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The series uses Poes titular short story as a present-day backdrop for the majority of the series.
The preacher reads out passages from four different Poe works two poems and two short stories.
LigeiaIt makes sense the shows fictional painkiller Ligodone would derive from this short story about an opium addict.
We see the raven again after the funeral in 2023 when Roderick collapses and murmurs, Its time.
MetzengersteinThe chemist who developed Ligodone is named Metzer, a shortening of Metzengerstein.
But this isnt a huge episode for Dupin, who doesnt do much detective work in this show anyway.
The Masque of the Red DeathCamilles positive PR involves painting Prospero as Americas fallen prince.
Its quite possibly the shows eeriest, most distinct angle on a Poe story.
The Premature BurialVictorines actual name comes from this short story about the fear of being buried alive.
The story largely revolves around cryptography and helped popularize cryptograms.
William WilsonSpeaking of which, Tamerlanes husband also happens to be the protagonist of Poes doppelganger story.
Bill-T himself doesnt have a doppelganger in the series, but Tammy does: Verna (a.k.a.
Candy), the sex worker she thinks is trying to steal her husband and take over her life.
(Corman directed an adaptation of The Fall of the House of Usher only a year before.)
BereniceReaders were horrified by the violence of this short story when it was first published.
(Ive been waiting so long for nevermore.)
The Fortunato name origin makes even more sense now.
