The Trench Reynolds Report

  • Poe Toaster no shows, fans say Nevermore

    Poe Fans Call an End to ‘Toaster’ Tradition: I’m only a passing fan of Edgar Allan Poe. Of course who doesn’t enjoy The Raven but Poe was the author of one of my favorite stories of all time, The Cask of Amontillado. What I’m more of a fan of is the tradition of the mysterious…

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  • Once again Poe Toaster a no show

    And for the 2nd year in a row, I avoid the obvious cliché pun. Anyway, for the 2nd year in a row, the mysterious black-clad figure that normally would leave cognac and roses at the grave of Edgar Allan Poe in Baltimore has not appeared. Others who do not want to see the tradition die…

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  • Poe Toaster a no show

    Nevermore? Mystery visitor misses Poe’s birthday: Notice how I avoided the cliché? Anyway, for the first time in 60 years, the birthday of Edgar Allan Poe has come and gone without a mysterious cloaked figure leaving roses and cognac at Poe’s grave in Baltimore. Not that I’m a huge fan of Poe but I was…

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  • Mystery Man’s Annual Visit to Poe Grave

    Link Another year goes by another year that I missed the mysterious Poe Toaster. I know I say this every year but one of these days I’ll get to Baltimore to see this.

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  • Poe Toaster revealed?

    Link Say it ain’t so. Luckily there are enough discrepancies in Mr. Porpora’s story to keep the legend going a little while longer. I may have to get serious about going to Baltimore this January.

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  • Last of the Poe Toaster?

    Decades-old mystery: Who visits Poe’s grave?: Before I was a “crime blogger” I was a “dark poet”, and there was none darker than Edgar Allan Poe. And once again as I do every year I missed my chance to go to Baltimore to witness the mystery man who leaves roses and a bottle of cognac…

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  • Poe Toaster Strikes Again

    Mystery fan marks Poe’s birthday: Dammit. I missed it again. One of these days I’m going to get to Baltimore to see the Poe Toaster. I am glad that I didn’t go this year. It sounds like a couple of assclowns can’t play by the rules. For one day out of the year, this guy…

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  • Poe is still dead…forevermore

    Man Reluctantly Leaves French Cognac To Toast Poe: Dammit to hell. I missed it again. One of these years hopefully before I die, I will go to Poe’s grave to see the mysterious stranger.

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  • Only this and nothing more…

    Baltimore: The mystery of the ‘Poe Toaster’: That settles it. Next year I’m going to Baltimore. It’s a good thing Poe died in January. How lame would it be if this happened in July?

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