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The Haunting Tale of Edgar Allan Poe's "Masque of the Red Death"
30:27 - 34:40 (04:13)
This podcast episode explores the inspiration behind Edgar Allan Poe's chilling short story "Masque of the Red Death", including the real-life deadly disease that ravaged Baltimore in the 1830s and the author's personal losses to the epidemic.
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A story of a man named Prince Prospero, who tries to avoid the Red Death plague that caused over 800 deaths in Baltimore while Poe was infected with the disease.
30:27 - 33:26 (02:59)
Edgar Allan Poe
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A story of a man named Prince Prospero, who tries to avoid the Red Death plague that caused over 800 deaths in Baltimore while Poe was infected with the disease. The story appeared in a June 1832 article in the New York Mirror, one of the stories from Poe's apocalyptic party.
ChapterThe Haunting Tale of Edgar Allan Poe's "Masque of the Red Death"
Episode101: Terrible Tales. Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site.
PodcastNational Park After Dark
A person falls asleep and thinks that they missed a show about a disease outbreak.
33:26 - 34:40 (01:14)
Entertainment
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A person falls asleep and thinks that they missed a show about a disease outbreak. Upon looking it up, they find that it was actually a bloodshed not related to any disease.