Classic Mystery Audiobooks: Free Public Domain Detective Stories
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Saturday May 23, 2026
Saturday May 23, 2026
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.comLady 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: Baroness Emma OrczyLength: 7 hours 51 minutesGenre: Detective FictionChapters:00:00 - Chapter 112:46 - Chapter 221:17 - Chapter 326:29 - Chapter 437:07 - Chapter 546:18 - Chapter 658:45 - Chapter 701:12:59 - Chapter 801:25:09 - Chapter 901:34:15 - Chapter 1001:41:03 - Chapter 1101:50:52 - Chapter 1202:00:27 - Chapter 1302:16:29 - Chapter 1402:28:59 - Chapter 1502:36:56 - Chapter 1602:41:50 - Chapter 1702:54:44 - Chapter 1803:07:43 - Chapter 1903:13:50 - Chapter 2003:29:05 - Chapter 2103:37:30 - Chapter 2203:50:26 - Chapter 2304:01:29 - Chapter 2404:08:26 - Chapter 2504:15:39 - Chapter 2604:24:34 - Chapter 2704:37:41 - Chapter 2804:42:26 - Chapter 2904:49:14 - Chapter 3004:52:15 - Chapter 3104:59:58 - Chapter 3205:13:46 - Chapter 3305:19:44 - Chapter 3405:28:55 - Chapter 3505:53:58 - Chapter 3606:03:40 - Chapter 3706:10:35 - Chapter 3806:20:08 - Chapter 3906:39:46 - Chapter 4006:48:11 - Chapter 4106:55:57 - Chapter 4207:00:41 - Chapter 4307:05:46 - Chapter 4407:17:33 - Chapter 4507:22:53 - Chapter 4607:31:24 - Chapter 4707:45:16 - Chapter 48#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 23, 2026
Saturday May 23, 2026
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 GreenLength: 1 hours 59 minutesGenre: Detective FictionChapters:00:00 - Chapter 118:16 - Chapter 233:40 - Chapter 343:11 - Chapter 454:39 - Chapter 501:08:15 - Chapter 601:17:37 - Chapter 701:37:31 - Chapter 801:49:25 - 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

Tuesday May 19, 2026
Tuesday May 19, 2026
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.comIn 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.Author: Walter WoodLength: 8 hours 8 minutesGenre: Law, True CrimeChapters:00:00 - Chapter 103:02 - Chapter 230:10 - Chapter 301:00:30 - Chapter 401:37:17 - Chapter 502:01:01 - Chapter 602:23:50 - Chapter 702:43:05 - Chapter 803:03:44 - Chapter 903:36:47 - Chapter 1003:55:11 - Chapter 1104:15:36 - Chapter 1204:42:18 - Chapter 1305:10:07 - Chapter 1405:33:12 - Chapter 1505:51:34 - Chapter 1606:12:45 - Chapter 1706:41:23 - Chapter 1807:11:13 - Chapter 1907:35:03 - Chapter 20#FullAudiobook #ClassicAudiobook #ClassicLiterature #FreeAudiobook #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

Tuesday May 19, 2026
Tuesday May 19, 2026
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.comThree 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. ChestertonLength: 2 hours 15 minutesGenre: Crime & Mystery Fiction, Short StoriesChapters:00:00 - Chapter 133:48 - Chapter 201:06:38 - Chapter 301:41:15 - Chapter 4#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

Tuesday May 19, 2026
Tuesday May 19, 2026
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.comThe mystery of a secret room, scene of many murders, is unraveled by Carlos Paredes, the Panamanian Sherlock Holmes. (Summary by manybooks.Author: Wadsworth CampLength: 9 hours 10 minutesGenre: General Fiction, Detective FictionChapters:00:00 - Chapter 138:16 - Chapter 259:21 - Chapter 301:23:13 - Chapter 401:57:16 - Chapter 502:15:20 - Chapter 602:39:28 - Chapter 703:05:18 - Chapter 803:34:00 - Chapter 903:58:33 - Chapter 1004:26:50 - Chapter 1104:58:00 - Chapter 1205:19:49 - Chapter 1305:40:24 - Chapter 1406:09:44 - Chapter 1506:35:26 - Chapter 1607:09:45 - Chapter 1707:35:33 - Chapter 1808:09:45 - Chapter 1908:32:20 - Chapter 20#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

Tuesday May 19, 2026
Tuesday May 19, 2026
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.comThe many adventures of Professor Craig Kennedy were chronicled by Arthur B. Reeve (October 15, 1880 - August 9, 1936).Author: Arthur B. ReeveLength: 8 hours 56 minutesGenre: Detective FictionChapters:00:00 - Chapter 103:38 - Chapter 242:43 - Chapter 301:26:11 - Chapter 402:07:57 - Chapter 502:47:27 - Chapter 603:37:18 - Chapter 704:20:43 - Chapter 805:05:11 - Chapter 905:50:19 - Chapter 1006:32:37 - Chapter 1107:16:29 - Chapter 1208:06:48 - 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

Tuesday May 19, 2026
Tuesday May 19, 2026
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.comDr. Watson chronicles here some of the more interesting detective cases that he and his good friend, Mr.Author: Sir Arthur Conan DoyleLength: 11 hours 14 minutesGenre: Action & Adventure Fiction, General Fiction, Detective FictionChapters:00:00 - Chapter 157:54 - Chapter 201:57:54 - Chapter 302:43:11 - Chapter 403:46:09 - Chapter 504:32:59 - Chapter 605:32:43 - Chapter 706:24:24 - Chapter 807:27:11 - Chapter 908:20:00 - Chapter 1009:12:36 - Chapter 1110:11:55 - Chapter 12#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 13, 2026
Wednesday May 13, 2026
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.comJeffrey 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 FreemanLength: 8 hours 28 minutesGenre: Detective FictionChapters:00:00 - Chapter 103:01 - Chapter 226:10 - Chapter 348:21 - Chapter 401:13:35 - Chapter 501:36:43 - Chapter 601:55:55 - Chapter 702:09:18 - Chapter 802:37:20 - Chapter 903:08:05 - Chapter 1003:34:10 - Chapter 1103:55:12 - Chapter 1204:18:53 - Chapter 1304:57:07 - Chapter 1405:14:30 - Chapter 1505:33:43 - Chapter 1606:07:10 - Chapter 1706:25:49 - Chapter 1806:57:12 - Chapter 1907:11:26 - Chapter 2007:35:52 - Chapter 2108:02:26 - Chapter 22#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 13, 2026
Wednesday May 13, 2026
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.comA 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 ThorneLength: 4 hours 40 minutesGenre: Detective FictionChapters:00:00 - Chapter 113:31 - Chapter 221:02 - Chapter 332:05 - Chapter 442:17 - Chapter 553:23 - Chapter 601:08:18 - Chapter 701:18:47 - Chapter 801:33:50 - Chapter 901:44:18 - Chapter 1001:54:40 - Chapter 1102:06:03 - Chapter 1202:18:23 - Chapter 1302:31:35 - Chapter 1402:44:35 - Chapter 1502:59:15 - Chapter 1603:18:41 - Chapter 1703:34:00 - Chapter 1803:42:04 - Chapter 1903:51:19 - Chapter 2004:04:26 - Chapter 2104:17:15 - Chapter 2204:31:55 - 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

Wednesday May 13, 2026
Wednesday May 13, 2026
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.comNancy '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 MichelsonLength: 5 hours 28 minutesGenre: Classic Detective MysteryChapters:00:00 - Chapter 135:27 - Chapter 201:12:25 - Chapter 301:25:25 - Chapter 401:51:02 - Chapter 502:09:31 - Chapter 602:25:14 - Chapter 702:43:35 - Chapter 803:09:40 - Chapter 903:25:30 - Chapter 1003:42:35 - Chapter 1103:58:43 - Chapter 1204:14:12 - Chapter 1304:30:22 - Chapter 1404:42:29 - Chapter 1504:57:39 - Chapter 1605:05:22 - 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







