Edgar Allen Poe: The man behind the Macabre

By Robertogomez13

  • Edgar Allen Poe Born

    January 19th , 1809

  • Dad Leaves Family

    Edgar's dad left his family when he was 1 year old

  • Mom passes away

    Mom passes away from TB in December 8th, Edgar was not even 3 years old yet

  • Edgar adopted

    He soon got Adopted by the Allen family

  • Childhood love

    First childhood love dies by brain cancer when he was 15

  • Foster Mom

    Foster Mom gets TB while Foster father has affairs

  • Bording School

    1827 Foster father sends him to bording school

  • Goes to Boston

    Flees to Boston to join the army as Edgar Perry

  • Foster Mom dies

    1829 Foster mom dies of TB

  • Moves in with Aunt

    1831 moves in with Aunt and 8 year old Cousin, Virginia

  • Foster Father Dies

    1834 Foster father dies and leaves Edgar Ungrateful

  • Leaves Aunt

    1835 he Leaves his aunts home and gets a job as a editor

  • Falls in Love

    falls in love with 12 year old cousin and gets married with her

  • The After Death

    He is very interested in the after life and death because he is surrounded by it

  • Wrote first detective story

    He wrote the very first detective story in 1841 titled The Murders in the Rue Morge

  • Virgina gets TB

    Wife/Cousin (Virgina) Gets TB

  • Alcoholic

    He starts to become a ragging Alcoholic

  • Found Unconscious

    He is found in the street in Baltimore unconscious October 3rd, 1849

  • Founded unusual

    Found wearing someone else cloth and seemed like drudged

  • He dies

    October 7th, 1849 he wakes up and says "God help my soul" for his last word and dies