Today is the anniversary of Edgar Allan Poe's birth—and CNN reports that "the shadowy visitor" who, every year for 60 years, left roses and a half-full bottle of cognac at Poe's Baltimore grave on the writer's birthday, failed to appear the second year in a row. The tradition began Jan. 19, 1949, according to the Edgar Allan Poe Society. The last visitation came two years ago. Read the story here: Edgar Allan Poe's cognac-carrying admirer fails to materialize again(Thanks to The Roads of Autumn Dusk for reminding me it was Poe's birthday.)
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