In this episode we visit the most haunted house of Edgar Allan Poe and then retrace his path to the threshold of a secret world.

Sources that were either referenced directly or consulted during the writing of this episode:

Ghosts of Philadelphia by Charles J. Adams III

A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe by Mark Dawidziak

The Final Days of Edgar Allan Poe: Nevermore in Baltimore by David F. Gatlin

True Tales of the Unknown: The Uninvited, published in 1989 and edited by Sharon Jones

The Ghostly Register by Arthur Meyers

The Man of the Crowd: Edgar Allan Poe and the City by Scott Peeples

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by Edgar Allan Poe

Haunting Poe: His Afterlife in Richmond and Beyond by Christopher P. Semtner

The Poe Shrine: Building the World's Finest Edgar Allan Poe Collection by Christopher P. Semtner

In this episode we continue our search for the ghost of Edgar Allan Poe and retrace his path through the final, ill-fated months of his life.

Sources that were either referenced directly or consulted during the writing of this episode:

Ghosts of Philadelphia by Charles J. Adams III

A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe by Mark Dawidziak

True Tales of the Unknown: The Uninvited, published in 1989 and edited by Sharon Jones

The Man of the Crowd: Edgar Allan Poe and the City by Scott Peeples

Haunting Poe: His Afterlife in Richmond and Beyond by Christopher P. Semtner

The Poe Shrine: Building the World's Finest Edgar Allan Poe Collection by Christopher P. Semtner

In this episode we embark on a search for the ghost of Edgar Allan Poe, guided by Henry David Thoreau and the mystery of the Hollow Earth. Our quest begins with a visit to a haunted saloon and an apartment building that is hiding a dark past.

In this episode, we take a look at Edgar Allan Poe's "The Gold Bug," a story about an encrypted map that leads to a buried pirate treasure. We will visit a haunted theater and discuss a play a play about the death of Poe that was first performed there in 1994. The story, the ghosts, and the play are all clues that lead to a hidden treasure that Poe was attempting to find in Charleston in 1828.  This is the first installment of a two-part story.

Works Cited:

Buxton, Julian T., The Ghosts of Charleston , Beaufort Books, 2001

Caskey, James, Charleston’s Ghosts: Hauntings in the Holy City, Manta Ray Books LLC., 2014

Dawidziak, Mark, A Mystery of Mysteries,  St. Martin's Press, 2023

Downey, Christopher Byrd, Edgar Allan Poe’s Charleston, History Press, 2020

Downey, Christopher Byrd, A History Lover’s Guide To Charleston, The History Press, 2023

Hecker, William F., Private Perry and Mister Poe: The West Point Poems, 1831 Louisiana State University Press, 2005

Jacobi, Jolande, Complex/Archtype/sSymbol in the Psychology of C.G. Jung, Bollingen Foundation Inc., 1959

Main, Roderick Jung on Synchronicity and the Paranormal, Princeton University Press, 1997

Pitser, Sarah.  Haunted Charleston, Morris Book Publishing, LLC., 2013

Poe, Edgar Allan,  Complete Tales and Poems, Maplewood Books, 2013

Wiles, Julian, Nevermore, The Dramatic Publishing Company, 1998

Jacobi, Jolande, Complex/Archtype/sSymbol in the Psychology of C.G. Jung, Bollingen Foundation Inc., 1959

Main, Roderick Jung on Synchronicity and the Paranormal, Princeton University Press, 1997

The conclusion of the three part series which combines history, ghosts, true crime and fairytales.

The second episode in a three part series about one of Charleston's lost stories. It is a true story that combines history, true crime, ghosts and fairy tales.

This is the first in a three part series about one of Charleston, South Carolina's lost stories. It combines history, ghosts, true crime, amd fairytales.

This episode features the untold story of the origin of King Kong.

This episode tells a story about pirates and a haunted dungeon.

This episode tells the story of the Charleston mermaid.