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Best Ghost Stories

Collected together here by master anthologist Joseph Lewis French are some of the finest ghost stories ever to be put to paper. From the early influential tales of Daniel Defoe and Edward Bulwer-Lytton to more contemporary masters of the terror tale such as M. R. James, Algernon Blackwood and E. F. Benson, this collection brings together a bounty of riches sure to keep you awake into the dark, dreadful night! - Summary by Ben Tucker (8 hr 4 min)

Chapters

Introduction. The Fascination of the Ghost Story, by Arthur B. Reeve

11:37

The Apparition of Mrs. Veal by Daniel Defoe

37:12

Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book by M. R. James

26:40

The Haunted and the Haunters by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

1:02:27

The Silent Woman by Leopold Kompert

40:38

Banshees

15:03

The Man Who Went Too Far by E. F. Benson

48:14

The Woman's Ghost Story by Algernon Blackwood

23:51

The Phantom Rickshaw by Rudyard Kipling

55:47

The Rival Ghosts by Brander Matthews

35:11

The Damned Thing by Ambrose Bierce

19:32

The Interval by Vincent O'Sullivan

16:16

Dey Ain't No Ghosts by Ellis Parker Butler

28:52

Some Real American Ghosts Part 1

30:43

Some Real American Ghosts Part 2

32:14