Beyond The Oblong Box

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 it…Welcome back to the BToB Summer Reading PoeGram. Today we share some of our favorite Poe related books for the young and the young at heart.

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 it…Welcome back to the BToB Summer Reading PoeGram. We just love Gris Grimly and could not help ourselves. Join us in as we journey into the 2009 publication, Tales of Death and Dementia! 

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 it…Welcome to the official start of Season III for Beyond the Oblong Box. And what a better way to do that than share summer reading recommendations with our listeners. Join us, in this multi volume series we like to call Summer Reading PoeGram. In Vol 1, we crack open Gris Grimly's Tales of Mystery and Madness. Find more about Gris Grimly grisgrimly.com madcreator.com

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 all major podcast platforms by searching the The 6 Degrees of Edgar Allan Poe.sixdegreesofpoe.com

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! 

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.

Treasure and puzzles and pirates…Oh MY! Today Levi and Virginia touch on The Gold Bug in honor of its 180th anniversary.

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.

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??? 

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!

As we conclude the month of Price and Poe, we cover our namesake…The Oblong Box. 

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. 

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 : This episode contains SPOILERS for the story and the movie!! 

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.

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.

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 events and previous engagements we had zero time to re-record. 

In this installment of For The Love Of Poe, Levi and Virginia discuss Edgar's first and last love,  Sarah Elmira Royster Shelton.

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.

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. 

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.

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/BrittroxhairBritt's podcast:https://open.spotify.com/show/3eJmQR07kJod1WN9LiefBZ

In today's episode, we discuss the possible Irish connection in Hop-Frog.  

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!!  

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.

Levi and Virginia field burning questions from listeners (does Edgar think Nicolas Cage is a goth?). Guest host, Elliot, chimes in. Repeatedly.

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. 

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. 

Today we cover Virginia's valentine to her husband. We also talk about the darker side of Valentine's Day in the 1800s. 

To kick off the month of love Virginia and Levi discuss Eleonora and courtship etiquette of the 1800s.  

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. 

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.