Mezengerstein by Edgar Allan Poe

The Classic Ghost Stories Podcast

Tony Walker

Science Fiction, Fiction, Drama

4.9 • 835 Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Two noble houses. Centuries of hatred. A prophecy that may mean nothing—or everything. In medieval Hungary, the young Baron Metzengerstein encounters a horse—gigantic, fiery-colored, unlike any creature in his stables. He rides it obsessively. Dawn and midnight. Sickness and health. Riveted to the saddle as if becoming one with the creature. It performs impossible feats. The servants whisper of things they cannot explain. Some souls dwell only once in flesh. After that—only the scarcely tangible resemblance. Publication Details: "Metzengerstein" first appeared anonymously in the Philadelphia Saturday Courier on January 14, 1832, making it Edgar Allan Poe's first published tale. It was later revised and included in Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque in 1840. Author Biography: Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American writer, poet, and literary critic who pioneered the modern short story and detective fiction. His works of Gothic horror and psychological complexity remain among the most influential in world literature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Attention.
0:02.0	Oh, hang on.
0:04.0	Attention.
0:05.0	Rail travellers, platform paces, window gazers and armrest negotiators.
0:10.0	Have you heard?
0:12.0	The big railfare freeze is here.
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0:20.0	including off-peak, anytime and season tickets.
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0:28.3	Teas and season exclusions apply.
0:31.1	300 years of expertise in every twining sleep blend.
0:36.9	100 hours of craft in every cup.
0:40.3	Eight natural ingredients in every sip.
0:44.3	One night of winding down in every drop.
0:48.3	Your moment of serenity.
0:51.3	Brought to you by twining sleep. Twinings, alive in every drop.
0:58.0	Everybody dies, don't think.
1:10.0	It's somehow bad. Isn't that so? You try Everybody dies, don't they? Everybody come back.
1:12.6	Isn't that so?
1:13.6	You tried to get into the locked drawer today, didn't you?
1:17.6	How do the dead come back, mother?
1:19.6	What's the secret?
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