Ep. 2 - From the Grey Ruins of Memory

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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) , a young woman poisoned and trapped by the vengeful spirit of her husband's first wife; Elias Hartwell (Fall of the House of Usher) , a murdered servant whose ghost exposes the horrifying crimes of the Usher family; and Berenice, a young woman buried alive and brutally mutilated by her own cousin…