Frightlopedia : an encyclopedia of everything scary, creepy, and spine-chilling, from arachnids to zombies / by Julie Winterbottom, with contributions by Rachel Bozek ; illustrated by Stefano Tambellini.

"Bloodcurdling places, creatures, ghost stories and more!"--Cover.

Ahh, arachnids! spiders -- Ahh, arachnids! spider in the toilet -- Boo! -- Buried alive -- Capuchin catacombs -- Claustrophobia -- Clinkity clink: ghost story -- Crocodiles -- Death, scared to Evil scientist -- Fake blood and fake wound -- Ghosts -- Ghosts around the world -- Gomantong caves -- Haunted houses -- Haunt your own house -- Island of the dolls -- Island of snakes -- Jellyfish -- Killer bees -Komodo dragon -- Lake Natron: petrifying waters -- Manchineel tree -- Monsters -- Mujina: ghost story -- Mummies -- Nepenthes, the flesh-eating plant -- The open window: ghost story -- Ouija board -- Paris catacombs -- Quicksand -- Rats -- Sandbox tree -- Séance -- Séance, hold your own -- Sharks -- Snakes -- Stinging tree -- Stonefish -- Tasmanian Devil -- Transylvania -- UFOs and aliens -- UFO alien message -- Urban legends -- Vampire bats -- Vampire bite -- Vampires -- Werewolves -- Witches -- Write your own ghost story -- Xylophobia -- Yeti -- Your biggest fear -- Zombies -- Zombify yourself.

"Discover Borneo's Gomantong Cave, where literally millions of bats, cockroaches, spiders, and rats coexist--in pitch darkness. Learn about mythical creatures like the Mongolian Death Worm--and scarily real ones like killer bees, which were accidentally created by scientists in the 1950s. Visit New Orleans' Beauregard-Keyes house, where Civil War soldiers are said to still clash in the front hall. Plus ghost stories from around the world, a cross-cultural study of vampires, and how to transform into a zombie with makeup. Each entry includes a "Fright Meter" measurement from 1 to 3, because while being scared is fun, everyone has their limit"--Amazon website.