# Edgar Allan Poe Resources

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edgar-allan-poe-resources/168106>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 11, 2003, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edgar-allan-poe-resources/168106 "2003-04-11T19:53:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edgar-allan-poe-resources/168106/21 "2003-04-12T23:29:13Z")

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soulmurk: I think a lot of modern scholars dispute the veracity of Griswold’s claims. I do not know. I am not a Poe scholar, merely an admirer.

It also wouldn’t bother me if he had been a user and a heavy drinker. 😃

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**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edgar-allan-poe-resources/168106/22 "2003-04-13T00:12:33Z")

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During a recent trip to Baltimore I stopped by the Westminster Burying Ground to pay my repects at Poe’s final resting place. Turns out that _he has two graves!_ One headstone marks the original plot, while the other is a big fancy monument nearer the front gate. Furthermore, I was informed that he may not actually be buried under _either_ marker–supposedly when he was first buried he didn’t rate a headstone, and years later when the monument was proposed, they more or less picked a spot and hoped for the best.

_Poe: The Man with Two (Possibly Three) Graves._ Even in death, mysterious and creepy.

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edgar-allan-poe-resources/168106/23 "2003-04-13T02:17:36Z")

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> I have an Anthology as required by the course with all of the stories I need cover for my presentation, as well as several others that I have the option of delving into.

You don’t get The Annotated Poe for the stories – yo get it for the Nots and Annotations. The Penguin Editions of Poe have pretty good footnotes, too.

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**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edgar-allan-poe-resources/168106/24 "2003-04-13T04:23:42Z")

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Cool fact, only partially remembered: because of his supposed love of alcohol, there is someone who has placed a bottle (or half-bottle) of brandy at Poes grave pretty much since he died.

Ok…now I need to look this up, because it sounds silly otherwise…

[http://pub134.ezboard.com/fscarletstreetbookends.showMessage?topicID=144.topic](http://pub134.ezboard.com/fscarletstreetbookends.showMessage?topicID=144.topic)

I first heard of this when it was at its 50-year tradition, and that isn’t the article I read, but close enough!

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