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The Pit and the Pendulum

By: Edgar Allan Poe
Narrated by: Daniela Acitelli
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Can the human spirit prevail even in this most extreme of circumstances?

In this tale, our narrator is deemed guilty of an unnamed crime and condemned to death by a tortuous method of which he can only imagine. In complete darkness in a room with only a large pit in the center and rats to keep him company, he soon realizes there is a large bladelike pendulum hanging above him, slowly getting closer to cutting through his chest.

Public Domain (P)2019 Daniela Acitelli
Classics Horror Scary
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