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Classic Mystery Audiobooks: Free Public Domain Detective Stories

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This podcast offers classic mystery audiobooks from the public domain, featuring detective stories, crime fiction, and suspense-filled investigations from the golden age of literature. It includes works by legendary authors, with gripping cases, hidden clues, and unforgettable characters. The recordings are sourced from LibriVox and narrated by volunteers, curated and distributed by Classic Mystery Audiobooks.

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Rivals of Sherlock Holmes, Vol. 1 (Full Audiobook) | Various Jun 12, 2026 39825 https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes was a British TV series from the early 70s that dramatized stories written contemporaneously with the Sherlock Holmes stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. This anthology contains twelve of the thirteen stories adapted as episodes for the first season. Author: Various Length: 11 hours 3 minutes Genre: Detective Fiction, Short

Seven Secrets (Full Audiobook) | William Le Queux May 30, 2026 27927 https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com A true "whodunit" with as many twists and turns as an English country road. Old man Courtenay is found murdered in his bed. Author: William Le Queux Length: 7 hours 45 minutes Genre: General Fiction, Detective Fiction Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 09:51 - Chapter 2 17:03 - Chapter 3 28:10 - Chapter 4 36:12 - Chapter 5 49:26 - Chapter 6 01:04:43 - Chapter

Mysterious Disappearance (Full Audiobook) | Louis Tracy May 27, 2026 32184 https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Lady Dyke disappears mysteriously, and barrister and hobby detective Claude Bruce appears to be one of the last persons to have seen her. A short time later a dead body is found in the river, and Bruce follows the trails. Author: Louis Tracy Length: 8 hours 56 minutes Genre: Detective Fiction Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 18:52 - Chapter 2 38:30 - Chapter

Bulldog Drummond (Full Audiobook) | Sapper May 27, 2026 32164 https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com 'Sapper', the pseudonym of Colonel. H. Author: Sapper Length: 8 hours 55 minutes Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction, Detective Fiction Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 29:32 - Chapter 2 01:01:07 - Chapter 3 01:45:38 - Chapter 4 02:29:59 - Chapter 5 03:11:46 - Chapter 6 03:47:42 - Chapter 7 04:26:22 - Chapter 8 05:16:21 - Chapter 9 05:52:46 - Chapter 10 06

Lady Molly of Scotland Yard (Full Audiobook) | Baroness Emma Orczy May 23, 2026 28315 https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Lady Molly of Scotland Yard is a collection of short stories about Molly Robertson-Kirk, an early fictional female detective. It was written by Baroness Orczy, who is best known as the creator of The Scarlet Pimpernel, but who also invented two immortal turn-of-the-century detectives in The Old Man in the Corner and Lady Molly of Scotland Yard. Author:

X Y Z - A Detective Story (Full Audiobook) | Anna Katharine Green May 23, 2026 7154 https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com "Sometimes in the course of his experience, a detective, while engaged in ferreting out the mystery of one crime, runs inadvertently upon the clue to another. But rarely has this been done in a manner more unexpected or with attendant circumstances of greater interest than in the instance I am now about to relate. Author: Anna Katharine Green Length: 1

Survivors’ Tales of Famous Crimes (Full Audiobook) | Walter Wood May 19, 2026 29342 https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com In this anthology of true crime tales, editor Walter Wood interviews those who were touched by the crimes recounted, sometimes as an acquaintance of the deceased or criminal or in the course of their professional duties. This work provides a personal look at some of the most sensational crimes and scandals of late 19th and early 20th century Britain. Au

Trees of Pride (Full Audiobook) | G. K. Chesterton May 19, 2026 8107 https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Three trees, known as the Peacock trees, are blamed by the peasants for the fever that has killed many. Squire Vane scoffs at this legend as superstition. Author: G. K. Chesterton Length: 2 hours 15 minutes Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction, Short Stories Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 33:48 - Chapter 2 01:06:38 - Chapter 3 01:41:15 - Chapter 4 #FullAudio

Abandoned Room (Full Audiobook) | Wadsworth Camp May 19, 2026 33020 https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com The mystery of a secret room, scene of many murders, is unraveled by Carlos Paredes, the Panamanian Sherlock Holmes. (Summary by manybooks. Author: Wadsworth Camp Length: 9 hours 10 minutes Genre: General Fiction, Detective Fiction Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 38:16 - Chapter 2 59:21 - Chapter 3 01:23:13 - Chapter 4 01:57:16 - Chapter 5 02:15:20 - Chapte

Silent Bullet (Full Audiobook) | Arthur B. Reeve May 19, 2026 32172 https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com The many adventures of Professor Craig Kennedy were chronicled by Arthur B. Reeve (October 15, 1880 - August 9, 1936). Author: Arthur B. Reeve Length: 8 hours 56 minutes Genre: Detective Fiction Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 03:38 - Chapter 2 42:43 - Chapter 3 01:26:11 - Chapter 4 02:07:57 - Chapter 5 02:47:27 - Chapter 6 03:37:18 - Chapter 7 04:20:43 - C

Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Remastered) (Full Audiobook) | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle May 19, 2026 40485 https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Dr. Watson chronicles here some of the more interesting detective cases that he and his good friend, Mr. Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Length: 11 hours 14 minutes Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction, General Fiction, Detective Fiction Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 57:54 - Chapter 2 01:57:54 - Chapter 3 02:43:11 - Chapter 4 03:46:09 - Chapter 5 04:32:59

Mystery of 31 New Inn (Full Audiobook) | R. Austin Freeman May 13, 2026 30494 https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Jeffrey Blackmore suspiciously made two wills, both deceptively alike, but still, in a cunning way, completely different. John Thorndyke, equally cunning and smart, smells something fishy. Author: R. Austin Freeman Length: 8 hours 28 minutes Genre: Detective Fiction Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 03:01 - Chapter 2 26:10 - Chapter 3 48:21 - Chapter 4 01:13:

Sheridan Road Mystery (Full Audiobook) | Paul Thorne May 13, 2026 16807 https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com A shot rings out in the middle of the night in a quiet Chicago neighborhood. Patrolman Murphy is directed to an apartment where a man says the shot came from. Author: Paul Thorne Length: 4 hours 40 minutes Genre: Detective Fiction Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 13:31 - Chapter 2 21:02 - Chapter 3 32:05 - Chapter 4 42:17 - Chapter 5 53:23 - Chapter 6 01:08:

In the Bishop’S Carriage (Full Audiobook) | Miriam Michelson May 13, 2026 19728 https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Nancy 'Nance' Olden, a young and very pretty woman, is an accomplished liar and thief. Raised in a horrific orphanage, called the Cruelty by its occupants, Nance and her criminal boyfriend, Tom Dorgan, are pulling a con when the book begins. Author: Miriam Michelson Length: 5 hours 28 minutes Genre: Classic Detective Mystery Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1

32 Caliber (Full Audiobook) | Donald McGibeny May 13, 2026 15209 https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com A suspicious accident reveals itself to be a murder. Our story is narrated by a lawyer who turns detective in order to uncover the real murderer, and leads us on a chase through Bolshevik headquarters, country clubs, and a dry creek bed, before the real clues come to light. Author: Donald McGibeny Length: 4 hours 13 minutes Genre: Detective Fiction Chap

Haunted Hotel, A Mystery of Modern Venice (Full Audiobook) | Wilkie Collins May 13, 2026 25167 https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com A kind, good-hearted, genteel young woman jilted, a suspicious death or two that only a few think could be murder, strange apparitions appearing in an hotel all combine to create a horrifying conundrum. Who was the culprit and will finding out finally put an end to the mystery. Author: Wilkie Collins Length: 6 hours 59 minutes Genre: Classic Detective M

Window at the White Cat (Full Audiobook) | Mary Roberts Rinehart May 13, 2026 24633 https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com When a clumsy, well-meaning lawyer gets involved with a pair of delightful old maids and a beautiful girl, he must acquire some of the skills of his friends the detective and the newspaperman to solve the puzzle of The White Cat. That's the name of a back-street political club serving beers, political favors and, occasionally, murder. Author: Mary Rober

Malcolm Sage, Detective (Full Audiobook) | Herbert George Jenkins May 13, 2026 23085 https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com A collection of short stories that chronicles the first year of the Malcolm Sage Detective Bureau. Sequel or companion story of <a href="https://librivox. Author: Herbert George Jenkins Length: 6 hours 24 minutes Genre: Detective Fiction Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 17:20 - Chapter 2 44:36 - Chapter 3 01:01:45 - Chapter 4 01:27:28 - Chapter 5 01:45:30

Library of the World’S Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Volume 1 (Full Audiobook) | Various May 10, 2026 39329 https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com In the six volumes of the Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Julian Hawthorne presents us thrilling and mysterious short stories from all corners of the world. Some of the stories appeared in this collection for the first time translated into English, and many of them come from unexpected sources, such as the letters of Pliny the

Valley of Fear (Full Audiobook) | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle May 9, 2026 22958 https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Doyle's final novel featuring the beloved sleuth, Sherlock Holmes, brings the detective and his friend to a country manor where they are preceded by either a murder or a suicide. A secretive organization lies culprit and an infiltration of it is in order. Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Length: 6 hours 22 minutes Genre: Classic Sherlock Holmes Classic Ch

Widdershins (Remastered) (Full Audiobook) | Oliver Onions May 7, 2026 28358 https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Onions wrote several collections of ghost stories, of which the best known is Widdershins (1911). It includes the novella <i>The Beckoning Fair One</i>, widely regarded as one of the best in the genre of horror fiction, especially psychological horror. Author: Oliver Onions Length: 7 hours 52 minutes Genre: Classic Detective Mystery Chapters

Scandal in Bohemia (Full Audiobook) | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle May 7, 2026 3382 https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com This story, found in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, is one of the best in my opinion. Is it possible for the machine like brain of this genius to be foiled. This is Scandal in Bohemia by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Length: 56 minutes Genre: Detective Fiction Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 23:58 - Chapter 2 48:47 - Chapter 3 S

Mystery of a Hansom Cab (Full Audiobook) | Fergus Hume May 7, 2026 27727 https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com "The following report appeared in the Argus newspaper of Saturday, the 28th July, 18-- "Truth is said to be stranger than fiction, and certainly the extraordinary murder which took place in Melbourne on Thursday night, or rather Friday morning, goes a long way towards verifying this saying. A crime has been committed by an unknown assassin, within a sho

Leavenworth Case (Full Audiobook) | Anna Katharine Green May 7, 2026 38067 https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Anna Katharine Green was one of the first female mystery writers to publish under her own name. She was never very successful as an author, but the technical excellence of her books caused several law schools to use The Leavenworth Case as a textbook in some of their classes, as an example of how misleading circumstantial evidence can be. This is Leaven

Study in Scarlet (Remastered) (Full Audiobook) | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle May 7, 2026 17435 https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com This exciting story is the first of the Sherlock Holmes detective novels and stories and the beginning of the famed duo with Dr. Watson who faithfully chronicles each episode. This is Study in Scarlet (Remastered) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Length: 4 hours 50 minutes Genre: Detective Fiction Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 16:

Hand and Ring (Full Audiobook) | Anna Katharine Green May 6, 2026 60218 https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com 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 Chapter

Midnight Passenger (Full Audiobook) | Richard Henry Savage May 6, 2026 30166 https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com 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 🎧 This audiobook recording is from LibriVox.org. All LibriVox recordings are in the public

The Gloved Hand (Full Audiobook) | Burton Egbert Stevenson May 6, 2026 23576 https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com 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: Burt

Strange Disappearance (Full Audiobook) | Anna Katharine Green May 6, 2026 20154 https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com 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 G

Master of Mysteries (Full Audiobook) | Robert Eustace May 6, 2026 15436 https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com "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 - Chapt

Black Bag (Full Audiobook) — Classic Detective Mystery | Louis Joseph Vance May 2, 2026 37676 https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com 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 Chapter

Amiable Charlatan (Full Audiobook) — Classic Mystery Fiction | E. Phillips Oppenheim May 2, 2026 22803 https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com 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

Ruby and the Caldron (Full Audiobook) — Classic Detective Mystery | Anna Katharine Green May 2, 2026 4188 https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com 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 Gr

Mystery of Cloomber (Full Audiobook) — A Supernatural Mystery Classic | Arthur Conan Doyle May 1, 2026 19240 https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com 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. Au

I Say No — The Refusal That Uncovered a Dangerous Secret (Full Audiobook) | Wilkie Collins May 1, 2026 52303 https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com 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 🎧 This audiobook recording is from LibriVox.org. All LibriVox rec

The House of a Thousand Candles — Trapped Inside a Mansion Full of Secrets (Full Audiobook) | Meredith Nicholson May 1, 2026 26992 https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com 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 Meredit

The Poisoned Pen — A Hidden Code With Fatal Consequences (Full Audiobook) | Arthur B. Reeve May 1, 2026 36995 https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com 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 🎧 This audiobook recording is from LibriVox.org. All LibriVox recordings

Wylder’s Hand (Full Audiobook) — A Classic Public Domain Mystery | Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Apr 30, 2026 61277 https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com 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

Uttermost Farthing (Full Audiobook) — A Classic Public Domain Mystery | R. Austin Freeman Apr 29, 2026 17773 https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com 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:

Big Bow Mystery (Full Audiobook) — A Classic Murder Mystery | Israel Zangwill Apr 29, 2026 18339 https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com 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 🎧 This audiobook recording is from LibriVox.org. All LibriVox recordings are

Mystery of Edwin Drood (Full Audiobook) — A Classic Murder Mystery | Charles Dickens Apr 29, 2026 44511 https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com 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 🎧 This

Four Max Carrados Detective Stories (Full Audiobook) — A Classic Sherlock Holmes Detective Mystery | Ernest Bramah Apr 29, 2026 13119 https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com 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 m

Red House Mystery (Full Audiobook) — A Classic Murder Mystery | A. A. Milne Apr 28, 2026 24955 https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com 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 🎧 This audiobook

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