Episode 485 (Story 18: The Dead Man's Brains)

Plot
This story is actually about a game that children play on Halloween. Read to find out about the game...

Cast
There is no cast. There is only a narrator.

Information

 * Genres: Children's, Horror
 * Rating: Children. There are possible little gross details.
 * Type of story: Horror

Story
Narrator: This scary story is a scary game that people play at Halloween. But it can be played whenever the spirit moves you. The players sit in a circle in a darkened room and listen to a storyteller describe the rotting remains of a corpse. Each part is passed around for them to feel. In one version, a player is out if he or she screams or gasps with fright. In another version, everybody stays to the end, no matter how scared they get. Here is the story: Once in this town there lived a man named Harry. It was years ago, on this night, that he was murdered out of spite. We have here his remains. First, let's feel his brains. (A wet, squishy tomato) Now here are his eyes, still frozen with surprise. (Two peeled grapes) This is his nose. (A chicken bone) Here is his ear. (A dried apricot) And here is his hand, rotting flesh and bone. (A cloth or rubber glove filled with mud or ice) But his hair still grows. (A handful of corn silk or wet fur or yarn) And his heart still beats, now and then. (A piece of raw liver) And his blood still flows. Dip your fingers in it. It's nice and warm. (A bowl of catsup thinned with warm water) That's all there is, except for these worms. They are the ones that ate the rest of him. (A handful of wet, cooked spaghetti noodles)

Recap
This story is a game that children play on Halloween. The people sit in a circle in a dark room. In one version, someone gets scared and screams or gasps they are out. In another version, it doesn't matter. A storyteller tells about the story of Harry who was murdered in a town out of spite. The remains are there. They are passed around for everyone to feel. The brains (wet and squishy tomato), eyes frozen in surprise (peeled grapes), nose (chicken bone), ear (dried apricot), hand with rotting flesh and bones (cloth of rubber glove filled with ice or mud), hair that still grows (handful of corn silk or wet fur or yarn), heart that still beats (piece of raw liver), blood that still flows (bowl of catsup that's thinned with warm water), and worms that ate up the rest of him (wet cookied spaghetti noodles.)