Netflix gives us another crime and thrilling story. This time they served us a new crime movie “The Pale Blue Eye”.
The Edgar Allen Poe-based movie is able to tangle the audience in thrill and excitement.
It starred Christian Bale, Harry Melling, Lucy Boynton and Gillian Anderson etc.
The film is liked by the audience and gains a positive response. But everyone is wondering if this is based on a true crime story.
Because it is linked to real-life 18th-century poet Edgar Allen Poe.
Is The Pale Blue Eye Based on Real-Life Crime Story?
The Pale Blue Eye is not based on a real-life crime story. It is actually adapted from the American writer’s novel Louis Bayard.
The novel is a murder mystery set at the New York West Point at the US military academy. Edgar Allen Poe set off with detective Landor to solve the murder mystery.
But in reality, Edgar Allen Poe actually attended the US military academy. And writer Louis Bayard linked Poe’s youth period in the US Military Academy to his novel.
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Detective Landor is Based on One of the Poe’s Fictional Characters
Edgar Allen Poe created so many detective stories. In one of his short stories “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” Character C.Auguste Dupin has inspired the character of detective Landor of The Pale Blue Eye.