Classic Scary Tales, Volume 1

Washington Irving · Mary Shelley · Nathaniel Hawthorne · W. W. Jacobs · John Polidori · Bram Stoker · Various Authors

Jan 2013 · B.J. Harrison · Narrated by B.J. Harrison

About this audiobook

Vampires, Werewolves, Mummies, Ghouls, Ghosts and Mad Scientists. Written by some of the greatest minds of all time, and narrated by award-winning narrator B.J. Harrison. Come listen to Indian curses from a leprous albino. See a student of Alchemy take a secret draught of the elixir of life. Visit Count Dracula on Walpurgis Nacht.

Follow Harry Houdini as he is kidnapped and trapped within the secret horrors of the Egyptian pyramids. Whether it’s the terror of a pit and a pendulum, a terrifying headless horseman, or midnight grave robbers, there is something here for everyone who wants to hear a classic scary story when the lights are down low.

Stories include: "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving, "The Mortal Immortal" by Mary Shelley, "Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, "The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs, "The Vampyre" by John Polidori, "The Mark of the Beast" by Rudyard Kipling, "The Hand" by Guy de Maupassant, "The Body Snatcher" by Robert Louis Stevenson, "The Music of Eric Zahn" by H.P. Lovecraft, "Dracula's Guest" by Bram Stoker, "Rappaccini's Daughter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, "Lot No. 249" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Pit and the Pendulum" by Edgar Allan Poe, "In Letters of Fire" by Gaston Leroux, "Feathertop" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, "Imprisoned with the Pharaohs" by H.P. Lovecraft, "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, "Oh Whistle, and I'll Come To You My Lad" by M. R. James, "The Horla" by Guy de Maupassant.

Ratings and reviews

Pretty good tales, most I've seen in Vincent Price's movies

About the author

Cozy. Quirky. Cultivated. A Voice like spiced cider and pine.It started when an 8-year old kid did Muppet impressions at a talent show. He killed it. BJ later became a scenic artist and sculptor in the TV and film industry, where for 20 years, he listened to audiobooks every day.In 2007, when his Classic Tales Podcast hit the scene, BJ Harrison wowed audiences with his voicing skills. Now, over 475 audiobooks later, he continues to impress critics and listeners alike. From eldritch witches to young ingénues, from marble-mouthed gangsters to Shakespearean Danes, BJ has an astounding array of character voices, dialects, and accents at his fingertips. He still does a mean Swedish Chef, but nowadays it only comes out when he's building sets for the latest local high school musical with his family.