Classic Mystery Audiobooks: Free Public Domain Detective Stories

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Nancy 'Nance' Olden, a young and very pretty woman, is an accomplished liar and thief. Raised in a horrific orphanage, called the Cruelty by its occupants, Nance and her criminal boyfriend, Tom Dorgan, are pulling a con when the book begins. Author: Miriam Michelson Length: 5 hours 28 minutes Genre: Classic Detective Mystery Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com A suspicious accident reveals itself to be a murder. Our story is narrated by a lawyer who turns detective in order to uncover the real murderer, and leads us on a chase through Bolshevik headquarters, country clubs, and a dry creek bed, before the real clues come to light. Author: Donald McGibeny Length: 4 hours 13 minutes Genre: Detective Fiction Chap...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com A kind, good-hearted, genteel young woman jilted, a suspicious death or two that only a few think could be murder, strange apparitions appearing in an hotel all combine to create a horrifying conundrum. Who was the culprit and will finding out finally put an end to the mystery. Author: Wilkie Collins Length: 6 hours 59 minutes Genre: Classic Detective M...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com When a clumsy, well-meaning lawyer gets involved with a pair of delightful old maids and a beautiful girl, he must acquire some of the skills of his friends the detective and the newspaperman to solve the puzzle of The White Cat. That's the name of a back-street political club serving beers, political favors and, occasionally, murder. Author: Mary Rober...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com A collection of short stories that chronicles the first year of the Malcolm Sage Detective Bureau. Sequel or companion story of <a href="https://librivox. Author: Herbert George Jenkins Length: 6 hours 24 minutes Genre: Detective Fiction Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 17:20 - Chapter 2 44:36 - Chapter 3 01:01:45 - Chapter 4 01:27:28 - Chapter 5 01:45:30...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com In the six volumes of the Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Julian Hawthorne presents us thrilling and mysterious short stories from all corners of the world. Some of the stories appeared in this collection for the first time translated into English, and many of them come from unexpected sources, such as the letters of Pliny the...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Doyle's final novel featuring the beloved sleuth, Sherlock Holmes, brings the detective and his friend to a country manor where they are preceded by either a murder or a suicide. A secretive organization lies culprit and an infiltration of it is in order. Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Length: 6 hours 22 minutes Genre: Classic Sherlock Holmes Classic Ch...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Onions wrote several collections of ghost stories, of which the best known is Widdershins (1911). It includes the novella <i>The Beckoning Fair One</i>, widely regarded as one of the best in the genre of horror fiction, especially psychological horror. Author: Oliver Onions Length: 7 hours 52 minutes Genre: Classic Detective Mystery Chapters...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com This story, found in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, is one of the best in my opinion. Is it possible for the machine like brain of this genius to be foiled. This is Scandal in Bohemia by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Length: 56 minutes Genre: Detective Fiction Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 23:58 - Chapter 2 48:47 - Chapter 3 S...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com "The following report appeared in the Argus newspaper of Saturday, the 28th July, 18-- "Truth is said to be stranger than fiction, and certainly the extraordinary murder which took place in Melbourne on Thursday night, or rather Friday morning, goes a long way towards verifying this saying. A crime has been committed by an unknown assassin, within a sho...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Anna Katharine Green was one of the first female mystery writers to publish under her own name. She was never very successful as an author, but the technical excellence of her books caused several law schools to use The Leavenworth Case as a textbook in some of their classes, as an example of how misleading circumstantial evidence can be. This is Leaven...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com This exciting story is the first of the Sherlock Holmes detective novels and stories and the beginning of the famed duo with Dr. Watson who faithfully chronicles each episode. This is Study in Scarlet (Remastered) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Length: 4 hours 50 minutes Genre: Detective Fiction Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 16:...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Widow Clemmens is struck down in her parlor while the town's legal professionals chat outside the courthouse down the street. An investigation is made and two equally plausible suspects are quickly unearthed. This is Hand and Ring by Anna Katharine Green. Author: Anna Katharine Green Length: 16 hours 43 minutes Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction Chapter...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Randall Clayton was surrounded by enemies. His father’s business partner had looked after him in the years since his father’s death. This is Midnight Passenger by Richard Henry Savage Author: Richard Henry Savage Length: 8 hours 22 minutes Genre: Detective Fiction 🎧 This audiobook recording is from LibriVox.org. All LibriVox recordings are in the publi...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Mr. Lester, a private investigator, and his friend Godfrey are caught up in a strange case that takes them to a large estate in the country where at midnight they witness a mysterious "falling star" that appears to burst into a shower of sparks over two white robed figures standing in the air. This is Gloved Hand by Burton Egbert Stevenson. Author: Burt...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 - April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories (no doubt assisted by her lawyer father). This is Strange Disappearance by Anna Katharine Green. Author: Anna Katharine G...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com "It so happened that the circumstances of fate allowed me to follow my own bent in the choice of a profession. From my earliest youth the weird, the mysterious had an irresistible fascination for me. This is Master of Mysteries by Robert Eustace. Author: Robert Eustace Length: 4 hours 17 minutes Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction Chapters: 00:00 - Chapt...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Mr. Philip Kirkwood, a not so successful painter, receives a visitor from his home town in America, who wants him to do him an unspecified favor, but Kirkwood doesn''t trust him and sends him away. This is Black Bag by Louis Joseph Vance — classic detective mystery. Author: Louis Joseph Vance Length: 10 hours 27 minutes Genre: Detective Fiction Chapter...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com An Englishman is enjoying his dinner at Stephano's, at which he is a regular diner. A man enters quickly, sits at his table, starts eating his food, and hands him a packet underneath the table. This is Amiable Charlatan by E. Phillips Oppenheim — classic mystery fiction. Author: E. Phillips Oppenheim Length: 6 hours 19 minutes Genre: Crime & Mystery...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com A valuable ruby is lost during a disturbance in the snow before a ball at The Evergreens. A detective is called for right away to recover it, but who, of the few guests, might have the jewel, and how to solve the mystery without causing a scandal. This is Ruby and the Caldron by Anna Katharine Green — classic detective mystery. Author: Anna Katharine Gr...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com This novel is written by the author of, among other novels, the Stories of Sherlock Holmes. It is narrated by John Fothergill West, who tries to discover why the tenant of Cloomber Hall, General Heatherstone, is nervous to the point of being paranoid. This is Mystery Of Cloomber by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle — a classic sherlock holmes detective mystery. Au...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Emily Brown is an orphan girl that almost no one can help but love when they meet her. She is pursued by two worthy men: Mr. This is I Say No by Wilkie Collins — a classic public domain mystery. Author: Wilkie Collins Length: 14 hours 31 minutes Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction, Romance 🎧 This audiobook recording is from LibriVox.org. All LibriVox re...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com A reputedly wealthy and eccentric old man dies in Vermont. His home, the House of a Thousand Candles, so called for the owner's preference to candle light, is left empty save a faithful servant -- his fortune mysteriously vanished, though rumored to still have been hidden in the house somewhere. This is House of a Thousand Candles (version 2) by Meredit...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com The many adventures of Professor Craig Kennedy were chronicled by Arthur B. Reeve (October 15, 1880 - August 9, 1936). This is Poisoned Pen by Arthur B. Reeve — a classic sherlock holmes detective mystery. Author: Arthur B. Reeve Length: 10 hours 16 minutes Genre: Detective Fiction 🎧 This audiobook recording is from LibriVox.org. All LibriVox recording...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com The marriage of Mark Wylder and Dorkas Brenden is supposed to end a history of arguments between the two families. However, both people involved do not seem to like the idea. This is Wylder's Hand by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu — a classic public domain mystery. Author: Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Length: 17 hours 0 minutes Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction...