Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-315) and index

Traces the July 1841 murder investigation that was marked by sensational media coverage and the debut of Edgar Allen Poe, whose short stories "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" and "The Mystery of Marie Roget" associated him with the crime

Prologue : descent into maelstrom -- 1. A gallant gay Lothario -- 2. I tremble for the consequence -- 3. Left home on Sunday -- 4. Very clever with his pen -- 5. A person of chastity -- 6. The dead house -- 7. The sable divinity of night -- 8. The committee of concerned citizens -- 9. A most notorious scoundrel -- 10. The lost hour -- 11. Crackpots and gossipists -- 12. The murder thicket -- 13. A somewhat wasted heart -- 14. A wave of crimson -- 15. A series of coincidences -- 16. A mansion built on baby skulls -- 17. The vanishing rowboat -- 18. At variance with truth -- 19. It may not be improper to record -- 20. The imp of the perverse -- Epilogue : one last wild cry

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