-- 18TH OF THIS YEAR ARE
AFFECTED.
ON A NIGHT WHEN THE GRUELS
AND -- GHOULS AND GOBLINS ROOM
FREELY -- ROAM FREELY,
BALTIMORE CAN CELEBRATE EDGAR
ALLEN POE.
HIS TRAGIC DEMISE CONTINUES
TO FACILITY NATURE FANS.
THE MARBLE MAN AMENT
BEARING A BRONZE IMAGE OF EDGAR
ALLEN POE IS SURROUNDED BY DEAD
FLOWERS.
AN OFFICIAL LOOKING BODY TAG IS
LEFT.
AND THERE'S NO SHORTAGE OF
CURIOSITY SEEKERS.
WE'RE FROM ARIZONA.
MY DAUGHTER WANTS -- WANTED TO
SEE THIS.
HE'S KNOWN AS THE MASTER OF
THE MACABRE.
AFTER PER -- PERFECTING THE
HORROR STORY LIKE THE RAVEN.
IF I COME IN HERE ON A
SATURDAY TO DO A TOUR I COULD
STAND HERE ALL DAY AND ANSWER
QUESTIONS.
LE -- LUANNE MARSHALL HAS
BEEN ANSWERING QUESTIONS OF
POE'S LIFE AND DEATH THE AT AGE
OF 40.
HE WAS FOUND DELIRIOUS LYING ON
LOMB BARD STREET.
-- LOMBARD.
THERE ARE 20 REASONS GIVEN
AT -- AS POSSIBLE CAUSES, THE
OIFBL -- OFFICIAL DIAGNOSE WAS
BRAIN FEVER.
POE WAS ALSO WEARING SOMEONE
ELSE'S CLOTHING ADDING TO THE
MYSTERY OF HIS DEATH.
MARSHALL SAID HE WAY HAD
BECOME RECENTLY ENGAGED TO HIS
TEENAGE SWEET HEART.
HE MAY HAVE BEEN DISGUISING
HIMSELF.
HIS BROTHERS WERE FOLLOWING
HIM.
HE HAD ON CLOTHING THAT WAS NOT
HIS OWN BECAUSE HE WAS VERY
EASILY RECOGNIZED WITH THE
BLACK HAT AND SILVER LINK
CHAIN.
YOU COULD PICK HIM OUT OF A
CROWD.
THE OTHER THEORY IS HE MAY
HAVE FALLEN TO PEOPLE TRYING TO
STUFF THE BALLOT BOX.
THEY HAD SWITCHED CLOTHE WITH
ANOTHER TO CAST MULTIPLE VOTES
AN ELECTION DAY.
THE INTEREST IN POE MAY GAIN
STRENGTH WITH AN EXHIBIT.
IT INCLUDES AN ACTUAL LOCKE OF
HIS HAIR.
THAT WAS A COMMON VICTORIAN
PRACTICE.
TO KEEP A PIECE OF HAIR.
THERE'S ALSO THE LAST KNOWN
PORTRAIT OF POE.
IT WAS TAKEN A FEW WEEKS BEFORE
HIS DEATH.
THERE'S A -- THERE WAS A
NAME PLATE WITH HIS INITIALS
TEN TEN -- AND IT HAD BEEN 40
YEARS SO IT WAS PROBABLY
FALLING APART.
PEOPLE LIKE TO SAVE THINGS
ESPECIALLY IF SOMEBODY WAS
FAMOUS.
S -- IT'S AN ATTRACTION THAT
CONTINUES TO DRAW STUDENTS ON
FIELD TRIPS.
THOUSANDS OF TOURISTS AND EVEN
GHOST HUNTERS TO BALTIMORE
TODAY.
NO ONE HAS EVER CLAIMED TO
CONJURE UP POE.
MUCH LIKE HIS WORK, HIS
LEGACY IS TO TAKE US TO THE
THIN LAW -- LINE BETWEEN
REALITY AND THE UNKNOWN.
WHERE WE CONTINUE TO TIP TOE
BETWEEN THE LIVING AND THE
DEAD.
TEETERING ON THE EDGE OF TERROR
AND LEFT WANTING FOR MORE.
IF HE'S LOOKING DOWN NOW IS
HE HAPPY WITH THE LEGACY HE'S
LEFT BEHIND?
I THINK HE IS.
I THINK HE WOULD BE THRILLED TO
DEATH THAT ALL THE PEOPLE WHO
COME HERE TO PAY TRIBUTE LEAVE
FLOWERS AND VISIT HIS GRAVE
GENTLEMAN IT'S LIKE TAKEN
SOMEBODY TO RAVEN STADIUM OR
CAMDEN YARD.
IT'S AWESOME.
CAN'T BEAT THE HISTORY FOR
BALTIMORE.
I CAN'T THINK OF ANY AUTHOR
THAT PEOPLE ARE SO MESMERIZED
ABOUT LIKE HIM.
UNBELIEVABLE.
GO IN THERE ON HIS BIRTHDAY
AND SEEING A POE VISITOR.
THIS IS WHICH -- WHEN THE REAL
POE WOULD VISIT, YOU WOULD GET
GOOSE BUMPS.
HE WOULD TIP HIS HAT AND LEAVE.
LIFE MASS END ZONE HAD A