“And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor/Shall be lifted—nevermore!” - a line from one of Edgar Allan Poe’s most famous poems, The Raven, and it eerily shadows his mysterious death. You’ve probably heard of Poe and his literary career and fame, but have you ever heard the backstory of his tragic life and mysterious death?
Sources for this episode:
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edgar-Allan-Poe
https://npg.si.edu/blog/edgar-allan-poe-america%E2%80%99s-doomed-genius
https://www.nps.gov/articles/poe-death.htm
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/edgar-allan-poe
https://www.eapoe.org/index.htm
https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/the-mysterious-death-of-edgar-allan-poe-29e1b2bd2e0d
https://www.eapoe.org/balt/poegrave.htm
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48860/the-raven
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/still-mysterious-death-edgar-allan-poe-180952936/
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/edgar-allan-poe-death-mystery
