However, despite no official announcement of his identity ever being made there are claims that the Piano Man has been identified – as a former newspaper columnist and mental healthcare worker from Germany – while his lawyer has apparently issued a statement explaining that his client may have been experiencing a ‘psychotic episode’. Further investigation reveals many other claims attributed to unnamed sources. Meanwhile a couple, claiming to be his parents, are said to have insisted their son had told them he ‘had no idea what happened to him. He suddenly woke up one day and remembered who he was.’ It all sounds a bit fishy to me, so I am off to try and find out right now and will let you know if I find anything.
27. The Dreadful Demise of Edgar Allan Poe
The unexplained death of the ma
