Edgar A. Poe was an American Writer, born in Chelsea, Massachusetts in1809. In his career, Edgar wrote famous stories that will be always remembered, like The Raven, The Tell-Tale Heart, and Annabel Lee and one of the most famous phrase that he said was “I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity”. On October 7, 1848 he died and the reason why is still is a mystery. Some of the theories are Alcoholism, Rabies, Poisson and Gas Lighting. Because of the symptoms, proves, and Studies a valid theory of his death could be Gas lighting. To begin with some hints that prove that Gas lighting was the reason of his death is that Gas lighting produces Carbon Monoxide. Carbon monoxide is a toxic gas that could have poisoned him, causing …show more content…
In the same way Philadelphia & Boston soon had gas lighting licking of their own and so Baltimore could have had carbon monoxide of the the gas licking. Also gas lighting symptoms affected people every week and use to kill a great amount of people in the 1800s. In result Edgar could have been affected by the licking or this could have been the reason of his of his death. Considering carbon monoxide is released when using gas laters are used. When someone inhales too much carbon monoxide and Poe wouldn't be able to know he was inhaling it because Carbon monoxide it odorless. Some symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning are tiredness, headaches, and blurred vision that can be easily confused with the symptoms of people under the influence. And its effects can be that one eye droops lower that the other, while the mouth slants the slants the other way. Poe’s portraits showed evidence of the poisonous effects.

Poe’s symptoms increased when he lived in urban areas specially because Edgar owned dozen of gas lanterns that could have spread all over the house, making inhaling an easier way to get poisoned by gas lighting licking of the lanterns.Also is possible that in urban areas people didn't check as regularly their house as the other parts of the town, concluding that Poe didn't know if he had carbon monoxide in the air or a way to prevent the