This Book Predicted the Future and Nobody Can Believe How Accurate it Is

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  • @Thoughty2
    @Thoughty2  Před 4 měsíci +109

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    • @VikingCarpenter
      @VikingCarpenter Před 4 měsíci +11

      4:52 wrong birth year (death year instead) maybe its possible to fix

    • @ZombiePanda1776
      @ZombiePanda1776 Před 4 měsíci +2

      I can't believe your shaved your moustache.

    • @edwardfletcher7790
      @edwardfletcher7790 Před 4 měsíci +5

      Born 19th Jan 1849, Died 7th Oct 1849
      Does nobody fact check your videos ???
      You looked smarter with the moustache 🤪

    • @mkinkade7103
      @mkinkade7103 Před 4 měsíci +6

      If Poe wasn’t a victim of cooping, he may have suffered from Auto Brewery Syndrome. If the doctor gave him glucose it would explain why he continued to be delirious and died from alcohol poisoning.

    • @vikinglife6316
      @vikinglife6316 Před 4 měsíci +1

      Fascinating. I always thought Georges Lemaître created the original theory that became the big bang.

  • @billwhicker3511
    @billwhicker3511 Před 4 měsíci +1346

    i had an uncle that knew when he was going to die. he knew the year, month , day, right down to the hour and the minute how, you may ask could he have been so precise about his own death...?? the judge told him.

    • @barneyronnie
      @barneyronnie Před 4 měsíci +49

      REDRUM

    • @nhmooytis7058
      @nhmooytis7058 Před 4 měsíci +39

      😂😂😂

    • @jvizzie1033
      @jvizzie1033 Před 4 měsíci +31

      Damn

    • @ductorman
      @ductorman Před 4 měsíci +29

      😊I was thinking the same thing, that he was sentenced to be executed at midnight

    • @samnelson2343
      @samnelson2343 Před 4 měsíci +17

      Or he'd decided to top himself at such an such a time...😮

  • @eyemunchained8968
    @eyemunchained8968 Před 4 měsíci +284

    E.A.P.
    "I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity."

    • @NanaBren
      @NanaBren Před 4 měsíci +14

      My favorite quote ever! ❤

    • @GladysAlicea
      @GladysAlicea Před 4 měsíci +5

      The quote reminds me of Matthew Perry, who always said "Reality is an acquired taste." I wholly agree. I'd give up decades and die early, if I had Poe's masterful writing ability. Love him!

    • @NanaBren
      @NanaBren Před 4 měsíci +7

      Hi Gladys, some days I wake up and think, Damn, I’m conscious! But then I remember that I’m crazy and it’s okay again! 😂❤️

    • @GladysAlicea
      @GladysAlicea Před 4 měsíci

      🥰@@NanaBren

    • @hospitalcakewalk
      @hospitalcakewalk Před 4 měsíci +3

      That's gonna be one of my next tattoos

  • @gavinmurphy4510
    @gavinmurphy4510 Před 3 měsíci +43

    He probably had a stroke if they assumed he was drunk for 4 days

  • @REzado63
    @REzado63 Před 4 měsíci +41

    I'm from Baltimore and we learned about Edgar Allan Poe like he was a resident Baltimore we even take field trips to his Graves as a kid I feel like I learn more about Edgar Allan Poe and his one video and all of my schooling from Baltimore

    • @levilam522
      @levilam522 Před 3 měsíci +2

      There is an apartment preserved as where he lived in Baltimore . There is a tour available..

  • @fredo1070
    @fredo1070 Před 4 měsíci +247

    4:54 He was born in 1809 and died in 1849.

    • @heroyt2490
      @heroyt2490 Před 4 měsíci +9

      Thanks man 😂

    • @GodIsAble458
      @GodIsAble458 Před 4 měsíci +17

      That confused me, thanks for the clarification

    • @granolabranborg
      @granolabranborg Před 4 měsíci +18

      😂 He really was a time traveler!

    • @johnortmann3098
      @johnortmann3098 Před 4 měsíci +7

      Yes, they had him getting the critic job years before he was born.

    • @mikemetague7973
      @mikemetague7973 Před 4 měsíci +3

      Yes, just 24 days before both Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln.

  • @jessica_in_japan
    @jessica_in_japan Před 4 měsíci +391

    One of Japan's greatest mystery writers was a huge fan of Edgar Allen Poe and even based his pen name, Edogawa Ranpo, on Poe. This in turn influneced the name of the main character of the famous Detective Conan series, Edogawa Conan (from Edogawa Ranpo and Arthur Conan Doyle). A true marriage of mystery legends, and all thanks to Edgar Allen Poe.

    • @neoanimegirl
      @neoanimegirl Před 4 měsíci +1

      Well you got the Poes in Zelda

    • @luckymandragoran8471
      @luckymandragoran8471 Před 4 měsíci +3

      @@neoanimegirl this is ambitious to think that a computer game will be held in the same esteem as these masterful writers. but if any game is going to do it, then i hope its this one

    • @naftalibendavid
      @naftalibendavid Před 4 měsíci +1

      The Mystery of Rampo, well, you can imagine…

    • @Shadow-hw3kn
      @Shadow-hw3kn Před 4 měsíci +1

      influenced*

    • @cwdelschneider
      @cwdelschneider Před 4 měsíci +1

      What no way for real?

  • @MaisieB9103
    @MaisieB9103 Před 3 měsíci +4

    My father knew when he would die some twenty years before. He said he
    would probably die at his desk ( it was Xmas eve, he was off) and said he'd
    be 67. He added that he has had a happy life and will die happy. He was
    right about everything and would have died at work if it hadn't been xmas.

  • @bloemundude
    @bloemundude Před 4 měsíci +69

    I'm just going to put this out there. Poe went missing for a week, and he had a bit of a gift for pre-telling future knowledge (big bang, etc.). So, what if Poe were visited by a fan of his, who brought him to the fan's home and showed him around and explained some things to him in return for his inspirational writings from the fan's childhood. What if the fan was H.G. Wells?
    The Mignonette ship wreck was in 1884, just about the same time Wells was toying with his idea for his first novel, The Time Machine (1895). Perhaps Wells brought Poe to 1884/5 where he read about the shipwreck in a newspaper. Poe could have also been taken to 1939 to see "The Wizard Of Oz" (in color, no less) and the shape of things to come. The Big Bang and expanding universe theory came out pre-1927, so he may have heard about it in 1939 before being taken back to 1849.
    Poe was missing for a week and returned disheveled and disoriented. How does Wells describe his time traveler in his novel? Disheveled and disoriented after having been missing for a week. Coincidence?

    • @simonbischoff7840
      @simonbischoff7840 Před 3 měsíci +7

      I think so, yes.

    • @OAlem
      @OAlem Před 3 měsíci +5

      "Could have been taken". I don't like your choice of the passive voice. Don't be coy. Use the active voice.
      Do you mean WELLS took him to those times in his time machine? I'll go even further: H.G. Wells was an alien or alien hybrid.
      The sheer volume of his work is superhuman, as are all of his firsts. He was prolific in fiction and science fiction. He invented the bulk of the sub-genres of sci-fi. Do you know "the one-eyed man in the country of the blind"? He wrote that, too.

    • @debbylou5729
      @debbylou5729 Před 2 měsíci +1

      What if big bang was just a theory and just a guess?

    • @TheLobstersoup
      @TheLobstersoup Před 9 dny

      Ahh, the American schooling system at work. Nothing but nonsense. However, it would make a good story, so write it!

    • @tw8464
      @tw8464 Před 5 dny

      What is a more plausible theory for why the same name was chosen for the novel's character and the future person who was eaten? What comes to mind rather quickly is the young man's mom or dad might have been a fan of Poe and named the boy after the character. Or this name is common enough both Poe and the family used it for the character and victim, respectively. I find these possibilities, although unlikely coincidence, far more likely than "Poe traveled into the future and back."

  • @4RILDIGITAL
    @4RILDIGITAL Před 4 měsíci +672

    This is genuinely one of the most intriguing videos I've seen on Edgar Allan Poe. His life never seized to amaze me but this is on a whole new level, especially the fact that he predicted the Big Bang decades before actual scientists. Moreover, his last story being mirrored in real life remains the most eerie coincidence ever!

  • @themindofmr.h9929
    @themindofmr.h9929 Před 4 měsíci +176

    Awesome as always! Minor note: timeline 4:52, Poe was born January 19th, 1809.

    • @JohnSmith-ns6dp
      @JohnSmith-ns6dp Před 4 měsíci +27

      Thank you! That was driving me crazy.

    • @danburby7936
      @danburby7936 Před 4 měsíci

      ME TOO@@JohnSmith-ns6dp

    • @DamienBoath
      @DamienBoath Před 4 měsíci +17

      I noticed this too. The video starts with October 1849 a man was found drunk in a gutter (Poe), but then he was born in January 1849 later on.... Definitely some Benjamin Button shenanigans going on.

    • @theunknownshadowish
      @theunknownshadowish Před 4 měsíci

      ​@@DamienBoath would have to be a really severe and u usual case of Benjamin Button...
      Since usually you get younger each year...
      The drunk man was fou d in October of 1849 if it was Poe who was born January 1849.... he'd go through what 20-30ish years in a matter of 7 months... well beyond Benjamin Button Disease... that man's body would have to have the ability to reverse the effect of Tachyon particles that blaze through him constantly at that point

    • @OnlyMasonCarter
      @OnlyMasonCarter Před 4 měsíci +7

      I thought I was tripping 😂

  • @judywilliamson2068
    @judywilliamson2068 Před 4 měsíci +17

    Thank you. I have read in several books that Poe died of alcoholism. This is the first time I have heard the story of his actual death. When I was a kid I read Edgar Allan Poe often, and did a couple of book reports on his life. So I’m surprised to hear the rest of the story.

  • @rizash
    @rizash Před 4 měsíci +34

    As someone who stumbled on your channel when it was new, I’m so glad you’re still doing well and still making good content!

    • @velkanzi
      @velkanzi Před 3 měsíci +1

      I still fondly remember your RIF series.

  • @TheMrPushy
    @TheMrPushy Před 4 měsíci +1756

    Here before the thumbnail got changed 3 times

  • @Jason-lw7tk
    @Jason-lw7tk Před 4 měsíci +156

    This was fascinating! I knew he was an amazing author but had never heard of his scientific brilliance nor his apparent clairvoyance. That "coincidence" is truly astounding and your assessment of "What the actual F*CK" is hilarious! My first experience with Poe was in middle school when I read The Tell-Tale Heart and fell in love with his writing instantly. What a dark and incredible mind he had.
    Fantastic video!

    • @divegabe
      @divegabe Před 4 měsíci +2

      Thank you for reminding me of the title of that 4 page story that freaked me out so much I decided to stay away from Poe!
      I was way too young to be reading into the mind of psycho's but it is clear that Poe was way ahead of time.

    • @tw8464
      @tw8464 Před 5 dny

      What is a plausible reality based theory for why the same name was chosen for the novel's character and the future person who was eaten? What comes to mind rather quickly is the young man's mom or dad might have been a fan of Poe and named the boy after the character.

  • @Tiny1Der
    @Tiny1Der Před 4 měsíci +8

    Fun fact: the pub is called The Horse You Came in On and it is still open today in Fells Point Baltimore MD.

  • @jodyharnish9104
    @jodyharnish9104 Před 3 měsíci +6

    I read an article by a doctor who was given Poe's medical records from his final days and asked to give his diagnosis. After consulting with a specialist, the doctor concluded that Poe died from rabies, which had gone into his brain.

  • @tcortez
    @tcortez Před 4 měsíci +84

    As a West Point grad, we always kept to the story that Poe was dismissed after arriving at parade "almost" without clothing in that he was dressed only in his cross-belts and ammo pack. Absolutely apocryphal, but we continue to pass it along. Thanks for the presentation. Also from an area just south of Baltimore, so Poe has been part of life as long as I can remember.

    • @ltgood
      @ltgood Před 3 měsíci

      A good story to tell, no one wants to hear of neglect of duty, what ever your position. With out duty nothing would ever happen anywhere officially. A mothers, or fathers duty lost is a tragedy as we may agree.

  • @stacyhartgrave2926
    @stacyhartgrave2926 Před 4 měsíci +25

    Thank you for showing Poe in a realistic light. He's one of my favorite authors with his poem, The Outsider. Beautiful and misunderstood 🖤🩶🤍

  • @MrSindala
    @MrSindala Před 4 měsíci +38

    You suggested a possible solution to the Eureka mystery yourself in your episode of 3 weeks ago! The brain tumor might have triggered acquired savant syndrome which in Poe's case gave him advanced insights into the nature of the universe. Now I'm curious about what else is in that book that is deemed wrong. It might be stuff we just haven't found out yet.

    • @GoodtoGaia
      @GoodtoGaia Před 3 měsíci +1

      Like the movie phenomenon with John travolta.

    • @tw8464
      @tw8464 Před 5 dny

      A brain tumor could be possible. Considering his alcohol use alcohol is known to be cancerous also they used lead in wallpaper back then etc. And the "eureka" work seemed to be a departure from his previous works of poetry horror fiction etc., so that could have been the point to tumor was starting to change his brain. Would be great if we could know for sure whether this is what happened or not.

    • @tw8464
      @tw8464 Před 5 dny

      One thing the "eureka" work, I'm not sure if this was totally outside of other esoteric ideas floating around at the time. Think about it, the idea of reincarnation. It's not so "different" than the idea of a universe expanding and contracting in infinity. Etc. Poe could've just been regurgitating certain esoteric ideas popular at the time but putting a layer of the current for that time's science using the "universe" wording etc. Then applying his brilliant imagination. It's not too surprising he could've come up with some brilliant theories out of it. Also there was in fact a colossal amount of scientific progress occurring at that time like the electric experiments on dead monkey arms reanimated that inspired Mary Wolstonecrafts "Frankenstein" that we can now say looking back on it was an early prediction of the perils of artificial intelligence or playing "god."

  • @beckyzwhite
    @beckyzwhite Před 4 měsíci +91

    He truly was a time traveller. He was born on 19th January 1846, yet he managed to attend the University of Virginia in 1826!

    • @daynieboy7401
      @daynieboy7401 Před 4 měsíci +7

      huh didn't catch that but im sure it was something maybe it was on purpose and he was seeing if we could catch it who knows besides edgar himself

    • @lenmyers2586
      @lenmyers2586 Před 4 měsíci +6

      Yeah, I made the same observation but it turns out that Poe was born in 1809 so one assumption would be that 1846 is simply an unedited mistake, unless it serves the time travel theory.

    • @user-ed4fv9nd3b
      @user-ed4fv9nd3b Před 3 měsíci +4

      He mistakenly said 1849, not 1846.

    • @jerrytaylor8570
      @jerrytaylor8570 Před 3 měsíci +2

      Actually, he was born 3 years after 1846, if infact, he was born in 1849...
      Or was it a past life when he attended UV? OF COURSE!

    • @mejustme474
      @mejustme474 Před 3 měsíci +4

      He was born in1809

  • @chainslayer101
    @chainslayer101 Před 4 měsíci +190

    I had no idea Poe was so influential. I love this CZcams channel. Thank you for the content Thoughty2. Your videos through the years have brought me much joy, entertainment, and knowledge. Love you guys.

    • @vincentmiller420
      @vincentmiller420 Před 4 měsíci +4

      Dude where's my car?!!

    • @ScrappyXGC
      @ScrappyXGC Před 4 měsíci +4

      That dude affecetted me in elementary school "The Tell-Tale Heart" then write a report on what you read the night before
      Almost stopped me from reading shit at all. Good read though. Grew up things change

    • @sheep5403
      @sheep5403 Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@vincentmiller420 I ate it.

    • @someonesomewhere8869
      @someonesomewhere8869 Před 4 měsíci +2

      Train-Eater SCP foundation

    • @someonesomewhere8869
      @someonesomewhere8869 Před 4 měsíci

      ​@@vincentmiller420that's for you

  • @garylefevers
    @garylefevers Před 4 měsíci +38

    My oldest granddaughter still gets strange looks when she tells her teachers that my spouse and I would read The Raven to our grandchildren as a bedtime story. They loved it. Btw: she is in an ivy league school now. The others have various talents in different areas, such as music ext. They are very creative. I truly believe that in addition to supportive parents, Poe had a real impact.

    • @nhmooytis7058
      @nhmooytis7058 Před 4 měsíci +2

      My mom read it to me too when I was a kid! Also Annabel Lee.

    • @DoloresJNurss
      @DoloresJNurss Před 4 měsíci +1

      My Grandma read it to me too! She read all kinds of poetry to me as bedtime stories. How wonderful that you have also done this!

    • @chuckhouse5179
      @chuckhouse5179 Před 4 měsíci +4

      I had The Tell-Tale Heart, The Pit And The Pendulum, The Cask Of Amontillado and a fourth book, I can't remember now nearly 40 years on. I got them all from Scholastic Books based on my teachers advice. I went to a very small school so the teachers knew us well. They all knew I was a huge horror fan and they thought maybe Poe was a way to class it up haha. I became more ravenous for his work. I recite The Raven several times a year usually around Halloween but people like to hear it any time of year. Poe was something beyond a writer. He caused your soul to respond. When you read Poe you are harmonizing with the universe itself it feels like.

    • @nhmooytis7058
      @nhmooytis7058 Před 4 měsíci

      @@chuckhouse5179 we read the first 2 in English class in junior high.

    • @pommiebears
      @pommiebears Před 4 měsíci +3

      Both of my children are in the Australian military. I read them the hungry, hungry, caterpillar, and the BFG….. and, now one is a marine engineer, the other a weapons technician. Mine love music too, normally AC/DC, and other colourful bands. Creative? Yep. Both are very creative. They created havoc when home on leave at Christmas. Being brothers, you can imagine the competition between them. 😂

  • @peterkephart7955
    @peterkephart7955 Před 4 měsíci +4

    One of the many things I love about this channel is the amazingly life-like, starkly realistic animations which are so convincing as to fool the viewer into believing that the scenes were filmed on site with real actors. Brilliant.

  • @Noteven0
    @Noteven0 Před 3 měsíci +4

    “One day in the pub, an Italian mathematician worked feverishly to solve a particularly difficult equation. Upon succeeding, the mathematician jumped up and exclaimed Eureka!
    The British fellow sitting next to him angrily replied “Oi there mate! I’ll have you know you don’t smell so bloody great yourself!”
    -Benny Hill told my dad that joke when I was 5… remembered it ever since.

  • @RandianaJoness
    @RandianaJoness Před 4 měsíci +148

    I read that Poe's attending physician was John Joseph Moran and the last person to see him alive. He was also the only person supposedly, so everything we know of his final days after he was in found the gutter is based solely on his account. But he later changed his story a few times when describing events later on, such as the dates and times and whether he contacted kin before or after Poe's death. Although they say there may have been no malicious intent on his part but possibly just errors in memory. Still kinda adds to that conspiracy theory-ness lol and if what I read about the credibility of the doctor is even accurate in itself 😂

    • @ScrappyXGC
      @ScrappyXGC Před 4 měsíci +3

      🤔So the doctor did him in... who told the JJM to do it 😱

    • @MichaelSteltzer
      @MichaelSteltzer Před 4 měsíci +2

      whoahhhhh

    • @seriouscat2231
      @seriouscat2231 Před 3 měsíci

      I know an author who would immediately say that he actually faked his death and went to retirement.

  • @aqsamaryambee
    @aqsamaryambee Před 4 měsíci +215

    Poe was truly way ahead of his time
    Most of his characters have various psychological disorders like schizophrenia, narcissism, epilepsy
    This was before Freud
    He was truly hated by his peers. The British peers hated him because he was far superior in both intelligence and physique. And they picked on him by shaming his dead mother, who as it happened, was a theatre actress and that wasnt a very honourable profession back then. But his response to his peers were caustic. He roasted them well. He was quite a handsome man, and the famous painting of him we see everywhere as a spiteful depiction of him as an ugly version of his self.
    He did have a drinking problem but that’s because of his tragic life story. The way he drank wasn’t normal. He’d down the glass of the entire spirit In one go
    Poe is a truly remarkable, intelligent and creative author

    • @dennisyoung4631
      @dennisyoung4631 Před 4 měsíci +13

      That, and it seems Poe had a very limited tolerance for alcohol, i.e. one glass of (wine?) and he was trashed.
      If this sounds far-fetched, my mother was similarly affected. She became unpleasant with *one* drink…

    • @mattchew83
      @mattchew83 Před 4 měsíci

      And he was also a pedophile......so....

    • @pommiebears
      @pommiebears Před 4 měsíci +17

      I live with epilepsy! It’s not a psychological disorder, thank you very much. It’s a neurological disorder. To be bundled in with Narcissism, is just lovely. Obviously you don’t know the difference between a personality disorder, a neurological disorder, and a mental health disorder, such as schizophrenia.

    • @no_peace
      @no_peace Před 4 měsíci +6

      There's a work called The Portraits and Daguerreotypes of
      Edgar Allan Poe by Michael J. Deas. I had no idea there were so many "photos" of him

    • @RainbowGothQueen
      @RainbowGothQueen Před 4 měsíci

      And an incestual chomo

  • @user-jx2gw4cn2j
    @user-jx2gw4cn2j Před 3 měsíci +10

    He might have died from detoxing from alcohol.

    • @matmachin9992
      @matmachin9992 Před 2 měsíci +1

      DT's are very real, very scary and if untreated can be very deadly.
      I doubt they gave him diazepam in the hospital.

    • @ey67
      @ey67 Před 6 dny +1

      Withdrawal from alcohol. Makes the most sense .

  • @Sian_Brimms
    @Sian_Brimms Před 4 měsíci +4

    Thanks for this! I’ve been thinking about him recently. Not so much that I would do research, but enough that when I realized this video was about Poe, I settled in to watch the whole thing. I’ve always thought he was an interesting character.

  • @gamewithsanity
    @gamewithsanity Před 4 měsíci +67

    Poe had a great mustache when he passed. Crazy he was only thoughty, too.

  • @NecroChungus
    @NecroChungus Před 4 měsíci +14

    Poe's prediction of the big bang is something important. This sort of thing happens often enough that it should be sought out. There's something weird that allows people to have incredible insight beyond what should be possible and it's an incredible and life changing thing to experience

    • @Desertflower743
      @Desertflower743 Před 4 měsíci +1

      Perhaps that’s where scientists got the theory from!

    • @diablo.the.cheater
      @diablo.the.cheater Před 4 měsíci +1

      That, or poe was utterly wasted by being a writer and would have done a scientifically revolution as a astrophysicist or smth

    • @martinpowell5147
      @martinpowell5147 Před 4 měsíci +2

      Where‘s the Feb. 2024 prediction? I missed it maybe

  • @Strype13
    @Strype13 Před měsícem +3

    [9:12] That neckbeard is enough to make any renowned Redditor quiver in exaltation.

  • @lylek8933
    @lylek8933 Před 4 měsíci +4

    Heard of this story (4 shipwrecked crew) a few years back. Bizaare for sure. Poe had to be a psychic or somehow was able to tap into the akashic record. :)

  • @merlapittman5034
    @merlapittman5034 Před 4 měsíci +46

    Edgar Poe is one of my absolute favorites and has been since I discovered his work in my early teens. He was truly remarkable and talented. Thanks for this great video!

    • @Miraiue
      @Miraiue Před 3 měsíci

      He married a child.

    • @MPM6785ChitChat
      @MPM6785ChitChat Před 2 měsíci

      ​@@Miraiue
      Without condoning it; it was a common more of the period.
      What is really unacceptable is that to this day, over 20 American States allow marriage to 12yr olds plus a few States the age is 10 yrs with parental consent !

    • @Miraiue
      @Miraiue Před měsícem

      @@MPM6785ChitChat just wdym “without condoning it”? He was a FULLY GROWN ADULT when he consciously DECIDED to marry a child.
      The fact that it was common does not make it ok at ANY TIME PERIOD. There’s no excuse whatsoever.

  • @retriever19golden55
    @retriever19golden55 Před 4 měsíci +21

    Interestingly, Edgar Allen Poe was actually a cadet at West Point Military Academy, although he didn't make it to graduation. He features in a lovely dark tale by Louis Bayard, a novel called The Pale Blue Eye, concerning the gruesome murders of a couple of cadets, and Cadet Poe assisting a troubled, retired NYC detective investigating the murders. It's a wonderful, dark, lyrical book. A very faithful film adaptation was done a couple of years ago, starring the always masterful Christian Bale as the detective, and the amazing Harry Melling as Poe. For some reason its theatrical release was very limited, and as far as I know it hasn't been released on DVD in America, although it has in other countries. I managed to get hold of a DVD, and the film just blew me away. The book, however, is easy to find.

  • @wickidwarlock4656
    @wickidwarlock4656 Před 4 měsíci

    As always...your vids are captivating. I rarely watch a vid to its end. But I actually watch yours until you thank me for watching....every time. The subject matter is wildly varied and yet uniquely Thoughty two ish. Fantastic stuff. I my eyes you are the Edgar Allen Poe of the genre of literature that you produce. History is rarely...if ever...the documentation of what actually occurred at that time. It's a great venture for someone to attempt to take on that mighty blunder. Thanks for your many efforts.

  • @Neverblade911
    @Neverblade911 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Great video. Very interesting and well produced. Thank you Thoughty2 and team.

  • @tjpowers88
    @tjpowers88 Před 4 měsíci +16

    Quoth the Raven, “Nevermore”
    My father got to visit his home in Baltimore as when he took us it was closed in 2001 just months before 9/11 and never got a chance to go back. Anyway there is a fireplace in a part of the house where it is bricked up, which would inspire “The Cask of Amontillado”. He’s an amazing writer who lived a tragic life.
    Edit: Completely not trying to paraphrase your last line there Thoughty2, I promise I wrote this before I saw ending.

  • @scloftin8861
    @scloftin8861 Před 4 měsíci +21

    Has anyone suggested the onset of Type 2 diabetes? Uncontrolled, because you haven't been diagnosed can lead to acting drunk and raving ... although one would have expected a coma at the end rather than more raving and death. Just a thought

    • @alexbouchard3880
      @alexbouchard3880 Před 4 měsíci +6

      If he was an alcoholic it could easily have been hepatic encephalopathy, a complication related to liver failure

    • @sagamaraia
      @sagamaraia Před 4 měsíci +3

      @@alexbouchard3880Or delirium. It seems the most likely explanation.
      Also if you take in count the clinking thing in his scull he might have gotten shot in the head with something small caliber, the wound had healed and the brain kept going until he died. Might even be both, who knows.

  • @hollylee8719
    @hollylee8719 Před měsícem

    That was a pretty awesome vid! I didn't know about Poe being so insightful about the universe and actually beating Einstein and Hawking to the punch , so to speak. Thanks. I haven't ever seen any of your videos that I didn't like. 😀 🙏

  • @aaronwilbanks6269
    @aaronwilbanks6269 Před 4 měsíci +1

    I deeply appreciate all of your content and efforts and all your information, some of which is very personal to me. Thank you!

  • @cynthiaduval4534
    @cynthiaduval4534 Před 4 měsíci +31

    Great video. It's so sad that he never lived long enough to know that so many people loved his work. That coincidental boat death is really weird.

  • @HexerGraf
    @HexerGraf Před 4 měsíci +25

    In defense of his wedding to his 13 year old cousin, most described them more like brother and sister. It is believed they never consummated the marriage, and many speculate that he only married her in order to protect/take care of her. Marriage between first cousins wasn't particularly uncommon at the time, it was her age that raised some eyebrows.

  • @user-ff4nv4hd3l
    @user-ff4nv4hd3l Před 3 měsíci

    Absolutely love your content, it's always facinating and can lead you down an internet rabbit hole and I love when that happens! ❤

  • @ashaleewai8735
    @ashaleewai8735 Před 4 měsíci

    Intriguing! As usual your narration is absolutely riveting. Thank you

  • @WickedFelina
    @WickedFelina Před 4 měsíci +23

    Still didn't answer "How Poe wrote his own death sentence?" He wrote someone else's BUT NOT his own.

  • @SpaceCattttt
    @SpaceCattttt Před 4 měsíci +38

    This is one of those fascinating subjects that makes one wish you'd occasionally make longer videos than this!
    How about a 45-miniute documentary?

  • @misottovoce
    @misottovoce Před 2 měsíci +1

    Fascinating video and excellent narration! Thank you!

  • @kafkastrial8650
    @kafkastrial8650 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Thank you so much for that insight. From all of us that have loved the writing's of Poe !

  • @agranero6
    @agranero6 Před 4 měsíci +22

    The Gordon Pym story is far far more similar to the Essex sinking that happened 18 years prior: a whaling ship from Nantucket, they had tortoises in the boats, they drew straws and the youngest was select to die and be eaten, etc...

    • @gilraybaker826
      @gilraybaker826 Před 4 měsíci +4

      So the Essex sinking PREDICTED THE EDGAR ALLAN POE STORY?!? Gol Dang!!

    • @agranero6
      @agranero6 Před 4 měsíci +5

      @@gilraybaker826 It was a very famous case...Melville based Moby Dick on it, it was impossible that Poe never heard about it. And I credit its failure for that being an exausted subject.

    • @Desertflower743
      @Desertflower743 Před 4 měsíci +4

      Wow, that’s also intriguing and I don’t doubt it, though it seems cannibalism was not an isolated case in those days, it was a common affair when crewmen were shipwrecked and without hope. However, two crewmen were actually charged with the murder and cannibalisation of Richard Parker after the shipwreck of The Mignonette after Poe’s death. But was it the greatest coincidence in the world that the cabin boy was named Richard Parker, or did he just get named that (a la John Doe) after the character in Poe’s story because nobody knew the poor lad’s real name?

  • @JamesThomas-gg6il
    @JamesThomas-gg6il Před 4 měsíci +25

    Studied Poe as a kid. Did a report on him for literature. I was always of the opinion that he died of mercury poisoning, but that tumor thing is new to me and certainly would explain his " supposed" insanity. All great artists are eccentric in some way but EAP was my kind of guy. Besides , the west point story is hilarious.

  • @BeastMasterNeil
    @BeastMasterNeil Před 4 měsíci +1

    The idea that the universe sprang from a singularity was around for millennia before Poe. See the Daodejing and the Upanishads.

  • @louisepicard3885
    @louisepicard3885 Před 4 měsíci +1

    WoW! So incredible! Thanks for sharing this incredible story of M. Poe’s life!

  • @mixonken4236
    @mixonken4236 Před 4 měsíci +12

    Very informative, and entertaining. I didn't realize ,that there was so much more to the man. You gave me something else to think about.

  • @redlaw8760
    @redlaw8760 Před 4 měsíci +13

    Arran, the footage of the Raven mascots is not from the NHL but the NFL. It’s the Baltimore Ravens from the National Football League. Just an observation! 😊Thank you for your fantastic content!

    • @ryanchaney94
      @ryanchaney94 Před 4 měsíci +2

      lol posted the same, glad he referenced them though I was waiting for it 😂😂😊

    • @user-cq8fk8ej4h
      @user-cq8fk8ej4h Před 4 měsíci +2

      GO RAVENS!!🖤💜

  • @sunnybeaches1331
    @sunnybeaches1331 Před 4 měsíci

    Very informative! Thank you so much!

  • @lucyk.5163
    @lucyk.5163 Před 4 měsíci

    Oooh! It's been a while since I watched your videos (binge watched all of them so I took a break to binge watch them again).
    Love your no mustache look!!!

  • @kerrydempster9416
    @kerrydempster9416 Před 4 měsíci +6

    Sherlock Holmes was based on an Edinburgh doctor who was Arthur Conan Doyles mentor !

  • @WarDog793
    @WarDog793 Před 4 měsíci +7

    And thank you for that enlightening tale of Poe. He's probably my favorite American author from that period, maybe because his imagination was so macabre and yet so affective to readers. If only the doctor treating him had had a better diagnosis of him. Who knows? They might have saved him.

  • @arcticfox6808
    @arcticfox6808 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Baltimore "Ravens" are named after this man's work. These days, it is difficult to explain this to my children, that an NFL team is named after a writer's work from that area... but I do my best.

  • @gmaureen
    @gmaureen Před 4 měsíci +7

    I first learned of Poe in high school and he kept me busy for the next 2 years. When I finished reading his work I felt abandoned, I wanted more. He was incredibly entertaining.

  • @kwamevandamme4798
    @kwamevandamme4798 Před 4 měsíci +4

    A great history deserves a listening. I was just passing by but had to watch this piece of great works.

  • @CatoTheElder-
    @CatoTheElder- Před 4 měsíci +6

    Good ol' Poe. I've had many a drink in the bar that claims it was his last stop before ending up in the gutter (The Horse You Came In On Saloon). That claim is dubious at best.
    I think The Fall of the House of Usher and The Gold Bug are his two greatest works. Two very different genres, and two excellent stories.

  • @vixeondaniels8886
    @vixeondaniels8886 Před 3 měsíci +1

    ❤ Brilliant! Well done, Thoughty! 😊

  • @ruthie7
    @ruthie7 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Really enjoyed that, quite a lot of detail that I didn't know about Mr Poe.

  • @lightningstrikelures2393
    @lightningstrikelures2393 Před 4 měsíci +3

    I have listened to a lot of your channel.
    I drive a lot.
    Best story so far, great work.

  • @Cara-39
    @Cara-39 Před 4 měsíci +19

    Anyone in NYC around Halloween should take the Poe Walk, a walking tour of Poe related locations, including his 3 homes, in Greenwich Village. The guides do a great job of bringing 1840s Manhattan to life and family and friends that visit me in Oct always want to go.

    • @gilraybaker826
      @gilraybaker826 Před 4 měsíci +3

      I took the HP Lovecraft Walk in NYC, which winds up with getting sapped in an alleyway in Red Hook and your wallet getting taken.

    • @Cara-39
      @Cara-39 Před 4 měsíci

      @@gilraybaker826 🤣🤣🤣

  • @fr2ncm9
    @fr2ncm9 Před 23 hodinami

    If you are in New York, you should stop by Poe Cottage. It resides in the Bronx on the Grand Concourse. The easiest way to get there is to take the Bronx bound D train, and get off at Kingsbridge Road.

  • @coleengoodell7523
    @coleengoodell7523 Před 4 měsíci +2

    It wouldn't surprise me if Poe was either epileptic (Temporal Lobe Epilepsy) or had a slow growing brain tumor in either his right or left temporal lobe. It is fairly well known that those with TLE are prolific writers and many great authors, their odd behaviors and such indicate that they were undiagnosed at the time, but meet all the diagnostic criteria. Even those who have been noted as having visions and/or religiously fixated, be it traditional or as a form of Spiritualism.
    Thank you for this facinating story that I never knew about Poe or the science type book he wrote. I'd never heard of it before and intend to look into it. Either way, Poes writing moves you in your soul in a way that goes beyond the words he wrote. They bring you to a mood of place and emotional response. Brilliant! Bravo Poe!

  • @alanhindmarch4483
    @alanhindmarch4483 Před 4 měsíci +6

    My favourite Edgar Allan Poe story is, “The Pit and The Pendulum.”

  • @lauram9478
    @lauram9478 Před 4 měsíci +3

    ❤❤❤❤❤ my most favourite story yet! Thank you Thoughty2!!

  • @maryslack6169
    @maryslack6169 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Love this episode one of my favorite authors of all time. Love your channel

  • @miritam3932
    @miritam3932 Před 4 měsíci +1

    👍Great video, love the mystery around all this. I am suscribing

  • @FFNOJG
    @FFNOJG Před 4 měsíci +12

    Eureka is literally giving away how he got the info. he like telsa later would allude to, got a psychic download of the info. just like jack parsons, and other's... i even have had one of these sudden bombardments of images showing me the shape of the universe, and how time works. he was giving away how it came to him in the title.

  • @Canalcoholic
    @Canalcoholic Před 4 měsíci +27

    "Took to it like a duck to HoiSin Sauce" definitely wins a thumbs-up from me.

  • @leroybrownjp414
    @leroybrownjp414 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Great video.
    Keep them coming

  • @kathypappas6867
    @kathypappas6867 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Wow I never really knew so much about his life. This is so interesting!! I love his writing ! Thanks!

  • @pelinoregeryon6593
    @pelinoregeryon6593 Před 4 měsíci +5

    Only up to 1:19 .. and I'm thinking > "doesn't diabetic shock present superficially as inebriation? how long does that take to kill you when it kicks in like that? what other conditions occasionally have similar symptoms?"

  • @kitefan1
    @kitefan1 Před 4 měsíci +9

    Excellent! I'll have to read the science fiction one. One of my good childhood memories if of an older neighbor girl reading The Raven to us littler ones to keep us still on a hot summer day. Creepy even at 80F (26.7C).

  • @damienfought1949
    @damienfought1949 Před 3 měsíci

    You are a great and wonderful and amazing human being. I love your videos they’re inspiring they’re uplifting informative. Your channel is a good place to go to have a nice laugh. Thank you so much for your content.

  • @storiesfromthemind4220
    @storiesfromthemind4220 Před 3 měsíci +1

    I've heard a story Mr. Ballen told about this same thing with a crew mate, but never knew Edgar Allen Poe wrote a story that he wouldn't realize be based on a real person.

  • @paulanewhouse4252
    @paulanewhouse4252 Před 4 měsíci +18

    I live about 10 minutes from Poe's grave. On the corner of Greene and Eutaw street in Baltimore of course. It always gives me a feeling i cant explain. If you ever make it to Baltimore see for yourself. ❤

    • @wenbeck1414
      @wenbeck1414 Před 3 měsíci

      Get out before the next pandemic

    • @seandadon4884
      @seandadon4884 Před 3 měsíci

      Eutaw and Greene don’t intersect you must mean Fayette and Greene

  • @ToneeRhianRose
    @ToneeRhianRose Před 4 měsíci +5

    Another mystery surrounding Poe is that after he died every yr on his b-day someone would leave a half-empty bottle of cognac & 3 roses on his grave. Nobody ever found out who this person was or why they did it.

    • @thedrunkbard4772
      @thedrunkbard4772 Před 4 měsíci +1

      The Poe toaster! I'm so glad somebody gave Mr Poe the respect he truly deserved after his death because he didn't get much during his life 😢

    • @thedrunkbard4772
      @thedrunkbard4772 Před 4 měsíci +1

      They also think the three roses were for Poe, his mother and his wife possibly.

  • @georgenoyes2904
    @georgenoyes2904 Před 4 měsíci

    Just brilliant content, bro!

  • @jeanbaker2087
    @jeanbaker2087 Před 4 měsíci +3

    My first husband, Vernon, and I were married for 34 years. In 2013, 10 days after his birthday on February 17th, Vernon died on the 27th. He was 72 years old. I still love him.😊

    • @janicereadymartcher7696
      @janicereadymartcher7696 Před 4 měsíci +1

      And he still loves you. I have told my wife if I pass first I will look over you and protect you until we meet again. True love conquers all.Phil.

  • @ms.donaldson2533
    @ms.donaldson2533 Před 4 měsíci +6

    That is only one of MANY of the stories from Charm City!!
    Much love from Lady Baltimore History ❤

  • @00LXS00
    @00LXS00 Před 4 měsíci +33

    Thank you as always for the great stories! And animation as well! 😊

  • @davidholmgren659
    @davidholmgren659 Před 4 měsíci +1

    A fabulous presentation in your wonderful mesmerizing narrative style. Well done and RIP Edgar Allen Poe.

  • @DaniellaTousson
    @DaniellaTousson Před 4 měsíci +2

    Edgar Allan Poe's work has even gotten into recent punk rock music. A band called TX2 has a song called 'Trust No One' in which there is the line "Tell-tale hearts will beat." 'The Tell-Tale Heart' is one of Edgar Allan Poe's short stories. This is one of my favorite references in all of music. I don't know if this was intentional or not, but I love it either way.

    • @jillniemczynski5517
      @jillniemczynski5517 Před 3 měsíci +1

      @Daniella Tousson Check out The Alan Parson Project. The album is called Tales of Mystery & Imagination. It's Edgar's stories put to music. It's awesome! 🤗🥰👍

    • @DaniellaTousson
      @DaniellaTousson Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@jillniemczynski5517 Oh thanks! That sounds really interesting.

    • @jillniemczynski5517
      @jillniemczynski5517 Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@DaniellaTousson You are very welcome 🤗. Enjoy!

    • @TiberiusX
      @TiberiusX Před 2 měsíci

      Good Charlotte referenced the tell-tale heart in bloody valentine in 01

  • @christinebrady6842
    @christinebrady6842 Před 4 měsíci +13

    I think this is my favorite of your videos. I already knew some of the information, but some of it was new to me. All of it is fascinating, I think.

    • @thingi
      @thingi Před 4 měsíci +2

      Here's some more info you may or may not know.... I've known about Richard Parker since I was about 12. His memorial is on the wall of the Lady Chapel in Peartree Church / St. Mary's Extra in Southampton where I used to sing in the choir as a kid, yet I've never heard of this spooky Edgar Alan Poe connection. Another unusual fact about Peartree was it was the first Church of England building to consecrated after the Henry VIII told the Catholic church to 'do one' so he could get divorced.

  • @Krazy4Pink_Kerry
    @Krazy4Pink_Kerry Před 4 měsíci +16

    I’m not sure if people realise why he changes the thumbnail and title soo much. When you make YT videos after your video has been ‘live’ For a certain amount of time YT actually suggests other thumbnails that may help the video be seen by more people and do better soo give you the option of changing it for one they suggest or one of your own soo I think that’s why he keeps doing it. Obviously I don’t know this for a fact soo could be wrong but I don’t really see any other reason why he would do it otherwise and knowing that YT offers this option I believe that is the reason.

  • @adrianantico3750
    @adrianantico3750 Před 2 měsíci +1

    In regards to his death, the brain tumor theory reminds me of the movie "Phenomenon" where John Travolta suddenly becomes brilliant due to a brain tumor.

  • @MrEdWeirdoShow
    @MrEdWeirdoShow Před 4 měsíci +1

    As a little echo, the most popular writer (from1973-2013) of detective fiction was named... Robert Parker.
    (And yes, he also looked quite like a turtle.)

  • @heathermauldin4951
    @heathermauldin4951 Před 4 měsíci +4

    Not that it matters but... When I first started school I rode the bus home, and I sat with a girl who loved Poe. She would tell me his stories, and from that experience and my brother being into Poe, I developed a lifelong long love for the man and his works. I've read a bunch of shit throughout my life, but Edgar Allan Poe is still my favorite writer of all time. I highly recommend people listen to the great Christopher Walken read The Raven. It's just beautiful.
    Thank you for this dive into my favorite author of all time. I love your channel, and this was my favorite video.

  • @tarkus42
    @tarkus42 Před 4 měsíci +8

    I love Poe; two of my band's songs are themed on his tales. The Fall of the House of Usher and The Telltale Heart.

    • @LenaFerrari
      @LenaFerrari Před 4 měsíci +3

      Interested in hearing your music, based on this description. Are you, by any chance on Spotify or something?

    • @tarkus42
      @tarkus42 Před 4 měsíci

      @@LenaFerrari I will have to pm you as I think my reply was blocked?

    • @tarkus42
      @tarkus42 Před 4 měsíci

      @@LenaFerrari check my playlists

  • @CDClvstitle42
    @CDClvstitle42 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Even more interesting is at the same time he died at this home in Richmond. Edgar Allen Poe has graves in both Richmond and Baltimore each birthday a man dressed like Poe appears carrying a bottle of cognac drinks it at his grave both of them

  • @vekunde
    @vekunde Před 4 měsíci

    Richard Parker! Wow! What a story. Reminds me of Morgan Robertson's "The Wreck of the Titan", or "Futility" describing the Titanic, essentially.

  • @ozman2240
    @ozman2240 Před 4 měsíci +8

    Every time I hear the name Edgar Allen Poe, it reminds me of an episode of South Park.. lol. Still, this channel is always amazing to watch.

    • @Cara-39
      @Cara-39 Před 4 měsíci +1

      I love his work, Cask of Amontillado is my favorite, but without fail, the first thing that comes to mind when I hear Poe's name is Bart Simpson as the raven - Quoth the raven, eat my shorts man!

  • @BigDawgBignuts24
    @BigDawgBignuts24 Před 4 měsíci +14

    PERFECT TIMING FOR A WEEKLY THOUGHTY VID! GREAT AS ALWAYS! Thank you so much 💙🫶🏻

  • @icascone
    @icascone Před 4 měsíci

    Thanks for sharing!!