The Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe | USA
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Edgar Allan Poe died under bizarre circumstances in 1849. Nearly two centuries later, the mystery of his final days endures.
In October 1849, one of America's greatest writers was found delirious on the streets of Baltimore, wearing someone else's clothes and unable to explain how he had ended up there. Four days later, Edgar Allan Poe was dead. He was just 40 years old.
No death certificate survives, no autopsy was performed, and the medical records have long since disappeared. Over the past 175 years, countless theories have emerged, ranging from alcohol poisoning and disease to political election fraud, robbery and even murder.
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Resources
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The Edgar Allan Poe Society
Encyclopedia Virginia
Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore
Poe Museum
Articles
Here at last he is happy – The Death and Burial of Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar A. Poe: Mournful and Never-ending Remembrance
University of Maryland – 175 Years Later, Mystery Still Shrouds Poe’s Death
Murder or Madness: What Really Killed Edgar Allen Poe?
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