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    American Detective [Volume 6 Number 1, December 1936] ed. Robert Borden (Artvision Publishing Co., 25¢, s/b, cover by Delos Palmer) []
    Details supplied by Richard Newsome from Table of Contents.
    • 5 · An American Detective: Jim Shown · [uncredited] · bg; featuring ex-Ranger Jim Shown of Texas.
    • 6 · Cleveland’s Headless Six · Wilton Gray · tc; featuring Inspector Charles O. Nevel of Cleveland, Ohio. About the never-identified Cleveland Torso Murderer.
    • 16 · Never Kill a G-Man · Louis E. Smith; as told to Joseph M. Fay · tc; featuring Chief of Police Louis E. Smith of Chicago Heights, Illinois.
    • 24 · The Secret of the Disappearing Woman · George Allen · tc; featuring Sheriff R. B. Lane of New Bern, North Carolina.
    • 32 · I Saw Him Hang · Hollis B. Fultz · ar; “Kentucky’s famous public hanging as investigated and witnessed.”
    • 38 · American Detective Bulletin Board · [uncredited] · qa
    • 40 · California’s Music Murder · Grover C. Mull; as told to Bob McLean · tc; featuring Deputy Sheriff Grover C. Mull of Alameda County, California.
    • 48 · The Case of “Cain” Marks · Terry Pettus · tc; featuring Detective Captain Clifford Osborne, Tacoma, Washington.
    • 55 · Curiosities in Crime · William R. Creedmore · cl
    • 56 · East St. Louis’ Two-Timing Murders · Sam Strautz; as told to Mirin McLean · tc; featuring Night Chief of Police Sam Strautz, East St. Louis, Illinois.
    • 64 · Black Gang · Ward Winslow · tc [Ref. Earl Warren]; featuring District Attorney Earl Warren of San Francisco, California.
    • 72 · What Ever Happened to Mike Fiaschetti? · Lum Smith · ar
    • 74 · Houston’s Mental Slaying · Horace Soule; as told to Margie Harris · tc; featuring former District Attorney Horace Soule of Harris County, Texas.
    • 82 · Cavalcade of Courage · [uncredited] · cl
    • 84 · The Sea Gives Up Its Dead · Herbert Hall Taylor · tc; featuring Chief of Police Levi S. Thompson of Walpole, Massachusetts. August 1930 murder of Gladys Zwicker of Norwood, Mass.
    • 91 · Death Never Takes a Holiday · Andy Quam; as told to Jack De Witt · tc; featuring Andy Quam, Chief of the Bureau of Identification, Fargo, North Dakota.


    American Detective [Volume 6 Number 3, February 1937] ed. Robert Borden (Artvision Publishing Co., 25¢, cover by Delos Palmer) []
    Details supplied by Richard Newsome from Table of Contents.
    • 5 · An American Detective: Harry C. Hickok · [uncredited] · bg; profile of Captain Harry C. Hickok, California State Bureau of Identification and Investigation.
    • 6 · Butterfly on the Wheel · Herbert Hall Taylor · tc; featuring the Boston, Massachusetts, Police Department.
    • 16 · Hounds of Hell · Thomas Fallon; as told to Joseph M. Fay · tc; featuring Sergeant Thomas Fallon, Chicago, Illinois, Police Department.
    • 26 · The Mystery of the Living Dead · Raymond T. Bridges · tc; featuring Captain of Detectives Cliff Osborne, Tacoma, Washington.
    • 34 · American Detective Bulletin Board · [uncredited] · qa
    • 36 · Death Delivers the Mail · George Allan · tc; featuring Postal Inspector B. B. Webb, Norfolk, Virginia.
    • 44 · And Liberty Screamed · Richard Holdsworth · tc; featuring Detective Chief Earl D. Carpenter, Miami Beach, Florida.
    • 52 · With the G-Men · [uncredited] · cl
    • 54 · What Price Parole? · Horace Heffern · tc; featuring Sheriff Charles Harper, Elko, Nevada.
    • 62 · Curiosities in Crime · William R. Creedmore · cl
    • 63 · The Case of the Phantom Bullets · Henry Hirschberg; as told to Max Lekus · tc; featuring District Attorney Henry Hirschberg, Orange County, New York.
    • 69 · X Marks the Spot · [uncredited] · pi
    • 70 · Too Many Murders · Al Eichenberger; as told to Hollis B. Fultz · tc; featuring Detective Al Eichenberger, Portland, Oregon, Police Department.
    • 78 · Cavalcade of Courage · [uncredited] · cl
    • 80 · Texas’ Last Round Up Case · George E. Peyton; as told to Margie Harris · tc; featuring Homicide Captain George E. Peyton, Houston, Texas.
    • 88 · Caught! · Adrian B. Lopez · tc; featuring Detective Sergeant Edward McGrath, Newark, New Jersey.
    • 95 · Murders of the Month · [uncredited] · ms


    American Detective [Volume 6 Number 4, March 1937] ed. Robert Borden (Artvision Publishing Co., 25¢, cover by J. George Janes) []
    Details supplied by Richard Newsome from Table of Contents.
    • 5 · An American Detective: Edward A. Dieckmann · [uncredited] · bg; profile of Detective Sergeant Edward A. Dieckmann, Homicide Detail, San Diego, California.
    • 6 · Neurotic Nero · John L. Bowen · tc; featuring Lieutenant of Detectives Leslie J. Swann. Murder of Juliette Buffington Baldwin Enslow, October 17, 1936, Huntington, West Virginia.
    • 16 · Chicago’s Jungle Slaying · Joseph M. Fay · tc; featuring Lieutenant Otto Erlanson, Chicago Police Department.
    • 26 · Secret of the Shadows · Margie Harris · tc; featuring Sheriffs Tom Abel and J. B. Crockett, Lubbock and Cochran Counties, Texas.
    • 34 · Tough Guy? · Wilton Grey · tc; featuring the FBI.
    • 42 · American Detective Bulletin Board · [uncredited] · qa
    • 44 · Love Forever, Louise · Cornelius Lee · tc; featuring Detective Ira Johnson, Homicide Squad, Kansas City, Missouri.
    • 54 · Dispatcher of Death · George Masters · tc; featuring Deputy Sheriffs Ronald Lowry and C. Floyd Evans of Brookville, Pennsylvania.
    • 64 · One Way Ride to Pilot Rock · Hollis B. Fultz · tc; featuring Deputy Sheriff Ralph Jones, Pendleton, Oregon.
    • 71 · Curiosities in Crime · William R. Creedmore · cl
    • 72 · High Priestess of Vice · Ernest Martin · tc; featuring Detective Charles Cordes, New York City.
    • 82 · A Case of Negative Evidence · Inspector Norris G. Stensland; as told to Jack De Witt · tc
    • 90 · Murders of the Month · [uncredited] · ms
    • 91 · Michigan’s Murdering Marksman · Albert O. James · tc; featuring Sergeant Charles Engle, Michigan State Police.




    American Detective [Volume 7 Number 1, June 1937] ed. Robert Borden (Artvision Publishing Co., 25¢) []
    Details supplied by Richard Newsome from Table of Contents.
    • 5 · An American Detective: Lawrence J. McManus · [uncredited] · bg; profile of Lawrence J. McManus, Assistant District Attorney, New York City.
    • 6 · Not So Deep as a Well · Paul T. Kifer · tc; featuring Police Captain Ralph Williams, Coatesville, Pennsylvania.
    • 18 · Symphony in Scarlet · Fletcher Pratt · tc; featuring Chief W. W. Akers, Iowa State Bureau of Criminal Investigation; about the February 9, 1937 murder of Mabel Rhodes, Iowa City, Iowa.
    • 26 · Traders in Tragedy · George Masters · tc
    • 36 · American Detective Bulletin Board · [uncredited] · qa
    • 38 · “Dillinger was a Piker” · Horace Heffern · tc
    • 46 · “Shotgun Wedding” · Deputy Sheriff Carl T. Larsen; as told to Phillip Hansen · tc
    • 54 · Bulldog Justice · Jack Heil · tc; featuring Police Captain Ora DeWeese, Marion, Ohio; about the murder of J. Frank Bennett, December 12 1931.
    • 63 · X Marks the Spot · [uncredited] · pi
    • 64 · Murder at the Mill-Pond · Charles B. Ryan, Jr. · tc; featuring Deputy Sheriff H. C. Peveler, Birmingham, Alabama.
    • 72 · Straight Shooter · Hollis B. Fultz · tc; featuring Captain of Detectives Cliff Osborne, Tacoma, Washington.
    • 78 · Painless Death · Anthony Sands · tc; featuring Commonwealth Attorney William Fife, Albemarle County, Virginia.
    • 87 · Curiosities in Crime · William R. Creedmore · cl
    • 88 · Soldier’s Secret · Chief of Police Harry L. Finch; as told to Jack De Witt · tc
    • 96 · Murders of the Month · [uncredited] · ms


    American Detective [Volume 7 Number 2, July 1937] ed. Robert Borden (Artvision Publishing Co., 25¢) []
    Details supplied by Richard Newsome from Table of Contents.
    • · Manhattan’s Murders in the Nude · Dennis McShane · tc
    • · Doping the Ponies · Marvin Campbell · tc; featuring Inspector A.L. Rathiel, Narcotics Bureau, Miami, Florida.
    • · The Tragedy of South Legion Drive · Ernest Martin · tc; featuring Detective Chief John J. Whalen, Buffalo, New York. Mary Ellen Babcock murder, February 6, 1937, Buffalo.
    • · Deluge of Death · Hollis B. Fultz · tc; featuring Detective Merideth K. Stewart, Indiana State Police.
    • · X Marks the Spot · [uncredited] · pi
    • · The Case of the Ten Gallon Hats · Albert O. James · tc; featuring Sheriff Ace T. Campbell, Sanilac County, Michigan.
    • · American Detective Bulletin Board · [uncredited] · qa
    • · The Mystery of the Murdered Mystic · Mirin McLean · tc; featuring Sergeant Anton Hylsky, East St. Louis, Illinois, P.D. Murder of George Zellman, 76-year old Rosicrucian psychic healer, February 5, 1937, East St. Louis.
    • · Curiosities in Crime · William R. Creedmore · cl
    • · One Way Ride · Isabel Stephen · tc; featuring Chief of Detectives Henry B. Lockwood, Bergen County, NJ.
    • · Whatever Happened to Dale Winter? · Dugal O’Liam · tc; about Dale Winter, nightclub singer, who married Chicago gangster Big Jim Colosimo shortly before his 1920 murder.
    • · Snaring Spokane’s Swearing Slayers · Horace Heffern · tc; featuring Chief of Police Ira D. Martin, Spokane, WA.
    • · The Ghost of Kill Van Kull · Lawrence Reed · tc; featuring DA Thomas J. Walsh, Staten Island. Slaying of Mrs. Angelina Fedele, Port Richmond, NY, August 17, 1934.
    • · Harvest of Hate · Nels O. Hanson · tc; featuring Paul Gruber, Iowa Bureau of Investigation.
    • · Murders of the Month · [uncredited] · ms


    American Detective [Volume 7 Number 3, August 1937] ed. Robert Borden (Artvision Publishing Co., 25¢, s/b) []
    Details supplied by Richard Newsome from Table of Contents.
    • 4 · “At Some Disputed Barricade” · Isabel Stephen · tc; about New Castle, Kentucky.
    • 16 · The Amazing Case of the Campus Doctor · Margie Harris · tc; featuring Ranger Wilmer Rowen of Texas.
    • 24 · G-Man Justice · Lawrence Reed · tc; featuring the FBI.
    • 34 · Rattling Skeletons · Alfred Brandon · tc; featuring Detective Captain John Murphy, Philadelphia, Pa.
    • 43 · X Marks the Spot · [uncredited] · pi
    • 44 · The Tragedy of the Timber Empress · Dennis McShane · tc; about Sabine County, Texas.
    • 52 · American Detective Bulletin Board · [uncredited] · qa
    • 54 · Finish Fight · Hollis B. Fultz · tc; featuring the Tacoma, Washington Police Department.
    • 63 · Curiosities in Crime · William R. Creedmore · cl
    • 64 · “As Ye Sow” · Fred Armour · tc; featuring Trooper Joseph Hunt of New York State.
    • 71 · Murders of the Month · [uncredited] · ms
    • 72 · Whatever Happened to the Capone Gang? No. 1: Johnny Torrio · Dugal O’Liam · tc
    • 74 · Hot Gold · Jack Swansen · tc; featuring Sheriff Ed Minard, Lawrence County, South Dakota.
    • 82 · I Dared Death Exposing New York’s White Slave Traffic! · Mildred Davis · tc
    • 91 · Utah’s Determined Killer · L. M. Hilton; as told to Jack DeWitt · tc; featuring Sergeant L. M. Hilton of the Ogden, Utah Police Department.


    American Detective [Volume 7 Number 4, September 1937] ed. Robert Borden (Artvision Publishing Co., 25¢) []
    Details supplied by Richard Newsome from Table of Contents.
    • 4 · Wrecking the Reno Dope Ring · Jack DeWitt · tc; featuring Joyce McAllister, Santa Barbara, California, undercover agent.
    • 14 · Murder, Wholesale · Jack Swansen · tc; featuring Sheriff Walter Liskowitz, Waukegan County, Wisconsin.
    • 22 · Dream Street · Marvin Campbell · tc; featuring Detective Hyman Levine, Safe and Loft Squad, New York City.
    • 32 · The Easiest Way · Hollis B. Fultz · tc; featuring the Portland, Oregon Police Department.
    • 40 · American Detective Bulletin Board · [uncredited] · qa
    • 42 · “Vengeance Is Mine” · Alfred Brandon · tc; featuring Captain John Murphy and Detective Warren Murphy of Philadelphia, Pa.
    • 51 · X Marks the Spot · [uncredited] · pi
    • 52 · The Mystery of Evangeline Parish · Margie Harris · tc; featuring Sheriff Charles Pocheu & Prosecutor F. H. Guillory, Evangeline Parish, LA.
    • 62 · Man-Hunter’s Memory · Lt. Tom Kelly; as told to James Owens · tc
    • 69 · Curiosities in Crime · William R. Creedmore · cl
    • 70 · The Tenderfoot of the Zuni Mountains · Dan Burrows · tc; featuring Chief of Police Kelsey Presley, Gallup, New Mexico.
    • 78 · Whatever Happened to the Capone Gang? No. 2: Louis Altierie · Dugal O’Liam · tc
    • 80 · In Line of Duty · Chief Special Agent Daniel O’Connell; as told to Bob McLean · tc
    • 87 · Murders of the Month · [uncredited] · ms
    • 88 · The Riddle of Tygh’s Ridge · Sheriff Harold Sexton; as told to Horace Heffern · tc


    American Detective [Volume 7 Number 6, November 1937] ed. Robert Borden (Artvision Publishing Co., 25¢) []
    Details supplied by Richard Newsome from Table of Contents.
    • 4 · Romeo of the Mounted · Isabel Stephen · tc; featuring Deputy Chief Inspector John J. Lyon, New York City.
    • 14 · Trapping Traxler · Frank Edward Bronaugh · tc; about the capture of escaped convict Pete Traxler, July 1937 in Boswell, Oklahoma.
    • 22 · Devil in Disguise · K. Kellen O’Neal · tc; featuring Sheriff Russell Wilkes of Monroe County, Missouri. Maybelle Kelly murder, Paris, Missouri, July 1937.
    • 30 · Mob Murder · Jack Wentworth · tc; set in Houston, Texas.
    • 40 · American Detective Bulletin Board · [uncredited] · qa
    • 42 · Trustie’s Holiday · George Williamson · tc; featuring the Police Department of Cleveland, Ohio.
    • 52 · The Sweepstakes Murder · Marvin Campbell · tc; featuring Detectives Arthur Leininger & Albert Gerlinger of New Orleans.
    • 59 · X Marks the Spot · [uncredited] · pi
    • 60 · The Fires of Madness · Hollis B. Fultz · tc; featuring Captain of Detectives Cliff Osborne, Tacoma, Washington.
    • 66 · Give My Regards to Steger · Jack Heil · tc; featuring Chief of Police Charles B. Steger, Sharon, Pennsylvania.
    • 73 · Curiosities in Crime · William R. Creedmore · cl
    • 74 · Clues II · Leslie Lawson · tc; second installment in a series.
    • 76 · Lilies of the Alley · Blaine Porter · tc; featuring Captain of Police Joseph Goldberg, Chicago.
    • 84 · Whatever Happened to the Capone Gang? No. 4: Klondike O’Donnell · Dugal O’Liam · tc
    • 86 · Harvest of Death · Nels O. Hanson · tc; featuring Sheriff Helmer Myre, Freeborn County, Minnesota.
    • 96 · Murders of the Month · [uncredited] · ms


    American Detective [Volume 8 Number 1, December 1937] ed. Robert Borden (Artvision Publishing Co., 25¢) []
    Details supplied by Richard Newsome from Table of Contents.
    • 4 · Mistress of Murder · Jack Heil · tc; featuring Captain Patrick Hayes, Cincinnati, Ohio Detective Bureau.
    • 16 · Broadway’s “Swing” Slaying · Isabel Stephen · tc; featuring Detective Sergeant Paul Kelly, New Jersey, and Detective Canevari, New York City.
    • 24 · The Endless Chain · M. Lee Forgy · tc; featuring the Chattanooga, Tennessee Police and the FBI.
    • 32 · Crime Camera · [uncredited] · pi
    • 34 · The Mad Houdini · George Masters · tc; featuring the Police Departments of Newton, Watertown and Boston, Massachusetts.
    • 43 · Curiosities in Crime · William R. Creedmore · cl
    • 44 · Sex Crimes Versus Science in the Nation’s Capital · Walden Snell · tc; featuring Captain Ira Keck, Assistant Chief of Detectives, Washington, D.C.
    • 52 · Wanted for Murder · John Blaker; as told to Hollis B. Fultz · tc
    • 60 · American Detective Bulletin Board · [uncredited] · qa
    • 62 · Fiesta of Death · Sergeant Harry R. Miller; as told to Bob McLean · tc
    • 68 · “I Got My Man” · Sheriff Tom Gantt; as told to Robert D. Burgess · tc
    • 77 · X Marks the Spot · [uncredited] · pi
    • 78 · Clues III: A Lock of Hair · Leslie Lawson · tc; third installment in a series.
    • 80 · The Clue of the Copper-Tinted Coins · Eloise Cooper Mackey · tc; featuring Deputy Sheriff Harry Odum, Madison County, and Patrolman Al Rowden, Granite City, Illinois.
    • 88 · Whatever Happened to the Capone Gang? No. 5: George “Bugs” Moran · Dugal O’Liam · tc
    • 90 · Detroit’s Mad Monster · Albert O. James · tc; featuring Detroit Police and Wayne County Sheriff’s Officers.


    American Detective [Volume 8 Number 3, February 1938] ed. Robert Borden (Artvision Publishing Co., 25¢) []
    Details supplied by Richard Newsome from Table of Contents.
    • 4 · Soldier of Justice · Edward S. Sullivan · tc
    • 13 · Curiosities in Crime · William R. Creedmore · cl
    • 14 · Alcatraz—The Rock of Despair [Part 2 of 4] · “A Graduate” · mm; “The Mutiny That Failed”.
    • 22 · Crushout · Stephen Manners · tc
    • 28 · Hangman’s Holiday · Detective Sergeant Theodore F. Vollten; as told to Alfred Brandon · tc; from Montgomery County, Maryland.
    • 37 · X Marks the Spot · [uncredited] · pi
    • 38 · A Problem in Parricide · Margie Harris · tc; featuring Sheriff Lee Allen and Deputy Sheriff Jim McCoy of Austin, Texas.
    • 46 · American Detective Bulletin Board · [uncredited] · qa
    • 48 · Evidence Remains · Eloise Cooper Mackey · tc; featuring Sheriff T. J. Smith of Cannon County and Attorney Hoyt Bryson of Woodbury, Tennessee.
    • 54 · Manhattan Cocktail · David Lindsay · tc; featuring Detective Thomas Cox of New York City.
    • 62 · Clues V: The Duplicate Clue · Leslie Lawson · tc
    • 64 · Behind the 8 Ball · Hollis B. Fultz · tc; featuring the Vancouver, Washington and Portland, Oregon police.
    • 69 · The Rock Pile · [uncredited] · ms
    • 70 · Obituary in Oil · Mirin D. McLean · tc; featuring Sheriff Hayes Bale of Lawrence County, Illinois.
    • 78 · Whatever Happened to the Capone Gang? No. 7: Al Capone · Dugal O’Liam · tc
    • 80 · Condemned to the Guillotine · Isabel Stephen · tc; featuring Supervising Agent John W. Roberts. U.S. Customs, and Detective Edward Fitzgerald of New York.
    • 91 · The Mob of the Mysterious Blonde · Jack De Witt · tc; featuring Texas and Louisiana State Police.


    American Detective [Volume 8 Number 4, March 1938] ed. Robert Borden (Artvision Publishing Co., 25¢, 96pp+, 8½″ x 11½″ s/b) []
    Details supplied by Richard Newsome from Table of Contents.
    • 4 · Killers, Incorporated · Fletcher Pratt · tc; featuring Inspector Jules Poignant of the Paris Sûreté.
    • 14 · Marked for Murder · Stephen Manners · tc; murder of police sergeant Timothy Murphy in Greenwich Village, September 14, 1931.
    • 24 · Alcatraz—The Rock of Despair [Part 3 of 4] · “A Graduate” · mm; “‘Scarface Al’ Capone, Model But Most Hated Prisoner”.
    • 32 · Philadelphia’s Sex Mad Slayer · Bruno Albright · tc; featuring District Attorney Fred B. Smillie, Montgomery County, Pa.
    • 40 · American Detective Bulletin Board · [uncredited] · qa
    • 42 · The Royal Killer of Waikiki · Fred Fulton · tc; featuring the Police of Honolulu, Hawaii.
    • 48 · The Castle of Medical Horrors · Louis N. Burkhardt · tc; featuring Policewoman Kate O’Connor of San Francisco. Abortionist Dr. Max Hickok, convicted of murder in death of patient Elizabeth Sowers.
    • 55 · X Marks the Spot · [uncredited] · pi
    • 56 · The Clue of the Tilted Mirror · Walden Snell · tc; featuring the Virginia State Police.
    • 64 · A Strange Type of Murder · Alfred Brandon · tc; featuring Detectives Daniel J. O’Mahoney and John Gaynor of Philadelphia, Pa.
    • 72 · Clues VI: A Greasy Cap · Leslie Lawson · tc
    • 74 · Texas’ Party Girls · Margie Harris · tc; featuring Deputy Sheriff James McBee of Tarrant County, Texas.
    • 81 · Secret Sin · Hollis B. Fultz · tc; featuring Sheriff Pat McCarthy, Skagit County, Washington.
    • 87 · The Rock Pile · [uncredited] · ms
    • 88 · Well of Loneliness · Bernard L. Petty · tc; featuring Sheriff Antone B. Prince, St. George, Utah. Killing of rancher Spencer Malan, March 1935.
    • 96 · Curiosities in Crime · William R. Creedmore · cl


    American Detective [Volume 8 Number 5, April 1938] ed. Robert Borden (Artvision Publishing Co., 25¢) []
    Details supplied by Richard Newsome from Table of Contents.
    • 4 · Mutiny, Madness, Murder · Edward S. Sullivan · tc
    • 13 · Curiosities in Crime · William R. Creedmore · cl
    • 14 · State Line Deadline · Charles Pifer · tc; featuring the Indiana State Police.
    • 22 · Neuter Gender · Alfred Brandon · tc; featuring the Essex County, New Jersey Police Dept.
    • 30 · Alcatraz—The Rock of Despair [Part 4 of 4] · “A Graduate” · mm
    • 38 · American Detective Bulletin Board · [uncredited] · qa
    • 40 · The Devil Is Unchained · Stephen Manners · tc
    • 48 · To the Gallows! · Neil Hall · tc; featuring Detectives Roy B. Hagley & Harry Farris of Huntington, West Virginia. Kidnapping of Dr. James Seder, West Virginia, November 1937.
    • 57 · X Marks the Spot · [uncredited] · pi
    • 58 · Detroit’s Lady-Killer Case · Albert O. James · tc; featuring Detective Inspector Paul H. Wood of Detroit, Michigan.
    • 66 · Trail’s End · Chief of Detectives W. Douglas Bush; as told to Jack De Witt · tc; about Florida’s Hunt-Gant bank robbery gang.
    • 74 · Murder Under the Microscope I · [uncredited] · cl; “Deputy Police Commissioner John A. Lyons discusses murder”.
    • 76 · Numbers · Isabel Stephen · tc; featuring District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey of New York.
    • 86 · The Heat Is On! · L. L. Mayers · tc; featuring Detective Lieutenant Tom Eubanks of Houston, Texas. Capture of bank robbers Alva Hunt & Hugh Gant in Texas.
    • 96 · The Rock Pile · [uncredited] · ms


    American Detective [v8 #6, May 1938] ed. Robert Borden (Artvision Publishing Co., 25¢) []
    Details supplied by Richard Newsome from Table of Contents.
    • 4 · The Voyage of the Damned [Part 1 of 6] · Charles Bant; as told to Jack De Witt · ts; escape from Devil’s Island.
    • 14 · Souls for Sale · Edward Handley; as told to Fred Fulton · tc; featuring Director Edward Handley, Bureau of Special Services, San Francisco.
    • 22 · The Weight of Evidence · Andrew Patton; as told to John R. Franchey · tc; featuring District Attorney Andrew Patton, Dallas, Texas.
    • 30 · American Detective Bulletin Board · [uncredited] · qa
    • 32 · The Snatch at Westward Ho · Charles Robbins · tc; about the Charles Sherman Ross kidnapping, Chicago, September 1937.
    • 41 · X Marks the Spot · [uncredited] · pi
    • 42 · The Right to Kill · Gerard Franklin · tc; about the Paul Wright love triangle killing of Evelyn Wright and John B. Kimmel, Glendale, CA, November 1937.
    • 52 · Long Island’s Red Riding Hood Slayings · Speed Scanlon · tc; featuring Inspector Harold R. King, Nassau County. Jeanette Schuellain and Celinda Waite murders by John Reo, Elmont, NY, January 1938.
    • 60 · Murder Under the Microscope II · [uncredited] · cl; discussion with Dr. Thomas A. Gonzales, chief medical examiner for New York.
    • 62 · Breathing Death · Lynwood Kent · tc
    • 71 · Home-Made Murder · Harold L. Zimmer · tc; featuring chief of police John Puthoff, Covington, Kentucky.
    • 77 · Curiosities in Crime · William R. Creedmore · cl
    • 78 · San Quentin’s Prodigal Son · M. Lee Forgy · tc; featuring Sheriff William Hosinski. Lawrence McCarty car theft ring, St. Joseph County, Indiana, January 1938.
    • 86 · Clues VII: President Lincoln’s Ear · Leslie Lawson · ar
    • 88 · The Tigress of Petaluma · Robert Sothern · tc; featuring Sheriff Walter B. Sellmer, Marin County, California.
    • 96 · The Rock Pile · [uncredited] · ms


    American Detective [v9 #1, June 1938] ed. Robert Borden (Artvision Publishing Co., 25¢, 112pp+, quarto s/b) []
    Details supplied by Richard Newsome.
    • 4 · Secrets for Sale · Fletcher Pratt · tc; about the Guenther Rumrich spy case, New York 1938.
    • 14 · Harvest of Revenge · W. L. Hicklin · tc; featuring Sheriff J. M. Moreland. Dynamite killings of Harmon Gouge family, Carter County, Tennessee, Jan. 1938.
    • 25 · X Marks the Spot · [uncredited] · pi
    • 26 · A Matter of Millions · Horace Heffern · tc; about the Reno, Nevada confidence ring, 1934.
    • 34 · American Detective Bulletin Board · [uncredited] · qa
    • 36 · Jezebel · Smith Troy; as told to Hollis B. Fultz · tc; about the Ezra Dillon murder, Olympia, Washington, Oct. 1937.
    • 42 · Paid in Full · Paul Maurice · tc; featuring Policeman Frank Kehoe. Elmer Ostling murder, Chicago, July 1933.
    • 49 · The Voyage of the Damned [Part 2 of 6] · Charles Bant; as told to Jack De Witt · ts; escape from Devil’s Island.
    • 56 · Death on Primrose Road · Charles Pifer · tc; about the Herman Reinke murder, Buchanan, Michigan, Nov. 1937.
    • 64 · Curiosities in Crime · William R. Creedmore · cl
    • 65 · Siren Song · Alfred Brandon · tc; about the Myrtle White murder, Middlesex County, New Jersey, June 1937.
    • 72 · Lupo the Wolf · Ernest Martin · tc; featuring Asst DA Ralph K. Jacobs, Brooklyn, New York. Ignazio Lupo case, Feb. 1937.
    • 82 · Crime Camera · [uncredited] · pi
    • 84 · The Long Stretch · Gerard Franklin · tc; about the J. W. Burke murder, Huntington Park, California, Jan. 1938.
    • 92 · Clues VIII: Bacteria · Leslie Lawson · ar
    • 94 · Apache · Gabriel Galt · tc; about the Maurice Tanneau murder, France, Jan. 1936.
    • 102 · Murder Under the Microscope III · [uncredited] · ar; discussion with Dr. Alexander O. Gettler.
    • 104 · The Rock Pile · [uncredited] · ms
    • 105 · A Slight Case of Suicide · Margie Harris · tc; featuring Sheriff Carl Busch. Charles Groze murder, Sept. 1938, Trinity County, Texas.


    American Detective [v9 #2, July 1938] (25¢, 112pp+, s/b) []
    Details supplied by Richard Newsome.
    • 4 · The Battered Beauty of the Howdy Revue · Speed Scanlon · tc; killing of Patrolman Humbert Moruzzi, Greenwich Village, April 11, 1938.
    • 15 · Murder in Blackface · Pierre du Bois · tc; murder of Frank Evans, 1937; featuring Sheriff Tom Patton, Jackson, TN.
    • 23 · Miss X and Her Puppets of the Internationale · George Evans · tc; spy case of Percy Glading.
    • 33 · Curiosities in Crime · William R. Creedmore · cl
    • 34 · A Case of Adultery · Harold L. Zimmer · tc; murder of Lucille Glore, Feb. 3, 1938; featuring Detectives Carl London and Walter Eitzman, St. Louis Police Dept.
    • 41 · The Return of Kohler Holdsclaw · Kohler Holdsclaw; as told to Charles Pifer · ts; “The true story of a modern day Jean Valjean” (1926 North Carolina prison escapee).
    • 47 · Clues IX: A Rag, A Bone, and a Hank of Hair · Leslie Lawson · tc; murder of Louisa Luetgert, Chicago, on May 1, 1897.
    • 49 · The Voyage of the Damned [Part 3 of 6] · Charles Bant; as told to Jack De Witt · ts; escape from Devil’s Island.
    • 56 · The Temper of Muleshoe · H. H. Murray; as told to M. Dyer · tc; murder of Evelyn Monts, Muleshoe, TX, in 1918.
    • 65 · The Rock Pile · [uncredited] · ms; updating stories in previous issues.
    • 67 · The Clue of Three Sevens · Lieut. James M. Bevard; as told to Floyd F. Russell · tc; bank robberies in Michigan in 1937.
    • 74 · The Secret of the Missing Stitch · John S. Thorp · tc; murder of Louis F. Lamson, Ashby, MA, in March 5, 1938; featuring State Detective Edward J. Sherlock, Massachusetts.
    • 82 · Crime Camera · [uncredited] · pi; photo story of murder of Jenny Moreno, Downy, CA, in April 14, 1938.
    • 84 · Written Evidence · Earl H. Dunlap; as told to Phil Kerby · tc; murder of Anne Hughes, Pueblo, CO, in Jan. 3 1938.
    • 92 · With the G-Men · [uncredited] · cl
    • 95 · The Praying Poisoner of St. Helens · Hollis B. Fultz · tc; murder of Ruth Ledford in 1937; featuring Sheriff M. L. Calhoun, St. Helens, OR.
    • 102 · American Detective Bulletin Board · Edward A. Dieckmann · qa
    • 104 · The Clue of the Broken Luger · Detective Inspector Verne Cross; as told to Hal Westbrooke · tc; murder of William F. Pantazis in 1937.
    • 111 · Murder Under the Microscope IV: How District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey’s Homicide Bureau Handles Murder · [uncredited] · ar; murder of Humbert Moruzzi.



    American Detective [Volume 9 Number 5, November 1938] ed. Robert Borden (25¢) []
    Details supplied by Richard Newsome from Table of Contents.
    • 4 · The Seduction of Barbara Carroll · Donald Malcolm · tc; featuring Sheriff F. F. Francis of Oxford County, Maine. Murder of Dr. James G. Littlefield in South Paris, Maine, October 1937.
    • 15 · Murder in Make-Up · Hal Westbrooke · tc; featuring Sheriff Jerry Benson of Ashtabula County, Ohio.
    • 22 · “Peck” Major Kicks Off! · Ted Birch · tc; featuring Chief of Detectives Rae M. Kaplan of Delaware County, Pa.
    • 30 · The Long Straw Murder of Waycross · Harland Wright · tc; featuring Chief Deputy Otis Parr of Waycross, Georgia.
    • 37 · Curiosities in Crime · William R. Creedmore · cl
    • 38 · Candid Camera Cavalcade · [uncredited] · pi
    • 40 · Maryland’s Moving Stair Case · Atley Palmers · tc; featuring Sheriff M. M. Buckler of Calvert County, Maryland.
    • 46 · Broadway Gang Leder · William H. Harris · tc; featuring the Police Department of the City of New York.
    • 54 · The Affair of the Unfaithful Common Law Wife · Ken Batchelor · tc; featuring Undersheriff Robert Born of Yavapai County, Ariz.
    • 61 · The Voyage of the Damned [Part 6 of 6] · Charles Bant; as told to Jack De Witt · ts; escape from Devil’s Island.
    • 68 · American Detective Bulletin Board · [uncredited] · qa
    • 70 · 3-Minute Alibi · Hollis B. Fultz · tc
    • 78 · Death’s Lips Were Rouged · Ronald Moore · tc; featuring Sheriff Ernest Burkett of Wayne County, Illinois.
    • 86 · Cumberland’s Bloody Bunch · Kenneth L. Eagon · tc; featuring Sheriff T. Wesley Brewer of Knox County, Tenn.


    American Detective (Australia):   (about)
    Thin digest that ran for at least 42 issues, in two separate series. Despite the title it seems to have contained only stories by Australian authors, probably a small number under multiple pseudonyms.















    American Detective (Australia) (second series)

    • Publishers:
      • Jatkins Publishing Company; 15 Rowe Street, Sydney: American Detective (Australia) (second series), Jan 1953 – Jun 1953.
      • Cleveland Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd.; 15 Rowe Street, Sydney: American Detective (Australia) (second series), Jul 1953 – 1955.






    American Detective (Australia) [#5, July 1953] (Cleveland Publishing Company, 1/-, 66pp, digest) []
    Details supplied by Chris Wood.
    • 4 · “Sinners May Live” · E. Hamilton Clay · nv; given as “Sinners May Live” in the Table of Contents.
    • 38 · Sweetheart, Good-Bye! · Robert Dudgeon · ss; given as “Sweetheart, Good-Bye” in the Table of Contents.
    • 52 · Double Exposure · Robert Dudgeon · ss



























    American Detective Novels   (about)
    Little is known about this publication, which is assumed to be a companion to American Detective Magazine. At least three of the issues contained multiple stories, but for the other issues identified to date only the lead novella is known and may comprise the total contents of the issue. Other undated examples are believed to include Bullets for Sale by E. Hamilton Clay, Singing Death by Gordon Alexander, and Bullets for Blondes by Steve Hawk.

    • Publishers:
      • Cleveland Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd.; 15 Rowe Street, Sydney: American Detective Novels.












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