Edgar leaves Richmond on 27 September 1849. Days later, he reappears in Baltimore desperately ill, dressed in clothes that aren’t his own, and unable to explain where he has been.

In the final episode of Poe’s Bros, we follow Edgar through his last days, the mystery surrounding his death, the tiny funeral that followed, and the battle over his reputation after he was gone.

We also look at what became of the people he left behind, and the extraordinary legacy that followed.

Because Edgar’s story did not end in Baltimore.

His legacy lives on. And we will tell his story.

By 1848, Edgar Allan Poe’s life had become a confluence, where old loves, new hopes and unresolved grief all collided.

From Sarah Helen Whitman and a cemetery proposal, to Frances Osgood’s heartbreaking visit, Annie Richmond’s quiet devotion, The Stylus, Philadelphia, and the return of Elmira Royster, this is the most tangled chapter of Edgar’s life… and perhaps the most difficult to untangle.

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Virginia is gone.

After years of illness, Edgar Allan Poe loses the person who had quietly been at the centre of his world. But grief isn’t the end of his story. It’s the beginning of one of the most chaotic chapters of his life.

In this episode, we follow Edgar through the aftermath of Virginia’s death, his mental collapse, a surprising medical diagnosis, the publication of Eureka, and a whirlwind of relationships that have left historians arguing ever since, and ask whether Edgar was searching for love… or simply someone to help him keep going.

Because Virginia’s final request was heartbreakingly simple:

“Take care of my Eddie.”

Unfortunately, everyone had a different idea of what that meant.

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