Edgar Allan Poe, master of dark and haunting tales, became part of a real-life mystery in Baltimore. For about 75 years, a mysterious visitor known as the Poe Toaster came to Poe’s grave every year on January 19th, his birthday. Dressed in black, the figure left three red roses—believed to honor Poe, his wife, and his mother-in-law—along with half a bottle of cognac before vanishing into the night. This eerie tradition, which began in the 1930s or 1940s, continued across at least two generations