THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF EDGAR ALLEN POE

1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast

Jon Hagadorn

Society & Culture, History

4.4 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2016

⏱️ 34 minutes

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"the Mysterious Death of Edgar Allen Poe"-On September 7, 1849, Edgar Allen Poe, at the top of his career, kissed his fiance goodbye at his home in Richmond, VA, and began a business trip to Philadelphia. He then dropped out of sight for a week, he was found in Baltimore on October 3rd, inside a bar-turned-polling place, drunk and disheveled, wearing clothes that did not fit him, and unable to speak clearly. He was rushed to a hospital, where he lingered on the edge of insanity for nearly one week,before dying. Theories as to the cause of his death have abounded for decades. His doctor had ordered him not to drink, fearing that a lesion close to his brain could lead to his death. Others suggested he was forced to drink alcohol at the polling place and was a victim of "cooping", by which innocent bystanders were grabbed off the street and forced to drink, then vote multiple times. Still others suspect a variety of causes, from murder to rabies. Even more mysterious is the fact that until recently, and for 80 years, a cloaked man was seen visiting the original grave of Poe every year on the same date, where he would leave three roses and a half drunk bottle of cognac behind. Will he come back next year? Credits: Monica Gil performs Annabel Lee (YouTube) Christopher Lee performs "The Raven" WBAL-TV Baltimore News Report on "the Poe Toaster" May 2018 Check out our new E Book Collection at Amazon! (and leave us a kind review) Thanks! https://www.amazon.com/Classic-Short-Stories-Fireside-Collection-ebook/dp/B07CRW2RZ9/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1525854517&sr=8-4&keywords=kindle+books+1001+classic+short+stories Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:10.8	curious volume of forgotten law, while I nodded nearly napping.
1:17.0	Suddenly, they came a tapping.
1:20.0	As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
1:25.0	Tis some visitor, I muttered.
1:29.0	Tapping at my chamber door.
1:31.0	Only this and nothing more. The death of Edgar Allan Poe was as
1:37.0	mysterious as the stories he wrote. It has remained one of the great
1:40.9	mysteries of the literary world, the strange death of Edgar
1:44.4	Alan Poe at the age of 40, having died perhaps the most famous American horror
1:49.1	writer of all.
1:51.1	Poe's death was the stuff of which mystery is spun.
1:54.2	The acclaimed poet and writer whose poem, The Raven, is one of the world's best known pieces
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