Masterpieces of Mystery: Ghost Stories
'The Listener'
First, it was a strange array of cats, then an increasingly mysterious, and then terrifying increase in...happenstances and...appearances...
'Number Thirteen'
Unlucky for some this room is...on a visit to a Denmark with an ancient presence...
'The Horla'
Yes, I believed, that an invisible being lived beneath my roof. How weak our head is, and how quickly it is terrified and goes astray, we immediately imagine terrible mysteries and supernatural powers.
'The Beast with Five Fingers'
With murderous vengeance, the beast pursues the two friends. Will secrecy, intense surveillance and a marked attention to battening down save them?
'Sister Maddalena'
Will a trapped and tragic woman finally find peace?
'Thrawn Janet'
A lost soul wandering the Scottish moor. Is she misunderstood? Is she ill? Or is she in league with the devil himself?
'The Yellow Cat'
A terrifying tale at sea! But what is it about the ship's cat?
'Letter to Sura'
Who says ancient Rome can't have ghost stories? - Summary by The Reader
Genre(s): Horror & Supernatural Fiction, Gothic Fiction
Language: English
Keyword(s): horror (225), ghost (94), cat (31), Scottish (13), haunted house (12), Moor (6), scary (4)
| Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play 01 | 'The Listener' by Algernon Blackwood | Edmund Bloxam |
00:54:29 |
| Play 02 | 'Number Thirteen' by Montague Rhodes James | Edmund Bloxam |
00:31:33 |
| Play 03 | 'Joseph: A Story' by Katherine Rickford | Edmund Bloxam |
00:17:34 |
| Play 04 | 'The Horla' by Guy de Maupassant | Edmund Bloxam |
00:51:15 |
| Play 05 | 'The Beast With Five Fingers' by William F. Harvey | Edmund Bloxam |
00:51:02 |
| Play 06 | 'Sister Maddalena' by Ralph Adams Cram | Edmund Bloxam |
00:35:06 |
| Play 07 | 'Thrawn Janet' by Robert Louis Stevenson | Edmund Bloxam |
00:23:18 |
| Play 08 | 'The Yellow Cat' by William Daniel Steele | Edmund Bloxam |
00:38:40 |
| Play 09 | 'Letter to Sura' by Pliny the Younger | Edmund Bloxam |
00:07:34 |