I recently saw a documentary about him, sounded like he had a rough life and his death remains a mystery. "Because Poe was found on the day of an election, it was suggested as early as 1872 that he was the victim of cooping. This was a ballot-box-stuffing scam in which victims were shanghaied, drugged, and used as a pawn to vote for a political party at multiple locations. Cooping had become the standard explanation for Poe's death in most of his biographies for several decades, though his status in Baltimore may have made him too recognizable for this scam to have worked. More recently, analysis suggesting that Poe's death resulted from rabies has been presented." Source. I hope he wasn't cooped, but rabies doesn't sound much better!
Hey, one of Canada's most renouned Prime Ministers was famously known for being a drunk. Hmmmmm Maybe I'm not drinking enough!!!
I recently saw a documentary about him, sounded like he had a rough life and his death remains a mystery. "Because Poe was found on the day of an election, it was suggested as early as 1872 that he was the victim of cooping. This was a ballot-box-stuffing scam in which victims were shanghaied, drugged, and used as a pawn to vote for a political party at multiple locations. Cooping had become the standard explanation for Poe's death in most of his biographies for several decades, though his status in Baltimore may have made him too recognizable for this scam to have worked. More recently, analysis suggesting that Poe's death resulted from rabies has been presented." Source. I hope he wasn't cooped, but rabies doesn't sound much better!