Like campfire stories are tales that are often told around a campfire, usually in the evening. They often have a spooky or mysterious element to them, and can be either true or fictional. The two crossword solutions for this term are 'EERIE' (5 letters) and 'ORAL' (4 letters). EERIE means strange or frightening, and ORAL means spoken rather than written. Therefore, like campfire stories are stories that are usually told out loud and have a mysterious or frightening element to them.