The Cry at Midnight: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Cry at Midnight, credited to Mildred A. Wirt Benson, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Cry at Midnight by Mildred A. Wirt Benson. Read in English by Amanda Leung; Late one night, amateur sleuth Peggy Parker and her friend see an unexplained light and hear a terrifying scream from an abandoned old monastery outside of town. Upon further investigation, they discover that the building is not abandoned after all but is the home of a mysterious cult! Join Peggy on multiple adventures while she works to solve the mystery of the “Cry at Midnight.”

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Cry at Midnight
• Author credits: Mildred A. Wirt Benson
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 25
• Listed recording duration: 4:16:16

Catalogue topics

• Detective
• Mystery
• female sleuth
• Penny Parker
• Stratemeyer Syndicate

Opening tracks: first 24 of 25

1. 01 - Midnight at the Gate — 8:31
2. 02 - "No Trespassing" — 10:45
3. 03 - Stranger of the Storm — 7:59
4. 04 - Vanishing Footprints — 13:52
5. 05 - A Crystal Ball — 12:48
6. 06 - Creaking Wood — 8:32
7. 07 - A Warning — 10:03
8. 08 - Into the Crevasse — 9:01
9. 09 - A Call for Help — 7:42
10. 10 - Mr. Eckenrod's Secret — 6:45
11. 11 - Map of the Monastery — 8:16
12. 12 - The Locked Door — 11:50
13. 13 - Old Julia's Warning — 11:29
14. 14 - An Assignment for Penny — 13:00
15. 15 - Footprints in the Snow — 10:35
16. 16 - The Kitchen Cupboard — 9:11
17. 17 - The Cult Ceremony — 11:57
18. 18 - Eleven Bowls — 7:34
19. 19 - A Dormitory Room — 10:00
20. 20 - Trickery — 10:27
21. 21 - Snatched from the Flames — 7:56
22. 22 - The Canopied Bed — 9:50
23. 23 - Descent into the Crypt — 10:42
24. 24 - Chamber of the Dead — 14:15

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