The Hollow Library

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Reading classic horror stories every Sunday, with dramatic narration, as well as deep dives and explanations after the story. This is an archive for stories of darkness and horror from the likes of Lovecraft, Poe, Blackwood and more. A place to showcase my love for classic horror literature, as well as discover new stories that provide new horrors. Welcome, sit back and listen closely...

Episodes

  1. The Monkey's Paw by W.W. Jacobs | Short Horror Story

    May 20

    The Monkey's Paw by W.W. Jacobs | Short Horror Story

    Tonight at The Hollow Library, we read The Monkey's Paw by W.W. Jacobs; one of the most perfectly constructed horror stories ever written.A sergeant-major returns from India with a curious relic, a dried monkey's paw with the power to grant three wishes. The White family laughs it off. They make their wish. And then the consequences come knocking.Published in 1902, this story has terrified readers for over a century. The horror here is not in what you see. It is in what you hear at the door.

    26 min
  2. The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman | Classic Horror Story

    May 17

    The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman | Classic Horror Story

    Tonight, we read The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, one of the most disturbing stories ever written about the human mind.A woman is taken to a colonial mansion for the summer to rest and recover. Her husband, a physician, confines her to a room. And on the walls of that room is a wallpaper; ugly, creeping, alive. What begins as an irritation becomes an obsession, and then becomes something else entirely.Written in 1892, this story was drawn from Gilman's own experience. It is something far more unsettling than a ghost story. Subscribe for weekly readings from the darkest corners of classic literature.Turn off the lights. Put on headphones. Listen closely.

    38 min
  3. The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe | Short Horror Story

    May 15

    The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe | Short Horror Story

    Tonight at The Hollow Library, we read The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe, one of the greatest gothic horror stories ever written.A man receives a desperate letter from his childhood friend, Roderick Usher, and travels to the crumbling family mansion to offer comfort. What he finds there is a deteriorating man, a dying sister, and a house that seems to breathe with a life of its own. It will push him, and you, to the edge of sanity.Written in 1839, this story defined what gothic horror could be. Poe at his absolute darkest. Subscribe for weekly readings from the darkest corners of classic literature.Turn off the lights. Put on headphones. Listen closely.

    50 min
  4. The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe

    May 14

    The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe

    Tonight we read The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe, one of the most chilling psychological horror stories ever written. A murderer, convinced of his own sanity, cannot escape the sound that haunts him from beneath the floorboards.Story: The Tell-Tale Heart (1843)Author: Edgar Allan PoeChannel: The Hollow Library

    14 min
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Reading classic horror stories every Sunday, with dramatic narration, as well as deep dives and explanations after the story. This is an archive for stories of darkness and horror from the likes of Lovecraft, Poe, Blackwood and more. A place to showcase my love for classic horror literature, as well as discover new stories that provide new horrors. Welcome, sit back and listen closely...

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