B. J. Harrison Reads The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
English | MP3@192 kbps | 40 min | 55.3 MB
A woman is suffering from severe postpartum psychosis and her husband takes her to a colonial mansion where they can spend the summer. The woman is however closed and isolated in a single room where her nervous depression gets worse with the time. The only thing she sees all day long is a yellow wallpaper which she studies in so many details that she finally finds a creeping woman behind the pattern. The summer is over and the family is about to go home. The husband opens the door to his wife's room. What he sees is however both unexpected and horrifying.
B. J. Harrison Reads The Thing in the Weeds by William Hope Hodgson
English | MP3@192 kbps | 34 min | 46.9 MB
"The Thing in the Weeds" is a short story by William Hope Hodgson from his "Sargasso Sea Stories" in which he portrays a monster lurking in the darkest recesses of the unfathomable depths of the sea. An example of Lovecraft's major principle of "fear of the unknown", the terror in this Hodgson story is a mysterious one, despite the fact that it haunts and kills the characters. Hodgson's deep reverence and almost awe-inspiring dedication to the sea and its secrets turn "The Thing in the Weeds" into a hauntingly remarkable story that all fans of horror short fiction should read or listen to.
B. J. Harrison Reads The Speckled Band by Arthur Conan Doyle
English | MP3@192 kbps | 58 min | 81.0 MB
Helen Stoner goes to Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. She is afraid that her stepfather, Dr. Grimesby Roylott, may be trying to kill her. Helen's sister died mysteriously two years earlier, right before her own wedding. Her last words, which Helen never managed to decipher were "The speckled band". Dr. Roylott's best friends are a band of gypsies. He also owns two dangerous animals, a cheetah and a baboon, as pets. He simply scares people, and everyone avoids him. But the great Sherlock Holmes cannot be scared away this easily, so he agrees to take the case and to protect Helen.Who is threatening Helen's life and who murdered her sister? Will Sherlock Holmes manage to find the murderer and protect the frightened woman at the same time? Will he be able to decipher Helen's sister's last words? Why is Dr. Roylott such an evil man and what is his plan?You can find all the answers in one of the best of Sir Conan Doyle's stories about Sherlock Holmes - "The Adventure of the Speckled Band".
B. J. Harrison Reads The Sensational Baron Munchausen by Rudolf Erich Raspe
English | MP3@192 kbps | 40 min | 55.3 MB
The infamous Baron Munchausen is capable of everything and anything. Escaping from a hungry lion's jaws, shooting a male red deer with cherry stones or climbing a beanstalk all the way to the moon are but a small part of his adventures. Every new one is more surprising and exciting than the previous one. If you want to learn more about Baron Munchausen, do not hesitate to embark on this journey.
B. J. Harrison Reads The Scholar-Gypsy by Matthew Arnold
English | MP3@192 kbps | 20 min | 27.7 MB
An impoverished Oxford scholar decides to quit his studies and joins a group of gipsies. He absorbs their customs, trades and traditional way of learning. He learns that wisdom is not only to be found in schools and universities. It is among us and it is up to us to open our eyes to it. Matthew Arnold's "The Scholar Gipsy" reminds us of this.
B. J. Harrison Reads The Queer Feet by G.K.Chesterton
English | MP3@192 kbps | 47 min | 64.7 MB
The Twelve True Fishermen are going on their annual dinner at an exclusive club where fifteen waiters are going to serve the guests. The fishermen are refined and insist on using their own ornate silver knives and forks, which are shaped like fish and have a pearl in the handles. The dinner goes as planned until the silver cutlery disappears. Have some of the waiters stolen it? Father Brown will find out.
B. J. Harrison Reads The People of the Black Circle by Robert E.Howard
English | MP3@192 kbps | 3h 33m | 292.6 MB
Set in the pseudo-historical Hyborian Age, this story introduces us to the legendary Conan the Barbarian. After the death of Vendhya's emperor, Bunda Chad, Conan kidnaps his sister - Devi Yasmina. But why did Conan the Barbarian kidnap princess Yasmina? Does he want to be the new ruler of Vendhya or does he simply wants to become rich by exchanging the girl for money? Or is he working for someone with impure intentions? If you want to find out the answers, do not hesitate to embark on this journey full of all sorts of weird events, wizards, amazing deeds of super strength and plenty of blood and guts.
B. J. Harrison Reads The Master of Ballantrae by Robert Louis Stevenson
English | MP3@192 kbps | 8h 50m | 728.2 MB
Ballantrae and Henry are two brothers and Scottish noblemen, whose family is torn apart during the Jacobite rising of 1745. Ballantrae is an unscrupulous and bold man, who joins the fights to restore the Stuarts to the English throne. His brother, an honest and good-natured man, stays as a supporter of King George. Just when everyone thinks that Ballantrae has been killed, he returns to find out the terrible truth about his younger brother. Why did Henry choose to stay with King George instead of supporting his brother and country in the Jacobite fight? How will Ballantrae react when he finds out? Find all the answers in Robert Louis Stevenson's novel "The Master of Ballantrae" from 1889.
B. J. Harrison Reads The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle
English | MP3@192 kbps | 7h 50m | 645.7 MB
Edward Malone is a young journalist at the "Daily Gazette", who is eager to impress his girlfriend Gladys. To do so, he requests a dangerous and complex task. After a few days, he is assigned to an expedition leaded by the notorious Professor Challenger. The the expedition is headed toward what Challenger's claim is a new and isolated area of the Amazon jungle. He believes that thousands of years ago dinosaurs, pterodactyls and other exotic creatures were inhabitants of the area. The professor believes that no one has set foot there before, so he wants to be the first one.Why does Malone want to impress the woman he loves so badly, and will he be able to do so? Can he deal with the task he was assigned to? Will Professor Challenger's expedition succeed? Will he make a discovery of global significance?You can find all the answers in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's exciting and adventurous short story "The Lost World".
B. J. Harrison Reads The Invisible Man, a Father Brown Mystery by G.K.Chesterton
English | MP3@192 kbps | 39 min | 54.8 MB
Isidore Smythe is in danger. He has received threating letters and he does not see a way out. John Angus offers Smythe his help and Smythe is escorted back to his flat. Angus is determined to find out who has sent the letters and he heads out to the former criminal Flambeau and the private detective Father Brown. Before he leaves Smythe's apartment, he instructs four people to keep an eye on him. Yet when he comes back Smythe is missing and there's a bloodstain on the floor. Is Smythe dead or has he been kidnapped? Who is responsible? Will Angus, Flambeau and Brown manage to solve the case? Find out in "The Invisible Man, a Father Brown Mystery".