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The Murdered Cousin

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

First published 1851
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

This is said to be the earliest "sealed room" mystery known.<br> Published in <i>Ghost Stories and Tales of Mystery</i>, 1851. An earlier version, entitled "Passage in the Secret History of an Irish Contess" was originally published in <i>Dublin University Magazine</i>, 1838, all according to E. F. Bleiler in <i>Ghost Stories and Mysteries</i>.<br>

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1851 Cover Ghost Stories and Tales of Mystery James McGlashan Collection 61
1975 Cover Ghost Stories and Mysteries Dover Publications Collection 216
August 1988 Cover The Illustrated J.S. Le Fanu: Ghost Stories and Mysteries by a Master Victorian Storyteller Crucible / Equation Collection 73
July 1990 Cover Ghost and Horror Stories Tynron Press Anthology 240
October 1996 Cover Carmilla and 12 Other Classic Tales of Mystery Signet Classic / New American Library Collection 143
July 2004 Two Ghostly Mysteries Project Gutenberg Collection
February 2005 Cover A Chapter in the History of a Tyrone Family and the Murdered Cousin IndyPublish.com Collection
2006 Cover Vintage Mystery and Detective Stories Wordsworth Editions Anthology 677
September 2006 Cover Two Weird Mysteries Aegypan Collection
November 2009 Cover Two Ghostly Mysteries Serenity Publishers Collection
February 2012 Cover Two Ghostly Mysteries Serenity Publishers Collection
September 2012 Cover Ghost Stories and Mysteries Dover Publications Collection 216
August 2015 Cover Chilling Horror Flame Tree Publishing Anthology 142
November 2016 Cover Chilling Horror Flame Tree Publishing Anthology |142
October 2019 Cover The Tiled House Collins Crime Club Collection |5
December 2019 Cover The Tiled House HarperCollins (UK) Collection |5
February 2025 Cover Horror Stories Flame Tree Press Collection 216