The Tell-Tale Heart of Richmond

The Tell-Tale Heart of Richmond is a virtual tour of the historic town where Edgar Allan Poe grew up, fell in love, socialized, and worked. It will be a 45-minute virtual, live-streamed event directly from Richmond and allow viewers to interact with the guide and others. The tours are tip-supported. “Tip-Supported” means that they are offered free of charge to make them more accessible to everyone, but tipping the guides is a welcome way to “support” them and enable them to offer more tours. These events are made possible through a partnership with the Poe Museum and Heygo/Virtualtrips. Click here for more details and to reserve a spot.

Upcoming tour dates:

Tuesday, April 20, 2021 @ 4:00 PM EST
Thursday, April 29, 2021 @ 3:00 PM EST

About the tour

One of America's most famous writers grew up in the historic heart of Richmond–and we will explore it on this tour! Join Dean Knight, Programs Coordinator at the Poe Museum, on a tour of Richmond's oldest neighborhoods and their connections to Edgar Allan Poe, the author of “The Tell-Tale Heart”, “The Raven”, “The Cask of Amontillado”, and many others.

We'll see St. John's Church, where Patrick Henry gave his revolutionary “Give me liberty or give me death” speech, view all of downtown Richmond from a spectacular raven's perch, dig into the buried history of Virginia's first Jewish cemetery, and glimpse at the secrets of the oldest Masonic Hall in the United States. Along the way Dean, who is also an accomplished stage actor, will recite from some of Poe's greatest works.

Meet your local guide

Dean Knight

The Poe Museum is the world's finest collection of artifacts relating to the life and work of Edgar Allan Poe and is located in Poe's hometown of Richmond, Virginia, USA.

Dean Knight is the Programs Coordinator at the Poe Museum and as such is in charge of tours and programs for school and adult groups. He has over twenty years of experience giving and supervising tours at the Poe and three Richmond history museums, and is also a regional stage actor.

Dean Knight has been guiding since Apr 2015