ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - As a master of horror and mystery, the work of Edgar Allan Poe has rattled the imaginations of readers for generations. Many might not realize the author has roots in Virginia ...

The prodigious writer penned tales that have influenced generations, including The Raven and The Tell-Tale Heart. Poe has had a profound influence on pop culture for decades. He is one of the people ...

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) defined the genre of the American macabre, and his name has become synonymous with literary horror. He has had many imitators but few genuine literary successors—only Jorge ...

Edgar Allan Poe wrote more comedies and satires than horror stories and is credited with inventing the detective genre. A rival colleague, Rufus Griswold, created the lasting myth that Poe was a ...

Edgar Allan Poe, the man who invented the detective story, saved his most unsolvable mystery for last: the cause of his own untimely death. If any Edgar Allan Poe work anticipated how the author would ...

This story is a collaboration with Biography.com. Edgar Allan Poe, the man who invented the detective story, saved his most unsolvable mystery for last: the cause of his own untimely death. If any ...