Tales of Mystery and Imagination - Season 1

First aired: 9/7/1995 13 episodes
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Episodes

1. The Fall of the House of Usher

Aired: 9/7/1995

A stranger visits the isolated home of the Usher family.

2. The Oval Portrait

Aired: 9/14/1995

An artist's obsessive quest for perfection is literally life-consuming.

3. Berenice

Aired: 9/21/1995

Gentleman suffering from monomania has a secret and very bizarre obsession involving his new wife.

4. The Black Cat

Aired: 9/28/1995

A wife-murderer falls foul of a cat.

5. Ligeia

Aired: 10/5/1995

Ligeia was a larger-than-life personality. And perhaps she's larger than death, too.

6. The Cask of Amontillado

Aired: 10/12/1995

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.

7. Mr. Valdemar

Aired: 10/19/1995

A dying Mr. Valdemar agrees to a hypnotist's experiment. Just before Valdemar's death, he will be placed in a state of hypnosis.

8. The Tell-Tale Heart

Aired: 10/26/1995

A murderer is haunted by the sound of his victim's heart, still somehow beating.

9. Morella

Aired: 11/2/1995

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.

10. The Pit and the Pendulum

Aired: 11/9/1995

The pendulum swings ever lower into the pit, at whose base a man is bound and immobilized; and its blade is razor-sharp.

11. The Masque of the Red Death - Part 1

Aired: 11/16/1995

Outside, the terrible disease called the Red Death is ravaging the countryside; but inside the Prince Prospero prepares an elaborate masquerade party.

12. The Masque of the Red Death - Part 2

Aired: 11/23/1995

A horrible figure intrudes upon Prospero's masquerade party.

13. Biographical Portrait

Aired: 11/30/1995

This short biography of Poe commences with his marriage to child bride Virginia.