Murders in the Rue Morgue

First published in a 1841 edition of Graham''s Magazine, The Murders in the Rue Morgue is often cited as the first modern detective story. The first of three stories to center around C. Auguste Dupin, Poe''s fictional detective, The Murders in the Rue Morgue involves Dupin''s investigation of the baffling murders of a mother and daughter. Witnesses report having heard two voices, one French and on...