Ellen's Reviews > The Tell-Tale Heart

The killer, who narrates the story, readily admits he has no problems with his rooming house neighbor. They have not had an argument, a simple disagreement or any issues whatsoever. The killer is obsessed with the other man's evil eye which sounds to me as a fully formed cataract. Whenever the killer sees this eye his thoughts turn to murder. Nightly he sneaks into his neighbor's room hoping to see the moonlight gleam on the offending orb but the man is always asleep. Until one night he awakens with the intrusion. The killer quickly dispatches the offending neighbor and hides him under the floorboards. But what is that thumping sound? It sounds like a heartbeat.

I have read this story numerous times over the years and I remember being infatuated with Poe's work when I was a teenager. This is a nice little tale of horror.