The Tell Tale: Heart

: "Villains!" I shrieked, "dissemble no more! I admit the deed! — tear up the planks! — here, here! — it is the beating of his hideous heart!".

"The Tell-Tale Heart" is a classic Gothic short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1843. Depending on what you are looking for, here are the most common "pieces" associated with it: the tell tale heart

If you are looking for a performance piece or a specific musical composition based on the story: The Tell-Tale Heart, by Michael Story – Score & Sound : "Villains

: "He had the eye of a vulture — a pale blue eye, with a film over it". Musical and Artistic Adaptations — here, here

: "TRUE! — nervous — very, very dreadfully nervous I had been, and am; but why will you say that I am mad?".