The Enigma Files

The Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe


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In October 1849, literary icon Edgar Allan Poe was found delirious on the streets of Baltimore—dressed in another man’s clothes and muttering a single, haunting name. Four days later, he was dead. No autopsy. No clear cause. Was it alcohol, illness, political foul play—or something darker? In this episode of The Enigma Files we uncover the final, bewildering days of Poe’s life and the enduring mystery that still shadows his genius.

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The Enigma FilesBy Tony Moraco. Paul Lambert