The Messed Up Origins of THE HAUNTED HOUSE | Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Explained
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Thanks for watching, mere mortal! Hope you enjoyed the episode! If you want to hear more breakdowns of the Scary Stories series check out the playlist linked below! 👇
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Please do The Drum! Rings on Her Fingers, Oh Suzannah, The Cat's Paw, The Black Dog.
Also please cover that story you said needs its own video!
My father read these stories to me n my brother, i read them to my kids, i hope my kids will continue the tradition, and Lord willing, as a grandfather I'll be able to witness it. The Thing has always and will always be my favorite story from the collection. I wouldn't be mad if you covered that one. Thanks for all the great content.
Thanks for the video, I'm thinking of getting the Scary Stories to tell in the dark collection book. I wanna see if there are more stories in these books, more scarier than the last. Thanks man and can't wait to see more mess up stories out there.
Plz do the white wolf next
I consider myself fortunate to have gotten a copy of some of Grimm's Fairy Tales. I mean a translation of the original not the candified Tales that I read as a child
There are two stories that I hope Jon covers soon.
One is called "Me Tie Dough-ty Walker," and the other one, "The Drum." These two creep me out badly. And I always wonder, "What inspired these two stories?" Have a good day, everyone.
The Drum is based on a story called The New Mother, really hope he does this one!
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I want him to cover "The bed by the Window" I never really got that story. I would love an explanation.
@@ModernMedusa "The Drum" is the one that freaked me out the most as a child and has stuck in my head since then lol. Would love to see this one done.
the drum is my favorite
The spiders in the cheek illustration scared me the most. Her face its more terrifying to me. Also, the girl who starred in the grave. The fact that she died a fright when it was nothing, makes it even more terrifying with the illustration.
Yes! The girl with the spiders illustration was terrifying.
Omg this picture. I love the story but that picture gave me nightmares for weeks. I still can't look at it even now when I re-read the story itself. I've got to cover it up with something.
Jon: "Should I keep covering them, and the folklore that inspired them?"
Me: Do bears $#!t in the woods? 😀
no they shit in your bathroom specifically. they just shit really quietly and flush every time. its not me
Story suggestion:
I think it was from one of the Scary Stories books, but there are two stories that absolutely terrified me as a kid.
One was about an English boy who was attending a New Year's family party. It was late one night and he had to leave to use the outhouse or something. Screams were heard, so the party goers ventured outside and followed his tracks in the snow until they just stopped, but they still heard him screaming from somewhere up high.
The other was about a spot on the ceiling in the living room of an old woman. I don't remember much about this story other than it caused more than one sleepless night staring up into my own ceiling, so I'm guessing I blocked it out or something.
If anyone else recognizes these stories let me know.
For context, I started school in the late 1980's and graduated around the millennium.
I remember the spot on the ceiling story. I don't remember the other one.
Those 2 are from “The World’s Best True Ghost Stories” by C.B. Colby. I had the book in grade school. It had tons of great stories that stuck with me!
@dragonflower50 Nice! Thank you! My daughter shares a love of ghost stories, now I know which book to point her to!
After 30 years and numerous readings of any ghost story books I could get my hands on it's difficult to remember which story came from which book.
I remember that first story, it was in a collection of scary stories and lore, iirc. Same book had a couple stay at a nice hotel after getting lost, when making it to their destination the hotel of course burned down decades ago. 👍👍
@@RealBradMiller oh yes, I remember that one! That was one I didn't really find scary, and wondered why it was included in the book.
I looked the book up after someone else commented with the name but couldn't remember the name of the story with the spot on the ceiling.
I don't know why not remembering the name of the story bothers me so much, but it does.
The amount of sarcasm that these protagonists have is pretty awesome 😊...making the ghosts shake beds "a little faster" and things like that 😂
The Haunts illustration was so terrifying to nine year old me that she singlehandedly caused me to put down the book, return it the next day, and never read the remainder of the stories
Can you do messed up origins of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Cricket on the hearth, The Little Drummer Boy, and Frosty the Snowman?
I'm so glad your covering these stories! They really are iconic & reminds me of when I read them as a kid.
I used to read this all the time when I was younger I don't know why but I love scary stories like nothing else
Nothing hits harder than watching this during night
You should definitely do a video of the longer grim Brothers version. I love hearing the history of my favorite stories.
Please keep covering the scary stories to tell in the dark there wonderful I remember a story about a girl with a green ribbon around her neck i vote for that one
I think that was in Alvin Schwartz's other book "In a Dark, Dark Room" but yeah, it's definitely memorable and I would love to see that one as well.
Personally, I don't know this book series, guess it didn't pick on so much outside of the U.S.
But I vote for more scary stories in general
I enjoy your Thursday content. You are NOT a horrible RUclipsr. Information and entertainment you have given well. I have been following since your college days. And yes, Jon shot first.
"Maybe You Will Remember" was the one story that always stuck with me. You should definitely cover that one.
keep doing them, ones i recommend is the ghost with the bloody fingers, the dead man's hand, the bad news
These books and goosebumps were the reason I love all things horror.
That picture of the dead girl has literally haunted me for 24 years lol. And I only saw it one, or two times as a kid because it scared me so badly. This video was straight up the first time I’ve seen this image since I was a kid. I somehow remembered every single detail of her face perfectly after all these years (including the faint blue light in her eye socket). It was literally burned into my brain, like the picture was just floating around in there lol. I guess that shows how much it traumatized me as a kid 😂 It’s still one of the scariest pencil drawings I’ve ever seen in my entire life.
Been a long time subscriber…PLEASE continue the Scary Stories to tell in the dark!!! It’s 1 of my favorite books growing up as a kid. I still have the 3 books to this day! I’d love for you to read any of the stories from these books. You’re a great RUclipsr…don’t ever say otherwise
I always liked the one where the cats keep saying wait till Matin comes
The scary story “The Voice” scared me as a kid! I would imagine the creature standing at my door.
I was born near the Cumberland Gap and lived in the area until I was 18. I grew up in a family that loved and told ghost stories so I feel it’s my duty to buy the Old Greasybeard book.
not gonna lie, Messed up Origins was the last place I expacted a FNAF reference but here we are.
Awesome episode.
Please keep going with the scary stories in the dark series. I really enjoy it even tough I've never read the books.
I used to love those when I was younger!!!!
7:53 badass moment
Should do wonderful sausage next I'm from Chicago so I think I know most of the inspiration for it but not entirely sure I'm right.
“Maybe You Will Remember” has always been one of my favorites. Alfred Hitchcock did a great job adapting the story on his show and it stands as one of my fav episodes! That would be an awesome story to go over!
But oh man are there so much more haha 😂
Can I suggest Jon breaks down the Ovid and Iliad of the Trojan war and how war and death compares with Ancient Greek myth compares and contrasts to Greek society.
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I would really like to see an episode on the "White Satin Eventing Gown" and "May I Carry Your Basket." Those are two of my favorites!
Jim Hansen did a version of the fear not in his productions of the storyteller. Really good job on it I wish you could have done more before he died.
I don’t know why but i findthe athenodorus story hilarious the idea of him going “hang on a minute I am busy”😂😂
Was "The Boy Who Went Forth To Learn Fear" ever told under the title "The Kings Son Who Knew No Fear"? I have Grimm's Complete Fairy tales book.There's 211 stories in that sucker so I had to have a looksie for this story and the closest title I could find was the latter.
Yes! I was long awaiting this one! The illustration still gives me the heebie jeevies to this day. It would interesting to hear the origins on The Trouble and/or The Wolf Girl.
The best qoute Schwartz made about his book was actually about horror. He explained that people just enjoy being scared. 'Since there isn't any danger, we think it is fun.' That's the tattoo I have from him, written in the same scary story font. Great writer, great cultural mashups, great story, amazing memories and the first thing i bought when i understood as an adult i could own and buy anything i wanted and i could keep it.
As a former English teacher, THE KIDS LOVED this book. Long live the Scary Stories series!!
THIS. This is the image that horrified me the most as a child.
I love that you're covering these, and have binged the series since I came across your channel. Subscribed: Stay amazing!
Scary Stories was one of my favorite book series when I was a kid!
My God! I used to love these! I remember summer nights, laying on our porch swing reading these & falling asleep! My dad would have to bring me in at night!
I think I would've liked the movie better if it'd been a compilation of those stories - including this one. Perhaps told to some travelers, by the host of an old mansion, where they're spending the night; only for it to later turn out that he died there years ago, when the house burned down.
Anyway, I hope you'll cover The Thing. While most of the stories in those books are pretty scary, I feel that nothing could be scarier than being told that you're going to die soon *and* shown exactly what your corpse will look like.
This video made me think of an episode of "Jim Henson's The Storyteller", it was called Fearnot, and it was about a young man trying to learn to shudder, because he didn't know fear.
As I may be old enough to be your grandmother, my roommate is 50 and I'm old enough to be her mother, I had never heard of these books until you started talking about them. Having said that, I hate horror so I very much doubt I would've read them. And, since I never had kids, I wouldn't have had one to expose me to them that way.
Please keep covering these stories.
I do want to hear more stories to tell in the dark, only because i never heard of them before especially since i don't believe i saw these books unless it was a book fair..i love to know more of their origins
You always release these videos when it's night or almost night and I have trouble falling asleep afterwards because I see these monsters in the dark (literally, I have way too good imagination and sometimes I can't even control what I imagine)
LOVE THIS!!!!
Hope you talk about that hide n seek bride chest story someday. Or the glowy vampire eyes window one. Or that wolf girl one.
Definitely loving the deep dive into Scary Stories. Absolute classics and never thought about their origins
This is the one I’ve been WAITING FOR!! I absolutely refused to even touch this book on our living room bookshelf after the first time my mom read it out loud to our Halloween party when i was a kid. The picture of the woman absolutely terrified me to the point where she was popping up in dreams. Not nightmares though, it was like she was a guest star in some random dream i was having every now and then. Believe me, when i saw the scary stories film in theatres, i damn near had my eyes closed during the scene where they showed her on screen😭i was like 16 and i had seen plenty of scary movies by that point. But she was still terrifying to me
When you listen to all of this, you notice that the ghosts and spirits used in the movie are actually not as bad as we thought.
The Haunted House was just a woman that wanted to get revenge on her killer.
The pale lady was just giving people warnings.
Harold was just filled with the negative energy of two stupid farmers.
This man here I swear this man be telling the craziest wildest stories you could ever find I saw nothing but true love and respect to the man himself that does mythology Greek mythology Norse mythology and folklore this RUclipsr here that always be telling stories
there’s nothing i want more than junji ito to do his rendition
Yes, please do more Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark! 😃 I'm actually amazed bowling goes as far back as Egypt. 🤔 That's pretty cool! Keep up the great work! 😁
You shot first and scared the winnie the pooh out of us with this one!
I love hearing about these spooky spectres! The Scary Stories series was a favorite growing up.
I know John has been doing scary stories books but the book that actually terrified me as a child by Alvin Shwartz was in a dark dark room. I hope John does the green ribbon story from that book.
I’m so glad you did thus one! This was always my favorite story in the books bc the image alone was the scariest imo. :3
10:17 As someone who lives in Kentucky I always smile and grin when a RUclipsr or celebrity mentions Kentucky lol. It just feels like one of those places that's not talked about very much in my opinion
I'm so glad you went back to these stories!!
Please keep covering these. Thanks!
I love these type of ghost stories where everyone is just nice and honest to eachother and gets what they want and/or promised in the end. Leaves me with a good feeling everytime.
The more you know!! Thank you again, JS, for the great info you share in your comparison reviews!! I've done this same thing on my own for years bcuz I'm a screenwriter and I've e always wanted to do something like this but never had the time, and having seen your episodes, I'm convinced I could never do it as well as you do! So I've obviously become an instant fan!! Thanks again for your great episodes and please keep them coming!!
These were my favorite books as a younger kid. I had these passed down from my uncle. I loved the unique illustrations so much I'd just stare at them fascinated. Even When I couldn't sleep I would stay up for a while and read through them. I couldn't stop reading the hide and seek bride story.
Love this series! So interesting!
Oh man, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark was such a childhood favorite. Still have my original copy from the school book fair so many moons ago
I love hearing about real horror, the fake stuff just isn't as terrifying as reality.
Believe me even the fake horror movies are such a let down
I understand why this is the two of you, but usually neither scares me anymore (desensitization)
Idk man, the idea that we’re all in the dream of a giant monster and that if he ever wakes up, we’re all fucked, is definitely more terrifying than someone like Ted Bundy
@@Lutherstrode17492 Ted Bundy is real. And his victims didn't die peacefully. If something woke up and I was suddenly dead like a Thanos snap I wouldn't care. Comparing a real killer to a fake story we know isn't real is honestly ridiculous and I hope you grow up and don't disrespect the families or victims.
What isn’t real can’t hurt you.
Only putting this comment under this video because I feel it's more likely to be seen than if I comment on an older one 😅 I've been bingeing your channel the last couple days while I do housework, and I'm absolutely loving how you present your material (especially the myths and legends)! I was wondering if you happened to have plans on going into any deep dives or anything on the Hindu pantheon lol. Thank you for the work you do to help teach us!
The scary stories to tell in the dark episodes are some of my faves~
This was a cool episode! ❤I hope to see more in those series. 😊
Loved this book lol look at you ! Ive been following since 2020 and u have changed alot since .looking great !
Love these man
Small nitpick, but you forgot that the Haunted House story was used as the main story that ties all the stories together in the 2019 movie, with Sarah Bellows. But still nice insight to the similar folklore around the world. Plus the 3rd tale mentioned was adapted for Jim Henson's The Storyteller as "Fearnot."
I love this!!!! Could you or do you have a video story about High Beams from the Scary Stories series? I read it in like 4th grade and that’s been the ONE story that sticks with me all these years later.
Now I want more of these stories!
Yes please do continue with the Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark series. I am very curious about it and wanting to learn as much as possible.
Thank you. May the force me with you.
Jon you need to have Playlist for all the scary stories to tell in the dark videos, because your explanations of the stories are amazing hope you cover all the rest of the stories.
Hell yes dude I love those stories, as well as your channel.
This isn't a book, but a video game, that one can play on a PC, it is called Bonfire Stories, and the premise of each game, is a group of campers telling a scary story that involves certain things that might have happened, there are three tales, which are The Faceless Gravedigger, Heartless, and Manifest Horror, which ends with a character from the last stories. Check it out and maybe, discuss it next Halloween.
I recognized the covers of the books you're talking about, as well as Goosebumps. I'd seen them around the house in the 90s, when the kids were little-My mom must have bought them. Anyway, I remember a book called Tales To Tremble By-Stephen P. Sutton, which my mom also gave me, in the early 70s, and the story that scared me the most was one called The Upper Berth. It still gives me the creeps to think about it. I like your channel, and I've been subscribed for a couple of years but have not watched you lately, until today. Your dog is really cute btw!
Thanks to you I fell in love with the Scary Stories to tell in the dark series
Yes!! More scary stories to tell in the dark please!!
I loved these stories when i was a kid in the 80's! Loved the art too and it influenced my own scribblings.
I LOVED these books as a child, but I always had to cover up that image when I read that story. The only art in all of the books I couldn't look at. Legendary!❤😂
I really love hearing about the origins of the Scary Stories books. They were such a fun and terrifying part of my childhood!
I would love to see the origins of The White Wolf or The Wolf Girl.
These books and Nightmare poems to trouble your sleep where some of the first book I loved as a kid
Love scary stories! Was my favorite books back in my youth. Do em all!! 😎😁💪
That image scarred me. I once had my brother's copy fall out of my closet and threw it across the room, screaming and running away.
More of these please
That picture always freaked me out growing up to the point I couldn’t open the book for a long time.
Charles Dickson's "A Christmas Carol" has the three different Spirits that visit Scrooge. That sounds familiar!
Loved these books so much.
Little fun fact: at 14:10 I know that story from the Jim Henson The Storyteller series the episode is called Fearnot. Highly recommend watching the series if you want to watch fairytales adapted with Jim Henson creature puppets in them.
Yes. Keep it up. You should also do In A Dark, Dark Room.
I love the energy of the preist in the Haunt story he’s like a true bestie 💅🏻
I love how authenodorus really said hold up to a ghost
I still have my original copy, purchased at a bookfair in middle school. (between '86-'88) The artwork always freaked me out.
The metydoty walker story is always terrifying to me and the wendigo story is amazingly scary as well.
I love knowing the facts not a made up story great job Jon keep the stories coming
I love this series❤ very intresting content and a delight to listen while im at work
What’s your job?
Hey I've been a fan for years and love your story telling. I would love for you to do the green ribbon it's my favorite story in the book and would be awesome to know the origin
Yes, keep this coming. I loved these books as a kid. 👍👍