In this Jan. 15, 2013 photo, Jeff Jerome holds a bottle of unfinished cognac that was left one year on the grave of Edgar Allan Poe by the mysterious Poe Toaster in Baltimore. (AP photo ...

The traditional uniform of the "Poe Toaster" was an all-black outfit with a white scarf and big hat, as can be seen in this Life Magazine photograph from 1990. From 1977 until the end, that crowd ...

2013 photo, a gravestone marking Edgar Allan Poe's original grave stands in a cemetery outside Westminster Hall in Baltimore. For decades, a mysterious man known as the Poe Toaster left three ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. For the third year in a row, the “Poe Toaster” -- who regularly ...

AP Photo/Gail BurtonCynthia Pelayo left the tribute of roses and cognac, after the original "Poe toaster" didn't show up. Fans of Edgar Allan Poe were left to wonder on Tuesday why the mysterious ...

The grave of Edgar Allan Poe in 2008 with a bottle of cognac and roses left by the mysterious visitor Credit: Photo: AP Just before ... Occasionally the toaster leaves a note, one that simply ...

Edgar Allan Poe fans waited long past a midnight dreary, but it appears annual visits to the writer's grave in Baltimore by a mysterious figure called the "Poe Toaster" shall occur nevermore.

Even in a city defiantly proud of its quirks, the Poe Toaster stood out. Every year for more than half a century, in the early-morning hours of Jan. 19, a mysterious figure would quietly leave ...

The grave of Edgar Allan Poe with a bottle of cognac and roses left by a mysterious visitor in Baltimore Credit: Photo: AP Each year ... Dubbed the Poe Toaster, his visits have become a local ...