It's a storythat dates backto the ninth century, It's a storythat dates backto the ninth...

[dramatic music playing] [narrator] It's a story
that dates back
to the ninth century, [narrator] It's a story
that dates back
to the ninth century, before the castle
or chapel existed. [ominous music playing] [speaking local language] [interpreter] Right where
we are standing,
the earth shattered. [Konopasek speaking
local language] [interpreter] The crack
was so deep that people called
it an entrance to hell. [speaking local language] [narrator] Determined
to explore what lay
in the depths of this pit, a powerful local lord a powerful local lord turned to those
desperate enough to find out. [Auerbach] Prisoners
sentenced to death could earn a pardon
if they agreed to be lowered into this allegedly
bottomless pit. And then, come back
and report what they saw