The Pit and the Pendulum
Short story by Edgar Allan PoeWikipedia
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Sep 20, 2026
speaker_4NARRATOR
and darkness and decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all.
Phil ChenevertNARRATOR
The Poe Collection by Edgar Allan Poe The Pit and the Pendulum Quatrain composed for the gates of a market to be erected upon the site of the Jacobin Clubhouse at Paris.
Phil ChenevertNARRATOR
I was sick, sick unto death with that long agony, and when they at length unbound me and I was permitted to sit, I felt that my senses were leaving me.
Phil ChenevertNARRATOR
The sentence, the dread sentence of death, was the last distinct actuation which reached my ears.
Ken MardaneSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And so from out of darkness of shape or form, where a single light is focused, the sharp and lonely midnight mind will see Faces in the window.
Ken MardaneSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
You've been listening to Ken Nordean in a reading of The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe.
Ken MardaneSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Adapted by Marvin David.
Ken MardaneSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Directed by John Hinzey.
Kemmerer DaneNARRATOR
Faces in the window.
Kemmerer DaneNARRATOR
You've been listening to Ken Nordeen in a reading of The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe.
Kemmerer DaneNARRATOR
Adapted by Marvin David.
Kemmerer DaneNARRATOR
Directed by John Hinsey.
James CarterHOST
Valdemar, The Gold Bug, or The Murders in the Rue Morgue? Question 9.
James CarterHOST
In Poe's The Pit and the Pendulum, how does the prisoner escape from the descending pendulum? Question 10.
James CarterHOST
Which NFL American football team is named after Poe's famous poem? Round three.
James CarterHOST
Round three is a quick-fire round on river tributaries.
9 MINS LATER
James CarterHOST
Number seven, Poe was born in the 19th century.
James CarterHOST
Number eight, the Poe short story that is thought to be the first modern detective story is The Murders in the Rue Morgue.
James CarterHOST
Number nine, in the pit and the pendulum, the prisoner escapes by encouraging rats to chew through his buns.
James CarterHOST
And number 10, the NFL football team named after Poe's famous poem is the Baltimore Ravens.
James CarterHOST
Valdemar, The Gold Bug, or The Murders in the Rue Morgue? Question 9.
James CarterHOST
In Poe's The Pit and the Pendulum, how does the prisoner escape from the descending pendulum? Question 10.
James CarterHOST
Which NFL American football team is named after Poe's famous poem? Round three.
James CarterHOST
Round three is a quick-fire round on river tributaries.
9 MINS LATER
James CarterHOST
Number seven, Poe was born in the 19th century.
James CarterHOST
Number eight, the Poe short story that is thought to be the first modern detective story is The Murders in the Rue Morgue.
James CarterHOST
Number nine, in the pit and the pendulum, the prisoner escapes by encouraging rats to chew through his buns.
James CarterHOST
And number 10, the NFL football team named after Poe's famous poem is the Baltimore Ravens.
CharlieHOST
I do.
CharlieHOST
I th- I briefly mentioned it in our Q&A episode that we did a long time ago, but my favorite is The Pit and the Pendulum, and it's my favorite because when we were little kids, my mom got me a recording of that, and I literally ...
CharlieHOST
She didn't re- It was, like, a Halloween scary story tape, and I, we listened to it over and over and over, and just listened to this man get slowly sliced in half by a pendulum, [laughs] and it stuck with me for my whole life.
EleanorHOST
And it's no wonder your brother and you are the way that you are.
Genevieve ManionNARRATOR
That piece did garner some acclaim and payment, though, so at the very least, I have the demon to thank for that.
John MackenzieGUEST
Oh, that year you published The Pit and the Pendulum.
John MackenzieGUEST
You haven't mentioned that yet.
John MackenzieGUEST
Any spirits come to you then? No one died in that one, did they?
Martin VauxHOST
"Ligeia" as well.
Martin VauxHOST
"The Pit and the Pendulum"'s famous.
Eleanor ConlonHOST
Yeah, yeah.
Martin VauxHOST
Um, and "The Black Cat" I'd say is also famous, but I mean, my favorite of his stories is "The Tell-Tale Heart."
AvayiNARRATOR
End of The Vengeance of a Tree.
Nephele VidaliNARRATOR
The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe.
Nephele VidaliNARRATOR
This is a LibriVox recording.
Nephele VidaliNARRATOR
All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain.
Nephele VidaliNARRATOR
For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. Recording by Nephele Vidali.
Nephele VidaliNARRATOR
The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe.
Nephele VidaliNARRATOR
I was sick, sick unto death with that long agony.
speaker_11ADVERTISER
Crown Coins Casino.
speaker_1NARRATOR
I heard many things in hell.
speaker_1NARRATOR
How, then, am I mad? Hearken! and observe how healthily—how calmly I can tell you the whole story.
speaker_1NARRATOR
It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain; but once conceived, it haunted me day and night.
speaker_1NARRATOR
Object there was none.
24 MINS LATER
Laura ArmentroutNARRATOR
And all with pearl and ruby glowing Was the fair palace door, Through which came flowing, flowing, flowing And sparkling evermore, A troop of echoes whose sweet duty Was but to sing, In voices of surpassing beauty, The wit and wisdom of their king.
Laura ArmentroutNARRATOR
But evil things, in robes of sorrow, Assailed the monarch's high estate; Ah, let us mourn, for never morrow Shall dawn upon him, desolate.
Laura ArmentroutNARRATOR
And, round about his house of glory, That blushed and bloomed, Is but a dim-remembered story Of the old time entombed.
Laura ArmentroutNARRATOR
And travelers now within that valley Through the red litten windows see Vast forms that move fantastically To a discordant melody.
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