Edgar Allan Poe: The Story Behind His Grave

This episode tours Baltimore’s Westminster Burial Ground, founded in 1786 by local Scotch-Irish Presbyterians, and highlights it as a “who’s who” of merchants, military figures, and writers.

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00:00 Famous Graves
00:51 Cemetery Origins
02:13 Poe Death and Burial
03:24 McHenry and Fort Namesake
04:05 Phillip Key Scandal
05:12 Poe Original Grave Site
05:58 Poe Family Plot
06:23 Star Spangled Banner Links
06:56 Tour Wrap Up

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