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The Best Ghost Stories Ever Told (Best Stories Ever Told)

By: Stephen Brennan - editor
Narrated by: J. M. Badger, Imelda Pot
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A big, brilliant, spooky collection of classic and contemporary ghost stories that will make you hesitate before turning off that light.

©2011 Stephen Vincent Brennan (P)2012 Audible, Inc. Anthologies Anthologies & Short Stories Ghosts Horror Scary Haunted Fiction Paranormal Fantasy Short Story

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Editor reviews

Build up your bonfire, break out your marshmallows, and make sure you’ve got someone to grab when things get scary...then press play on this classic collection of over 40 spooky stories, edited by Stephen Brennan, who has left no stone unturned in his search for the most memorable haunted tales of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Including unforgettable additions from such literary greats as H. G. Wells and Edgar Allen Poe, this collection is guaranteed to thrill and chill. J. M Badger and Imelda Pot prove themselves to be energetic and animated performers, exercising careful pacing to amp up the tension in these ghoulish shorts, guaranteed to creep you out!
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Great stories adequately read. There are some odd accents also.... but anything read by Badger and Pot must be at least acceptable. Even when there is a mispronunciation, it's forgiven as it is after all, Badger. Bad accent?? Blame Pot!

Badger and Pot.

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Overall, very enjoyable. One thing which detracts from the performance is the Americanised mispronunciation of archaic words like, “blackguard” as “black guard” instead of “blaggard” and the mispronunciation of British, African or Indian place names. A properly professional director or actor should make it their business to ensure that unfamiliar words are pronounced correctly. The male voice actor seemed to make only a patchy attempt at doing this. This is a criticism of not only this book, but also several other Audible titles.

Good ghost stories of a certain age, which still bear hearing.

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I love a good ghost story, and among my favourite authors are Wilde, James & Poe. However I think this was a poor choice of narrator for such stories. Very monotone, with little inflection or suspense. I am not a anglophile, but I believe, as many of the stories are by English authors, this collection would have benefitted from a British narrator.

Great stories, poorly read

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Some stories stand the test of time, whereas others really show their age in the attitude to race, religion and equality.

Classic tales

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Not sure about some of the stories in this collection. That is to say, I'm not sure that if I were editing them I'd necessarily have included some of them since to my mind they aren't, strictly speaking, ghost stories. I'll give an example. 'Open Window' is more about a woman with a fanciful imatination and a talent for telling convincing lies than about a real ghost. I felt the naration was flat in places and the accents were a mite strange. However they did their best and that's a lot. I'd read it again anyway. If you're an aspiring writer of short fictuion and you'll try your hand at anything then read this one. If you're an aspiring reader of audio books read this one. it'll show you how not to do it. If you just like ghost stories then give it a listen but don't be surprised if you find some you disagree with in terms of their inclusion in this collection.

So these are the best ghost stories ever told are they?

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Perfect to listen to at bedtime. Well narrated, with good collection of short stories.

Great collection

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definitely not scary but some stories were interesting. others were boring enough to skip.

ok

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Caution some stories are a 'product of their time' so expect outdated and racist attitudes.

Monkey's Paw, The Jacobs, W. W.
Green Tea Le Fanu, J. S.
Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes, The Kipling, Rudyard
Mystery of Barney O'Rourke The Bangs, John K.
Red-Haired Girl, The Baring-Gould, Sabine
Man and the Snake, The Bierce, Ambrose
Open Window, The Saki (H.H. Monroe)
Story of Salome, The Edwards, Amelia B.
Black Cat, The Poe, Edgar Allan
John Charrington's Wedding Nesbit, E
Old Nurses' Story, The Gaskell, Elizabeth
Business of Madame Jahn, The O'Sullivan, Vincent
Canterville Ghost, The Wilde, Oscar
Haunted Island, A Blackwood, Algernon
Secret of Macarger's Gulch, The Bierce, Ambrose
Romance of Certain Old Clothes, The James, Henry
Lost Ghost, The Wilkins-Freeman, Mary E.
Man-size in Marble Nesbit, E
Queen of Spades, The Pushkin, Alexander S.
Story of the Spaniards, The Heron, E & H
Number 13 James, M R.
Apparition of Mrs Veal, The Defoe, Daniel
Round the Fire Crowe, Catherine
Isle of Voices, The Stevenson, Robert L.
Plattner Story, The Wells, H. G.
On the Brighton Road Middleton, Richard
Last House in C - Street Mulock, Dinah M.
Furnished Room, The James, Henry
Hamlet's Ghost Shakespeare
Caterpillars Benson E. F.
Black Mate, The Conrad, Joseph
Tough Tussle, A Bierce, Ambrose
Napoleon and the Spectre Bronte, Charlotte
John Jago's Ghost Collins, Wilkie
Terror, The De Maupassant, Guy
Not to Be Taken at Bedtime Mulholland, Rosa
Haunted House, The Dickens, Charles
Bold Dragoon, The (Adventure of my Grandfather) Irving, Washington
Ghost Story, A Twain, Mark
Afterward Wharton, Edith
Brown Hand, The Conan Doyle, Arthur
Affair at Grover Station, The Cather, Willa

Caution some stories are a 'product of their time'

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I enjoy a good ghost story but I found the narration ruined this book for me. The narrator was flat, boring to listen to and used some strange accents. It certainly ruined any atmosphere I was hoping for.

poor narration

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Great stories read too quickly with appalling accents... the British and German accents are shockingly bad. It is difficult to follow as a result. The narrator is out of his depth and ruins some classic stories.... Pity a great collection If narrated well .

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