So, it was quite easy to assemble 75 Edgar Allan Poe quotes to demonstrate his thoughts about life. I remember reading Poe’s ...

Not just a great writer, Poe had a circle of friends and family that cared for and about him, says the author of a new biography.

The Edgar Allan Poe House is open Thursday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Entry to the museum costs $8 for adults; children ages 12 and younger may enter for free when joined by an adult.

Yet it was not always so. The roots of modern detective fiction go back over 150 years to a Boston-born master of the macabre, Edgar Allan Poe. And the most shocking true-crime story in Poe's day ...