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The Death of Edgar Allan Poe

My Victorian Nightmare 6 Episodes Sep 15, 2026

The Death of Edgar Allan Poe is a five-part narrative podcast that imagines what would happen if all of Poe’s stories were true. Written and narrated by Genevieve Manion of My Victorian Nightmare, it stars award-winning voice actor MacLeod Andrews. The series follows Poe as he is haunted by the spirits of the dead, victims who demand that he write their stories. It is a chilling, atmospheric audio drama blending Poe’s life and fiction.

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Ep. 1 - Be Still Sep 15, 2026 00:28:29 In the winter of 1848, a broken and grieving Edgar Allan Poe finally confesses a terrifying secret to his oldest friend, John Mackenzie: the corpses and tortured souls that haunt his stories are real. For as long as he can remember, the dead have sought him out, appearing in the gruesome forms of their deaths and demanding that he tell their stories so they can find justice, revenge, or release.B

Ep. 2 - From the Grey Ruins of Memory Sep 15, 2026 00:34:58 As Edgar Allan Poe lies delirious in a Baltimore hospital in 1849, the mystery surrounding his final days begins to unfold. One year earlier, Poe confesses to his friend John Mackenzie that the grisly tales he writes are inspired by real spirits who seek him out, desperate for justice and unable to rest until their stories are told.He recounts the terrifying cases of the spirit, Rowena (Ligeia),

Ep. 3 - Red Death Sep 15, 2026 00:27:33 In this episode, Poe reveals to John Mackenzie that not all spirits who visit him are seeking justice, some are demons, while others are supernatural agents carrying out a darker form of judgment. He recounts the origins of The Masque of the Red Death, inspired by a mysterious masked spirit who demands that Poe tell the story of a man who has lived, and died, across multiple lifetimes delivering j

Ep. 4 - Alone Sep 15, 2026 00:32:56 This episode follows Edgar Allan Poe as he confronts increasingly disturbing spirits who seek his help in telling their stories. At a séance, Poe encounters the tortured ghost of Mary Ward (The Black Cat), a woman murdered by her mentally unstable husband, and agrees to write her story so her sister can discover the truth.Poe’s next visitor is Giovanni Montresor (The Cask of Amontillado), who rev

Ep. 5 - Nevermore Sep 15, 2026 00:26:47 When William, a ghostly lighthouse keeper (The Light-House) haunted by guilt over the death of his wife and child, returns, Poe is drawn into another tragic tale that mirrors his own feelings of guilt and loss. As Poe tries to confront his past and continue helping the restless dead, his own grief over Virginia, and his struggle to find meaning after her death—comes to the forefront.Meanwhile, th

Introducing | The Death of Edgar Allan Poe Sep 12, 2026 00:00:54 What if all of Poe's stories were true?The Death of Edgar Allan Poe is a chilling five-part narrative podcast, written and narrated by My Victorian Nightmare’s Genevieve Manion and starring multiple award winning voice actor, MacLeod Andrews. The series follows Poe through his turbulent life and career as he is relentlessly haunted by the spirits of the dead—victims who demand that he write th

The Death of Edgar Allan Poe

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