Horror audiobooks

The Book

By: H. P. Lovecraft

Narrated by: Peter Coates

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

"The Book" is an unfinished short story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, believed to have been written in late 1933. It was first published in the journal Leaves in 1938, after Lovecraft's death. In the story fragment, the narrator is given an ancient book by a strange bookseller, and when he takes it home and examines it,... Read more

At the Mountains of Madness

By: H. P. Lovecraft

Narrated by: Peter Coates

Length: 4 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

"At the Mountains of Madness" is a science fiction-horror novella by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written in February/March 1931. The story details the events of a disastrous expedition to Antarctica in September 1930, and what is found there by a group of explorers led by the narrator, Dr. William Dyer of Miskatonic University. Throughout... Read more

The Quest of Iranon

By: H. P. Lovecraft

Narrated by: Peter Coates

Length: 16 minutes

Abridged: No

"The Quest of Iranon" is a fantasy short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. It was written on February 28, 1921,]and was first published in the July/August 1935 issue of the magazine Galleon. It was later reprinted in Weird Tales in 1939. The story is about a golden-haired youth who wanders into the city of Teloth, telling tales of the... Read more

Nyarlathotep

By: H. P. Lovecraft

Narrated by: Peter Coates

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Nyarlathotep is a fictional character created by H. P. Lovecraft. The character is a malign deity in the Lovecraft Mythos, a shared universe. First appearing in Lovecraft's 1920 prose poem "Nyarlathotep", he was later mentioned in other works by Lovecraft and by other writers. Later writers describe him as one of the Outer Gods, a malevolent... Read more

Robert Louis Stevenson: The Strange Case of Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

Narrated by: philip chenevert

Length: 2 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

This story deals with the obvious fact that we humans are split, dual. We have urges to do the 'right' thing, to be honorable and wise, but we also frequently fail to follow these better instincts and follow instead urges to do dishonorable, evil things. We seem to battle within ourselves. Are we really composed of two different personalities... Read more

The Evil Clergyman

By: H. P. Lovecraft

Narrated by: Peter Coates

Length: 10 minutes

Abridged: No

"The Evil Clergyman" is an excerpt from a letter written by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft in 1933. After his death, it was published in the April 1939 issue of Weird Tales as a short story. The story was later adapted into the unreleased 1987 anthology film Pulse Pounder. The story begins in the attic of an ancient house. The... Read more

The Descendant

By: H. P. Lovecraft

Narrated by: Peter Coates

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

"The Descendant" is a story fragment by H.P. Lovecraft, believed to have been written in 1927. It was first published in the journal Leaves in 1938, after Lovecraft's death. The story begins with a narrator explaining that he is on his deathbed and feels the need to share a particular story before he dies. He tells of a quiet and slightly mad... Read more

The Case of Charles Dexter Ward

By: H. P. Lovecraft

Narrated by: Peter Coates

Length: 5 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

The Case of Charles Dexter Ward is a short horror novel by American writer H. P. Lovecraft, written in early 1927, but not published during the author's lifetime. Set in Lovecraft's hometown of Providence, Rhode Island, it was first published (in abridged form) in the May and July issues of Weird Tales in 1941; the first complete publication... Read more

The Crawling Chaos

By: Howard Phillips Lovecraft

Narrated by: Matthew Schmitz

Length: 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Altrusian Grace Media and narrated by Matthew Schmitz, and includes a fully immersive cinematic music score."The Crawling Chaos" is a short story by American writers H. P. Lovecraft and Winifred V. Jackson, first published April 1921 in the United Cooperative. As in their other collaboration, "The Green Meadow", the tale was... Read more

The Call of Cthulhu

By: H.P. Lovecraft

Narrated by: R. Douglas Patten

Length: 1 hour 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Dive into the abyssal depths of cosmic horror with H.P. Lovecraft's timeless masterpiece, "The Call of Cthulhu." In this spine-chilling tale, the narrator delves into the dark recesses of forbidden knowledge, uncovering a sinister cult's ancient conspiracy to awaken an incomprehensible entity known as Cthulhu. As the narrative unfolds, listeners... Read more

Cool Air

By: H.P. Lovecraft

Narrated by: Josh Greenwood

Length: 20 minutes

Abridged: No

A journalist in a rundown New York tenement meets a doctor suffering from a strange disease that makes him able to live only in low temperatures. Read more

The Cask of Amontillado

By: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrated by: George Pearson

Length: 14 minutes

Abridged: No

"The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe is a story inspired by true events that took place on Castle Island, a former military fort near Boston Harbor in the state of Massachusetts. When Poe was stationed there as a young cadet in the army, he discovered a peculiar tomb. After some investigation, he learned about a man who had been walled... Read more

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

By: Washington Irving

Narrated by: Arthur Lane

Length: 1 hour 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Sleepy Hollow is a strange little place...some say bewitched. Some talk of its haunted valleys and streams, the ghostly woman in white, eerie midnight shrieks and howls, but most of all they talk of the Headless Horseman. A huge, shadowy soldier who rides headless through the night, terrifying unlucky travellers.
Schoolteacher Ichabod Crane is... Read more

The Silver Key

By: H.P. Lovecraft

Narrated by: Josh Greenwood

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Randolph Carter, the alter ego of Lovecraft, is now an adult and has lost the ability to vividly dream. Despite considering the waking world as dull and mundane, he desires to reconcile with it. He tries to enrich it with literature and art, and eventually with physical pleasures. However, nothing brings him satisfaction. Finally, he returns to... Read more

Two Black Bottles

By: H.P. Lovecraft & Wilfred Blanch Talman

Narrated by: Josh Greenwood

Length: 28 minutes

Abridged: No

A certain Hoffman arrives at the town of Daalbergen to inspect the inheritance left by his uncle, the local pastor. There, he encounters the church sexton, who has recently had a very negative influence on his uncle and delves into dark teachings. Read more

The Diary Of Alonzo Typer

By: H.P. Lovecraft & William Lumley

Narrated by: Matthew Schmitz

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Altrusian Grace Media and narrated by Matthew Schmitz, and includes a fully immersive cinematic music score."The Diary of Alonzo Typer" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft and William Lumley. It is Lovecraft's revision of Lumley's "The Diary of Alonzo Typer, Found After His Mysterious Disappearance". It first appeared in the... Read more

The Horror at Red Hook

By: H.P. Lovecraft

Narrated by: Josh Greenwood

Length: 53 minutes

Abridged: No

The main character of the story is Detective Thomas Malone, of Irish descent, who is tracking down Robert Suydam, a wealthy Dutch citizen suspected of engaging in forbidden practices.
"The Horror in Red Hook" was published in the anthology "You'll Need a Night Light" by the British publisher Selwyn & Blount, edited by Christine Campbell... Read more

The Fall of the House of Usher

By: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrated by: George Pearson

Length: 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Roderick and Madeline are twin siblings. They share a remarkably strong bond - with each other and with the home they live in. At the request of a friend, the narrator travels to the Usher estate. Roderyk's letters suggest that he is suffering from a mysterious ailment and needs support. Upon arrival, it becomes clear that his sister is also... Read more

Studies of Death

By: Count Stanislaus Eric Stenbock

Narrated by: Ben Tucker

Length: 1 hour 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Before his untimely death at the age of 36 of cirrhosis of the liver due to his excessive alcoholism and opium addiction, Stenbock managed to publish three slim volumes of poetry, much of which was fixated on suicide, as well as this volume of short stories, Studies of Death. This short collection of tales of death in all its various forms... Read more

Rachel Lawson's Danse Macabre

By: Rachel Lawson

Narrated by: Rachel Lawson

Length: 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Danse MacabreThe Show Must Go On
When stage magician Blake Alexander aka Blake Fire who has a grim reaper for a soul senses someone in his audience is going to die he dances between life and death to not collect them with all his strength he must live and not take them to the afterlife because when his soul is released his body dies, and he can't... Read more

The Weird Adventures of Peter Van Melsen, Paranormal Investigator

By: Ian Gordon

Narrated by: Ian Gordon, Jennifer Gordon, Gary Gordon & Gare...

Length: 8 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Weird things dwell in the hidden corners of Britain: subterranean beasts, extradimensional entities, resurrected ghouls, and spectral vampires. And there are weird places, too. Beyond the veil of the waking world, lie realms of secrets, domains of madness. So begins the saga, of Peter Van Melsen...The tall, gaunt and mysterious Van Melsen was... Read more

Wisey's Game

By: Michael van der Voort

Narrated by: Robin Reads

Length: 43 minutes

Abridged: No

“It is important that when you call, you are first completely sure to whom it is you are calling.”
I think I can honestly say that, up until the point that it closed temporarily during the global pandemic, I’d had visited The Anchor pub for at least a single pint, virtually every night for the past 45 years.
There were, of course, exceptions. In... Read more

Polaris

By: H. P. Lovecraft

Narrated by: Peter Coates

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

"Polaris" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft, written in 1918 and first published in the December 1920 issue of the amateur journal The Philosopher. It is noteworthy as the story that introduces Lovecraft's fictional Pnakotic Manuscripts, the first of his arcane tomes. Critic William Fulwiler writes that "'Polaris' is one of Lovecraft's most... Read more

Larry Brent, Folge 51: Die Gehirne des Dr. Satanas

By: Jürgen Grasmück & Simeon Hrissomallis

Narrated by: Jo Jung, Nils Weyland, Jaron Löwenberg, David N...

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Der geniale Hirnchirurg Dr. Frank Mallert verfügt, dass nach seinem Tod sein Gehirn separat von seinem Körper am Leben erhalten wird. Sein Freund und Partner Dr. Phil Racker soll seine Experimente fortsetzen. Doch Dr. Satanas fusioniert das Gehirn von Dr. Racker, einem weiteren Hirnchirurgen und einer Telepathin mit dem Gehirn von Dr. Mallert.... Read more