[Questionnaire] The psychological horror story: Edgar Allan Poe

"Black cat, nine lives
Short days ,long nights
[...]
Better watch your step
Or you're gonna die"

"Black Cat" - Janet Jackson

Following the history of horror stories, after the Gothic Novels, we find the Psychological Horror Stories and theiir founder, Edgar Allan Poe. The questionnaire/task for today was this one:

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

It's about a madman who killed the old man he was taking care of because he wore a glass eye that made the madman distressed. After the murder, the heartbeat of the dead man revealed the crime to the Police.

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

Edgar Allan Poe.

3→ What was the first Psychological Horror Story?

The Tell-Tale Heart.

4→ When was it first published?

It was first published in1843.

5→ What other types did the author also invent?

The Detective Story and the Science Fiction Story.