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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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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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I've never written a review before but this performance by the narrator was so poor I felt the need to warn others. I bought this to entertain myself and my fiancée on a long car journey and as it was late in the evening I bought it without listening to the sample. Never again. If you do not heed my review and listen to her in the sample and buy it because you think she sounds great then wonderful! At least take my advice away with you and always, always listen to the sample.


In my opinion the narrator's voice is robotic and sounds like someone who speaks every word as they read it off the page. The mispronunciation of some words, the drawing out of other words (so they can read the next I presume), the strange intonation and random changes in volume all combined for a faux-comic performance which after about 10 minutes we were both laughing along to in the car. The problem was that while it was funny we couldn't concentrate on some of the best ghost stories ever written.

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This collection of ghosts stories is
completely ruined by the narrator, she is just terrible. Her voice and speech style is very odd and off putting and there is zero emotion in her voice. I have no idea if the stories in this book are any good because I couldn’t bear to listen to her read them. Awful, awful, awful.

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