Poe's grave

A monument containing the remains of writer Edgar Allan Poe stands in a graveyard on the morning of the anniversary of his birth in Baltimore on Thursday, Jan. 19. Fans waited long past a midnight dreary to see if the mysterious "Poe Toaster" would return after a two-year hiatus to leave cognac and roses upon the writer's original grave nearby, but it appears the annual visits shall occur nevermore.

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( Associated Press )

A monument containing the remains of writer Edgar Allan Poe stands in a graveyard on the morning of the anniversary of his birth in Baltimore on Thursday, Jan. 19. Fans waited long past a midnight dreary to see if the mysterious "Poe Toaster" would return after a two-year hiatus to leave cognac and roses upon the writer's original grave nearby, but it appears the annual visits shall occur nevermore.

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