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Best-known for such tales of gloom and terror as The Telltale Heart and The Fall of the House of Usher, Edgar Allan Poe was also a witty short story writer, an evocative poet, a lonely adopted child, and a devoted patriarch to his young wife and mother-in-law, both of whom died of illness. This documentary from the About the Authors series, hosted by Dave Smith, takes a deeper look at Poe's wide array of literary works and a life that was often plagued by poverty, substance abuse, and loneliness.