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The Real-Life Inspiration of Edgar Allan Poe’s First Detective Story
The Real-Life Inspiration of Edgar Allan Poe’s First Detective Story
By Benjamin Welton
April 18, 2014

One-hundred-and-seventy-three years after the publication of Poe’s “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” we celebrate its inspiration: Detective Eugene Vidocq.

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