Mary Cecilia Rogers
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Mary Cecilia Rogers was a 19th-century New York cigar-store clerk whose unsolved 1841 murder became a national sensation and inspired Edgar Allan Poe’s detective story "The Mystery of Marie Rogêt."
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mary Cecilia Rogers canonical | 1 |
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
human
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murder victim ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Broadway cigar shop
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Hoboken waterfront NERFINISHED ⓘ Hudson River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| caseStatus | unsolved ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | unsolved murder ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| culturalDepiction | fictional character Marie Rogêt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1841-07-25 ⓘ |
| employer | John Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fiancé | Daniel Payne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasRelative | Phoebe Rogers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSignificantEvent |
body discovered in the Hudson River near Hoboken
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coroner’s inquest into her death ⓘ disappearance in New York City in July 1841 ⓘ renewed investigation after discovery of bloodstained clothing in a Hoboken thicket ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
early American true crime
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influence on detective fiction ⓘ |
| inspiredAuthor | Edgar Allan Poe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredWork | The Mystery of Marie Rogêt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | homicide ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage | national newspaper sensation in the United States ⓘ |
| mother | Phoebe Rogers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Mary Cecilia Rogers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
inspiration for Edgar Allan Poe’s story "The Mystery of Marie Rogêt"
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unsolved 1841 murder case ⓘ |
| notableImpact |
contributed to public interest in forensic investigation
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helped shape the genre of analytical detective stories through Poe’s adaptation of her case ⓘ |
| occupation | cigar-store clerk ⓘ |
| partOf | 19th-century New York City crime history ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Hoboken, New Jersey
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New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| placeOfResidence |
Manhattan
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New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Anderson’s tobacco shop
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Broadway, Manhattan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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