Tag: Poe

A Ghost Tour for Valentine’s Day Nothing goes better together than love and death! And what could be more romantic than a stroll on a winter’s evening as you listen to ghost stories and strange tales of New York City’s haunting history with Boroughs of the Dead? On this 90-minute walking tour you’ll hear thrilling […]

Guaranteed to Enthrall Fans of Poe’s Literary Grotesques Edgar Allan Poe In Greenwich Village is a 2-hour literary and historical walking tour that steps into the Greenwich Village of the 1840s, where Poe lived and worked at the height of his fame — before plunging irrevocably into the final, abysmal chapter of his short life. […]

Our full schedule of October tours is here! We’ve got mystics on the Lower East Side, magicians in NoHo, and mediums on our newly revamped Green-Wood Cemetery tour; we’ve got witches on Wall Street, “weird tales” in the West Village, madness and medicine on Roosevelt Island, and so much more! Read on for highlights, and visit our Calendar for an at-a-glance look at all our upcoming […]

On Friday, January 19th, 2018, join us for our fifth annual Edgar Allan Poe In Greenwich Village tour, a two-hour literary and historical walking tour that steps into the Greenwich Village of the 1840s, where Poe lived and worked at the height of his fame — before plunging irrevocably into the final, abysmal chapter of his short life.

Re-reading Poe’s short story William Wilson, I was struck by the significance of the story’s settings and the parallels between the story and events in the author’s real life. The thinly-veiled stand in for his alma mater, the University of Virginia, particularly evokes an important event that changed the course of Poe’s life forever.

Boroughs of the Dead presents two walking tours dedicated to the masters of literary horror this October: Lovecraft in Brooklyn follows the trajectory of H.P. Lovecraft’s time living in Flatbush and Brooklyn Heights in the 1920s, and Edgar Allan Poe In Greenwich Village steps into the Greenwich Village of the 1840s, where Poe lived and […]

Join us a virtual tour of Edgar Allan Poe’s New York City. Range up and down the length of Manhattan and the Bronx, discovering significant locations for Poe’s life and work.

This October, discover Poe’s New York on Edgar Allan Poe In Greenwich Village, a two-hour literary and historical walking tour that steps into the Greenwich Village of the 1840s, where Poe lived and worked at the height of his fame — before plunging irrevocably into the final, abysmal chapter of his short life.

Win free Blu-rays of classic Poe adaptations TALES OF TERROR and THE PREMATURE BURIAL, or free tickets to Raul Garcia’s brand-new animated adaptation EXTRAORDINARY TALES.