I must admit that this is one of the greatest stories and comparisons of the bible ever. The person who wrote this must've used endless hours to find all this information and think it through.
I still don't believe in a place as hell. I wasn't scared the least and I never believed it a second. Hearing sounds deep in the earth is simply impossible (talking human sounds). It's psychically impossible to hear millions of human screams deep down in the earth and it's also psychically impossible to live among 12.000 fahrenheit. The persons who heard it must've had mental problems or faced a difficult situation that made them hear it (being scared could also have caused it).
I never believe any superstitious things. I would need a real proof before I would believe it.
Someone should make a movie out of this story