C. Galindo Well yes a sociopath but realize that his mind was driven beyond insanity (he wasn’t exactly sane at the beginning of this) by his crime and it caused him severe paranoia. He went crazy b cause he could still hear the heart of the old man, beating constantly and always reminding him of what happened, and exposing him to everyone else. His guilt manifested into a sound only he could hear, as his mind was crumbling and he was already insane. The sound of the heart made him snap for real
Probably Not Local Lesbian I believe the beginning is him telling his confession story and more so that the beating of the heart he was hearing was not the old man’s, but his own. However he is more disconnected from reality with his paranoia, anxiety, and madness. A sociopath doesn’t believe they’re crazy however think of themselves in very high regards as well as boasting and indulging in themselves. Which is why he thought he was cunning and so normal however he cannot separate himself from his sociopathic nature so he made up an excuse to murder the harmless old man who was always kind to him. I believe the whole moral of the story “The Tell Tale Heart” is actually referring to his own as the story is all about him but in his own crazed mind he makes things out to be about something else as is a sociopathic trait. They don’t believe themselves to be crazy and normal but find some small fault they create to judge other from their own preconceptions about someone who they want to murder. It is their way of exvusing their sociopathic nature that they are not crazy in their own mind
Probably Not Local Lesbian thank you. I listened quite well to the story in its every detail and seen it from the pov of the main character himself who is a madman. Some would think it was actually the old man who drove him insane, or he was just someone who wanted to murder an old man and nervous about the crime so confessed, or that he truly cared for the old man but led himself into guilting himself into the crime. This entire story seems like an evidenced confession from a sociopath with the traits and such in the story and the way it’s told bu the man. He says he cares for him dearly and holds no ill will against the old man however a simple eye brings him into madness and I do believe it is supposedly a glass eye. I may be mistaken. However he boasts about his genius and way of doing his deed, indulging in the act itself as if it’s a sort of thrill. Also the entire setting in darkness and such gives a good indication of how the scene went it is all also told by him so all the sounds and sights are from his pov and made up from his character. Now ground it not into delusion but reality the only heartbeat he can hear is his own and the reason why it beat so fast is because he is nervous that he is going to get caught and the old man wasn’t fearful but he was instead from being discovered. Then he gets nervous with the cops which is why he heard the heartbeats again and wishes the cops to leave right away. The main giveaway is denial in the story and confusing faults and sounds to his own character. This tale would be great for a crime movie or something of the sort
It's even worse/better with the next bit... "I moved it slowly - very, very slowly, so that I might not disturb the old man's sleep. It took me an hour to place my whole head within the opening so far that I could see him as he lay upon his bed."
Indeed. He's a legend in the horror community for his portrayal of Count Dracula, though me as a Star Wars fan remembers him as a different sort of Count.
I love how at 0:32 it opens with chains rattling and a heavy door opening/closing, A subtly brilliant way of framing the story: A prisoner (The Narrator) is being brought into the interview room of a prison, giving a statement and retelling the crime from his perspective. Imagine you're a cop - tasked with taking a statement from a confessed murderer, and listening to this guy talk about how he hears things in heaven and hell.
You know there's something ironic about hearing Christopher Lee narrate from the point of view of a character who is haunted by an unblinking eye staring at him
When the bell started ringing at ten minutes, the hour had just turned 24:00, and i heard the village's bell ringing too. Needless to say, shivers went down my spine.
He was insane, what tip the officers off was his apparent madness with what he thought was the still beating heart of the dead man was all in his head.
I read this in middle school and didn't really grasp all of the nuances of it. Now, 15 years later, I finally realized why the officers chose to sit down in the killer's house... his overly enthusiastic manner tipped them off that something was not right in that house and they were waiting to see if anything else in the way of Clues popped up. Well, they couldn't have asked for a much better clue.
really? I actually thought that the murderer invited them to sit down and that the officers didn't see anything wrong with the man(until he started screaming). How did you get that idea?
Probably his biding them to search as best as they could. What innocent person asks an officer to search their property for a presumed dead body, when the body is alive and merely out of town? Also the smell of blood might've tipped them off :P
I assumed the police went to his house to ask questions without knowing they were already in the lair of the killer. Its like a Taratino film. A group of people with no knowledge of the other just happen to be in a situation which connects them.
Everyone talking about middle school being the reason for being here, Poe had been my favorite writer from the time I was in 3rd grade... that's the first time I heard the raven by my teacher
This has to be one of the best things that I've discovered while working in a school. This was great to listen to during an English class. And now I'm hooked.
I absolutely loved the amount of acting he put in this. It was phenomenal. I felt as if I stood before him as he explained every procedure and every step that he had done.
This is one of my favorites. I’m a nurse now but I grew up with bipolar disorder . Poe expresses things in a way of mental illness and all its sickness presents. We often wonder how in that day would would have been able to bear so many deaths and loss . But I have felt this way. I’ve seen things when I was ill that would cause nightmares to others. His character struggles so much not to kill. This is a basic instinct for most of humanity when pushed to the point of no control over your own mind . You hear it all . I believe like most bipolar the drink first we can turn to do quite the voices. I’d say that Vincent price bit def Christopher reads this the best. Makes me wonder as an actor his mental illness.
Immediately noticed the similarities to crime and punishment and wondered if this inspired it and it turns out that dostoevsky actually wrote the preface to the first russian translation of this story.
Oh, my. I think I'm going to be just as crazy over his work as he is in this story, now that I have been given to pleasure to read it. Also, applause for Christopher Lee's spectacular presentation of this story. He really nailed it on portraying the type of atmosphere that the author had aimed for.
I love listening to stories while tired and falling asleep.I close my eyes and form a picture in my mind of what's being read.Sometimes that can be a great form of entertainment
2:50 It has always made me laugh to think about just how insane the narrator is. You spent an hour to position your head in the opening of a doorway just to watch the old man and somehow you think you're of sound mind???
As an early writer of horror, and honestly a pioneer of it to an extent, god damn his use of rhythm in a linguistic sense is fucking masterful. The protagonist's stream of consciousness and decent is nailed by his use of grammar. What a God.
It's hard to imagine anyone doing a better reading, rendition, of this Poe classict Mr. Lee. Unless it was, perhaps, Poe himself. And even at that thought I have my doubts. Kudos Mr. Lee. Mr. Poe. Spell binding, indeed.
Thanks to it! We are seeing this short story at University of São Paulo (USP). My master was making very good apointments about this short story that changed everything I was thinking about it. This with Lee rise ours feelings.
This is my own interpretation of this story: The darkness can not comprehend the light. That's how the Bible refers to the power and radical goodness of the light compared to the darkness. The MC is not angry at simply the old man's eyes, but God's eye of all knowing and all seeing. MC knows he can get away with the crime concerning the police and even his own conscience , but not by God's eye. That ringing is the inevitability of God and the certain justice that will be poured out by His holy right hand.
I have walked past Poes house in the Bronx hundreds of times. You can feel the spirits that drove him crazy I swear! Such a creepy little park. The mobile farmers market is usually there on the weekdays lol
The fact that this insane man failed so spectacularly at his murder is hilarious. He's so proud that he was so quiet and meticulous, but when he actually kills the man someone hears it instantly, then when the cops show up to investigate he makes it maybe 15 minutes before he's screaming in a loud high pitched voice and slamming his chair on the floor. 100% this guy is Dennis from It's Always Sunny.
Im reading in it 8th and it makes kids in my class feel sick but i just sit there not bothered wishing i could write the way poe did without being in the same condition
this reminds me of when i was in 6th grade and our teacher had everything and i mean everything he turned off the lights he had the sound effects and he had lights the most terrifying moment of my life
this story was the original case of "you're high and everyone in the room can tell,"
This book is a perfect example of guilt taking over a vulnerable mind.
Probably Not Local Lesbian could be an example of many things but the person in the story sounds very much like a sociopath more than anything else
C. Galindo
Well yes a sociopath but realize that his mind was driven beyond insanity (he wasn’t exactly sane at the beginning of this) by his crime and it caused him severe paranoia. He went crazy b cause he could still hear the heart of the old man, beating constantly and always reminding him of what happened, and exposing him to everyone else. His guilt manifested into a sound only he could hear, as his mind was crumbling and he was already insane. The sound of the heart made him snap for real
Probably Not Local Lesbian I believe the beginning is him telling his confession story and more so that the beating of the heart he was hearing was not the old man’s, but his own.
However he is more disconnected from reality with his paranoia, anxiety, and madness.
A sociopath doesn’t believe they’re crazy however think of themselves in very high regards as well as boasting and indulging in themselves. Which is why he thought he was cunning and so normal however he cannot separate himself from his sociopathic nature so he made up an excuse to murder the harmless old man who was always kind to him.
I believe the whole moral of the story “The Tell Tale Heart” is actually referring to his own as the story is all about him but in his own crazed mind he makes things out to be about something else as is a sociopathic trait. They don’t believe themselves to be crazy and normal but find some small fault they create to judge other from their own preconceptions about someone who they want to murder. It is their way of exvusing their sociopathic nature that they are not crazy in their own mind
C. Galindo
That actually makes a lot of sense, I never thought of it that way
It’s actually rather intriguing
Probably Not Local Lesbian thank you. I listened quite well to the story in its every detail and seen it from the pov of the main character himself who is a madman.
Some would think it was actually the old man who drove him insane, or he was just someone who wanted to murder an old man and nervous about the crime so confessed, or that he truly cared for the old man but led himself into guilting himself into the crime.
This entire story seems like an evidenced confession from a sociopath with the traits and such in the story and the way it’s told bu the man.
He says he cares for him dearly and holds no ill will against the old man however a simple eye brings him into madness and I do believe it is supposedly a glass eye. I may be mistaken. However he boasts about his genius and way of doing his deed, indulging in the act itself as if it’s a sort of thrill.
Also the entire setting in darkness and such gives a good indication of how the scene went it is all also told by him so all the sounds and sights are from his pov and made up from his character. Now ground it not into delusion but reality the only heartbeat he can hear is his own and the reason why it beat so fast is because he is nervous that he is going to get caught and the old man wasn’t fearful but he was instead from being discovered. Then he gets nervous with the cops which is why he heard the heartbeats again and wishes the cops to leave right away.
The main giveaway is denial in the story and confusing faults and sounds to his own character.
This tale would be great for a crime movie or something of the sort
“Oh, you would have laughed at how cunningly I thrust it in!”
...my SO doesn’t appreciate me quoting this story
thats what she said
oh wow
It's even worse/better with the next bit...
"I moved it slowly - very, very slowly, so that I might not disturb the old man's sleep. It took me an hour to place my whole head within the opening so far that I could see him as he lay upon his bed."
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Is the old man getting it? Is this a rape turned into a murder?
Funny
Whenever Sir Christopher Lee raises his voice, it sends chills down my spine.
Indeed. He's a legend in the horror community for his portrayal of Count Dracula, though me as a Star Wars fan remembers him as a different sort of Count.
@@Stussmeisternever thought about how he was two different counts
@savitar9478 Indeed, and he's also one of a few actors to have starred in both a Star Wars and Lord of the Rings trilogy.
This voice acting is PERFECT
I love how at 0:32 it opens with chains rattling and a heavy door opening/closing, A subtly brilliant way of framing the story: A prisoner (The Narrator) is being brought into the interview room of a prison, giving a statement and retelling the crime from his perspective.
Imagine you're a cop - tasked with taking a statement from a confessed murderer, and listening to this guy talk about how he hears things in heaven and hell.
Erik Boden
It reminded me of the vocal tour I went through at Alcatraz
Rest in peace, Sir Christopher Lee, unto the ending of time.
And Vincent price perhaps ???
Damn he died RIP
My teacher just read my class this yesterday .cool story
The sound effects really complete this. The sound of the cell opening at the beginning, the laughing fading to crying, the groaning, everything
You know there's something ironic about hearing Christopher Lee narrate from the point of view of a character who is haunted by an unblinking eye staring at him
When the bell started ringing at ten minutes, the hour had just turned 24:00, and i heard the village's bell ringing too. Needless to say, shivers went down my spine.
Wow lol i had shivers on that spot regardless of a village bell that must have been insane. Hopefully you got some decent sleep after that.
Man is so pissed off at how a dude's eye looks that he freaking kills him and feels bad about it after - a very abridged version of tell tale heart
He was insane, what tip the officers off was his apparent madness with what he thought was the still beating heart of the dead man was all in his head.
Murdered the dude with a frickin mattress.... Legit madlad.
We can’t even trust him we don’t know if it was actually his eye maybe he just wanted to kill him for his pleasure
jordan formen yes. He had traits of a sociopath in the story
Ohcafo yeah he’s an unreliable narrator
I read this in middle school and didn't really grasp all of the nuances of it. Now, 15 years later, I finally realized why the officers chose to sit down in the killer's house... his overly enthusiastic manner tipped them off that something was not right in that house and they were waiting to see if anything else in the way of Clues popped up. Well, they couldn't have asked for a much better clue.
really? I actually thought that the murderer invited them to sit down and that the officers didn't see anything wrong with the man(until he started screaming). How did you get that idea?
Probably his biding them to search as best as they could. What innocent person asks an officer to search their property for a presumed dead body, when the body is alive and merely out of town? Also the smell of blood might've tipped them off :P
mathig nihilcek didn't he say there wasn't blood unless I'm getting it wrong
@@elleea245 they could still probably smell the body
I assumed the police went to his house to ask questions without knowing they were already in the lair of the killer. Its like a Taratino film. A group of people with no knowledge of the other just happen to be in a situation which connects them.
This performance... thank you Sir Christopher 🙏
Everyone talking about middle school being the reason for being here, Poe had been my favorite writer from the time I was in 3rd grade... that's the first time I heard the raven by my teacher
God, I have never heard a story that was this good at getting me at the edge of my seat!
Watched this while about to sleep... best decision ever
Kuro Shi im here from watching it in a live playwrite i watched years ago
Kuro Shi same
Same. Guess this is gonna be a long night
Lmaooo same 😂😂
Same
This has to be one of the best things that I've discovered while working in a school. This was great to listen to during an English class. And now I'm hooked.
I absolutely loved the amount of acting he put in this. It was phenomenal. I felt as if I stood before him as he explained every procedure and every step that he had done.
This and the Raven are my favorites of Poe's so far and to have Christopher Lee read it bonus. Thanks.
They are the best
I love Edgar Allan Poe he’s always been my favorite writer
Exactly cause he always teaches us how to be cunning criminals
That was dope. Thank you Mr. Lee. RIP. 🖤
Coming back after middle school and high school....I can say this is one of the best stories I’ve ever heard
I loved the story it’s so thrilling and suspenseful and the way you read it was so real and cool it was so terrifying.
If I ever write a book I want it read aloud by Christopher Lee
Too bad
The Maniac Core oof
He's dead...
*ugly sobbing*
Too late gotta use Chris Lee now 😑
That man had the perfect voice for these stories!!! R.I.P. Christopher Lee
"Observe how calmly i can read this"
*proceeds to go fucking insane*
Having my A-levels exam in two weeks and this is obligatory. Listened to this in class and now I'm here again and amazed by Christopher Lee's talent!
This is one of my favorites. I’m a nurse now but I grew up with bipolar disorder . Poe expresses things in a way of mental illness and all its sickness presents. We often wonder how in that day would would have been able to bear so many deaths and loss . But I have felt this way. I’ve seen things when I was ill that would cause nightmares to others. His character struggles so much not to kill. This is a basic instinct for most of humanity when pushed to the point of no control over your own mind . You hear it all . I believe like most bipolar the drink first we can turn to do quite the voices. I’d say that Vincent price bit def Christopher reads this the best. Makes me wonder as an actor his mental illness.
Incredible voice, beautifully disturbing tale - Poe & Lee - the perfect match
I've heard this tale a million times, and I love Christopher's voice. Thanks for sharing this with us.
Excellent! I love Poe! Have to read it by candlelight.
The most fantastic narration of this most fantastic of short stories.
Just get him an eye patch for Christmas
AccidentallyOnPurpose 😂😂😂😂😂
Was he blind in that eye? My brain cannot comprehend!
Arlene Blas it said it had a film over it implying it would be blind
Even so he will still know the eye is there and my vex him even more because he can't see it.
Lee wore one in 3 musketeers
Immediately noticed the similarities to crime and punishment and wondered if this inspired it and it turns out that dostoevsky actually wrote the preface to the first russian translation of this story.
Oh, my. I think I'm going to be just as crazy over his work as he is in this story, now that I have been given to pleasure to read it. Also, applause for Christopher Lee's spectacular presentation of this story. He really nailed it on portraying the type of atmosphere that the author had aimed for.
Sir Lee wherever you may be, that was brilliant. Thank you for your art, God bless
Vincent Price and Christopher Lee wonderful in all ways and the voice of both are badass
Yo who’s here for homework during quarantine in 2020?
here here. how's quarantine treating you?
I am too
i knew i would find someone asking that
I'm here out of curiosity.
Lol I’m in college but I’m still here for count dooku
I love listening to stories while tired and falling asleep.I close my eyes and form a picture in my mind of what's being read.Sometimes that can be a great form of entertainment
2:50 It has always made me laugh to think about just how insane the narrator is. You spent an hour to position your head in the opening of a doorway just to watch the old man and somehow you think you're of sound mind???
Talk about delivery
Never though I would hear Count Dooku read me a poem for class. ( Rest in Peace Sir Christopher Lee )
Christopher Lee' s voice is excellent.
Perfect.Thank you.
Who's here just because it's a badass story
As an early writer of horror, and honestly a pioneer of it to an extent, god damn his use of rhythm in a linguistic sense is fucking masterful. The protagonist's stream of consciousness and decent is nailed by his use of grammar. What a God.
im not here for that
sup
I can't help but picture Saruman saying these lines in that cellar/dungeon.
Lol! Right?! I thought the same!
constant mention of 'eye' does not help XD
YES
Same here!
Anyone else listening and scrolling through the comments?
Emma Lemaster me
🙋🏻♀️😂
no im listening to this while doing homework bc this is/was my homework.
Emma Lemaster Yeah me
yep
It's hard to imagine anyone doing a better reading, rendition, of this Poe classict Mr. Lee. Unless it was, perhaps, Poe himself. And even at that thought I have my doubts. Kudos Mr. Lee. Mr. Poe. Spell binding, indeed.
Christopher Lee's tone is a good way to tell a Fireside tale. Really!
I'm in tears. I could hear Christopher Lee once more
Thanks to it! We are seeing this short story at University of São Paulo (USP). My master was making very good apointments about this short story that changed everything I was thinking about it. This with Lee rise ours feelings.
Imagine how terrified people were when this came out in 1843!
Best reading ever! Christopher Lee is an excellent narrator
Who’s here not for school but because you genuinely like Edgar Allen Poe?
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Mee! My Colorguard did this for their indoor show and I’m obsessed
what wonderful darkness that was Poe.A true pleasure to read.
Came here, saw Christopher Lee in the Title, gave a like, leaved
Obviously not, since you've commented on it
Listening to this to understand the story more for impromptu speech for my English on Monday.😅
Right on ! I found a good Edgar Allen Poe reading it's hard to find a good one sometimes thanks for making this
Who’s here to simply enjoy a masterpiece 🙌
This is my own interpretation of this story: The darkness can not comprehend the light. That's how the Bible refers to the power and radical goodness of the light compared to the darkness. The MC is not angry at simply the old man's eyes, but God's eye of all knowing and all seeing. MC knows he can get away with the crime concerning the police and even his own conscience , but not by God's eye. That ringing is the inevitability of God and the certain justice that will be poured out by His holy right hand.
No, it is a stupid, incorrect interpretation.
Now this is my first time listening to Christopher Lee narrate it but I have herd him Narrate the Raven
This was really helpful, I have test in this story after a few hours, wish me good luck 🙏🏼
My teacher showed this to us in English class and I decided to look it up. One thing I will say is that the narration is amazing ngl
Christopher Lee is the best besides James Earl Jones. Awesome!!!!
I have walked past Poes house in the Bronx hundreds of times. You can feel the spirits that drove him crazy I swear! Such a creepy little park. The mobile farmers market is usually there on the weekdays lol
school has been teaching me some cool things fractions atoms and how to murder an old defenseless man
Can't file tax, but able to kill.
I heard this in 9th grade. Now I’m a month away from 24 and still want to hear it again. Same with “the Cask of Amontillado”
If u read the actual poem he skips a few parts
The Devil's Angel its not a poem though
The Devil's Angel but it’s Christopher lee so who cares
Yea
I realized that too
Yea especially towards the end
I love the character that you added to the story!!! Excellent storytelling!!!
"This is Christopher Lee, wishing you a very good...night."
Firnila you’re not Christopher Lee!
You phony
@@c.galindo9639 OH NOW How did you know that
Firnila I don’t know exactly but I got a very good and strong suspicious feeling that you are somehow not Christopher Lee
@@c.galindo9639 w(°ｏ°)w You're good.
Firnila thank you, not Christopher Lee
Wow C. Lee? I feel lucky! It was great, thank you for the upload.
Also, thanks scripting the story, that's so cool.
8:28 I played that exact sound effect in my head when reading the book
God rest your soul sir christopher lee
Christophoer Iee - He Did It - He Relly Did It - He Gave Poe's Storey A Breath - Thus He Recreat it - What an extraordinary able reader he is !!
Im kinda happy my teacher assigned this to me. Im in so much shook rn omg 😯
I miss Christopher Lee. They don't make actors like him no more.
I never thought I would hear count dooku tell me a story
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The fact that this insane man failed so spectacularly at his murder is hilarious. He's so proud that he was so quiet and meticulous, but when he actually kills the man someone hears it instantly, then when the cops show up to investigate he makes it maybe 15 minutes before he's screaming in a loud high pitched voice and slamming his chair on the floor. 100% this guy is Dennis from It's Always Sunny.
This comment is everything 😂😂😂 I agree 100%
This is a really badass story
Is my favorite tale from Poe, I have always read it in Spanish. And i love this video to be the first time in English
No could have read it better than Chirstopher Lee.
I aspire to read and narrate with this kind of talent one day!
Anyone here for classwork in 2024
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What a passion you have while telling the story, I really appreciate ❤
Always reminds me of Salieri recounting his involvement in the life of Motzart.
Fine audio work. Christopher Lee was the perfect narrator.
Goffic Tales. Love his accent!
I'm new to the page listening to this wh8le I sleep perfect thing to listen to thank you fam
I read this in 5th grade and I love it! :)
Im reading in it 8th and it makes kids in my class feel sick but i just sit there not bothered wishing i could write the way poe did without being in the same condition
Its in the Geneva convention that ONLY Christopher Lee can narrate Edgar Allen Poe
I'm doing a monologue from this and it's brilliant
I read this in 2019 in year 7. This seriously creeped me out in class
Can someone PLEASE make a movie for the tell tale heart!
An anthology movie of Poe stories would be awesome. (Though Mike Flanagan is adapting Fall of the House of Usher for TV.)
YES! and I would love to see Raven too!
it already exists
I watched this is middle school, decades ago. I’ll have to reach out to my teacher to see if she remembers the movie.
The best have ever heard or listened to in my entire life❤.
i had to write the story from the officers POV and i listened to this to help! Tysm
whatt, im listening to this rn because I have to write a story from the officers POV
this is like when the imposter admits to killing blue.
Such an amazing piece of literature! Falling asleep to this 7 days before Halloween 🦇 🎃 💀
broooooooo that jawn went crazy #onSkibidi bro was crashing out frfr
imma quote this to my professor tomorrow
this reminds me of when i was in 6th grade and our teacher had everything and i mean everything he turned off the lights he had the sound effects and he had lights the most terrifying moment of my life
Yo who’s here because of homework in 2019?
EY, mE
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Me XD
Omg meee
Ayyyyyyy
2024 and I just love this story.
Does anyone know what poem edgar writes "contemplation of the beautiful"??
Maybe the opinion of what can be beautiful and what cant