CRACKED: In 1838, future horror-god Edgar Allan Poe released a book called The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, his only full novel. The book was such a bomb that Poe eventually agreed with his critics that it was “a very silly book” (yet still good enough to inspire heavyweights like Jules Verne and Herman Melville to write Moby Dick and An Antarctic Mystery–yes, Poe was a badass). Where it Gets Weird: Poe did a Blair Witch thing with his novel, which claimed to be based on true events. This turned out to be a half-truth: The real life […]