This story is a collaboration with Biography.com.. Edgar Allan Poe, the man who invented the detective story, saved his most unsolvable mystery for last: the cause of his own untimely death.. It ...

Photo: Superstock/Bridgeman Images. In the annals of American literary culture, few have left as bold a mark as Edgar Allan Poe. In 1841, ...

To borrow a current idiom, Edgar Allan Poe was a lot. Which means, almost syllogistically, that any biography of him — even ...

The Edgar Allan Poe Speakeasy in Salem is located at Cinema Salem at 1 E India Square Mall. It will be held Oct. 3-5. Shows are at 6 p.m., 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, ...

Poet and novelist Edgar Allan Poe died on October 7, 1849. The culprit behind his untimely end is still unknown. Photograph by Superstock, Bridgeman Images. By Erin Blakemore. October 7, 2024 ...

Edgar Allan Poe was more than a tormented poetic and literary genius writing macabre stories of gloom; he also was a husband, a companion and a friend. “He was a social person. He wasn’t some ...

Edgar Allen Poe died on Oct. 7, 1849 — 175 years ago today. Though it's unclear exactly how the writer died, here's what we do know about his mysterious death.

The Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site is located on 7th Street, where the author spent his final two years in ...

Tell all the “Tell-Tale Hearts”: An Edgar Allan Poe pop-up experience is coming to Central New York. The Edgar Allan Poe Speakeasy will take over The Historic Kallet Theater on the River in ...

Mr. Kopley intends this biography to be “accessible to all.” Alas, while “Edgar Allan Poe” will no doubt assist those in academia, the armchair Poe enthusiast is likely to find it tough going.