On Oct. 3, 1849, American poet Edgar Allan ... sober; Poe resigned under duress just a few months later. So, apparently, he could not. Poe’s binge drinking was likely what caused his death ...

Uncover the dark and curious truth behind the death of one of America's most beloved authors, Edgar Allan Poe. For centuries, the circumstances surrounding his death have remained shrouded in mystery.

I n the annals of American literary culture, few have left as bold a mark as Edgar Allan Poe. In 1841, with the locked-room mystery “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” Poe invent ...

That's especially true of his Edgar Allan Poe adaptations, particularly The Masque of the Red Death, which represents an artistic apex for the poet laureate of exploitation films. Although made on ...