Audiobooks Like The Tell-Tale Heart - Il cuore rivelatore / The Premature Burial - La sepoltura prematura

William Roberts narrates these Poe stories with a controlled intensity that understands the power of restraint — the madness in these tales is most effective when the narrator sounds almost reasonable, and Roberts walks that line carefully. Most of the recommendations share Roberts' narration or return to the same Poe catalog, building out a complete Poe audio experience piece by piece.

10 audiobooks for fans of The Tell-Tale Heart - Il cuore rivelatore / The Premature Burial - La sepoltura prematura

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    The Fall of the House of Usher: Edgar Allan Poe's Haunting Tale of Family Secrets and Tragic Decay cover

    The Fall of the House of Usher: Edgar Allan Poe's Haunting Tale of Family Secrets and Tragic Decay

    by Edgar Allan Poe

    Narrated by William Roberts

    ★ 4.08 ABR Score (90.7K ratings)
    ★ 3.84 Goodreads (90.4K) ★ 4.44 Audible (297)
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    The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar cover

    The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar

    by Edgar Allan Poe

    Narrated by William Roberts

    ★ 3.67 ABR Score (5.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.7 Goodreads (5.5K) ★ 4.17 Audible (6)
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    The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Volume 2 - Edgar Allan Poe cover

    The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Volume 2 - Edgar Allan Poe

    The Works of Edgar Allan Poe • Book 2

    by Edgar Allan Poe, Michael Barefoot

    Narrated by Bernard Setaro Clark

    ★ 3.93 ABR Score (2.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.34 Goodreads (2.6K) ★ 4.13 Audible (48)
    10h 6m listening time • Released 2012
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    The Masque of the Red Death : Edgar Allan Poe cover

    The Masque of the Red Death : Edgar Allan Poe

    by Edgar Allan Poe

    Narrated by Stuart Summers

    ★ 3.85 ABR Score (48.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.05 Goodreads (48.1K) ★ 5 Audible (2)
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    The oval portrait (Edgar Allan Poe Collection nº 3) cover

    The oval portrait (Edgar Allan Poe Collection nº 3)

    by Edgar Allan Poe

    Narrated by Cathy Dobson

    ★ 3.66 ABR Score (7.8K ratings)
    ★ 3.72 Goodreads (7.8K) ★ 5 Audible (2)
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    H. P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural cover

    H. P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural

    by Stephen Jones, Henry James, Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Rudyard Kipling, Bram Stoker, Robert Louis Stevenson, Guy de Maupassant, Ambrose Bierce, Arthur Conan Doyle, Davina Porter, Steven Crossley, Bronson Pinchot

    Narrated by Davina Porter, Steven Crossley, Bronson Pinchot

    ★ 3.62 ABR Score (477 ratings)
    ★ 3.68 Goodreads (339) ★ 3.99 Audible (138)
    16h 45m listening time • Released 2012

    Three stellar narrators bring genuine personality to a curated horror collection that traces the genre's DNA through its finest practitioners, making this far more than just an anthology.

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    The System of Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether cover

    The System of Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether

    by Edgar Allan Poe

    Narrated by John MacDonald, Ghizela Rowe

    ★ 3.62 ABR Score (1.7K ratings)
    ★ 3.76 Goodreads (1.7K) ★ 4 Audible (3)
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    Coffins cover

    Coffins

    Vampire Archives • Book 3

    by Otto Penzler, Harlan Ellison, Robert Bloch, Edgar Allan Poe, F. Paul Wilson, Scott Brick, Robertson Dean, Steve West, Robin Sachs, Mark Bramhall, John H. Mayer, Ryan Gesell, Rob Shapiro

    Narrated by Scott Brick, Robertson Dean, Steve West, Robin Sachs, Harlan Ellison, Mark Bramhall, John H. Mayer, Ryan Gesell, Rob Shapiro

    ★ 3.58 ABR Score (111 ratings)
    ★ 3.6 Goodreads (83) ★ 4.04 Audible (28)
    13h 52m listening time • Released 2010
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    The Imp of the Perverse

    by Edgar Allan Poe

    Narrated by Larry G. Jones

    ★ 3.57 ABR Score (2.7K ratings)
    ★ 3.66 Goodreads (2.7K) ★ 4 Audible (1)
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    Metzengerstein cover

    Metzengerstein

    by Edgar Allan Poe

    Narrated by Cathy Dobson

    ★ 3.47 ABR Score (2.9K ratings)
    ★ 3.23 Goodreads (2.9K) ★ 5 Audible (3)
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