October Fact A Day

“The Murders In The Rue Morgue”, by Edgar Allen Poe, is considered the first detective story.

Poe did not like the military school his step-father sent him to, so in order to be kicked out, he showed up to class one day in nothing but a tie.
Sandra Scarborough (my mom)

Poe and his wife were so poor that she used the cat as a blanket to keep warm at night.
Sandra Scarborough (my mom)