Classic Mystery Audiobooks: Free Public Domain Detective Stories

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Wednesday May 13, 2026

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.comA 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 McGibenyLength: 4 hours 13 minutesGenre: Detective FictionChapters:00:00 - Chapter 116:25 - Chapter 227:17 - Chapter 350:47 - Chapter 401:09:21 - Chapter 501:27:25 - Chapter 601:41:44 - Chapter 701:54:06 - Chapter 802:12:33 - Chapter 902:23:20 - Chapter 1002:36:28 - Chapter 1102:55:28 - Chapter 1203:05:41 - Chapter 1303:14:58 - Chapter 1403:29:22 - Chapter 1503:41:17 - Chapter 1603:57:42 - Chapter 1704:03:50 - Chapter 18#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

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.comA 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 CollinsLength: 6 hours 59 minutesGenre: Classic Detective MysteryChapters:00:00 - Chapter 112:47 - Chapter 228:41 - Chapter 345:12 - Chapter 401:04:43 - Chapter 501:23:47 - Chapter 601:40:25 - Chapter 701:47:10 - Chapter 802:09:15 - Chapter 902:15:25 - Chapter 1002:27:43 - Chapter 1102:41:44 - Chapter 1203:01:02 - Chapter 1303:15:30 - Chapter 1403:25:07 - Chapter 1503:34:52 - Chapter 1603:41:05 - Chapter 1703:59:40 - Chapter 1804:09:21 - Chapter 1904:28:01 - Chapter 2004:46:51 - Chapter 2105:01:41 - Chapter 2205:18:30 - Chapter 2305:34:45 - Chapter 2405:50:02 - Chapter 2506:04:54 - Chapter 2606:32:46 - Chapter 2706:41:43 - Chapter 2806:53:38 - Chapter 29#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

Wednesday May 13, 2026

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.comWhen 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 Roberts RinehartLength: 6 hours 50 minutesGenre: General Fiction, Detective FictionChapters:00:00 - Chapter 121:24 - Chapter 235:49 - Chapter 357:38 - Chapter 401:13:46 - Chapter 501:32:56 - Chapter 601:47:41 - Chapter 702:03:23 - Chapter 802:17:05 - Chapter 902:34:47 - Chapter 1003:00:11 - Chapter 1103:18:54 - Chapter 1203:34:55 - Chapter 1303:52:45 - Chapter 1404:07:09 - Chapter 1504:20:13 - Chapter 1604:29:15 - Chapter 1704:43:32 - Chapter 1804:58:55 - Chapter 1905:16:57 - Chapter 2005:35:19 - Chapter 2105:49:18 - Chapter 2205:59:01 - Chapter 2306:13:09 - Chapter 2406:24:59 - Chapter 2506:40:35 - Chapter 26#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

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.comA 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 JenkinsLength: 6 hours 24 minutesGenre: Detective FictionChapters:00:00 - Chapter 117:20 - Chapter 244:36 - Chapter 301:01:45 - Chapter 401:27:28 - Chapter 501:45:30 - Chapter 602:15:07 - Chapter 702:41:53 - Chapter 802:58:53 - Chapter 903:21:19 - Chapter 1003:34:12 - Chapter 1104:02:30 - Chapter 1204:28:53 - Chapter 1304:48:01 - Chapter 1405:13:40 - Chapter 1505:51:05 - Chapter 1606:16:17 - 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

Sunday May 10, 2026

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.comIn 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 Younger, or a Tibetan manuscript.Author: VariousLength: 10 hours 55 minutesGenre: Classic Detective MysteryChapters:00:00 - Chapter 123:51 - Chapter 244:52 - Chapter 301:21:57 - Chapter 401:40:07 - Chapter 501:56:23 - Chapter 602:31:57 - Chapter 703:07:56 - Chapter 803:25:03 - Chapter 903:43:13 - Chapter 1004:12:11 - Chapter 1104:58:47 - Chapter 1205:49:05 - Chapter 1306:14:21 - Chapter 1406:44:30 - Chapter 1507:17:12 - Chapter 1607:48:12 - Chapter 1708:22:34 - Chapter 1808:58:43 - Chapter 1909:31:38 - Chapter 2010:18:23 - Chapter 21#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

Saturday May 09, 2026

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.comDoyle'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 DoyleLength: 6 hours 22 minutesGenre: Classic Sherlock Holmes ClassicChapters:00:00 - Chapter 120:37 - Chapter 238:00 - Chapter 301:00:34 - Chapter 401:24:32 - Chapter 501:51:11 - Chapter 602:20:58 - Chapter 702:59:09 - Chapter 803:18:43 - Chapter 903:55:36 - Chapter 1004:32:02 - Chapter 1104:56:25 - Chapter 1205:28:15 - Chapter 1305:51:32 - Chapter 1406:16:53 - Chapter 15#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

Thursday May 07, 2026

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.comOnions 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 OnionsLength: 7 hours 52 minutesGenre: Classic Detective MysteryChapters:00:00 - Chapter 141:54 - Chapter 201:28:27 - Chapter 302:21:34 - Chapter 402:56:21 - Chapter 503:28:16 - Chapter 604:11:23 - Chapter 704:44:21 - Chapter 805:24:11 - Chapter 905:55:42 - Chapter 1006:21:05 - Chapter 1107:09:44 - Chapter 12#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

Thursday May 07, 2026

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.comThis 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 DoyleLength: 56 minutesGenre: Detective FictionChapters:00:00 - Chapter 123:58 - Chapter 248:47 - Chapter 3Search keywords: full audiobook, free audiobook, classic audiobook, classic mystery audiobook, detective audiobook, public domain audiobook, classic detective mystery, mystery audiobook#FullAudiobook #MysteryAudiobook #ClassicMystery #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. Unlock full access, exclusive content, and early releases:https://www.patreon.com/theforbiddenknowledgenetwork

Thursday May 07, 2026

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 short distance of the principal streets of this great city, and is surrounded by an impenetrable mystery.This is Mystery of a Hansom Cab by Fergus Hume.Author: Fergus HumeLength: 7 hours 41 minutesGenre: Detective FictionChapters:00:00 - Chapter 106:28 - Chapter 216:02 - Chapter 326:05 - Chapter 427:16 - Chapter 535:12 - Chapter 649:03 - Chapter 701:03:53 - Chapter 801:19:56 - Chapter 901:37:31 - Chapter 1001:58:18 - Chapter 1102:12:47 - Chapter 1202:28:24 - Chapter 1302:44:33 - Chapter 1403:01:38 - Chapter 1503:14:32 - Chapter 1603:30:53 - Chapter 1703:41:34 - Chapter 1803:59:12 - Chapter 1904:11:14 - Chapter 2004:28:26 - Chapter 2104:35:56 - Chapter 2204:50:33 - Chapter 2305:00:30 - Chapter 2405:14:00 - Chapter 2505:29:02 - Chapter 2605:42:47 - Chapter 2705:51:28 - Chapter 2806:05:21 - Chapter 2906:21:03 - Chapter 3006:32:53 - Chapter 3106:48:01 - Chapter 3206:59:03 - Chapter 3307:07:53 - Chapter 3407:23:28 - Chapter 3507:35:25 - Chapter 36#FullAudiobook #MysteryAudiobook #ClassicMystery #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. Unlock full access, exclusive content, and early releases:https://www.patreon.com/theforbiddenknowledgenetwork

Thursday May 07, 2026

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.comAnna 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 Leavenworth Case by Anna Katharine Green.Author: Anna Katharine GreenLength: 10 hours 34 minutesGenre: Detective FictionChapters:00:00 - Chapter 113:02 - Chapter 222:02 - Chapter 350:02 - Chapter 401:00:11 - Chapter 501:13:00 - Chapter 601:22:43 - Chapter 701:35:38 - Chapter 801:59:28 - Chapter 902:14:46 - Chapter 1002:32:12 - Chapter 1102:43:46 - Chapter 1202:55:10 - Chapter 1303:08:26 - Chapter 1403:27:47 - Chapter 1503:44:12 - Chapter 1603:51:32 - Chapter 1704:09:19 - Chapter 1804:21:13 - Chapter 1904:32:36 - Chapter 2004:42:30 - Chapter 2104:53:46 - Chapter 2205:22:41 - Chapter 2305:37:35 - Chapter 2405:52:56 - Chapter 2506:04:59 - Chapter 2606:23:04 - Chapter 2706:33:50 - Chapter 2806:56:17 - Chapter 2907:04:36 - Chapter 3007:14:57 - Chapter 3107:32:13 - Chapter 3208:20:07 - Chapter 3308:30:18 - Chapter 3408:57:52 - Chapter 3509:18:50 - Chapter 3609:33:20 - Chapter 3709:51:23 - Chapter 3810:26:58 - Chapter 39Search keywords: full audiobook, free audiobook, classic audiobook, classic mystery audiobook, detective audiobook, public domain audiobook, classic detective mystery, mystery audiobook#FullAudiobook #MysteryAudiobook #ClassicMystery #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. Unlock full access, exclusive content, and early releases:https://www.patreon.com/theforbiddenknowledgenetwork

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