The Classic Tales Podcast · B.J. Harrison
The House on the Borderland, Part 3 of 5, by William Hope Hodgson
October 17, 2025·1 hr 5 min·5 clips
He kicks a metal ring, opens a trapdoor, and hears faint, mocking laughter from the depths.
As heard by us
A candlelit walk becomes a careful survey of broken ground and deepening dread.
Part 3 settles into a slow walk through the house and out toward the ravine, where a tired, cold narrator takes brandy, checks the study door, and moves by candlelight as daylight creeps through the barred windows.
Why you'd press play
You get a candlelit walk through a house where the landscape keeps betraying its own shape.
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