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Four Classic Horror Stories
A Voices in the Wind Audio Theatre production
This collection features four spine-tingling horror stories to entice your imagination, including "Bewitched" by Edith Wharton, "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe, "The Body Snatcher" by Robert Louis Stevenson, and "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe. Each story is chillingly enhanced by music and sound effects.
Four Classic Horror Stories is best listened to by candlelight at the midnight hour, when the wind howls 'round the house and ghosts whisper from the dark shadows!
This collection features four spine-tingling horror stories to entice your imagination, including "Bewitched" by Edith Wharton, "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe, "The Body Snatcher" by Robert Louis Stevenson, and "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe. Each story is chillingly enhanced by music and sound effects.
Four Classic Horror Stories is best listened to by candlelight at the midnight hour, when the wind howls 'round the house and ghosts whisper from the dark shadows!
1 pages, Audio CD
Published February 25, 2020
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October 17, 2021
Listened to this edition on audiobook by Blackstone Publishing which was enhanced by music and sound effects and enjoyed that very much. I found the gothic tales offered by Edith Wharton’s, “Bewitched” (which was my favorite), Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Black Cat” and “The Tell Tale Heart”, and Robert Louis Stevenson’s “The Body Snatcher”.
This collection hit all the eerie highlights for October, ghosts, vampires, gothic mansions and graveyards🪦. For those who enjoy a gothic read, this is for you.
This collection hit all the eerie highlights for October, ghosts, vampires, gothic mansions and graveyards🪦. For those who enjoy a gothic read, this is for you.
May 22, 2020
This is a collection of four 'horror' stories from Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson and Edith Wharton. While I’ve never heard of Edith Wharton, I think everybody has heard of the other two.
Here the are four stories:
Bewitched by Edith Wharton. A meeting is called at a manor house, where someone’s deceased daughter might not be so dead after all...
The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe. Where a relatively happily married man starts to have dark thoughts when they bring a black cat into their home.
The Body Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson. Two former medical colleagues in 19th century Scotland who used to 'find' bodies for medical schools meet again after an 'occupational' disagreement.
The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe. Where a man is driven mad by the drumbeat of his murder victim’s heart.
As these are only short stories, I will try not to give away too much of their plots.
Out of the four stories, I would say only Bewitched could be called a typical horror story. The Body Snatcher, which I would say is my favourite, could be classed as a supernatural thriller, maybe with its conclusion. But the two Edgar Allan Poe stories could just be seen as gothic type thrillers. It was also weird that both stories revolve around hiding murder victims in walls and under floorboards.
The narrators were decent, it is just they didn’t feel particularly spooky or horror like. The Body Snatcher I’d say had the most eerie nature to it, but I think listening to them in the background while doing other stuff as I was, loses much of its horror elements. Perhaps added with the dated writing takes away some of suspense. This may have added that it can be a bit confusing at times and more than once I had to skip back as I did not understand a part or missed an important plot point.
Overall, I’m glad I gave this a chance, listening to some of the most famous horror authors stories. The dated writing might make the impact of the tales feel less but there are clever twists and themes here that make up other shortcomings. Great, terrifying horror stories? No but good enough to give a go.
Here the are four stories:
Bewitched by Edith Wharton. A meeting is called at a manor house, where someone’s deceased daughter might not be so dead after all...
The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe. Where a relatively happily married man starts to have dark thoughts when they bring a black cat into their home.
The Body Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson. Two former medical colleagues in 19th century Scotland who used to 'find' bodies for medical schools meet again after an 'occupational' disagreement.
The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe. Where a man is driven mad by the drumbeat of his murder victim’s heart.
As these are only short stories, I will try not to give away too much of their plots.
Out of the four stories, I would say only Bewitched could be called a typical horror story. The Body Snatcher, which I would say is my favourite, could be classed as a supernatural thriller, maybe with its conclusion. But the two Edgar Allan Poe stories could just be seen as gothic type thrillers. It was also weird that both stories revolve around hiding murder victims in walls and under floorboards.
The narrators were decent, it is just they didn’t feel particularly spooky or horror like. The Body Snatcher I’d say had the most eerie nature to it, but I think listening to them in the background while doing other stuff as I was, loses much of its horror elements. Perhaps added with the dated writing takes away some of suspense. This may have added that it can be a bit confusing at times and more than once I had to skip back as I did not understand a part or missed an important plot point.
Overall, I’m glad I gave this a chance, listening to some of the most famous horror authors stories. The dated writing might make the impact of the tales feel less but there are clever twists and themes here that make up other shortcomings. Great, terrifying horror stories? No but good enough to give a go.
May 30, 2020
Four great stories! Usually in a collection I like a couple of the stories but not all. But in this one I think it was a good idea to use these 4 stories together. I am a little biased because I love Poe and he's in here but still if you want a couple good horror stories and don't want to read a long novel to get them this is a good one to go to!
July 14, 2020
I hadn't read any Edith Wharton since high school. Her story, Bewitched, was pretty good.
I skipped most of The Black Cat when it became clear animal torture was about to begin.
The Body Snatcher was hard to follow as it was the style (of the period) of one person relating a tale to others and I lost track of who was who.
I have, of course, previously read The Tell-Tale Heart. The narrator left something to be desired, although his rising panic did work with the story.
I skipped most of The Black Cat when it became clear animal torture was about to begin.
The Body Snatcher was hard to follow as it was the style (of the period) of one person relating a tale to others and I lost track of who was who.
I have, of course, previously read The Tell-Tale Heart. The narrator left something to be desired, although his rising panic did work with the story.
April 3, 2020
Could not be scared at all since instead of reading at night during a stormy night, I read it while jogging. They were fine but all of them had to go to reviews from critics to understand the endings.
August 20, 2020
Thank you to audible stories for allowing us to stream for free during the pandemic.
These are classic horror. So don't expect contemporary horror. They're interesting for what they are. And I think by and large well-read and acted. Sound effects... Well that is not as good.
These are classic horror. So don't expect contemporary horror. They're interesting for what they are. And I think by and large well-read and acted. Sound effects... Well that is not as good.
April 23, 2020
Classic stories, but the readers weren't the best, along with the cheesy sound effects.
May 1, 2020
Edgar Allan Poe's stories were definitely the stand outs in this collection
May 14, 2020
I found this very disappointing. Not atmospheric and all rather dull. However, the Tell-Tale Heart was quite good.
May 29, 2020
Great, classic stories. I had never heard of the Wharton one before. Fun to listen to, but I could have done without many of the sound effects and the narrator of Telltale Heart.
October 3, 2021
A little something to get into the fall/Halloween spirit! This was a fun audio of famous short stories. The fact that they were “dramatized “ added to the listening pleasure.
November 4, 2021
Four classic stories from Wharton, Poe and Stevenson. Well-narrated and enjoyable audible book. I had heard 2 of the stories but they were all a delight to hear.
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