1836 R. S. Bayley i. i. 24 There were no blood-tales to startle, no intrigues to watch.
1899 W. N. Oscar v. 58 ‘Is it a good old blood-tale?’ I asked. ‘No,’ he replied, ‘it ain't. I don't reckon nothen' o' good old blood-tales, nor the fellows as writes 'em, neither.’
2001 A. Boye iv. xvii. 159 Each one tries to outdo the other by telling stories of animals they have killed..a gruesome contest of blood tales.