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.

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5 hours ago

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.comMissing diamonds, untouched safe, two blood smeared thumb prints and a mysterious Mr X. If these are present, Dr Thorndyke must be there too.Author: R. Austin FreemanLength: 6 hours 55 minutesGenre: Classic Detective MysteryChapters:00:00 - Chapter 112:37 - Chapter 235:19 - Chapter 301:00:36 - Chapter 401:21:32 - Chapter 501:43:30 - Chapter 602:03:04 - Chapter 702:17:43 - Chapter 802:29:31 - Chapter 902:48:57 - Chapter 1003:11:08 - Chapter 1103:41:55 - Chapter 1203:58:57 - Chapter 1304:30:17 - Chapter 1404:54:33 - Chapter 1505:22:07 - Chapter 1605:48:47 - Chapter 1706:16:03 - Chapter 1806:42:24 - Chapter 19#FullAudiobook #ClassicAudiobook #ClassicLiterature #MysteryAudiobook #PublicDomain 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: Free Public Domain Detective Stories. Want the full experience? Get complete video episodes, exclusive bonus content, and access to everything on The Forbidden Knowledge Network.https://www.patreon.com/theforbiddenknowledgenetwork

5 hours ago

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.comBank manager John Hornbury is missing, as are securities and jewels from the bank's vault. Gabriel Chestermarke and his nephew Joseph have unaccountably refused to call in the police to investigate the theft from their bank.Author: J. S. FletcherLength: 7 hours 20 minutesGenre: Detective FictionChapters:00:00 - Chapter 115:09 - Chapter 229:10 - Chapter 342:50 - Chapter 457:12 - Chapter 501:11:14 - Chapter 601:26:14 - Chapter 701:40:40 - Chapter 801:55:07 - Chapter 902:08:53 - Chapter 1002:23:14 - Chapter 1102:38:49 - Chapter 1202:53:27 - Chapter 1303:09:19 - Chapter 1403:25:13 - Chapter 1503:38:56 - Chapter 1603:55:33 - Chapter 1704:09:05 - Chapter 1804:24:26 - Chapter 1904:40:24 - Chapter 2004:53:16 - Chapter 2105:11:37 - Chapter 2205:24:48 - Chapter 2305:39:27 - Chapter 2405:50:54 - Chapter 2506:03:18 - Chapter 2606:15:49 - Chapter 2706:26:29 - Chapter 2806:35:47 - Chapter 2906:52:17 - Chapter 3007:01:02 - Chapter 31#FullAudiobook #ClassicAudiobook #ClassicLiterature #MysteryAudiobook #PublicDomain 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: Free Public Domain Detective Stories. Want the full experience? Get complete video episodes, exclusive bonus content, and access to everything on The Forbidden Knowledge Network.https://www.patreon.com/theforbiddenknowledgenetwork

5 hours ago

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.comViolet Strange, a clever petite detective, is called upon to solve the mystery of a page gone missing from an important document. The futures of several people, including an eccentric misanthrope, a chemical scientist, a bride and groom, depend on the quick resolution of this problem.Author: Anna Katharine GreenLength: 1 hours 33 minutesGenre: Classic Detective MysteryChapters:00:00 - Chapter 127:55 - Chapter 258:35 - Chapter 3#FullAudiobook #ClassicAudiobook #ClassicLiterature #HorrorAudiobook #PublicDomain 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: Free Public Domain Detective Stories. Want the full experience? Get complete video episodes, exclusive bonus content, and access to everything on The Forbidden Knowledge Network.https://www.patreon.com/theforbiddenknowledgenetwork

5 hours ago

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.comA Double Barrelled Detective Story is a novel by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), in which Sherlock Holmes finds himself in the American west. At a mining camp in California, Fetlock Jones, a nephew of Sherlock Holmes, kills his master, a silver-miner, by blowing up his cabin.Author: Mark TwainLength: 2 hours 0 minutesGenre: Detective FictionChapters:00:00 - Chapter 105:13 - Chapter 216:57 - Chapter 336:00 - Chapter 448:48 - Chapter 501:01:31 - Chapter 601:11:49 - Chapter 701:20:59 - Chapter 801:43:45 - Chapter 9#FullAudiobook #ClassicAudiobook #ClassicLiterature #MysteryAudiobook #PublicDomain 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: Free Public Domain Detective Stories. Want the full experience? Get complete video episodes, exclusive bonus content, and access to everything on The Forbidden Knowledge Network.https://www.patreon.com/theforbiddenknowledgenetwork

3 days ago

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.comWhose Body. is the first of Dorothy Sayers's famous Lord Peter Wimsey novels, introducing that nobleman, as well as his manservant and fellow-sleuth, Mervyn Bunter.Author: Dorothy L. SayersLength: 6 hours 46 minutesGenre: Detective FictionChapters:00:00 - Chapter 126:40 - Chapter 201:00:13 - Chapter 301:25:35 - Chapter 402:09:49 - Chapter 502:57:07 - Chapter 603:52:40 - Chapter 704:25:51 - Chapter 804:43:00 - Chapter 905:08:04 - Chapter 1005:44:40 - Chapter 1106:04:33 - Chapter 1206:18:34 - Chapter 13#FullAudiobook #ClassicAudiobook #ClassicLiterature #MysteryAudiobook #PublicDomain 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: Free Public Domain Detective Stories. Want the full experience? Get complete video episodes, exclusive bonus content, and access to everything on The Forbidden Knowledge Network.https://www.patreon.com/theforbiddenknowledgenetwork

Saturday Jun 13, 2026

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.comFrom the moment Madame Sara arrived on the scene, she has taken London society by storm. Madame is both beautiful and mysterious, but it soon becomes clear to both Dixon Druce and his friend, police surgeon Eric Vandeleur, that there is something sinister about the woman and the goings on at her shop on the Strand.Author: Robert EustaceLength: 4 hours 59 minutesGenre: Crime & Mystery FictionChapters:00:00 - Chapter 120:55 - Chapter 237:24 - Chapter 354:04 - Chapter 401:11:17 - Chapter 501:30:10 - Chapter 601:41:24 - Chapter 701:56:07 - Chapter 802:11:17 - Chapter 902:33:49 - Chapter 1002:48:29 - Chapter 1103:08:21 - Chapter 1203:23:26 - Chapter 1303:38:50 - Chapter 1403:54:51 - Chapter 1504:15:30 - Chapter 1604:38:06 - Chapter 17#FullAudiobook #ClassicAudiobook #ClassicLiterature #MysteryAudiobook #PublicDomain 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: Free Public Domain Detective Stories. Want the full experience? Get complete video episodes, exclusive bonus content, and access to everything on The Forbidden Knowledge Network.https://www.patreon.com/theforbiddenknowledgenetwork

Friday Jun 12, 2026

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.comThe 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: VariousLength: 11 hours 3 minutesGenre: Detective Fiction, Short StoriesChapters:00:00 - Chapter 126:00 - Chapter 248:44 - Chapter 301:19:31 - Chapter 401:47:03 - Chapter 502:22:02 - Chapter 602:40:55 - Chapter 703:11:21 - Chapter 803:39:03 - Chapter 904:19:49 - Chapter 1004:37:39 - Chapter 1105:01:49 - Chapter 1205:33:25 - Chapter 1305:58:05 - Chapter 1406:15:23 - Chapter 1506:47:13 - Chapter 1607:12:50 - Chapter 1707:49:15 - Chapter 1808:18:17 - Chapter 1909:03:39 - Chapter 2009:32:28 - Chapter 2110:02:32 - Chapter 2210:32:45 - Chapter 23#FullAudiobook #ClassicAudiobook #ClassicLiterature #MysteryAudiobook #PublicDomain 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: Free Public Domain Detective Stories. Want the full experience? Get complete video episodes, exclusive bonus content, and access to everything on The Forbidden Knowledge Network.https://www.patreon.com/theforbiddenknowledgenetwork

Saturday May 30, 2026

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.comA 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 QueuxLength: 7 hours 45 minutesGenre: General Fiction, Detective FictionChapters:00:00 - Chapter 109:51 - Chapter 217:03 - Chapter 328:10 - Chapter 436:12 - Chapter 549:26 - Chapter 601:04:43 - Chapter 701:20:45 - Chapter 801:36:37 - Chapter 901:52:41 - Chapter 1002:08:10 - Chapter 1102:25:59 - Chapter 1202:40:32 - Chapter 1302:55:28 - Chapter 1403:12:41 - Chapter 1503:30:17 - Chapter 1603:49:13 - Chapter 1704:06:29 - Chapter 1804:21:36 - Chapter 1904:39:39 - Chapter 2004:53:19 - Chapter 2105:10:27 - Chapter 2205:25:56 - Chapter 2305:40:35 - Chapter 2405:59:20 - Chapter 2506:10:15 - Chapter 2606:36:53 - Chapter 2706:46:45 - Chapter 2806:59:19 - Chapter 2907:10:34 - Chapter 3007:22:32 - Chapter 31#FullAudiobook #ClassicAudiobook #ClassicLiterature #MysteryAudiobook #PublicDomain 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: Free Public Domain Detective Stories. Want the full experience? Get complete video episodes, exclusive bonus content, and access to everything on The Forbidden Knowledge Network.https://www.patreon.com/theforbiddenknowledgenetwork

Wednesday May 27, 2026

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.comLady 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 TracyLength: 8 hours 56 minutesGenre: Detective FictionChapters:00:00 - Chapter 118:52 - Chapter 238:30 - Chapter 352:52 - Chapter 401:14:11 - Chapter 501:26:36 - Chapter 601:39:30 - Chapter 701:54:20 - Chapter 802:09:42 - Chapter 902:28:00 - Chapter 1002:42:32 - Chapter 1102:59:30 - Chapter 1203:12:29 - Chapter 1303:29:59 - Chapter 1403:52:44 - Chapter 1504:13:53 - Chapter 1604:31:18 - Chapter 1704:50:52 - Chapter 1805:11:17 - Chapter 1905:25:57 - Chapter 2005:44:36 - Chapter 2106:03:47 - Chapter 2206:22:44 - Chapter 2306:39:02 - Chapter 2406:54:07 - Chapter 2507:14:04 - Chapter 2607:29:01 - Chapter 2707:45:32 - Chapter 2808:01:35 - Chapter 2908:22:58 - Chapter 3008:44:20 - Chapter 31#FullAudiobook #ClassicAudiobook #ClassicLiterature #MysteryAudiobook #PublicDomain 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: Free Public Domain Detective Stories. Want the full experience? Get complete video episodes, exclusive bonus content, and access to everything on The Forbidden Knowledge Network.https://www.patreon.com/theforbiddenknowledgenetwork

Wednesday May 27, 2026

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com'Sapper', the pseudonym of Colonel. H.Author: SapperLength: 8 hours 55 minutesGenre: Action & Adventure Fiction, Detective FictionChapters:00:00 - Chapter 129:32 - Chapter 201:01:07 - Chapter 301:45:38 - Chapter 402:29:59 - Chapter 503:11:46 - Chapter 603:47:42 - Chapter 704:26:22 - Chapter 805:16:21 - Chapter 905:52:46 - Chapter 1006:26:52 - Chapter 1107:12:25 - Chapter 1208:04:30 - Chapter 13#FullAudiobook #ClassicAudiobook #ClassicLiterature #MysteryAudiobook #PublicDomain 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: Free Public Domain Detective Stories. Want the full experience? Get complete video episodes, exclusive bonus content, and access to everything on The Forbidden Knowledge Network.https://www.patreon.com/theforbiddenknowledgenetwork

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