Yet it was not always so. The roots of modern detective fiction go back over 150 years to a Boston-born master of the macabre, Edgar Allan Poe. And the most shocking true-crime story in Poe's day ...

Despite gaining national renown after “The Raven” was published in 1845, Edgar Allan Poe never enjoyed great financial success. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons When the New York Evening ...

STAUNTON — When Davey White first read Edgar Allan Poe’s short story "The Murders ... figuring out," White said of the puppets. "A great lesson that I've taken to heart from my friend was ...