116. The Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe

Many of you probably had to read the Raven, the Tell-Tale Heart, the Masque of Red Death, or Anabel Lee in school by the author, Edgar Allen Poe. It’s likely you even learned about his tragic and somewhat controversial life as well as him having an interest in the macabre. However, you were probably never taught about the strange circumstances around Edgar Allen Poe’s death and to this day, no one knows for sure how he died.

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