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Classic Horror Audiobooks: Free Public Domain Ghost and Dark Stories

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Listen to classic horror audiobooks featuring ghost stories, supernatural encounters, gothic fiction, and psychological terror from the public domain. This podcast delivers free horror audiobooks from legendary authors, bringing dark, atmospheric storytelling to life. Explore haunted houses, eerie mysteries, and chilling tales that defined the horror genre. These classic audiobooks include timeless ghost stories and supernatural fiction designed for immersive listening. 🔒 Subscribe for free horror audiobooks, ghost stories, and classic dark fiction released regularly. 🎧 This audiobook record...

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Ghost of Kingdom Come (Full Audiobook) — A Classic Supernatural Horror Story | Rev. Gerald T. Brennan 01.05.2026 1:58:39

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com A word about ghosts. Do you believe in Ghosts. This is Ghost of Kingdom Come by Rev. Gerald T. Brennan — a classic ghost story. Author: Rev. Gerald T. Brennan Length: 1 hours 58 minutes Genre: Religion 🎧 This audiobook recording is from LibriVox.org. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. Text and narration are public domain. Narration provi...

The Italian — A Dark Gothic Tale of Power and Obsession (Full Audiobook) | Ann Radcliffe 01.05.2026 18:54:13

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com The love story between a nobleman and a beautiful lady whom he meets in church leads both of them to unexpected places, as many people would not put up with their love. This novel is considered to be one of the best Gothic novels ever written, by one of the first (and best) writers of the genre. This is Italian by Ann Radcliffe — a classic gothic horror...

Bladys of the Stewponey (Full Audiobook) — A Forgotten Folk Horror Tale of Fear and the Unknown | Sabine Baring-Gould 01.05.2026 6:46:01

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com The setting, geography and history of this story by Rev'd Sabine Baring-Gould, author of <i>Onward Christian Soldiers</i> and a number of other well-known hymns, are all accurate, or at least as accurate as local lore will allow. Kinver has long been a midlands beauty spot, and the UK National Trust own and open one of the rock-dwellings men...

Fantastics and Other Fancies (Full Audiobook) — Haunting Supernatural Tales of the Unseen World | Lafcadio Hearn 01.05.2026 4:46:01

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com This posthumous collection of short stories by noted author and historian of weird folklore brings together 36 of his earliest works, many of them brief romantic sketches of phantasmagoric imagery, supernatural occurrences and tales from far away places. H. This is Fantastics and Other Fancies by Lafcadio Hearn — a classic public domain horror story. Au...

The Marble Faun (Full Audiobook) — A Dark Gothic Mystery of Guilt and Secrets | Nathaniel Hawthorne 30.04.2026 16:12:58

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com <i>The Marble Faun</i> is Hawthorne's most unusual romance. Writing on the eve of the American Civil War, Hawthorne set his story in a fantastical Italy. This is Marble Faun by Nathaniel Hawthorne — a classic gothic horror tale. Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne Length: 16 hours 12 minutes Genre: Fantastic Fiction, General Fiction, Gothic Fiction...

Treasure (Full Audiobook) — A Classic Ghost Story | Selma Lagerlöf 30.04.2026 2:41:17

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Selma Lagerlöf was born in Vaermland, Sweden, in 1858 and enjoyed a long and very successful career as a writer, receiving the Nobel-Prize in Literature in 1909. She died in Vaermland in 1940. This is Treasure by Selma Lagerlöf — a classic ghost story. Author: Selma Lagerlöf Length: 2 hours 41 minutes Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction 🎧 This aud...

Ghosts of Piccadilly (Full Audiobook) — A Classic Ghost Story | G. S. Street 29.04.2026 5:48:04

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Nothing spooky or supernatural, but a very personal gathering of gossip, letters, and fragments of biography of famous people who have lived in Piccadilly (in London, England). and of some of the buildings, now long gone. This is Ghosts of Piccadilly by G. S. Street — a classic ghost story. Author: G. S. Street Length: 5 hours 47 minutes Genre: Biograph...

Animal Ghosts (Full Audiobook) — A Classic Ghost Story | Elliott O’Donnell 29.04.2026 7:15:27

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com This is a collection of ghost stories in which the antagonists are various animals. Divided up into chapters of ghost sightings by each group of animals, you will hear of hauntings by dogs, cats, birds, jungle animals, etc. This is Animal Ghosts by Elliott O'Donnell — a classic ghost story. Author: Elliott O'Donnell Length: 7 hours 15 minutes Genre: Hor...