High Crime Area: Tales of Darkness and Dread: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the High Crime Area: Tales of Darkness and Dread audiobook runs 7.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Ray Chase and Donna Postel and others (about 4.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 7.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
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What our data says
- At 7.1 hours, it runs longer than 77% of the 4,891 Short Stories audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Ray Chase
Ray Chase narrates 62 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 599 hours in all.
About as long, on the Short Stories shelf
463 Short Stories audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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About this listen
High Crime Area: Tales of Darkness and Dread is an audiobook by Joyce Carol Oates: a 7.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Ray Chase, Donna Postel and Julia Whelan, released May 14, 2014, on the Short Stories and Essays & Anthologies shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ray Chase, Donna Postel, Julia Whelan
- Released
- May 14, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Short Stories, Essays & Anthologies
- ISBN
- 9781622314652
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the High Crime Area: Tales of Darkness and Dread audiobook?
High Crime Area: Tales of Darkness and Dread runs 7.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.8 hours.
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Who narrates High Crime Area: Tales of Darkness and Dread?
High Crime Area: Tales of Darkness and Dread is narrated by Ray Chase, Donna Postel and Julia Whelan.