Sam and Dean travel to New York to investigate a story about a local rocker's haunted home. The presence of a vengeful spirit in the house clearly indicated that a bloody tragedy had once occurred here. The strange death of two students in the same area (too unusual even for New York) is the latest link in this chain of supernatural events, which the brothers believe have their roots in the terrible stories told by the legendary Edgar Allan Poe.

Described takes place in the second season timeline between the episodes "Crossroads Blues" and "Croatoan".