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.