That sounds like a bug, although I have no idea what could have caused it. I started a new game, bought a rope, used it near the clif to get into the nearest cave and waited. 8 seconds, warning sound. I left the cave, entered again, waited 8 seonds, warning sound. Waited 16 more seconds, ghoul spawned. I left the cave, entered it again, ghoul spawned instantly, as it should.
Either there is something broken, or you entered those caves before and activated those ghouls on your current save. The eventing for them is very simple and I have no idea how it could break.
As for the bloodstone, ask Tadeas about the quest and he should have the bloodstone added to his inventory for sale. You can also increase your renown by doing repeatable fetch quests and wait about 250 days for the cure quest to start. Solving it will also give you a bloodstone. You can also get a dynamite and clear the rubble in the mine dungeon. I think there are even more ways to get one, but these are the ones I remember right now.