▁short ▁story , ▁" The ▁Mur ders ▁in ▁the ▁R ue ▁M org ue ", ▁that ▁he ▁once ▁read . ▁ ▁The ▁writer ▁Ed gar ▁All an ▁Po e ▁( John ▁C us ack ) ▁is ▁brought ▁to ▁Field s ▁for ▁question ing . ▁After ▁finding ▁the ▁body ▁of ▁Gr is w old ▁( John ▁W arn aby ), ▁a ▁rival ▁of ▁Po e , ▁cut ▁in ▁half ▁by ▁a ▁p end ul um ▁( as ▁in ▁Po e ' s ▁story ▁" The ▁Pit ▁and ▁the ▁P end ul um "), ▁the ▁pair ▁dedu ce ▁that ▁someone ▁is ▁st aging ▁mur ders ▁based ▁on ▁Po e ' s ▁stories . ▁Ed gar ' s ▁love , ▁Em ily ▁Hamilton ▁( A lice ▁E ve ), ▁is ▁kid n apped ▁at ▁her ▁father ' s ▁( Br end an ▁G le es on ) ▁mas qu erade ▁ball , ▁like ▁the ▁one ▁described ▁in ▁Po e ' s ▁" The ▁Mas que ▁of ▁the ▁Red ▁Death ". ▁The ▁k iller ▁ta un ts ▁Po e ▁in ▁a ▁note , ▁demand ing ▁that ▁Ed gar ▁write ▁and ▁publish ▁a ▁new ▁story . ▁Po e ' s ▁lod g ings ▁are ▁burn ed ▁down ▁by ▁people ▁who ▁believe ▁he ▁is ▁explo iting ▁the ▁mur ders ▁for ▁his ▁own ▁journal istic ▁ends , ▁and ▁he ▁is ▁forced ▁to ▁move ▁in ▁with ▁Field s . ▁ ▁A ▁clue ▁from ▁the ▁k iller ▁referring ▁to ▁" The ▁C ask ▁of ▁Am ont ill ado " ▁leads ▁Po e