Nightmare Fuel #56: The Hollow Hill

About this episode

In this episode, a babysitter faces terrifying events while watching two children in a haunted house near a mysterious hill.

In this fifty-sixth installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins, we meet young Sophie Bennet, who has been hired by a couple to baby sit their two children, Callum and Eilidh, for a few hours on a Wednesday night. They live outside of a small Scottish town in a home called the Blackthorn House. Behind their home is the Hollow Hill. And inside their home, things quickly spiral out of control.

People in this episode

Host: Dan Cummins

Topics covered

• fictional horror
• supernatural
• babysitting
• Scottish folklore
• family
• mystery

Keywords

• horror
• babysitter
• Scottish town
• Blackthorn House
• Hollow Hill
• supernatural events
• children
• fiction

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Blackthorn House, Scottish, Hollow Hill

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