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This episode is an examination of the uncanny - what it means and specifically how the concept of the uncanny can be seen in The Fall of the House of Usher and The Tell Tale Heart.

• 00:01 Introduction
• 00:50 Learning language 
• 01:30 Meaning of uncanny
• 03:00 Into to uncanny in Poe
• 05:02 Freud on the uncanny
• 07:08 Gothic stories and beliefs
• 08:48 The uncanny in the Fall of the House of User
• 13:42 The uncanny in The Tell Tale Heart
• 23:45 Summary
• 24:52 Future episodes
• 25:39 Sources

What does uncanny mean?
What are some uncanny elements in User?
What are some uncanny elements in The Tell Tale Heart?
What are some of the interpretations or re-imaginings of The Tell Tale Heart?
What words of The Tell Tale Heart did Mel Brooks use in High Anxiety?
 How does the narrator of The Tell Tale Heart show that he is mad? 
How could the old man's eye be interpreted?
What are some elements of Gothic stories?

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