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 ...

In the annals of American literary culture, few have left as bold a mark as Edgar Allan Poe. In 1841 ... In his macabre short stories, victims are chained, set aflame, buried alive, strapped ...

The writer's former residence – now a National Historic Landmark – is also the location where historians believe Poe composed many of his famous poems and stories, including "MS. Found in a ...

The Edgar Allan Poe Speakeasy is a distinctive ... guilt and the destructive nature of alcoholism. The story finds its place in Poe’s horror genre as Cipriani walks us through the madness ...

That's especially true of his Edgar Allan Poe adaptations ... with a limited budget, the Poe cycle — comprised of eight films adapted from the author's short stories — saw Corman stretching ...