The writers of "The Fall of the House of Usher" have incorporated several elements from Poe's real life into the show as an admiration borrow. Roderick and Madeline's mother is named Eliza (Annabeth Gish), which also happens to be the name of Poe's mother. Other hard-to-spot Easter eggs include house numbers that are relevant to Poe. In the flashback scenes, the childhood home has the house number "1849," which happens to be the year Poe died. Their full address appears on Verna's pseudo persona Pamela Clemm's ID, reading "1849, Reynolds Street," which further serves as another nod to Poe's last moments. It's fabled that the writer kept repeating the name "Reynolds" in a state of delirium right before he passed away. However, what exactly that means remains a mystery all these years later. Furthermore, Clemm was the maiden name of Poe's wife and first cousin, Virginia Poe, whom he married when she was only 13 while he was a 27-year-old.
Similarly, the house of William Longfellow (Robert Longstreet), the former CEO of Fortunato, has the number "2640" affixed to it, a swift nod to the home address where Poe lived in his final years — 2640 Grand Concourse, The Bronx.
Additionally, a few of the characters' names are real-life people Poe knew. The judge overseeing the present-day trial against the Usher family is named John Neal (Nicholas Lea), which was the name of the critic who helped put Poe on the map. On the other hand, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow inspired Mr. Longfellow's name. He was a fellow writer whom Poe accused of rehashing his original work.
