Fifty Classic Horror Stories

By: E. F. Benson, W. W. Jacobs, W. F. Harvey, Arthur Conan Doyle, O. Henry, Joseph Conrad, Barry Pain

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Fifty of the greatest classic horror stories ever written:

• 1. "The Beast with Five Fingers" by W. F. Harvey
• 2. "The Well" by W. W. Jacobs
• 3. "The Nightmare Room" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• 4. "The End of a Show" by Barry Pain
• 5. "Bagnell Terrace" by E. F. Benson
• 6. "Fingers of a Hand" by H. D. Everett
• 7. "The Interruption" by W. W. Jacobs
• 8. "Gavon’s Eve" by E. F. Benson
• 9. "The Ring of Thoth" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• 10. "Moon’s Gibbet" by Egerton Castle
• 11. "The Mystery of Sasassa Valley" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• 12. "The Dabblers" by W. F. Harvey
• 13. "The Perfect Crime" by Seamark
• 14. "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe
• 15. "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant
• 16. "The 19 Club" by A. J. Alan
• 17. "The Bath Chair" by E. F. Benson
• 18. "The Death Mask" by H. D. Everett
• 19. "The Green Light" by Barry Pain
• 20. "The Hair" by A. J. Alan
• 21. "The Haunted Doll’s House" by M. R. James
• 22. "The Other Bed" by E. F. Benson
• 23. "The Queen of Spades" by Alexander Pushkin
• 24. "The Seventh Man" by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch
• 25. "The Smile of La Gioconda" by Morley Roberts
• 26. "The Squaw" by Bram Stoker
• 27. "The Terror by Night" by E. F. Benson
• 28. "The Voice" by A. J. Alan
• 29. "The Watcher by the Threshold" by John Buchan
• 30. "The Girl Who Was Tired of Love" by Leonard Merrick

And 20 more terrifying stories.

Public Domain (P)2015 Red Door Audiobooks

Voice actor grating to the ears

I found the stories were interesting but the clearly fake accent the reader is using was like nails on a chalk board

Horrible narration

I am used to listening to very long audiobooks - classics, lectures and the like. But I could not bring ,myself to go very far with this book because of the narrator. I believe I would have enjoyed the stories if the narration were improved, but as there is only one version I had to return this book.

50 Great Old Stories

Some of these are stories I have heard and some I had not heard until now. Either way, they have all been great to listen to.

The narrator was one of the best I've ever heard. She deserves an award for best narrator. She made each story (all of the stories are not what we would call "horror " in this time ) come absolutely alive. I listened to them all without skipping even one.

If you would like a good collection of older stories with excellent narration then this is for you and worth the credit at the very least.

I was looking forward to this one but...

The narrator was horrible!!! As soon as she read the title for "The Beast With Five Fingers", I laughed. I could tell she was trying to be dramatic, but she tries to do it for almost every sentence. She draws out the ending of the words for dramatic effect, but it just ended up making me laugh. Not recommended.

Awful narrator!

Cathy Dobson should immediately consider other career options. She is quite possibly the worst narrator I have had the displeasure of listening to. A shame really given how riveting some of the stories in the book. I would return this audio book if I knew how to honestly