The Graves of Edgar Allan Poe & The Women Who Haunted Him 

Happy Halloween from Hollywood Graveyard! In the spirit of Poe and the season, be prepared for some spookiness in this one 👻💀👻

This is not just a video. It is an event and a beautiful introduction to Poe. Should be required viewing for all teens!!

Although Poe lived a life of heartbreak, his readings, poets and life is forever remembered. The women he loved is forever immortalized along with him. You couldn't ask for a better script. Bravo Mr. Dark for paying homage to his life and his love.

This should win an academy award!! Everything about it is masterful. This exemplifies true filmmaking. I cannot say enough positive about it. Makes me want to know Poe on a personal level.

The dead are never truly dead as long as someone is left to remember them. Arthur, you have done an excellent job of remembrance for not just Edgar's life, but also for those who were closest to him as well! Supreme Job!!!

Wow. Wonderfully produced. Everything about this has such a beauty to it. From Arthur's narration, to the music, the acting. You can tell, not to mention feel, how much love, respect, and research went into creating this. From beginning to end, this truly is an enchanting and befitting reflection on Edgar and the women close to him. Well done, Arthur. Well done.

To say that this was excellent is not saying enough . As a native of Baltimore and a lover of Poe's work I can't thank you enough for this presentation and the hard work you put into it . On a chilly overcast November day many years I found by accident his grave in Westminster Churchyard and walked through and looked at the old tombstones and mausoleums and while I was the only living person there at the time I did not feel alone . Happy Halloween to you all 💀 👻🦇🎃

It's amazing how long he embraced such dark melancholy, and still managed to have a sense of humor quite often. Thank you, for such a beautifully done documentary on this heartbreaking genius.

*A tragically beautiful tribute to the great poet, Edgar Allan Poe*

Arthur Dark, this is an amazing film. The research you've done and the subsequent story you tell is so professionally done. You've exposed us to details of the life of Edgar Allen Poe that is not taught in school. My wife and I have watched all of your Hollywood Graveyard videos and have recommended your channel to many people. Your work shows respect for everyone featured. Thank you for your channel and for the dedication to your work. We wish your videos would be published more often, however, we realized the time and effort these videos take to produce. We've never been disappointed. Thank you!

I apologize for how long it took me to get through this movie. I had to pause it several times because I couldn't get over how wonderfully written, produces and executed this movie is. It was wonderful! You did an amazing job, Arthur! Your wonderful team, absolutely amazing! A round of applause to everyone who contributed!!

Arthur, we had a viewing for Westminster Hall staff and selected friends today and everyone is thrilled with your wondeful homage to Poe and his women. Comments such as "mesmerizing," "perfect," "seamless," "enchanting," and "hauntingly beautiful" were some of the words used to describe your masterpiece. Your attention to detail and historical research is second to none. We are so excited to share this film with our audience on Halloween. Thank you for sharing this film with your viewers. Hoping you can return to Baltimore sometime in the future. I know Eddy is smiling down on you. Lu Ann

I grew up visiting Westminster Hall in Baltimore with my Parents on Halloween night. We sat in the balcony and listened to readings of Poe and then went to the graveyard. I was trying to find a documentary on Poe and fell across your video. BRAVO!! It’s so much better than what I was hoping for. Thank you

This was an amazing and beautiful tribute to one of America's for most poets! I never new his life story and how tragic it was! Well done! Mr.Dark! A Tale that should have been told long ago but thankfully has now come to light!

The best tribute to Edgar ! Well done Arthur , thank you so much !

You have truly outdid yourself with this Arthur, it was amazing and beautiful, frightening and entertaining all in one. The man himself would have been proud of such a tribute to his memory and sad, short life. Bravo Arthur, your genius so belongs in Hollywood, this segment alone only a little over an hour long is better and more thrilling than anything the big Hollywood big shots could do. Congratulations again Arthur on this tale for you have really out done yourself, Loved it.

Bravo! BRAVO! That was one of the best hours I have ever spent! What a pleasure it was to support this film! The acting! The cinematography! The actors! The transitions! The locations! The narration! The story! Even down to the detail of your gloves and the patches on your jacket! I was mesmerized! And you have blue eyes Arthur! WHO KNEW! Bravo I say again! BRAVO!!!!!

Got in to watch 2 minutes after receiving the notification. WOW! This latest installment was creepy to the nth degree but I couldn’t stop watching as with all Arthur’s videos. Part horror and autobiographical. The voiceover, the score, the cinematography; the whole thing was well put together. You obviously have some skills to be reckoned with and you need to be making full length feature films. QUICK! Somebody give Arthur a no-look, hefty percentage of profits and final cut approval deal! OUTSTANDING Arthur, OUTSTANDING!

Can't get over the production of this video, very well put together. The look into Edgar Allan Poe was fascinating and the many women of his life. Despite his short life he created some grand masterpieces that still hold up today. Great work Author

No words can express the feelings that this short film gave me! It was amazing the Edgar did not do away with himself with all the sadness and tragedy of his life. Arthur, thank you for giving us his life story and congratulations for such an epic episode! You are a genius and we are all so fortunate to be able to follow your channel! Godspeed my friend!!!!

This was so well done, thoughtful and dived so deep into the darkness of Poe. The Raven himself would be applauding the eloquent macabre genius of the how you told his poem of life and death.

Fantastic work Arthur. Everyone connected with this, should be so proud. 👏

This was absolutely incredible! It was hauntingly beautiful. The writing, the narration, the acting, the cinematography. An absolute masterpiece and one of the best things I have ever watched. Thank you for sharing it with the world.

Exquisitely done, Arthur!! What a heartbreaking story. I never realized he had so many loves. Thank you for this documentary!

This is a superbly fantastic video and it's evident how much care and thought went into it. I mean, every one of your videos is like that, but this is a work of art. It's all-together hypnotic, intriguing, frightening, and gloomy, while being respectful in tribute and incredibly informative. I really, really, hope you are very proud of this - as it really is very well done. Bravo!

This is amazing! Poe has been my favorite author since I was child. I have fond memories of my mom reading "Annabelle Lee" to me.

So beautifully done, and appropriately haunting in every sense! Swan Point Cemetery in Providence is a beautiful stroll. You can also visit many other famous graves, including HP Lovecraft's, while there. This really brought home how relentlessly tragic Poe's life was. I loved this from start to finish! I hope everyone involved with the production is very proud of their work. I'd back another of your projects in heartbeat. Keep up the great work!

As a novelist, Poe has cast his shadow across my career from beginning to end. There isn't a single American writer today who does not owe him an incomprehensible debt of gratitude. Thank you, Arthur Dark, for serving this up to me during the holiday season! He was simply an awesome man...

Beautifully done. Chilling, thrilling, and a touching tribute to a truly talented and tormented American author.

Thank you, Arthur, and all the people who collaborated with you to make this wonderful film. It truly put together so many pieces of the puzzle that was Edgar Allan Poe.

What a terrific piece of work, Arthur and team! This is a terrific Halloween treat and a wonderful tribute to Edgar Allan Poe!

The storytelling, the acting and the music is top notch

Wow! Just wow! You have outdone yourself Mr. Dark! This was amazing and incredibly educational. I never knew how tragic the life of Edgar Allen Poe was. Thank you for this incredible journey. You and everyone who worked on this deserve many awards!!

I see that my donation was put to good use. So beautifully done! I was about 15 when I realized that Edgar Allan Poe died on my birthday. I consider this a wonderful birthday treat. Everything was so well done. All of you created something amazing.

Whether it’s a walk among the tombstones or an original story, you never disappoint! Beautifully done! Thank You!

Arthur, I'm blown away. This could easily have been on Netflix or pbs. Fantastic production, geeat narration and the actors! My hat off to you and your team.

What a storyteller you are...by the gods this grabbed my heart. Thank you is not enough to say.

I had no idea that Edgar Allan Poe had such a tragic life! Your video was very very well done!

Fantastic and haunting tribute to Edgar Allan Poe and the women that influenced his work and life. A must watch for every October "forevermore."

Poe cannot be matched. His poems have such fragility and hang disturbingly close to the edge of sanity. It is impossible not to feel intoxicated by them.

This is 10 times better than anything Hollywood has put out in years...the effort you put into your videos like this are amazing so much heart and love this is brilliant keep them coming my friend! You are awesome!!

You are one amazing story teller! Wonderful tribute to Poe 🕉️

Your story telling of history is so imaginative and creative. I love your love of history and the spooky side of it! Can't wait for your next one.

I'm so protective of anything done about Edgar Allen Poe....but you did this justice. Beautiful. You put your heart and soul into this. And it completely comes through. Thank you for that. ❤❤❤❤

Edgar Allan Poe has been one of my favorite authors since I was in high school! I’ve been waiting for this all week! ❤❤❤

Absolutely wonderful!!! Thank you Arthur Dark for making this tribute to Mr. Poe.

Dear Arthur, Longtime commenter on your videos, I wanted to say personally to you. Thank you for your passion and dedication to this topic. A little about myself. I am currently in my late 30s and I was adopted, raised by a wonderful family and a rather traditional household and with values that I hold to this day. Through everything that I have experienced due to my disability - I am in a wheelchair. I have learned to ask the bigger questions, even with my upbringing. I believe it is completely normal and okay to confront our mortality, nobody did that better than Edgar Allan Poe. Although his circumstances for doing such are utterly heartbreaking, I cannot help but relate. --- As a person of deep faith. I am always asking myself the bigger questions, the deeper questions, the questions that will not go answered by any normal recourse. Edgar Allan Poe was one of those people, like the rest of us flawed and imperfect but gave voice to the chaos that bubbles underneath so many of us, even when our upbringings are as varied as the stars. As I write this I can feel the tears welled up in my eyes because I can relate to Edgar in certain ways, searching for the ideal love, wanting to idealize what it means to be loved and certainly asking the bigger questions about life and death, and I do that through my prayers. --- I want you to know that your material all kinds of people, don't pay attention to the view counter the likes or otherwise. Your work is leaving an impact, and much like Edgar, it is profound for me. I admit that my arena does not gravitate towards the dark or macabre. I was a musician for many years. My faith has always been imbued within the foundations of my upbringing, beginning with my great-grandparents and perhaps that is why this piece of material you have produced is resonating with me so strongly, we are both light and dark and even though we wish to reside in the light or as people would say, "be a good person." We are constantly battling against the dark and Edgar Allan Poe knew it well. So do I.... Music has always been my way to express myself. Indeed, it was one of the things that help me find my voice to use my words to defy my physical constraints of my wheelchair and move beyond what people see, at least verbally. Thank you, thank you, thank you for this produced video which in only an hour. Reminds me why you are one of my favorite creators to follow.

This was amazing! You captured the beauty, art and pain that was Poe. The layers that you eloquently and respectfelly unraveled revealed a man (albeit a boy) who wanted to be loved. The critical thinking, research and chronological compilation is fantastic. Bravo Mr. Dark to you and your team! Mary Shelley next!

Aurthur… this is AMAZING! My husband and I have been waiting, what - a year now? Since way back when you started fundraising for this special on Poe… we waited so patiently, often talking about it and wondering when we would get to see it… my friend, you blew us away! Never in all my imaginings did I think you would go this hard… you so massively surpassed all our hopes and expectations. It is a stunning visual, and has such a lovely aesthetic throughout… also love the interaction between you and the ‘ghosts’! Please tell us you’ve got an idea for your next massive project like this one! ❤️

This video has been so. Worth. The wait. A love letter to Poe and telling his story in the truest way I have seen possible. Bravo, Mr. Dark. Bravo.

By far your best production. You have turned into quite a filmmaker, and those Satin Puppet girls...I mean ghouls...were great! Also, the music (some of which I see you wrote) was a very pleasant surprise. Releasing it on the anniversary of Poe's death was also a touch of class...!

It is a melancholy, heartfelt and devastating account of Edgar's life; but with that dreamlike touch that makes it charming. As bleak as it is, it is beautiful just as his writings were. Congratulations 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Arthur this is gorgeous! You and your team are freaking talented! Well done

So looking forward to this, just starting now - so here we go..........what an epic production Arthur. I was totally bewitched with your narration of this tale of the life and the loves within the somewhat sad and lonely life of Edgar Allan Poe. My god you have raised the bar of narration way, way above that of many mere narrators. With grateful thanks for all you have done.

This was genuinely one of the most informative, terrifying, intriguing, tragic, beautiful spectacles I’ve ever had the privilege to witness. A true tribute to Poe and the very nature of gothic iconography.

What a wonderful video. This is definitely my world I've been living ever since I can remember. 09:47 is the most touching and beautiful thing I've heard for ages.

I never comment on RU-vid but this episode is up and beyond what I’ve experienced on all of RU-vid. Outstanding just outstanding!

I have read most of his books in school, and I absolutely loved how his poetry was.

Bravo to you sir. You are quite gifted as a filmmaker, and you have the most important quality of all in telling the story of a person's life: you genuinely care. That is so rare in this uncaring world.

I just found you Mr. Dark! So so glad. I've always loved Poe and your film is truly divine. The best I have ever seen. Now on to the next from you. I love you I love your work. Don't ever go away. We need you.

Oh my gosh, I'm so excited!!! Thank you for all you do for us Mr Dark!!! You are so appreciated by my friends and I. Can't wait to watch this late tonight. Happy Halloween to the Hollywood Graveyard family, much love and spooky vibes sent your way!

Have been a fan of Poe since the early 90s when we read Poe in high school, this is brilliant! can we PRETTY PRETTY PLEASE get an updated soundtrack on all of the music streaming services? We have the vinyl and what's available on Spotify but so much great music has been added since those were released!

This is the best video that you have ever posted. I am from Baltimore and grew up about 3 blocks from where Edgar Allen Poe was discovered unconscious.

WOW ... that was amazing. I was totally engrossed from the opening screen right through to the end credits. A fantastic piece of art, beautifully written, produced and performed. This deserves to be seen on a cinema screen.

WOW, I am at a loss for words. This was truly amazing. My hats off to all involved in the production of this episode.

Let’s go!! I’ve been waiting for this own, as I enjoy most of Edgar’s short stories. Already feeling the spooky vibes from this one, and I’m definitely gonna read some of Edgar’s short stories for this Halloween. I bought a book from a store that contains all the short stories and poems he wrote, so I’m all set for that

Beautiful. Thank you for this Halloween treat. Every moment is to be savored. Everything from the fabulous cast, to the cinematography, music, and art was impeccable. What a wonderful tribute to Poe.

Oh my God very well done Arthur, you captured the essence that was Edgar Allan Poe, and the wives he loved. The way you brought out Annabelle Lee, perfectly done. Most people including myself never would have put together that Annabelle Lee was all of poes wives rolled into one. Poe was one of my favorite authors. Thank you Arthur for this great piece on poes life, and the lives of his wives.🌹🌹🌹

Just finished the video, and I have to say that this was hauntingly beautiful, just like Poe's works. Well done to you all.

I've shared this to three groups on Facebook, and very quickly there were likes reported. This is all that you promised and more, Arthur. You have far surpassed any possibilities I entertained on this. I'm exceedingly proud of you!

I love when you incorporate a movie alongside the documentary. It really adds some flair and helps me remember/retain what's going on. It was entertaining and informational, it was ehterial and terrifying, it was glorious. Very, very, well done.

What a romantic & gloomy history lesson. Thank you for such an incredible story of Poe's life. It's absolutely sad, but beautiful in a way. Only a true poet can create fabulous work...through a lifetime of pain, heartbreak and loss. His gravesite is stunning...like a Raven or a rose 🌹 Any women was lucky enough to have met him.

I had no idea there were a) so many women he loved, and b) the poem was about all of them. Great story, Mr. Dark!

Amazing work, Arthur! What a great way to tell the story of Poe and the women in his life. And the craftsmanship of the filmmaking is astounding. Thanks again

Thank You for making this film. As a college student I studied Poe and never fully understood him. He was such an incredible writer and poet. The dark days Poe experienced were something beyond the any imagination.

Beautifully done, Mr.Dark. And to everyone involved also. The Satin Puppets were amazing.

we missed you Hollywood Graveyard

This is amazing! I love it so much. Very well done. I loved how spooky it was. Everything was woven together so well. The music was great. And as someone who lives close to Baltimore, I always love me some Poe.

Absolutely brilliant Arthur! I loved every second of your video! I love Edgar Allan Poe and this made my month! Halloween is my favorite holiday! 💀👻🎃 I’ve watched it twice already…thank you for making such a wonderful tribute about a man that has had so much sorrow in his life…I understand so much more now….thank you! Keep making more!

This is one of the most incredible things I've ever watched. Remarkable, Arthur!

Excellent! A very touching tribute to the one and only Edgar Allan Poe and the loves of his life. I learned many things I did not know and was so happy to see that you filmed here in Baltimore (of course you did!). Every bit of it was very well done!

A fitting subject for the Hallowe’en season! Beautifully crafted and wonderfully told. Kudos to the cast and crew!

I came back to watch again and I'm sure I'll visit again. Beautiful work.

Now this is very well put together video. Great Tribute to Edgar Allan Poe. Your show should deserve an Award. Bravo to you Arthur and your production crew. Bravo! Cheers. 😎😎😎🔥🔥🔥❤️❤️❤️

I just learned that ravens can learn how to talk. So Poe’s raven could have indeed said *Nevermore* Thanks for the awesome video Mr. Dark!

I absolutely love you’re filmmaking and articulate speech. I know it’s early in the video but I absolutely love this.

Possibly one of the best documentaries I have seen to date. Hopelessly a Romantic. Life and Death was around him.. Love.. Always so close.. Just Out Of Reach. Never viewed Mr. Poe in this manner. Bravo!! A Standing ovation for this production. As a student of the Arts.. 🏆my compliments🏆

This production is a thing of beauty. Absolutely incredible.

This was amazing. Bittersweet and haunting, but also informative and entertaining. Really keeps you guessing until the end. Round of applause to you and the crew for such a fantastic film.

Bravo! Bravo, Arthur and team! Wonderfully produced and presented. Thank you for all of your hard work to bring us this beautiful piece. Congratulations to everyone who had a hand in this.

Tonight, I happened across this video and channel by accident. I have loved Poe from the first poem I was introduced to in Jr. High English, so I had to watch this video. I just finished and am compelled to post and let you know the video was absolutely brilliant on every level!!! I am going back and watching it again right now... There was so much, and I know I didn't take it all in. That is, of course, right after I forward this to about 10 people!!

Stunning and oddly original for all the information thousands already know. Great cinematography. Arthur, you have a great narrators voice.

I visit this cemetery often living in the area. Thank you for this amazing, informative story of Poe. It will mean much more going back with this knowledge. 🖤

WOO-HOO!!! Love me some Hollywood Graveyard👻😊👻😊. Brillant Arthur, just brillant!!!. I absolutely loved every sec of this. The BEST thus far 👏👏👏👏👏

Absolutely stunning.I never knew Poe had such a grief stricken life.This is such an amazing production and deserves to win some sort of award.

Stunning! Absolutely the best biopic of Poe! Please get it released into theatres as a movie short.

I'm super proud of your film Mr. Dark! It is superbly made and man it just made me want to keep re-watching it. Just like the whole page I shared it on my Facebook and want more people to watch and get to know how wonderful you are. I want others to see that you not only tell a story, make a shirt film, or even just delight us but you show true conviction and talent into all you do. Thank you for everything you do to make us smile.

Arthur, this is an absolute masterpiece. You homage to Poe is both haunting and brilliant.. I enjoyed it so much I will be watching it again, and probably again. You have outdone yourself.. Well done, my friend, well done. I believe Eddie is smiling down on you. Lu Ann

I’ve been looking for my socks all day, because they were totally blown off by this film! This is a masterpiece that stands shoulder to shoulder with the best Hollywood ever had to offer. Where did you learn to make films like that?

I am blown away not only by the way you showed us this story of Edgar Allen Poe, but also by your talent to make this so very entertaining. Thank you and thank you!