Everyone at Halloween knows to be on the lookout for ghosts, ghouls and assorted graveyard habitués, but there’s another kind of bogey that can undercut your spooky fun and spoil all the parts of the ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." No other 19 th century author is as omnipresent in today’s pop culture as Edgar Allan Poe. He has ...

Wondering who is the Godfather of horror stories? Edgar Allan Poe leads the pack. Poe revolutionized the genre in the 1840s with his first-person narrative stories like “The Black Cat,” “The Pit and ...

Edgar Allan Poe fans in Indiana have something to look forward to this April. The Edgar Allan Poe Speakeasy returns with Chapter Two, but the tour currently has only one stop slated statewide. When is ...

Explore the triumphant yet tragic story of Edgar Allan Poe. This award-winning documentary explores the triumphant yet tragic story of the brilliant poet, master short story writer, and influential ...

Previous articles in this blog have described the tortured lives of remarkably creative and accomplished figures, including Herman Melville, Charles Darwin, and Abraham Lincoln, and touched on the ...

Edgar Allan Poe wrote more comedies and satires than horror stories and is credited with inventing the detective genre. A rival colleague, Rufus Griswold, created the lasting myth that Poe was a ...

In 1994, single in Chicago again after just giving back my wedding engagement ring, I did everything I could to keep busy. I volunteered as a docent at the Clarke-Ford House. Built in 1836, it is the ...

Edgar Allan Poe's poignant quote, 'All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream,' reflects the ephemeral nature of ...

No other 19 th century author is as omnipresent in today’s pop culture as Edgar Allan Poe. He has “guest-starred” on the animated series South Park and The Simpsons and been featured as a character in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Edgar Allan Poe fans in Indiana have something to look forward to this April. The Edgar Allan Poe Speakeasy returns with Chapter ...