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storytellers you'll rarely hear mention of one of the most well-known authors of all time.

Perhaps it's because most think he was British, or perhaps it's because most of his Macabre stories seem a genre all of their own.

I'm Jason Epperson, and today on America's National Parks, Philadelphia's Edgar Allen Poe National Historic Site, just in time for Halloween.

Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston in 1809.

Both of his parents were actors.

His mother, the much admired Elizabeth Arnold Poe, his father, David, was less talented.

The pose performed at theaters along the eastern seaboard, from Boston to Virginia.

At some point, David abandoned his wife and children. And in 1811, Elizabeth died of tuberculosis,

leaving Egger, his infant sister Rosalie,

and his older brother Henry orphaned.

The three children were separated in and his older brother Henry orphaned.

The three children were separated and raised by different families.

Edgar was taken in by the successful Richmond Virginia merchant John Allen and his

frail wife Francis. The

Allen's had no children of their own. They raised Edgar as part of the

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