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"The Facts in the Case of Mr Waldemar" is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, written in 1845. The main theme of the story is mesmerism. The story is told in the first person. The author conducts an experiment on his friend Mr Waldemar, who is dying of tuberculosis. The author puts him in a "mesmeric state" in order to explore the peculiarities of the dying process in this state. The author goes on to describe the consequences of his experience. Written in the genres of suspense and horror, the story was first published without explanation that it was a work of fiction, and was perceived by many as a documentary evidence of a real-life experience of magnetism.