One of Poe's more impressive accomplishments is translating Hamlet into French in the same number of lines as the original English. It's a good translation, too.
I grew up being told a family legend that our ancestor killed Poe. In the last few years my wife got really into genealogy and tracked my heritage back to a man named John Hill Hewitt (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hill_Hewitt). He and Poe HATED each other and would compete in writing competitions and bash each other in editorials in papers. My wife found his autobiography and he said something of the effect of "I saw Allen a few days before his death. He apologized for how he'd treated me and we shared a few drinks" Knowing what we now know about alcohol's effects on Poe.....that sounds like exactly something that a person who killed Edgar Allen Poe would write in an autobiography.
Reminds me of an ER doctor's letter I read in a medical journal, about her coming on duty to find a patient who'd been brought in off the street in a shabby state and unable to talk properly. The previous shift had left him to one side thinking he was just a drunk, but the fresh doctor noticed he had good shoes and underwear, so sent him for a brain scan. It saved his life. Makes one wonder about what happens when poor people without good clothes collapse in the street, from strokes or brain tumours. :/
Alarming that any hospital would assume someone is a drunk without checking their sugar and BAC. I once saw a supposed drunk get thrown up against a wall by a cop for taking a swing at an EMT. The EMT said, "Hold him there a second," and offered the guy a glucose tablet. Five minutes later he was totally fine and apologizing to them both as he signed the release paperwork. He was relieved not to have been allowed to hurt anyone and they were relieved to buy him a sandwich and take him home.
@@adde9506 There must be a lot of stories like this about. Certainly in the UK, where A&E staff are so stretched due to doctor shortages, and hospital closures against a background of rapid population increase. I think I have the letter I referred to somewhere, but I can't keep up with keeping my PCs and phones working and up to date, or i could post it. :/
@@spamletspamley672 I worked in a hospital. The question of "Is this person drunk or about to die of hypoglycemia?" is both very fast to answer and incredibly important. And if they're insensate enough that they can't tell you they're drunk, you want to know pretty quickly if they're going to die of alcohol poisoning. No matter how thin you're stretched, you can find five minutes to ascertain if someone is imminently about to die... and then ignore them for being a drunken idiot. I have no doubt it happened, many times, but any recent cases I'm aware of were patients that were so drunk they forgot they were diabetic. Hospital staff make plenty of fatal mistakes, ALL the time, but assuming someone is drunk is like assuming the teenager with their head in their cell phone is going to look before they cross the street.
My mom was a nurse. Once old man was brought in, assumed to be some homeless derelict, until somebody noticed that his fingernails were nicely manicured. Turned out the guy had stumbled out of a car accident days before, and wandered away in a state with a head injury. He was a well-to-do lawyer, and his family had no idea what had happened to him. They were reunited and he recovered.
Poe is one of my favorite authors. His death remaining a mystery is how I think he would've wanted it. The Raven and The Tell Tale Heart are my favorites. Thank You for doing this. Great Writing Ilza!!
A picture of a carbon monoxide detector should pop up in screen whenever the story's theories get a bit off like ghosts, supernatural, hallucinations. And when things get excited there should be a warning banner that reads "get to hospital"
I’d love to see/hear Simon react to the “Missing 411” phenomenon. It has the perfect combination of rational explanations, slightly less rational explanations, and “forest spirits did it” explanations. I think it would be incredibly entertaining to hear him try to wrap his head around some of the wilder theories. I’m personally a proponent of the “murderous feral descendants of homesteaders” explanation 😂
@@Chibichunga I'm not surprised, but an hour of Simon going "A MOUNTAIN LION DID IT, COME ON, THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS BIGFOOT" would be hilarious to me 😂
@@anamkarajoy love me some Ballen, shame he doesnt do them anymore, read a comment somewhere which to me seemed to imply some kind of issues from David Polides(spelling highly speculative), the police officer who came up with the concept, I'm assuming he might have felt mr Ballen told so much so well people might feel no need to buy the books but this is just guesswork based on interpretation of a vague random youtube comment so dont quote me on this but feel free to correct me. Wow that sentence got long. To add to the og comment, further Simon views on missing 411 would definitely be fun some of them are crazy weird, regarding theories I hope for some ancient predators protected by Teddy Roosevelt through the setting up of national parks but sadly it's probably as boring as national parks being f-ing huge as shit and people doing weird/heinous stuff. I dont think Simon will be able to blame carbon monoxide anywhere there tho but maybe rabid people somehow surviving but staying feral? Shit what if I just solved it, I'll need to run this by David..
My first pair of ravens, I named "Edgar" and "Alice". They lived with me here for five years until they were chased away by magpies. Who in turn were chased away by my second pair of ravens: Eddie and Allie. Brilliant, brilliant creatures. 🖤
I have to agree, his death was a culmination of a bunch of things. To be honest, that theory is honestly more heartbreaking than him dying of rabies (which is a terrible death, no doubt!) As always your writers did a wonderful job and you do a great job of presenting.
3:55 - Chapter 1 - The woe of poe 9:30 - Chapter 2 - The wonder of poe 11:30 - Mid roll ads 13:25 - Chapter 3 - A strange disappearnce & mysterious end 19:45 - Chapter 4 - Theories behind his death 20:20 - Chapter 4.1 - Was alcohol to blame 25:10 - Chapter 4.2 - The question of poe's health 28:45 - Chapter 4.3 - Was poe a victim of cooping ? PS: Man, already 10PM ? I'll finish later...
Poe was a master of his craft and I tried so hard to emulate him as a writer. I stand amid the roar Of a surf-tormented shore, And I hold within my hand Grains of the golden sand- How few! yet how they creep Through my fingers to the deep, While I weep-while I weep! O God! can I not grasp Them with a tighter clasp? O God! can I not save One from the pitiless wave? Is all that we see or seem But a dream within a dream?
The big missing factor here is bootleg booze. A HUGE problem in the mid-Atlantic region throughout the 19th and early 20th century. The indirect testing for alcohol via lead level isn’t very useful for 19th century utilitarian earthenware as the glazings containing lead were largely relegated to decorative wares, not the cheap jugs used by bootleggers.
@@--enyo-- Federal Prohibition was the culmination of a century of Conservative demonization of alcohol. Localities had strict laws about the sale and consumption of alcohol and piled special taxes on top to make it more difficult to access. All the piecemeal legislation was effective. In 1808 Americans drank about 7.1 gallons (26 liters) of distilled spirits a year, by 1840 it was down to 3.5 (13 liters) gallons. But as we all know, nobody stops drinking simply because it’s illegal or artificially restricted with cost penalties. Bootleggers were providing about 50% of all the spirits consumed in the US. It was cheaper, easy to get and avoided the shaming groups from the temperance movement that spent the 19th century camped out at retail sprits stores and would record names and call insults and threats to the customers. Speakeasies weren’t a product of Prohibition for the same reason. They had always been available for people who wanted to socialize and drink without having crazy Christian people accosting them. Prohibition only romanticized the lifestyle and culture of black market alcohol.
I've heard the rabies theory, as well. A group of pathologists gather yearly and are given symptoms of famous cases but the patient is unnamed. Fascinating! 🤓
Well, considering he died in the hospital and the records allude to rabies ... I forget the exact term they used...brain consumption? Or something. But it means rabies.
I'm so glad y'all brought up The Toaster! I feel like a lot of people who talk about Poe and the mysteries surrounding him don't mention that mystery! Loved this episode!
You mentioned his attempted suicide using laudanum a year previous. There were at least 3 different tinctures of opium including laudanum available without a prescription, and used for colds at this time. Some were poorly marked and 25 times stronger than others. Side-effects were identical to alcohol intoxication. He could have easily mismedicated himself. Also his constant puffy lower eyelids, if not hereditary, could suggest liver problems.
Well don't worry Simon, the infection has to 'establish' itself in your body. There is an incubation time and shots to prevent the infection taking hold during that time. Also it doesn't survive outside of the host body virtually at all. However, if you do catch it full you will 99.99% of the time... die.
@@decodingtheunknown2373there is a girl who survived rabies. Jenna Geise, I think. Medical intervention is still necessary, but it is possible if you're not vaccinated in time.
I’ve always leaned towards syphillis as being the culprit in Poe’s death. It can also damage your heart and if left untreated can lead to mental illness.
@@stevefromyellowstone7911 yep. Al Capone died of syphillis of the brain is how it was called back then. If untreated, syphillis attacks the brain and causes mania, psychosis, depression, and delusional paranoia.
Awesome episod! You should talk about Ivar Kreuger. His death was first declared a suicide but new evidence emerged and murder was suspected. It is still unknown to this day what really happened. Ivar Kreuger was a wealthy financier and his death shook Europe financially and even got his own name The Kreuger Crash.
I was listening to a true crime podcast, it ended and I’m like, “hmmm what can I follow that up with?” I exit out and see this episode. The previous podcast was Morbid’s coverage of the case and subsequent closing speech that came from the trial that inspired Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Telltale Heart.” This was just too good of a coincidence for me! (I’m listening on Apple podcasts but I love a good coincidence and felt the need to leave you a comment😁)
Unrelated to Poe specifically but as an avid reader I can say that yes there are at least a few Authors that I would absolutely recognize if I ran into them. I'm sure that's not the norm but people like me do exist! 😂 lovely video Whistleboi
Poe is one of my favorites. The Fall of the House of Usher is one of my all time favorite Poe shorts. Edit* could it be possible that Poe was on some kind of deliriant in the days leading up to his death? As someone with an interest in psychedelic and hallucinogenic plants, it *almost* sounds like Poe was under the influence of something akin to Datura (Jimson Weed for those of us living in the Southern US). For those who don’t know, Datura (Stramonium, Wrightii, etc.) is *HIGHLY* dangerous. The plant contains high amounts of tropane alkaloids such as atropine, hyoscyamine, and scopolamine. Scopolamine which, like cocaine, is highly psychoactive; but unlike cocaine, Scopolamine is incredibly toxic. The Datura plant contains large amounts of this alkaloid, but what makes it (the plant) so dangerous is that the alkaloid concentrations can vary from plant to plant, seed to seed, leaf to leaf, and flower to flower. Hell, the WEATHER can impact the concentration of alkaloids in the plant cultivars! Those who consume Datura as a means for psychedelic experimentation typically report that the experience is...traumatic to say the least. Those who survive, will likely never tangle with it again. Those who consume too much datura typically experience tachycardia, hyperpyrexia (high fever, over 106.7 Fahrenheit), urinary retention, psychosis, hallucinations (auditory and visual), and a whole host of other problems. An overdose on Datura is...incredibly easy, due to alkaloid concentration variations, making it one of the riskiest “highs” there is. To me, if Poe *wasn’t* under the influence of Datura or something close to it, then idk what could’ve caused his listed symptoms. To me, I like the theory of Datura poisoning, the plant is pretty much endemic to the US, and it could at least explain the hallucinations. But, all of this is just my theory.
The Alan Parsons Project (70s band similar vibe as Pink Floyd) has an album *Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allen Poe* that you might appreciate. Each song is a musical interpretation of a story he wrote and really capture the atmosphere. "Cask of Amontillado" is a personal fave but the entire album is an enjoyable experience.
Supposedly, at West Point the cadets were ordered to report wearing white gloves (meaning full dress uniform). Edgar formed up in white gloves and white gloves alone.
My drama teacher in high school played James Earl Jones reading The Raven for the class. Best audio experience ever. (There’s copulation and airshows, etc, but I’m talking about strictly audio.)
True story, the bar where he died is still there, it’s now called The Horse You Rode In On and you can go get a drink there. Also his grave is sitting under the university of Maryland which has a weird ass bridge over top of the cemetery 😂 Also his childhood home is open for tours.
The bar is called The Horse You CAME In On. Poe didn't die there. He died in the Washington College hospital attended by a physician. His grave is just up the street from the University of Maryland - Baltimore School of Law (which has responsibility for its upkeep), in the Westminster Hall Burying Ground. The grave has a fairly large monument and is totally out in the open and is not covered by anything. Other than that, you are correct.
Washington College Hospital is now apartments. It's 2 blocks south of Hopkins main campus on Broadway. Worked on the elevators in the building for a few years recently. There's a sign on the front door saying something in the manner of "home of Poe's last days"
This was really well written and a really fun watch. Always loved Poe. Such a shame he died so miserably after such an unfortunate and sad life, but I hope ge was at least happy when writing and I'm very glad we have his works to remember him by. Thanks for the video!
I loved Simon's tone and Cadence when he stated," I like the Rabbies theory, because its scary." That was chef's kiss MWA! There was a certain sense of childlike wonder in the way he said it. A child like wonder if the child was a burgeoning sadist.
Rabies is *not* a *death sentence* if you immediately seek treatment for the bite. The reason it *becomes* a death sentence is because people do not seek out medical help, they assume it is only a bite. Depending on the location of the bite, you *do* have anywhere between 48hrs to a month or more. It is absolutely imperative to get to a doctor for *any kind of MAMMALIAN bite*
Yes. But Simon was saying that if you are experiencing symptoms, then it's already too late. I agree though that he should probably mention animal bite protocols as clearly as he does carbon monoxide detectors.
Once you show symptoms of rabies it is very much a death sentence, so far only one person survived by being put into an experimental medical coma. Lots of people can be bitten by a rabid bat and not notice until they show symptoms and by then it was too late.
It depends on the celebrity you resemble and your lifestyle-one of my best friends was mistaken for Vin Diesel so many hundreds of times, and eventually was his body double for the 8th F&F film. Had to have his own on set security guard because fans couldn’t tell the difference and were mobbing Brian for photos and autographs between takes. So, sometimes, it works out to be a celeb lookalike. 🤷🏻♀
@@HisNeverland He’s the kindest, most humble guy, too. He slayed in the (just-released) feature film _Wolf Hound,_ and I had so many people messaging me to ask how I managed to cast Vin Diesel on an indie film in Detroit. lol.
I once saw the Lady Lucy Worsley in passing on another TH-cam page called "Joolz Guides - London History Walks". She is fantastic to see. Well, even from a distance. I DID meet Marina Sirtis. Poe was depressed most his life and finding him this was should be a combination of being sick.He didn't wanted to live. Leave flowers 🌹🌹🌹⚰🍷
One time I didn't know I was coming down with the flu and I went to a fire at a beach. Normally, I could put back 10 or so beers over the course of a fire with nothing more than a nice buzz. But that night, after only 2 beers over about an hour, I was completely inebriated. I don't remember how I got back to my house (it was walking distance, and I had walked there, but I couldn't have walked home on my own), and my dad found me puking on the deck moaning quietly and gently thumping my hand on the deck (I remember doing that, to get someone to help me, I was getting really cold and weak). Sickness + alcohol can really mess you up!
I have always been a fan of the cooping theory pertaining to Poe's death but you have changed my mind, Simon. And bravo this was an amazing episode with on-point writing.
My Great-Aunt, who, died in her 80s near Danville, Kentucky in 2017, also was married to her first cousin at the age of 13. They were married for well over 50 years when her husband died. He had been in his 20s when they were married. Rare indeed, but it does happen.
Being from Maryland, US and Baltimore more specifically, I remember hearing that he was in a drunken stupor, tripped off the curb which resulted in an injury, and died in the gutter. I'm glad his last few years were delved deep into and brought some light as to what might've happened. Thanks
Very nice ending to a very interesting episode. Im afraid when I hear Poe mentioned, Christopher Lee, Vincent Price and Peter Lorre instantly jump to mind 🙂
I once read out the raven to an English club in south america and went for a treehouse of terror esc voice. His work was awesome and I loved the ending to your video.
When we look back in 200 years from now, there will also be far less of todays writers still known to the general public. It's just the sieve of time. And try as I might, I'd probably not even recognize any of todays known writers. The only thing back then helping you recognize them was that their pictures were less photoshopped. I'm not even sure Ian Fleming, J. K. Rowling, Dan Brown, George Lucas, Gene Roddenberry or Tom Clancy (or their writings) will be known in 200 years at all.
Love your channel, your intelligence and humour...such a breath of fresh air you are. No pun intended but I love to listen to " the balloon hoax" story you mentioned written by Poe, he is my favourite afternoon author n poet 😀...his writing is so eloquent and darkly satirical also. You would probably like the balloon hoax simon, it's truly fascinating the way it's written...so fantastical, just like Poe himself ...what a mysterious being 😉 thankyou ☺
Hardcore alcoholics go through a tolerance dump during liver failure. The liver becomes unable to metabolize the alcohol and the person's tolerance suddenly disappears as liver function shuts down. Poe could have totally been suffering from alcohol related illness.
My thesis paper for 12th grade English was about Poe. The thesis was that Poe was not on opium when he wrote his poems & stories. I didn't comment on any opium use when came up with his ideas.
Lol we keep our boat in Havre De Grace and I can totally imagine him getting off the train and stumbling to Coakley's near the bridge. He would have loved it lol
I think he died of wood alcohol poisoning. A true alcoholic will drink anything they think will work - hand sanitizer, mouthwash, etc. If he got wood alcohol, the symptoms are euphoria (think how every excitable drunk wants to go do something crazy, like drive 200 miles to a specific diner for breakfast, etc.), amnesia, seizures, coma and eventually death. In Poe’s time, the only treatment would have been ingestion of large amounts of straight alcohol, like gin or vodka. It sounds like someone gave him wood alcohol, and it killed him.
This along with another comment about a rival of Poe's who said in his autobiography that they shared a drink a few days before Poe died honestly sounds like the answer.
I find it endearing that when the mystery toaster of his birth stopped people wanted it to continue, who wouldn't want someone to toast them on their birthday, its a kind if immortality.
Another great one! Thank you. But Simon, do consider hooking your editor up with some hardware fit for the task. _"This effect requires GPU accelleration"_
Had to pause first thing for a fun fact I doubt will get mentioned. In live in a small town of 13,000 in south central AR in the US. The town is Camden, AR. And one of our claims to fame is that for a short time Poe wrote an editorial for the local paper. Obviously, a short stop in some transient stage, because it is a small foot note in his history, but it is amazing none the less than an event largely insignificant in his life would be a minor tourist Hallmark of town that many of it's own residents don't even know about.
I've never heard a script from Ilser (sorry if I spelled it wrong), I liked it a lot. I am a fan of EAP since my teens. I also appreciate, that Simon mentions his writers and editors, I find it very cool and fair and not many youtubers do it. It is impossible to have a favourite writer of course, they're all really good. And Simons notes and tangents make it all feel so friendly and down to earth.
I think the writer is actually named Ilsa and in this introduction you heard Simon's stereotypical British "intrusive R." If a word ends in a vowel sound and the next word begins with a vowel sound, they insert an "R" between them. Sometimes it even happens in the middle of a word such as "drawring" for drawing. The intrusive R is also common in Australia and New Zealand but rare in the United States and Canada.
@@audreymuzingo933 "intrusive R" is a linguists' term. Some people like it but apparently most Americans find it a bit jarring. In the US we hear it mostly from New Englanders who are poorly educated or from a lower socioeconomic status. I sometimes joke that British people only pronounce Rs that aren't actually there.
@@itsapittie Well my 16-year-old daughter is just a pure Anglophile so she would love it no matter what. Me, I find it both delightfully funny AND smart. Funny because ....well I don't know why, it just is. But smart because vowels NEED some kind of break between them, thus the invention of 'an' in place of 'a.' Ironically it's the poorly educated and lower socioeconomic people who don't use 'an.'
Please do a decoding the unknown video on the 1924 everest expedition and the topic of whether or not George Mallory or Sandy Irvine reached the summit of Mt. Everest.
At the Richmond Virginia museum at his bust, you can see a bottle of whiskey right behind his bust, or atleast I saw one last time I was there at the end of May of 2022. People also leave coins, bills or other small tokens. They also have 2 black cats who few years ago showed up in the garden they keep as the part of the museum. They were tini kitten brothers. Now they live at the museum, boys are called Edgar and Pluto and they are supper friendly with all the visitors. Pluto came over to say hi to me when I visited and looked inside of my beg.
Yes, Simon. A lot of authors back then were known as celebrities. They gave readings of their stories/books to earn more money, and a lot of them published their stories in newspapers. Dickens did those things.
Ugh, Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy 😵 I've played that song so many times, on so many different instruments that it's hard to watch this. It's _just_ loud enough I'm having trouble zoning it out as I normally would. The entire Nutcracker is fun fun to play, it's just a bit bizarre to hear it to Poe as I'm picturing ballerinas prancing about a stage! 🤣
I think that authors & poets of today might not be so often recognized, but back then, maybe. I would guess that, since there was no tv, radio, movies, internet, etc., there were few outlets for entertainment. There was acting, and actors like the Booth brothers were quite renown, and perhaps the odd circus or something. But, a good writer might get a write up in a newspaper or magazine from time to time, and might even do dramatic readings of their works in a local theater.
Unfortunately we will never know the truth. I truly believe that all are possible. He left us a true gift in his writing. I only pray in someway he knows how much his work is loved.
Video suggestion: The movie "Smokey and the Bandit 3" and the claim it was actually originally to be "Smokey IS the Bandit," with Jackie Gleason playing both roles. There is a trailer for it here on YT, with contemporary reports from the time of test screenings, but also claims by producers telling a complex story that may or may not be covering up for the idea.
If you buy a Carbon Monoxide detector, get one with a meter! The way they work is that the alarm is set to go off if it hits a certain PPM (parts per million) for a certain period of time. So it might be like 8 ppm for 40 mins or more, or 15 ppm for 10 mins. However if your leak is causing it to be 6-7 and never reaching the threshold, it doesn't go off; and you may still be experiencing symptoms. So especially if you notice that you're always excessively tired, lack energy and can't stay awake while home, or are experiencing dizziness and/or disorientation, get one with a meter.
I met a famous person, he came into my bank workplace to meet me (long story) and he waved as he passed in front of me to get in line. My immediate thought was “OMG David Wenham (famous person by Aussie standards) did not just wave at me”. I convinced myself it was someone else I knew that looked familiar. So yeah, my first impulse was to deny it was a famous person.
I know what my fave author's look like lol Clive Cussler is my favourite Author of Adventure novels you should do a biographics on him he had a great and interesting life . !!
I believe the cooping theory is the most plausible, especially when you take into consideration that when he was found he was talking about someone named “Reynolds” and that was the name of the man at the polling place that he was seen at. I think the drinking that they forced on him during the cooping and if he was beaten on top of that it may have had physical ramifications that ultimately caused his death. Recently it was discussed that a hardened mass in his brain also could have indicated a brain tumor. While this may have been true I believe his death was directly due to the cooping.
Long but I hung in there until the end and I'm glad I did. Thanks to you and your staff... great job. The irony I see is.. he was buried in an unmarked grave for years ..... All his great fans and friends didn't notice? Ahh but years later when he is Famous .. they remember their close friendship..... Really ? I don't like the term Mental Illness but I can't think of a better word... I suspect many people have challenges caused by biology, genetics and bad luck that go undiagnosed... their friends and family just think they are odd, a bit off , or difficult . Drinking and drugs can be a coping mechanism. I have to wonder if Poe would be happy to know his death is a Mystery.?
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I have an episode topic request: the death of Gloria Ramirez, sometimes dubbed the ‘toxic woman’.
If Poe is one of the Great's, you must be one of the Not So Great's. Jesus' on a Cracker's
"Believe nothing you hear, and only one half that you see." - Edgar Allen Poe. Seems fitting for Decoding the Unknown.
Sounds about right.
why bother believing nething at all then? everything is unknown until you try to "know" them.
Very appra-Poe
IDK Simon seems kind of trustworthy to me 😉
@@Mister_MS.PAC-MAN **rimshot** 🥁 😆
One of Poe's more impressive accomplishments is translating Hamlet into French in the same number of lines as the original English. It's a good translation, too.
Smart guy.
How is that impressive?
@@ABandCalledStoned have you tried maintaining meter and meaning while translating before?
Translations from English to French are usually 1/3 longer than their originals. Think "Auntie's pen" versus "la plume de ma tante."
@@fabrisseterbrugghe8567but isn't that "aunts pen" vs "the pen of my aunty" so ofc it would be longer.
The person who wrote today's script deserves a raise. I thoroughly enjoyed this episode.
I grew up being told a family legend that our ancestor killed Poe. In the last few years my wife got really into genealogy and tracked my heritage back to a man named John Hill Hewitt (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hill_Hewitt). He and Poe HATED each other and would compete in writing competitions and bash each other in editorials in papers. My wife found his autobiography and he said something of the effect of "I saw Allen a few days before his death. He apologized for how he'd treated me and we shared a few drinks" Knowing what we now know about alcohol's effects on Poe.....that sounds like exactly something that a person who killed Edgar Allen Poe would write in an autobiography.
More info plz? Very interesting!
Yes, indeed .... more info plz
What a juicy family legend. Thanks for sharing!
So...they poisoned him with rabies?
😡
Reminds me of an ER doctor's letter I read in a medical journal, about her coming on duty to find a patient who'd been brought in off the street in a shabby state and unable to talk properly. The previous shift had left him to one side thinking he was just a drunk, but the fresh doctor noticed he had good shoes and underwear, so sent him for a brain scan. It saved his life.
Makes one wonder about what happens when poor people without good clothes collapse in the street, from strokes or brain tumours. :/
Alarming that any hospital would assume someone is a drunk without checking their sugar and BAC.
I once saw a supposed drunk get thrown up against a wall by a cop for taking a swing at an EMT. The EMT said, "Hold him there a second," and offered the guy a glucose tablet. Five minutes later he was totally fine and apologizing to them both as he signed the release paperwork. He was relieved not to have been allowed to hurt anyone and they were relieved to buy him a sandwich and take him home.
@@adde9506 There must be a lot of stories like this about. Certainly in the UK, where A&E staff are so stretched due to doctor shortages, and hospital closures against a background of rapid population increase.
I think I have the letter I referred to somewhere, but I can't keep up with keeping my PCs and phones working and up to date, or i could post it. :/
@@spamletspamley672 I worked in a hospital. The question of "Is this person drunk or about to die of hypoglycemia?" is both very fast to answer and incredibly important. And if they're insensate enough that they can't tell you they're drunk, you want to know pretty quickly if they're going to die of alcohol poisoning. No matter how thin you're stretched, you can find five minutes to ascertain if someone is imminently about to die... and then ignore them for being a drunken idiot.
I have no doubt it happened, many times, but any recent cases I'm aware of were patients that were so drunk they forgot they were diabetic. Hospital staff make plenty of fatal mistakes, ALL the time, but assuming someone is drunk is like assuming the teenager with their head in their cell phone is going to look before they cross the street.
There have been several cases in Canada where Indigenous people have been assumed to be drunk and not given the medical treatment they needed.
My mom was a nurse. Once old man was brought in, assumed to be some homeless derelict, until somebody noticed that his fingernails were nicely manicured. Turned out the guy had stumbled out of a car accident days before, and wandered away in a state with a head injury. He was a well-to-do lawyer, and his family had no idea what had happened to him. They were reunited and he recovered.
Poe is one of my favorite authors. His death remaining a mystery is how I think he would've wanted it. The Raven and The Tell Tale Heart are my favorites. Thank You for doing this. Great Writing Ilza!!
How has a Carbon Monoxide Detector company not sponsored this channel?! Easiest ad pitch ever!
A picture of a carbon monoxide detector should pop up in screen whenever the story's theories get a bit off like ghosts, supernatural, hallucinations. And when things get excited there should be a warning banner that reads "get to hospital"
@@carolyncasner4806 That's a great idea!
I’d love to see/hear Simon react to the “Missing 411” phenomenon. It has the perfect combination of rational explanations, slightly less rational explanations, and “forest spirits did it” explanations. I think it would be incredibly entertaining to hear him try to wrap his head around some of the wilder theories. I’m personally a proponent of the “murderous feral descendants of homesteaders” explanation 😂
He already has on his toptenz channel, check it out
@@Chibichunga I'm not surprised, but an hour of Simon going "A MOUNTAIN LION DID IT, COME ON, THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS BIGFOOT" would be hilarious to me 😂
I love Mr. Ballen’s take on telling those stories.
@@anamkarajoy love me some Ballen, shame he doesnt do them anymore, read a comment somewhere which to me seemed to imply some kind of issues from David Polides(spelling highly speculative), the police officer who came up with the concept, I'm assuming he might have felt mr Ballen told so much so well people might feel no need to buy the books but this is just guesswork based on interpretation of a vague random youtube comment so dont quote me on this but feel free to correct me. Wow that sentence got long.
To add to the og comment, further Simon views on missing 411 would definitely be fun some of them are crazy weird, regarding theories I hope for some ancient predators protected by Teddy Roosevelt through the setting up of national parks but sadly it's probably as boring as national parks being f-ing huge as shit and people doing weird/heinous stuff. I dont think Simon will be able to blame carbon monoxide anywhere there tho but maybe rabid people somehow surviving but staying feral? Shit what if I just solved it, I'll need to run this by David..
At least half are purposefully or accidentally negligent guardians
My first pair of ravens, I named "Edgar" and "Alice".
They lived with me here for five years until they were chased away by magpies.
Who in turn were chased away by my second pair of ravens:
Eddie and Allie.
Brilliant, brilliant creatures. 🖤
Ambrose Bierce's death is also shrouded in mystery, and might be worth covering in a future episode.
I have to agree, his death was a culmination of a bunch of things. To be honest, that theory is honestly more heartbreaking than him dying of rabies (which is a terrible death, no doubt!) As always your writers did a wonderful job and you do a great job of presenting.
3:55 - Chapter 1 - The woe of poe
9:30 - Chapter 2 - The wonder of poe
11:30 - Mid roll ads
13:25 - Chapter 3 - A strange disappearnce & mysterious end
19:45 - Chapter 4 - Theories behind his death
20:20 - Chapter 4.1 - Was alcohol to blame
25:10 - Chapter 4.2 - The question of poe's health
28:45 - Chapter 4.3 - Was poe a victim of cooping ?
PS: Man, already 10PM ? I'll finish later...
Very well done
Thanks
@@LuzMaria95 excuse me but I wasn't talking to you
cooping
@@LuzMaria95
You’re welcome!
Poe was a master of his craft and I tried so hard to emulate him as a writer.
I stand amid the roar
Of a surf-tormented shore,
And I hold within my hand
Grains of the golden sand-
How few! yet how they creep
Through my fingers to the deep,
While I weep-while I weep!
O God! can I not grasp
Them with a tighter clasp?
O God! can I not save
One from the pitiless wave?
Is all that we see or seem
But a dream within a dream?
😴💤
This is lovely
The big missing factor here is bootleg booze. A HUGE problem in the mid-Atlantic region throughout the 19th and early 20th century. The indirect testing for alcohol via lead level isn’t very useful for 19th century utilitarian earthenware as the glazings containing lead were largely relegated to decorative wares, not the cheap jugs used by bootleggers.
Was that such a big issue before prohibition, though?
@@--enyo-- Federal Prohibition was the culmination of a century of Conservative demonization of alcohol. Localities had strict laws about the sale and consumption of alcohol and piled special taxes on top to make it more difficult to access. All the piecemeal legislation was effective.
In 1808 Americans drank about 7.1 gallons (26 liters) of distilled spirits a year, by 1840 it was down to 3.5 (13 liters) gallons. But as we all know, nobody stops drinking simply because it’s illegal or artificially restricted with cost penalties. Bootleggers were providing about 50% of all the spirits consumed in the US. It was cheaper, easy to get and avoided the shaming groups from the temperance movement that spent the 19th century camped out at retail sprits stores and would record names and call insults and threats to the customers.
Speakeasies weren’t a product of Prohibition for the same reason. They had always been available for people who wanted to socialize and drink without having crazy Christian people accosting them. Prohibition only romanticized the lifestyle and culture of black market alcohol.
I fell in love with his writing when I was about 14 or 15. He never ceased to amaze and fill with wonder and intrigue.
I've heard the rabies theory, as well. A group of pathologists gather yearly and are given symptoms of famous cases but the patient is unnamed. Fascinating! 🤓
Well, considering he died in the hospital and the records allude to rabies ... I forget the exact term they used...brain consumption? Or something. But it means rabies.
How much would Poe love it if he knew his death was just as bleakly riddled and as pondered by the world as his life and his work?
I'm so glad y'all brought up The Toaster! I feel like a lot of people who talk about Poe and the mysteries surrounding him don't mention that mystery! Loved this episode!
You mentioned his attempted suicide using laudanum a year previous. There were at least 3 different tinctures of opium including laudanum available without a prescription, and used for colds at this time. Some were poorly marked and 25 times stronger than others. Side-effects were identical to alcohol intoxication. He could have easily mismedicated himself. Also his constant puffy lower eyelids, if not hereditary, could suggest liver problems.
Greetings from Massachusetts USA. Great one. I love hearing about Poe.
~Kevin
Well don't worry Simon, the infection has to 'establish' itself in your body. There is an incubation time and shots to prevent the infection taking hold during that time. Also it doesn't survive outside of the host body virtually at all. However, if you do catch it full you will 99.99% of the time... die.
Way beyond 99.99%.
@@decodingtheunknown2373there is a girl who survived rabies. Jenna Geise, I think. Medical intervention is still necessary, but it is possible if you're not vaccinated in time.
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There's still significant brain damage.
I’ve always leaned towards syphillis as being the culprit in Poe’s death. It can also damage your heart and if left untreated can lead to mental illness.
But it takes years to kill you, even after dementia starts. It was only his last days that he became disoriented.
I love how in the 1800s doctors were like "ah yes, a fever, alcohol and demons in the blood no doubt".
Wait syphilis causes mental illness?! Wtf
@@stevefromyellowstone7911 yep. Al Capone died of syphillis of the brain is how it was called back then. If untreated, syphillis attacks the brain and causes mania, psychosis, depression, and delusional paranoia.
@@heathercopeland21 oh no now I’m worried I’ve got syphilis lmao
Awesome episod! You should talk about Ivar Kreuger. His death was first declared a suicide but new evidence emerged and murder was suspected. It is still unknown to this day what really happened. Ivar Kreuger was a wealthy financier and his death shook Europe financially and even got his own name The Kreuger Crash.
I was listening to a true crime podcast, it ended and I’m like, “hmmm what can I follow that up with?” I exit out and see this episode.
The previous podcast was Morbid’s coverage of the case and subsequent closing speech that came from the trial that inspired Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Telltale Heart.” This was just too good of a coincidence for me! (I’m listening on Apple podcasts but I love a good coincidence and felt the need to leave you a comment😁)
Unrelated to Poe specifically but as an avid reader I can say that yes there are at least a few Authors that I would absolutely recognize if I ran into them. I'm sure that's not the norm but people like me do exist! 😂 lovely video Whistleboi
Poe is one of my favorites. The Fall of the House of Usher is one of my all time favorite Poe shorts.
Edit* could it be possible that Poe was on some kind of deliriant in the days leading up to his death? As someone with an interest in psychedelic and hallucinogenic plants, it *almost* sounds like Poe was under the influence of something akin to Datura (Jimson Weed for those of us living in the Southern US).
For those who don’t know, Datura (Stramonium, Wrightii, etc.) is *HIGHLY* dangerous. The plant contains high amounts of tropane alkaloids such as atropine, hyoscyamine, and scopolamine. Scopolamine which, like cocaine, is highly psychoactive; but unlike cocaine, Scopolamine is incredibly toxic. The Datura plant contains large amounts of this alkaloid, but what makes it (the plant) so dangerous is that the alkaloid concentrations can vary from plant to plant, seed to seed, leaf to leaf, and flower to flower. Hell, the WEATHER can impact the concentration of alkaloids in the plant cultivars!
Those who consume Datura as a means for psychedelic experimentation typically report that the experience is...traumatic to say the least. Those who survive, will likely never tangle with it again. Those who consume too much datura typically experience tachycardia, hyperpyrexia (high fever, over 106.7 Fahrenheit), urinary retention, psychosis, hallucinations (auditory and visual), and a whole host of other problems. An overdose on Datura is...incredibly easy, due to alkaloid concentration variations, making it one of the riskiest “highs” there is.
To me, if Poe *wasn’t* under the influence of Datura or something close to it, then idk what could’ve caused his listed symptoms. To me, I like the theory of Datura poisoning, the plant is pretty much endemic to the US, and it could at least explain the hallucinations. But, all of this is just my theory.
I forget where I heard it, but I was always under the impression he was using nutmeg, which also matches many of his symptoms.
@@Russo-Delenda-Est I’m not sure about the nutmeg thing. This is the first I’m hearing of it though so it could be correct.
The Alan Parsons Project (70s band similar vibe as Pink Floyd) has an album *Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allen Poe* that you might appreciate. Each song is a musical interpretation of a story he wrote and really capture the atmosphere. "Cask of Amontillado" is a personal fave but the entire album is an enjoyable experience.
@@andiward7068 that sounds cool as hell! APP has lots of good material, though I’ve never heard of this album!
The fall of the house of Usher is one of my most favourite short stories. It’s so utterly terrifying.
Supposedly, at West Point the cadets were ordered to report wearing white gloves (meaning full dress uniform). Edgar formed up in white gloves and white gloves alone.
I hope that's true. That's a hilarious way to get kicked out of West Point. Doesn't really sound like Poe, though.
@@adde9506 No, no, it was NOT Eddy Poe.
My drama teacher in high school played James Earl Jones reading The Raven for the class. Best audio experience ever.
(There’s copulation and airshows, etc, but I’m talking about strictly audio.)
True story, the bar where he died is still there, it’s now called The Horse You Rode In On and you can go get a drink there. Also his grave is sitting under the university of Maryland which has a weird ass bridge over top of the cemetery 😂
Also his childhood home is open for tours.
The bar is called The Horse You CAME In On. Poe didn't die there. He died in the Washington College hospital attended by a physician. His grave is just up the street from the University of Maryland - Baltimore School of Law (which has responsibility for its upkeep), in the Westminster Hall Burying Ground. The grave has a fairly large monument and is totally out in the open and is not covered by anything. Other than that, you are correct.
Washington College Hospital is now apartments. It's 2 blocks south of Hopkins main campus on Broadway. Worked on the elevators in the building for a few years recently. There's a sign on the front door saying something in the manner of "home of Poe's last days"
Enjoyed the narrative, the mystery, and the edits. Overall a fun forty five minutes. A hearty thanks to Simon,Katy,and Jennifer.
This was really well written and a really fun watch. Always loved Poe. Such a shame he died so miserably after such an unfortunate and sad life, but I hope ge was at least happy when writing and I'm very glad we have his works to remember him by. Thanks for the video!
I loved Simon's tone and Cadence when he stated," I like the Rabbies theory, because its scary." That was chef's kiss MWA! There was a certain sense of childlike wonder in the way he said it. A child like wonder if the child was a burgeoning sadist.
Rabies is *not* a *death sentence* if you immediately seek treatment for the bite.
The reason it *becomes* a death sentence is because people do not seek out medical help, they assume it is only a bite.
Depending on the location of the bite, you *do* have anywhere between 48hrs to a month or more. It is absolutely imperative to get to a doctor for *any kind of MAMMALIAN bite*
Yes. But Simon was saying that if you are experiencing symptoms, then it's already too late. I agree though that he should probably mention animal bite protocols as clearly as he does carbon monoxide detectors.
Once you show symptoms of rabies it is very much a death sentence, so far only one person survived by being put into an experimental medical coma.
Lots of people can be bitten by a rabid bat and not notice until they show symptoms and by then it was too late.
It depends on the celebrity you resemble and your lifestyle-one of my best friends was mistaken for Vin Diesel so many hundreds of times, and eventually was his body double for the 8th F&F film. Had to have his own on set security guard because fans couldn’t tell the difference and were mobbing Brian for photos and autographs between takes. So, sometimes, it works out to be a celeb lookalike. 🤷🏻♀
haha damn, that's so cool! can't even imagine what his life must be like!
@@HisNeverland He’s the kindest, most humble guy, too. He slayed in the (just-released) feature film _Wolf Hound,_ and I had so many people messaging me to ask how I managed to cast Vin Diesel on an indie film in Detroit. lol.
I once saw the Lady Lucy Worsley in passing on another TH-cam page called "Joolz Guides - London History Walks". She is fantastic to see. Well, even from a distance. I DID meet Marina Sirtis.
Poe was depressed most his life and finding him this was should be a combination of being sick.He didn't wanted to live. Leave flowers 🌹🌹🌹⚰🍷
He was called back to his home planet.
Hes not poochie….
One time I didn't know I was coming down with the flu and I went to a fire at a beach. Normally, I could put back 10 or so beers over the course of a fire with nothing more than a nice buzz. But that night, after only 2 beers over about an hour, I was completely inebriated. I don't remember how I got back to my house (it was walking distance, and I had walked there, but I couldn't have walked home on my own), and my dad found me puking on the deck moaning quietly and gently thumping my hand on the deck (I remember doing that, to get someone to help me, I was getting really cold and weak). Sickness + alcohol can really mess you up!
I have always been a fan of the cooping theory pertaining to Poe's death but you have changed my mind, Simon. And bravo this was an amazing episode with on-point writing.
My Great-Aunt, who, died in her 80s near Danville, Kentucky in 2017, also was married to her first cousin at the age of 13. They were married for well over 50 years when her husband died. He had been in his 20s when they were married. Rare indeed, but it does happen.
Being from Maryland, US and Baltimore more specifically, I remember hearing that he was in a drunken stupor, tripped off the curb which resulted in an injury, and died in the gutter. I'm glad his last few years were delved deep into and brought some light as to what might've happened. Thanks
THAT'S ALL COOL! Someone should make this into an episode. Like maybe doctor who. Just keep it closer to earth as it were
Very nice ending to a very interesting episode. Im afraid when I hear Poe mentioned, Christopher Lee, Vincent Price and Peter Lorre instantly jump to mind 🙂
Wonder what Poe would think of a Vincent Price interpretation of his work
Very well written 👏 Another interesting video. Great job Simon and team 😊💯👏
I'm surprised Syphilis has never been mentioned particularly with the presence of Mercury which was used as a treatment.
Love it.
Awesome video, thank you for making it.
Simon just went full Lucille Bluth 😂😂
"What could a carbon monoxide detector cost? $10?"
I'm dying
Awesome topic.
I haven't watched this video yet, but it is a very interesting mystery.
Damn. A Simon Whistler video with a viewer discretion notification. I’m in!
The Poe toaster sounds like an awesome person. A legend, you might say.
I really loved this. Excellent work.
Absolutely loved this episode. Huge fan of Poe’s writings and the mysterious Poe Toaster.
I once read out the raven to an English club in south america and went for a treehouse of terror esc voice. His work was awesome and I loved the ending to your video.
The coldest winter I ever endured was a summer in Baltimore
Knowing what Poe looks like makes more sense when you remember that there were waaaaay less writers back then compared to now.
When we look back in 200 years from now, there will also be far less of todays writers still known to the general public. It's just the sieve of time.
And try as I might, I'd probably not even recognize any of todays known writers. The only thing back then helping you recognize them was that their pictures were less photoshopped. I'm not even sure Ian Fleming, J. K. Rowling, Dan Brown, George Lucas, Gene Roddenberry or Tom Clancy (or their writings) will be known in 200 years at all.
@@migga86 The only writer my mind can come up with a picture is Stephen King. Probably wouldn't recognize him on the street anyway.
I love this Simon!! Thank you👍
Love how I barely remember Simon's previous videos as well as Simon.
I also really enjoyed the beginning and end read.....ty
Love your channel, your intelligence and humour...such a breath of fresh air you are. No pun intended but I love to listen to " the balloon hoax" story you mentioned written by Poe, he is my favourite afternoon author n poet 😀...his writing is so eloquent and darkly satirical also. You would probably like the balloon hoax simon, it's truly fascinating the way it's written...so fantastical, just like Poe himself ...what a mysterious being 😉 thankyou ☺
I really like the poem at the end. Well done.
Oh my goodness! As scary as his stories! Another hit Simon!
Hardcore alcoholics go through a tolerance dump during liver failure. The liver becomes unable to metabolize the alcohol and the person's tolerance suddenly disappears as liver function shuts down. Poe could have totally been suffering from alcohol related illness.
I’m not sure if you recently switched up the editing style but I’ve noticed a difference and I like it
My thesis paper for 12th grade English was about Poe. The thesis was that Poe was not on opium when he wrote his poems & stories. I didn't comment on any opium use when came up with his ideas.
Lol we keep our boat in Havre De Grace and I can totally imagine him getting off the train and stumbling to Coakley's near the bridge. He would have loved it lol
I think he died of wood alcohol poisoning. A true alcoholic will drink anything they think will work - hand sanitizer, mouthwash, etc. If he got wood alcohol, the symptoms are euphoria (think how every excitable drunk wants to go do something crazy, like drive 200 miles to a specific diner for breakfast, etc.), amnesia, seizures, coma and eventually death. In Poe’s time, the only treatment would have been ingestion of large amounts of straight alcohol, like gin or vodka. It sounds like someone gave him wood alcohol, and it killed him.
This along with another comment about a rival of Poe's who said in his autobiography that they shared a drink a few days before Poe died honestly sounds like the answer.
Poe’s madness is highly exaggerated but his life was truly very sad.
Ok but can we have a Simon video of him breaking down all of his TH-cam channels? I seem to stumble across a new one everyday (not complaining!)
Simon has the best writers on his staff💕💜😻
Simon has done so many videos he can’t remember that he talked about Poe on his Biographics channel.
I find it endearing that when the mystery toaster of his birth stopped people wanted it to continue, who wouldn't want someone to toast them on their birthday, its a kind if immortality.
I had an English class where the instructor always called him "Eddy A.P." for short. I still call him that to this day
Awwww, Eddy. . . geeve me a keess!
Despite watching many of your channels religiously, I've suddenly xoke across this?? Thank you
Writers for these continue to crush it. Great episode.
Another great one! Thank you.
But Simon, do consider hooking your editor up with some hardware fit for the task. _"This effect requires GPU accelleration"_
28:55,
COOPing, not COUPing.
Also different from clipping bits from a newspaper in order to save money at the grocery store..
Had to pause first thing for a fun fact I doubt will get mentioned. In live in a small town of 13,000 in south central AR in the US. The town is Camden, AR. And one of our claims to fame is that for a short time Poe wrote an editorial for the local paper. Obviously, a short stop in some transient stage, because it is a small foot note in his history, but it is amazing none the less than an event largely insignificant in his life would be a minor tourist Hallmark of town that many of it's own residents don't even know about.
I've never heard a script from Ilser (sorry if I spelled it wrong), I liked it a lot. I am a fan of EAP since my teens. I also appreciate, that Simon mentions his writers and editors, I find it very cool and fair and not many youtubers do it. It is impossible to have a favourite writer of course, they're all really good. And Simons notes and tangents make it all feel so friendly and down to earth.
I think the writer is actually named Ilsa and in this introduction you heard Simon's stereotypical British "intrusive R." If a word ends in a vowel sound and the next word begins with a vowel sound, they insert an "R" between them. Sometimes it even happens in the middle of a word such as "drawring" for drawing. The intrusive R is also common in Australia and New Zealand but rare in the United States and Canada.
@@itsapittie My daughter and I were just talking about that 'R', agreeing that we liked it. Not "intrusive" in my book!
I LOVE this writer, I hope she does more scripts.
@@audreymuzingo933 "intrusive R" is a linguists' term. Some people like it but apparently most Americans find it a bit jarring. In the US we hear it mostly from New Englanders who are poorly educated or from a lower socioeconomic status. I sometimes joke that British people only pronounce Rs that aren't actually there.
@@itsapittie Well my 16-year-old daughter is just a pure Anglophile so she would love it no matter what. Me, I find it both delightfully funny AND smart. Funny because ....well I don't know why, it just is. But smart because vowels NEED some kind of break between them, thus the invention of 'an' in place of 'a.' Ironically it's the poorly educated and lower socioeconomic people who don't use 'an.'
This writer is FANTASTIC. More of her please!
Just leave out all the Simon crap.
Please do a decoding the unknown video on the 1924 everest expedition and the topic of whether or not George Mallory or Sandy Irvine reached the summit of Mt. Everest.
At the Richmond Virginia museum at his bust, you can see a bottle of whiskey right behind his bust, or atleast I saw one last time I was there at the end of May of 2022. People also leave coins, bills or other small tokens. They also have 2 black cats who few years ago showed up in the garden they keep as the part of the museum. They were tini kitten brothers. Now they live at the museum, boys are called Edgar and Pluto and they are supper friendly with all the visitors. Pluto came over to say hi to me when I visited and looked inside of my beg.
Yes, Simon. A lot of authors back then were known as celebrities. They gave readings of their stories/books to earn more money, and a lot of them published their stories in newspapers. Dickens did those things.
Ugh, Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy 😵
I've played that song so many times, on so many different instruments that it's hard to watch this. It's _just_ loud enough I'm having trouble zoning it out as I normally would. The entire Nutcracker is fun fun to play, it's just a bit bizarre to hear it to Poe as I'm picturing ballerinas prancing about a stage! 🤣
LOL 😀 right? Tchaikovsky.. meets E.A.Poe how interesting that piece of history would be 😀
@@shellyreena2192 oh god, I just had the mental image of a Poe themed ballet! That would be sooo much fun to play to!
@@Benson_aka_devils_advocate_88 I would pay to see a Poe themed ballet.
Simon already covered Poe's cousin marriage and such on Today I Found Out I think that's the video he was thinking of
Liked this episode a lot!!!
i think he could have developed encephalitis from TB, his immune system was low, Ive seen this happen (RN) especially with s family history,
Thank you, for your service. 🇺🇸
I think that authors & poets of today might not be so often recognized, but back then, maybe. I would guess that, since there was no tv, radio, movies, internet, etc., there were few outlets for entertainment. There was acting, and actors like the Booth brothers were quite renown, and perhaps the odd circus or something. But, a good writer might get a write up in a newspaper or magazine from time to time, and might even do dramatic readings of their works in a local theater.
Your TC banter made me giggle... 😄
But the way you ended it. 😩
Unfortunately we will never know the truth. I truly believe that all are possible. He left us a true gift in his writing. I only pray in someway he knows how much his work is loved.
my favourite Poe poem is The Lake, ive had it memorized for like 30 years
My favorite Poe quote: "bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, bells" (cuz it's so easy to memorize - thank you, Eddy!)
I like this one. It was very poetic at the end
“Edgar Allen” was slang for broke where I used to live.
Haha where did you live?
Video suggestion: The movie "Smokey and the Bandit 3" and the claim it was actually originally to be "Smokey IS the Bandit," with Jackie Gleason playing both roles. There is a trailer for it here on YT, with contemporary reports from the time of test screenings, but also claims by producers telling a complex story that may or may not be covering up for the idea.
If you buy a Carbon Monoxide detector, get one with a meter! The way they work is that the alarm is set to go off if it hits a certain PPM (parts per million) for a certain period of time. So it might be like 8 ppm for 40 mins or more, or 15 ppm for 10 mins. However if your leak is causing it to be 6-7 and never reaching the threshold, it doesn't go off; and you may still be experiencing symptoms. So especially if you notice that you're always excessively tired, lack energy and can't stay awake while home, or are experiencing dizziness and/or disorientation, get one with a meter.
Fantastic as usual, Whistle Boy Wonder
One of the best-written stories so far.
I met a famous person, he came into my bank workplace to meet me (long story) and he waved as he passed in front of me to get in line. My immediate thought was “OMG David Wenham (famous person by Aussie standards) did not just wave at me”. I convinced myself it was someone else I knew that looked familiar. So yeah, my first impulse was to deny it was a famous person.
I know what my fave author's look like lol Clive Cussler is my favourite Author of Adventure novels you should do a biographics on him he had a great and interesting life . !!
I believe the cooping theory is the most plausible, especially when you take into consideration that when he was found he was talking about someone named “Reynolds” and that was the name of the man at the polling place that he was seen at. I think the drinking that they forced on him during the cooping and if he was beaten on top of that it may have had physical ramifications that ultimately caused his death.
Recently it was discussed that a hardened mass in his brain also could have indicated a brain tumor. While this may have been true I believe his death was directly due to the cooping.
Long but I hung in there until the end and I'm glad I did. Thanks to you and your staff... great job. The irony I see is.. he was buried in an unmarked grave for years ..... All his great fans and friends didn't notice? Ahh but years later when he is Famous .. they remember their close friendship..... Really ? I don't like the term Mental Illness but I can't think of a better word... I suspect many people have challenges caused by biology, genetics and bad luck that go undiagnosed... their friends and family just think they are odd, a bit off , or difficult . Drinking and drugs can be a coping mechanism. I have to wonder if Poe would be happy to know his death is a Mystery.?