Wednesday, December 10, 2025

The Legend of Bishop Hatto

 


We are passing through Bingen on the Rhine and the Bishop's Tower is on the north bank (he was a real person and a very cruel man). This poem gave me nightmares when I read it at age nine or so.

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3 comments:

  1. Lady AnneDecember 11, 2025 at 2:46 AM

    Definitely nightmare inducing! Oliver Cromwell did much the same thing, but without telling people he was going to feed them.

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  2. AnonymousDecember 11, 2025 at 11:12 AM

    Well, that's just cheerful, lol. Definitely not a nice man and it would have given me nightmares too!

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  3. SunaDecember 19, 2025 at 3:19 AM

    Oh wow, just as creepy as "The Rats in the Wall" by Lovecraft

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