Poe’s work started it all: the mystery genre, the detective sidekick, and the locked-room puzzle.
If you love Sherlock, Agatha Christie, or Knives Out — it all began here.
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Long before Sherlock Holmes, there was C. Auguste Dupin. Edgar Allan Poe’s chilling 1841 tale didn’t just solve a brutal double murder — it invented the modern detective genre. Here’s what made it unforgettable.
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