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See larger A flashlight shines on items left on the gravestone of Edgar Allen Poe by people who pretended to be the mysterious 'Poe Toaster' in Baltimore, early Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012. Fans waited long past a midnight dreary to see if the true 'Poe Toaster' would return after a two-year hiatus to leave cognac and roses upon the writer's grave on the anniversary of his birth, or whether the tradition had reached an end. The 'Poe Toaster' was a no-show for a third year. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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A flashlight shines on items left on the gravestone of Edgar Allen Poe by people who pretended to be the mysterious "Poe Toaster" in Baltimore, early Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012. Fans waited long past a midnight dreary to see if the true "Poe Toaster" would return after a two-year hiatus to leave cognac and roses upon the writer's grave on the anniversary of his birth, or whether the tradition had reached an end. The "Poe Toaster" was a no-show for a third year. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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  • A flashlight shines on items left on the gravestone of Edgar Allen Poe by people who pretended to be the mysterious 'Poe Toaster' in Baltimore, early Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012. Fans waited long past a midnight dreary to see if the true 'Poe Toaster' would return after a two-year hiatus to leave cognac and roses upon the writer's grave on the anniversary of his birth, or whether the tradition had reached an end. The 'Poe Toaster' was a no-show for a third year. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
  • FILE - This undated file photo shows Edgar Allan Poe. Fans of the writer plan one last vigil for the mysterious 'Poe Toaster,' who for decades has left three roses and a half-empty bottle of cognac at Poe's grave on the anniversary of his birth. But no one has appeared for the last two years, and Poe House and Museum Curator Jeff Jerome says he'll wait one last time for the Toaster before calling an end to the tradition. (AP Photo/File)
  • Jeannette Marxen, from left, Nicole Mooney, Roger Bow and Poe House and Museum Curator Jeff Jerome look at items left in front of Edgar Allan Poe's gravestone by people who pretended to be the mysterious 'Poe Toaster' in Baltimore, early Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012. Fans waited long past a midnight dreary to see if the true 'Poe Toaster' would return after a two-year hiatus to leave cognac and roses upon the writer's grave on the anniversary of his birth, but it appears annual visits to the writer's grave in Baltimore by a mysterious figure called the 'Poe Toaster' shall occur nevermore. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
  • FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2008 file photo, Jeff Jerome, curator of the Poe House and Museum, poses next to items left at the original grave site of author Edgar Allan Poe by the 'Poe Toaster' in Baltimore. Fans of the writer plan one last vigil for the mysterious visitor, who for decades has left three roses and a half-empty bottle of cognac at Poe's grave on the anniversary of his birth. But no one has appeared for the last two years, and Jerome says he'll wait one last time for the Toaster before calling an end to the tradition. (AP Photo/Rob Carr, File)
  • A monument containing the remains of writer Edgar Allan Poe stands in a graveyard on the morning of the anniversary of his birth in Baltimore, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012. Fans waited long past a midnight dreary to see if the mysterious 'Poe Toaster' would return after a two-year hiatus to leave cognac and roses upon the writer's original grave nearby, but it appears annual visits to the writer's grave in Baltimore by a mysterious figure called the 'Poe Toaster' shall occur nevermore. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
  • FILE - This Jan. 19, 2008 file photo shows the original grave of Edgar Allan Poe with a half-empty bottle of cognac and three roses left by a mysterious visitor in Baltimore. Fans of the writer plan one last vigil for the 'Poe Toaster,' who for decades has left three roses and a half-empty bottle of cognac at Poe's grave on the anniversary of his birth. But no one has appeared for the last two years, and Poe House and Museum Curator Jeff Jerome says he'll wait one last time for the Toaster before calling an end to the tradition. (AP Photo/Rob Carr, File)
  • Jeff Jerome, top left, curator of the Poe House and Museum, and Jeannette Marxen stand watch at a window in Westminster Hall, which overlooks the grave of Edgar Allan Poe in Baltimore, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012, as they wait to see if the mysterious 'Poe Toaster' will return after a two-year hiatus to leave cognac and roses upon the writer's grave on the anniversary of his birth. The 'Poe Toaster' was a no-show for a third year. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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