The Body-Snatcher
A Gothic Tale with the True History of Burke and HareBy Robert Louis Stevenson
Length1h 10m
About this audiobook
Step into the shadowed world of nineteenth-century Edinburgh, where medical ambition, grave robbery, and murder blur into something far more terrifying. Robert Louis Stevenson’s chilling Gothic tale follows two young anatomists whose crimes refuse to stay buried. Paired with a gripping historical account of Burke and Hare, Robert Knox, and the real anatomy trade behind the fiction, this edition reveals the dark truth beneath the legend. A haunting classic for listeners drawn to supernatural horror, true crime, and the secrets of the dissecting room.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 3.7 (6.4K)
Includes Goodreads, Amazon, StoryGraph, LibraryThing
GenreHorror, Literary Classics
Length1 hr 10 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 16, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Opening Credits
2Chapter 1: THE BODY-SNATCHER
3Chapter 2: SIXTEEN BODIES AT SURGEONS’ SQUARE
4Ending Credits
More from Robert Louis Stevenson
Japanese GothicKylie Lee Baker10h 20m4.2 (7K)$29 · $0.00
Good OmensNeil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett12h 33m4.4 (1.1M)$33 · $0.00
Dark of NightJonathan Maberry, Rachael Lavin4h 59m4.4 (3.8K)$20 · $0.00
Lost GodsBrom14h 50m4.4 (18.5K)$33 · $0.00
Corpus HermeticumHermes Trismegistus3h 43m4.4 (8.6K)$5 · $0.00
LambChristopher Moore15h 22m4.3 (211.3K)$33 · $0.00
CARMILLA (Gothic Classic) (Annotated)Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu4h 2m4.4 (1K)$1.99 · $0.00
The ExorcistWilliam Peter Blatty12h 52m4.3 (285.9K)$8 · $0.00
Lost ValleyWalt Browning7h 47m4.3 (5.4K)$20 · $0.00
Twice TemptedJeaniene Frost8h 17m4.3 (54.8K)$26 · $0.00
1984George Orwell12h 18m4.3 (6M)$25 · $0.00
The Best Tales of Edgar Allan PoeEdgar Allan Poe5h 19m4.4 (2.2K)$1 · $0.00
A Christmas CarolCharles Dickens3h 7m4.3 (1.1M)$5 · $0.00
Hollywood DeadRichard Kadrey9h 22m4.3 (5.5K)$29 · $0.00
Frankenstein (The Uncensored 1818 Edition) (Annotated)Mary Shelley9h 9m4.3 (1.7M)$3 · $0.00
The Collected Ghost StoriesM. R. James18h 30m4.3 (12.1K)$2 · $0.00
Heat 2Michael Mann, Meg Gardiner18h 39m4.3 (20.9K)$40 · $0.00
Zanoni (Annotated)Edward Bulwer-Lytton17h 9m4.4 (301)$2 · $0.00
Joe Ledger: The Missing FilesJonathan Maberry4h 6m4.3 (1.2K)$12 · $0.00
The Magician (Annotated)William Somerset Maugham9h 38m4.3 (1.1K)$2 · $0.00
Demon CopperheadBarbara Kingsolver21h 3m4.5 (949.4K)$46 · $0.00
To Kill a MockingbirdHarper Lee12h 18m4.5 (7.4M)$29 · $0.00
These Precious DaysAnn Patchett11h 14m4.5 (45.2K)$29 · $0.00
Braving the TruthRachel Held Evans11h 31m4.7 (359)$29 · $0.00
The Old Man and the Sea (Annotated)Ernest Hemingway4h 27m4.6 (1.4K)$2 · $0.00
Henry V (The Play, Historical Background and Analysis of the Character in the Play)William Shakespeare, William Hazlitt8h 50m4.6 (1.3K)$0.99 · $0.00
H. P. LOVECRAFT Ultimate Collection: Novellas, Short Stories, Poetry & Essays (Annotated)H. P. Lovecraft12h 28m4.6 (2.3K)$2 · $0.00
Time RegainedMarcel Proust16h 8m4.5 (10.6K)$0.99 · $0.00
The Mis-Education of the NegroCarter Goodwin Woodson4h 32m4.5 (28.4K)$10 · $0.00
TORAH - Bilingual Edition: English/Hebrew (Annotated)Max Margolis, JPS28h 26m4.6 (1K)$2 · $0.00
Betty Crocker picture cooky bookBetty Crocker, Inc. General Mills2h 13m4.5 (6.5K)$1 · $0.00
The Complete Tales of Beatrix PotterBeatrix Potter3h 36m4.5 (75K)$3 · $0.00
Anne of Green GablesL. M. Montgomery11h 1m4.5 (1.2M)$2.30 · $0.00
Crime and Punishment (The Unabridged Garnett Translation) (Annotated)Fyodor Dostoevsky24h 25m4.5 (15.4K)$1.99 · $0.00
The North American IndianEdward S. Curtis, Frederick Webb Hodge6h4.5 (1.2K)$2 · $0.00
The Picture of Dorian Gray: The Uncensored 13 Chapter Version + The Revised 20 Chapter Version (Annotated)Oscar Wilde16h 12m4.5 (2.8K)$1.99 · $0.00
Grimoire Of The Everyday WitchIsadora Lys / Virginia Santos5h 35m4.5 (3.9K)$9 · $0.00
Winnie-the-PoohAlan Alexander Milne2h 52m4.5 (401.1K)$3 · $0.00
Sitting PrettyRebekah Taussig7h 33m4.5 (18.9K)$26 · $0.00
The Poetry of Frank O'HaraFrank O'Hara3h 19m4.5 (7.1K)$0.99 · $0.00
You may also like
Strange HousesUketsu3h 29m3.9 (9.7K)$6 · $0.00
The Tell-Tale HeartEdgar Allan Poe15m4.3 (162.6K)$2.30 · $0.00
The Tell-Tale HeartEdgar Allan Poe13m4.4 (286.4K)$2.30
The Chill of NightJames Hayman10h 38m4.0 (4.5K)$29 · $0.00
The String of PearlsJames Malcolm Rymer13h 15m3.7 (2.9K)$2 · $0.00
The InheritanceBlair Howard6h 40m4.8 (283)$23
A Death in BelmontSebastian Junger8h 20m3.8 (8K)$26 · $0.00
Coming of WinterTom Threadgill9h 32m4.2 (11.8K)$20
The Ultimate EvilMaury Terry24h 52m4.0 (3.5K)$30
BustKen Bruen, Jason Starr7h 11m3.7 (2.2K)$20 · $0.00
Prayer for the DeadJames Oswald12h 55m4.3 (6.4K)$20
Vienna TwilightFrank Tallis10h 14m4.0 (2K)$30
A Noise DownstairsLinwood Barclay9h 9m3.9 (38.3K)$8 · $0.00
The Liar’s GirlCatherine Ryan Howard10h 25m4.0 (31.8K)$20
Sleep Well, MommyMi-ae Seo8h 52m3.6 (5.2K)$29 · $0.00
The Echo ManRichard Montanari14h 24m4.0 (2.3K)$33 · $0.00
West Port MurdersAnonymous13h 41m$2.30
Deadly AffectionViolet C. Sable14h 46m$4.10 · $0.00
Bone MachinesJohn Dodds10h 18m3.1 (139)$20 · $0.00
AnnieBlair Howard8h 23m$23