American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, the Birth of Hollywood, and the Crime of the Century: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, the Birth of Hollywood, and the Crime of the Century audiobook runs 10.6 hours unabridged, narrated by John H. Mayer (about 7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 10.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 22 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
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What our data says
- At 10.6 hours, it runs longer than 66% of the 8,990 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by John H. Mayer
John H. Mayer narrates 60 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 491 hours in all.
About as long, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelf
1,605 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, the Birth of Hollywood, and the Crime of the Century is an audiobook by Howard Blum: a 10.6-hour unabridged recording, read by John H. Mayer, released September 16, 2008, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics and The Americas shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- John H. Mayer
- Released
- September 16, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Current Affairs, Law, & Politics, The Americas
- ISBN
- 9780739374566
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, the Birth of Hollywood, and the Crime of the Century audiobook?
American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, the Birth of Hollywood, and the Crime of the Century runs 10.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7 hours.
Is the American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, the Birth of Hollywood, and the Crime of the Century audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, the Birth of Hollywood, and the Crime of the Century?
American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, the Birth of Hollywood, and the Crime of the Century is narrated by John H. Mayer.
Is American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, the Birth of Hollywood, and the Crime of the Century worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7 hours, saving 3.5 hours.