The Macabre Death Of Edgar Allan Poe
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Published 2020-03-13
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All Comments (21)
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“-he was a weird little spindly man with a head the size of a pumpkin” Shane acts as though he didn’t just describe himself
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Ghost: boo! Ryan: dies Shane: Here lies Ryan Bergara, loving wife.
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I know this is from a year ago, but I feel the need to let everyone know that it is believed that Poe only married his cousin to save her from being married off to an abuser
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when you learn more about edgar allan poe in a 23 minute video than you ever did in school
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“grossly, she was his cousin. even grosslier, she was half his age” lmaooooo
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Shane is bringing that POWERFUL divorced substitute teacher energy.
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Ryan: does extensive research on the death of Edgar Allen Poe Also Ryan: freaks out over the knowledge that Poe was from Baltimore
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Just so you know, he wasn’t in a sexual relationship with his cousin. He married her to save her from an arranged marriage.
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Shane looks like a depressed history teacher, but like the kind of depressed history teacher that is actually your favorite teacher because they make history fun .
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This entire show is Shane not knowing what is going on at all and Ryan stating facts for him.
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The relationship between Poe and Virginia has been reported as platonic and never consummated. There are also accounts that he married her to spare her from an arranged marriage that her parents were making. He was such an interesting guy.
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"It's very easy to condemn from our vantage point in history, and so we do condemn! Wholeheartedly!" One of Shane's best quotes.
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Me: immediately looks to see if the mannequin is gone Shane and Ryan: “Let’s make the mannequin even creepier this season”
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I see the mannequin found a new, and even more terrifying location...
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There's actually a story in my family that one of our great great great uncles, who lived in Baltimore at the time, helped a pale man from a ditch and to the local hospital a couple nights before Poe died. Apparently he was incredibly unwell looking hense the idea of bringing him to the hospital, it was thought by the uncle's daughter that that man was Poe and she wrote it in one of her schoolbooks that we still have from her.
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Imagine life constantly throwing you curveballs and you somehow manage to become one of the most influential writers in your time. Respect
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“Grossly, Virginia was his cousin. Even grosslier, she was half his age” 😂😂
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Shane: "I don't know much about Edgar Allan Poe" Also Shane: Literally looks like him
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Does anyone else love it when Ryan is narrating in an official, calm tone and casually throws in flowing phrases like “and, since his dad was a tightwad,” and “even ‘grosslier,’ she was his cousin” bc that’s the sudden and uncommented-upon informality I signed up for
