29 Best Horror, Performing Arts Books
Horror, Performing Arts is a popular category for many book lovers. Our team at Speechify has curated a list of the top Horror, Performing Arts audiobooks everyone must read.
See the top 29 Horror, Performing Arts audiobooks below.
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Inner Sanctum Mystery
- By: Various
- Narrator: Full Cast
- Length: 4 hours 53 minutes
- Publisher: Nathan and Evan Inc.
- Publish date: January 14, 2020
- Language: English
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4.27(10 ratings)
4.27(10 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.001.49 USDInner Sanctum Mystery, also known as Inner Sanctum, a popular old-time radio program that aired from January 7, 1941, to October 5, 1952, was created by producer Himan Brown and was based on the imprint given to the mystery novels of Simon &Inner Sanctum Mystery, also known as Inner Sanctum, a popular old-time radio program that aired from January 7, 1941, to October 5, 1952, was created by producer Himan Brown and was based on the imprint given to the mystery novels of Simon & Schuster. Featuring scary stories full of suspense and tongue-in-cheek humor, the episodes captivated audiences for years.
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Suspense
- By: Various
- Narrator: Full Cast
- Length: 10 hours 43 minutes
- Publisher: Nathan and Evan Inc.
- Publish date: January 21, 2020
- Language: English
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3.69(28 ratings)
3.69(28 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.001.49 USDOne of the premier drama programs of the Golden age of Radio, Suspense was subtitled “radio’s outstanding theater of thrills.” The protagonist was usually a normal person suddenly dropped into a bizarre or threatening situation;One of the premier drama programs of the Golden age of Radio, Suspense was subtitled “radio’s outstanding theater of thrills.” The protagonist was usually a normal person suddenly dropped into a bizarre or threatening situation; solutions were “withheld until the last possible second” and evildoers were usually punished in the end.
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The Whistler
- By: Various
- Narrator: Full Cast
- Length: 4 hours 54 minutes
- Publisher: Nathan and Evan Inc.
- Publish date: December 17, 2019
- Language: English
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3.33(3 ratings)
3.33(3 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.001.49 USDThis show, centered on a character called The Whistler, was an American radio drama that ran from 1942 until 1955. The Whistler was a mysterious narrator who told of various murder stories. When you hear the footsteps and the whistle, be preparedThis show, centered on a character called The Whistler, was an American radio drama that ran from 1942 until 1955. The Whistler was a mysterious narrator who told of various murder stories. When you hear the footsteps and the whistle, be prepared for a haunting story.
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The Weird Circle
- By: Various
- Narrator: Full Cast
- Length: 4 hours 34 minutes
- Publisher: Nathan and Evan Inc.
- Publish date: December 24, 2019
- Language: English
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3.33(3 ratings)
3.33(3 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.001.49 USDOriginally broadcast between 1943 and 1945, these thirty-minute, supernatural episodes featured stories written by popular authors at the time including Robert Lewis Stevenson, Victor Hugo, Edgar Alan Poe, and even Charles Dickens. -
Dream On
- By: Paul Ekert
- Narrator: a full cast
- Length: 57 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2016
- Language: English
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3(4 ratings)
3(4 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.004.95 USDThis radio show is from The Wireless Theatre Company Collection, Vol. 1. Robert is having a dream about his late wife. The next night, there she is again, hauntingly familiar in the full personification of her monstrous personality. His current wifeThis radio show is from The Wireless Theatre Company Collection, Vol. 1.
Robert is having a dream about his late wife. The next night, there she is again, hauntingly familiar in the full personification of her monstrous personality. His current wife is not amused with his nocturnal flirtation with the past.
As dreams and reality begin to overlap, Robert begins a desperate hunt to find out why this is happening. Is he really losing his mind?
Be careful what you dream for …
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Phonophobia
- By: Jack Bowman
- Narrator: a full cast
- Length: 57 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2016
- Language: English
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2.2(5 ratings)
2.2(5 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.004.95 USDBlighted by phonophobia, a history student takes refuge from the London din in a quiet bookshop off Charing Cross Road. There he makes a chance discovery: an old scrap of paper hidden in a dusty book. On that scrap is a code hiding a lost musicalBlighted by phonophobia, a history student takes refuge from the London din in a quiet bookshop off Charing Cross Road. There he makes a chance discovery: an old scrap of paper hidden in a dusty book. On that scrap is a code hiding a lost musical score–the last work of the evil Anton Valderberg Drache! With Halloween approaching, the student races to unlock the mystery, unaware of the supernatural powers he is about to unleash.
Phonophobia was recorded live at London’s Leicester Square Theatre.
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The Whistler: What Makes a Murderer
- By: Gladys Thornton
- Narrator: Lawson Zerbe
- Length: 29 minutes
- Publisher: Nathan and Evan Inc.
- Publish date: December 17, 2019
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.001.49 USDThere comes a time when a meek stock broker gets fed up with his humdrum life and chucks it all for romance and adventure in Florida…and actually finds both! -
The Whistler: The Hermit
- By: Ben S. Hunter
- Narrator: Full Cast
- Length: 29 minutes
- Publisher: Nathan and Evan Inc.
- Publish date: December 17, 2019
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.001.49 USDBen’s niece Joan suddenly arrives for a visit, before Harvey can find the loot! Harvey finds his old friend Ben living like a hermit afraid to spend the money he embezzled but Harvey is sure he has it and that it must be hidden somewhere inBen’s niece Joan suddenly arrives for a visit, before Harvey can find the loot! Harvey finds his old friend Ben living like a hermit afraid to spend the money he embezzled but Harvey is sure he has it and that it must be hidden somewhere in this old house. When he is sure Ben is asleep Harvey lets him self out, slips quietly down the hall to the stairs. The fire is still throwing a good light as he moves around the room searching systematically checking the floorboards, the walls when suddenly Ben appears and challenges him. Harvey strikes him with a heavy bookend then he puts the heavy bookend on the table and stares down on the floor where Ben fell and he realizes that Ben’s dead, that he killed him…
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The Whistler: Swan Song . Digitally Remastered
- By: Gladys Thornton
- Narrator: Lawson Zerbe
- Length: 29 minutes
- Publisher: Nathan and Evan Inc.
- Publish date: December 17, 2019
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.001.49 USDThe setting for murder can be anywhere. Perhaps it seems more at home in a dark alley or on an isolated dark road or yet in the dingy backroom of a cheap honky-tonk. But once murder is in the mind of someone and the dark plan evolved, the settingThe setting for murder can be anywhere. Perhaps it seems more at home in a dark alley or on an isolated dark road or yet in the dingy backroom of a cheap honky-tonk. But once murder is in the mind of someone and the dark plan evolved, the setting can be anywhere. It can even take place in a well lighted, well appointed apartment in the expensive part of the city where laughter is mixed with the pleasant talk of four people.
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The Whistler: Small Town Girl
- By: Gladys Thornton
- Narrator: Lawson Zerbe
- Length: 29 minutes
- Publisher: Nathan and Evan Inc.
- Publish date: December 17, 2019
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.001.49 USDA good story about a cop who discovers that he’s living in the same building with a homicidal maniac. -
The Whistler: Custom Built Blonde
- By: Gladys Thornton
- Narrator: Lawson Zerbe
- Length: 29 minutes
- Publisher: Nathan and Evan Inc.
- Publish date: December 17, 2019
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.001.49 USDIt was past midnight when Jerry Coonan left the cocktail bar with a tall blond in a mink coat. On the way out he gave the high sign to Red Stafford and Shorty Burton sitting idly at the bar waiting for the tip off and as he guided her out the frontIt was past midnight when Jerry Coonan left the cocktail bar with a tall blond in a mink coat. On the way out he gave the high sign to Red Stafford and Shorty Burton sitting idly at the bar waiting for the tip off and as he guided her out the front door he could see them get off their stools and prepare to leave. Jerry chuckled softly to himself; the blond was dumb and rich. The diamond pendant around her neck ought to bring $10,000 at least and he’d mentally appraised the square cut emerald on her hand $5000 more…
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The Whistler: Bullet Proof
- By: Kenneth Harvey
- Narrator: Full Cast
- Length: 28 minutes
- Publisher: Nathan and Evan Inc.
- Publish date: December 17, 2019
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.001.49 USDWilliam Conrad plays a detective named, Conrad. The country’s largest news magazine wrote him up under crime described him as massive, soft spoke and methodical. Howard Martine was all of these and more. He was a man who believed in a plannedWilliam Conrad plays a detective named, Conrad. The country’s largest news magazine wrote him up under crime described him as massive, soft spoke and methodical. Howard Martine was all of these and more. He was a man who believed in a planned existence whether it was business, matrimony or murder. Howard Martine never took chances…
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The Whistler: Brotherly Hate
- By: Gladys Thornton
- Narrator: Lawson Zerbe
- Length: 29 minutes
- Publisher: Nathan and Evan Inc.
- Publish date: December 17, 2019
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.001.49 USDVisiting hours were over and the Jeffrey Long museum in San Francisco was quiet. In the private office of the owner Jeffrey sat at his desk staring at the note in his hand; a note that was damp with his own perspiration. The hands trembled, as thereVisiting hours were over and the Jeffrey Long museum in San Francisco was quiet. In the private office of the owner Jeffrey sat at his desk staring at the note in his hand; a note that was damp with his own perspiration. The hands trembled, as there was a tight nervous feeling in the pit of his stomach, symptoms of terror. It had all started three months ago when Jeffrey Long had received the first envelope when in Cairo. Then followed days and weeks of mounting fear because each Saturday thereafter, like a gentle stabbing before the final thrust, came an identical note and the message was always the same, “If you’ve killed Estelle you will die on the anniversary of her death.” And tomorrow, Sunday the 17th, is the anniversary of Estelle’s death…
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The Whistler: Boiling Point
- By: Joe Fugano
- Narrator: Full Cast
- Length: 29 minutes
- Publisher: Nathan and Evan Inc.
- Publish date: December 17, 2019
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.001.49 USDAn idea develops which involves a bridge, until the boiling point is finally reached! Kelly never knew exactly when it was that he decided to kill her. Thinking it over afterwards, he realized that murder is something like a pot boiling over. TheAn idea develops which involves a bridge, until the boiling point is finally reached! Kelly never knew exactly when it was that he decided to kill her. Thinking it over afterwards, he realized that murder is something like a pot boiling over. The fire is underneath for a long time and nothing happens, and then all at once the heat reaches a certain point and there it blows and you look back in horror to find that you’ve killed someone…
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The Whistler: Body Off Billingsgate
- By: Gladys Thornton
- Narrator: Lawson Zerbe
- Length: 29 minutes
- Publisher: Nathan and Evan Inc.
- Publish date: December 17, 2019
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.001.49 USDA dead body is found floating with a five thousand pound cheque in his pocket. He was killed by a fountain pen! -
The Whistler: Blind Impulse
- By: Sherman Marks
- Narrator: Full Cast
- Length: 29 minutes
- Publisher: Nathan and Evan Inc.
- Publish date: December 17, 2019
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.001.49 USDThe woman’s husband is disappointed enough to get a whistleresque idea while atop a mule going down the Grand Canyon! Steve was in his glory. Never in his wildest dreams had he ever believed a thing like this could come to pass. Here theyThe woman’s husband is disappointed enough to get a whistleresque idea while atop a mule going down the Grand Canyon! Steve was in his glory. Never in his wildest dreams had he ever believed a thing like this could come to pass. Here they were, just the two of them at Carol Crandall’s special table at the Top of The Mark in San Francisco. Through the huge plate glass window he could see the shining city stretching away to the east. Everything sparkled and across from him, Carol Crandall sparkled…
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The Weird Circle: The Wooden Ghost
- By: Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
- Narrator: Full Cast
- Length: 27 minutes
- Publisher: Nathan and Evan Inc.
- Publish date: December 24, 2019
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.001.49 USDAs they rode along in their carriage beyond them on the road they see a man hailing them to stop. It is a tall man in a cape and wide brimmed hat and he tells Heir Gerard Dahl that he has been waiting for him to return from Rotterdam. Dahl is theAs they rode along in their carriage beyond them on the road they see a man hailing them to stop. It is a tall man in a cape and wide brimmed hat and he tells Heir Gerard Dahl that he has been waiting for him to return from Rotterdam. Dahl is the uncle and guardian of Rose Falderkaust and the caped man tells him that he will visit him tonight at seven o’clock at his studio on an urgent matter.
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The Weird Circle: The Warning
- By: R.P. Gillies
- Narrator: Full Cast
- Length: 27 minutes
- Publisher: Nathan and Evan Inc.
- Publish date: December 24, 2019
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.001.49 USDEsther was lying in bed half asleep when the clock struck midnight and a voice spoke to her. It sounded to her like her bother Tom and it warned her that her husband Charles must not go to the house of Waverley that it would bring death and sorrow.Esther was lying in bed half asleep when the clock struck midnight and a voice spoke to her. It sounded to her like her bother Tom and it warned her that her husband Charles must not go to the house of Waverley that it would bring death and sorrow. Esther begged her husband not to go to the house tonight even though he was going to find out what had happened to her brother, Tom Hargreaves.
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The Weird Circle: The Returned
- By: Edgar Allan Poe
- Narrator: Full Cast
- Length: 27 minutes
- Publisher: Nathan and Evan Inc.
- Publish date: December 24, 2019
- Language: English
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The Weird Circle: The Murder of the Little Pig
- By: Emile Gaboriau
- Narrator: Full Cast
- Length: 27 minutes
- Publisher: Nathan and Evan Inc.
- Publish date: December 24, 2019
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.001.49 USDMessier Lehan had been plaguing Messier LeCoque for years to let him write up some of his interesting criminal cases. He considered him the most popular citizen of Paris and certainly the greatest detective of the time. And he finally gave in andMessier Lehan had been plaguing Messier LeCoque for years to let him write up some of his interesting criminal cases. He considered him the most popular citizen of Paris and certainly the greatest detective of the time. And he finally gave in and agreed to allow him to write up his last case for his paper, The Murder of the Little Pig, alias Henri Coudrai the little hairdresser.
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The Weird Circle: The Last Days of a Condemned Man
- By: Victor Hugo
- Narrator: Full Cast
- Length: 27 minutes
- Publisher: Nathan and Evan Inc.
- Publish date: December 24, 2019
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.001.49 USDAndre Germaine has been condemned by the law of the state and freaky circumstance. He has been accused of his own murder and of a crime against his own family. He fought under Boneparte, he served his country, married and fathered a child but allAndre Germaine has been condemned by the law of the state and freaky circumstance. He has been accused of his own murder and of a crime against his own family. He fought under Boneparte, he served his country, married and fathered a child but all those things come to nothing in the cell of the condemned. He believes it is the working of a curse placed upon his father to last through all the generations of the line for having loved too well a woman who was promised to another man.
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The Weird Circle: The Fatal Love Potion
- By: Edward Lytton
- Narrator: Full Cast
- Length: 27 minutes
- Publisher: Nathan and Evan Inc.
- Publish date: December 24, 2019
- Language: English
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The Weird Circle: The Executioner
- By: Honore de Balzac
- Narrator: Full Cast
- Length: 27 minutes
- Publisher: Nathan and Evan Inc.
- Publish date: December 24, 2019
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.001.49 USDThe French conquerors impose a strange doom on a noble Spanish family. -
The Weird Circle: The Burial of Roger Melvin
- By: Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Narrator: Full Cast
- Length: 27 minutes
- Publisher: Nathan and Evan Inc.
- Publish date: December 24, 2019
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.001.49 USDA man promises to bury his dying friend, but fails to keep his promise. A strange revenge. -
The Weird Circle: Rapicini’s Daughter
- By: Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Narrator: Full Cast
- Length: 27 minutes
- Publisher: Nathan and Evan Inc.
- Publish date: December 24, 2019
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.001.49 USDA good story about an actor who commits murder and then tries to convince the police that he’s insane -
The Weird Circle: Mad Monkton
- By: Wilkie Collins
- Narrator: Full Cast
- Length: 27 minutes
- Publisher: Nathan and Evan Inc.
- Publish date: December 24, 2019
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.001.49 USDAn excellent ghost story; ancient prophesy and the unburied dead. -
Suspense: Voyage Through Darkness
- By: John Dixon Carr
- Narrator: Full Cast
- Length: 25 minutes
- Publisher: Nathan and Evan Inc.
- Publish date: January 21, 2020
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.001.49 USDThe Blackout Killer is hiding somewhere aboard a ship. Olivia De Havilland stars as Judith Webster, who found herself embarked upon a journey into darkness. It is 1939, shortly before England and Germany were at war. Judith was in London serving asThe Blackout Killer is hiding somewhere aboard a ship. Olivia De Havilland stars as Judith Webster, who found herself embarked upon a journey into darkness. It is 1939, shortly before England and Germany were at war. Judith was in London serving as travelling companion to wealthy American Mrs Prescott. When Mrs Prescott died, Judith had promised to arrange her a burial at sea. It was on this journey that she learned of the “Blackout Killer” and feared that he was the man she had befriended and fallen in love with.
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Suspense: Two Sharp Knives
- By: John Dixon Carr
- Narrator: Full Cast
- Length: 29 minutes
- Publisher: Nathan and Evan Inc.
- Publish date: January 21, 2020
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.001.49 USDA story about a bumbling small town assistant police chief who’s not as dumb as he seems to be. A wanted man is captured and later found hanging in his cell. The program has a surprise ending. -
Suspense: Til Death Do Us Part
- By: John Dixon Carr
- Narrator: Full Cast
- Length: 29 minutes
- Publisher: Nathan and Evan Inc.
- Publish date: January 21, 2020
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.001.49 USDA man and his wife sit beside the fire in their country cottage. They are Professor Craft and his wife Cynthia. The cottage is rather isolated, 3 miles from the nearest house, no electricity, central heating or telephone. Professor Craft isA man and his wife sit beside the fire in their country cottage. They are Professor Craft and his wife Cynthia. The cottage is rather isolated, 3 miles from the nearest house, no electricity, central heating or telephone. Professor Craft is convinced that his wife is having an affair with a young Doctor from the village so he devises a plan to rid himself of them both.
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