Many of the writer’s horror stories, including “The Cask of Amontillado” and “The Tell-Tale Heart,” were based on haunted ...

Though Poe lived a nomadic lifestyle in the 1800s, he settled in the Bronx with his ailing wife, Virginia, in 1846. With ...

The famed poet died in ‘delirium’, wearing someone else’s clothes. Over 170 years later, we’re still searching for answers.

Edgar Allan Poe, the author who penned some of American literature’s most chilling tales, once called Richmond home.

Auguste Dupin, Poe's main character, was the first genius detective Kat Eschner In Baltimore, they’re keeping the tradition of visiting Edgar Allan Poe’s grave for his birthday—but without ...

Magic, madness and supernatural horror have driven many book plots over the centuries. This short quiz scares up several ...

As people prepare for an evening of candy and frights, we thought we’d help set the mood with a look at one of America's most ...

On Oct. 31, Boise State Public Radio’s Idaho Matters aired an interview with Professor Steven Olsen-Smith of the Department of English Literature on “The Dark History of Edgar Allan Poe.” ...

As they pushed through a wooded continent, the earliest American settlers saw devils and witches—often in the guise of ...

Who knows Halloween reads better than horror authors? Ten writers pick their scariest books ever, including tomes by Stephen ...

“The Edgar Allan Poe Show” on Sunday evening bridges a ... while a Sunday afternoon short story brunch at Lala Books will revisit “The Black Cat” and “The Cask of Amontillado” through ...

And who knows scary tomes better than a horror author? From Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft back in the day to R.L. Stine and the king himself – Stephen King, that is – horror novels have ...