A very depressed Edgar Allen Poe finds his way to Beetlejuice's home, wailing over the loss of his precious Lenore. While Lydia attempts to help, Beetlejuice is subjected to cartoon re-enactments of different Poe stories, including "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Pit and the Pendulum." But his tolerance for Poe's disruptions reaches a limit when Poe informs him that Lydia is now lost as well.