List at least three different theories about the death of Edgar Allan Poe?

Answer 1

The alcohol consumption theory: Poe was known to go on drinking binges especially when experiencing bouts of depression such as when his wife Virginia died. At one time he had been fired from his job as editor at because of his drinking. Poe had been engaged shortly before his death but the woman broke it off because Poe would not stop drinking. The theory that alcohol caused his death exists because Poe was found one morning delirious on a sidewalk in front of a saloon, yet there never was a first hand account of this. Poe's enemies automatically attributed his death to drunkenness, but no one could say that they had seen him drunk the night before. Poe's enemies were obviously motivated to choose the cause of death that would be most disparaging to Poe's reputation.

The brain disease theory: A second theory is that Poe suffered from some type of disease of the brain. There was no death certificate with an official cause of death; however, a newspaper account of his death referred to "congestion of the brain" as the cause. Before Poe died, a number of people close to him stated that they felt that Poe was suffering from some sort of brain lesion.

The Cooping theory: Cooping was a practice whereby local gangs would grab people off the street, bring them to a room (the coop) and either get them drunk or beat them until they agreed to vote in a particular way and possibly several times. Poe was found in a delirious state with bruises and wearing the clothes of a different person. He was on the sidewalk outside a saloon that was being used as a polling place that day. The bruises, the delirium and the different clothing are all consistent with the cooping practice. Poe could have been delirious because of being being gotten drunk and or beaten. The different clothes can be explained by being forced to vote once in his own clothes then again in someone else's. In other words, both the alcohol and congestion of the brain theories can be explained by the cooping theory as well.

The alcohol consumption theory: Poe was known to go on drinking binges especially when experiencing bouts of depression such as when his wife Virginia died. At one time he had been fired from his job as editor at because of his drinking. Poe had been engaged shortly before his death but the woman broke it off because Poe would not stop drinking. The theory that alcohol caused his death exists because Poe was found one morning delirious on a sidewalk in front of a saloon, yet there never was a first hand account of this. Poe's enemies automatically attributed his death to drunkenness, but no one could say that they had seen him drunk the night before. Poe's enemies were obviously motivated to choose the cause of death that would be most disparaging to Poe's reputation.

The brain disease theory: A second theory is that Poe suffered from some type of disease of the brain. There was no death certificate with an official cause of death; however, a newspaper account of his death referred to "congestion of the brain" as the cause. Before Poe died, a number of people close to him stated that they felt that Poe was suffering from some sort of brain lesion.

The Cooping theory: Cooping was a practice whereby local gangs would grab people off the street, bring them to a room (the coop) and either get them drunk or beat them until they agreed to vote in a particular way and possibly several times. Poe was found in a delirious state with bruises and wearing the clothes of a different person. He was on the sidewalk outside a saloon that was being used as a polling place that day. The bruises, the delirium and the different clothing are all consistent with the cooping practice. Poe could have been delirious because of being being gotten drunk and or beaten. The different clothes can be explained by being forced to vote once in his own clothes then again in someone else's. In other words, both the alcohol and congestion of the brain theories can be explained by the cooping theory as well.

Answer 2

1. The “cooping” theory suggests Poe was forced to vote multiple times in a fraudulent election, leading to his physical and mental decline.
2. The “rabies” theory proposes that Poe exhibited symptoms consistent with the disease, which ultimately led to his death.
3. The “alcohol poisoning” theory posits that Poe’s excessive drinking habits contributed to his demise.

Answer 3

Three theories of why he died were:

Mercury Poisoning *

Alcoholism (dipsomania)

Rabies

* Heavy metal (i.e., arsenic, lead, nickel, mercury, uranium, and vanadium) poisoning was recently eliminated as a possible cause of Poe's death because of forensic tests performed on Poe's hair in 2002.

Other theories include: cooping (political thuggery) and heart problems.

Answer 4

1. That he drank to much and died.. . 2. That he had Rabies.. . 3. That he was poisoned by Corrupt Political Operatives..

Answer 5

1. suicide
2. toxic poisoning
3. murder
4. rabies
5. alcohol poisoning

Answer 6

1) He was a victim of a political kidnapping.

2) Rabies.

3) Alcohol Poisoning.

Answer 7

Some say he died of over consumption of alchol, some say Rabies, some say he had a brain tumer. The strangest of all the theories would be he was poisened by corrupt officals.

Answer 8

• Murder
• Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
• Rabies