Short Ghost Stories for Kids

It's a chilly winter night and you have a campfire lit in front of you, with the children gathered around it. Your tents are placed at the riverbanks, and you can hear the flowing water gently passing you by. There is complete silence in the woods except for the sound of insects creaking in the nearby trees. The moon is up in the starry sky with a few clouds here and there, and all the kids are waiting to hear interesting stories over the fire! Well, this can be the perfect time to go "BOO" and set the mood for one of the ghost stories you would want to tell them. I am sure they are all going to jump up in their seats with a chill down their spines. And now that you've given them a glimpse of the wonderful story, you can go ahead with the actual one from the short ghost stories for kids mentioned in the following paragraphs. Read on to find out what your options can be for these fantastic short stories.

Short Scary Ghost Stories

The best part about narrating these short ghost stories for kids is that even though these little ones get very scared to even look at you while speaking, they still are eager to know what happens in the end. Kids are however, very innocent and start imagining things around them immediately, so making them believe in ghosts is quite easy! However, there are many short scary stories you can choose from in order to entertain those tiny tots trying their level best to be brave! To make your job easier, we have a few options, you can choose from, put together below. Keep reading...

Short Stories for Children
The most perfect time to tell these short ghost stories for kids is Halloween, and since it just passed a few weeks ago, a few stories must be fresh in your head. Well, if they aren't you can definitely refer to the list of really scary ghost stories mentioned below. Following this list, we have one ghost story mentioned just to give you an idea. Thus, scroll down and I am sure you will find what you are looking for.

• Burg Hill's on Fire ~ Elizabeth W. Grierson
• Ghost Handprints
• Hansel and Gretel ~ The Brothers Grimm
• Raw Head and Bloody Bones
• Shippeitaro ~ Mary F. Nixon-Roulet
• Night Visitor ~ Gillian White
• The Benevolent Goblin ~ Gesta Romanorum
• The Cursing of Colonel Buck
• The King of the Cats ~ Ernest Rhys
• Something Was Wrong
• The Legend of Sleepy Hollow ~ Washington Irving
• The Old Witch ~ The Brothers Grimm
• Shadows in the Mirror ~ Linda Hall
• The Phantom Knight of the Vandal Camp ~ Gesta Romanorum
• The Strange Visitor ~ Joseph Jacobs

The Old Woman and Her Dog
One of the scary stories for kids, starts with an old women who lived alone with her dog in an old rugged house. Her dog was a faithful little thing, who loved to comfort the old woman by licking her hands when she felt sad, scared or cold. He often sat under her bed and when she felt insecure, she let her hand fall up to him, and he would lick it. One winter evening, she was reading the newspaper and she read about a mental patient who had escaped and was on the loose. She also read that he was known to be a murderer and targeted lonely women.

Once she finished reading, she curled up in her blanket and tried to sleep, but for some reason she couldn't. So, she let her hand down as usual and felt the dog licking, but she happened to open her eyes for a second. She saw the door open, the dog sitting at the door, but she still felt the licking! (I am sure you got goosebumps with this one). Well, if you don't want to narrate such creepy kids stories, you can always choose the ones mentioned in the list!

With this list of short ghost stories for kids, along with the one mentioned above, I hope you enjoyed reading this article. You have to be a little careful about scaring kids, since they are very vulnerable to such stories. So, make sure your ghost stories are simple and playful at the end, so that all the children can enjoy them.