The Murders in the Rue Morgue Poe was working as an editor. He was paid an additional $56 for it — an unusually high figure; he was only paid $9 for "The Raven". In 1843, Poe had the idea to print a series of pamphlets with his stories entitled "The Prose Romances of Edgar A. Poe". He printed only one, "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" oddly collected with the satirical "The Man That Was Used Up". It sold for 12 and a half cents. This version included 52 changes from the original text from "Graham's", including the new line: "The Prefect is somewhat too cunning
The Lady in the Morgue (morgues, cemeteries). The British publishing house Methuen & Co. Ltd. republished "The Lady in the Morgue" in hardcover in 1957. "The Lady in the Morgue" was adapted for the big screen in 1938 (aka "The Case of the Missing Blonde" in the UK). The screenplay was written by Eric Taylor and Robertson White; the film, which starred Preston Foster as Bill Crane, was directed by Otis Garrett. It has often been cited as a particularly well-made B-movie. The Lady in the Morgue The Lady in the Morgue (1936) is one of the novels by Jonathan Latimer featuring private detective William