It's been nearly 200 years since Edgar Allan Poe established himself as one of the world's all-time great horror writers — but his tales of the macabre have lost none of their mesmerizing power.
Today — which would have been Poe's 206th birthday — take a little time to appreciate some of his best-known works. Here's a creepy animated take on The Tell-Tale Heart:
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