In a dark, dark room, and other scary stories

The Teeth --

In the graveyard --

The Green ribbon --

In a dark, dark room --

The Night it rained --

The Pirate --

The Ghost of John --

Where the stories come from.

The teeth (Surinam or Dutch Guiana)

In the graveyard (short version of the traditional song Old woman all skin and bone)

The green ribbon (Europe)

In a dark, dark room (England and America)

The night it rained (loosely based on the folktale of the ghostly hitchhiker)

The pirate (British)

The ghost of John (Stockton, Calif.).