<p>Dr. Lynn Price Robbins and Isaac S. Loftus sit down with author and fine artist Chris Semtner to explore the lesser-known side of Edgar Allan Poe. Best remembered as the dark, brooding voice behind “The Raven,” Poe was far more than a master of the macabre. This episode reveals a witty, charming, and surprisingly scientific thinker whose personality—and ideas—challenge everything you thought you knew about him.<br>&nbsp;<br>Please support this podcast by checking out our patreon:<br>www.patreon.com/primarysourcemedia<br>&nbsp;<br>EPISODE LINKS:<br>Chris Semtner – https://chrissemtner.com<br>Haunting Poe: His Afterlife in Richmond and Beyond - https://shop.poemuseum.org/Haunting-Poe-p458518272<br>Edgar Allan Poe Museum - https://poemuseum.org<br>Edgar and Tib - https://www.instagram.com/poemuseumcats/<br>Hop-Frog - https://poestories.com/read/hop-frog<br>The Cask of Amontillado - https://poestories.com/read/amontillado<br>The Tell-Tale Heart - https://poestories.com/read/telltaleheart<br>Three Sundays in a Week - https://www.eapoe.org/works/tales/sundyb.htm<br>Godey’s Lady’s Magazine - https://web.colby.edu/bookhistory2020/2018/03/05/origins-of-godeys-ladys-magazine/<br>Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-Wadsworth-Longfellow<br>C. Auguste Dupin - https://www.britannica.com/topic/C-Auguste-Dupin<br>Mesmerism - https://dictionary.apa.org/mesmerism<br>Andrew Jackson Davis - https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=81671<br>Edgar Cayce - https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/edgar-cayce-ordinary-man-extraordinary-messenger<br>The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar - https://poestories.com/read/facts<br>Mesmer and Swedenborg - https://archive.org/details/mesmerswedenborg00bush<br>Tamerlane - https://poemuseum.org/tamerlane/<br>Al Aaraaf - https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Al_Aaraaf,_Tamerlane_and_Minor_Poems/Al_Aaraaf<br>Eureka: A Prose Poem - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32037<br>Horace Walpole - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Horace-Walpole<br>Ann Radcliffe - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ann-Radcliffe-English-author<br>Ligeia - https://poestories.com/read/ligeia<br>Berenice - https://poestories.com/read/berenice<br>Morella - https://www.eapoe.org/works/tales/mrllah.htm<br>Eleonora - https://poestories.com/read/eleonora<br>The Colloquy of Monos and Una - https://poemuseum.org/the-colloquy-of-monos-and-una/<br>Eulalie - https://poemuseum.org/eulalie/<br>Portrait of Virginia Poe - https://www.eapoe.org/papers/misc1921/deasf76a.htm<br>John Neal - https://www.eapoe.org/pstudies/ps1970/p1974202.htm<br>N.P. Willis - https://whitmanarchive.org/item/encyclopedia_entry110<br>The Assignation - https://poemuseum.org/the-assignation/<br>Sarah J. Hale - https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/sarah-hale<br>The Bells - https://www.eapoe.org/works/mabbott/tom1p101.htm<br>The Fox Sisters - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-fox-sisters-and-the-rap-on-spiritualism-99663697/<br>Horace Greeley - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Horace-Greeley<br>Rufus Griswald - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Rufus-Wilmot-Griswold<br>Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Arthur-Conan-Doyle<br>Sarah Helen Whitman - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sarah-Helen-Power-Whitman<br>Harry Houdini - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Harry-Houdini<br><br><br>PODCAST INFO:<br>Podcast website: 2c4hpod.com<br>Apple Podcasts:<br>https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2-complicated-4-history/id1664183536<br>Spotify:<br>https://open.spotify.com/show/3svQpZfxhVQnYJMESpp842?si=514780ada34d4aab<br>&nbsp;<br>Full episodes playlist:&nbsp; &nbsp;<br>https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLX2x56DEw1y7EYWxfufgfSR951RrdsXet&amp;si=TuDcpAjaeQx-vjkH<br>&nbsp;<br>SOCIAL:<br>- Facebook:<br>https://www.facebook.com/2c4hPodcast<br>- Instagram:<br>https://www.instagram.com/2c4h_podcast</p>