The (Still) Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe

The (Still) Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe

Was the famous author killed from a beating? From carbon monoxide poisoning? From alcohol withdrawal? Here are the top nine theories

“Edgar Allan Poe turned all literature upside down,” writes Mariana Enriquez. The three letters of his surname immediately refer to the sinister: Poe is alive buried people, languishing women returning from death, collapsing mansions or ravens tormenting with the word nevermore. Horrors that, many times, more than with the supernatural, ghosts or cosmic gods, have to do with the fears that surround the threshold of the Beyond or the inner demons…