Mystery and Suspense Unit

Mystery and Suspense unit

sus·pense n.
b. Pleasurable excitement and anticipation regarding an outcome.
3. Anxiety or apprehension resulting from an uncertain, undecided, or
mysterious situation.

mys·ter·y  n. 
1. not fully understood or that baffles or eludes the understanding; 
2. A work of fiction, a drama, or a film dealing with a puzzling crime.

This is a fabulous suspenseful and ironic episode of The Twilight Zone.
Read the Screenplay for The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street by Rod Sterling

Read the most famous poem by Edgar Allan Poe
The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe

Read this horrifying story by the master of macabre.
The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe

Read another strange tale by Poe. 
The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe

Read this tale regarding the Spanish Inquisition.
The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe

I both hate this story and love it for the gruesome and grotesque nature of
the narrator.  
The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe

A very symbolic story by Poe. You need to know about the Plague to understand
it fully.
The Masque of the Red Death

One of my favorite stories!  You have to be a detective to understand what is
going on at the end.  She is a sick old woman.
The Landlady by Roald Dahl

One of my most favorite suspense stories.  This is where Stephen King got the
idea for Pet Cemetery!


The Monkey's Paw by WW Jacobs

A pure mystery for Sherlock Holmes to solve.
The Speckled Band by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


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