AuthorMary Shelley
NarratorMichael Maloney
Duration1h 53m
CategoriesAdult Fiction, Horror
Key StageKS4
PublisherBBC Audiobooks
VersionUnabridged
Frankenstein is a dark and brooding dramatisation of Mary Shelley's famous novel, and stars Michael Maloney as the scientist who makes a creature in his own name. Denied a female counterpart, the creature turns on his creator, then murders Frankenstein's brother. In an attempt to destroy his creation, the scientist tracks him to the Arctic...
Author: Jay Anson
Author Jay Anson
Narrator Ray Porter
Duration 6h 28m
In December 1975, the Lutz family moved into their new home on suburban Long Island. George and Kathleen Lutz knew that, one year earlier, Ronald DeFeo had murdered his parents, brothers, and sisters in that house. But the propertycomplete with boathouse and swimming pooland the price were too good to pass up. Twenty-eight days later, the entire Lu...
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Author: Stephen King
Author Stephen King
Narrator James Franco
Duration 16h 16m
Awake in the dead zone and awake to a nightmare. Recoil in horror as you are touched by a young man cursed with the power to perceive the evil in men's souls. And whose ability to see into the future forces him into a terrifying confrontation with a charismatic, power-hungry and infinitely dangerous man.
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The Ultimate Horror Collection
Author: H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, M.R. James, Oscar Wilde, Sheridan le Fanu, Bram Stoker, Mary Shelley, Robert Louis Stevenson, Henry James
Author H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, M.R. James, Oscar Wilde, Sheridan le Fanu, Bram Stoker, Mary Shelley, Robert Louis Stevenson, Henry James
Narrator Peter Noble, Malk Williams, Jonathan Keeble, Karen Cass, Julie Teal
Duration 93h 12m
The Ultimate Horror Collection is a fully-indexed collection of over 60 classic horror stories, read by four Audie-winning narrators. Included here are stories by H.P. Lovecraft; Edgar Allan Poe; M.R. James; Oscar Wilde; Joseph Le Fanu; Bram Stoker; Mary Shelley; Robert Louis Stevenson; and Henry James.
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Author: Josh Malerman
Author Josh Malerman
Narrator Katherine Mangold
Duration 8h
Most people ignored the outrageous reports on the news. But they became too frequent, they became too real. And soon, they began happening down the street. Then the Internet died. The television and radio went silent. The phones stopped ringing. And we couldn't look outside anymore. Malorie raises the children the only way she can; indoors. The hou...
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Author: Helen Dunmore
Author Helen Dunmore
Narrator Gabrielle Glaister
Duration 5h 6m
In the winter of 1952, Isabel Carey moves to Yorkshire with her husband Philip, a GP. With Philip spending long hours on call, Isabel finds herself isolated and lonely. Woken by intense cold one night, she discovers an old RAF greatcoat in the back of a cupboard. Sleeping under it for warmth, she starts to dream. And not long afterwards, she is sta...
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Author: William Peter Blatty
Author William Peter Blatty
Narrator Robert Glenister
Duration 1h 54m
Robert Glenister and Ian McDiarmid star in a gripping BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of William Peter Blatty's classic horror novel. 'When a radio play is this good, the devil really is in the details' Radio Times Summoned to a case of apparent possession, Father Karras is at first sceptical, then horrified. The victim -a 12-year-old girl named Regan -...
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Author: Stephen King
Author Stephen King
Narrator Lindsay Crouse
Duration 12h 11m
Misery Chastain was dead. Paul Sheldon had just killed her - with relief, with joy. Misery had made him rich; she was the heroine of a string of bestsellers. And now he wanted to get on to some real writing. That's when the car accident happened, and he woke up in pain in a strange bed. But it wasn't the hospital. Annie Wilkes had pulled him from t...
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Frankenstein: Updated 1831 Edition
Author: Mary Shelley
Author Mary Shelley
Narrator Paul Michael
Duration 8h 35m
Although the story of Frankenstein is well known and commonly referenced, experiencing the original novel is well worth the endeavor and illuminates the true depth and complexity that is often missed in modern references. A tale not just of monsters and dark shadows, but of hubris, romance, regret, loss, adventure, morality, isolation, and much mor...
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Best of Women's Short Stories 2
Author: Jane Austen, Elizabeth Gaskell, Kate Chopin, Winifred Holtby, L. M. Montgomery, Mary Shelley, Katherine Mansfield, Virginia Woolf
Author Jane Austen, Elizabeth Gaskell, Kate Chopin, Winifred Holtby, L. M. Montgomery, Mary Shelley, Katherine Mansfield, Virginia Woolf
Narrator Harriet Walter
Duration 5h 2m
Jane Austen makes two appearances on this brilliant collection that also includes such revered writers as Mary Shelly and Virginia Woolf. With stories ranging from tear-jerkers to passionate tales of love and jealousy, this collection has something for everyone, young or old, male or female.
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Author: Mary Shelley
Author Mary Shelley
Narrator David Rintoul
Duration 2h 22m
Victor Frankenstein decides to build a `man' from assembled body parts stolen from corpses. He becomes obsessed with his 'project' and believes that he is pioneering scientific discovery - without considering the potential consequences. What results, of course, is a `monster', who looks grotesque and frightens any living soul who ever comes into co...
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