Masterpieces of Mystery: Ghost Stories


Read by Edmund Bloxam

(4.8 stars; 4 reviews)

'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 (5 hr 10 min)

Chapters

'The Listener' by Algernon Blackwood 54:29 Read by Edmund Bloxam
'Number Thirteen' by Montague Rhodes James 31:33 Read by Edmund Bloxam
'Joseph: A Story' by Katherine Rickford 17:34 Read by Edmund Bloxam
'The Horla' by Guy de Maupassant 51:15 Read by Edmund Bloxam
'The Beast With Five Fingers' by William F. Harvey 51:02 Read by Edmund Bloxam
'Sister Maddalena' by Ralph Adams Cram 35:06 Read by Edmund Bloxam
'Thrawn Janet' by Robert Louis Stevenson 23:18 Read by Edmund Bloxam
'The Yellow Cat' by William Daniel Steele 38:40 Read by Edmund Bloxam
'Letter to Sura' by Pliny the Younger 7:34 Read by Edmund Bloxam