Episode 17: The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allen Poe

The story was first published in May 1842 in Graham's Magazine and has since been adapted in many different forms, including a 1964 film starring Vincent Price. Prince Prospero walls himself in one of his abbeys, passing the time with wealthy nobles in hedonistic masquerades, in hopes of waiting out a deadly plague known as the Red Death.Narration, Sound Design, and Music Composed by Jon Fredette.