National Endowment for the Humanities - Edgar Allan Poe published “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” considered the first modern detective story, #OTD in 1841. Read the first installment of the short
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Newsflicks - The father of the modern detective story, Edgar Allan Poe, was born on this day 207 years ago | Facebook
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