The Mystery of Marie Roget, often subtitled A Sequel to "e;The Murders in the Rue Morgue"e;, is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe written in 1842. This is the first murder mystery based on the details of a real crime. It first appeared in Snowden's Ladies' Companion in three installments, November and December 1842 and February 1843. Poe's detective character C. Auguste Dupin and his sideki...