Classic Gothic Audiobooks: Haunted Castles, Victorian Horror & Dark Secrets

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Classic Gothic Audiobooks is a growing collection of public domain gothic horror, Victorian ghost stories, haunted castles, forbidden secrets, psychological terror, supernatural mysteries, and atmospheric dark fiction curated for immersive long-form listening. Inside the archive you will discover cursed families, decaying mansions, mysterious strangers, hidden chambers, ancient secrets, tragic romances, supernatural encounters, and influential gothic classics that defined the foundations of horror literature. From Victorian nightmares and candlelit mysteries to gothic suspense and eerie supernatural tales, each audiobook is selected to create a cinematic listening experience designed for fans of dark atmosphere, mystery, and timeless gothic storytelling. New recordings and restored editions are added regularly.

Episodes

  1. 4d ago

    Dracula’s Guest & Other Weird Tales (Full Audiobook) | Bram Stoker

    https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Nine Gothic Horror Tales by the author of Dracula. Author: Bram Stoker Length: 5 hours 12 minutes Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction, Short Stories Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 29:49 - Chapter 2 01:09:58 - Chapter 3 01:34:59 - Chapter 4 02:02:14 - Chapter 5 02:23:01 - Chapter 6 03:06:42 - Chapter 7 03:33:58 - Chapter 8 04:01:08 - Chapter 9 04:28:35 - Chapter 10 #FullAudiobook #ClassicAudiobook #ClassicLiterature #HorrorAudiobook #PublicDomain 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 Gothic Audiobooks: Haunted Castles, Victorian Horror & Dark Secrets. Want the full experience? Get complete video episodes, exclusive bonus content, and access to everything on The Forbidden Knowledge Network. https://www.patreon.com/theforbiddenknowledgenetwork

    5h 12m

  2. May 30

    Lifted Veil (Full Audiobook) | George Eliot

    https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com The Lifted Veil is a novella by George Eliot, first published in 1859. Quite unlike the realistic fiction for which Eliot is best known, The Lifted Veil explores themes of extrasensory perception, the essence of physical life, possible life after death, and the power of fate. Author: George Eliot Length: 1 hours 58 minutes Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 31:56 - Chapter 2 01:02:23 - Chapter 3 01:33:28 - Chapter 4 #FullAudiobook #ClassicAudiobook #ClassicLiterature #HorrorAudiobook #PublicDomain 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 Gothic Audiobooks: Haunted Castles, Victorian Horror & Dark Secrets. Want the full experience? Get complete video episodes, exclusive bonus content, and access to everything on The Forbidden Knowledge Network. https://www.patreon.com/theforbiddenknowledgenetwork

    1h 59m

  3. May 27

    Lair of the White Worm (Remastered) (Full Audiobook) | Bram Stoker

    https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com The Lair of the White Worm (also known as The Garden of Evil) is a horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, who also wrote Dracula. It is partly based on the legend of the Lambton Worm. Author: Bram Stoker Length: 5 hours 34 minutes Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 08:01 - Chapter 2 22:29 - Chapter 3 31:29 - Chapter 4 50:38 - Chapter 5 01:05:39 - Chapter 6 01:17:17 - Chapter 7 01:29:18 - Chapter 8 01:44:59 - Chapter 9 01:55:43 - Chapter 10 02:11:25 - Chapter 11 02:21:14 - Chapter 12 02:30:30 - Chapter 13 02:41:30 - Chapter 14 02:56:24 - Chapter 15 03:02:18 - Chapter 16 03:11:49 - Chapter 17 03:18:40 - Chapter 18 03:26:43 - Chapter 19 03:37:28 - Chapter 20 03:50:05 - Chapter 21 04:01:47 - Chapter 22 04:07:35 - Chapter 23 04:21:13 - Chapter 24 04:33:57 - Chapter 25 04:47:22 - Chapter 26 04:58:36 - Chapter 27 05:12:07 - Chapter 28 #FullAudiobook #ClassicAudiobook #ClassicLiterature #HorrorAudiobook #PublicDomain 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 Gothic Audiobooks: Haunted Castles, Victorian Horror & Dark Secrets. Want the full experience? Get complete video episodes, exclusive bonus content, and access to everything on The Forbidden Knowledge Network. https://www.patreon.com/theforbiddenknowledgenetwork

    5h 35m

  4. May 27

    Jewel of Seven Stars (Full Audiobook) | Bram Stoker

    https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com The Jewel of Seven Stars (also published under the name: The Jewel of the Seven Stars) is a horror novel by Bram Stoker first published in 1903. The story is about an archaeologist's plot to revive Queen Tera, an ancient Egyptian mummy. Author: Bram Stoker Length: 10 hours 21 minutes Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 27:47 - Chapter 2 53:14 - Chapter 3 01:23:53 - Chapter 4 01:54:47 - Chapter 5 02:29:10 - Chapter 6 03:03:39 - Chapter 7 03:34:59 - Chapter 8 04:02:35 - Chapter 9 04:34:32 - Chapter 10 05:11:28 - Chapter 11 05:42:18 - Chapter 12 06:11:15 - Chapter 13 06:45:42 - Chapter 14 07:20:28 - Chapter 15 07:51:48 - Chapter 16 08:26:46 - Chapter 17 09:01:55 - Chapter 18 09:31:15 - Chapter 19 #FullAudiobook #ClassicAudiobook #ClassicLiterature #HorrorAudiobook #PublicDomain 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 Gothic Audiobooks: Haunted Castles, Victorian Horror & Dark Secrets. Want the full experience? Get complete video episodes, exclusive bonus content, and access to everything on The Forbidden Knowledge Network. https://www.patreon.com/theforbiddenknowledgenetwork

  5. May 25

    Animal Ghosts (Full Audiobook) | Elliott O’Donnell

    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. Author: Elliott O'Donnell Length: 7 hours 15 minutes Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 21:17 - Chapter 2 46:46 - Chapter 3 01:28:13 - Chapter 4 01:52:03 - Chapter 5 02:41:43 - Chapter 6 03:17:16 - Chapter 7 03:30:40 - Chapter 8 04:07:23 - Chapter 9 04:34:35 - Chapter 10 05:17:58 - Chapter 11 06:12:00 - Chapter 12 06:35:51 - Chapter 13 06:53:59 - Chapter 14 #FullAudiobook #ClassicAudiobook #ClassicLiterature #HorrorAudiobook #PublicDomain 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 Gothic Audiobooks: Haunted Castles, Victorian Horror & Dark Secrets. Want the full experience? Get complete video episodes, exclusive bonus content, and access to everything on The Forbidden Knowledge Network. https://www.patreon.com/theforbiddenknowledgenetwork

  6. May 25

    Castle of Otranto (Full Audiobook) | Horace Walpole

    https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com The Castle of Otranto is a 1764 novel by Horace Walpole. It is generally held to be the first gothic novel, initiating a literary genre which would become extremely popular in the later 18th century and early 19th century. Author: Horace Walpole Length: 3 hours 58 minutes Genre: Gothic Fiction Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 09:12 - Chapter 2 56:45 - Chapter 3 01:45:12 - Chapter 4 02:33:52 - Chapter 5 03:17:36 - Chapter 6 #FullAudiobook #ClassicAudiobook #ClassicLiterature #HorrorAudiobook #PublicDomain 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 Gothic Audiobooks: Haunted Castles, Victorian Horror & Dark Secrets. Want the full experience? Get complete video episodes, exclusive bonus content, and access to everything on The Forbidden Knowledge Network. https://www.patreon.com/theforbiddenknowledgenetwork

    3h 58m

  7. May 21

    Afterward (Full Audiobook) | Edith Wharton

    https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Mary and Ned Boyne have fled their dreary life in Wisconsin for a home in rustic Dorsetshire. But you can only run so far, and some things - some secret things - may follow you. Author: Edith Wharton Length: 1 hours 17 minutes Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 31:20 - Chapter 2 #FullAudiobook #ClassicAudiobook #ClassicLiterature #HorrorAudiobook #PublicDomain 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 Gothic Audiobooks: Haunted Castles, Victorian Horror & Dark Secrets. Want the full experience? Get complete video episodes, exclusive bonus content, and access to everything on The Forbidden Knowledge Network. https://www.patreon.com/theforbiddenknowledgenetwork

    1h 17m

  8. May 21

    Carmilla (Full Audiobook) | Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

    https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Carmilla is a Gothic novella by Joseph Sheridan le Fanu. First published in 1872, it tells the story of a young woman's susceptibility to the attentions of a female vampire named Carmilla. Author: Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Length: 3 hours 17 minutes Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 14:16 - Chapter 2 32:31 - Chapter 3 49:40 - Chapter 4 01:14:11 - Chapter 5 01:23:11 - Chapter 6 01:33:05 - Chapter 7 01:46:57 - Chapter 8 01:55:11 - Chapter 9 02:06:37 - Chapter 10 02:13:45 - Chapter 11 02:25:09 - Chapter 12 02:36:18 - Chapter 13 02:47:56 - Chapter 14 02:59:02 - Chapter 15 03:07:59 - Chapter 16 #FullAudiobook #ClassicAudiobook #ClassicLiterature #HorrorAudiobook #PublicDomain 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 Gothic Audiobooks: Haunted Castles, Victorian Horror & Dark Secrets. Want the full experience? Get complete video episodes, exclusive bonus content, and access to everything on The Forbidden Knowledge Network. https://www.patreon.com/theforbiddenknowledgenetwork

    3h 18m

  9. May 18

    Parasite (Full Audiobook) | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

    https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Being a physiologist, Austin Gilroy is unconvinced that the occult is real. His friend Professor Wilson, however, is not only convinced that psychical powers are real, but eagerly desires that Gilroy should be persuaded. Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Length: 1 hours 58 minutes Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 30:32 - Chapter 2 58:48 - Chapter 3 01:28:50 - Chapter 4 #FullAudiobook #ClassicAudiobook #ClassicLiterature #HorrorAudiobook #PublicDomain 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 Gothic Audiobooks: Haunted Castles, Victorian Horror & Dark Secrets. Want the full experience? Get complete video episodes, exclusive bonus content, and access to everything on The Forbidden Knowledge Network. https://www.patreon.com/theforbiddenknowledgenetwork

    1h 58m

  10. May 17

    Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (Full Audiobook) | M. R. James

    https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Montague Rhodes James (1862-1936) was a medieval scholar; Provost of King's College, Cambridge. He wrote many of his ghost stories to be read aloud in the long tradition of spooky Christmas Eve tales. Author: M. R. James Length: 10 hours 6 minutes Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 34:35 - Chapter 2 01:01:43 - Chapter 3 01:32:42 - Chapter 4 02:07:49 - Chapter 5 02:48:01 - Chapter 6 03:24:58 - Chapter 7 04:14:50 - Chapter 8 05:04:51 - Chapter 9 05:23:41 - Chapter 10 05:52:30 - Chapter 11 06:35:35 - Chapter 12 07:29:27 - Chapter 13 08:09:39 - Chapter 14 08:58:45 - Chapter 15 09:28:12 - Chapter 16 #FullAudiobook #ClassicAudiobook #ClassicLiterature #HorrorAudiobook #PublicDomain 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 Gothic Audiobooks: Haunted Castles, Victorian Horror & Dark Secrets. Want the full experience? Get complete video episodes, exclusive bonus content, and access to everything on The Forbidden Knowledge Network. https://www.patreon.com/theforbiddenknowledgenetwork

  11. May 16

    Dracula (Full Audiobook) | Bram Stoker

    https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com The classic vampire story by Bram Stoker revolves around a struggle between good and evil, tradition and modernity, and lust versus chastity. The author didn't invent vampires, but his novel has so captured the public's imagination that he is rightly considered their popularizer. Author: Bram Stoker Length: 16 hours 31 minutes Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 36:58 - Chapter 2 01:06:54 - Chapter 3 01:53:59 - Chapter 4 02:30:15 - Chapter 5 02:48:36 - Chapter 6 03:20:26 - Chapter 7 04:02:13 - Chapter 8 04:40:50 - Chapter 9 05:13:23 - Chapter 10 05:46:43 - Chapter 11 06:22:03 - Chapter 12 07:06:13 - Chapter 13 07:51:01 - Chapter 14 08:30:16 - Chapter 15 09:09:47 - Chapter 16 09:40:36 - Chapter 17 10:14:40 - Chapter 18 10:50:17 - Chapter 19 11:20:27 - Chapter 20 11:55:57 - Chapter 21 12:27:22 - Chapter 22 13:00:02 - Chapter 23 13:28:38 - Chapter 24 14:10:40 - Chapter 25 14:46:04 - Chapter 26 15:29:39 - Chapter 27 #FullAudiobook #ClassicAudiobook #ClassicLiterature #HorrorAudiobook #PublicDomain 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 Gothic Audiobooks: Haunted Castles, Victorian Horror & Dark Secrets. Want the full experience? Get complete video episodes, exclusive bonus content, and access to everything on The Forbidden Knowledge Network. https://www.patreon.com/theforbiddenknowledgenetwork

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Classic Gothic Audiobooks is a growing collection of public domain gothic horror, Victorian ghost stories, haunted castles, forbidden secrets, psychological terror, supernatural mysteries, and atmospheric dark fiction curated for immersive long-form listening. Inside the archive you will discover cursed families, decaying mansions, mysterious strangers, hidden chambers, ancient secrets, tragic romances, supernatural encounters, and influential gothic classics that defined the foundations of horror literature. From Victorian nightmares and candlelit mysteries to gothic suspense and eerie supernatural tales, each audiobook is selected to create a cinematic listening experience designed for fans of dark atmosphere, mystery, and timeless gothic storytelling. New recordings and restored editions are added regularly.

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