10 audiobooks for fans of Carmilla - Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
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Carmilla: A Vampyre Tale
by J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Megan Follows
Narrated by Megan Follows
★ 3.93 ABR Score (208.2K ratings)★ 3.87 Goodreads (207.3K) ★ 4.11 Audible (847)More about this pick
This Victorian vampire novella explores obsessive female friendship with an undercurrent of danger that would later inspire Dracula's bloodthirsty legacy.
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J. Sheridan Le Fanu: A BBC Radio Full-Cast Gothic Horror Collection
by J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Don McCamphill, Alan Drury, Neil Brand, Anne-Marie Duff, Brana Bajic, David Warner, Celia Imrie, Jacqueline Pearce, Nigel Anthony, Roger May, Kenneth Cranham, Ian McDiarmid, Teresa Gallagher, Graham Crowden, Dorothy Tutin, Joan Sims, Kathleen Byron, Tessa Worsley, John Hartley, Jonathan Keeble, Geoffrey Whitehead, Stephen Critchlow, George Cole, Jane Wittenshaw, George A. Cooper, Becky Hindley, Pauline Letts, David Collings, John Evitts, Linda Regan, Joan Littlewood, Paul Chahidi, Haydn Gwynne, Jonathan Forbes, Ruth Everett, Matthew Durkan, Alexandra Hannant, Rebecca Crankshaw, Chris Jack, Michael Begley, Neil McCaul, Seán Barrett
Narrated by full cast, Anne-Marie Duff, Roger May, David Warner, Celia Imrie, Haydn Gwynne, Teresa Gallagher, Paul Chahidi, Joan Sims
★ 3.44 ABR Score (11 ratings)★ 3.5 Goodreads (6) ★ 4.2 Audible (5)More about this pick
BBC's full-cast productions of Le Fanu's Victorian ghost stories include the lesbian vampire classic 'Carmilla,' featuring Anne-Marie Duff in atmospheric radio drama adaptations.
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Nightmare Collector: horror stories
by Azahara Vega, Sheyla Drymon
Narrated by Virtual Voice
★ 3.39 ABR Score (2 ratings)★ 4.5 Goodreads (2)More about this pick
Ten horror stories explore protagonists' deepest fears—death, loss, the unknown—in this nightmare-focused collection. The AI voice maintains consistent tension across morgues, surgeries, and 3:30 a.m. encounters.
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The Stand
by Stephen King
Narrated by Grover Gardner
★ 4.91 ABR Score (922.6K ratings)★ 4.35 Goodreads (841.5K) ★ 4.69 Audible (81.1K)More about this pick
After a plague wipes out most of humanity, survivors choose between Mother Abagail's godly Boulder and Randall Flagg's sinister Las Vegas. Grover Gardner's narration spans this epic battle between good and evil.
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The Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft
by H.P. Lovecraft, Eric Carl Link
Narrated by Andrew Leman, Sean Branney
★ 4.57 ABR Score (39.9K ratings)★ 4.34 Goodreads (37.4K) ★ 4.63 Audible (2.6K)More about this pick
Fifty-one hours of cosmic horror from Cthulhu to Dunwich, with Andrew Leman and Sean Branney channeling Lovecraft's antiquated dread across his complete works.
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Swan Song
Narrated by Tom Stechschulte
★ 4.50 ABR Score (90.8K ratings)★ 4.3 Goodreads (77.0K) ★ 4.45 Audible (13.8K)More about this pick
Post-nuclear America faces an ancient evil hunting a special child named Swan across 34+ hours of Tom Stechschulte's immersive storytelling.
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Ghostly Terror!: Canon Alberic’s Scrapbook / The Yellow Wallpaper / The Beast with Five Fingers
by M.R. James, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, W.F. Harvey, Andrew Sachs, Laurel Lefkow, Stephen Pacey
Narrated by Andrew Sachs, Larel Lefkow, Steven Pacey
★ 3.59 ABR Score (83 ratings)★ 3.38 Goodreads (50) ★ 4.39 Audible (33)More about this pick
Stephen Pacey, Andrew Sachs, and Laurel Lefkow transform three foundational horror stories into a masterclass in atmospheric narration—each voice perfectly matched to its tale's creeping dread.
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Real Ghost Stories: Disturbing Paranormal Stories Based On True Events (True Ghost Stories: Real Hauntings)
True Ghost Stories: Real Hauntings
by Eve S. Evans
Narrated by Dana Bruhn
★ 3.55 ABR Score (309 ratings)★ 3.84 Goodreads (307) ★ 4 Audible (2)More about this pick
Dana Bruhn's delivery adds genuine unease to these allegedly true accounts, from apartments that reject tenants to haunted schools welcoming new students.
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The Shining
The Shining • Book 1
by Stephen King
Narrated by Campbell Scott
★ 4.92 ABR Score (1.8M ratings)★ 4.28 Goodreads (1.7M) ★ 4.75 Audible (41.5K)More about this pick
Jack Torrance's winter isolation at the Overlook Hotel awakens both the building's malevolent spirits and his own capacity for violence, with Campbell Scott's chilling performance.
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It
by Stephen King
Narrated by Steven Weber
★ 4.89 ABR Score (1.3M ratings)★ 4.24 Goodreads (1.3M) ★ 4.72 Audible (64.9K)More about this pick
Steven Weber's performance across 45 hours makes Derry feel like a real place you'd never want to visit, switching effortlessly between the Losers as kids and adults.
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