Ranger14 Feb 2006

Cigar girl, not matchstick girl, my bad. I can't find the actual article itself (the book appears to still be in print and under copyright), but the theory is that the story of Marie Roget was based on the actual murder of a girl named Mary Cecilia Rogers, and that the details in the story fit too closely to actual facts from the crime which I believe Poe would not have had access to. Or something like that. I forget, but next time I'm home I'll have a look for the book.