"The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe published in Graham's Magazine in 1841. It has been recognized as the first modern detective story; 1] 2] Poe referred to it as one of his "tales of ratiocination." 1] Two works that share some similarities predate Poe's stories, including Das Fraulein von Scuderi (1819) by E. T. A. Hoffmann 3] and Zadig (1747) by Voltaire."