Classic Audiobook Collection

The Ghost of Guir House by Charles Willing Beale audiobook. Genre: horrorWhen New Yorker Paul Henley receives a curious letter clearly meant for someone else, he does not toss it aside. On impulse - and with a growing fascination he cannot quite explain - he answers the invitation and travels south to the isolated Guir House in rural Virginia. There he meets Miss Dorothy Guir, an intelligent and disarming hostess whose warmth only deepens the unease that clings to her family's ancient, black-stone mansion. Inside its shadowed halls, strange portraits, half-forgotten histories, and whispered warnings suggest that Guir House is not merely old, but marked by something restless. As Paul tries to navigate the consequences of his initial deception, he is drawn into a tightening web of secrets surrounding the Guir name, the house's unsettling reputation, and a series of uncanny experiences that blur the line between superstition and something far more unsettling. With threads of gothic romance, psychological suspense, and late-Victorian fascination with hypnotism and occult philosophy, The Ghost of Guir House builds a steadily mounting dread around one question: is the haunting in the walls, in the past, or in the mind itself?For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:34:05) Chapter 02(01:02:07) Chapter 03(01:22:50) Chapter 04(01:51:51) Chapter 05(02:29:06) Chapter 06(02:56:18) Chapter 07(03:28:00) Chapter 08(03:52:18) Chapter 09(04:19:13) Chapter 10 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rebels of the Red Planet by Charles Louis Fontenay audiobook. Genre: scifiDark Kensington had been dead for twenty-five years. It was a fact; everyone knew it. Then suddenly he reappeared, youthful, brilliant, ready to take over the Phoenix, the rebel group that worked to overthrow the tyranny that gripped the settlers on Mars.The Phoenix had been destroyed not once, not twice, but three times! But this time the resurrected Dark had new plans, plans which involved dangerous experiments in mutation and psionics.And now the rebels realized they were in double jeopardy. Not only from the government's desperate hatred of their movement, but also from the growing possibility that the new breed of mutated monsters would get out of hand and bring terrors never before known to man. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 1(00:30:22) Chapter 2(01:05:51) Chapter 3(01:45:05) Chapter 4(02:24:42) Chapter 5(02:59:20) Chapter 6(03:36:16) Chapter 7(04:10:38) Chapter 8(04:42:52) Chapter 9 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Heroes, or Greek Fairy Tales for my Children by Charles Kingsley audiobook. Genre: folkloreIn The Heroes, or Greek Fairy Tales for my Children, Charles Kingsley invites young listeners into the bright, perilous world of ancient Greece through a warm, fireside style that treats mythology as a treasury of moral adventure. Framed as stories told for children, the book retells classic legends with clear, vigorous prose and a storyteller's sense of wonder. You will meet Perseus, a determined youth set against monsters and dark magic; Jason, drawn into a daring voyage in search of glory; and Theseus, who must prove himself amid treachery, strange roads, and an enemy hidden at the heart of a maze. Kingsley keeps the gods, heroes, and creatures vivid, but he is just as interested in courage, self-control, loyalty, and the cost of pride. Across sea-journeys, riddling prophecies, and encounters with fearsome beasts, each tale asks what it means to be brave for the right reasons, and how a person can hold to honor when the world is full of temptations and terror. It is both an accessible introduction to Greek myth and a spirited meditation on character.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 00(00:14:23) Chapter 01(00:22:44) Chapter 02(00:41:36) Chapter 03(01:02:53) Chapter 04(01:29:51) Chapter 05(01:38:50) Chapter 06(01:53:41) Chapter 07(02:12:20) Chapter 08(02:20:32) Chapter 09(03:07:54) Chapter 10(04:02:21) Chapter 11(04:08:42) Chapter 12(04:18:38) Chapter 13(05:09:17) Chapter 14(05:19:24) Chapter 15 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kentucky’s Famous Feuds and Tragedies by Charles G. Mutzenberg audiobook. Genre: historyIn Kentucky's Famous Feuds and Tragedies, Charles G. Mutzenberg assembles a hard-edged tour through the violent vendettas and public calamities that helped shape Kentucky's reputation in the late 1800s. Beginning with the infamous Hatfield-McCoy conflict, Mutzenberg traces how ordinary disputes over property, politics, and personal honor could harden into years of retaliation, ambushes, and courtroom drama. From there, he turns to other, less widely remembered wars between neighbors and kin - including the French-Eversole feud and other regional clashes that drew newspapers, officials, and outsiders into communities already divided by loyalty and fear. Told as a sequence of tightly focused episodes, the book places listeners close to the people living inside these storms: family patriarchs trying to hold a side together, hotheaded young men eager to prove themselves, and local authorities struggling to enforce law where allegiance often mattered more than statutes. At once social history and cautionary tale, Mutzenberg's account examines how pride, rumor, and grievance can ignite a cycle of violence that outlives its original cause.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:23:44) Chapter 02(00:38:56) Chapter 03(00:54:18) Chapter 04(01:12:02) Chapter 05(01:32:35) Chapter 06(01:59:17) Chapter 07(02:18:22) Chapter 08(02:32:56) Chapter 09(02:46:34) Chapter 10(03:01:34) Chapter 11(03:17:46) Chapter 12(03:35:34) Chapter 13(03:49:43) Chapter 14(04:07:17) Chapter 15(04:29:23) Chapter 16(04:44:02) Chapter 17(04:54:55) Chapter 18(05:13:03) Chapter 19(05:31:05) Chapter 20(05:43:27) Chapter 21(05:56:48) Chapter 22(06:15:10) Chapter 23(06:46:46) Chapter 24(07:07:18) Chapter 25(07:27:48) Chapter 26(07:46:23) Chapter 27(07:59:29) Chapter 28(08:14:53) Chapter 29(08:24:50) Chapter 30(08:45:05) Chapter 31 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens audiobook. Genre: dramaThe Old Curiosity Shop tells the story of Little Nell, a beautiful and virtuous young girl who lives with her grandfather in his shop of curiosities. Her grandfather loves her dearly, and Nell does not complain, but she lives a lonely existence without friends of her own age. Her only friend is Kit, an honest young lad who works at the shop, and whom she is teaching to write. Unbeknownst to Nell, her grandfather is obsessed with their precarious financial position and is attempting to make Nell a good inheritance by winning at cards. He keeps these nocturnal activities a secret, but borrows heavily from the evil Quilp, a dwarf, in order to raise new capital. In the end, he gambles away what little money they own, and Quilp seizes the opportunity to take possession of the shop and make Nell's and her grandfather's lives a misery. Indeed, her grandfather suffers a breakdown, which leaves him bereft of his wits. Courageously, Nell decides to escape Quilp, and she and her grandfather run away to the country to live as beggars, travelling into the Midlands of England.There, then, follow the multifarious adventures of Nell and her grandfather, Quilp and his sly minions and accomplices, who would be Nell's vehement pursuers throughout the entire story, the noble schoolmaster, and many, many other personages as bright and memorable as Dickens' heroes always are. But... let us hear the story itself, shan't we? For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 00(00:04:39) Chapter 01(00:42:31) Chapter 02(01:00:54) Chapter 03(01:21:55) Chapter 04(01:42:58) Chapter 05(01:58:55) Chapter 06(02:23:06) Chapter 07(02:39:15) Chapter 08(03:03:40) Chapter 09(03:30:34) Chapter 10(03:44:19) Chapter 11(04:05:30) Chapter 12(04:23:49) Chapter 13(04:45:42) Chapter 14(05:01:42) Chapter 15(05:24:30) Chapter 16(05:38:14) Chapter 17(05:57:30) Chapter 18(06:15:56) Chapter 19(06:40:51) Chapter 20(06:52:36) Chapter 21(07:15:43) Chapter 22(07:28:15) Chapter 23(07:51:26) Chapter 24(08:06:09) Chapter 25(08:26:02) Chapter 26(08:42:48) Chapter 27(09:05:23) Chapter 28(09:20:23) Chapter 29(09:43:16) Chapter 30(09:56:18) Chapter 31(10:20:46) Chapter 32(10:33:56) Chapter 33(10:57:29) Chapter 34(11:10:24) Chapter 35(11:34:58) Chapter 36(11:48:09) Chapter 37(12:05:55) Chapter 38(12:28:00) Chapter 39(12:42:50) Chapter 40(13:01:17) Chapter 41(13:17:52) Chapter 42(13:40:00) Chapter 43(13:55:18) Chapter 44(14:18:04) Chapter 45(14:34:11) Chapter 46(14:57:34) Chapter 47(15:11:04) Chapter 48(15:33:20) Chapter 49(15:49:06) Chapter 50(16:11:54) Chapter 51(16:27:55) Chapter 52(16:51:26) Chapter 53(17:07:20) Chapter 54(17:33:09) Chapter 55(17:47:47) Chapter 56(18:11:16) Chapter 57(18:25:03) Chapter 58(18:48:31) Chapter 59(19:04:43) Chapter 60(19:29:09) Chapter 61(19:43:31) Chapter 62(20:08:04) Chapter 63(20:23:49) Chapter 64(20:49:13) Chapter 65(21:02:31) Chapter 66(21:42:57) Chapter 67(22:07:32) Chapter 68(22:24:45) Chapter 69(22:49:58) Chapter 70(23:05:49) Chapter 71(23:27:53) Chapter 72(23:47:16) Chapter 73 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens audiobook. Genre: dramaBorn in the Marshalsea Prison for Debtors, Amy—Little Dorrit—the daughter of the ruined, but self-respectful William Dorrit, has put her entire heart in caring for her dear father, until one day her humble path is crossed by Arthur Clennam. Their meeting proves providential not only for Amy's life, but for the whole Dorrit family, whose new rise will, in many ways, be also their fall. As in all his novels, in Little Dorrit Dickens ushers us into a fascinating and startlingly rich world of human characters and destinies, where virtue and nobility cross swords with vice and villainy, where strength and weakness intertwine with prejudice and magnanimity and where the author's inspired pen wields a compelling and unforgettable power over the readers.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 00(00:04:56) Chapter 01(00:43:29) Chapter 02(01:20:26) Chapter 03(01:58:27) Chapter 04(02:07:19) Chapter 05(02:38:58) Chapter 06(03:07:15) Chapter 07(03:36:17) Chapter 08(04:07:58) Chapter 09(04:44:39) Chapter 10(05:36:18) Chapter 11(06:04:00) Chapter 12(06:29:40) Chapter 13(07:26:21) Chapter 14(08:00:47) Chapter 15(08:26:27) Chapter 16(09:03:22) Chapter 17(09:28:35) Chapter 18(09:56:41) Chapter 19(10:29:29) Chapter 20(11:06:28) Chapter 21(11:29:52) Chapter 22(11:55:40) Chapter 23(12:35:30) Chapter 24(13:16:13) Chapter 25(13:43:16) Chapter 26(14:17:59) Chapter 27(14:52:00) Chapter 28(15:11:48) Chapter 29(15:32:36) Chapter 30(16:17:03) Chapter 31(17:00:50) Chapter 32(17:25:30) Chapter 33(17:53:18) Chapter 34(18:18:13) Chapter 35(18:53:37) Chapter 36(19:13:44) Chapter 37(19:54:06) Chapter 38(20:05:20) Chapter 39(20:47:44) Chapter 40(20:58:22) Chapter 41(21:42:32) Chapter 42(22:22:02) Chapter 43(22:52:06) Chapter 44(23:24:55) Chapter 45(24:04:46) Chapter 46(24:24:56) Chapter 47(24:40:16) Chapter 48(25:17:43) Chapter 49(25:58:36) Chapter 50(26:27:25) Chapter 51(27:11:30) Chapter 52(27:30:56) Chapter 53(27:55:04) Chapter 54(28:13:17) Chapter 55(28:57:07) Chapter 56(29:23:38) Chapter 57(29:46:47) Chapter 58(30:04:36) Chapter 59(30:37:09) Chapter 60(31:03:23) Chapter 61(31:27:03) Chapter 62(31:51:04) Chapter 63(32:29:48) Chapter 64(33:19:27) Chapter 65(33:42:48) Chapter 66(34:48:45) Chapter 67(35:12:50) Chapter 68(35:33:33) Chapter 69(36:01:58) Chapter 70 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pocket Island by Charles Clark Munn audiobook. Genre: fantasyAlong the coast of Maine are littered thousands of small islands. One such, named 'Pocket Island' by the locals was so called because of a pocket formed twice daily by the waning of the tides. The coast of Maine holds many secrets and legends, and Pocket Island was no exception.Subtitled 'A Story of Country Life in New England', this story holds such varied and fascinating glimpses into the lives of a few individuals, and is not limited to merely a story of ghosts, of war, of barn dances, friendship, tales of rum-runners, smugglers, and seafarers. Rather it is all of the above, and much more, all wrapped nicely around a story of love.Is Pocket Island truly haunted by ghosts of the past? The story begins ca. 1824, and takes us through the U.S. Civil War and beyondFor ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:11:15) Chapter 02(00:19:41) Chapter 03(00:30:44) Chapter 04(00:45:11) Chapter 05(00:56:19) Chapter 06(01:09:04) Chapter 07(01:20:35) Chapter 08(01:31:49) Chapter 09(01:43:30) Chapter 10(01:57:31) Chapter 11(02:12:00) Chapter 12(02:22:01) Chapter 13(02:36:23) Chapter 14(02:48:32) Chapter 15(02:59:25) Chapter 16(03:06:03) Chapter 17(03:20:08) Chapter 18(03:35:26) Chapter 19(03:47:02) Chapter 20(04:01:49) Chapter 21(04:13:03) Chapter 22(04:25:37) Chapter 23(04:37:14) Chapter 24(04:50:57) Chapter 25(05:02:24) Chapter 26(05:14:31) Chapter 27 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Mystery of the Pinckney Draught by Charles C. Nott audiobook. Genre: mysteryCharles Pinckney, member of the South Carolina legislature, Confederation Congress, U.S. Congress, and notably the Constitutional Convention of 1787, may have been regarded by some as perhaps the true author of the U.S. Constitution, although most likely James Madison would vehemently argue the point. This book investigates what may, or may not have happened to the draft of the Constitution which was drawn up by Charles Pinckney and submitted to the Constitutional Convention in May of 1787, and how (or if) it differed from the Constitution which was adopted. The questions which are delved into most deeply revolve around the following mystery: why, if, and by whom Pinckney's version of this important document was overlooked, or was it possibly destroyed intentionally (or for other reasons).Author Charles C. Nott was formerly Chief Justice of the United States Court of Claims, appointed by president Lincoln.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:17:25) Chapter 02(00:26:27) Chapter 03(00:33:49) Chapter 04(00:49:03) Chapter 05(01:14:18) Chapter 06(01:24:00) Chapter 07(01:52:07) Chapter 08(02:19:39) Chapter 09(03:10:49) Chapter 10(03:31:11) Chapter 11(04:36:29) Chapter 12(05:02:31) Chapter 13(05:25:45) Chapter 14(05:45:32) Chapter 15(06:14:09) Chapter 16(06:34:33) Chapter 17(06:53:28) Chapter 18 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

History of Billy the Kid by Charles A. Siringo audiobook. Genre: biographyA cowboy outlaw whose youthful daring has never been equalled in the annals of criminal history.When a bullet pierced his heart he was less than twenty-two years of age, and had killed twenty-one men, Indians not included.The author feels that he is capable of writing a true and unvarnished history of 'Billy the Kid,' as he was personally acquainted with him, and assisted in his capture, by furnishing Sheriff Pat Garrett with three of his fighting cowboys--Jas. H. East, Lee Hall and Lon Chambers.The facts set down in this narrative were gotten from the lips of 'Billy the Kid,' himself, and from such men as Pat Garrett, John W. Poe, Kip McKinnie, Charlie Wall, the Coe Brothers, Tom O'Phalliard, Henry Brown, John Middleton, Martin Chavez, and Ash Upson. All these men took an active part, for or against, the 'Kid.' Ash Upson had known him from childhood, and was considered one of the family, for several years, in his mother's home.Other facts were gained from the lips of Mrs. Charlie Bowdre, who kept 'Billy the Kid,' hid out at her home in Fort Sumner, New Mexico, after he had killed his two guards and escaped.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:09:23) Chapter 02(00:18:37) Chapter 03(00:27:57) Chapter 04(00:41:26) Chapter 05(00:52:42) Chapter 06(01:01:08) Chapter 07(01:20:58) Chapter 08(01:44:51) Chapter 09(01:56:50) Chapter 10 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Mystery Girl by Carolyn Wells audiobook. Genre: mysteryWas it murder or suicide? All entrances to the study where the body was found were locked from the inside. The future college president and groom-to-be had no known cause for suicide, yet no clues in either direction appeared to make any sense. Was Anita, the Mystery Girl, who had just arrived in the New England college town, somehow been implicated? Had she any reason to ensure of the demise of the well-liked man? Perhaps some love letters between the two that nobody was to know about? And what of the mark of a ring on the deceased man's forehead? The college town was abuzz, and it seemed everyone had their own ideas of what actually happened.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:28:04) Chapter 02(00:54:47) Chapter 03(01:20:51) Chapter 04(01:47:05) Chapter 05(02:12:40) Chapter 06(02:37:52) Chapter 07(03:04:04) Chapter 08(03:30:23) Chapter 09(03:56:27) Chapter 10(04:21:16) Chapter 11(04:47:17) Chapter 12(05:15:01) Chapter 13(05:42:14) Chapter 14(06:09:21) Chapter 15(06:35:42) Chapter 16(07:02:15) Chapter 17(07:26:48) Chapter 18 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices