[JoeProBono]

[Hoodlum91]

For the first time in 60 years, the mysterious visitor failed to appear at Poe’s gravesite this morning.

http://wtop.com/?nid=598&sid=1867231

[The_Victor]

Given Poe’s propensity for the macabre, perhaps they should just give each city a piece of him.

[Joe 6-pack]

Have you ever noticed how much Poe looks like George Noory?

[Flycatcher]

And I rest so composedly,

Now, in my bed,

That any beholder

Might fancy me dead --

Might start at beholding me,

Thinking me dead.

[sbMKE]

Tried to visit the site, driving from the inner harbor, years ago. Once the burned out and abandoned cars started appearing and the brownstones no longer had windows, we decided to cut our losses and turned around.

[La Lydia]

That is an extremely odd story. Who is calling for Poe’s remains to be moved? Why would the reporter conceal the identity of “those” who are calling for the move? Debate rages? How can a debate rage when only one side is quoted, and he makes a very mild response? It sounds like there is less to this than meets the eye.

[SeeSharp]

Poe had a life long battle with the literary establishment in Boston, which he often referred to as "the frog-pondians". I don't think he would have liked to be buried there. In his own words:

"We despise them and defy them, the transcendental vagabonds, and they may all go to hell together."

[paulycy]

Wikipedia on Poe's death:

"The actual cause of death remains a mystery;[67] from as early as 1872, cooping was commonly believed to have been the cause"

"Cooping was a practice by which unwilling participants were forced to vote, often several times over, for a particular candidate in an election.

Must have been a democrat precinct.

[MrRobertPlant2009]

I’ve visited his grave and his mother’s grave in Richmond. I think the Baltimore house is an appropriate final resting place. It’s just seedy enough.

[fieldmarshaldj]

*ping*

[SunkenCiv]

It’s pretty well known I think that there’s reason to believe that, due to shifting earth, “restoration” of gravestones that had tipped over and whatnot, that there’s no way to positively ID Poe’s remains, even assuming any have survived in that damp soil. :’) [macabre laughter]