Classic Horror Audiobooks: Free Public Domain Ghost and Dark Stories

Listen to classic horror audiobooks featuring ghost stories, supernatural encounters, gothic fiction, and psychological terror from the public domain. This podcast delivers free horror audiobooks from legendary authors, bringing dark, atmospheric storytelling to life.

Explore haunted houses, eerie mysteries, and chilling tales that defined the horror genre. These classic audiobooks include timeless ghost stories and supernatural fiction designed for immersive listening.

🔒 Subscribe for free horror audiobooks, ghost stories, and classic dark fiction released regularly.

🎧 This audiobook recording is from LibriVox.org.
All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain.
Text and narration are public domain.
Narration provided by LibriVox volunteers.
Curated, packaged, and distributed by Classic Horror Audiobooks.

#HorrorAudiobooks #GhostStories #Supernatural #ClassicHorror #FreeAudiobooks

Listen on:

  • Apple Podcasts
  • Podbean App
  • Spotify
  • Amazon Music
  • iHeartRadio
  • PlayerFM
  • Podchaser
  • BoomPlay

Episodes

5 days ago

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com
The love story between a nobleman and a beautiful lady whom he meets in church leads both of them to unexpected places, as many people would not put up with their love. This novel is considered to be one of the best Gothic novels ever written, by one of the first (and best) writers of the genre.
This is Italian by Ann Radcliffe — a classic gothic horror tale.
Author: Ann RadcliffeLength: 18 hours 54 minutesGenre: Crime & Mystery Fiction, Gothic Fiction
🎧 This audiobook recording is from LibriVox.org.All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain.Text and narration are public domain.Narration provided by LibriVox volunteers.Curated, packaged, and distributed by Classic Horror Audiobooks: Free Public Domain Ghost and Dark Stories.
🔒 Unlock full access, exclusive content, and early releases:https://www.patreon.com/theforbiddenknowledgenetwork

6 days ago

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com
The setting, geography and history of this story by Rev'd Sabine Baring-Gould, author of <i>Onward Christian Soldiers</i> and a number of other well-known hymns, are all accurate, or at least as accurate as local lore will allow. Kinver has long been a midlands beauty spot, and the UK National Trust own and open one of the rock-dwellings mentioned.
This is Bladys of the Stewponey by Sabine Baring-Gould — a classic public domain horror story.
Author: Sabine Baring-GouldLength: 6 hours 45 minutesGenre: General Fiction, Horror & Supernatural Fiction
🎧 This audiobook recording is from LibriVox.org.All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain.Text and narration are public domain.Narration provided by LibriVox volunteers.Curated, packaged, and distributed by Classic Horror Audiobooks: Free Public Domain Ghost and Dark Stories.
🔒 Unlock full access, exclusive content, and early releases:https://www.patreon.com/theforbiddenknowledgenetwork

6 days ago

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com
This posthumous collection of short stories by noted author and historian of weird folklore brings together 36 of his earliest works, many of them brief romantic sketches of phantasmagoric imagery, supernatural occurrences and tales from far away places. H.
This is Fantastics and Other Fancies by Lafcadio Hearn — a classic public domain horror story.
Author: Lafcadio HearnLength: 4 hours 46 minutesGenre: Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales, Horror & Supernatural Fiction
🎧 This audiobook recording is from LibriVox.org.All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain.Text and narration are public domain.Narration provided by LibriVox volunteers.Curated, packaged, and distributed by Classic Horror Audiobooks: Free Public Domain Ghost and Dark Stories.
🔒 Unlock full access, exclusive content, and early releases:https://www.patreon.com/theforbiddenknowledgenetwork

6 days ago

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com
<i>The Marble Faun</i> is Hawthorne's most unusual romance. Writing on the eve of the American Civil War, Hawthorne set his story in a fantastical Italy.
This is Marble Faun by Nathaniel Hawthorne — a classic gothic horror tale.
Author: Nathaniel HawthorneLength: 16 hours 12 minutesGenre: Fantastic Fiction, General Fiction, Gothic Fiction
🎧 This audiobook recording is from LibriVox.org.All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain.Text and narration are public domain.Narration provided by LibriVox volunteers.Curated, packaged, and distributed by Classic Horror Audiobooks: Free Public Domain Ghost and Dark Stories.
🔒 Unlock full access, exclusive content, and early releases:https://www.patreon.com/theforbiddenknowledgenetwork

7 days ago

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com
Selma Lagerlöf was born in Vaermland, Sweden, in 1858 and enjoyed a long and very successful career as a writer, receiving the Nobel-Prize in Literature in 1909. She died in Vaermland in 1940.
This is Treasure by Selma Lagerlöf — a classic ghost story.
Author: Selma LagerlöfLength: 2 hours 41 minutesGenre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction
🎧 This audiobook recording is from LibriVox.org.All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain.Text and narration are public domain.Narration provided by LibriVox volunteers.Curated, packaged, and distributed by Classic Horror Audiobooks: Free Public Domain Ghost and Dark Stories.
🔒 Unlock full access, exclusive content, and early releases:https://www.patreon.com/theforbiddenknowledgenetwork

7 days ago

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com
Nothing spooky or supernatural, but a very personal gathering of gossip, letters, and fragments of biography of famous people who have lived in Piccadilly (in London, England). and of some of the buildings, now long gone.
This is Ghosts of Piccadilly by G. S. Street — a classic ghost story.
Author: G. S. StreetLength: 5 hours 47 minutesGenre: Biography & Autobiography, Literary Collections
🎧 This audiobook recording is from LibriVox.org.All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain.Text and narration are public domain.Narration provided by LibriVox volunteers.Curated, packaged, and distributed by Classic Horror Audiobooks: Free Public Domain Ghost and Dark Stories.
🔒 Unlock full access, exclusive content, and early releases:https://www.patreon.com/theforbiddenknowledgenetwork

Wednesday Apr 29, 2026

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com
Onions wrote several collections of ghost stories, of which the best known is Widdershins (1911). It includes the novella <i>The Beckoning Fair One</i>, widely regarded as one of the best in the genre of horror fiction, especially psychological horror.
This is Widdershins (Version 2) by Oliver Onions — a classic ghost story.
Author: Oliver OnionsLength: 7 hours 52 minutesGenre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction, Single Author Collections
🎧 This audiobook recording is from LibriVox.org.All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain.Text and narration are public domain.Narration provided by LibriVox volunteers.Curated, packaged, and distributed by Classic Horror Audiobooks: Free Public Domain Ghost and Dark Stories.
🔒 Unlock full access, exclusive content, and early releases:https://www.patreon.com/theforbiddenknowledgenetwork

Wednesday Apr 29, 2026

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com
This is a collection of ghost stories in which the antagonists are various animals. Divided up into chapters of ghost sightings by each group of animals, you will hear of hauntings by dogs, cats, birds, jungle animals, etc.
This is Animal Ghosts by Elliott O'Donnell — a classic ghost story.
Author: Elliott O'DonnellLength: 7 hours 15 minutesGenre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction
🎧 This audiobook recording is from LibriVox.org.All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain.Text and narration are public domain.Narration provided by LibriVox volunteers.Curated, packaged, and distributed by Classic Horror Audiobooks: Free Public Domain Ghost and Dark Stories.
🔒 Unlock full access, exclusive content, and early releases:https://www.patreon.com/theforbiddenknowledgenetwork

Copyright 2026 All rights reserved.

Podcast Powered By Podbean

Version: 20241125