THE MAN BEHIND THE MACABRE
City where Edgar Allan Poe was born in 1809
Boston
The bird that famously repeats the word "Nevermore" in Poe’s most popular poem.
A Raven
In "The Tell-Tale Heart," the narrator is obsessed with this specific physical feature of the old man.
His "Vulture" Eye
The title of the 1841 story considered the first modern detective fiction ever written.
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
The nickname given to the mysterious figure who left cognac and roses on Poe's grave for decades.
The Poe Toaster
The surname of the foster family that took him in but never formally adopted him.
Allan
The name of the beautiful woman in Poe's last complete poem, who lived in a "kingdom by the sea."
Annabel Lee
The animal that is walled up inside a cellar along with the body of the protagonist's wife.
a black cat
The city where Poe’s fictional detective, C. Auguste Dupin, lives and solves crimes.
Paris
The name of the American professional football team inspired by his most famous poem.
The Baltimore Ravens
The age of his cousin, Virginia Clemm, when they got married.
The title of the poem where the sound of metal objects creates a rhythmic "tintinnabulation."
the bells
The name of the house that literally cracks in half and sinks into a lake at the end of the story.
the house of usher
The actual killer in "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" (it was not a human).
An Ourang-Outang
Poe’s only completed novel, which features a character named Richard Parker who is eaten by shipmates.
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
The U.S. military academy from which Poe was intentionally expelled in 1831
West point
In "The Raven," the name of the "rare and radiant maiden" whom the narrator laments.
Leonore
The title of the story where a man is tortured by a giant swinging blade in a dark dungeon.
The Pit and the Pendulum
The object that Dupin is hired to find in a royal apartment because it is being used for blackmail.
A Letter (The Purloined Letter)
The name of Poe's literary rival who wrote a scathing obituary to ruin Poe's reputation.
Rufus Wilmot Griswold
The name of the mysterious city where Poe was found delirious in a polling station shortly before his death.
Baltimore
The poem that describes a "Conqueror" who is actually a giant worm eating an audience in a theater.
The Conqueror Worm
The specific color of the seventh and last room in Prince Prospero’s abbey in "The Masque of the Red Death."
Black (with blood-red windows)
The title of the Dupin story based on the real-life murder of Mary Rogers in New York.
The Mystery of Marie Rogêt
The actual name of the "cooping" practice—a form of voter fraud—that many historians believe caused Poe’s death.
cooping