The Man who Murdered Edgar A.Poe – After Poe Was Already Dead
The Man who Murdered Edgar A.Poe – After Poe Was Already Dead Edgar Allan Poe died on October 7, 1849. Then Rufus Wilmot Griswold went to work. If you’ve never heard of Griswold, you probably know his Poe. Drunk. Drug-addled. Unstable. Vindictive. Half-mad. A tormented genius staggering from one catastrophe to another. It’s the Poe who has survived for more…
