Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: How Did Mozart Really Die?

S1, E3: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was rumored to have written his own requiem, as catalogued in 1984’s Amadeus, but Professor Robert Greenberg tells us the real story. It's been theorized that Antonio Salieri killed Mozart, with Salieri even claiming himself that he had poisoned him. However, Salieri was recovering from his own attempted suicide when he made his confession, and there is virtually no reliable evidence that Salieri actually killed Mozart. The truth is, Mozart was not poisoned at all, and over one hundred separate diagnoses have been proposed to explain his death.