Levi Leland & Virginia Poe

Beyond The Oblong Box

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Beyond The Oblong Box is a podcast born of a need to eliminate misinformation about Edgar Allan Poe. Join your hosts Levi Leland and Virginia Poe as they discuss the loves, life, works, and the world in which Poe once resided.

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Levi Leland & Virginia Poe

Episodes

Episode V - For The Love Of Poe: From Helen 27.02.2022 28:57

Send us Fan Mail In this edition of BtOB your hosts share one final romantic jester for the month of February. Levi tells a story of courtship between Edgar and Sarah Helen Whitman and Virginia reads her valentine poem to Edgar.

Episode IV - For The Love Of Poe: We Loved With A Love 20.02.2022 32:13

Send us Fan Mail Where did you get those eyes? In this episode, Levi and Virginia talk about Eye Miniatures (Lover’s Eyes) and the bright eyes of Annabel Lee.

Episode III - For The Love Of Poe: Be My Valentine? 13.02.2022 48:22

Send us Fan Mail Today we cover Virginia’s valentine to her husband. We also talk about the darker side of Valentine’s Day in the 1800s.

Episode II - For the Love of Poe: Undying Love 06.02.2022 48:22

Send us Fan Mail To kick off the month of love Virginia and Levi discuss Eleonora and courtship etiquette of the 1800s.

Episode I - Behind The Mask of Crimson Death : Virginia and The White Plague 30.01.2022 48:20

Send us Fan Mail Virginia Clemm Poe, wife of Edgar Allan, died at the age of 24 due to tuberculosis (The White Plague). In this episode we look back on her brief life and the disease which was a Victorian fashion statement.

Prologue - Beyond The Oblong Box 29.01.2022 9:07

Send us Fan Mail Where is the heart beat coming from? Who are Levi and Virginia? How did Edgar die? Who is the long lost Lenore? How did we get here? May I have a cuppa tea? Discover what lies Beyond The Oblong Box, Sundays at 3pm EST.