The Mask of the Red Death

The text and audio of this story in Edgar Allan Poe: Storyteller describe a man named Prospero who isolates himself in one of his palaces to escape the deadly disease Red Death, which has been sweeping the country. However, a ghastly visitor shows up to his masquerade party uninvited.

The Story of William Wilson

The text and audio of this psychological story in Edgar Allan Poe: Storyteller describe a narrator who asks to be called “William Wilson” and tells a tale about his encounters with his mysterious doppelganger. Try as he might to escape from the haunting whisper of an unknown figure, William Wilson always comes face to face with himself.

The Fall of the House of Usher

The text and audio of this gothic story in Edgar Allan Poe: Storyteller describe a narrator who visits the macabre home of his childhood friend. As the narrator spends more time in the House of Usher, he discovers more within this House of Horrors.

The Black Cat

The text and audio of this story in Edgar Allan Poe: Storyteller describe a man who, while telling his story on the eve of his death, proclaims that he is psychologically sound despite his drunken and violent rages. At the center of his story is his beloved black cat Pluto. After Pluto bites the narrator on the hand during one of his drunken rages, he starts to go down a violent path.

The Murders in the Rue Morgue

The text and audio of this murder detective story in Edgar Allan Poe: Storyteller are about a man named C. Auguste Dupin, who brillantly solves the murder of Madame L’Espanaye and Mademoiselle Camille.

The Tel-Tale Heart

The text and audio of this story in Edgar Allan Poe: Storyteller are about a man who is obsessed with an elderly man’s pale blue eye. During one of his late night watches of the old man, the man hears the old man’s heart beating louder and louder.

The Cask of Amontillado

The text and audio of this story in Edgar Allan Poe: Storyteller are about a man named Montresor who wants to commit revenge against his friend Fortunato. Luring the wine-loving Fortunato with the promise of tasting the rare and fine wine Amontillado, Montresor leads him down beneath his palace into the bowels of the earth.