Ep. 807, The Pit and the Pendulum & The Tell-Tale Heart, by Edgar Allan Poe

The torments of the Inquisition, and a murder that won't keep quiet. Halloween comes with a vengeance with Edgar Allan Poe, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. We are proudly supported by our listeners. This show was created with the intent to make the classics less intimidating, and more accessible. Over the years, we've been able to help many, many people discover authors and stories they never would have read, and we really appreciate your help. Please sign up to be a supporter for as little as $5 a month. We'll give you a monthly coupon code for $8 off any audiobook order. It's a great way to build out your classic audiobook library, and help us to continue to provide this service. Go to http://classictalesaudiobooks.com and become a financial supporter today. Thank you so much. I've got a new blog post about some training I recently had with Elishia Merricks from Macmillan, and the great PJ Ochlan. If you'd like to learn more about how classic audiobooks are made, please check out my blog. We also won a w3 Silver award for this season of the podcast! Hazzah! I'm planning on releasing a new classic title this month, outside of the podcast. So round up your coupon codes, and keep an ear open for the announcement next week. And now for something completely different. I first recorded The Tell-Tale Heart and The Pit and the Pendulum back in 2007, during the first year of the show. I wanted to try it again now, and see how my approach has changed and hopefully improved. It's actually quite difficult to perform Poe aloud. I mean, he's talking about such outrageous stuff, it's really easy to overdo it. In today's reading, I try to make it as conversational and natural as possible, while still remaining true to the author's original intent. Poe actually wrote the stories with the intention for them to be read aloud. 1800s-style. There are a million different ways to approach this text. I hope this one works for you. And now, The Pit and the Pendulum, and The Tell-Tale Heart , by Edgar Allan Poe. Follow this link to become a monthly supporter: Follow this link to subscribe to our YouTube Channel: Check out our blog about how audiobooks are made: