 Poe originally titled the story " Murders in the Rue Trianon " but renamed it to better associate with death . " The Murders in the Rue Morgue " first appeared in Graham 's Magazine in April 1841 while Poe was working as an editor . He was paid an additional $ 56 for it — an unusually high figure ; he was only paid $ 9 for " The Raven " . In 1843 , Poe had the idea to print a series of pamphlets with his stories entitled The Prose Romances of Edgar A. Poe . He printed only one , " The Murders in the Rue Morgue " oddly collected with the satirical " The Man That Was Used Up " . It sold for 12 and a half cents . This version included 52 changes from the original text from Graham 's , including the new line : " The Prefect is somewhat too cunning to be profound " , a change from the original " too cunning to be acute " . " The Murders in the Rue Morgue " was also reprinted in Wiley & Putnam 's collection of Poe 's stories simply called Tales . Poe did not take part in selecting which tales would be collected . 
