Lot No. 249 - Arthur Conan Doyle audiobook

This is my complete audiobook narration of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Lot No. 249 (1892), part of the Classic Monsters Halloween 2025 event. Alongside vampires, werewolves, and ghouls, the mummy remains one of horror’s most enduring figures, and Doyle’s short story is the one that first gave it life in the English literary imagination.

In Lot No. 249, Oxford student Edward Bellingham acquires an ancient Egyptian mummy and soon becomes the centre of disturbing rumours. When strange attacks plague the campus, whispers grow louder: has Bellingham reanimated his grisly specimen through forgotten sorcery? Combining Gothic atmosphere with Doyle’s sharp storytelling, this tale set the stage for the mummy as a classic monster of horror, long before Boris Karloff wrapped himself in linen on the silver screen.

Part Gothic horror, part early supernatural thriller, this is not only a landmark in monster fiction but also a great audiobook to fall asleep to — eerie, atmospheric, and immersive.

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle (1892)
Narration/Adaptation: Kristof Fruru (Miniature Mythos)
Event: Classic Monsters Halloween 2025

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Step into the shadowed halls of Oxford, where history’s most ancient terror stirs once more. Welcome to Arthur Conan Doyle’s Lot No. 249.

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