In this episode, we have a spooktacular bundle. From Vampires, a classic and beloved monster to the man of mystery himself, Edgar Allan Poe.

In this week's episode Sandra talks about the history of vampires. Today's culture knows vampires from franchises like Twilight or old stories like Dracula. However the idea of vampires has been around for hundreds of years. Vampires have been featured in cultures all over the world, although the most common type of vampire is the vampire featured in the Eastern European world. 

Then, Danielle discusses Edgar Allan Poe's mysterious death. Poe was in the midst of a tour to gain money for a literary magazine publication. While in Baltimore he was found lying in a gutter in a semi-conscious and delirious state. Poe was found wearing ill-fitting clothes and wasn't able to explain what happened to him. He was sent to a nearby hospital for treatment but died days later. Many people who are Poe followers aka Poe-heads disagree about the cause of Poe's death. Many theories have circulated from, the impacts of alcoholism to Poe getting drugged and abused in an illegal voting scheme. At the time of his death, Poe was a well-known figure in literary circles and beyond which could have made him vulnerable to different schemes or attacks. How did this dark gothic novelist honed with creating the detective genre come to his untimely demise? And did the name Reynolds which he uttered shortly before his death have any meaning?

Sandra's Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire https://www.pinterest.com/pin/411797959652901242/.  Danielle's Sources:

https://www.britannica.com/story/the-mysterious-death-of-edgar-allan-poe

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/still-mysterious-death-edgar-allan-poe-180952936/