Wednesday, January 19, 2011

The "Poe Toaster" Doesn't Show For Second Straight Year

A tradition that started in 1949, and ran for some 60 years seems to be done. For the second straight year the mysterious Poe Toaster failed to show at the grave of Edgar Allen Poe on his birthday.

A fascinating tradition that ran for some 60 years and was never fully explained appears to have ended. An unknown person who left three roses and a half-empty bottle of cognac at Poe's grave on the anniversary of the writer's birth failed to appear Wednesday, the second straight year he's disappointed those who stake out the downtown Westminster Hall and Burying Ground.

"I think we can safely say it's not car trouble, and he's not sick," said Jeff Jerome, curator of the Poe House and Museum. "This doesn't look good."

Maybe he was more interested in reading phentermine reviews today.

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