June’s Unhappy Hour (which took place on June 23rd) featured Poe’s short story “The Pit and the Pendulum”. First published in October 1842, the story is a hair raising tale of a prisoner’s experiences at the hands of the Spanish Inquisition and is notable for evoking terror through its heavy reliance on sensory details to…
In what may possibly be a Poe Museum first, we received a letter addressed to “The Raven” in care of the museum. Needless to say, the staff was intrigued and we passed the letter along to the Raven. The Raven was so pleased by the letter, that he asked me to share it on the…
While taking a tour of Poe sites from South Carolina to New York, Alabama artist Jeremy Adams stopped by the Poe Museum to see the exhibits and to show us the portrait he painted of Edgar Allan Poe. When he left us, he planned to visit the Allan graves at Shockoe Hill Cemetery and Poe’s…
I am pleased to announce the launch of a Facebook page exclusively dedicated to Weddings at the Poe Museum! I encourage everyone to check it out and spread the word. Expect more content in the future. You can find the page by following the URL listed below: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Weddings-at-the-Poe-Museum/231773503505926?sk=info
On June 4th, as part of the Stoke Newington Literary Festival, the boutique cinema experience, The Flicker Club, will kick off a day of celebrations to honor former London N16 resident, American writer Edgar Allan Poe. The day will culminate in the unveiling of a permanent statue of the undisputed master of the horror story…
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