1.   The chilling tales of political repression are happening in a corner of formerly communist Eastern Europe that has mostly turned toward western-oriented democracy.

2.   There are several typically chilling tales of the all-American kid ruined by ecstasy.

3.   And they recount chilling tales of the worst of human nature, as seen through the eyes of children.

4.   Refugees who have fled to neighboring Macedonia and Albania have told chilling tales of massacres, rapes and the indiscriminate torching of homes.

5.   Survivors have told chilling tales of abduction and torture by military and police officials.