Haunted Kids (also known as Haunted Kids: True Ghost Stories) is a series of children's allegedly true ghost story books written by Allan Zullo and Bruce Nash. The stories are all non-fiction and based on alleged real cases, involving children who claim to have had encounters with the supernatural. The series published 11 initial volumes between 1993 and 1997.[1][better source needed]

Haunted Kids
AuthorAllan Zullo
Bruce Nash
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genrenon-fiction, Children's
PublisherTroll
Scholastic
Published1993-1997

Overview edit

Starting in the 2000s, the series was republished by Scholastic. The first volume in the series was released on audiobook in 2006, narrated by John Ratzenberger.[citation needed] The series spawned several spin-offs, all involving haunted locations, written by Allan Zullo. A box-set was released in 2008, containing six volumes from the book series and a skull pendant.[citation needed]

Haunted Kids series edit

# Title Author Original published date Pages ISBN
1Haunted Kids: True Ghost StoriesAllan ZulloJuly 1, 1993910-816-73266-3
Contains eleven stories: The Devil's Garden; Grave Consequences; The Headless Trainman; The Secret of Room 333; The Home Wrecker; The Ghost of Slow Sam; The Baby-Sitting Ghost; The Scaredy Cats; The Thing in the Attic; The Warning; The Glowing Ball of Death.
2Spooky Kids: Strange but True TalesAllan Zullo, Bruce NashSeptember 1, 19941180-816-73447-X
AKA More Haunted Kids. Contains ten stories: The Fine Line; The Mystery of Willie Baker; The Coin Reader; Blackjack's Rescue; Deadly Dreams; Dead Again; The Train of Doom; The Maple Tree Murders; Amy's Hunch; The Mysterious Colors.
3Totally Haunted Kids: True Ghost StoriesAllan Zullo, Bruce NashSeptember 28, 19941260-816-73538-7
Contains nine stories: The Family Secret; The Funeral Home Ghost; The Desk of Evil; The Eerie Presence; The Haunted Playhouse; The Pond of Death; The Portrait From Beyond; The House of Murder; The Phantom Prankster.
4UFO Kids: Real Kids, Spellbinding TalesAllan ZulloNovember 1, 19941280-816-73566-2
Contains seven stories: The Black River Abductions; The Alien Healer; The Harden Ranch Intruders; The Time Being; The UFO Teardrops; Terror in the Outback; The Alien Book.
5Haunted Animals: True Ghost StoriesAllan ZulloSeptember 1, 19951280-816-73671-5
Nine tales involving a variety of animal ghosts. Stories: Twister's Farewell; The Tell-Tale Bones; The Spirit of Morgan's Woods; Bingo's Secret; The Haunting Vengeance; The Ghost of Walker's Bay; The Phantom Cat; Spike's Revenge; Rescue from the Beyond.
6Haunted Campers: True Ghost StoriesAllan ZulloJuly 28, 19961280-816-73966-8
Eight stories about ghosts and phantoms found haunting campers. Stories: Beware the Serpent; Cry of the Banshee; The Rebel Ghosts; The Specter of Number Nine; The Ghosts of Moorehaven Bridge; The Wood-Givers; The Phantom of the Baxter Mine; The Skull of Leaping Buffalo.
7The Haunted Graveyard and Other True Ghost StoriesAllan ZulloSeptember 1, 19961280-816-73825-4
Ten stories describing hauntings of places, from caves to big city apartments. Stories: The Haunted Graveyard; The Jealous Ghost; The Greatest Fear of All; The Spirit of the Waverly Inn; Confession from the Beyond; The Ghostly House Call; The Fires of October; The Haunting of 707 Highview; The Crying Cave; The Last Good-Bye.
8Haunted Baby-Sitters: True Ghost StoriesAllan ZulloAugust 1, 19971280-816-74328-2
Contains eight stories: The Demon Doll, Letter from the Beyond, The Secret Grave, The Uninvited, The Runaways, The Phantom Fiddler, The Pest, The Skeleton Ghost.
9Haunted Teachers: True Ghost StoriesAllan ZulloAugust 28, 19971280-816-74195-6
Seven stories about ghosts and phantoms who have haunted teachers and students in the classroom, on the playground, and at home. Stories: The Phantom Rider; Curse of the Egyptian Bone; The Ghostly Friend; Time of Death; Dead Man's Shadow; The Mysterious Tapper; Heroine from the Beyond.
10Haunted Athletes: True Ghost StoriesAllan ZulloSeptember 28, 19971280-816-74315-0
AKA The Haunted Shortstop. Contains eight stories: Revenge of the Hawk; The Promise; The Phantom Touch; The Cursed Glove; The Field of Death; The Pep Talk; The Man in Blue; Teammate from Beyond.
11Haunted Schools: True Ghost StoriesAllan ZulloDecember 1, 19971280-816-73837-8
Contains nine stories: The Stay-Behind; The Ghost from Never-Never Land; The Twelfth Man; The Kissing Ghost of Rosemont Academy; Screams of Horror, Cries of Terror; The Phantom Graduate; The Curse on Missy Green; The Scene-Stealer; The Red-Rock Spirits.


Related titles by Zullo edit

# Title Author Original published date Pages ISBN
1The Ten Creepiest Places in AmericaAllan ZulloJanuary 1, 1997960-816-74221-9

AKA America's Most Haunted: True Scary Places

Stories include: Georgetown County - South Carolina, Marfa lights viewing area - Marfa, Texas, Area 51 - near Rachel, Nevada, The Myrtles Plantation - St. Francisville, Louisiana, America's Stonehenge - North Salem, New Hampshire, General Wayne Inn - Merion, Pennsylvania, Chaco Canyon - New Mexico, Gulf Breeze - Florida, Brown Mountain ghost lights viewing area - Brown Mountain, North Carolina, Hannah House - Indianapolis, Indiana.
2The Ten Creepiest Creatures in AmericaAllan ZulloJuly 28, 1997960-816-74288-X

AKA America's Most Haunted: True Scary Creatures

Stories include: Mothman, The Honey Island Swamp Monster, Champ, Bigfoot, Lizard Man, Mono, The Jersey Devil, The Lake Worth Monster, Whitey, The Fouke Monster.


See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Allan Zullo: Haunted Kids Series". Archived from the original on 2008-09-26. Retrieved 2008-08-21.