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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Episode III - Summer Reading PoeGram Vol 3
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Send us a Text Message. Summer time for vacations, with family or friends. Time for riding your bike till you just can’t anymore. Time for picnics and reading a good book by the poolside. The end of summer will soon be here. If you didn’t see any books that caught your eye, here are some we think you would really enjoy. But don’t take our word for …
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Send us a Text Message. Summer, time for vacations, with family or friends. Time for riding your bike till you just can’t anymore. Time for picnics and reading a good book by the poolside. The end of summer will soon be here. If you didn’t see any books that caught your eye, here are some we think you would really enjoy. But don’t take our word for…
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Episode II - Summer Reading PoeGram Vol 2
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Send us a Text Message. Summer, time for vacations, with family or friends. Time for riding your bike till you just can’t anymore. Time for picnics and reading a good book by the poolside. The end of summer will soon be here. If you didn’t see any books that caught your eye, here are some we think you would really enjoy. But don’t take our word for…
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Poe Places Crossover with The 6 Degrees of Edgar Allan Poe
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Send us a Text Message. In this special episode, Levi and Virginia are special guests to their Sister PoeCast, The 6 Degrees of Edgar Allan Poe. In this latest installment of Poe Places, they discuss the significance of Rhode Island and Sarah Helen Whitman in the life of our beloved poet. For more from Carmen and Jeannie, visit them on Spotify and …
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Edgar’s Gothic Birthday Tea Party 2024
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Send us a Text Message. In this special episode, Levi and Virginia receive a special invitation from their sister Poecast, The Six Degrees of Poe to celebrate Edgar’s 215th birthday. So raise a cup, with pinkies to the birthday lad! Next week, Levi and Virginia get back with Season 3!By Levi Leland & Virginia Poe
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Send us a Text Message. Death was often a subject of Victorian literature. Many of Poe’s best known works are no exception. Levi and Virginia have a conversation with author, Sharon Pajka inside of Westminster Burial Grounds about her upcoming book, The Souls Close to Edgar Allan Poe.
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Episode XIV- The Poerates Of The Carolinas
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Send us a Text Message. Treasure and puzzles and pirates…Oh MY! Today Levi and Virginia touch on The Gold Bug in honor of its 180th anniversary.
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Send us a Text Message. This week, Levi and Virginia time travel back to the The TellTale SteamPunk Festival. The Poe-tastic Two (Jeanie and Carmen from The Six Degrees Of Poe Podcast) join them for the second of the festival exclusive episodes.
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Send us a Text Message. This episode was a special taping, exclusively at The Tell Tale Steampunk Festival in Baltimore, Maryland. In this episode Levi and Virginia ask an age old question to our studio audience. (Yep…we had folks come and join for the show!) Was Poe a time traveler???By Levi Leland & Virginia Poe
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Send us a Text Message. April Fools, what a day. Today we share with you a smattering of your hosts goof ups and frustrations. Ok, let’s face it, Virginia is the one will the difficulties. And yes, she freely admits it. Enjoy!By Levi Leland & Virginia Poe
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Episode X - The Price of Poe : The Oblong Box
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Send us a Text Message. As we conclude the month of Price and Poe, we cover our namesake…The Oblong Box.
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Episode IX - The Price of Poe : The Tomb of Ligeia
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Send us a Text Message. Levi and Virginia are back again to discuss the story of Ligeia and the 1964 Corman adaptation. Special guest, Mel Grosvenor joins our gruesome twosome for todays episode.
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Episode VIII - The Price of Poe : The Fall of The House of Usher
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode Levi and Virginia compare and contrast The House of Usher and its movie counterpart. So grab your left over Halloween candy and your favorite beverage while we reminisce about a very troubled home. And don’t act like you don’t know what we are talking about. We know where you keep your plunder!! Warning : Thi…
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Episode VII - The Price Of Poe : Vincent and The Poet
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Send us a Text Message. We are halfway to Halloween this month. Join Levi and Virginia as they reflect on the late, great Vincent Price and his connection to Poe in the first installment of The Price of Poe series.
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Episode VI - For The Love Of Poe II : All Lovers Lost
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Send us a Text Message. As we close out the 2023 installments of For The Love Of Poe, Levi and Virginia discuss the ultimate poem of lost love, The Raven.By Levi Leland & Virginia Poe
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Episode V - For The Love Of Poe II: The Prettiest Starr
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Send us a Text Message. In the third installment for this years For The Love Of Poe, we turn our attention to Mary Starr. Our producer Elliot makes another guest appearance. Disclaimer: We are not exactly sure what happened with Virginia’s audio for this episode, but it is a bit choppy. Please forgive us. We tried our best to fix it and due to even…
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Episode IV - For The Love Of Poe II : First And Last And Always
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Send us a Text Message. In this installment of For The Love Of Poe, Levi and Virginia discuss Edgar's first and last love, Sarah Elmira Royster Shelton.
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Episode III - For The Love Of Poe II : All The World’s A Stage
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Send us a Text Message. Welcome to the first chapter in our second installment of For The Love Of Poe! Today Levi and Virginia bring a spot light to center stage, as they discuss the renowned Eliza Poe and the lives of 19th century actors.By Levi Leland & Virginia Poe
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Send us a Text Message. Happy Birthday Oblong Box!!! This episode marks a year since our debut. We are so glad we got here! On the eve of the anniversary of Virginia’s passing, we discuss the rumored images and the true images of the late Mrs. Poe.By Levi Leland & Virginia Poe
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Send us a Text Message. Levi and Virginia have been on a longish hiatus, but its over now. Today they discuss the truth & legend behind Edgar’s time at West Point and The Pale Blue Eye.
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Send us a Text Message. We think this title speaks for itself! Guest host Britt Reno (Poe House alumn) joins Virginia as they discuss Poe and his influence in various musical genres. Follow Britt on FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/Brittroxhair Britt’s podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/3eJmQR07kJod1WN9LiefBZ…
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Send us a Text Message. In today’s episode, we discuss the possible Irish connection in Hop-Frog.By Levi Leland & Virginia Poe
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Send us a Text Message. Probably the shortest episode of this cast that will ever exist! Today we talk about Poe and his ancestors. Virginia is on her own this week and the cats are not cooperating!!By Levi Leland & Virginia Poe
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Send us a Text Message. We think this title speaks for itself! But in case you don’t know much about the man who conjured up the most commonly misconceived facts about Poe, this one is for you.By Levi Leland & Virginia Poe
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Epsidoe VI - Listener Questions Answered!
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Send us a Text Message. Levi and Virginia field burning questions from listeners (does Edgar think Nicolas Cage is a goth?). Guest host, Elliot, chimes in. Repeatedly.By Levi Leland & Virginia Poe
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Episode V - For The Love Of Poe: From Helen
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Send us a Text Message. 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.By Levi Leland & Virginia Poe
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Episode IV - For The Love Of Poe: We Loved With A Love
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Send us a Text Message. 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.By Levi Leland & Virginia Poe
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Episode III - For The Love Of Poe: Be My Valentine?
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Send us a Text Message. Today we cover Virginia’s valentine to her husband. We also talk about the darker side of Valentine’s Day in the 1800s.By Levi Leland & Virginia Poe
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Episode II - For the Love of Poe: Undying Love
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Send us a Text Message. To kick off the month of love Virginia and Levi discuss Eleonora and courtship etiquette of the 1800s.By Levi Leland & Virginia Poe
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Episode I - Behind The Mask of Crimson Death : Virginia and The White Plague
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Send us a Text Message. 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.By Levi Leland & Virginia Poe
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Send us a Text Message. 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.By Levi Leland & Virginia Poe
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