The Best Ghost Stories
Various,Ellis Parker Butler
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Collected together here by master anthologist Joseph Lewis French are some of the finest ghost stories ever to be put to paper. From the early influential tales of Daniel Defoe and Edward Bulwer-Lytton to more contemporary masters of the terror tale such as M. R. James, Algernon Blackwood and E. F. Benson, this collection brings together a bounty of riches sure to keep you awake into the dark, dreadful night! - Summary by Ben Tucker (8 hr 4 min)
Chapters
| 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 |