Showing results by publisher "Spoken Realms" in Psychological

The classic horror story of dual personalities gone too far, this full-cast narration explores the attempts of Utterson, a London lawyer, to investigate the strange occurrences surrounding his friend, Dr. Henry Jekyll, and the shocking discoveries he makes along the way. The impact of this story has been so strong that "Jekyll and Hyde" has become part of our vernacular, referring to those who are outwardly good but inwardly evil.

Inspired by events witnessed during her years as a court reporter in Iowa, Glaspell crafted a story in which two rural women deduce the details of a murder in which a housewife is accused of killing her husband. This nuanced tale revolves around the women's understanding the clues left amidst the "trifles" of the housewife's kitchen.

Thomas Dunbar is struck by an automobile. He wakes up in a hospital situation, that's not a hospital, but the home of a rather strange man that that hit Dunbar with his automobile. The man is a Dr. and an inventor. Dunbar receives excellent care, but there is something strange going on in the house. Against the doctor's orders, Dunbar decides to escape. He opens the wrong door and stumbles into a huge laboratory with tremendous machines... Dunbar's life is changed forever.

Lewis Ingraham is cold. He’s lost his wife to cancer, his executive career, his once sure grip on the world around him. All that he can hold on to is his beautiful daughter Jay, a brilliant student who has become a struggling single mother. But he sees that even Jay is starting to slip away from him, in favor of Stephen, her self-important boyfriend. This time Lewis is going to fight back. But when Lewis takes out his fury on Stephen, he ignites a chain reaction of violence. Now winter is bearing down on Minnesota.

Running away from an abusive stepmother, a little girl scrambles across London rooftops, a favorite hiding place. She peers through a window and sees a man apparently burglarizing a studio, but quickly realizes that she has witnessed the aftermath of a murder when the man puts a gun in the hand of a body on the floor. When she cries out he glimpses her and she escapes in terror. Very soon after, she is sent to live with her deceased mother’s aristocratic family and her secret is kept from the police.

Step into the enigmatic world of Henry Hobart, a man whose life is a series of precise duplications.

"Dead Soldier", a short story by Jack Sword narrated as an audiobook by Mike Vendetti ,is a gripping and intense exploration of the complexities of revenge, loss, and human experience in the face of violence. Robert Mayne's character is shaped by a tumultuous past, driving him to seek justice in a world that may feel devoid of it. The contrast between war-torn landscapes and the serene environment of Pebble Beach adds a layer of tension to his journey, suggesting the psychological scars that persist beyond the battlefield.

"Unholy Eyes" by Monroe Karasik. A chilling story about a man named Ralph who is haunted and controlled by a mysterious woman with compelling black eyes, forcing him to commit murders. Despite his attempts to escape, he remains under her influence until he collapses and is taken to a mental institution. Will he recover and escape the unholy eyes of this demonic woman?

When a body turns up at a Texas Uni Campus, police initially believe it’s the result of an initiation gone wrong, the victim covered in graffiti while suspended above a fire pit. As more bodies are found, each the result of a sadistic game played by a vicious killer, it soon becomes clear that a new evil has risen. With the death toll mounting and the police left clueless, Sam is quickly dispatched to help locate the monster. But things take a turn when a student makes a confession so shocking, it leaves many questioning the very force meant to protect them.

When an elderly man is found dead on a bench overlooking Eagle Lake in Maine, the authorities eventually identify 74-year-old Nathanial Johns. But what they discover leaves more questions than answers. Having been laid to rest hundreds of miles away, the authorities are stunned to find a fresh corpse in his reburied coffin. Soon more bodies show up, each replaced with a fresh victim to lie in their stead.

Sam always knew she was different. Her morbid fascination with death has kept her isolated from the world, shut away by a father aware of the monster inside her. A direct descendent of one of the most notorious serial killers of the century, Sam harbors the kind of fury that craves blood. With her father’s navy-seal training, Sam is taught the mental strength to control an evil threatening her very existence. Now armed with a skill set to kill and a thirst for blood, this girl is about to unload her wrath on an unsuspecting world.

When multiple inmates start turning up dead at a Californian Correctional Facility, John Milton steps in and Sam and Tim are assigned to find the culprit. With the team split on either side of the fence, both race against time to discover the true identity of the killer. As Sam dons an officer’s uniform and Tim joins the general population, the pair will have to work quickly to save the lives of more innocent victims. With the body count rising and a system struggling to stop the violence, will Sam end another killer, or will he add her partner to his growing list of victims?

A female killer calling herself “Black Death” is murdering men around Chicago’s less-than-respectable establishments. Each body is found with a black rose, together with the same cryptic calling card, leaving authorities baffled as to her identity. When the latest victim turns out to be a well-respected police officer, the city’s mayor reaches out for help.