the PHS

The psychological horror story

  

1-What is the story of tell-tale heart about?

The story is about an old man that lives with only his servant in a very big house. the servant that takes care of the old man hates his white eye, and every white thing that he sees remembers him the eye of the old man. with the time the servant hates more the eye and turns more crazy until one day that he can not support this anymore and beggins to heart the heart of the old man in his head he said:" I have to stop it " and he killed him. Then when he stopped hearing the beating of the heart, he buried him on the floor of the bedroom where the old man slept before. And the police men arrive at home to investigate a scream that they heard, but they didn't find anything. The servent invited them to drink some tea,and they stayed, but then the servent heard the beating of the old man's heart in his head again. And finally he showed where it was the man burried because he can not support anymore hearing that sound.

2- Who wrote the tell-heart and invented the first macabre stories?

The first macabre story was written by Edgar Allan Poe.

3-What was the first psychological horror story?

The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole

4-When was it published?

It was published on 1764

5-What other story types did the author also ivented?

 He also invented the detective stories