Scary Stuff: An' the Gobble-uns 'at gits you ef you don't watch out!

This 1917 record makes me lose sleep.

In 1885, a poem innocently titled “Little Orphant Annie” began giving nightmares to children everywhere. Written by James Whitcomb Riley (mostly known for publishing adult fare in newspapers) in a “19th century Hoosier dialect”, the story is pretty simple: Apparently, creatures watch you sleep and wait until you misbehave to steal you from your bed in the middle of the night and…I guess send you to a nice family farm upstate.