Macabre Death of Edgar Allan Poe

Macabre Death of Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe was a poster boy for the macabre whose work thrilled readers throughout America and beyond. How did he end up in a gutter in Baltimore, delirious, and wearing clothes that were not his own? Maddy Pelling takes Anthony Delaney through the mysterious death of a mysterious man.


Written by Maddy Pelling. Edited by Tomos Delargy. Produced by Charlotte Long.


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