Short Ghost and Horror Collection 001
Various
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
A collection of fifteen stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up your spine, the smell of human flesh, and the occasional touch of wonder. (4 hr 26 min)
Chapters
The Boarded Window | 12:51 | Read by Joseph Langley |
The Cask of Amontillado | 17:15 | Read by Jake Endres |
Casting the Runes | 49:55 | Read by Kat Matfield |
A Cold Greeting | 5:05 | Read by Steve Karafit |
The Dead Mother | 2:39 | Read by woggy298 |
Death and the Woman | 15:48 | Read by Joseph Finkberg |
I Have a Rendezvous with Death | 1:09 | Read by L0n3 |
An Inhabitant of Carcosa | 11:44 | Read by G.C. Fournier |
The Masque of the Red Death | 14:58 | Read by Glen Hallstrom |
A Strange Goldfield | 15:18 | Read by Naf |
The Strange Orchid | 18:29 | Read by Jason Mills |
Two Military Executuions | 5:04 | Read by Sean O'Hara |
The Valley of the Beasts | 51:54 | Read by Mooseboy Alfonzo |
What Was It? | 32:29 | Read by Roger Melin |
Yuki-Onna | 12:13 | Read by rasputin |
Reviews
Free Audo Review
FNH
I listened to this whole collection on a snowy February morning and was pleasantly surprised. A good collection of readers and only one or maybe two who could have done with better recording conditions. As I said all the readings were good, so if you tune out the noise that appears on a couple... The stories vary from one or two minutes long up to about 30 minutes, so even if a particualr story is not to your taste you've not long to wait until the next one comes along. Coming from differn't readers means that the volume level alters between each story so keep you fingers near the volume control and protect your precious ears! Two in particular caought my fancy, "Strange Orchid" and "Casting Runes", both were amongst the longer of the stories and both from well know authors. All of the stories are of a public-domain-vintage so there is nothing "slasher" or particularly nasty here, they all deal with the super natural in one may or another. Read more of my reviews of free audio found on the web at http://FreeAudioReview.blogspot.com/
Casting The Runes
Andy Wain
Black magic story forms the basis of the classic horror film Curse Of The Demon otherwise Night Of The Demon. A magician passes a slip of paper to his victims with strange runes on to invoke a terrible demon to destroy his enemies. Classic tale with nice twist in the tail. If like me you saw the film as a child and were duly scared, you will enjoy this short version.
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 001 Review
May Jones
Excellent! I can't wait to hear the rest of this VOLUMINOUS collection!
Mary Havens
Great content, the recordings were a bit uneven, especially The Cask of Amontillado. Looking forward to other collections!
what was with the terrible English accent in one of the stories?
John M-W.
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Gerard Kelly
good readers worth listening to . story called casting the runes was excellent
The perfect length for a kwick scare!
OffisaPupp
Volunteer readers do a spooktacular job
James Felix
Susprisonly positivel stories! Mich better than the horror flicks of today.