The Girl on the Velvet Swing: Sex, Murder, and Madness at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Girl on the Velvet Swing: Sex, Murder, and Madness at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century runs 10.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Christine Lakin (about 7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 10.5 hours, it runs longer than 60% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Christine Lakin
Christine Lakin narrates 201 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,100 hours in all.
About as long, on the World shelf
1,152 World 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
The Girl on the Velvet Swing: Sex, Murder, and Madness at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century is an audiobook by Simon Baatz: a 10.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Christine Lakin, released January 16, 2018, on the World and True Crime shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Christine Lakin
- Released
- January 16, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World, True Crime, The Americas
- ISBN
- 9781478940845
How to listen to The Girl on the Velvet Swing: Sex, Murder, and Madness at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century free
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Girl on the Velvet Swing: Sex, Murder, and Madness at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century as an audiobook?
The Girl on the Velvet Swing: Sex, Murder, and Madness at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century runs 10.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7 hours.
Is The Girl on the Velvet Swing: Sex, Murder, and Madness at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Girl on the Velvet Swing: Sex, Murder, and Madness at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century?
The Girl on the Velvet Swing: Sex, Murder, and Madness at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century is narrated by Christine Lakin.
Is The Girl on the Velvet Swing: Sex, Murder, and Madness at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7 hours, saving 3.5 hours.