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Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories [v20 #4, October 1930] (25¢, 8.25″ x 11.25″ pulp, cover by A. Redmond)
Details supplied by Larry Estep.

4 · A Chat with the Chief · The Editor · cl

8 · Cryptograms · Charles Layng · cl

10 · What Your Penmanship Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl

12 · The Pullman Car Murder [Part 1 of 2] · Harry Adler · sl; illustrated by Andrew Bensen

18 · The Death Riddle of the Redwoods · J. William Hamilton · ar

26 · Three Minus One [Don “Arrow” Evans] · Earl W. Scott · nv; illustrated by Cleggs Vollmer

32 · Monsters of Mystery · Harry M. Lynch · nv; illustrated by Joseph Doolin

41 · Science Goes Haywire · Thomas Topham · nv; illustrated by Andrew Bensen

45 · The Hop-head · M. M. Musselman · nv; illustrated by Andrew Bensen

48 · The Murder of “Jake” Lingle · [uncredited] · ar

55 · The Greatest Detective of His Time · Harry Van Demark · ar

59 · A Man Is Hanged · E. Frew · ar

63 · Crimson Holidays [Part 2 of 2] · Charles T. Jordan · na

69 · Murder for a Thrill · H. Mills · ar

Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories [v21 #1, November 1930] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, 8.25″ x 11.25″ pulp, cover by A. Redmond)
Details supplied by Rob Preston.

4 · A Chat with the Chief · The Editor · cl

8 · Cryptograms · Charles Layng · cl

10 · What Your Penmanship Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl

12 · Ripping the Lid Off Detroit · Tom Bashaw · ts

21 · Talked Into Something · Maurice Fischer · ss

24 · The Ghost Murder of Los Angeles · Claude M. Forbes · ts

30 · The House of Apparitions [Part 1 of 2] · Charles T. Jordan · sl

37 · The Black Overcoat · Al Bromley · ss

39 · How Murderers Are Caught · H. Mills · ar

40 · The Lame Duck [Jimmie Lavender] · Vincent Starrett · nv

46 · Who Killed Elizabeth Hill? · Merlin Taylor · ts

54 · Two Down and One to Go [Don “Arrow” Evans] · Earl W. Scott · ss

61 · The Pullman Car Murder [Part 2 of 2] · Harry Adler · sl

64 · The Murder Mystery of the Three Nude Nymphs · James W. Booth · ts

Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories [v21 #2, December 1930] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, 8.25″ x 11.25″ pulp, cover by A. Redmond)
Details supplied by Rob Preston.

4 · A Chat with the Chief · The Editor · cl

8 · Cryptograms · Charles Layng · cl

10 · What Your Penmanship Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl

12 · The Truth About Chicago · Harry T. Brundidge & Frank H. Thompson · ts

22 · The One Who Escaped · Richard L. Hobart · ss

29 · The Third Spot [Don “Arrow” Evans] · Earl W. Scott · ss

36 · The Mystery of the Murdered Bride · Philip B. Sharpe · ts

44 · The Secrets of “Yellow Kid” Weil · Mort King · ts

54 · Baby Killers · Harry T. Brundidge · ts

65 · The Perfect Suicide · Al Bromley · ss

66 · The House of Apparitions [Part 2 of 2] · Charles T. Jordan · sl

90 · The Forgery Racket · H. Mills · ar

Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories [v21 #3, January 1931] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, 8.25″ x 11.25″ pulp, cover by A. Redmond)
Details supplied by Rob Preston.

4 · A Chat with the Chief · The Editor · cl

8 · Cryptograms · Charles Layng · cl

10 · What Your Penmanship Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl

12 · How I Murdered a Man · Frank H. Thompson · ar

22 · The Passing of Mooney [Captain Walker] · Melville Davisson Post · ss Walker of the Secret Service by Melville Davisson Post, Appleton, 1924

28 · The Mystery of Lake Maranacook [Part 1 of 2] · Frank E. Southard & Philip B. Sharpe · ts

37 · Laughing at the Law [Don “Arrow” Evans] · Earl W. Scott · ss

44 · The Secrets of “Yellow Kid” Weil—More Amazing Facts · Mort King · ts

52 · Police Snapshots · John Stanton · cl

59 · The Shake-Down · H. N. Tevis · ss

61 · Death Beneath the Hood · MacKinlay Kantor · ss

64 · The Dead Prowler · Al Bromley · ss

65 · Very Neat · William A. Ucker · ss

Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories [v21 #4, February 1931] ed. Edwin Baird (25¢, 8.25″ x 11.25″ pulp, cover by A. Redmond)
Details supplied by Steve Miller.

4 · A Chat with the Chief · The Editor · cl

8 · Cryptograms · Charles Layng · cl

10 · What Your Penmanship Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl

12 · Secret Crimes of Washington · Walter W. Liggett · ar

22 · Devil’s Canyon · M. M. Musselman · nv; illustrated by Herman R. Bollin

29 · The Raven’s Claw [Jimmie Lavender] · Vincent Starrett · ss; illustrated by Herman R. Bollin

40 · The Tip-Off · Tom Curry · ss; illustrated by Andrew Bensen

45 · A Hot Racket · H. N. Tevis · ss; illustrated by Andrew Bensen

48 · A Story on Page One · Richard L. Hobart · ss; illustrated by Andrew Bensen

51 · A Bum Crack · Al Bromley · vi

53 · The Mystery of Lake Maranacook [Part 2 of 2] · Frank E. Southard & Philip B. Sharpe · ts; illustrated by photo

60 · The Inside Story of “Yellow Kid” Weil · Mort King · ar

Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories [v22 #1, March 1931] (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, 8.25″ x 11.25″ pulp, cover by A. Redmond)
Details supplied by Rob Preston.

4 · A Chat with the Chief · Edwin Baird · cl

8 · Cryptograms · Charles Layng · cl

10 · What Your Penmanship Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl

12 · Wine, Women, and Bullets · Gerald Dudley McClean · ar

21 · The Clue of the Trembling Puppy [Jimmie Lavender] · Vincent Starrett · ss

26 · The Phantom Murderer of Queens · Herbert Mills · ar

29 · The Dumb Cluck · Al Bromley · ss

30 · Mystery Murders of Washington · Walter W. Liggett · ar

38 · Anybody’s Fight · Earl W. Scott · ss

46 · The Private Vengeance of Arthur Cutten · Edgar Savage · ar

54 · The Harpy [Part 1 of 2] · M. M. Musselman · sl

62 · Trapped by a Dead Man’s Secret · Merlin Moore Taylor · ar

71 · Money for Murder · H. N. Tevis · ss

Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories [v22 #2, April 1931] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 96pp, 8.25″ x 11.25″ pulp, cover by A. Redmond)

4 · A Chat with the Chief · The Editor · cl

6 · Exposing New York’s Vice Ring · Gerald Dudley McClean · ar

16 · The Big Banknote Haul · Melville Davisson Post · ss; illustrated by Andrew Bensen

21 · How William Kogut Cheated the Gallows · J. William Hamilton · ts

22 · The Two-Million-Dollar Bank Robbery · Ralph Pierce · ts

28 · A Ticket to the Barbecue · Merlin Moore Taylor · ts

35 · Manhattan News Flash · Tom O’Sullivan · cl

38 · The Bootleggers of Washington, D.C. · Walter W. Liggett · ar

44 · Triple Trouble [“Arrow” Evans] · Earl W. Scott · ss; illustrated by Herman R. Bollin

49 · Two Last Laughs · H. N. Tevis · ss

51 · The Harpy [Part 2 of 2] · M. M. Musselman · sl

57 · What Your Penmanship Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl

58 · The Three Uncles · John Burke Ingram · ss; illustrated by Herman R. Bollin

70 · Cryptograms · Charles Layng · cl

72 · A Pan of Oyster Stew · Al Bromley · ss

Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories [v22 #3, May 1931] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 96pp, 8.25″ x 11.25″ pulp, cover: Red Crime in Blue-Blooded Boston by A. Redmond)

6 · A Chat with the Chief · The Editor · cl

8 · Red Crime in Blue-Blooded Boston · Carter Dale · ar

16 · My Adventures as a Rum Runner · Harry T. Brundidge · ar

22 · The Sins of New York Exposed · Gerald Dudley McClean · ar

29 · Murder on Parade · Harris Dalton · ar

32 · When the Mass Killer Strikes · Merlin Moore Taylor · ar

39 · Manhattan News Flash · Tom O’Sullivan · cl

45 · Pay Up, Sucker! · David Armstrong · ar

50 · Women and Girls in the Month’s Crime News · The Camera Man · pi

52 · Lucky at Cards [“Arrow” Evans] · Earl W. Scott · ss; illustrated by Herman R. Bollin

57 · Where Is Judge Crater? · Herbert Mills · ar

59 · The Escape of Mary Weber · Upton Terrell · ss; illustrated by Andrew Bensen

63 · The Ice Melts · H. N. Tevis · ss

65 · The Twelve Cobras · Al Bromley · ss

72 · What Your Penmanship Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl

Real Detective
Title changed from Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories.

Publishers:

Real Detective Tales, Inc.; 1050 N. LaSalle Street, Chicago, IL: Real Detective.

Editors:

Edwin Baird - Editor: Real Detective, Jun 1931 – Feb 1933.

West F. Peterson - Editor: Real Detective, Mar 1933 – ????.

Real Detective [v22 #4, June 1931] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 8.25″ x 11.25″ pulp, cover: Al Capone Is Dead! by A. Redmond)

6 · A Chat with the Chief · The Editor · cl

8 · Missing Girls · Various · cl

10 · Al Capone Is Dead! · Bruce Pope · ar

18 · How I Played Insane for Forty Years · Mike Owsley · ar

26 · How I Helped Solve the Lake Bluff Furnace Murder Mystery · Alma Sioux Scarberry · ar

32 · The Scandals of New York · Gerald Dudley McClean · ar

40 · The Torch Murder of San Francisco · Dean S. Jennings · ar

45 · Manhattan News Flash · Tom O’Sullivan · cl

48 · Rioting Convicts Burn Illinois State Penitentiary · [uncredited] · pi

50 · Twelve Girls and Women Caught in the Month’s Dragnet · [uncredited] · pi

52 · Blind Boston · Carter Dale · ar

57 · Too Many Maniacs · H. N. Tevis · ss

59 · The Death Disc [“Arrow” Evans] · Earl W. Scott · ss; illustrated by Andrew Bensen

66 · All in the Family · Al Bromley · ss

69 · The Amen Racket · Mort King · ar

76 · “Anna, Forgive Me!” · Maurice Fischer · ss

Real Detective [v23 #1, July 1931] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 8.25″ x 11.25″ pulp, cover by Alec Redmond)

6 · A Chat with the Chief · The Editor · cl

10 · The Red Knock at the Door · Carter Dale · ar

18 · The Nob Hill Mystery Murder · Philip B. Sharpe · ar

24 · Manhattan on the Make · Gerald Dudley McClean · ar

30 · The Murder Mystery Farm · Richard Long Harkness · ar

34 · My Life as a Dope Fiend · Mike Owsley · ar

40 · The Great $50,000 Faro Mystery Is Solved! · [uncredited] · pi

41 · “Legs” Diamond Again Stalked by Death · [uncredited] · pi

42 · A Cyclone of Crime Sweeps Chicago’s Gold Coast · [uncredited] · pi

44 · Women and Girls in the Police News of the Month · [uncredited] · pi

46 · Missing Girls and Wanted Men · [uncredited] · pi

47 · Who Murdered These Four Girls? · [uncredited] · pi

48 · Wealthy Men Kidnapped for $250,000 · [uncredited] · pi

49 · Two Men and a Woman—and a “Toast of Death” · [uncredited] · pi

50 · Has the Lingle Murder Mystery Been Solved? · Paul Thorne · ar

59 · Manhattan News Flash · Tom O’Sullivan · cl

62 · How Al Capone Was “Put on the Spot” · Bruce Pope · ar

Real Detective [v23 #2, August 1931] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 8.25″ x 11.25″ pulp, cover by Alec Redmond)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

· A Chat with the Chief · The Editor · cl

· What Your Penmanship Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl

· The Hollywood Girl Bazaar · Philip B. Sharpe · pi

· The Red Torch Bearers · Carter Dale · pi

· My Life in Prison · Lawrance Maynard · ar

· How Dope Was Sold to Me in Penitentiaries · Mike Owsley · ar

· The “Zee Zee” Horrors of San Francisco · Dean S. Jennings · ar

· Manhattan News Flash · Tom O’Sullivan · cl

· Mistress of Murder · Gerald Dudley McClean · ar

· The End of Al Capone · Bruce Pope · ar

· Six Police Heroes and a Police Heroine · [uncredited] · pi

· Jake, the Barber, Shears $6,000,000 from Suckers · [uncredited] · pi

· Thirteen Girls and Women in the Police Spotlight · [uncredited] · pi

· Gambling, Divorce, and Whoopee in Reno, the “Wide-Open” Town · [uncredited] · pi

· Two Desperate Gunmen Battle for Hours with 300 New York Police · [uncredited] · pi

· New Crime Wave Hits Washington, D.C.—Nine Killed · [uncredited] · pi

· Kirkland Murder Trial Ends in Confusion and Uproar · [uncredited] · pi

· A Trio of Showgirls “Run In” With the Law · [uncredited] · pi

· A Page of Gangsters’ Molls · [uncredited] · pi

Real Detective [v23 #3, September 1931] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 8.25″ x 11.25″ pulp, cover by Alec Redmond)

6 · A Chat with the Chief · The Editor · cl

10 · U.S. Army Records Prove Al Capone Is Dead · [uncredited] · ar

16 · The Hopheads of Hollywood · Philip B. Sharpe · ar

24 · Why Starr Faithfull Was Murdered · Gerald Dudley McClean · ar

31 · Crime Wave Hits Philadelphia · David Leighton · ar

35 · The Racketeering of Missions and Evangelists · Mike Owsley · ar

40 · “Tex” and the French Police · [uncredited] · pi

41 · Busy Days for Bathing Beach Cops · [uncredited] · pi

42 · High Spots in the Month’s Outstanding Crime News · [uncredited] · pi

44 · Cornelius Vanderbilt and Peter Arno · [uncredited] · pi

46 · Sixteen Girls and Women in the Month’s Detective News · [uncredited] · pi

48 · The Mayor Starts to Clean up Chicago · [uncredited] · pi

49 · One Thousand Cops Guard $240,000,000 · [uncredited] · pi

50 · The Fiendish Girl Murders of California · Robert Sothern · ar

58 · The Red Plot Against the World · Carter Dale · ar

64 · Murder in the House of Hate · Merlin Moore Taylor · ar

72 · Manhattan News Flash · Tom O’Sullivan · cl

80 · What Your Penmanship Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl

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