George Figgs is a musician, Painter, “Dreamlander” actor, film projectionist/exhibitor/historian, Operator of the beloved Orpheum Cinema, lifelong Poe scholar, boulevardier, bon vivant and raconteur.

In this provocative and elegantly written literary investigation, the mystery of Edgar Allan Poe’s final days is reopened with fresh evidence, hard-won research, and a detective’s eye for the overlooked. Challenging long-held myths and official versions, The Poe Mystery uncovers the enemies, clues, and missing pieces behind one of literature’s great unsolved mysteries.