How one bloody cough in 1842 Philadelphia destroyed Edgar Allan Poe’s sanity

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Virginia’s Fatal Piano Performance Haunts Poe Forever

The Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site in Philadelphia holds the dark secrets of America’s master of horror during his most tortured years.

The unfurnished rooms sit in arrested decay, including a cellar that mirrors the terrifying basement described in “The Black Cat.”…

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