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Pleasing Terrors

Join acclaimed ghost storyteller Mike Brown for a bi-weekly tour through the shadows of history. The Pleasing Terrors Podcast features stories about haunted places, creepy history, and forgotten folklore.
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Now displaying: October, 2025
Oct 20, 2025

In this episode we continue our search for the ghost  of Edgar Allan Poe and retrace his path through the final, ill-fated months of his life. 

 

Sources that were either referenced directly or consulted during the writing of this episode:

 

Ghosts of Philadelphia by Charles J. Adams III

A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe by Mark Dawidziak

True Tales of the Unknown: The Uninvited, published in 1989 and edited by Sharon Jones

The Man of the Crowd: Edgar Allan Poe and the City by Scott Peeples

Haunting Poe: His Afterlife in Richmond and Beyond by Christopher P. Semtner

The Poe Shrine: Building the World’s Finest Edgar Allan Poe Collection by Christopher P. Semtner

Oct 6, 2025

In this episode we embark on a search for the ghost of Edgar Allan Poe, guided by Henry David Thoreau and the mystery of the Hollow Earth. Our quest begins with a visit to a haunted saloon and an apartment building that is hiding a dark past.

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