Audible: a selection of chilling stories for Halloween

From 19th-century gothic to contemporary thriller, a selection of Originals for thriller lovers

by Redazione

23 October 2026 11:36

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October 20, 2026 - As the light fades and days shorten, the search for the perfect story shifts to the darker, more enveloping shades of narration. For Halloween, Audible, an Amazon company and a major player in the production and distribution of quality audio entertainment: audiobooks, podcasts, and audio series, offers a selection of Originals dedicated to those seeking authoritative thrills and breathtaking atmospheres. Thanks to the unique and intimate power of audio, narration transforms into an immersive experience, where every whisper and creak comes to life with surprising realism.

AUDIBLE ORIGINALS NOT TO BE MISSED THIS HALLOWEEN

The selection is wide and covers all shades of fear: from classic gothic to contemporary horror, from psychological thriller to sci-fi and dark fantasy to listen to with headphones, in the car, or curled up on the sofa with the lights off, for the most daring. Let's start with the star genre of listening, the thriller.

For great lovers of suspense in headphones, Audible offers two new titles capable of making even the bravest shiver. Marking the great return of the authors of Effetto Eco, Adriano Barone and Luca Blengino, is La voce fantasma, narrated by Francesco Pannofino and Beatrice Maruffa, a web of mystery, true crime, and past secrets set against the backdrop of the Langhe region. In eight one-hour chapters, we follow Matteo Serra, a podcaster specializing in recent history, who in 2026 finds an old cassette with the recording of a girl asking for help and seemingly living prisoner of her own family. That voice, which recounts buried crimes and comes from 1979, convinces him to investigate: is it a fake, or a true story? And, in that case, what happened to the girl? Alongside him is police officer Tecla Di Salvo, with whom he will have to discover who wants those secrets to remain buried forever.

The second thriller is I Giochi del confine by Giorgio Boatti, read by Paolo Cresta, which takes the listener among the bunkers of the Cold War in eastern Friuli and the surface of the border between Italy and Slovenia. In Medeuzza, a decommissioned military complex and underground NATO base, four very rich men pay to hunt three young Afghan refugees, former Afghan army soldiers trained by the Italians in Herat, used as prey in exchange for passage to Germany. A journalist at the end of his career, tormented by guilt over a suppressed investigation, discovers that the bunker has become a "Game Area." With the help of Elena, an activist doctor who lost her brother Giacomo in the base, and the refugees themselves, the game is reversed: the prey know how to defend themselves, and Giacomo's diary holds a secret map of passages, indicated by animals carved on the walls, which can become the key to salvation. But the labyrinth hides unpredictable pitfalls for everyone. A claustrophobic eight-hour thriller in which underground action, psychological tension, and social commentary intertwine relentlessly.

Moving towards dystopian science fiction, with dark and gloomy undertones, the Halloween-themed choice is Cronache dei Vigilanti – Il decimo araldo, by Francesco Avoledo, narrated by Riccardo Ricobello and Simone Leonardi. The Audible Original tells of a remote future where technology coexists with a new Middle Ages. Here, a man awakens with no memory, with the voice of an AI, Vigilante Xenos, in his head. After attempting to take control of his body, Xenos pushes him to leave to change the world and fulfill their destiny. Along the journey through civilizations born from the ashes of the past, they meet the lethal warrior Uesugi, the erudite Marsilio, and Duchess Eliodora of Tiferet, with whom the protagonist will experience a forbidden love story.

For those who love dark atmospheres, the starting point is the gothic of Dracula, the new Audible Original audio series that gives voice to Bram Stoker's masterpiece. An adaptation that reinterprets the horror classic as a psychological thriller and transforms it into an immersive audio experience, thanks to an ensemble cast, an original soundtrack, and completely immersive sound design, which convey all the tension and atmosphere of a timeless story to the listener. In the roles of Dracula and Mina are Riccardo Scamarcio and Benedetta Porcaroli, two performers who bring to the story an idea of narration specifically designed for listening.

ALL ORIGINAL SUMMARIES

THE GHOST VOICE

Chapters: 8

Total duration: 8 hours

Synopsis: Alba, 2026. In the Langhe, young Milanese Matteo Serra, author of the podcast “Saudade,” dedicated to recounting daily life in the recent past, finds an old audiocassette: a female voice recorded in 1979. It is Isabella Masconi, a girl from the area's upper-class wine-making family, who claims to be a prisoner in her family's villa, a witness to uninvestigated crimes. From that moment, Matteo begins a hunt for other lost cassettes, perhaps an opportunity to get the scoop that could change his career: amidst buried secrets and mysteries that someone still desperately wants to keep hidden. Accompanying him is Tecla Di Salvo, a police officer as logical and inflexible as he is impulsive and curious. Together, the two will form an unlikely investigative duo, grappling with a dark affair rooted in local history and the darkest secrets of a powerful and cruel family. A thriller that intertwines the tension of true crime with the atmosphere of great Italian mysteries. A story of voices from the past, power, and omertà, delving into the depths of a fascinating land.

THE BORDER GAMES

Chapters: 13

Total duration: 8 hours

Synopsis: In the depths of an abandoned former military base in Friuli, someone has turned the Cold War into a deadly game. Medeuzza was an underground citadel built to survive nuclear apocalypse. Now its bunkers and corridors hide a terrible secret: real-time man-hunting, where wealthy payers chase human prey through forgotten levels. Marco, a sick journalist seeking redemption, decides to enter to witness the horror. Elena, a determined doctor, follows the traces of her brother who died under mysterious circumstances right at Medeuzza. When the rules of the game break down and the lines between hunters and prey blur, everyone will have to go deeper and deeper. Where darkness erases certainties and Medeuzza obeys no one. A claustrophobic thriller blending social commentary and suspense.

CHRONICLES OF THE VIGILANTES. THE TENTH HERALD

Chapters: 29

Total duration: 10 hours

Synopsis: After the collapse of the Ancient civilization, the world plunged into a new dark age. Under the influence of AIs, nine Vigilantes watch over and guide men as if they were gods with unlimited power. Each Vigilante has his Herald, a human with the innate ability to connect with him and use the powers he bestows. Civilizations rise and fall, wars rage bringing with them trails of death and destruction, and the world seems close to stagnation, with no winners or losers. In this chaos, a man awakens in an underground laboratory, devoid of memories and hunted by a powerful enemy who wants him dead. A voice in his head tells him that he is the Herald of Xenos, the tenth heretical Vigilante spoken of in legends, come to end this distorted order. The man, convinced he is on the verge of madness, sets out in search of answers, at first reluctant, then increasingly convinced of the reality of what Xenos has announced to him. Along the way, he will meet various companions with whom to share his burden and a woman, on whose shoulders rests the fate of the last free people on earth. He will face formidable enemies and discover the truth about himself and the world he is destined to change.

DRACULA

Episodes: 6

Duration: 5 hours and 54 minutes

Cast: Riccardo Scamarcio, Benedetta Porcaroli, Laura Romano, Gabriele Sabatini, Flavio Aquilone, Sara Labidi

Directed by: Giorgia Lepore (Italian version), Mary Lambert (general direction)

Synopsis: When her fiancé disappears in Transylvania, Mina Murray pieces together the mystery through letters, diary pages, and unsettling testimonies to hunt the predator who stalks the people she loves, only to discover that he has already begun to hunt her. When her dearest friend, Lucy, falls under his dark influence, the enigmatic Professor Van Helsing is called upon to combat this incomprehensible threat. But it will be Mina, thanks to her intelligence, determination, and ability to connect seemingly invisible clues, who can stop the ancient predator, provided he hasn't already found a way to insinuate himself into her mind.

Audible: a selection of chilling stories for Halloween

From 19th-century gothic to contemporary thriller, a selection of Originals for thriller lovers

AUDIBLE ORIGINALS NOT TO BE MISSED THIS HALLOWEEN

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