ELFH_MOPIFF_009 REYNOLDS - THE CHILLING ECHO OF MYSTERY_ EDGAR ALLAN POE 1849 / KUMARI ANTON VAIM 2020
17. juuni kell 04:09
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In October 1849, Edgar Allan Poe—master of the macabre—seemed to step out of his own gothic fiction.
On October 3, he was found delirious in a gutter near Baltimore’s Ryan’s Tavern. Disheveled, confused, wearing clothes that weren’t his own, Poe was barely conscious. When rescued and rushed to Washington College Hospital, he spoke to unseen figures, hallucinated, and cried out the name “Reynolds”—a name that still haunts historians today, with no clear explanation.
Over the next four days, Poe drifted in and out of consciousness, plagued by fever and madness. Doctors diagnosed “congestion of the brain,” though others suspected delirium tremens, rabies, a brain tumor, voter-fraud “cooping,” or even murder. On October 7, 1849, at the age of 40, Poe passed away—his final hours cloaked in uncertainty.
He left no answers—only the chilling echo of one final, unsolved mystery. The circumstances of his death mirror the eerie spirit of his work: unresolved, haunting, and captivating the imagination.
Today, we remember Poe—not only for his dark genius—but for the mystery that death couldn’t solve.
~Unusual Tales Kuva vähem
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