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The devastating Civil War is finally ending. Laura Taylor, whose husband Rye is making his way home from the war, stands at her kitchen window. A vision of returning warriors fills her sight. In the distance, a lone soldier in blue. Is that Rye coming home? She has little time to wonder because a family friend, Willie, rides up with news that men are coming to burn the Taylors out. Laura and Rye planned for such an event, and she gets her entire family plus Willie ready to travel.

A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time in digital audio, performed by Christopher Lee. A young man has seemingly lost his mind overnight. He can no longer speak, use his hands or recognise his nearest and dearest. Dr. Carstairs, an expert in mental health, has been called upon to investigate his condition. But he is distracted by the presence of a large grey cat that only he can see....

The masterful stories in this collection relate Holmes and Watson's involvement with the case of an eminent physiologist inexplicably savaged by his faithful wolfhound, of the priceless stolen Crown diamond found in the pocket of a peer, and of the mysterious figure who means to buy Mrs Maberley's house and all of its contents, whatever the cost, while Holmes himself tells the story of a Boer war hero set to inherit a fortune who mysteriously disappears from the family seat.

A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time in digital audio, performed by Christopher Lee. Sir Alington, a venerable expert of the mental condition, is being pestered by the pretty but fairly dotty Mrs. Eversleigh about the importance of the sixth sense.

Soon a young man, Dermot, is drawn in and tells both of having something like a sixth sense - what he calls the red signal that spells danger.

Four demanding, even life-threatening adventures for the much loved amateur detective, Sherlock Holmes, who, with faithful Watson by his side, has earned his place in our national life and social history.

A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time in digital audio, performed by Christopher Lee. Every morning at the same hour, whilst on the golf course, Jack Hartington hears mysterious cries for help. He speaks to a resident of the cottage from which the cries emanate and learns that she has unsettling dreams of a woman with a blue Chinese vase.

Künstler stehen Pate für VISIONEN und setzen das schriftstellerische Werk von Edgar Allan Poe neu in Szene. In ausgewählten Gedichten, die sachte musikalisch inszeniert sind und in Songs, die inspiriert sind von den Worten Poes...

Some Stories I Wrote is a collection of fictional stories. The listener encounters what it is like after having a wild night with a promiscuous girl in "Tree of Woe". In the story "Spinal Tap", we follow the mysterious Baku on his journey quest to avenge the fallen people of his home village. Lastly, "Broken Bong" is an essay regarding friendships and how easily they can fall apart.

Großalarm bei der Londoner Polizei: Innerhalb kürzester Zeit werden drei junge Frauen ermordet. Jedes Mal hinterlässt der Täter einen Strauß gelber Narzissen am Tatort. Oberinspektor Whiteside übernimmt die Ermittlungen. Handelt es sich um einen wahnsinnigen Einzeltäter? Oder gibt es tatsächlich eine Verbindung zur Drogenszene, wie Jack Tarling, smarter Sicherheitsexperte einer internationalen Fluggesellschaft, glaubt? Als sich schließlich ein Verdächtiger findet, kann dieser jedoch auf eindrucksvolle Weise den Verdacht widerlegen: Er wird selbst ermordet.

People said I was bobcat mean, but they had no idea what he was like. The old man was one of those people who could smile when he was facing you, then turn into an animal when your back was turned. I guess that was why Ma married him after Pa died. Not that she wanted to, it was just that she didn’t have much choice, not with pa gone and her stuck with a small kid and a broken down farm.

A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time in digital audio, performed by Christopher Lee. Mrs Lancaster doesn't believe in ghosts. She moves her family into a house that has been derelict for years, unconcerned about the story of the young boy who lived there and starved to death. But her own young son is fascinated by his new friend that lives in the attic all alone....

A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time in digital audio, performed by Christopher Lee. In this supernatural tale by the Queen of Crime, a nun has memories of a past life in an ancient civilisation and believes she can harness natural psychic powers.

A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time in digital audio, performed by Christopher Lee. A loving nephew installs a radio in his elderly aunt's house to distract her from her deteriorating health. Through the wireless she hears a voice encouraging her to be ready for her approaching death. The voice calls himself Patrick, her husband. But he has been dead for 25 years....

A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time in digital audio, performed by Christopher Lee. A lawyer, a doctor and a clergyman are discussing the details of a peculiar case of a woman suffering from multiple personality disorder. Remarkably, in an impossible feat of strength, she strangled herself to death. A stranger who knew the woman overhears their conversation and reveals a disturbing truth....

In these four tales from Sherlock Holmes's case book, we find the great detective summoned to investigate the mysterious bones which just won't stay buried at Shoscombe Old Place. We see him deducing why a hitherto devoted lion should have turned savagely on its keeper.

A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time in digital audio, performed by Christopher Lee. After a close encounter with death, a materialistic man becomes entranced by strange music. Torn between the freedom he craves and the money he loves, his behaviour becomes erratic. He attempts to track down the man without legs who plays the music....

In Riveting Oaks, Dapo Ibrahim successfully reflects the essence and complexity of daily life by thoughtfully and artistically capturing the complexity of the ever-changing world in which we reside...Finding and fulfilling your purpose in life, living and executing your life's project with passion, and raising your level of consciousness are what Depo strives to instill in everyone.

A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time in digital audio, performed by Christopher Lee. A man confides in a friend that he has a fear of gypsies stemming from childhood nightmares. When he sees a gypsy in a red scarf, he becomes unhinged. Encapsulated in fear, he doesn't listen to her warnings....

A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time in digital audio, performed by Christopher Lee. A medium agrees to perform one last seance before retiring. But even she could not have anticipated the chain of events that it brings....

A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time in digital audio, performed by Christopher Lee. Broken down in the middle of nowhere, Mortimer Cleveland, a psychic researcher, seeks shelter in an isolated home. From the moment he steps foot into the house, he is struck by a sense of tension. Finding 'SOS' scratched into the dust of a table, he wonders who wrote it and is compelled to answer the call for help....