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Scary stories to watch in the dark (if you dare…)

TED-Ed, 34 min, 416.3K views, Oct 27, 2026

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Dig into a collection of 6 chilling tales of blood-thirsty creatures, a cursed talisman, vengeful ghosts, and more. -- At TED-Ed we pride ourselves on sparking curiosity and facilitating learning, but we all know that some lessons are only learned the hard way, and that curiosity killed any number of fools. Take a moment to learn from the greedy, the cruel, and the foolhardy with a collection of six of our favorite terrifying tales. Watch it after dark... if you dare. This compilation includes stories from 6 TED-Ed Animations: The curse of the monkey's paw Lesson by Iseult Gillespie, directed by Kayu Leung Watch the full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_mtmDL31g4 Japan's scariest ghost story Lesson by Kit Brooks, directed by Adriana Monteforte Lahera Watch the full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQu7DEhpr-8 The tale of the doctor who defied Death Lesson by Iseult Gillespie, directed by Yael Reisfeld Watch the full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ9UtAmjs7Y The epic Nordic legend of the monster slayer Lesson by Iseult Gillespie, directed by Raghav Arumugam, Jagriti Khirwar Watch the full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43qXqa8Q8o4 Edgar Allan Poe's story of the Red Death Lesson by Iseult Gillespie, directed by Mohammad Babakoohi, Yijia Cao Watch the full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdieAFhQtPo Japan's most famous ghost story Lesson by Jeffrey Angles, directed by Masayoshi Nakamura, Good General Watch the full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56F0Y33QZnQ Support Our Non-Profit Mission ---------------------------------------------- Support us on Patreon: http://t.ted.com/nlVpzFN Check out our merch: http://t.ted.com/upNeDi3 ---------------------------------------------- Connect With Us ---------------------------------------------- Sign up for our newsletter: http://t.ted.com/R7iMQzr Follow us on Facebook: http://t.ted.com/NKcsscO Find us on Twitter: http://t.ted.com/nXsWmpA Peep us on Instagram: http://t.ted.com/zuDVFXP ---------------------------------------------- Thank you so much to our patrons for your support! Without you this video would not be possible! Jose Arcadio Valdes Franco, Sebastiaan Vleugels, Karl Laius, JY Kang, Abhishek Goel, Heidi Stolt, Nicole Sund, Karlee Finch, Mario Mejia, Denise A Pitts, Doug Henry, Keven Webb, Mihai Sandu, Deepak Iyer, Javid Gozalov, Kyanta Yap, Rebecca Reineke, William Biersdorf, Patricia Alves Panagides, Yvette Mocete, Cyrus Garay, Samuel Barbas, LadyGeek, Marin Kovachev, Penelope Misquitta, Hans Peng, Gaurav Mathur, Erik Biemans, Tony, Michelle, Katie and Josh Pedretti, Hoai Nam Tran, Kack-Kyun Kim, Michael Braun-Boghos, zjweele13, Anna-Pitschna Kunz, Edla Paniguel, Thomas Mungavan, Jaron Blackburn, Venkat Venkatakrishnan, ReuniteKorea, Aaron Henson, Rohan Gupta, Begum Tutuncu, Brian Richards, Jørgen Østerpart, Tyron Jung, Carsten Tobehn, Katie Dean, Ezgi Yersu, Gerald Onyango, and alessandra tasso.