The nine most disturbing episodes of Inside No 9 (part 2)

I’m counting down the top five most disturbing episode of the BBC series "Inside No 9".

Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith have been giving us nightmares for many years now, and this dark comedy anthology series has more than its share of horror. These are my choices, featuring episodes from series 1-4.

Which one creeped you out the most? What twist did you find the most shocking? Let me know. As you can probably tell, I just can’t stop talking about Number Nine!

Part one is here:    • The nine most disturbing episodes of ...  

Credit for the music goes to Thomas O’Boyle: https://www.thomasoboyle.com - isn’t it just so No 9?

Spoiler warning: check the list further down to see which episodes I’m discussing in this video. Because I’d hate to ruin a great twist.

List of episodes:

5. Diddle Diddle Dumpling (series 3, episode 5)
4. The Harrowing (series 1, episode 6)
3. The Devil of Christmas (series 3, episode 1)
2. To Have and to Hold (series 4, episode 4)
1. The Riddle of the Sphinx (series 3, episode 3)

Chapters:

00:00 Intro
01:32 Diddle Diddle Dumpling
07:07 The Harrowing
13:20 The Devil of Christmas
19:55 To Have and to Hold
27:24 Honourable mentions
28:54 The Riddle of the Sphinx

Once again, apologies for not including “Dead Line”. But I’m serious - if you guys want a Dead Line video on this channel, then that’s what I’ll do.

Update: That's exactly what I did - full Dead Line analysis video here:    • Inside No 9: Dead Line analysis  

Also, let me know if you want me to revisit Number Nine once series 5 comes out. Excited? I know I am!

Update: Full Inside No 9 series 5 playlist is here:    • Inside No 9 S5 E1 The Referee's a W****r  

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Sources and other things of interest:

Diddle Diddle Dumpling

Read about the alternate ending here: https://thevelvetonion.com/2017/04/17...

The Harrowing

An interesting theory from the Inside No 9 sub-Reddit:   / inside_no9_the_harrowing_ending_is_darker_...  

The Devil of Christmas

If you’d like to learn more about snuff, I’ve provided a link to a video on the subject by Reignbot horror. Please be warned that she includes details of serial killers and actual homicide, which might not be everyone’s cup of tea:    • A Look Into On-Screen Murder | Morbid...  

Den of Geek review: https://www.denofgeek.com/uk/tv/insid...

And here's the link to the article on Charlie Sheen's “snuff” encounter: http://www.randomaccessmedia.co.uk/ww...

To Have and to Hold

Steve Pemberton's comments on Twitter:   / 955713668465025025  

Riddle of the Sphinx

Reece Shearsmith's Twitter comment on the episode:   / 1116475436106645504  

After Dark Analysis has a whole video on the trope of “poison in the tea” (which I didn't even realise was a trope):    • Poisoned Tea | Why is This a Thing?  

And here are some links to information about our good friend, the pufferfish:
https://io9.gizmodo.com/how-the-puffe...
https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/p...
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/an...