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Hidden History with Dr. Harini Bhat

The Death of Edgar Allan Poe: Fraud, Disease, Or Murder?

July 13 · 35 min · Episode 10 · 67.6 MB
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On October 3, 1849, Edgar Allan Poe was found delirious outside a Baltimore polling place, wearing a stranger's clothes, with no memory of the previous five days. Four days later, he was dead at 40... and no autopsy was ever performed. Over 26 theories have been proposed, from rabies and tuberculosis to political cooping and targeted violence.

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