Episode 3 leaves the imaginary fears and horrors from the two previous episodes behind. Instead it touches upon the real horrors of mechanised warfare in 1914. With WW1, the English flavoured Gothic revival proved almost purpose built to encapsulate the horrors of the young 20th century. The third episode also included a short segment about The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927). Which is about a serial killer known as 'The Avenger' is on the loose in London, Murdering Blonde women. A mysterious man arrives at the house of Mr and Mrs. Bunting looking for a room to rent. However there is a twist as the Bunting's daughter is a blonde model and is seeing one of the detectives assigned to the case. The detective becomes jealous of the lodger and begins to suspect he may be the avenger. I found this part of the episode interesting as even at this early start there was the blonde girl as the victim the the films which is still something that occurs now.
I found all episodes of The Art of Gothic Horror intriguing and within each episode there was a specific story or person that he spoke about that stuck out to me. All 3 episodes were extremely informative in the sense that he was able to explain all of these different aspects of Gothic Horror without boring you as he used humour in their as well. However it was quite hard to keep up with some of the things he was saying as he would move on so quickly. Despite this I was still able to take some information from what he was saying.
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