... learns that the earlier event of the two men entering the house with an unconscious man and then later leaving with a conscious one is why the dental records from the corpse and Glenn Palmer's dental records don't match up. The parallels and similarities between Poe's and Doyle's stories and Matlock are also found in the stories' characters. In the Matlock story The ... and Dupin, Matlock has a fascinatingly analytical mind. This is shown when he goes to the morgue to check his theory about the three guys. "So the corps" dental records don't match the dental records of Glenn Palmer," wh...

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... either in a coma. Despite the widely held belief that Poe was in a drunken stupor, he showed no signs of alcohol when he was admitted to the hospital. According to medical records he had abstained from drinking after and few months earlier attending a temperance league in Richmond. One theory says his condition seemed to improve for a time, but by the evening of ... and had to be restrained. Another theory says that he was found unconscious and remained unconscious. Bout both theories state that he died on the fourth day, October 7th at 5 am. His last words were said to be "Lord, help m...

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