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                                     Ghostly Tour
      Dark of night and an old but ying ground
 are the stuff of which spine-tingling adven-
 tuires are made. Add to that tile grave of
 one of tile world's best-known writers of
 morbid tales, and you have the potential
 for it scary Halloween experience.
      1`he first two ingredients can be found
 anywhere. But only in Baltimore can you
 find the grave of Edgar Allan floe.
      It was a rainy October day in 1849 when
 Poe was laid to rest in a back corner of the
 old Westminster Burying Ground in Balti-
 more. lie had stopped in, tile city on his
 way from Richmond to New York and had
 been found lying in a doorway on Lout-
 bar(.] Street. He lingered in delirium for
 live days, dying on October 7 at the age
 of 40.
      In 1875 the schoolchildren of Baltimore
 raised money for a monument to Poe, and
 at that time his remains were moved to a
 more prominent spot, just inside the cenic-
 rely gate at the corner of Fayette and
 Greene Streets, The monument will be
 rededicated during ceremonies on No-
 vember 17,
      Two activities take place before that,
 though. Beginning at 1: 30 a. in, on October
 27, Baltimore Rent-a-Tour offers an In-
 sorrinkic Tour that stops in the cemetery.
 Participants will visit the catacombs under
 Westminster []all, which was once used as
 it church, and have a glass of sherry during
 a poetry reading of "Annabel Lee" at
 Poe's grave.
      Then, on October 31, the Westminster
 Preservation Trust, Inc., which takes care
 of the cemetery and Westminster Hall,
 ushers in Halloween with an open house.
 Jlie prograrn is geared toward children,
 and refreshments are served.
      A walk through the grounds surround-
 ing Westminster Hall Arriost seems like a
 stroll through Baltimore's history. The
 city's first mayor, as well as three later
 ones, is buried here. So, too, are 15 gener-
 als of' the American Revolution and the
 War of 1812.
      The most popular grave, though, is that
 of Poe. There's a certain mystique about
 the man who wrote such deep, dark tales,
 What was he doing in Baltimore when he
 died'? 71he question has never been satis-
 factorily answered. And who, since 1949,
 has left it half-empty bottle of cognac and
 three red roses on his grave every January
 19, the date of his birth?
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      For infoirnation about guided tours of
 tile Westminster Burying Ground, contact
 Westminster Preservation Trust, Inc., 500
 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Mary-
 land 21201; or telephone (301) 528-2070.

      For information about the Insomniac
 Tour, contact Baltimore Rent-a-Tour,
 3414 Philips Drive, Baltimore, Maryland
 21208@ or telephone (301) 653-2998@
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 notablefiguresftorn the city's history. PhotDqraphs: Kim Mcnas
 Perhaps theniostfamousperson buried
 at Westminster was Edgar Allan Poe. His grave
 (below) lies jiist inside the gate at the
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