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Oct 20, 2025 1 hr 10 min

The Descent: Part 2- Spiral

from Pleasing Terrors Hosted by Mike Brown

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

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