About this episode
This episode explores the most haunted house associated with Edgar Allan Poe and retraces his journey into a secret world.
In this episode we visit the most haunted house of Edgar Allan Poe and then retrace his path to the threshold of a secret world. Sources that were either referenced directly or consulted during the writing of this episode: Ghosts of Philadelphia by Charles J. Adams III A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe by Mark Dawidziak The Final Days of Edgar Allan Poe: Nevermore in Baltimore by David F. Gatlin True Tales of the Unknown: The Uninvited, published in 1989 and edited by Sharon Jones The Ghostly Register by Arthur Meyers The Man of the Crowd: Edgar Allan Poe and the City by Scott Peeples The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by Edgar Allan Poe Haunting Poe: His Afterlife in Richmond and Beyond by Christopher P. Semtner The Poe Shrine: Building the World's Finest Edgar Allan Poe Collection by Christopher P. Semtner
Topics covered
- haunted houses
- Edgar Allan Poe
- ghost stories
- literature
- mysteries
Keywords
- haunted house
- Edgar Allan Poe
- secret world
- ghosts
- Philadelphia
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: The Descent:, Ghosts of Philadelphia, A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe, The Final Days of Edgar Allan Poe, Nevermore in Baltimore, True Tales of the Unknown, The Ghostly Register, The Man of the Crowd: Edgar Allan Poe and the City, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, Haunting Poe: His Afterlife in Richmond and Beyond
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