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Traveling Edgar Allan Poe speakeasy coming to these 3 Central Florida cities

Each Poe story will feature a four-part cocktail experience

1849: Author and poet Edgar Allan Poe, best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, dies at the age of 40 in Baltimore, Maryland. He had been found delirious in a gutter four days earlier under mysterious circumstances and his exact cause of death remains a mystery. Some of his most famous works include the poem "The Raven" and the short stories "The Cask of Amontillado," "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," "The Pit and the Pendulum" and "The Tell-Tale Heart." (Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-10610)

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The Edgar Allan Poe Cocktail Experience, a “chilling cocktail experience dedicated to the stories” of the American writer, is coming to three Central Florida cities in September.

According to organizers, the 21+ event takes place inside of a dark speakeasy and will feature four of his most famous stories, “retold and reimagined by our Poe historians.”

Be prepared to hear “The Tell-Tale Heart”, “The Raven”, “The Masque of Red Death” and “The Black Cat”.

Each story will feature a four-part cocktail experience with the following drinks: The Pale Blue Eye, Cocktail of Red Death, Edgar’s Twisted Brandy Milk Punch and The Nevermore.

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Reservations are restricted to a small number of guests for the 90-minute experience, organizers said. The experience takes place for two nights in each city.

The Central Florida stops are:

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