{"id": "14612", "title": "Bat (Version 2 Dramatic Reading)", "description": "A Mysterious killer\u2014Man? Beast? Or devil?\u2014spreading terror throughout a nation, flouting law and lawless alike \u2026 Curious GOINGS-ON in a house rented immediately upon the death of its owner \u2026 A WARNING to leave the house, underlined with threats of death \u2026 A SHADOW bearing one gleaming eye [ \u2026 ] Wouldn\u2019t You Like to Know \u2013 What happens when the indomitable Miss Van Gorder refuses to be frightened from the house of murder? What nerve-shaking word is spelled out by the Ouija board? [ \u2026 ] Who is the stranger who arrives half dead? Who is the Bat?\u201d ~ from the ad in the book. Originally published in 1926, Rinehart's entertaining mystery offers suspense and humor, and you will see evidence of that era's Asian xenophobia and Prohibition in the United States. (Summary by Lynette Caulkins)<br><br><b>Cast List</b><br><br>Narrator: <a href=\"https://librivox.org/reader/13661\">Lynette Caulkins</a>\r\n<br>Police Chief: <a href=\"https://librivox.org/reader/13833\">JT</a>\r\n<br>Millionaire: <a href=\"https://librivox.org/reader/13852\">Kelly Taylor</a>\r\n<br>Young Detective: <a href=\"https://librivox.org/reader/13889\">Johan Supertramp</a>\r\n<br>Underworld Voice: <a href=\"https://librivox.org/reader/11790\">TJ Burns</a>\r\n<br>City News Editor: <a href=\"https://librivox.org/reader/6687\">Kirk202</a>\r\n<br>News Editor Colleague: <a href=\"https://librivox.org/reader/5796\">Linette</a>\r\n<br>Detective Anderson: <a href=\"https://librivox.org/reader/13706\">Scott Caulkins</a>\r\n<br>Cornelia Van Gorder: <a href=\"https://librivox.org/reader/11528\">Ciufi Galeazzi</a>\r\n<br>Doctor Wells: <a href=\"https://librivox.org/reader/9642\">Chris Pyle</a>\r\n<br>Sally Ogden: <a href=\"https://librivox.org/reader/10614\">Leanne Yau</a>\r\n<br>Lizzie Allen: <a href=\"https://librivox.org/reader/13807\">Jennifer Pratt</a>\r\n<br>Dale Ogden: <a href=\"https://librivox.org/reader/13781\">Shelly</a>\r\n<br>Billy: <a href=\"https://librivox.org/reader/6754\">Todd</a>\r\n<br>Brooks: <a href=\"https://librivox.org/reader/13780\">Estelle</a>\r\n<br>Richard Fleming: <a href=\"https://librivox.org/reader/12975\">EJ Wiley</a>\r\n<br>Reginald Beresford: <a href=\"https://librivox.org/reader/13830\">Adam Bielka</a>\r\n<br>Unknown: <a href=\"https://librivox.org/reader/3582\">Tommy Hersant</a><br>", "url_text_source": "https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2019", "language": "English", "copyright_year": "1920", "num_sections": "22", "url_rss": "https://librivox.org/rss/14612", "url_zip_file": "https://www.archive.org/download/bat_2110_librivox/bat_2110_librivox_64kb_mp3.zip", "url_project": "", "url_librivox": "https://librivox.org/the-bat2-by-mary-roberts-rinehart/", "url_other": "", "totaltime": "07:21:13", "totaltimesecs": 26473, "authors": [{"id": "3008", "first_name": "Stephen Vincent", "last_name": "Ben\u00e9t", "dob": "1898", "dod": "1943"}, {"id": "14613", "first_name": "Avery", "last_name": "Hopwood", "dob": "1882", "dod": "1928"}, {"id": "286", "first_name": "Mary Roberts", "last_name": "Rinehart", "dob": "1876", "dod": "1958"}], "genre": ["Crime & Mystery Fiction", "Dramatic Readings"], "Dramatic Readings": true, "meta_genre": "Literature", "speaker_info": {"names": ["bat_00_rinehart", "bat_01_rinehart", "bat_02_rinehart", "bat_03_rinehart", "bat_04_rinehart", "bat_05_rinehart", "bat_06_rinehart", "bat_07_rinehart", "bat_08_rinehart", "bat_09_rinehart", "bat_10_rinehart", "bat_11_rinehart", "bat_12_rinehart", "bat_13_rinehart", "bat_14_rinehart", "bat_15_rinehart", "bat_16_rinehart", "bat_17_rinehart", "bat_18_rinehart", "bat_19_rinehart", "bat_20_rinehart", "bat_21_rinehart"], "readers": [null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null]}}