First two issues contain fiction, whilst the last two contain a mixture of mostly copyright reserved non-fiction (some illustrated by photos) reprinted from the USA and fiction. The December 1952 date derives from the British Library date stamp and it is presumed that all four issues were registered at once but had been published earlier.

Despite the cover title, the stories are purely fictional.

Not seen, but advertised in an issue of Real FBI Detective Case Stories. May be the same as True Love Stories from The City Libraries.

Issues & Index Sources:  Jan/Feb-1940:

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Publishers:   Frank A. Munsey
Formats:   standard pulp
Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps

Issues & Index Sources:  in 1940s:

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(sample issue only)

Publishers:   Macfadden Publications
Editors:   Hilda Wright (in 1943)
Prices:   10c (in 1943)
Pagecounts:   72pp (in 1943)
Frequency:   monthly

Issues & Index Sources:  Nov-1937

Publishers:   Popular
Formats:   digest
Mentioned in:   Ultimate Guide to the Pulps

Contains one long novel, 22,000 - 25,000 words... sensational, with strong love interest.

Announced as "forthcoming" in #1 of Round-Up Magazine, but might not actually have appeared. May be the same as True Love from the Magazine Fiction Group.

Issues & Index Sources:  in 1950s

Publishers:   Macfadden

"Incorporating Sincerely... first-person complete stories, 2000 - 10,000; also first-person serials".

Issues & Index Sources:  in 1950s

Issues & Index Sources:  Dec-1971/Jan-1972 – ?

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True crime.

True crime.

True Mystic Confessions featured articles on astrology and dreams but mainly carried fictionalized and sensationalized accounts of nudist camp orgies, drugs and sex crimes. Nearly all of the pieces are anonymous and that is understandable. Many of the stories do have a weird element to them but in general this magazine is only for the completist.