Marilyn Ross has 28 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 1 narrator. The most-rated is The Foe of Barnabas Collins.
Barnabas, Quentin and the Mummy's Curse
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When Professor Anthony Collins decides to catalog his Egyptian relics at Collinwood, he brings with him the mummy of King Rehotip, who "died" over 2,000 years ago. Only the professor knows that Rehotip is really in a state of suspended animation. One night, the professor brings the mummy to life. Suddenly a young girl is killed. The police suspect Quentin Collins. Maggie Evans, certain the killer is the mummy, wants to warn the police. Professor Collins threatens to accuse Barnabas if she does. Frightened into silence, Maggie lives in terror, wondering if she will be the next victim.
©1970 Marilyn Ross (P)2020 Oasis Audio
Barnabas, Quentin and the Nightmare Assassin
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Carolyn Stoddard is knocked unconscious when the sports car she and Barnabas are riding in skids on a patch of ice. She regains consciousness in Collinwood with Barnabas and Quentin Collins at her side - but the year is 1870! And Collinwood is being terrorized by a savage killer. Carolyn likes Quentin and refuses to believe that even in werewolf form, he could be the murderer. ?But even Quentin is convinced of his own guilt. The old family lawyer hires someone to kill him. Several days later, before he can reveal the assassin’s name, the lawyer dies. Quentin has signed his own death sentence, marked for death by an unknown killer.
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The Curse of Collinwood
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The Curse of Collinwood (May 1968) Upset over the death of Ernest Collins, Victoria begins to believe that phantoms are haunting her. Are they figments of her imagination? As the threats to her life become very real, she is forced to accept the horrifying truth. The strange figures are not phantoms, but the bodies of Derek and Esther Collins, murdered more than a century ago. They were unwittingly released from their coffins by a shaft of moonlight - and doomed to roam the earth as “the living dead”.
©1968 Marilyn Ross (P)2019 Oasis Audio
Dark Shadows
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Dark Shadows (December 1966) Despite warnings from the townspeople, Victoria Winters accepts the offer to come to the strange Collinwood as Governess. For some curious reason, she feels the secret of her past may be uncovered in the bleak manor high on Widow’s Hill. From the Moment she arrives, Victoria becomes the target of someone in the house determined to destroy her. As the wind moans and the rain lashes around the isolated Collinwood, Victoria, without friends in the manor, feels death close in on her - a choking, frightening death.
©1966 Marilyn Ross (P)2019 Oasis Audio
Barnabas, Quentin and the Hidden Tomb
Summary
Ellen awoke to see a ghostly figure moving through the shadows to her bedside. "Ellen!" Her name was whispered hoarsely, but she recognized the voice. It was Aunt Kate's. "What's wrong?" Ellen asked, getting out of bed. "Dying...." Ellen sprang to her and eased her aunt down on the bed. "What is it?" "Danger...vampire." Ellen found matches and lit the candle on her bedside table. As she studied her aunt's death-like face in the flickering light she was appalled. "I must rouse the others and get a doctor!" "Too late," Aunt Kate whispered. "I'm dying. Don't stay here. Find Barnabas...leave tonight."
©1971 Marilyn Ross (P)2020 Oasis Audio
Barnabas, Quentin and the Avenging Ghost
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When the jury of which Roger Collins is chairman finds Harriet Barnes guilty of murder, she swears vengeance on the entire Collins family, then kills herself. Soon, Celia Dalton, a guest at Collinwood, starts suffering strange spells. Each time she does, someone at Collinwood is violently attacked. Has Harriet Barnes taken over her spirit, making the innocent girl a bloodthirsty killer? Can Barnabas and Quentin save Celia - and the Collins family - from this menace out of the crypt?
©2020 Marilyn Ross (P)2020 Marilyn Ross
The Phantom and Barnabas Collins
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Maggie Evans visits the Collins family graveyard and is transported back in time to the year 1880. There she awakes, an amnesia victim, at a Collinwood she barely recognizes. All that seems familiar are the house itself and the family’s guest, Barnabas Collins. Slowly, Maggie learns she is trapped in a nightmare. She has fallen into the hands of Dr. Giles Collins, whose mysterious experiments with human blood have already taken several lives. Now she is slated to be his next victim. Though Maggie is warned by the others that he is a vampire, she turns to Barnabas for help. But Barnabas, too, is in danger from the evil doctor. Will he live long enough to save her?
©1969 Marilyn Ross (P)2019 Paperback Classics
Strangers at Collins House
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Victoria Winters at last feels she has a clue to her own identity when she meets elderly Henry Collins. He secretly gives her the jewels which once belonged to his lost love - a woman Victoria strangely resembles. After receiving the gift, Victoria is suddenly terrified by attacks on her life which are masked as accidents. Surrounded by danger, Victoria wonders if she is to be the victim of ruthless thieves - or a hidden murderer desperate enough to keep her from learning about her past.
©1967 Marilyn Ross (P)2019 Paperback Classics
Barnabas, Quentin and the Magic Potion
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This story marks a sudden shift in the characterization of Quentin Collins, who up to this point in the range had been portrayed as an enemy of Barnabas. Barnabas predicts trouble for Collinwood when Nicholas Freeze, in whose antique shop Carolyn Stoddard works, discovers a centuries-old potion that promises eternal youth. Soon after, Mr. Freeze's daughter, Hazel, tricked into taking a serum, dies. Carolyn is grief-stricken over her friend's death. Barnabas insists she stay on at the shop to watch Nicholas Freeze and his associates, one of whom Carolyn suspects is Quentin Collins, back at Collinwood in a disguise. Then Carolyn sees Hazel's ghost. She interprets this as a warning that Mr. Freeze has marked her for his next victim. Barnabas still refuses to let her quit. Has Barnabas made a fatal mistake by deliberately endangering Carolyn's life? Or will his plan avenge Hazel's murder and put her spirit to rest?
©1971 Marilyn Ross (P)2020 Oasis Audio
Barnabas Collins
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Barnabas Collins (November 1968) Barnabas Collins, the 175 year-old vampire, is introduced in this story of gothic suspense. Your blood will grow cold as you listen to the never-before-told story of the foggy night in 1899 when Barnabas Collins first arrived in Collinwood. You’ll chill to the full horror of the real truth about Barnabas - a secret so terrible that it could not be revealed until now.
©1968 Marilyn Ross (P)2019 Oasis Audio
Barnabas Collins Versus the Warlock
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David Collins and Amy Jennings, two charming, innocent children are suddenly turned into demons. At first their pranks only annoy Maggie Evans, their governess. But soon she realizes they have become malicious, bent on destroying all of Collinwood. Convinced the children are possessed by a mysterious, supernatural power, and frightened for her life, Maggie turns for help to Barnabas Collins. Will his powers be strong enough to overcome the evil forces that captured the minds of the children before they - and Barnabas - are completely at the mercy of the devil himself?
©1969 Marilyn Ross (P)2019 Paperback Classics
Victoria Winters
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Victoria Winters (March 1967) Still trying to uncover the secret of her own identity, Victoria Winters continues her life at Collinwood. The unexpected arrival of mysterious strangers at the brooding manor instills terrible fears in her. Horrified at their lies and their evil, menacing gestures, Victoria wonders if these guest have come to kill her. Terror shrouds Collinwood as Victoria finds herself the prey of these cruel tormentors.
©1967 Marilyn Ross (P)2019 Oasis Audio
Barnabas, Quentin and Dr. Jekyll's Son
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Before the blizzard cuts Collinwood off from the rest of the world, Barnabas Collins arrives there from England, bringing with him his friend, Dr. Henry Jekyll, who hopes to find a new life where no one knows he is the son of London's most savage murderer. Another stranger also finds refuge from the storm at Collinwood. He calls himself Paul Faron, private detective - but to Barnabas, he is Quentin Collins, victim of the werewolf curse. As the personal tensions and animosities at the strange old house increase, a senseless, brutal murder takes place - and terror reigns at Collinwood. Obviously, the killer is someone living at the estate. And most under suspicion are Barnabas, Quentin, and Dr. Jekyll’s son. As suggested by its title, a homage to Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novella, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, a text also used in the television series for inspiration.
©1971 Marilyn Ross (P)2020 Oasis Audio
The Demon of Barnabas Collins
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The arrival of a movie company at Collinwood gives Barnabas a chance to escape Angelique’s awful curse - the curse which has made him one of the living dead. Barnabas meets and falls in love with beautiful film star, Rita Glenn. In order to save him, she introduces him to the mysterious Dr. Moreno who has a cure for Barnabas. Barnabas is jubilant over his recovery - but not for long. Suddenly he is in a life and death battle with another vampire - with Rita’s life at stake. The only way to save her is to return to the curse once again. This is the first book to present Barnabas in a heroic vein rather than as the villain, following the trend set by the television series.
©1969 Marilyn Ross (P)2019 Oasis Audio
Barnabas, Quentin and the Frightened Bride
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Ann and John Hayward’s honeymoon at Collinwood slowly turns into a series of nightmares. Soon after their arrival, John, who is recovering from a war injury, falls victim to strange, violent spells. In a fit of irrational jealousy, he accuses his wife of falling in love with Barnabas Collins. Meanwhile, a series of attacks on her life frighten Ann into believing John is trying to kill her. Though tormented by doubts of John’s sanity, she believes his warning that Barnabas is a vampire. Ann nevertheless accepts help from Barnabas - and unknowingly becomes the prey to the evil forces at Collinwood!
©1970 Marilyn Ross (P)2020 Paperback Classics
Barnabas, Quentin and the Body Snatchers
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In an alien spaceship hidden in a swamp near Collinwood, Roger Collins and his friend, space scientist Murdock Gray, lie bound and gagged - yet no one even knows they are missing! For their captors are able to change shapes at will, and two of them have "become" Roger and Murdock. Although Elizabeth and Carolyn sense a difference, they can't guess that they are at the mercy of beings who will stop at nothing to prevent the next US space flight under Murdock's direction. ?Then, as the dark shadow of death draws closer to Collinwood, a bat soars over the hidden spaceship, flies close enough to see inside...and suddenly Barnabas and Quentin Collins find themselves joined in a desperate attempt to save Collinwood from the strangest menace it has ever known!
©1971 Marilyn Ross (P)2020 Oasis Audio
Barnabas, Quentin and the Scorpio Curse
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Is the sign of Scorpio the mark of death? Terror reigns at Collinwood when several patients at a nearby psychiatric clinic at which Barnabas Collins is a patient are stabbed to death. Each victim's forehead is marked with a scorpion, the zodiacal symbol of death. Then Diana Collins, another relative of the Collins family who is undergoing psychiatric treatment at the hospital, finds a bloody knife in her room. Diana, whose astrological sign is Scorpio, is afraid that she may have committed the murders during one of her blackouts. The fear that she is losing her mind is compounded when no one will believe she has seen a strange, wolflike creature prowling the grounds. The only person who will listen to her story is Barnabas. But how can he help her when he too has become a suspect?
©1970 Marilyn Ross (P)2020 Oasis Audio
The Mystery of Collinwood
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The Mystery of Collinwood (January 1968) Victoria stood on the ledge known as Suicide Cliffs and stared down at the raging surf and jagged rocks below. Next to her stood Professor Mark Veno, a mysterious visitor to Collinwood. He spoke to her in a low, sinister voice. “Think of all those who threw themselves from these very rocks.”His eyes seemed to burn into hers. “He’s hypnotizing me,” she thought. She was unable to make herself look away. “No,” she cried. “He’s forcing me to jump!” The Professor came a step closer, his eyes still glowing. Victoria found herself unable to move - unable to speak. She was helpless as she felt her willpower dissolve under his evil spell....
©1968 Marilyn Ross (P)2019 Oasis Audio
Barnabas, Quentin and the Haunted Cave
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Harriet Turnbridge asks Barnabas Collins for help after her husband, her brother-in-law, and father-in-law are found dead, their throats savagely ripped open. The police insist the killer is a mad beast. Harriet thinks that the phantom recently seen at Collinwood is responsible. Barnabas suspects that Quentin Collins, disguised as a wealthy hippie, is guilty. ?Where will they find the murderer? In the nightmare world of Harriet’s dreams? In the haunted cave beneath the Collins’ family cemetery? Or in another century - when witchcraft and demonology threatened Collinwood?
©1970 Marilyn Ross (P)2020 Paperback Classics
Barnabas, Quentin and the Crystal Coffin
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Barnabas, Quentin and the Crystal Coffin (July 1970) Heiress Betty Ward is worried about her twin sister, who has eloped with Jeremy Frene. She follows them from Paris to Frene estate at Collinwood - but arrives too late! Her twin is dead, victim of a mysterious illness. Her body has been sealed in a crystal coffin and kept in a darkened room. Jeremy swears that because her ghost returns to the castle each night, he refuses to bury the coffin. Betty is convinced her sister’s death was not a natural one. Jeremy’s aunt opposed the marriage. Her ally against the couple seems to have been Quentin Collins, a suspected werewolf. Betty turns to Barnabas Collins for help, despite the rumors that he is a vampire. But she does not realize that by doing so, she has placed herself in mortal danger.... This story is an homage to Edgar Allan Poe's 1844 short story "The Premature Burial", a text also used in the television series for inspiration.
©1970 Marilyn Ross (P)2020 Oasis Audio