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The Seen and the Unseen

Richard Marsh (1857 - 1915)

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 pack of cards which belonged to a dead card-trickster ?

These and more questions are raised and answered in ''The Seen and the Unseen'' (first published in 1900), a collection of twelve short stories of a supernatural and uncanny nature by English author Richard Marsh (1857-1915), famous for such mystery/horror novels as ''The Beetle'' and ''The Goddess: A Demon''.

So if you feel you are ready for some goosebumps before bedtime, snuggle up and have a listen. - Summary by Sonia

Genre(s): Horror & Supernatural Fiction, Detective Fiction, Single Author Collections

Language: English

Keyword(s): Mystery (739), short stories (696), Crime (227), horror (226), murder (199), suspense (107), supernatural (80), ghosts (78), uncanny (55)

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	I. A psychological experiment	Sonia	00:32:36
Play 02	II. The photographs: Chapter 1	Sonia	00:14:19
Play 03	II. The photographs: Chapter 2	Sonia	00:23:17
Play 04	II. The photographs: Chapter 3	Sonia	00:35:02
Play 05	III. A pack of cards: Part 1	Sonia	00:27:04
Play 06	III. A pack of cards: Part 2	Sonia	00:32:24
Play 07	IV. The violin: 1	Sonia	00:35:17
Play 08	IV. The violin: 2	Sonia	00:06:50
Play 09	V. The tipster. An impossible story: 1	Sonia	00:09:04
Play 10	V. The tipster. An impossible story: 2	Sonia	00:15:52
Play 11	V. The tipster. An impossible story: 3	Sonia	00:32:42
Play 12	V. The tipster. An impossible story: 4	Sonia	00:01:58
Play 13	VI. The fifteenth man. The story of a rugby match	Sonia	00:25:16
Play 14	VII. The assassin: Chapter 1	Sonia	00:05:23
Play 15	VII. The assassin: Chapter 2	Sonia	00:20:04
Play 16	VII. The assassin: Chapter 3	Sonia	00:15:30
Play 17	VIII. The diamonds: 1. The one diamond	Sonia	00:16:26
Play 18	VIII. The diamonds: 2. The other	Sonia	00:10:34
Play 19	VIII. The diamonds: 3. The two	Sonia	00:22:47
Play 20	IX. A double-minded gentleman: Chapter 1	Sonia	00:22:10
Play 21	IX. A double-minded gentleman: Chapter 2	Sonia	00:20:01
Play 22	X. The robbery on the ''Stormy Petrel'': 1	Sonia	00:17:02
Play 23	X. The robbery on the ''Stormy Petrel'': 2	Sonia	00:10:54
Play 24	XI. The houseboat: Chapter 1	Sonia	00:12:43
Play 25	XI. The houseboat: Chapter 2	Sonia	00:15:10
Play 26	XI. The houseboat: Chapter 3	Sonia	00:22:46
Play 27	XII. The duke. A fiction of the future: 1	Sonia	00:23:57
Play 28	XII. The duke. A fiction of the future: 2	Sonia	00:19:21

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