At The Gates - The Burning Darkness (live)

Instead of calming the minds, an autopsy only enveloped the whole story with a halo of mystery, all the more so as the inexpressiveness of the first official communications opened the way for all kinds of speculation. The first conclusion of the medical examiner speaks of cardiac arrest, hypertension, and other natural causes, while Presley’s dependence on stimulants and barbiturates was known to everyone after the publication of his bodyguard notes. The tabloids decided to capitalize on the stubbornness with which they hid the open secret to sharply increase circulation, and immediately after the funeral, a controversy erupted in the press.