Edgar Allan Poe - The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar (Unabridged)

"The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe: An unnamed narrator performs a remarkable experiment when he hypnotizes a man In articulo mortis-at the point of death. Because the story wasn't identified as fiction when it was first published in 1845, many readers believed Edgar Allan Poe's sensational work to be a true account.