BALTIMORE -- Undeterred by controversy, a mysterious visitor paid his annual tribute at the grave of Edgar Allan Poe early Saturday, placing three red roses and a half-filled bottle of cognac before ...

BALTIMORE — The legend was almost too good to be true. For decades, a mysterious figure dressed in black, his features cloaked by a wide-brimmed hat and scarf, crept into a churchyard to lay three ...

Raise a grave-side toast to Edgar Allan Poe at the official party of the International Edgar Allan Poe Festival & Awards. This year’s Black Cat Ball was a Mesmeric Masquerade, a triple invocation of ...

A mysterious visitor who for decades has left roses and cognac at the grave of Edgar Allan Poe has failed to show up for the anniversary of the writer's birthday. The curator of the Poe House and ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. For the third year in a row, the “Poe Toaster” -- who regularly marked ...

BALTIMORE – Is this tradition “nevermore”? A mysterious visitor who left roses and cognac at the grave of Edgar Allan Poe each year on the writer’s birthday failed to show early Tuesday, breaking with ...

For decades, three roses and a bottle of cognac mysteriously appeared once a year at the grave of Edgar Allan Poe. Now Sam Porpora, 92, a former ad executive, claims it was all a promotional idea ...

The mysterious visitor to Edgar Allan Poe’s grave has failed to show up for the second year in a row. Fans of the writer waited all night at the Baltimore cemetery where Poe is buried, hoping for a ...