The Godfather of Our Collective True Crime Obsession: The Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe

Send us Fan Mail Edgar Allan Poe spent his career writing about murder, madness, mysterious deaths, and detectives searching for answers. Then, in 1849, Poe himself became the subject of a mystery no detective has ever solved. He disappeared during a trip to Baltimore and resurfaced days later in a state of severe distress. He was taken to a hospital, where his condition deteriorated. His doctors couldn't establish a clear cause of death, and Poe never provided a coherent explanation of what ...