Horror
The Seen and the Unseen
Read by Sonia
Richard Marsh
Is it true that people can literally be scared to death ? Is it possible to photograph astral projections ? What happens if you play with a …
Là-bas
Read by Peter Tucker
Joris-Karl Huysmans
The plot of Là-Bas concerns the novelist Durtal, who is disgusted by the emptiness and vulgarity of the modern world. He seeks relief…
Greener Than You Think
Read by Lee Elliott
Ward Moore
Do remember reading a panic-mongering news story a while back about genetically engineered “Frankengrass” “escaping” from the golf course wh…
St Andrews Ghost Stories
Read by David Wales
William Thomas Linskill
Seventeen ghost stories (fourth edition published 1921) centered around the ruined medieval cathedral of Saint Andrew in the Scots city of t…
A Vampire
Read by Erin O'Rourke
Luigi Capuana
A suspenseful vampire tale. Translated from the original Italian text by Erin O'Rourke.(Summary by Erin O'Rourke)
Trilby
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George Du Maurier
Trilby, published in 1894, fits into the Gothic horror genre which was undergoing a revival during the Fin de siècle and is one of th…
The Sorcery Club
Read by Don W. Jenkins
Elliott O'Donnell
Leon Hamar and his friends were out-of-work and starving in San Francisco after the firm they worked for went out of business. Leon acquired…
Horror Stories
Read by Newgatenovelist
Ada Buisson
Ada Buisson was a Victorian novelist and short story author. This collection includes her three horror stories, all of which were published …
Windsor Castle, Book 2
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William Harrison Ainsworth
Book 2 - Herne the Hunter. The focus of the novels is on the events surrounding Henry VIII's replacing Catherine of Aragon with Anne Boleyn…
The Island of Doctor Moreau (Version 3)
Read by Tom Haire
H. G. Wells
In 1896 HG Wells produced the Island of Doctor Moreau. After a fateful shipwreck, a chance rescue, and offer of safe harbor, Edward Prendick…
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Version 5)
Read by Phil Chenevert
Robert Louis Stevenson
This story deals with the obvious fact that we humans are split, dual. We have urges to do the 'right' thing, to be honorable and wise, but…
The Treasure
Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016)
Selma Lagerlöf
Selma Lagerlöf was born in Vaermland, Sweden, in 1858 and enjoyed a long and very successful career as a writer, receiving the Nobel-Pr…
The Intoxicated Ghost And Other Stories
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Arlo Bates
A charming collection of short stories, dealing with ghosts, magic, and other-worldly events that even the faint of heart will enjoy.1. The …
Frankenstein: or, the Modern Prometheus (Version 4)
Read by John Van Stan
Mary Shelley
This is a classic (gothic) horror story, and one of the earliest examples of science fiction. The main characters are Dr. Frankenstein and h…
Stories in the Dark
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Barry Pain
This is a collection of some of Barry Pain's finest horror stories and weird fiction. - Summary by Carolin
Animal Ghosts
Read by Allyson Hester
Elliott O'Donnell
This is a collection of ghost stories in which the antagonists are various animals. Divided up into chapters of ghost sightings by each grou…
The Beast With Five Fingers
Read by Phil Chenevert
W. F. Harvey
A well off English bachelor receives a legacy from his uncle. This includes the uncle's very large library and a box containing something t…
Widdershins
Read by Don W. Jenkins
Oliver Onions
Onions wrote several collections of ghost stories, of which the best known is Widdershins (1911). It includes the novella The Beckoning Fair…
Ancient Tales and Folklore of Japan
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Richard Gordon Smith
Tales of Folklore are often of special interest. Anything may happen to ordinary mortals in the world painted by folklore. But it becomes ev…
The Thing in the Woods
Read by Ben Tucker
Margery Williams
Dr. Haverill is asked to fill in as local physician for the skittish Dr. Lennox in a small Pennsylvania town. The locals seem to be a supers…