Performance audiobooks

Abbott and Costello: Volume 4

By: Bud Abbott & Lou Costello

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 17 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Abbott and Costello were an American comedy duo composed of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, whose work on radio and in film and television made them the most popular comedy team of the 1940s and early 1950s. The show mixed comedy with musical interludes and special guests. This volume contains episodes of Abbott and Costello from 1948 through 1949... Read more

Crime Classics: Jean Baptiste Troppman, Killer of Many

By: Elliot Lewis

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1865 France, a mere youth devises a way to fame and fortune through murder and mayhem. Thomas Hyland, connoisseur of crime, student of violence and teller of murders tells another true story of crime set in France during the reign of Louis Napoleon. It concerns a missing family and several freshly opened graves. It is listed in Thomas... Read more

Crime Classics

By: Elliot Lewis

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

This series features true crime stories from the records and newspapers of every land, from every time. Your host each week is Mr. Thomas Hyland—a connoisseur of crime, student of violence, and teller of murders. This collection contains episodes of Crime Classics that aired between 1953 and 1954. Each episode has been digitally remastered and... Read more

Boston Blackie

By: Jack Boyle

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

As originally created by author Jack Boyle, Boston Blackie was a safecracker—a hardened criminal who had served time in a California prison. Prowling the underworld as a detective, Boston Blackie was ""an enemy to those who make him an enemy, friend to those who have no friend."" This collection contains episodes of Boston Blackie that... Read more

Crime Classics: John Hayes, His Head and How They Were Parted

By: Elliot Lewis

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Mr. Hayes returns from war to his lonely wife to find her afrolic with two comely boarders. His head is shortly thereafter found by the side of the Thames...and then encapsulated in a glass jar. Warwickshire, England in the year 1785 and a lovely young lady whose married name was Catherine Hayes and whose ambition was to be a widow, this is the... Read more

Crime Classics: Incredible History of John Shepard

By: Elliot Lewis

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 28 minutes

Abridged: No

A surprisingly good story of a truly amazing rogue of old England. Maria has just come home from a party dressed to kill. She’s come home to discover a robber, the famous John Shepherd who removes Maria’s earrings, slowly and her rings. She was face to face with John Shepherd and for the rest of her life she’d have something to talk about… Read more

Crime Classics: Blackbeards 14th Wife. Why She Was No Good For Him

By: Elliot Lewis

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 26 minutes

Abridged: No

A famous pirate gets his. The year is 1714 and the place is the Caribbean. Read more

Romeo and Juliet

By: William Shakespeare

Narrated by: Erin Bateman

Length: 3 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

“For never was a story of more woe, than this of Juliet and her Romeo” –Romeo and Juliet Act 5, Scene 3In Verona, Italy, two young people in love defy their families demands and pursue their love for one another above societal expectations. Their decisions and pursuit of love send ripples throughout their family and friend circles, causing... Read more

Dragnet: Big Tooth

By: Jack Webb

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Nasty old Mr. Schroeder is suspected of committing foul play. The Chesterfield commercials make health claims for the product. Read more

"Trust Exercise" Author Susan Choi On Power Dynamics And Timely Fiction

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Susan Choi’s novel “Trust Exercise” takes place in a high school for the
performing arts in an unnamed southern city. But the subjects examined,
including consent, power and memory, are universally relevant. “Trust
Exercise” won the 2019 National Book Award for fiction, and Jeffrey Brown
spoke with Choi at November’s Miami Book Fair about why... Read more

Dragnet: Big Informant

By: Jack Webb

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: No

For the past two months a gang of safe burglars have been operating in Los Angeles. In that time they’ve hit a dozen places. The police have no lead to their identity. It’s Sergeant Friday’s job to get them… Read more

Dragnet: Big Parrot

By: Jack Webb

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: No

A man and his wife are found strangled to death in a rooming house, and the killer has set fire to the room to cover his tracks. Also a dead parrot, who's also been strangled, lies on the floor beside the bodies. Read more

Dragnet: Big Chet

By: Jack Webb

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 28 minutes

Abridged: No

A stuttering robber and his partner are tracked down with the help of a stoolie, who is trying to go straight Read more

Dragnet: Big False Make

By: Jack Webb

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Thomas Stanford confesses to robbing a store, but Sgt. Friday proves that he was at work at the time of the robbery! Read more

Dragnet: Big Revolt

By: Jack Webb

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Henry Borg has disappeared...and for an unusual reason. Read more

Dragnet: Big Job

By: Jack Webb

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: No

The Police receive information that an escaped criminal, called Alfred Garvey, is hiding out in the City. While searching for him at a hotel Garvey shoots an off-duty cop, and friend of Friday and Romero, John Maxwell. He was about to go on vacation but decided to visit Friday and Romero first. Soon a Police manhunt is launched to find Garvey. Read more

Dragnet: Big Will

By: Jack Webb

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Charles Stall has been shot. Tire tracks lead to a motel and to a drunk Texan and his car. Read more

Dragnet: Big Press

By: Jack Webb

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: No

A pair of check forgers are at work in Los Angeles. Sgt. Friday goes undercover to track them down. Read more

Dragnet: The Roseland Murder

By: Jack Webb

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: No

A gang that usually holds up drugstores robs and kills the manager of a dance hall. A stake-out in a garage yields results and a total of twelve guns. After a trial, two of the gang break out of jail. A gang of hold up men has been running loose in the city. They've committed more than a dozen robberies and are heavily armed and quick to shoot.... Read more

Dragnet: Big Bop

By: Jack Webb

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: No

A robber has held up a check cashing service of $1500. After several more robberies, one of his victims is killed during the crime. Read more

Dragnet: Big Odd

By: Jack Webb

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: No

A gang of truck hijackers has been working in Los Angeles. They’ve stolen 14 loaded trucks. They’ve kidnapped and beaten one of the drivers. Read more

What Life Is Like For Afghans Under Taliban Control

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

For months, American diplomats have been negotiating with Taliban leaders
to end the war in Afghanistan. U.S. officials hoped the Taliban would
announce a suspension of fighting this week, but details have yet to be
determined. Meanwhile, the war grinds on, with attacks nearly every day.
But what is life like for Afghans existing under Taliban... Read more

Dragnet: Brick Bat Slayer

By: Jack Webb

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: No

A homicidal maniac who uses a brick-bat is on the loose. A large dragnet slowly gets him cornered. A mad killer is loose in the city. In every instance he leaves the murder weapon behind but there are no finger prints or clues to the killers identity. Detective Sergeant Joe Friday has been assigned to Homicide and it's his job to get the killer... Read more

Dragnet: Big Smoke

By: Jack Webb

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Old Mr. Stone, who kept his life savings in his mattress, has been killed. His invalid wife has been beaten with a club. Read more