Great Classic Ghost Stories, Various Authors
Great Classic Ghost Stories, Various Authors
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Great Classic Ghost Stories

Author: Various Authors

Narrator: Cathy Dobson

Unabridged: 20 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/15/2014

Synopsis

A superb collection of classic ghost stories from the world's great storytellers.

1. "Lot No. 249" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
2. "The Phantom Rickshaw" by Rudyard Kipling
3. "The Haunted Dolls' House" by M. R James
4. "Ligeia" by Edgar Allan Poe
5. "The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs
6. "The Finest Story in the World" by Rudyard Kipling
7. "The Apparition of Mrs. Veal" by Daniel Defoe
8. "Metzengerstein" by Edgar Allan Poe
9. "They" by Rudyard Kipling
10. "Labadoyere's Doom" by Lord Halifax
11. "Lost in a Pyramid" by Louisa May Alcott
12. "My Adventure in Norfolk" by A. J. Alan
13. "A True Ghost Story" by the Countess of Munster
14. "The Restless Dead" by Lord Halifax
15. "The Inn of the Two Witches" by Joseph Conrad
16. "The Ring of Thoth" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
17. "The Haunting of Hinton Ampner" by Lord Halifax
18. "The Ship that saw a Ghost" by Frank Norris
19. "The Mummy's Foot" by Théophile Gautier
20. "A Curious Dream" by Mark Twain
21. "The Passenger with the Bag" by Lord Halifax
22. "Imprisoned with the Pharaohs" by Harry Houdini and H. P. Lovecraft
23. "The Man in the Iron Cage" by Lord Halifax
24. "The Story of Baelbrow" by E&H Heron
25. "The Brothers" by Stacy Aumonier
26. "Colonel P's Ghost Story" by Lord Halifax
27. "Glad Ghosts" by D. H. Lawrence
28. "A Professor of Egyptology" by Guy Boothby
29. "The Troubled Spirit of Tintern Abbey" by Lord Halifax
30. "Rats" by M. R. James
31. "The Dead Hand" by Wilkie Collins
32. "I Will Pay You All Tomorrow" by Lord Halifax

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Reviews

Goodreads review by Monica on November 09, 2021

To paraphrase Stephen King, "everybody wants a scary story to end happily and conclude with a big bow". After reading these masters of the ghost story, I realize the purpose of a ghost story is to excite or thrill the reader with a spooky situation, while they are reading the story, and leave the re......more

Goodreads review by Liz on October 28, 2020

3.5 There are some good stories here, 'Narrative of the Ghost of the Hand' and 'The Empty House' in particular. As in any collection the choices run the gamut and are of course subject to one's taste. The narration is top notch. The Damned Thing by Ambrose Bierce, 2.5 stars, with high marks for eeri......more

Goodreads review by Suyog on December 25, 2022

The recording includes: "The Damned Thing," by Ambrose Bierce; "The Empty House," by Algernon Blackwood; "The Consequences," by Willa Cather; "How It Happened," by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; "A Ghost," by Guy De Maupassant; "The Shell of Sense," by Olivia Howard Dunbar; "The Secret of the Growing Gold," by Br......more

Goodreads review by Marina on January 12, 2022

This was a nice collection of vintage ghost and spiritualism stories. As usual with Anthologies, some were great, some not so much. The narrators were varied and performed well, but not entirely my style. Although the exaggerated paused speech was in keeping with the vintage fell of the stories I fo......more

Goodreads review by Charles on June 29, 2021

I think I only purchased this on Audible because of Bronson Pinchot. These are mostly forgettable stories and none are particularly haunting. I doubt any of them will stick with me very long, but I was not disappointed by Mr. Pinchot. He's an amazing narrator.......more

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