The Hollow of the Three Hills

Title: The Hollow of the Three Hills

Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne

Narrator: Jonathan Dunne

Original Publication: 1830

Public Domain: Yes

Series Placement: Timeless Terrors No. 73

Description:

The Hollow of the Three Hills is one of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s earliest and most unsettling tales — a somber meditation on guilt, memory, and the inescapable weight of past sins. Told with Hawthorne’s characteristic moral gravity, the story follows a mysterious woman led into a secluded hollow where supernatural visions force her to confront the consequences of her actions.

Rather than relying on overt horror, Hawthorne creates a deeply psychological terror, using spectral voices and ghostly scenes to reveal ruined lives, lost innocence, and hope beyond recovery. The hollow itself becomes a symbolic grave of conscience, where the past rises with merciless clarity and judgment is unavoidable.

Narrated by Amazon-bestselling horror author Jonathan Dunne, this performance brings solemn restraint and emotional intensity to Hawthorne’s prose, emphasizing the tale’s dreamlike atmosphere and quiet despair.

Part of Timeless Terrors, a series dedicated to preserving classic horror, The Hollow of the Three Hills stands as an early example of American psychological terror — a stark reminder that the most frightening hauntings arise not from monsters, but from memory and remorse.

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Lydbog: 19. januar 2026