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Was Edgar Allan Poe trying to name his killer?
In this special Case Reopened mini-episode, The Enigma Files revisits the mysterious death of Edgar Allan Poe — found delirious, wearing another man’s clothes, and muttering a single name: “Reynolds.”
Historians dismissed it as nonsense. But what if Poe wasn’t hallucinating? What if “Reynolds” was one of the coopers — the election gang members who abducted and drugged men on voting day in 1849 Baltimore?
Join us as we reopen the case and explore the chilling possibility that Poe’s final word was the identity of his murderer.
By Tony Moraco. Paul LambertWas Edgar Allan Poe trying to name his killer?
In this special Case Reopened mini-episode, The Enigma Files revisits the mysterious death of Edgar Allan Poe — found delirious, wearing another man’s clothes, and muttering a single name: “Reynolds.”
Historians dismissed it as nonsense. But what if Poe wasn’t hallucinating? What if “Reynolds” was one of the coopers — the election gang members who abducted and drugged men on voting day in 1849 Baltimore?
Join us as we reopen the case and explore the chilling possibility that Poe’s final word was the identity of his murderer.