MurderUnsolved
The Mystery of Mary Rogers
New York, New York, United StatesJuly 25, 1841
Mary Rogers, a beautiful cigar shop clerk in New York City who was known as the "Beautiful Cigar Girl," was found dead floating in the Hudson River on July 28, 1841. Her death was ruled a murder after evidence of assault was found, but the killer was never identified. The case inspired Edgar Allan Poe to write "The Mystery of Marie Rogêt," his fictional treatment of the real crime, making it one of the earliest true crime stories in American literature.