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Classic Detective & Noir Audiobooks: Private Detectives, Murder Mysteries & Dark Crime Stories

Classic Detective & Noir Audiobooks: Private Detectives, Murder Mysteries & Dark Crime Stories

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Summary

Classic Detective & Noir Audiobooks is a growing collection of public domain detective fiction, noir crime stories, murder mysteries, hardboiled investigations, psychological crime fiction, and classic suspense curated for immersive long-form listening.

Inside the archive you will discover private investigators, shadowy conspiracies, dangerous criminals, unsolved murders, corrupt cities, femme fatales, courtroom mysteries, and influential detective stories that shaped the foundations of crime fiction.

From classic whodunits and noir investigations to dark psychological crime and suspenseful mysteries, each audiobook is selected to create a cinematic listening archive designed for fans of detective fiction, noir atmosphere, and timeless crime storytelling.

New recordings and restored editions are added regularly.

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Episodes
  • Man Who Knew Too Much (Full Audiobook) | G. K. Chesterton
    May 17 2026

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    Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) was an influential and prolific English writer of the early 20th century. He was a journalist, a poet and a novelist.

    Author: G. K. Chesterton Length: 5 hours 49 minutes Genre: Detective Fiction

    Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 42:50 - Chapter 2 01:25:27 - Chapter 3 01:56:30 - Chapter 4 02:32:56 - Chapter 5 03:14:04 - Chapter 6 04:07:45 - Chapter 7 05:03:08 - Chapter 8

    #FullAudiobook #ClassicAudiobook #ClassicLiterature #MysteryAudiobook #PublicDomain

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    5 hrs and 49 mins
  • Secret Agent (Full Audiobook) | Joseph Conrad
    May 17 2026

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    The Secret Agent is Conrad's dark, and darkly comic story of a band of spies, anarchists, agents-provocateurs plotting and counter-plotting in the back streets of London in the early 20th Century. The novel centers on Verloc, a shop-owner, phony-anarchist and double-agent, who becomes embroiled in an ambitious terrorist plan to bomb the Greenwich Observatory.

    Author: Joseph Conrad Length: 9 hours 53 minutes Genre: Suspense, Espionage, Political & Thrillers

    Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 17:01 - Chapter 2 01:15:08 - Chapter 3 01:49:06 - Chapter 4 02:27:18 - Chapter 5 03:17:20 - Chapter 6 04:13:44 - Chapter 7 04:44:36 - Chapter 8 05:48:21 - Chapter 9 06:46:14 - Chapter 10 07:13:59 - Chapter 11 08:26:49 - Chapter 12 09:32:15 - Chapter 13

    #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 Detective & Noir Audiobooks: Private Detectives, Murder Mysteries & Dark Crime 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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    9 hrs and 53 mins
  • Red House Mystery (Full Audiobook) | A. A. Milne
    May 17 2026

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    Antony Gillingham arrives at the Red House moments after a gunshot is heard. The room is locked, the murderer has disappeared and, in Antony's opinion, the police are going about it the wrong way.

    Author: A. A. Milne Length: 6 hours 55 minutes Genre: Detective Fiction

    Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 16:50 - Chapter 2 36:43 - Chapter 3 55:51 - Chapter 4 01:14:23 - Chapter 5 01:33:45 - Chapter 6 01:49:48 - Chapter 7 02:05:40 - Chapter 8 02:28:09 - Chapter 9 02:48:31 - Chapter 10 03:07:01 - Chapter 11 03:24:37 - Chapter 12 03:39:47 - Chapter 13 03:58:04 - Chapter 14 04:16:38 - Chapter 15 04:36:01 - Chapter 16 04:56:30 - Chapter 17 05:27:01 - Chapter 18 05:42:56 - Chapter 19 06:03:05 - Chapter 20 06:16:04 - Chapter 21 06:41:00 - 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 Detective & Noir Audiobooks: Private Detectives, Murder Mysteries & Dark Crime 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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    6 hrs and 56 mins
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