Thinking Sideways: The Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe

Shattered Souls

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🗓️ 5 February 2015

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

October 7,1849, is a date many people are well acquainted with. Five days prior, renowned poet Edgar Allan Poe was found delirious and in need of "immediate assistance". On the 7th, he died. The events leading up to his October 3rd discovery are widely disputed, and Poe himself was never able to explain what had happened to him. His death remains a mystery to this day.

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0:00.0	I don't understand.
0:07.0	It's a bit of a fake of the formula.
0:14.0	What?
0:15.0	Stories of things we simply don't know the answer to.
0:21.0	Deep into the darkness, peering.
0:23.0	Long I stood there wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dare to dream before.
0:29.0	Hey guys, what's up?
0:31.0	Sling sideways the podcast.
0:33.0	Yeah.
0:34.0	I'm Devon joined as always by...
0:37.0	Joe.
0:38.0	And Steve.
0:39.0	Tonight we're talking about the somehow still mysterious death of Edgar Allan Poe.
0:45.0	You didn't know his death was an unsolved mystery, did you?
0:49.0	Uh, yeah I did.
0:50.0	No!
0:51.0	Well I saw that really terrible John QSAC movie The Raven years ago, so...
0:56.0	Yeah, I didn't see that.
0:57.0	I didn't see that either.
0:59.0	Oh, I would highly recommend that you don't.
1:01.0	Okay, well...
1:02.0	It starts with a letter that reads...
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