10 facts about Edgar Allan Poe
- His mother died when he was three-years-old and his father went away
- He was forested by the Allen family
- Edgar introduced the detective genre 1841
- He married his 13-years-old cousin with 27
- After his spouse died he became an alcoholic
- At his funeral were only seven people
- 160 years later he got a proper ceremony
- An NFL team name came from his poem “The Raven”
- His death stays a mystery