A mother and daughter are brutally murdered, leaving investigators baffled and few clues behind. The killer's escape route is blocked by nailed shut windows, and neighbors didn't witness their departure. Auguste Dupin, a skilled detective, is recruited to solve the crime, despite being recently released from the police department. He agrees to investigate, driven by his daughter's pleas, whose fiancé is a suspect.
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
A retired detective is pulled back into the game to clear his daughter's fiancé of a string of brutal murders, putting his own family and reputation on the line.