Uncover the dark and curious truth behind the death of one of America's most beloved authors, Edgar Allan Poe. For centuries, the circumstances surrounding his death have remained shrouded in mystery.

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Fans of the mystery writer have no shortage of ways to pay homage to the scribe behind "The Raven" and so much more Michael Capuzzo From his birth in Boston to his death in Baltimore, check out ...

The roots of modern detective fiction go back over 150 years to a Boston-born master of the macabre, Edgar Allan Poe ... to unfold. Poe's works seemed to obsess about fear and death.

Is the "Poe Toaster" nevermore? For decades, a mysterious man left a three roses and cognac on Edgar Allan Poe's grave to ... Poe lived for a time in Baltimore, but died in 1849 at age 40 after ...