Chilling Read: The Tell-Tale Heart (Edgar Allan Poe)

About this episode

This episode features a reading of Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Tell-Tale Heart' with a soft narration and eerie background music.

You might think I'm mad, but tell me, would a mad lady read this short Poe story? Tonight we float into the long-awaited "Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe. Join me into the mind of an eye-obsessed man who just has perfect plan to shut the offensive eye forever. This tale, Edgar Allan Poe's' "The Tell-Tale Heart," is read in a soft voice and set to some eerie and soft background music. I do hope you enjoy the this evening's spooky story! Voice Over Editing by Zachary K. "Reaching Out, Shadowlands 2, BlueFeather" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This short story is by Edgar Allan Poe, and is now in public domain. I have added my voice, my thoughts, my animated illustrations and Creative Commons music (above). This episode originally released on YouTube on May 29 2020. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Host: a bit late

Topics covered

• Edgar Allan Poe
• short story
• horror
• literature
• narration

Keywords

• Tell-Tale Heart
• Edgar Allan Poe
• horror story
• narration
• a bit late

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Books & works: The Tell-Tale Heart

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