Classic Mystery Audiobooks: Free Public Domain Detective Stories
Listen to classic mystery audiobooks featuring detective stories, crime fiction, and suspense-filled investigations from the golden age of literature. This podcast delivers free public domain audiobooks from legendary authors, including gripping detective cases, hidden clues, and unforgettable characters. Explore timeless mystery stories filled with suspense, crime, and psychological intrigue. These classic audiobooks are carefully selected from public domain archives and professionally presented for an immersive listening experience. 🔒 Subscribe for free mystery audiobooks, classic detective stories, and crime fiction audio 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 Mystery Audiobooks. #MysteryAudiobooks #DetectiveStories #CrimeFiction #ClassicAudiobooks #FreeAudiobooks
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Widow Clemmens is struck down in her parlor while the town's legal professionals chat outside the courthouse down the street. An investigation is made and two equally plausible suspects are quickly unearthed.
This is Hand and Ring by Anna Katharine Green.
Author: Anna Katharine Green Length: 16 hours 43 minutes Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 26:45 - Chapte...
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Randall Clayton was surrounded by enemies. His father’s business partner had looked after him in the years since his father’s death.
This is Midnight Passenger by Richard Henry Savage
Author: Richard Henry Savage Length: 8 hours 22 minutes Genre: Detective Fiction
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Mr. Lester, a private investigator, and his friend Godfrey are caught up in a strange case that takes them to a large estate in the country where at midnight they witness a mysterious "falling star" that appears to burst into a shower of sparks over two white robed figures standing in the air.
This is Gloved Hand by Burton Egbert Stevenson.
Author: Burton Egbert Stevenson Length: 6 hours...
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Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 - April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories (no doubt assisted by her lawyer father).
This is Strange Disappearance by Anna Katharine Green.
Author: Anna Katharine Green Length: 5 hours 35 minutes Gen...
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"It so happened that the circumstances of fate allowed me to follow my own bent in the choice of a profession. From my earliest youth the weird, the mysterious had an irresistible fascination for me.
This is Master of Mysteries by Robert Eustace.
Author: Robert Eustace Length: 4 hours 17 minutes Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 27:57 - Chapter 2 45:26 - Chap...
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Mr. Philip Kirkwood, a not so successful painter, receives a visitor from his home town in America, who wants him to do him an unspecified favor, but Kirkwood doesn''t trust him and sends him away.
This is Black Bag by Louis Joseph Vance — classic detective mystery.
Author: Louis Joseph Vance Length: 10 hours 27 minutes Genre: Detective Fiction
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An Englishman is enjoying his dinner at Stephano's, at which he is a regular diner. A man enters quickly, sits at his table, starts eating his food, and hands him a packet underneath the table.
This is Amiable Charlatan by E. Phillips Oppenheim — classic mystery fiction.
Author: E. Phillips Oppenheim Length: 6 hours 19 minutes Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction, Humorous Fiction, Romance
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A valuable ruby is lost during a disturbance in the snow before a ball at The Evergreens. A detective is called for right away to recover it, but who, of the few guests, might have the jewel, and how to solve the mystery without causing a scandal.
This is Ruby and the Caldron by Anna Katharine Green — classic detective mystery.
Author: Anna Katharine Green Length: 1 hours 9 minutes Genre...
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This novel is written by the author of, among other novels, the Stories of Sherlock Holmes. It is narrated by John Fothergill West, who tries to discover why the tenant of Cloomber Hall, General Heatherstone, is nervous to the point of being paranoid.
This is Mystery Of Cloomber by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle — a classic sherlock holmes detective mystery.
Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Length...
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Emily Brown is an orphan girl that almost no one can help but love when they meet her. She is pursued by two worthy men: Mr.
This is I Say No by Wilkie Collins — a classic public domain mystery.
Author: Wilkie Collins Length: 14 hours 31 minutes Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction, Romance
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A reputedly wealthy and eccentric old man dies in Vermont. His home, the House of a Thousand Candles, so called for the owner's preference to candle light, is left empty save a faithful servant -- his fortune mysteriously vanished, though rumored to still have been hidden in the house somewhere.
This is House of a Thousand Candles (version 2) by Meredith Nicholson — a classic public doma...
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The many adventures of Professor Craig Kennedy were chronicled by Arthur B. Reeve (October 15, 1880 - August 9, 1936).
This is Poisoned Pen by Arthur B. Reeve — a classic sherlock holmes detective mystery.
Author: Arthur B. Reeve Length: 10 hours 16 minutes Genre: Detective Fiction
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The marriage of Mark Wylder and Dorkas Brenden is supposed to end a history of arguments between the two families. However, both people involved do not seem to like the idea.
This is Wylder's Hand by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu — a classic public domain mystery.
Author: Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Length: 17 hours 0 minutes Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction, Crime & Mystery Fiction
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Humphrey Challoner is a solitary old man who spent a lifetime collecting for his private museum, primarily mammals exhibiting osteological abnormalities but also 24 articulated human skeletons without any apparent defect. His friend, Dr.
This is Uttermost Farthing by R. Austin Freeman — a classic public domain mystery.
Author: R. Austin Freeman Length: 4 hours 56 minutes Genre: Crime &am...
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It's a cold and foggy night in London. A man is horribly murdered in his bedroom, the door locked and bolted on the inside.
This is Big Bow Mystery by Israel Zangwill — a classic murder mystery.
Author: Israel Zangwill Length: 5 hours 5 minutes Genre: Detective Fiction, Satire
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The Mystery of Edwin Drood is the final novel by Charles Dickens. The novel was left unfinished at the time of Dickens' death, and readers have often speculated what the ending might have been.
This is Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens — a classic murder mystery.
Author: Charles Dickens Length: 12 hours 21 minutes Genre: Detective Fiction
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Ernest Bramah is mainly known for his 'Kai Lung' books - Dorothy L Sayers often used quotes from them for her chapter headings. In his lifetime however he was equally well known for his detective stories.
This is Four Max Carrados Detective Stories by Ernest Bramah — a classic sherlock holmes detective mystery.
Author: Ernest Bramah Length: 3 hours 38 minutes Genre: Detective Fiction, Sh...
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Antony Gillingham arrives at the Red House moments after a gunshot is heard. The room is locked, the murderer has disappeared and, in Antony's opinion, the police are going about it the wrong way.
This is Red House Mystery by A. A. Milne — a classic murder mystery.
Author: A. A. Milne Length: 6 hours 55 minutes Genre: Detective Fiction
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