WHAT WAS IT? THE BIG BOOK OF SPOOKY TALES – 55+ Occult & Supernatural Thrillers (Horror Classics Anthology)
Haunting Tales & Occult Thrills CollectionBy Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe, Wilkie Collins, Villiers Adam, C. Moffett, William Archer, F. Marryat, Fitz-James O'Brien, Guy de Maupassant, R. L. Stevenson, W. F. Harvey, M. R. James, Katherine Rickford, Pliny the Younger, Théopile Gautier, Margaret Oliphant, Lafcadio Hearn, C. B. Fernando, Brander Matthews, Joseph L. French
Length41h 20m
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Ghost Stories:
Thrawn Janet (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Horla (Guy de Maupassant)
To Sura: A Letter (Pliny the Younger) . . .
The Man Who Went Too Far (E.F. Benson)
The Phantom Rickshaw (Rudyard Kipling)
The Apparition of Mrs. Veal (Daniel Defoe)
The Damned Thing (Ambrose Bierce) . . .
The Deserted House (E. T. A. Hoffmann)
The Withered Arm (Thomas Hardy)
The House and the Brain (Lord Edward Bulwer-Lytton)
The Roll-Call of the Reef (A. T. Quiller-Couch)
The Open Door (Mrs. Margaret Oliphant) . . .
Paranormal Psychic Stories:
When the World Was Young (Jack London)
Joseph—A Story (Katherine Rickford)
Ligeia(Edgar Allan Poe)
A Ghost (Lafcadio Hearn)
The Eyes of the Panther (Ambrose Bierce)
Photographing Invisible Beings (William T. Stead)
The Sin-Eater (Fiona Macleod) . . .
Suspense Stories:
The Birth Mark (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Oblong Box (Edgar Allan Poe)
A Terribly Strange Bed (Wilkie Collins)
The Torture by Hope (Villiers de l'Isle Adam)
The Mysterious Card (Cleveland Moffett) . . .
Humorous Paranormal Stories:
The Secret of Goresthorpe Grange (A. Conan Doyle)
Mr. Bloke's Item (Mark Twain)
The Man Who Went Too Far (E. F. Benson)
The Man With The Pale Eyes (Guy de Maupassant) . . .
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GenreHorror, Fantasy
Length41 hrs 20 mins
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Publish dateJun 27, 2016
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Table of contents
1WHAT WAS IT? THE BIG BOOK OF SPOOKY TALES – 55+ Occult & Supernatural Thrillers (Horror Classics Anthology)
74When the World Was Young (Jack London)
2Ghost Stories
75I
3Thrawn Janet (Robert Louis Stevenson)
76II
4The Horla (Guy de Maupassant)
77III
5To Sura: A Letter (Pliny the Younger)
78Joseph—A Story (Katherine Rickford)
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6The Beast with Five Fingers (William F. Harvey)
79Ligeia
7I
80A Ghost (Lafcadio Hearn)
8II
81I
9III
82II
10IV
83III
11Number 13 (Montague Rhodes James)
84IV
12Joseph: A Story (Katherine Rickford)
85The Eyes of the Panther (Ambrose Bierce)
13Sister Maddelena (Ralph Adams Cram)
86I ONE DOES NOT ALWAYS MARRY WHEN INSANE
14The Man Who Went Too Far (E.F. Benson)
87II A ROOM MAY BE TOO NARROW FOR THREE, THOUGH ONE IS OUTSIDE
15The Phantom Rickshaw (Rudyard Kipling)
88III THE THEORY OF THE DEFENSE
16The Apparition of Mrs. Veal (Daniel Defoe)
89IV AN APPEAL TO THE CONSCIENCE OF GOD
17THE PREFACE
90Photographing Invisible Beings (William T. Stead)
18A RELATION OF THE APPARITION OF MRS. VEAL
91The Sin-Eater (Fiona Macleod)
19TO THE READER
92CHAPTER I
20Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book (M. R. James)
93Working Hypothesis
21The Haunted and the Haunters (Lord Edward Bulwer-Lytton)
94Conditions
22The Silent Woman (Leopold Kompert)
95Precautions Against Fraud
23The Rival Ghosts (Brander Matthews)
96The Vapor Stage
24The Damned Thing (Ambrose Bierce)
97The Solid, but Shapeless Stage
25I ONE DOES NOT ALWAYS EAT WHAT IS ON THE TABLE
98CHAPTER II
26II WHAT MAY HAPPEN IN A FIELD OF WILD OATS
99Tests
27III A MAN THOUGH NAKED MAY BE IN RAGS
100Experiment No. 1
28IV AN EXPLANATION FROM THE TOMB
101Experiment No. 2
29The Interval (Vincent O'Sullivan)
102Experiment No. 3
30Dey Ain't No Ghosts (Ellis Parker Butler)
103Experiment No. 4
31The Banshees of Ireland
104The Portal of the Unknown (Andrew Jackson Davis)
32THE GIANT GHOST
105Nature-Spirits, or Elementals (Nizida)
33SOME FAMOUS GHOSTS OF THE NATIONAL CAPITOL
106A Witch's Den (Helena Blavatsky)
34A GENUINE GHOST
107Official Investigator American Society for Psychical Research
35THE BAGGAGEMAN'S GHOST
108A Premonition of Sir H. M. Stanley
36DRUMMERS SEE A SPECTER
109Coincident Experiences of General Frémont and Relatives
37DR. FUNK SEES THE SPIRIT OF BEECHER
110Incidents Related by Dean Hole
38MYSTERY OF THE COINS
111Incidents Reported by Serjeant Ballantine
39MR. BEECHER APPEASED
112Ben Jonson's Premonition by Apparition
40MARYLAND GHOSTS
113Rubinstein's Death Compact
41THE GHOST OF PEG ALLEY'S POINT
114Previsionary Dream by Charles Dickens
42AN APPARITION AND DEATH
115Suspense Stories
43AN IDIOT GHOST WITH BRASS BUTTONS
116The Birth Mark (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
44A MODEL GHOST STORY
117The Oblong Box (Edgar Allan Poe)
45A GHOST THAT WILL NOT DOWN
118A Terribly Strange Bed (Wilkie Collins)
46TOM CYPHER'S PHANTOM ENGINE
119The Torture by Hope (Villiers de l'Isle Adam)
47GHOSTS IN CONNECTICUT
120The Mysterious Card (Cleveland Moffett)
48THE SPOOK OF DIAMOND ISLAND
121The Box with the Iron Clamps (Florence Marryat)
49THE GHOST'S FULL HOUSE
122My Fascinating Friend (William Archer)
50The Deserted House (E. T. A. Hoffmann)
123I
51A Lorn Milkmaid
124II
52The Young Wife
125III
53A Vision
126IV
54A Suggestion
127The Lost Room (Fitz-James O'Brien)
55Conjuror Trendle
128The Great Valdez Sapphire (Anonymous)
56A Second Attempt
129Humorous Mystery Stories
57A Ride
130The Secret of Goresthorpe Grange (A. Conan Doyle)
58A Water-Side Hermit
131Mr. Bloke's Item (Mark Twain)
59A Re-encounter
132The Man Who Went Too Far (E. F. Benson)
60The House and the Brain (Lord Edward Bulwer-Lytton)
133The Man with the Pale Eyes (Guy de Maupassant)
61The Roll-Call of the Reef (A. T. Quiller-Couch)
134The Mummy's Foot (Théopile Gautier)
62The Open Door (Mrs. Margaret Oliphant)
135The Diamond Lens (Fitz-James O'Brien)
63The Mysterious Sketch (Erckmann-Chatrian)
136I THE BENDING OF THE TWIG
64I
137II THE LONGING OF A MAN OF SCIENCE
65II
138III THE SPIRIT OF LEEUWENHOEK
66III
139A Ghost (Lafcadio Hearn)
67Green Branches (Fiona Macleod)
140I
68The Four-Fifteen Express (Amelia B. Edwards)
141II
69The Were-Wolf (H. B. Marryatt)
142III
70Clarimonde (Théophile Gautier)
143IV
71The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral (M. R. James)
144Chan Tow The Highrob (Chester Bailey Fernando)
72What Was It?
145The Rival Ghosts (Brander Matthews)
73Paranormal Psychic Stories
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