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Plot Summary: A young man, Leonard Vole, is accused of murdering a wealthy older woman, Ms. French. The key witness, his wife Romaine, is expected to testify for the prosecution, but her testimony takes a surprising twist. Conclusion: It is revealed that Romaine was actually supporting her husband all along in an elaborate scheme to get him acquitted. Vole is found 'not guilty', but immediately after, Romaine admits that Vole was indeed the murderer. Unfortunately, due to double jeopardy, Vole cannot be tried again.

Plot Summary: Two women uncover the truth about a murder while their husbands are trying to solve the case. Conclusion: The women discover evidence that suggests the wife of the suspect was abused, leading to her murdering her husband. They choose to hide the evidence out of empathy for her situation.

Plot Summary: Sherlock Holmes investigates the case of a stolen blue gemstone that was found in a Christmas goose. Conclusion: Holmes identifies the thief and recovers the gem, but he lets the thief go after understanding the circumstances of the theft. The jewel is returned to its rightful owner.

Plot Summary: A man sentenced to hang from a bridge during the American Civil War escapes in what seems to be an extraordinary sequence of lucky events. Conclusion: The entire escape sequence is revealed to be a hallucination in the final moments before his death.

Plot Summary: A woman kills her husband with a leg of lamb, then feeds the murder weapon to the detectives investigating the case. Conclusion: The detectives, unknowingly, eat the evidence, and the woman gets away with murder.

Plot Summary: C. Auguste Dupin is sought to find a letter that has been stolen and being used for blackmail purposes. Conclusion: Dupin employs a psychological approach to retrieve the letter from the thief, who had hidden it in plain sight.

Plot Summary: Mathilde Loisel borrows a necklace to attend a fancy party but loses it and spends years working to pay off a replacement. Conclusion: Years later, she learns that the original necklace was a fake, and her sacrifices were for nothing.

Plot Summary: A narrator murders an old man with a 'vulture eye' and hides the body under the floorboards, only to be overcome by guilt. Conclusion: Tormented by the sound of the old man's heart, the narrator confesses to the police.

Plot Summary: C. Auguste Dupin uses his analytical skills to solve a baffling double homicide in Paris. Conclusion: Dupin discovers that the perpetrator is an escaped orangutan, and uncovers the truth by reconstructing the events based on evidence.

Plot Summary: A man named Rainsford ends up on an island owned by General Zaroff, who hunts humans for sport. Conclusion: Rainsford becomes Zaroff's next target but turns the tables on him, ultimately killing Zaroff and winning the 'game'.

Plot Summary: A woman is confined to a room with yellow wallpaper by her husband for her health, and she becomes obsessed with the wallpaper. Conclusion: Her obsession leads her to a breakdown, and she begins to see a woman trapped within the wallpaper patterns.

Plot Summary: A man visits his childhood friend, Roderick Usher, whose family mansion is decaying symbolically and literally. Conclusion: After Roderick's twin sister Madeline is buried alive and escapes her tomb, both she and Roderick die, causing the mansion to collapse.

Plot Summary: Walter Mitty escapes his mundane life through vivid daydreams where he's a war hero, surgeon, deadly marksman, and more. Conclusion: After a day of various fantasies, he bravely faces a real-life challenge, metaphorically standing against a firing squad.

Plot Summary: A small coastal village discovers the body of a drowned man, imagining his life and eventually being inspired to improve their own village. Conclusion: The villagers grow attached to the stranger and give him a grandiose funeral, transforming their village in the process.