Maybe a mysterious end was in the cards for the father of mystery/detective stories though most of us have been led to believe that Edgar Allan Poe either drank himself to death or went insane which in turn caused his death. With modern technology applied to his case there seems to be several other possibilities for his death. When he was dug up to be moved to a place of honor 26 years after his original burial he was mostly bones though inside his skull was a hard mass which indicated a brain tumor since the brain would have decomposed where a tumor can calcify and last much longer. That alone would have explained his behavior leading up to his death. His hair was also tested and offered proof that alcohol was not the cause of death. There are several other theories regarding his demise though the facts remain a mystery.
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