Publisher Description
Feeling a chill amidst the warmth of the season? Sensing a shadow lurking behind the tinsel and lights? Experience the darker visions hidden within our brightest holiday. Come listen to the water ghost’s story as she spends Christmas Eve haunting Harrowby Hill. Listen as Charles Dickens examines the figure which haunts “The Signalman,” and Edgar Allan Poe details the secret of “The Oval Portrait.” You’ll shiver as “The Monkey’s Paw” twitches grimly in the cold and enjoy Mark Twain’s fascinating yarn about a ghostly giant warming himself at the fireplace.
Sixteen unabridged tales of spirits to playfully darken the holidays and add chill to a winter’s night:
“The Traveller” by R. H. Benson
“The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall” by John Kendrick Bangs
“The Oval Portrait” and “The Black Cat” by Edgar Allan Poe
“A Ghost Story” by Mark Twain
“The Wolf" by Guy de Maupassant
“The Adventures of the German Student” by Washington Irving
“The Monkey’s Paw” by W. W. Jacobs
“From the Tideless Sea” by W. H. Hodgson
“Madam Crowl’s Ghost” by J. S. Le Fanu
“The Canterville Ghost” by Oscar Wilde
“Doctor Heidegger’s Experiment” by Nathaniel Hawthorne
“The Old Nurse’s Story” by Mrs. Gaskell
“The Black Veil” and “The Signalman” by Charles Dickens
“Selecting a Ghost” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Read by Tom Casaletto, Sandra Burr, Leanor Reizen, Jim Bond, Roger Dressler, and Michael Page
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About the Authors
Karissa Vacker is a multiple AudioFile Earphones Award–winning audiobook narrator and actress. After graduating with a BFA in acting from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, she performed in regional theaters across the country before moving to Los Angeles. She has guest starred in network television shows and films and continues to work on screen and stage. Her audiobook credits include romance, young adult fiction, and mystery thrillers.
Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875) was born in Odense, Denmark, the son of a poor shoemaker and a washerwoman. As a young teenager, he became quite well known in Odense as a reciter of drama and as a singer. When he was fourteen, he set off for the capital, Copenhagen, determined to become a national success on the stage. He failed miserably, but made some influential friends in the capital who got him into school to remedy his lack of proper education. In 1829 his first book was published. After that, books came out at regular intervals. His stories began to be translated into English as early as 1846. Since then, numerous editions, and more recently Hollywood songs and Disney cartoons, have helped to ensure the continuing popularity of the stories in the English-speaking world.
About various narrators
Aaron Landon began acting in Portland, Oregon, as a child, where he studied the Meisner technique and acted in local theater, film, and commercials. He narrated his first audiobook at the age of nine. After booking roles in NBC’s Grimm and the feature film Gone with Amanda Seyfried, Aaron moved to Los Angeles in 2012 to pursue acting and full-time voiceover work. You have likely heard him voicing promos for Jimmy Kimmel Live and NBC Sports Net, as well as national commercials for Bing, CenturyLink, Warrior Dash, and Fanvision.