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    Strange Suicides   (about)
    Strange Suicides may well have been the most bizarre entry in the magazine field of the 1930’s. The magazine’s policy was given in the first issue. It was to cover “The choice of the most dramatic events in our field, but not to neglect the unknown”.

    The magazine included factual and fictionalized stories on actual suicides, articles on suicide, and excerpts from literature concerning suicide. Shakespeare, Dickens and Flaubert were all excerpted. Schopenhauer has an essay on suicide in the first issue.

    The true flavor of the magazine can best be caught in two separate articles. In the first issue the Executioner of France, M. Diebler has an article titled “Does Life Continue after Decapitation”. There is also a series discussing men who should have committed suicide. The first issue suggests Benedict Arnold and the second Oscar Wilde.

    • Publishers:
      • George Hill Publisher; New York: Strange Suicides.

    • Editors:

    Strange Suicides [Vol. I No. 1, January 1933] ed. Harold Hersey (George Hill, 15¢, 48pp, quarto)
    Details taken from Table of Contents.
    • fc. · The Roll-Call of the Damned · [uncredited] · cl
    • 5 · Hangman Kills Self to End Haunting Memories · [uncredited] · ts
    • 6 · Does Life Continue After Decapitation? · [uncredited] · ar
    • 7 · John Ellis Haunted by His Past · [uncredited] · pt
    • 8 · Dickens Describes an Ex-Hangman · [uncredited] · ar [Ref. Charles Dickens]
    • 10 · Verse on John Hulbert, Executioner of Sing Sing · [uncredited] · pm
    • 11 · The Little Confessor of Hollywood · [uncredited] · ts; “The drama of Paul Bern’s death”.
    • 17 · To My Beautiful Lost Angel · [uncredited] · ts; “Story of Ralph Barton’s suicide”.
    • 19 · Ralph Barton’s Last Letter · [uncredited] · ms
    • 29 · Announcement of Kreuger Article · [uncredited] · ms
    • 30 · Schopenhauer on Suicide · [uncredited] · ms
    • 31 · Full-Page Portrait of Schopenhauer · [uncredited] · pt
    • 33 · Men Who Should Have Committed Suicide: No. 1, Benedict Arnold · [uncredited] · ar
    • 36 · “I Married Reynolds for Love”, Says Libby Holman · [uncredited] · ts
    • 39 · Suicide Scenes from Shakespeare · [uncredited] · ms
    • 41 · Have We the Moral Right to Take Our Own Lives? · [uncredited] · ed
    • bc. · Heroines in Hell · [uncredited] · cl; “The death of Madame Bovary”.

    Strange Suicides [Vol. I No. 2, February 1933] (15¢, 112pp+, quarto)
    Issue partially indexed.
    • · Heroines in Hell · [uncredited] · cl; “The complete inside story of Smith-Reynolds’ suicide, and Libby Holman, torch singer of Broadway”.
    • · Sex and Suicide · [uncredited] · ms
    • · Did President Harding Kill Himself? · [uncredited] · ar
    • · Men Who Should Have Committed Suicide: No. 2, Oscar Wilde · [uncredited] · ar [Ref. Oscar Wilde]
    • · Kreuger, The Swedish Lucifer · [uncredited] · ar
    • · John Wilkes Booth, Assassin of Lincoln · [uncredited] · ar; “In Which His Strange Career and Even Stranger End Is Told in Detail”.
    • · The Causes of Suicide · [uncredited] · ar
    • · The Roll-Call of the Damned · [uncredited] · cl

    Street & Smith’s Sampler   (about)
    Stories from various Street & Smith publications.

    • Publishers:
      • Street & Smith Publications, Inc.; 79 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY.: Street & Smith’s Sampler.

    Sure-Fire Screen Stories [Vol. 1 No. 1, February 1934] ed. M. C. Kelley (Dell Publishing Co. Inc., 10¢, 128pp, pulp, cover: [posed by Randolph Scott, Paramount Player])
    Details supplied by Sai Shankar.
    • 8 · The Fighting Code · [uncredited] · sa; starring Buck Jones.
    • 18 · Fury of the Jungle · [uncredited] · sa; featuring an all star cast.
    • 29 · The Thundering Herd · [uncredited] · sa; starring Randolph Scott and Harry Carey.
    • 41 · Son of Kong · [uncredited] · sa; featuring Robert Armstrong.
    • 51 · Lone Cowboy · [uncredited] · sa; featuring Jackie Cooper.
    • 64 · Sixteen Fathoms Deep · [uncredited] · sa; featuring Craighton Chaney.
    • 75 · Sagebrush Trail · [uncredited] · sa; featuring John Wayne.
    • 86 · “Smoky” · [uncredited] · sa; featuring Victor Jory.
    • 96 · Straightaway · [uncredited] · sa; featuring Tim McCoy.
    • 111 · Gun Justice · [uncredited] · sa; featuring Ken Maynard.

    Sure-Fire Screen Stories [Vol. 1 No. 2, March 1934] ed. M. C. Kelley (Dell Publishing Co., Inc., 10¢, pulp, cover: [posed by Ricardo Cortez, First National Player])
    Details supplied by Sai Shankar.
    • 8 · The Big Shakedown · [uncredited] · sa; featuring Charles Farrell & Ricardo Cortez.
    • 23 · West of the Divide · [uncredited] · sa; starring John Wayne.
    • 33 · Bombay Mail · [uncredited] · sa; featuring Edmund Lowe.
    • 45 · Strawberry Roan · [uncredited] · sa; starring Ken Maynard.
    • 58 · Sleepers East · [uncredited] · sa; featuring Preston Foster and Harvey Stephens.
    • 73 · Speed Wings · [uncredited] · sa; starring Tim McCoy.
    • 84 · Hell and High Water · [uncredited] · sa; starring Richard Arlen.
    • 95 · Before Midnight · [uncredited] · sa; featuring Ralph Bellamy.
    • 104 · War of the Range · [uncredited] · sa; starring Tom Tyler.
    • 113 · Pirate’s Treasure · [uncredited] · sa; starring Richard Talmadge.

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