#23 The Heightened Mystery of Poe’s Passing

On the date of this recording, 170 years ago, Edgar Allan Poe died. It is disputed exactly how Poe died, and why. But there is a theory…

Now, if you were to find yourself in manhattan 50 years ago, you might also find a group of young adults, gathered in a basement with Poe’s words eager on their lips, and a singular determination to uncover the story behind the poets death. Would you join them?

Today, Aaron Salazar of the Poseidon Theater Company has made it possible for one to ask themselves this question. He joins the immersion nation podcast to discuss this immersive experience: Who Killed Edgar Allan Poe? The Cooping Theory, 1969.  

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Show Notes:

Recorded on the 170th anniversary of Poe’s Death [3:01]

What fictional world would you live in? [3:23]

What is ‘Who Killed Edgar Allan Poe? The Cooping Theory 1969’ [4:49]

The cooping theory- electoral fraud and Poe’s death [10:46]

Setting a societal scene, the context for tragedy [14:22]

What you walk away with [16:39]
Unexpected reactions: all the first timers [19:52]

Herding fish [22:45]

Make it immersive [23:52]

Creating with classic works [35:47]

Moving into immersive [37:40]

“Critics don’t really know how to review this stuff” [39:03]

The form necessitated adaptation [41:43]

Those who do, and those who’d rather not [44:55]

‘Submit to the extremity of the experience’ [46:37]

Non-linear narrative- no experience is a straight line [48:51]

The paranormal swamp [52:10]

Your satisfaction level is dependent on your participation [52:35]

Relentless [54:42]

Aaron on Blackout [55:07]

Where can people find all of these things? [1:00:10]