00:00 In this episode, the hosts introduce the annual Halloween Spooktacular and explain that they will be reading public domain scary stories, starting with "The Red Room" by HG Wells.

05:52 A man arrives at a spooky house with three old people who don't seem to like him, and he decides to go to the haunted room alone.

11:19 A man enters the haunted room and reflects on the strange and eerie atmosphere of the castle, but is momentarily startled by a shadow before proceeding to survey the room where the young duke had died.

16:29 A man explores the haunted room, examining every detail and lighting candles to dispel the darkness, but still feels disturbed and on edge, experiencing strange echoes and a sense of a lurking presence.

21:29 The narrator tries to dispel the darkness in the haunted room by lighting candles, but the candles keep going out one by one, increasing the sense of fear and unease.

26:29 The narrator struggles to keep the candles lit in the haunted room, but eventually succumbs to darkness and terror, losing consciousness and waking up to find himself bandaged and being cared for by the man with the withered hand and the old woman.

31:50 The narrator reflects on the man's confession and wonders if he was fooled, but ultimately finds it more pleasant to forget and not believe the story.

37:22 A group of friends visit a tin church on an island in an attempt to gather information, possibly even psychic information, about a person they are interested in, and although nothing comes of the visit, they compare it to a previous failed attempt and note that the presence of a hermit on the island is now accepted by the country people on the mainland.

42:08 The narrator arrives at the hermit's island and initially considers not approaching him, but ultimately decides to stay and go fishing with him, noticing that the hermit has a peculiar habit of never turning his back on him.

47:31 The narrator discovers that the hermit has a peculiar eye condition called astigmatism, which causes his sight to become indistinct when he looks back at someone over his shoulder.

52:41 The hermit explains that his astigmatism allows him to see people's true vices and defects when he looks at them over his shoulder, and he gives examples of how this affected his perception of his brother, his housemaster, and his former fiancée.

58:31 The hermit wonders if the narrator has ever looked at himself in the mirror and seen his own true vices and defects, and the narrator asks the hermit if he has ever looked at him that way, to which the hermit replies that he hasn't yet but probably will before the narrator leaves, and when the narrator sees the hermit look at him over his shoulder before he leaves, the hermit's face is filled with disgust and loathing, leaving the narrator to wonder what the hermit saw in him.