The Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

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Mystery [v11 #3, March 1935] ed. Durbin Lee Horner (Tower Magazines, Inc., 10¢, 88pp+, 11.5″ x 13.5″, cover by John Atherton) 4 · What You Don’t Know · Ken Engles · ss 6 · Health Swindlers [Part 2 of 2] · D. E. Wheeler · ar 9 · Killers! · Leigh Matteson · ar 10 · The Lady and the Madman · Whitman Chambers · ss 12 · Lily Was Dynamite · Belden Duff · ss 15 · In the Middle of the Night · Edmund Pearson · ts 16 · The Affair on the Roof [Trevis Tarrant] · C. Daly King · nv 19 · The Weirdest Story Ever Told · Norman Matson · ss 22 · I Find the Real American Tragedy [Part 2 of 5] · Theodore Dreiser · ar 24 · Atrocity! · Charles J. Dutton · ts 25 · The Whispering Terror · Hugh Baker · nv 41 · Try These Super-Cakes · [uncredited] · ms 42 · Brighten Up Your Wardrobe · [uncredited] · ms 42 · Home Builders’ Question Box · [uncredited] · cl 43 · The Make-Up Box · [uncredited] · cl 43 · When You Are Your Own Manicurist · [uncredited] · ms 45 · The Laugh at Midnight · Mary Plum · ss 49 · World-Wide Search for a New Mystery Character · [uncredited] · cn 60 · The Line-Up · The Readers · lc 67 · I Go Sleuthing · Omar Weyer · cl

Mystery [v11 #4, April 1935] ed. Durbin Lee Horner (Tower Magazines, Inc., 10¢, 94pp+, 11.5″ x 13.5″, cover by John Atherton) Pages 27 - 42 are printed on pulp paper, the rest of the magazine is on slick paper. Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 4 · The Line-Up · The Readers · lc 6 · She Was No Angel · Edmund Pearson · ar 8 · Little Book of Strange Crimes · Henry LaCossitt · cl 11 · The Lady of Darkness · Leigh Matteson · ss 12 · Her Husband’s Guilt · Belden Duff · ss 14 · The Riddle of the Beautiful Italian Girl [Pinky Kane] · Whitman Chambers · ss 16 · Life in the Raw · Hulbert Footner · ss 18 · The Business of Death · Helgo Walter · ss; given as “The Case of the Rigid Man” in Cook/Miller. 21 · The First Crime of Spring · Norman Matson · ss 24 · I Find the Real American Tragedy [Part 3 of 5] · Theodore Dreiser · ar 27 · Dead Men Can’t Walk · Edward Acheson · na; illustrated by Nicholas F. Riley 43 · World-Wide Search for a Mystery Character · [uncredited] · cn 44 · The Tragedy of the Bluebloods · Mary Plum · ss 63 · I Go Sleuthing · James E. Quick · cl

Mystery [v11 #5, May 1935] ed. Durbin Lee Horner (Tower Magazines, Inc., 10¢, 88pp+, 11.5″ x 13.5″, cover by John Atherton) Pages 25 - 40 are printed on pulp paper, the rest of the magazine is on slick paper. A number of the pages feature sepia colored illustrations, and the print on those pages is also sepia in tone. Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 4 · Prove the Crime · Charles Rosenberg, Jr. · ar 6 · The Line-Up · The Readers · lc 8 · Little Book of Strange Crimes · Henry LaCossitt · cl 9 · She Thought of Everything · Maurice Level · ss 10 · The Tragedy of the Veiled Murderess · Edward Hale Bierstadt · ar 12 · Was the Corpse Dead? · Norman Matson · ss 14 · Are American Homes Threatened by China’s Scourge? · John P. Fredericks · ar; about heroin addiction in the USA. 18 · A Blonde in the News [Pinky Kane] · Whitman Chambers · ss 20 · The Dead Don’t Waken · Belden Duff · ss 22 · I Find the Real American Tragedy [Part 4 of 5] · Theodore Dreiser · ar; a look at the Robert Allen Edwards murder case in Pennsylvania. 25 · Darker Grows the Valley · Q. Patrick (by Richard Wilson Webb & Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · na; illustrated by Nicholas F. Riley 44 · World-Wide Search for a Mystery Character · [uncredited] · cn 71 · I Go Sleuthing · Iverne Galloway · cl

Mystery [v11 #6, June 1935] ed. Durbin Lee Horner (Tower Magazines, Inc., 10¢, 88pp+, 11.5″ x 13.5″, cover by John Atherton) 4 · Can We Punish Twice? · Charles Rosenberg, Jr. · ar 6 · The Line-Up · The Readers · lc 9 · Condemned! · Francis Beeding · ss 10 · The Clue of the Dying Ducks · Edward Hale Bierstadt · ts 12 · The Phantom Had Red Hair · Whitman Chambers · ss 14 · Tower Star Fashions · [uncredited] · ms 16 · Years Go By · Chapin Howard · ss 17 · When a Lady’s Involved · George Harmon Coxe · ss 20 · I Find the Real American Tragedy [Part 5 of 5] · Theodore Dreiser · ar 23 · Trapped in an Old House · Hulbert Footner · ss 24 · What Do You Know About Crime? · Edward Hale Bierstadt · qz 25 · In the Dark of Night · Raymond Leslie Goldman · na 43 · Make-Believe Salads · Mary Martin · ar 44 · Tower Star Fashions Stores · [uncredited] · ms 45 · Sleuthing for Beauty · Pamela Pinkerton · cl 45 · The Make-Up Box · Marilyn · cl 47 · World-Wide Search for a Mystery Character · [uncredited] · cn 67 · I Go Sleuthing · Lloyd Llewell · cl

Mystery [v12 #1, July 1935] (Tower Magazines, Inc., 10¢, 88pp+, 11.5″ x 13.5″, cover by Harold Woolridge) (Full Text) Details supplied by Ira B. Matetsky. 2 · The Editors Present · The Editor · ed 4 · Guilty by Circumstance · Charles Rosenberg, Jr. · ms 6 · The Line-Up · The Readers · lc 9 · Black Cat · Louis Golding · ss 12 · The Clue of the Jumping Bean [Mark Harrell (The Taxicab Detective)] · William Corcoran · ss 14 · Tower Star Fashions · [uncredited] · ms 16 · Out on His Feet · Norman Matson · ss 18 · The Doctor and the Lunatic · Richard Connell · ss 20 · Tiger Woman · Emma-Lindsay Squier · ss 22 · The Duchess Spots a Killer [Katie Blayne (The Duchess)] · Whitman Chambers · ss 25 · He Killed a Thousand Men · Harriett Ashbrook · na 41 · Fill the Jam Closet · Mary Martin · ms 42 · Pull These Punches on That Party · Amy Vanderbilt · ms 43 · Sleuthing for Beauty · Pamela Pinkerton · cl 43 · The Make-Up Box · [uncredited] · cl 44 · World-Wide Search for a Mystery Character · [uncredited] · cn 44 · Dying to Dye · [uncredited] · ms 67 · I Go Sleuthing · John L. Bowen · ts

Mystery [v12 #2, August 1935] ed. Durbin Lee Horner (Tower Magazines, Inc., 10¢, 88pp, 11.5″ x 13.5″, cover by John Atherton) Pages 25 - 40 are printed on pulp paper, the rest of the magazine is on slick paper. A number of the pages feature sepia colored illustrations, and the print on those pages is also sepia in tone. Details supplied by Curt Phillips. 4 · Crime Questionnaire · Edward Hale Bierstadt · ms 6 · I Decline to Answer · Charles Rosenberg, Jr. · ms 8 · Little Book of Strange Crimes · [uncredited] · cl 9 · The Monster · Norman Matson · ss 10 · Juror Number Seven · Carl Clausen · ss 12 · Nobody Would Listen · Elisabeth Sanxay Holding · ss 16 · Trapped! · Alan Sullivan · ss 17 · Find My Wife · Captain John H. Ayres · ms 18 · They Hang Only Once · Whitman Chambers · ss 20 · Death Spreads a Carpet · Edward Hale Bierstadt · ts 22 · A Reason for Murder · Emma-Lindsay Squier · ss 24 · The Episode of the Ugly House · James Booth · ts 24 · I Go Sleuthing · [uncredited] · cl 25 · The House That Jack Built · Colver Harris · na 41 · The Episode of the Vanished Woodpile · James Booth · ts 42 · The Tragic Affair at the Inn · Octavus Roy Cohen · ss 48 · World-Wide Search for a Mystery Character · [uncredited] · cn

Mystery [v12 #3, September 1935] ed. Durbin Lee Horner (Tower Magazines, Inc., 10¢, 80pp+, 11.5″ x 13.5″, cover by John Atherton) Pages 25 - 40 are printed on pulp paper, the rest of the magazine is on slick paper. Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 4 · Mystery Movies · The Editor · mr 5 · The Line-Up · The Readers · lc 6 · Freely Confessed · Charles Rosenberg, Jr. · ar 8 · Little Book of Strange Crimes · Henry LaCossitt · cl 9 · Suicide Note · Emma-Lindsay Squier · ss 12 · Manhattan Indian · Ferrin Fraser · ss 16 · Voice of the Dead Man · Norman Matson · ss 17 · The Tragedy of the Sleeping Beauty · Captain John H. Ayres · ar 18 · A Bad Night for Mr. Whitby · Colver Harris · ss 20 · The Girl in Halihafa · Stephen Phillips · ss 22 · Rich Man, Poor Man, “G” Man, Thief! · William Corcoran · ss 25 · The Merry-Go-Round of Murder · Joseph Dineen · na; illustrated by Nicholas F. Riley 62 · I Go Sleuthing · John G. Curtis · cl

Inspector Malone’s Mystery Magazine   (about) Announced as carrying “detective and mystery stories carefully selected and edited by Inspector Malone of Homicide, to cater to the readers seeking relaxation with well-written and unusual fiction”. Intended as a quarterly, but lasted only a single issue. Publishers: Ver Halen Publications; 6960 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood 28, CA: Inspector Malone’s Mystery Magazine. Editors: James H. Wood - Editor: Inspector Malone’s Mystery Magazine.

Inspector Malone’s Mystery Magazine [v1 #1, September/October 1945] ed. James H. Wood (Ver Halen Publications, 25¢, digest) Details supplied by Sai Shankar from Table of Contents. 4 · I Forgot Three Days · Dennis Robling · ss 18 · The Professor’s “Magic Capsule” · Walter Gerling · ss 23 · The Eyes of Arnold Bethanay · Walt Knight · ss 30 · The Terrible Detective · Garland Lord · ss 42 · Murder in the Air · Philip Shaw · ss 48 · The Streamliner Mystery · Mindret Lord · ss

International Detective Cases   (about) This is generally regarded as a true crime magazine, but many of the items feel more like fiction.

International Detective Cases [Volume 1 Number 1, April 1936] ed. Rose Bolen (Artvision Publishing Company Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by John Eggeling. 1 · Death Under the Microscope · Fletcher Pratt · ts; from Germany. 14 · The Clue of the Mismated Shoes · Anatole Feldman · ts; from England. 28 · The Breakfast-for-Three Murder · W. Adolphe Roberts · ts; from France. 38 · The Symbol of the Lily · Lum Smith · ts; from French Indo-China. 50 · Aurora Borealis—Witness · Hollis B. Fultz · ts; from Canada. 62 · The Vengeance of Mother India · William R. Creedmore · ts; from India. 73 · Spies Don’t Die in Bed · A. F. Field · ts; from France. 84 · Death Meets Father Christmas · Merrick Wells · ts; from Celebes Islands. 94 · The Man Who Wouldn’t Stay Dead · Fred Armour · ts; from Hungary. 111 · The Flying Dutchman Comes to Port · Dane North · ts; from Australia. 122 · Proof in Plaster · Beech Allen · ts; from Belgium.

International Detective Cases [Volume 1 Number 2, May 1936] (Artvision Publishing Company Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Sai Shankar from Table of Contents. 129 · Passion Points a Pistol · [unknown author] · ts; from Czechoslovakia. 147 · Appointment with Death · [unknown author] · ts; from Belgium. 158 · The Consortium of White Death · [unknown author] · ts; from Turkey. 168 · Fate Takes the Yukon Trail · [unknown author] · ts; from Canada. 182 · The Secret of the Concrete Crypts · [unknown author] · ts; from Australia. 192 · Wanted—for Murder · [unknown author] · ts; from England. 203 · Three Steps in Crimson · [unknown author] · ts; from Scotland. 214 · Death for Dessert · [unknown author] · ts; from India. 224 · Decoy of Doom · [unknown author] · ts; from Romania. 232 · Murder on the High Veldt · [unknown author] · ts; from Africa. 244 · Devil’s Dowry · [unknown author] · ts; from France.