Guests explored the old cemetery, followed the trail of a killer, and took part in a shared investigation guided by a haunted ...

Edgar Allan Poe admired earlier writers like poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning, who wrote “How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count the Ways,” and Lord Byron, who penned “Don Juan.” Another of his greatest ...

One doesn’t think of Edgar Allan Poe as a Pennsylvanian, but the Boston, Massachusetts native did live in Philadelphia from 1838-1844. It was a time in which some observers say the six-year period was ...

The famed poet died in ‘delirium’, wearing someone else’s clothes. Over 170 years later, we’re still searching for answers. Poet and novelist Edgar Allan Poe died on October 7, 1849. The culprit ...

Everyone at Halloween knows to be on the lookout for ghosts, ghouls and assorted graveyard habitués, but there’s another kind of bogey that can undercut your spooky fun and spoil all the parts of the ...

Explore when Edgar Allan Poe discovers his true calling as a writer. Despite a difficult upbringing, Poe discovers his true calling as a writer, and marries his beloved Virginia. He creates the ...

This episode examines Poe's final days and brings to life renowned works. Poe's young wife suffers a fatal disease, compelling him to write "The Masque of the Red Death" and "The Raven." He strives to ...

“In my younger and more vulnerable years” are the words with which narrator Nick Carraway kicks off “The Great Gatsby.” Those seven words entranced me when I first read “Gatsby,” living then in my own ...

Edgar Allan Poe "was touched with more pitfalls and tragedy than most people could bear," says veteran actor Justin Fletcher. "I try to bring as much of that as I can to the role; it's necessary in ...

Edgar Allan Poe wrote more comedies and satires than horror stories and is credited with inventing the detective genre. A rival colleague, Rufus Griswold, created the lasting myth that Poe was a ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." No other 19 th century author is as omnipresent in today’s pop culture as Edgar Allan Poe. He has ...