No name in the poetical world is more firmly established than that of Fitz-Green Halleck. (Ghost of Poe voice)Edgar Allan Poe wrote these words about Fitz green Halik for Graham’s Magazine in 1843. This episode will take a look at Halle...

Welcome to celebrate Poe this is episode 382 - Poe’s Pit and Pendulum.Ghost soundGlad you're there Mr. Poe.  You know in the previous episode we discussed the Raven. I would like to take a similar look at what I personally ...

Welcome to celebrate Poe - episode 381 - Edgar Poe Explains the Raven.Sorry if I gave you the wrong idea in the previous episode, but in this episode I want to delve more into Poe’s most famous work.GHOST SOUNDHello Mr. Poe<...

Welcome to Celebrate Poe - This is episode 380 (getting on up there) called More Supernatural Elements.Mr. Bartley: I have the Ghost of Mr. Poe here, and would like to dive right into Mr. Poe’ s  basic belief about his character’s ...

Welcome to Celebrate Poe - This is episode 379 - Supernatural ElementsWell How are you, Mr. Poe - and waiting to begin our conversationVery tolerable, Mr. Bartley -and most eager to share our thoughts.Mr Poe - It seems th...

Welcome to Celebrate Poe. Episode 378 -  Chilled Into StoneWell, in the previous episode Mr.Poe and I were engaged in a vigorous - don’t know if that is the right word for it - a vigorous discussion about what many consider to t...

Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 377 - The House is a Vampire!My name is George Bartley, and for the rest of this series, I want to really look into a house that might not make it into Better Homes and Gardens - but is often classifie...

Mr. Bartley - plain fontMr. Poe - italics fontWelcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 376 - A Crawling ShapeIn this episode, I would like to slightly change the subject to early Gothic novels such as The Castle of Otrano -...

Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 375 - TormentedI have the ghost of Mr. Poe here - and I would like to ask Mr. Poe a very basic question that many readers of your work have - Mr. Poe - why did you use so much gruesome imagery in yo...

Welcome to Celebrate. Poe. Episode 374 - PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES where the ghost of Edgar Allan Poe and myself continue our discussion of how the writer surpassed the boundaries of Gothic literatureWe begin this episode by continuing ...

Welcome to Celebrate Poe - What Is Gothic - Episode 373 - the first of a extended series of podcasts - at least 10 podcasts under the general subject title of Poe and Gothic literature.This podcast episode begins with a few bars of&n...

Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 372 - Dracula and DoublesBefore we go any further, I want to give you a basic definition of a double in literature or movies - first using some fairly recent examples.Now a "double" refers t...

Welcome to Episode 371 - The Black VampyreIn this episode I would like to delve into a literary work published by C. Wiley and Company on June 23, 1819 - The Black Vampyre.   Unfortunately, the story has a lot of archaic wo...

Welcome to Celebrate Poe - This is 370 - The Judge’s House, Part TwoIf you have not heard the previous episode, I recommend that you listen to Episode 369.  That episode has an interesting introduction to the tale, as well ...

Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 369 The Judge’s House, Part OneBut before we go any further, I want to announce that Celebrate Poe has now had downloads in 100 countries and territories.Now I have another surprise for you ...

Welcome to Celebrate Poe.  This is Episode 368 - Varney VS DraculaThis podcast has had episodes about Varney the Vampire, as well as Bram Stoker’s Dracula - but you might well be wondering - what are the realdifferences between ...

Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 367 The blood is the life!Today I would like to start out by comparing Bram Stoker’s Dracula’s castle to Edgar Allan Poe’s decaying House of Usher.Both Castle Dracula and the House of Usher ...

Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 366 - Would You Like Some Sugar with Your Flies - In this episode, I would like to zero in for a look at my favorite character in Dracula - Renfield.Now while Dracula operates in the shadows, Renfie...

Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 365 - Vampire BridesLet’s jump into Bram Stoker’s 1897 Gothic novel - Dracula.  Now the character of Count Dracula draws from  draws from historical figures, folklore, and literary innovat...

Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 365 - Dracula’s Guest, Part TwoAnd welcome to the second part and conclusion of Bram Stoker’s Dracula Guest.  As I looked there came a cold shiver in the air, and the snow began to...

Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 363  - Dracula’s Guest, Part OneFinally - this podcast is beginning a series of episodes about Bram Stoker’s Dracula. First, I am going to delve into - at some detail - what is often felt to be...

Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 362 - Poetry and DreamsI was looking through articles about Poe to find information for a future article regarding why do so many people read Edgar Allan Poe. And I found some great stuff and certai...

Welcome 361  Vampires and ReligionNow I was planning to do some Easter theme episodes on Celebrate Poe - yes there is a connection - and looked at the calendar - assuming that Easter took place in March or early April - bu...

Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 360 - Dracula at ChurchWelcome back to Dracula at Church - and if you have not listened to the previous episode, it might really help you to understand some fascinating ideas about the unintended ro...

Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 359 - Vampires and the Last SupperWhen I started this podcast, I assumed the topics of the Last Supper and Easter would have nothing to do with anything related to Poe - oh sure, we do have evidence...