Hamilton it s a mystery the father of detective fiction may have penned himself.
Edgar allan poe died drunk in a gutter.
Poe likely died of rabies.
Griswold who became the literary executor of poe s estate was actually a rival of poe and later published his first full biography depicting him as a depraved drunk drug addled madman.
The telltale facts suggest rabies instead.
William henry leonard poe was edgar s older brother by two years who may also have died of tuberculosis.
The attending physician dr.
Kennedy wrote on october 10 1849.
Edgar allan poe didn t die drunk in a baltimore gutter according to the first scientific study of the writer s final days.
Theories about the exact cause of death include excessive drinking rabies heart failure and.
Poe died in town here at the hospital from the effects of a debauch.
As his close friend j.
Michael benitez a cardiologist who practices a block from poe s.
On a dark and stormy election night in 1849 a newspaperman hurrying to ryan s 4 th ward polling place in baltimore came upon a man lying in a gutter outside the public hall.
Much of the evidence for this image of poe is believed to have been forged by griswold and though friends of poe denounced it 4 this interpretation had lasting impact.
Moran reported the cause of death as phrenitis an antiquated term for swelling or congestion of the brain.
Hours before his death edgar allan poe was found in the gutter disheveled and raving nov 8 2017 e l.
We ve all heard the stories about the death of american writer edgar allan poe.
Michael benitez a cardiologist who practices a mere block from the writer s grave says it s true that the master of the macabre was seen in a bar on lombard street on an election day dreary in october 1849 delirious and possibly wearing somebody else s soiled clothes.
Edgar allan poe did not die drunk in a gutter in baltimore but rather had rabies a new study suggests.
On tuesday last edgar a.
Poe died in 1849 in baltimore s washington college hospital after having disappeared for several days.
It has never been substantiated that poe was found in the gutter.
He fell in with some companion here.
The writer died at 5 00 a m.
A hopeless alcoholic poe died at age 40 drunk in a gutter in baltimore a victim of his debauched lifestyle.
Even though poe was completely addicted to alcohol many times he tried very hard to fight against his alcoholism.
