Occult detective fiction Occult detective fiction Occult detective fiction combines the tropes of detective fiction with those of supernatural horror fiction. Unlike the traditional detective, the occult detective is employed in cases involving ghosts, curses, and other supernatural elements. Some occult detectives are portrayed as being themselves psychic or in possession of other paranormal powers. Edgar Allan Poe wrote three stories featuring a detective involved with the occult named C. Auguste Dupin, starting with "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" which was first published in 1841. Fitz James O’Brien’s character Harry Escott is another contender for first occult detective in fiction. A specialist
Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language action mystery thriller film directed by Dibakar Banerjee and produced by Banerjee and Aditya Chopra. The story is based on the fictional detective Byomkesh Bakshi created by the Bengali writer Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay. The film stars Sushant Singh Rajput, Anand Tiwari and Swastika Mukherjee in principal roles. It was released on 3 April 2015 to positive reviews from critics. There will be a sequel of this film where Sushant Singh Rajput will act in the same character. In a contemporary interpretation of war-torn Calcutta during 1942, the story follows the