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The Best Ghost Stories

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Collected together here by master anthologist Joseph Lewis French are some of the finest ghost stories ever to be put to paper. From the early influential tales of Daniel Defoe and Edward Bulwer-Lytton to more contemporary masters of the terror tale such as M. R. James, Algernon Blackwood and E. F. Benson, this collection brings together a bounty of riches sure to keep you awake into the dark, dreadful night! - Summary by Ben Tucker (8 hr 4 min)

Chapters

Introduction. The Fascination of the Ghost Story, by Arthur B. Reeve

11:37

Read by Ben Tucker

The Apparition of Mrs. Veal by Daniel Defoe

37:12

Read by Kyle Donelan

Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book by M. R. James

26:40

Read by Ben Tucker

The Haunted and the Haunters by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

1:02:27

Read by Ben Tucker

The Silent Woman by Leopold Kompert

40:38

Read by MorphineLolly

Banshees

15:03

Read by Ny Swanson

The Man Who Went Too Far by E. F. Benson

48:14

Read by Ben Tucker

The Woman's Ghost Story by Algernon Blackwood

23:51

Read by Winnifred Assmann

The Phantom Rickshaw by Rudyard Kipling

55:47

Read by Winnifred Assmann

The Rival Ghosts by Brander Matthews

35:11

Read by Anooshka Bajaj

The Damned Thing by Ambrose Bierce

19:32

Read by Ben Tucker

The Interval by Vincent O'Sullivan

16:16

Read by Winnifred Assmann

Dey Ain't No Ghosts by Ellis Parker Butler

28:52

Read by TotalEcho

Some Real American Ghosts Part 1

30:43

Read by Chris Pyle

Some Real American Ghosts Part 2

32:14

Read by Marina