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
Web
The Edgar Allan Poe Society (https://www.eapoe.org/geninfo/poedeath.htm?utm_source=chatgpt.com)
Encyclopedia Virginia (https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/poe-edgar-allan-1809-1849/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)
Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore (https://www.eapoe.org/)
Poe Museum (https://poemuseum.org/)
Articles
Here at last he is happy – The Death and Burial of Edgar Allan Poe (https://www.mdhistory.org/here-at-last-he-is-happy-the-death-and-burial-of-edgar-allan-poe/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)
Edgar A. Poe: Mournful and Never-ending Remembrance (https://archive.org/details/edgarpoe00kenn)
University of Maryland – 175 Years Later, Mystery Still Shrouds Poe’s Death (https://catalystmag.umaryland.edu/rooted-in-history-175-years-later-mystery-still-shrouds-poes-death/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)
Murder or Madness: What Really Killed Edgar Allen Poe?
(https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/edgar-allan-poe-death-mystery?)
Created & Produced by Sonya Lowe
Narrated by Noel Vinson
Music: "Nordic Medieval" by Marcus Bressler
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This True Crime Podcast was researched using open-source or archive materials.