North of Prague, rising from a lonely cliffside, stands a fortress with no military purpose—no water, no kitchens, no defenses facing outward. Instead, its walls and chapel were built to seal something in. This week on Beyond the Campfire, Will and Sahil unlock the legend of Houska Castle, a structure said to cap a bottomless pit that leads straight to Hell itself.
We explore centuries of chilling lore: winged creatures crawling from the darkness, prisoners offered pardons if they dared descend into the abyss, and screams echoing from beneath the stone floors. From medieval superstition to Nazi experiments during the Second World War, the castle has drawn those convinced that what lies beneath is not of this world.
Is Houska merely a gothic curiosity, a monument to fear and faith, or is it a literal gateway to something humanity was never meant to see? Join us as we sift history from horror, folklore from fact, and peer into the pit that still stirs unease in the heart of Europe.
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