It's Edgar Allan Poe's birthday today, and also the day that a mysterious caped figure leaves 3 roses and a partially consumed bottle of brandy on Poe's Baltimore grave. It's one of the US's more famous traditions, and the identity of the Poe Toaster (as the mysterious figure is called) has never been revealed, although it is known that the current Toaster is from a different generation than the original Toaster.
Be watching for news of the Poe Toaster!
In
other Poe news, a portrait of the poet as a young man has surfaced and is for sale:
update: The tradition has been broken. The Poe Toaster did not show up this year.
update 2: Another story on the no-show of the Toaster.
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