Audiobooks by William Hope Hodgson

"This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. Step into the shadowy world of Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder, where science and the supernatural collide in a series of spine-tingling tales that have captivated fans of occult detective fiction for over a century. Written by William Hope Hodgson, this classic collection introduces listeners to Thomas Carnacki—one of literature’s earliest and most fascinating paranormal investigators. Armed with both arcane knowledge and cutting-edge technology, Carnacki confronts terrifying hauntings, spectral manifestations, and ancient curses. But not every case is what it seems. Through a blend of logic, ritual, and fearless resolve, Carnacki separates the explainable from the truly inexplicable—often at great personal risk. In this audiobook edition, you’ll experience some of his most famous investigations, including: - “The Gateway of the Monster” – A sinister force lurks behind a locked door—and Carnacki must face it head-on. - “The Whistling Room” – A chilling tale of sound and space that defies all natural explanation. - “The Horse of the Invisible” – A ghostly steed stalks a bride-to-be in one of Carnacki’s most dangerous cases. Blending the rational mind of Sherlock Holmes with the arcane atmosphere of Gothic horror, Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder is a must-listen for fans of supernatural mysteries, occult fiction, and the early foundations of paranormal investigation. Enter Carnacki’s candle-lit study, and prepare to hear tales that defy belief—and chill the blood."

William Hope Hodgson (Author), Digital Voice George E (Narrator)

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The Derelict

"'The Derelict' is a maritime horror story blending science fiction and cosmic dread. The tale follows the crew of a steamship who discover an abandoned, seemingly lifeless derelict drifting in the open sea. Upon boarding, they find the ship covered in a strange, gelatinous growth that appears inert—until it begins to move. As the substance engulfs the vessel, the men realize they are trapped in a nightmarish struggle against an alien, living organism that defies natural law. The story was first published in The Red Magazine in 1912."

William Hope Hodgson (Author), Ian Gordon (Narrator)

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The Thing in the Weeds

"William Hope Hodgson's 'The Thing in the Weeds' is a short horror tale of the Sargasso Sea, in which a ship and her crew venture near a mysterious, weed-choked waterway where an unseen, malevolent presence lurks. The story first appeared in the magazine The Storyteller, in its January 1913 edition."

William Hope Hodgson (Author), Ian Gordon (Narrator)

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CARNACKI: The Complete Collection

"Step into the world of one of the most influential paranormal investigators of the early 20th century with 'CARNACKI: The Complete Collection'. This definitive anthology brings together all of William Hope Hodgson’s celebrated stories featuring the brilliant, if eccentric, investigator, Thomas Carnacki. Known for his keen intellect, inventive methods, and unshakable resolve, Carnacki faces some of the most chilling and enigmatic supernatural phenomena of his time. Throughout these nine tales, Carnacki is called upon to confront strange forces that defy logic and reason. Armed with his trusty scientific tools, a deep understanding of the occult, and a fearless heart, he investigates everything from spectral hauntings and ghostly apparitions to malevolent spirits and unearthly forces lurking in the shadows. The first six stories were collected in the 1913 anthology, “Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder”, with the latter three appearing in an expanded collection of the same name published in 1947."

William Hope Hodgson (Author), Ian Gordon (Narrator)

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HorrorBabble's The Boats of the 'Glen Carrig'

"The Boats of the 'Glen Carrig' is a horror novel by English writer William Hope Hodgson, first published in 1907. Presented as a true account, the novel tells of the survivors of a shipwreck, whose journey back to civilisation is beset by strangeness. This is a recording of the original, unabridged text."

William Hope Hodgson (Author), Ian Gordon (Narrator)

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The Voice in the Night

"The Voice in the Night by William Hope Hodgson is a chilling tale of survival and the unknown. A ship becalmed in the Pacific is approached by a mysterious voice in the darkness. A lone man in a rowboat, starving and desperate, begs for food but refuses to come aboard. As the sailors reluctantly help him, he reveals a horrifying tale of shipwreck, starvation, and a strange, fungal infection that has ravaged him and his fiancée. The story takes a nightmarish turn as the man's pleas for help become increasingly desperate and the sailors are forced to confront the terrifying reality of their encounter."

William Hope Hodgson (Author), Walter Miller (Narrator)

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Horror Stories At Sea

"Being on a ship is usually very safe. The days of sinking after hitting an iceberg are almost unthinkable. A ship goes from one port to another, seemingly without a care in the world. Advanced technology has kept this means of transport as no more uncomfortable as maybe a bit of queasiness after going up and down in a storm. But worse? No, not really possible, is it?In this volume our authors beg to differ. They would like to bring us stories where being on a ship is simply the worse place to be. Horror and terror, and worse, infest their narratives and threaten all and everything aboard. 1 - Horror Stories at Sea - An Introduction2 - The Brute by Joseph Conrad3 - The Horla by Guy De Maupassant 4 - A Fight with a Cannon by Victor Hugo5 - The Shamraken Homeward-Bounder by William Hope Hodgson6 - The Striped Chest by Arthur Conan Doyle7 - The Upper Berth by F Marion Crawford8 - The Voice in the Night by William Hope Hodgson"

F Marion Crawford, Guy De Maupassant, Joseph Conrad, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Victor Hugo, William Hope Hodgson (Author), Christopher Ragland, Ian Holm, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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The Foundations of Fiction - Paranormal Detective

"In this series we turn the pages of classic short stories to put together the literary building blocks of how a particular genre or theme began, how it built its foundations to become the well-loved and well-worn genre that it is today.Do authors have the same ideas at more or less the same time? Or can they sniff out an opportunity as to which way the tastes of an audience are moving. Success undoubtedly builds success and in literary terms we can more politely say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and the surest way to reach a hungry readership is to build on the fortune and flair of your literary colleagues. A crime is committed and the forces of good and the law go to work on deducing and apprehending a culprit. However, when those detectives have some rather special skills that involve the paranormal, stories become something more. Logic becomes elastic as the forces of good come into contact with malevolent and dark forces that harbour evil and ill-will. However, with the aid of the paranormal, the Occult Detective will be getting to the truth in ways that only they were born too.01 - Foundations of Fiction - Paranormal Detective - An Introduction2 - Carnacki, The Ghost Finder - No1 - The Gateway of the Monster by William Hope Hodgson3 - Mark of the Beast By Rudyard Kipling4 - The Death Hound by Violet Mary Firth writing as Dion Fortune5 - John Silence, Physician Extraordinary by Algernon Blackwood6 - The Man With No Face by Gertrude Minnie Robins7 - The Dead Hand by L T Meade and Robert Eustace8 - The Moving Finger by Rose Champion de Crespigny9 - Ineligible by Aleister Crowley10 - An Expiation by Arabella Kenealy11 - Green Tea by Sheridan Le Fanu12 - The Story of the Green House, Wallington by Allen Upward13 - The House of the Black Evil by Eric Purves14 - The Story of 'The Spaniards', Hammersmith by Kate and Hesketh Pritchard15 - The Murder in an Omnibus by Harold Begbie"

Aleister Crowley, Algernon Blackwood, Allen Upward, Arabella Kenealy, Eric Purves, Gertrude Minnie Robins, Harold Begbie, Kate and Hesketh Pritchard, L T Meade and Robert Eustace, Rose Champion de Crespigny, Rudyard Kipling, Sheridan Le Fanu, William Hope Hodgson (Author), Mark Rice-Oxley, Robbie McNab, Robert Maskell (Narrator)

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Classic Sci-Fi Horror Stories

"Science fiction is in many ways positive, uplifting and a vision of where we are headed. But in this volume our classic authors including Lovecraft, Wells, Hawthorne and others reveal its darker cousin; Horror. Now these malevolent terrors have made up their minds that blending themselves with Science Fiction might make their impact even more awful and frightening for us to bear.1 - Classic Sci-Fi Stories - An Introduction2 - The Call of Cthulhu - Part 1 by H P Lovecraft3 - The Call of Cthulhu - Part 2 by H P Lovecraft4 - The Crystal Egg by H G Wells5 - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde - Part 1 by Robert Louis Stevenson6 - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde - Part 2 by Robert Louis Stevenson7 - The Operation by Violet Hunt8 - The Blue Laboratory by L T Meade9 - Rappaccini's Daughter - Part 1 by Nathaniel Hawthorne10 - Rappaccini's Daughter - Part 2 by Nathaniel Hawthorne11 - Moxon's Master by Ambrose Bierce12 - The Voice in the Night by William Hope Hodgson13 - Cool Air by H P Lovecraft14 - Polaris by H P Lovecraft15 - The Color Out of Space by H P Lovecraft16 - Carnivorine by Lucy Hamilton Hooper17 - The Secret of the Scaffold by Auguste Villiers de I'Ísle-Adam18 - The Rats in the Walls by H P Lovecraft19 - A Thousand Deaths by Jack London20 - Re-Animator - Part 1 by H P Lovecraft21 - Re-Animator - Part 2 by H P Lovecraft"

Ambrose Bierce, Auguste Villiers de I'Ísle-Adam, H.G. Wells, H.P. Lovecraft, Jack London, L. T. Meade, Lucy Hamilton Hooper, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Robert Louis Stevenson, Violet Hunt, William Hope Hodgson (Author), Christopher Ragland, Eve Karpf, Garrick Hogan (Narrator)

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Stories of Dark Magic

"A magic trick is always fun tinged with a sense of wonder even when we know how they did it the question is asked again ‘Really, how did they do it?’ But magic in literature has two sides both good and bad, light and dark and in this volume our pen laden authors bring forth tales that disturb and menace as only the creations of Nikolai Gogol, Hanns Heinz Ewers, Arthur Machen, Edith Nesbit and many others possibly can. 1 - Stories of Dark Magic - An Introduction2 - St Johns Eve by Nikolai Gogol3 - Blood - Part 1 by Hanns Heinz Ewers4 - Blood - Part 2 by Hanns Heinz Ewers5 - The Ebony Frame by Edith Nesbit6 - The Mark of the Beast by Rudyard Kipling7 - The Screaming Skull by F Marion Crawford8 - A Witch's Den by Helena Blavatsky9 - Witchcraft by Arthur Machen10 - The Mass of Shadows by Anatole France11 - Casting the Runes by M R James12 - Beyond the Pale by H D Everett13 - Warning Whispers by A M Burrage 14 - Carnacki, The Ghost Finder - No 1 - The Gateway of the Monster by William Hope Hodgson15 - Couching at the Door by D K Broster16 - The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain - Part 1 by Edward Bulwer Lytton17 - The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain - Part 2 by Edward Bulwer Lytton"

A.M. Burrage, Anatole France, Arthur Machen, D.K. Broster, Edith Nesbit, Edward Bulwer Lytton, F Marion Crawford, H D Everett, Hanns Heinz Ewers, Helena Blavatsky, M.R. James, Nikolai Gogol, Rudyard Kipling, William Hope Hodgson (Author), Geoff McGivern, Mark Rice-Oxley, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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The Foundations of Fiction - Haunted House

A C Benson, A.M. Burrage, Algernon Blackwood, Allen Upward, B M Croker, Bram Stoker, Catherine Crowe, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Charlotte Riddell, D.K. Broster, E F Benson, E T A Hoffman, Edgar Allan Poe, Edith Nesbit, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Elinor Mordaunt, Elizabeth Gaskell, Eric Purves, H D Everett, H.P. Lovecraft, Hesba Stretton, M.R. James, Margaret Oliphant, Marjorie Bowen, Mary E Wilkins Freeman, Oscar Wilde, Rhoda Broughton, Richard Harris Barham, Rosa Mulholland, Rudyard Kipling, Sheridan Le Fanu, W F Harvey, Walter Scott, William Hope Hodgson (Author), David Shaw-Parker, Mark Rice-Oxley, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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Haunted House Stories – The Definitive Collection

"The Haunted House is a house that rules our minds with fear. Once we think a house is haunted we prove the point to ourselves again and again. Every floorboard creak or window rattle or unexplained happening is proof concrete.In this anthology our authors go to exceptional lengths to unsettle our minds and open them up to all sorts of terrors. 1 - Haunted House - The Definitive Collection - An Introduction2 - The Lurking Fear - Part 1 by H P Lovecraft3 - The Lurking Fear - Part 2 by H P Lovecraft4 - They by Rudyard Kipling5 - The Canterville Ghost - Part 1 by Oscar Wilde6 - The Canterville Ghost - Part 2 by Oscar Wilde7 - Carnacki, The Ghost Finder - No 1 - The Gateway of the Monster by William Hope Hodgson8 - The Ghost in the Clock Room by Hesba Stretton9 - The Ghost and the Bone-Setter by Sheridan Le Fanu10 - The Ghost at the Wrath by Rosa Mulholland11 - The Fall of the House of Usher - Part 1 by Edgar Allan Poe12 - The Fall of the House of Usher - Part 2 by Edgar Allan Poe13 - The House of the Black Evil by Eric Purves14 - The Villa by Elinor Mordaunt15 - The Empty House by Algernon Blackwood16 - The Deserted House by E T A Hoffman17 - Midnight House by W F Harvey18 - The Story of the Green House, Wallington by Allen Upward19 - The Judge's House by Bram Stoker20 - The Open Door - Part 1 by Margaret Oliphant21 - The Open Door - Part 2 by Margaret Oliphant22 - The Tapestried Chamber by Walter Scott23 - The Room in the Tower by E F Benson24 - The Clock by W F Harvey 25 - The Closed Window by A C Benson26 - The Shadows on the Wall by Mary E Wilkins Freeman27 - The Rats in the Walls by H P Lovecraft28 - The Whispering Wall by H D Everett29 - The Yellow Wall Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman30 - Lost Hearts by M R James31 - Man Size in Marble by Edith Nesbit32 - An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street by Sheridan Le Fanu33 - To Let by B M Croker34 - The Truth, the Whole Truth and Nothing But the Truth by Rhoda Broughton35 - The First Evening by Catherine Crowe36 - Smee by A M Burrage37 - What Was It by Fitz James O'Brien38 - Decay by Marjorie Bowen39 - The Ankardyne Pew by W F Harvey40 - The Ebony Frame by Edith Nesbit41 - The Spectre of Tappington by Richard Harris Barham42 - The Old Nurse's Story by Elizabeth Gaskell43 - The Last of Squire Ennismore by Charlotte Riddell44 - The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain - Part 1 by Edward Bulwer Lytton45 - The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain - Part 2 by Edward Bulwer Lytton"

A C Benson, A.M. Burrage, Algernon Blackwood, Allen Upward, B M Croker, Bram Stoker, Catherine Crowe, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Charlotte Riddell, E F Benson, E T A Hoffman, Edgar Allan Poe, Edith Nesbit, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Elinor Mordaunt, Elizabeth Gaskell, Eric Purves, Fitz James O'Brien, H D Everett, H.P. Lovecraft, Hesba Stretton, M.R. James, Margaret Oliphant, Marjorie Bowen, Mary E Wilkins Freeman, Oscar Wilde, Rhoda Broughton, Richard Harris Barham, Rosa Mulholland, Rudyard Kipling, Sheridan Le Fanu, W F Harvey, Walter Scott, William Hope Hodgson (Author), Elliot Fitzpatrick, Richard Mitchley, William Dufris (Narrator)

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