Troll Records "Scary Spooky Stories" (Troll, 50-001, 1973) "Great Ghost Stories (Troll, 50-002, 1973)
Here’s a pair of my rips that I’ve already shared via a few other folks in internetland (you might’ve found them over at the fine blog Old Haunts last Oct, or via links in my very own comments section). These albums were released by Troll Records and were regularly distributed in the 1970’s through things like the “Bookmobile” or Scholastic Books programs (sample offerings of books & records were presented to kids who would make their selections and have their parents pony up the cash over the next week. The goods would usually arrive a month or so later, which is when you’d scratch your head & try to figure out what you were thinking).
The stories are mostly adaptations of familiar concepts that you’ll find on many spooky kids records (Edgar Allen Poe, “The Golden Arm” (a folk tale that Mark Twain delighted in telling his entire life by the way), “Wait ’til Martin Comes”, etc), but the cover art was great and the mood wasn’t bad either, so they weigh heavily in the nostalgia portion of the brain for a lot of folks. There were two more title in this series as well; “Thrillers and Chillers” & “Weird Tales of the Unknown” but my copies are both fully shot — I’m working on it, trust me. UPDATE: Thanks to a fellow named Steve, both of these albums are now available for download here.
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Ervetteck may also be thinking of the Arch Oboler Drop Dead LP. It has a story called “The Dark” where people get turned inside out.
dave
I’m trying to download “scary spooky stories” but for some reason on my screen the link says “link removed” — can anyone help?
thanks!
Bob
Hey there!
Steve from HalloweenAddict.com here!
Both yours and Old Haunts links to the Troll records “Scary Spooky Stories” and “Great Ghost Stories” have been removed.
Any way of getting a zip sent of these two? I grew up on (and was terrified by) these albums as a kid and would LOVE to listen to them again.
Can anybody help please?
Steve
The links have been removed. Any way to get them up and running again. Or another place perhaps for a zip file to be found? Thanks.
How do I buy this on CD! I also listened to it many many times as a kid & loved the scary rush it gave me. I want to play it for my son but I do not have a record player anymore. I want to buy it on CD. Any ideas, anyone???
Hey there! The links were removed! Help!! I miss these records and have looked for them for ages!!! I want to share them with my kids!!! 🙂 Thanks for the help!!
Scary Spooky stories…awesome.. I remember this record from my childhood.. “I want my big toe…”
Anyone have any idea where you can purchase this CD…?
you can reach me at docjohn6969@yahoo.com
To get “Scary Spooky Stories” go here:
http://childrensrecordsandmore.blogspot.com/2007/07/troll-records-scary-spooky-stories.html
And the MegaUpload link should still work for the Zip file. Therein you will find your childhood.
GO!
AllHallowSteve
HalloweenAddict.com
Looking for a link to the Thrillers and Chillers album, specifically the story “the boy who drew cats”. Any help would be greatly appreciated, I can’t believe there’s others out there that remember these! It’s great.