The mysterious death of Edgar Allan Poe
Throughout the centuries since his death on October 7, 1849, countless historians and Edgar Allan Poe enthusiasts have tried to unravel the mystery of his death, but a lot of the details are still vague up to this day. Despite the puzzling nature of his demise, there are at least a few facts that have emerged in the said investigations.
For one, he was still alive and well days before the incident when he left his house in Richmond, Virginia; he was supposed to travel to Philadelphia to edit a friend’s collection of poems. A few days later, on October 3, 1849, he was found wandering the streets outside a public tavern in Baltimore; he was semi-conscious and delirious and wearing clothes that were ill-fitting and didn’t seem to be his at all.
