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Stories to Tell in the Dark

By: E. F. Benson, W. F. Harvey, W. W. Jacobs, Edgar Allan Poe, Barry Pain, M. R. James, Guy Boothby
Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
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Publisher's summary

A creepy collection of 50 classic ghost, horror and mystery stories which will keep you up all night.

1. "The Well" by W. W. Jacobs
2. "This Is All" by Barry Pain
3. "The Beast with Five Fingers" by W. F .Harvey
4. "The Reticence of Lady Anne" by Saki
5. "The End of a Show" by Barry Pain
6. "The Dabblers" by W. F. Harvey
7. "The Room in the Tower" by E. F. Benson
8. "August Heat" by W. F. Harvey
9. "The Idiot" by Arnold Bennett
10. "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe
11. "The Bath Chair" by E. F. Benson
12. "The Mezzotint" by M. R. James
13. "The Pit and the Pendulum" by Edgar Allan Poe
14. "The Thing in the Hall" by E. F. Benson
15. "Fingers of a Hand" by H. D. Everett
16. "Moon’s Gibbet" by Egerton Castle
17. "The Magnet" by Barry Pain
18. "The Horror Horn" by E. F. Benson
19. "A Very Black Business" by Ernest Bramah
20. "The Mysterious Card and the Card Unveiled" by Cleveland Moffett
21. "Outside the Door" by E. F. Benson
22. "Query" by Seamark
23. "My Adventure at Chislehurst" by A. J. Alan
24. "The Dancing Partner" by Jerome K. Jerome
25. "Afterward" by Edith Wharton
26. "Caterpillars" by E. F. Banson
27. "The Severed Hand" by Wilhelm Hauff
28. "The Hair" by A. J. Alan
29. "A Witch in the Peak" by R. Murray Gilchrist
30. "The Haunted Dolls House" by M. R. James

...and 20 more terrifying tales.

Public Domain (P)2015 Red Door Audiobooks

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Authors and Stories are fantastic, but the narrator kills it.

I'm sorry, but the narrator for this audiobook is just abysmal. I actually enjoy many of the author's whose works are showcased in this book, and was excited to see such a large collection all in one place. Unfortunately the narrator makes listening to the stories impossible. Inflection, intonation were just terrible, and it seems she narrates all of the stories included. This was a huge disappointment. Returned it shortly after purchase.

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Monotonous background and occasional story

I enjoyed it, but collected stories weren't great. Not scary, suspenseful. Classic authors, mediocre stories. Overall it was OK if you wanted to listen to something on a long drive. It's not bad in the sense you'd go to sleep while driving, but if you were looking for a scary book, I'd suggest Creepypasta podcasts. Narrator was something you'd hear from a Jane Austin novel, so pretty good. But it is as you'd expect from a. Collection of classical horror stories. (Wow, a detached hand in running amok. So scary... ) price of this is definitely due to the hours of reading. Probably would listen again if I had to fill another large gap of time.

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Great stories.... the narrator not so much

The stories are all amazing classics. Solid, spooky stories. The narrator, Cathy Dobson has such a strange meter to her voice, and odd emphasis on random words, it nearly made this unlistenable

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