The Best Ghost Stories
by Ellis Parker Butler, E. F. Benson, Ambrose Bierce, Algernon Blackwood, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Daniel Defoe, M. R. James, Rudyard Kipling, Leopold Kompert, Brander Matthews, Vincent O'Sullivan and Arthur B. Reeve
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Best Ghost Stories brings together supernatural tales by writers including Daniel Defoe, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, M. R. James, Algernon Blackwood, E. F. Benson, Ambrose Bierce, and Rudyard Kipling.
The collection spans different approaches to the ghost story, from early examples of the form to later tales of unease and terror. Rather than following one plot or cast of characters, it offers a series of self-contained encounters with the uncanny.
With a broad range of authors and styles, this anthology suits listeners who want to sample classic supernatural fiction and see how writers from different periods make the ordinary world feel uncertain.
Chapters
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| 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 |