Alfred Hitchcock's Ghostly Gallery: Eleven Spooky Stories for Young People

Alfred Hitchcock lent his famous name and wry humor to this anthology, handpicking eleven ghost stories from nine acclaimed writers to both frighten and instruct young readers. "The two most misunderstood groups in our society," he writes in his introduction, "are teenagers and ghosts." Fred Banbery's moody blue-and-black illustrations added extra chills. Part of a wave of mid-century Hitchcock-branded anthologies, it capitalized on his television fame to turn suburban kids into eager young connoisseurs of the supernatural.