Thread: Looking for a story/skit

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Hello all,
I'm looking for help finding a story/skit that I did when I was young. It involves a character named "John" and his walk home. I cannot remmber all the details, but basically he walks home one spooky night and finds "body parts" to a ghost. Here is where the skit part comes into play: Everyone is seated around a table (in the dark, of course) and the storyteller passes the "body parts" around as props during the story: spagetti as brains, corn silk as hair, grapes as eyes, a latex glove filled with oatmeal as a hand, etc. Sounds bizarre but I remember it being fun for kids. Anyone have a copy of this, or can you point me in the right direction?
Thanks

I remember this. I'm not sure, but it might be in one of those "scary stories to tell in the dark" books. I remmber reading al ot of those and I have played this game. Or you could probably find it on the interent somewhere.

I remember hearing/reading about this. if all else fails, i'm sure you could easily improv it (i.e. make it up)

Here are some links to variants of the story:

http://archive.1september.ru/eng/1998/eng40.htm
(scroll down to "The Dead Man's Brains")

http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/food_crafts/80790

http://party.lifetips.com/subcat/640...lloween-games/

HTH!

I just found out about an old boy scout poem that is supposed to be done he same way. Charles F. Smith’s circa-1930s “A Hallowe’en Post Mortem.”

The skit is called Poor Joe. It gives the entire story and the items to use for each of the body parts. I am new and cannot post links so I have tried to copy in the story. I hope it comes across ok, but if not you can go to scoutorama.com and search the title under their skits link. Hope this helps.



Poor Joe
Equipment Cold stuffed rubber glove, (I filled a lsytex glove with jigglers jello) 10 small pieces of carrot, wig, (dolls wig worked well), cold cooked spagitti, dried apricot, 2 peeled green grapes, piece of liver. flashlight.
Preparation Guests sit in a circle on floor; lights out except for flashlight narratot reads by. Have each item to be passed in seperate bowl. Guests will pick up the item, put it back in bowl, pass it to the next person. While guests pass an item, narrator hold the flashlight underneath his chin to give his face a scary look.

Action Narrator reads
Poor Joe. He should have stayed home on that Halloween night.
But out he went in the dark, dark night.
A goblin was watching Joe walk 'cross the land.
He swooped down beside him, and snatched off his hand!
Poor Joe.
(Narrator passes cold stuffed glove next to him. It continues being passed around until it returns to Narrator who sets it down and then continurs with story.)


He shivered and shook and grew oh so cold.
He fell when he ran, 'cause he lost all his toes!
Poor Joe.
(Narrator passes 10 small carrots)

A black cat crossed his path giving Joe such a scare.
He threw back his head and off came his hair!
Poor Joe
(Narrator passes a wig)

Hobbling along, one hand on a cane,
Joe tried hard to think, but --oops!-no more brain!
Poor Joe.
(Narroaor passes cold cooked spagitti).

"Oh no, I can't think, but at least I can hear,
If witches or goblins should now reappear."
So Joe kept on going--laden with fear,
But he shook as he walked, and off fell his ear!
Poor Joe.
(Narrator passes dried apricot).

And there in the distance his house he could spy,
But just for a second--for out popped his eyes!
Poor Joe.
(Narrator passes 2 peeled grapes).

He yelled and he screamed, and he screamed and he yelled,
Hopeing the someone would be there to tell.
So he took a deep breath; his patience was wrung,
But no sound was uttered for out fell his tongue!
Poor Joe.
(Narrator passes liver).

Ah, what a shame! What a pity! What a fright!
That Joe ventured out on that Halloween night.
He lay there alone--nothing left, not a part.
And all you could hear was the beat of his heart.
THUMP. THUMP. THUMP.

(Narrator turn off flashlight and slowly and softly repeats the word THUMP several times.

This came from the 1981 Pack-O-fun magazine

www.frightbytes.com has a variation called A Mizerly Man; A Tale of Halloween Woe.