"The Hitch Hiker", (Wade Denning, "Famous Ghost Stories with Scary Sounds", 1970)

[HerAeolianHarp]

My sis and I had this album when we were really little, and this track scared the b'jezus out of us. I cannot believe I found it on YT decades later.

[boywonder0319]

I actually had this story on a paper-like 45 record that came out of a Honeycomb cereal box. I was in first grade then and didn't understand the story at all, but I do now.

[blockhead680]

This is creepy but I have such great memories of this album!

[deathbyaraven]

what is that god awful whistle all through it it hurts my ears

[robbypate2]

i've hired a story vary much like this only the man let the girl out and drove off when he saw she left her scarf so he went back to the house and told the women who opened the door the girl he gave a ride to left this in his care the women started to cry and said that's the scarf my daughter was buried with.

[survivorgurlll]

that was dumb

[KenFan4life]

lol, "ooooooh whooooo...."

freaking scary thou tbh.....

[COMEDIANDANGERRUSS]

I have this record...awesome somebody finally posted this...The Vulture Eye was my favorite..

[dltanner99]

Horror novel about two boys who find something strange on the beach one night see video book trailer

[misswillingtolearn]

Great ! Thanks for posting !

[Tommygun456]

i luv his voice. hes gud at ghost stories

[lupton79]

I have this record. Mine's a little scratchier. We used to listen to it in the dark when we were kids.

[Gazochum]

holy!!!! that is really super scary!!!! :O

[kingfowley]

one of my all time faves

my mom bought it for me in 74 i think it was!

i was 6

great spooky stuff

[thenighthawkify]

I haven't heard this in 30 years brings back lots of scary nights!

[thenighthawkify]

I haven't heard this in 30 years

[geerider1]

I still have this album from our childhood!

[hollywoodwerewolf]

sounds like the actor who plays Red Foreman on That 70's Show

[CedarStreetFilms]

This record has so many memories for me. Was scared stiff by the stories when I was a kid. This is so great.

[GnRRulezdk]

Woooooo! XD

Spooky :) i loved the readers voice :D

[jaymac9456]

what if someone tries to kidnap the girl :(

[HardyGirl66]

I still have my album from 1977 in perfect condition and play it ever year around Halloween time. My fave on it was the Tell Tale Heart. I read somewhere online that a bunch of Wade's master recordings were found in a water-logged dumpster after his death. What a shame.

[Attila709]

Is this available on CD anywhere?

[jacegirl2]

i dont get it...? why was his hair white...?

[See918]

I never understood that either, or why was it sticking out from under the gravestone.

[BennetSurf]

@See918 It is implied that the ghost girl returned to her grave, taking his jacket with her (but leaving it at the foot of the grave). It serves as proof that the incident actually happened and was not merely the driver's imagination.

[fknrandomm1]

hahahah!

[jacegirl2]

lol whats so funny lol i still dont GET IT TELL ME!!! lol

[fknrandomm1]

LOL its not even scary :P

[njbff132]

because the jacket he gave the girl was sticking out from the grave stone thingy. SPOOOOOKKYY!!! lol!: )

[jacegirl2]

OHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ok i get it :)

[See918]

Me too, thanks for clearing that up, I never thought of the jacket.

[BennetSurf]

@jacegirl2 Traditionally it is believed that when someone receives a great scare, their hair turns white. You can see this in old cartoons, where a character will encounter something scary and his hair will fly straight up and turn white.

[archfiendshark]

My grandparents had this album, and it scared the crap out of me so much when I heard it that I was afraid to go into the room with the record player. Certain stories still give me chills to this day, and that awful ghost moan....

[StruttinSuccess]

I LOVE THIS LP!!! Still have it but it's all scratched up (have a poor recording on an old tape)--my favourite is The Signal Man. Love the "spooky sounds"! lol. Read a version of the Hitchhiker in Cerf's Famous Ghost Stories anthology (1944)

[shonnerdotcom]

I first heard that tale on a 45 record cut off the back of a ceral box around 1971.

[Tre404]

Hey, SHONNERDOTCOM:  Three of these Wade Denning ghost stories were on the back of Post Honeycomb and Alphabits cereals in 1977 and 1978. "The Hitchhiker," "The Headless Horseman," and "The Miser's Gold." I had the latter, and played it to death! :-)

[WonkaVator72]

Yup, me too. The cereal was Honeycomb :-). This is still a little spooky :-).