Edgar Allan Poe

Photo still of Carla Gugino in 'Fall of the House of Usher'

Carla Gugino Plays a Chimp in Wildest ‘House of Usher’ Scene

Have enough of us seen the series now that we can talk (and rave) about Gugino’s range—specifically that episode where she plays a murderous primate?

Emma Fraser

TELL-TALE HEART

When Christian Bale Met Edgar Allan Poe

Everything is set up for “The Pale Blue Eye” to be the eerie serial-killer story you’d expect when you find out a character is named after Poe. But the movie wastes its potential.

Nick Schager

ODD COUPLE

Poe and Lincoln in the Afterlife: Sex Toys and Suicide

The writer and the president both suffered from depression. In this short story, the author imagines how their ghosts might get along, and how they cope.

Colin Fleming

GREAT AMERICAN SCANDALS

Edgar Allan Poe’s Final Macabre Mystery: His Own Death

On Oct. 7, 1849, Edgar Allan Poe died under mysterious circumstances at the age of 40. Alcoholism was listed as the cause of death, but what really killed him remains a mystery.

Allison McNearney