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The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures: A True Tale of Obsession, Murder, and the Movies by Paul Fischer

The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures: A True Tale of Obsession, Murder, and the Movies: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures: A True Tale of Obsession, Murder, and the Movies runs 12 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Emily Ellet (about 8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12listening hrs
Worldstore shelf
2022released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures: A True Tale of Obsession, Murder, and the Movies at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day24 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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What our data says

  • At 12 hours, it runs longer than 70% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.

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 Man Who Invented Motion Pictures: A True Tale of Obsession, Murder, and the Movies is an audiobook by Paul Fischer: a 12-hour unabridged recording, read by Emily Ellet, released April 19, 2022, on the World and True Crime shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
12 hrs
Narrated by
Emily Ellet
Released
April 19, 2022
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
World, True Crime
ISBN
9781797139272

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures: A True Tale of Obsession, Murder, and the Movies as an audiobook?

The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures: A True Tale of Obsession, Murder, and the Movies runs 12 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8 hours.

Is The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures: A True Tale of Obsession, Murder, and the Movies free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures: A True Tale of Obsession, Murder, and the Movies?

The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures: A True Tale of Obsession, Murder, and the Movies is narrated by Emily Ellet.

Is The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures: A True Tale of Obsession, Murder, and the Movies worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8 hours, saving 4 hours.