Talk:The Mystery of Marie Rogêt

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Murder is Not Unsolved[edit]

While Poe was working on the final installment of "The Mystery of Marie Roget," a Mrs. Loss (referred to as Madame Deluc in the Poe story) confessed on her death-bed to her involvement in an attempted abortion which resulted in the death of Mary Rogers. In Poe's version of the story published in his 1845 book "Tales," he added an ending which references the abortion. John Walsh enumerates Poe's use of the factual evidence of the case in his 1968 book "Poe the Detective: The Curious Circumstances behind 'The Mystery of Marie Roget.'" It is my hope that the wikipedia article's description of the case as "unsolved" will be justly amended, and hopefully expanded to reflect the facts. 68.72.143.119 (talk) 18:27, 10 April 2008 (UTC)Sean Pears 4/10/08[reply]

This article definitely has a lot of room for growth. WP:SOFIXIT. --Midnightdreary (talk) 20:04, 10 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
On second thought, a longer response is justified. John E. Walsh, laughed at in Poe circles for his ridiculous conclusions based on conjecture, is hardly the final authority on the subject. Mary Rogers's murder is still unsolved, and many writers still discuss its many theories (including the recent Beautiful Cigar Girl by Daniel Stashower). So, in the end, the botched abortion theory (which is not originally Walsh's, though he loves to present theories with such finality that they cannot be questioned) should be discussed in this article... alongside the several other theories. --Midnightdreary (talk) 20:11, 10 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"the first murder mystery based on the details of a real crime" citation[edit]

Where is the citation/ source for this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.21.106.75 (talk) 22:27, 2 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

In fact, there are two sources given in the body of the article (the lede merely summarizes the article, so most citations are not in the lede). See notes 7 and 8. --Midnightdreary (talk) 00:28, 3 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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