Horror Book Set for Kids and Adults

Alvin Schwartz

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Stuff You Should Know

The book was repeatedly highlighted as a favorite by host Josh Clark, who praised its terrifying stories and famously ghastly illustrations. It was referenced both for its unsettling artwork, which reminded the hosts of 13th‑century Asian dragon paintings, and for its status as a challenged or banned title due to its scary content. The hosts discussed it enthusiastically, indicating strong endorsement.

Highly Recommended

Episode: SYSK Selects: How Book Banning Works

It was mentioned as one of the host's favourite sets of books, known for being scary and having ghastly illustrations.

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And Alvin Schwartz was number one, and he wrote one of my favorite sets of books, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.

Oh really? I never heard of those.

Oh man, they were scary with the most ghastly illustrations you've ever seen.

They're awesome.

And are those banned just because they're scary and ghoulish?

I guess so.

No, it's probably satanic too.

Episode: Dragons: As Real as Mermaids

It was mentioned that the artwork in this book series bears a resemblance to the style of the 13th-century Asian dragon artist, Chen Rong.

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It reminded me of the artwork in the original Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark series.

Episode: SYSK Selects: How Book Banning Works

It was discussed as a challenged and possibly banned book series due to its scary and ghoulish content, and one of the hosts mentioned it as a favorite.

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And Alvin Schwartz was number one, and he wrote one of my favorite sets of books, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.

Episode: SYSK Selects: How Book Banning Works

It was mentioned as one of the host's favorite books. It was implied that the books might be banned for the scary illustrations.

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Alvin Schwartz was number one, and he wrote one of my favorite sets of books, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.

Oh really? I never heard of those. Oh man, they were scary with the most ghastly illustrations you've ever seen. They're awesome.

Episode: Dragons: As Real as Mermaids

It was compared to the dragon artwork of Chen Rong due to the similarities in the art style and ink usage, specifically the weird splotchy cloud patterns.

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It reminded me of the artwork in the original Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark series.

Episode: SYSK Selects: How Book Banning Works

Mentioned as a banned series due to its frightening illustrations and content.

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Alvin Schwartz was number one, and he wrote one of my favorite sets of books, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. Oh really? I never heard of those. Oh man, they were scary with the most ghastly illustrations you've ever seen.

Episode: Selects: How Spiritualism Works

They recalled the title when joking about a horror book that featured in a childhood memory.

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Do you remember that Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark book?

Murder With My Husband

The podcast mentioned this book as an example of a book containing scary stories similar to Creepypasta, a website featuring horror stories.

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No, no. The actual book is called Scary Stories.

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Episode: 22. Payton Leutner - The Slender Man Stabbing

The podcast mentioned this book as an example of a book containing scary stories similar to Creepypasta, a website featuring horror stories.

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No, no. The actual book is called Scary Stories.

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

The book and series were highly recommended. The illustrations are often scarier than the stories themselves.

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As always, researching the scary stories to tell in the dark is 1010 a great read. The whole series, even if you consider yourself an adult, it's real folklore. It's super good. Shout out to Schwartz....

— Episode: Angel Hair and Star Jelly: What the heck...

Episode: Angel Hair and Star Jelly: What the heck is this s...

The book and series were highly recommended. The illustrations are often scarier than the stories themselves.

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As always, researching the scary stories to tell in the dark is 1010 a great read. The whole series, even if you consider yourself an adult, it's real folklore. It's super good. Shout out to Schwartz. Alan Schwartz wrote and then her head fell off.

Yes, that book in that particular story for me is the and that's why you don't pop your pimples because spiders might come out.

I will never, as long as I live, forget the scary stories to tell in the dark. Yes, about the girl that had like a boil and she just talked about spiders just poured out and the illustration so much more terrifying than the story that stuck with me as long as I was just talking about this.

Episode: How To Build An Urban Legend

It was recalled as a book series that contained various cautionary tales, often featuring themes of murder and violence, which were often bought at book fairs.

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And then they get reprinted in books that you could buy at the book fair, like scary stories to tell in the dark.

Like they would have the one about the guy with the hook hand and the tapping and the blood dripping on the car and the foot scraping and all of that stuff.

Episode: How To Build An Urban Legend

It was mentioned as a book series where cautionary tales were reprinted, including stories like the one about the hook-handed man and the tapping.

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And then they get reprinted in books that you could buy at the book fair, like scary stories to tell in the dark.

This Is Important

The speaker briefly mentioned the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark series, recalling the illustrations, and then discussed the possibility of it being a scary book, but they were unsure if the title was correct.

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These are books, Adam. These are books we're talking about, dude.

— Episode: Ep 139: This Whale Of An Episode Has My...

Episode: Ep 139: This Whale Of An Episode Has My Monkey Bon...

The speaker briefly mentioned the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark series, recalling the illustrations, and then discussed the possibility of it being a scary book, but they were unsure if the title was correct.

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These are books, Adam. These are books we're talking about, dude.

I also am like flexing on you like these are books, but they're legit children's books.

These aren't novels we're talking about.

I just saw the scary pictures in my head.

This dude's reading stories from scary stories of Tell in the Dark.

I think it's bloody fingers, but whatever.

What's the author who did that?

His name's like Alvin Schwartz.

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