Dramatic readings of creepy classics by Edgar Allan Poe, HP Lovecraft, & more, with sound effects & music.

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Every October, Iâm invited to schools and libraries to share tales of madmen and the macabre, stories of suspense and the supernatural. Titles include âThe Raven,â âThe Monkeyâs Paw,â âAn Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,â and âThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow,â and authors range from Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft to more modern Alfred Hitchcock favorites like Roald Dahl and Jack Ritchie. Some are about hired killers and mundane family fear, others are about bogeymen or vampires. I call these storytimes âCreepy Classics.â

On this CD, âVolume 1,â I collect four of the âCreepy Classicsâ stories Iâve told the most â dozens of performances of each. You get Poeâs âThe Tell-Tale Heart,â which probably needs no introduction; W.W. Jacobsâ âThe Monkeyâs Paw,â my favorite example of the warning against getting what you wish for; Lovecraftâs tale of what happened to a callous caretaker when he and a dozen coffins were locked âIn the Vaultâ (possibly my favorite on this disc); and âThe Open Window,â a brief and somewhat light-hearted ghost story from Saki (who also wrote âTobermory,â if that rings a bell).

These recordings feature a host of sound effects and background music that are not usually heard in my live performances â and, as with my âChristmas Carolâ CD, thanks for much of the recording and engineering brilliance goes to Bob Savage. Bob also contributed the original music featured in âMonkeyâs Paw.â

Thanks for listening, and as I always say at the end of my storytimes â

Keep reading!


***Storyteller Grant Fitch has entertained all ages with children's fables, folk tales, scary stories, and classic literature. He has shared the works of Mark Twain and Edgar Allan Poe, Shel Silverstein and O. Henry, and Sherlock Holmes and Winnie the Pooh, and is well known for his annual one-man performance of âChristmas Carol.â Fitch is a former teacher and children's librarian, and an award-winning actor in northwest Indiana community theatre, starring recently in âMy Fair Lady,â âSame Time, Next Year,â âCharlie Brown,â âMary Poppinsâ and âInherit the Wind.â***