Edgar Allan Poe: Mysterious Even in Death On a dark October night, famous author, Edgar Allen Poe, died of a mysterious death that has led to many theories. Many of his stories were mysterious, so it is not such a surprise that his death is a mystery too. Many claimed that he died of alcoholism, but others say he died from rabies. Edgar Allan Poe's uncapableness of consuming alcohol supports the rabies theory. Edgar Allan Poe died from rabies because of the symptoms align, the lack of a bite mark can be explained, and Poe stopped drinking, so it could not have been alcohol. The symptoms of rabies are commonly the same among the many people that have experienced this disease. When Edgar Allan Poe arrived at the hospital, he was very delirious,