Episodes List
Ep.1 The Fall of the House of Usher
Air Date: 1995-09-07
A stranger visits the isolated home of the Usher family.
Ep.2 The Oval Portrait
Air Date: 1995-09-14
An artist's obsessive quest for perfection is literally life-consuming.
Ep.3 Berenice
Air Date: 1995-09-21
Gentleman suffering from monomania has a secret and very bizarre obsession involving his new wife.
Ep.4 The Black Cat
Air Date: 1995-09-28
A wife-murderer falls foul of a cat.
Ep.5 Ligeia
Air Date: 1995-10-05
Ligeia was a larger-than-life personality. And perhaps she's larger than death, too.
Ep.6 The Cask of Amontillado
Air Date: 1995-10-12
Montresor is not as fond of Fortunato as the latter believes, and when he invited Fortunato to taste some special Amontillado sherry down in the cellar, he has a hidden agenda.
Ep.7 Mr. Valdemar
Air Date: 1995-10-19
A dying Mr. Valdemar agrees to a hypnotist's experiment. Just before Valdemar's death, he will be placed in a state of hypnosis.
Ep.8 The Tell-Tale Heart
Air Date: 1995-10-26
A murderer is haunted by the sound of his victim's heart, still somehow beating.
Ep.9 Morella
Air Date: 1995-11-02
An unnamed narrator marries Morella, a philosophy scholar, who spends most of her time in bed reading and teaching. Realizing her deterioration, her husband becomes frightened and wishes for his wife's death and eternal peace.
Ep.10 The Pit and the Pendulum
Air Date: 1995-11-09
The pendulum swings ever lower into the pit, at whose base a man is bound and immobilized; and its blade is razor-sharp.
Ep.11 The Masque of the Red Death - Part 1
Air Date: 1995-11-16
Outside, the terrible disease called the Red Death is ravaging the countryside; but inside the Prince Prospero prepares an elaborate masquerade party.
Ep.12 The Masque of the Red Death - Part 2
Air Date: 1995-11-23
A horrible figure intrudes upon Prospero's masquerade party.
Ep.13 Biographical Portrait
Air Date: 1995-11-30
This short biography of Poe commences with his marriage to child bride Virginia.
