Eight Tales of Terror: Criss Cross

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Across

  • 4. Before her death, Ligeia affirms her belief that man only dies because of his weak ___.
  • 7. An aura of ___ surrounds the second William, while the first William descends into sin.
  • 8. Montresor lures Fortunato into his family's ___.
  • 9. The Imp of the Perverse, follows the narrator who gets away with ___, but later confesses on his own accord.
  • 10. Hop-Frog is a ___ who is abused by the king.

Down

  • 1. Roderick has unknowingly ___ his sister Madeline while she is still alive.
  • 2. The "Red Death" is described as a ___ disease with symptoms that include sharp pains, dizziness, profuse bleeding, and red stains on the bodies and faces of the victims.
  • 3. When Valdemar dies, Carmichael, the ___, controls his mind and his soul stays trapped in his body.
  • 5. When the narrator is thrown onto a gigantic black ship, he dabbles with a tar brush on a folded sail and notices that the sail reads, ___.
  • 6. Lenora's ___, Morella, died after giving birth to her.

Word Bank

catacombs
jester
hypnotist
mother
discovery
goodness
will
lethal
murder
buried