On April 20, 1841, Edgar Allen Poe’s story, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, first appeared in Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine. This is generally considered to be the first detective story. After Poe’s story was published, detective stories began to grow in popularity. Wilkie Collins’ Moonstone was published in 1868, and about ten years later, the first Sherlock Holmes story came out.
