The Murders in the Rue Morgue, Edgar Allan Poe Detective Fiction, Part 1
The Murders in the Rue Morgue, Edgar Allan Poe Detective Fiction, Part 1

"The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is a story by Edgar Allan Poe published in Graham's Magazine in 1841.

It has been recognized as the first detective story; Poe referred to it as one of his "tales of ratiocination".