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One Strange Thing: True Paranormal Mysteries

Laurah Norton

Paranormalpodcast, History, True Crime, Paranormal, Mystery

4.6 • 763 Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2021

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Every student of literature has studied the work of American romantic writer Edgar Allan Poe--but no one, so far, has fully unpacked the truth behind his mysterious death. Enjoy this bonus Patreon-exclusive episode from One Strange Thing, and join our Patreon to binge eight other premium episodes—plus experience a fresh one each month! You'll also get premium blogs and plenty of other fun content. One Strange Thing: True Paranormal Mysteries explores the archives of the unexplained, blending rigorous historical research with a wry, skeptical wit to investigate true supernatural stories and baffling mysteries that made headlines. Dive into our Episode Mystery Archive — a curated, topic-organized source for documented hauntings, UFO sightings, cryptids, folklore, and bizarre true mysteries. Check it out here! https://www.onestrangethingpodcast.com/episodes-by-topic-mystery-archive To sign up for our feed--which also offers early, ad-free access to regular episodes, visit: https://www.patreon.com/OneStrangeThing Works Cited: N/A, "Chronology of the Life of Edgar Allan Poe." Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore Snodgrass, Joseph E. "Sketches of Eminent Men. Edgar Allen Poe." The Saturday Express,1855. N/A, "Poe's Tragic Death." Morristown Gazette Mail. 1933. Davis, Jack F. "Did Election Mob. . ." Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1949. Davis, Jack F. "Some Biographies Claim. . ." Democrat and Chronicle, 1949. N/A, "Death of Edgar A Poe." The Baltimore Sun, 1 Francis, Roger A. "The Final Days . . ." Omega: Journal of Death & Dying, vol. 60, no. 2, Aug. 2009, pp. 165–173. Crenson, Mat. "Master of Macabre. . " The Monitor, 1996. N/A, "DEATH OF EDGAR A POE." The Baltimore Sun, 2018. N/A, "Edgar A. Poe." Vicksburg Daily Whig, 1849. Gelling, Natasha. "The (Still) Mysterious Death. . ." Smithsonian Magazine. "mania a potu." Oxford University Press. Lexico.com. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? We have partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. They're great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email sales@advertisecast.com or click the link below to get started. https://www.advertisecast.com/OneStrangeThing

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0:00.0	Hey there, strangers. We thought we'd surprise you during this off week with a special bonus feed drop, a preview of the kind of premium material we release in our Patreon feed. Each month, we put out a Patreon-only episode of one strange thing, covering more well-known and famous cases of the strange, inexplicable, and downright bizarre.
0:23.7	And we even let our listeners vote on their favorite topics.
0:28.2	You can also find a premium blog write-up each month, sharing a forgotten story from the archives,
0:34.6	and plenty of fun news snippets that couldn't quite make a whole episode,
0:39.2	but that we couldn't resist sharing either.
0:41.9	We hope you'll enjoy this surprise release of The Poet,
0:45.7	written by the author of all of our Patreon episodes, Liv Fallon,
0:50.0	and consider joining us over there for lots more good, clean, and very weird fun.
1:01.1	I'm Laura Norton, and this is one strange thing, the show where we search the nation's
1:07.3	news archives for stories that can't quite be explained.
1:22.4	For today's story, we went back to the dark ages.
1:27.1	No, not the medieval ones. We're talking about
1:31.8	America in the 1800s, when newspapers were filled with the gruesome and the gloomy. It was a time
1:40.2	when dark romanticism, the goth cousin of famous works like leaves of grass and Walden,
1:47.8	took hold of the public imagination. And there was no one who could craft the macabre
1:54.4	quite like Edgar Allan Poe. Now, if you're a fan of horror or mysteries, you probably saw this coming, and you are among
2:06.3	friends. If you're new here, buckle up, because the death of Edgar Allan Poe was, and still is, a real-life
2:17.0	mystery. The end of Edgar Allen Poe's life began on Thursday,
2:24.3	September 27, 1849. Poe was in Richmond, Virginia, giving public lectures and gathering donations
2:32.5	for a new literary magazine, The Stylus.
2:37.1	Although Poe was born in Boston, he grew up with his foster parents in Richmond
2:42.0	and frequently returned there for literary work.
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