Murder is afoot! The Narrator reads Poe's short story 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue'. In addition, details into the composition of the story is explored. NOTE: In French, the word rue = street. In case you're interested, dear listener, in reading Poe's Dupin stories: The Murders in the Rue Morgue (Dupin Tales): (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/132013/the-murders-in-the-rue-morgue-by-edgar-allan-poe/); and in case you're interested in the first detective novel: The Moonstone (novel): (https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-moonstone-9780198819394?cc=us&lang=en&); or the first novel in the Sherlock Holmes cannon: A Study in Scarlet (novel): (https://global.oup.com/ukhe/product/a-study-in-scarlet-9780199554775?cc=gb&lang=en&).