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Edgar Allan Poe had a fascination for cryptography. And he was certainly not the only one, because in his time cryptography played an important role in society. There was

On a cold October morning in1849, Edgar Allan Poe, poet, writer and literary critic, was found in the streets of Baltimore, unconscious and wearing ill-fitting clothes.  The stricken author

On October 7, 1849, Edgar Allan Poe passed away at age 40 for reasons that to this day are still a mystery.  It almost seems a fitting end for the

The Ravens don't deserve to be called the Ravens. Change the name. But let me give you the back story first. I remember growing up in a suburb outside of Milwaukee

(This is the second story in a three-part series on the Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum.) The grandstands rumble as more than a dozen Indy cars speed across the

(This is the first of a three-part series on the Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum.) Life, as seen through the lens of literature, has a funny way of presenting

Everybody likes a good ghost story, but few ever find themselves caught up in the middle of one.  Getting caught in the middle, however, is exactly what happened to

Jeff Jerome is often asked if he’s ever spent a night in The Edgar Allan Poe House.  His answer has always been a whimsical, “No.”  But any lingering regrets

The last time I watched a John Cusack movie he was a hero in the film 2012, managing to get his family on the boat as the world collapsed.