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True Confessions (about)
--- see under Fawcett's Magazine.

True Crime [Vol. 18 No. 2, March 1962] (Skye Publishing Co., 35¢, 82pp, quarto) []

6 · Eyewitness · Various · pi

10 · Boys! Make Big Money…Be a Criminal! · David Brinkley · ar

12 · The Clown with the Murderous Make-Up · Elaine Messer · ts

16 · The Bumbling Detective Was a Blood-Bathed Defective · Jack O’Hara · ts

18 · Rt. U.S. 1 Leads to Rob, Rape, Kill · Wallace Doyle · ts

23 · Medieval Murder at the Missile Base · Harry O. Hansen · ts

26 · Bewitched, Bewildered and Beheaded · David Ettrick · ts

28 · Who Slew the Sweet Old Lady on the Stairway? · James Cullins · ts

30 · The Untouchable King of the Hatchet Men · Bob Raczyk · ts

33 · The Marriage Ring Was Their Death Knell · Sam Stanton · ts

36 · The Ravishing Rake of Rillington Row · Warren Darrow · ts

40 · The Cracked Anvil Forged the Gallows · J. Hoyt Cummings · ts

42 · The Teutonic Terror of Tokio · St. George King · ts

46 · The Real Criminals in the Lindbergh Case · Ruth Lescher · ts

54 · Dog-Gone It! The Pooch Is a Stoolie! · [uncredited] · ms

True Crime Confessions (about)

True Crime Confessions [n.d. (1952)] ed. Beverley Hills (Scion Ltd., 1/-, 32pp, quarto) []

· Flashy Jinx · [uncredited] · ts

· Professional · [uncredited] · ts

· Gambling Fools · [uncredited] · ts

· Doodle My Death · [uncredited] · ts

· Doubly Confident · [uncredited] · ts

· Chewing-Gum Murder · [uncredited] · ts

True Crime Detective (about)
--- see under Detective (1951).

True Crime Magazine (about)
Fiction couched in a kind of non-fiction package.

True Crime Magazine [v1 #1, July 1936] ed. Arthur Perles (Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., 15¢, 128pp+, pulp, cover by J. W. Scott) []
Photos used in addition to illustrations.
Details supplied by Rob Preston.

· [illustrations] · Albert A. Mandell · il

· [illustrations] · Ernest Claridge · il

2 · United Against Crime! · Arthur Perles · ar

10 · White Slavery · Frank L. Donoghue · ar

26 · “Scarface!” · Walter Vincel · ss

36 · Gun Moll Queens · Alice Cogan · ss

52 · Seven-Dagger Murders · Kent Allerton Hunter · ar

61 · Murder Will Out! · Murray Symonds · ss

64 · The Jigsaw Corpse · John W. Newton · ss

78 · Perfect Alibi · Jack Rawlins · ss

82 · Beating the Death Rap Series No. 1—“Only Saps Burn” · Janet Smithers · ss

86 · Hollywood, Kidnapers’ Paradise · Clarence Hartman · ss

99 · Dream Clue · James Quinlan · ss

100 · I Who Am About to Die · Arthur G. Dore · ss

111 · Chivalrous Killer · Dixie Maura · ss

115 · Two Francs · Christophe Martine · ss

119 · Suicide or Homicide? · John Simmons · ar

True Crime Magazine [v1 #2, November 1936] ed. Arthur Perles (Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., 15¢, 128pp+, pulp) []
“A Star Magazine”; “The Truth from Detective Records”
Details supplied by John Locke.

8 · Rattlesnake Murder Case · “Excalibur” · ts

30 · America’s Tragedies · Billy Sunday · ar

47 · Grist for the Crime Mill · [uncredited] · cl

50 · “Devil’s Beeftub” Horrors · George Hawley · ts

60 · Buckets of Blood · Walter Vance · ts

76 · Murder Rides the Waves · Joseph Harrington · ts

88 · Crime Adventures of Tony the Stinger · Kent A. Hunter · ts

107 · Skeleton in the Woods · Arthur Perles · ts

115 · “He Who Laughs Last—” · David Coombs · ts

116 · Let’s Talk It Over · [uncredited] · cl

True Detective (about)

True Detective [v42 #2, May 1944] ed. John Shuttleworth (Macfadden Publications, Inc., 20¢, 112pp+, 8½″ x 11″) []
Details supplied by John Locke.

40 · Seance Undercover · Joseph Dunninger & Walter B. Gibson · ar

True Detective [Volume 61 Number 6, October 1954] ed. R. F. Buse (TD Publishing Corp., 30¢, 98pp, quarto, cover by Lu Kimmel) []
Subtitled “The Authentic Magazine of Crime Detection”.

6 · Back Talk · The Readers · lc

8 · Case File · [uncredited] · ms

10 · Do You Know This Man? · [uncredited] · ms

12 · Murder-Minded Lawyer of Lake Wales · Ray Brennan · ts

16 · Blonde, Silent and Slain · T. D. Metz · ts

20 · Women Who Walked the Last Mile: She Killed with Ease · R. J. Gerrard · ts

22 · The Strangler Strikes at Midnight · R. D. Kingslyn · ar

27 · New Shackles for Old · Randle McKay · ts; illustrated by Jack Sale

28 · One-Man Graveyard · George K. Wynne · ts

32 · Dewey—Gangbuster to Governor · Carlos Lane · ar

36 · Edith had Too Many Secrets · George Vedder Jones · ts

41 · Lugs and Slugs · A. MacCord · ms

42 · You Die First · Robert Randall · ts

46 · The Girl Nobody Knew · C. L. Lamson · ts

50 · The Swim of Death · Pat Clausen · ts

54 · Daughter’s Revenge · D. L. Champion · ts

62 · TD Line-Up · [uncredited] · ms

67 · Judge’s Dilemma · K. Richardson · ms

84 · Dan Murphy, Hero · Barton D. Jenkins · ms

True Detective Cases from Police Files (about)

True Detective Cases from Police Files [Vol. 3 No. 4, March 1957] ed. Abner J. Sundell (Brookside Enterprises, 25¢, 74pp, quarto) []

6 · Shield of Valor: Gun at His Head · Patrolman Martin D. Lynch · ar

10 · University of Idaho’s Torch of Terror · Jack Edison · ts

12 · Dismantle a Man · Richard Cooper · ts

16 · A Dame, a Drug-and Death · Victor Preston · ts

20 · Red Lights Never Go Out · Willa Diesel · ar

24 · Murder in the Nude · George Nichols · ts

28 · She Ordered Him Dead · John Winston · ts

32 · A Switchblade for Sally · Scott Mowery · ts

36 · Mount My Head on a Wall · Jerome Green · ar

40 · Don’t Walk the Dark Street · Polly Blanchard · ts

True Detective Mysteries (about)

True Detective Mysteries [Vol. I No. 2, May 1924] []
Issue partially indexed.

· The Love Story of Mark Twain’s Burglar · [uncredited] · ts

· “Flat Foot Billings” · [uncredited] · ts

· “Dead Men Tell No Tales” · [uncredited] · ts

· The Man with Two Faces · [uncredited] · ts

· “How I Would Have Handled the Dorothy Arnold Case” · [uncredited] · ts

· Blackmail · [uncredited] · ts

· The Woman in Black [Part ? of ?] · [uncredited] · ts

· Out of the Underworld [Part ? of ?] · [uncredited] · ts

· Who Murdered Beautiful Louise Lawson? · [uncredited] · ts

· How You Are Being Protected · [uncredited] · ts

· Revelations of a Bootlegger Queen · [uncredited] · ts

· The Quest of Shadows [Part ? of ?] · [uncredited] · ts

True Detective Mysteries [Vol. I No. 3, June 1924] []
Issue partially indexed.

· My Question for Gilda’s Jewels · [uncredited] · ts

· The Man Who Stood Alone · [uncredited] · ts

· A Chorus Girl’s Secret · [uncredited] · ts

· The Truth About New York’s Underworld · [uncredited] · ts

· The Woman in Black [Part ? of ?] · [uncredited] · ts

· My Greatest Adventure Is “Queer” · [uncredited] · ts

· The Police Never Learned the Truth · [uncredited] · ts

· Flat-foot Billings Finds a Flaw · [uncredited] · ts

· The Elliott Murder Swindle · [uncredited] · ts

· How I Would Have Handled the Taylor Case · [uncredited] · ts

· Out of the Underworld [Part ? of ?] · [uncredited] · ts

· The Mystery of the Bobbed-Haired Bandit · [uncredited] · ts

· My Secret Mission for the King of Siam · [uncredited] · ts

· I Give Myself Up [Part ? of ?] · [uncredited] · ts

· Prize Offer—$1,000 Reward for Detective Work · [uncredited] · ts

· The Quest of Shadows [Part ? of ?] · [uncredited] · ts

True Detective Mysteries [Vol. I No. 4, July 1924] []
Issue partially indexed.

· Should Capital Punishment Be Abolished? · [uncredited] · ts

· The Plot to Assassinate Woodrow Wilson · [uncredited] · ts

· A Man-Hunt Around the Globe · [uncredited] · ts

· The Murder in 7-B · [uncredited] · ts

· Silk Loot and Murder · [uncredited] · ts

· I Pardoned Myself Out of Prison · [uncredited] · ts

· Out of the Underworld [Part ? of ?] · [uncredited] · ts

· Devil’s Gold · [uncredited] · ts

· I Took the Law Into My Own Hands · [uncredited] · ts

· My Encounter with the Queen of Diamond Smugglers · [uncredited] · ts

· The Quest of Shadows [Part ? of ?] · [uncredited] · ts

· The Woman in Black [Part ? of ?] · [uncredited] · ts

· My Pursuit of the Fur Thieves · [uncredited] · ts

· Who Murdered Maud Bauer? · [uncredited] · ts

· Vampires of the Underworld · [uncredited] · ts

True Detective Mysteries [Vol. I No. 5, August 1924] (New Metropolitan Fiction, Inc., cover: [photo of Pola Negri]) []
Details taken from Table of Contents.

7 · Are You a $1,000,000 Prize Detective? · [uncredited] · cn

11 · Who Can Solve the Riddle? · Bernarr Macfadden · ed

12 · The Clue of the Suicide Note · Morley Morton · ts

17 · The Detective Who Wore the Sombrero · A Sleuth of the New York Police Force; as told to Ben Lucien Burman · ts

20 · What I Know About the Greatest Mystery of Paris · Eustache Rops · ts

25 · Duty—and the Double Cross · Sergeant Donovan; as told to Travis Hoke · ts

28 · The Lost Girl · Captain J. H. Ayres · ts

32 · He Did the Mineral Point Job Alone · Mark A. Shipley · ts

36 · A Game with Death [Part ? of ?] · Edward Earl Wilson, M.D. & C. C. Waddell · ts

40 · The Inside Story of the Babe Ruth Case · Gustavus J. Riley; as told to Isabel Stephen · ts

44 · The Ghost That Grew in a Cabinet · Samri Frikell · ts

48 · I Give Myself Up · The Murderer of Herman Sheftel · ts

51 · Out of the Underworld [Part ? of ?] · [uncredited] · ts

55 · The End of Randazzo · Bernard Levy · ts

58 · They Found the Child in a Swamp · Michael V. Simko · ts

62 · The Hangman’s Rope Slipped with Fitzgerald · James J. O’Brien; as told to Kenneth G. “Jock” Bellairs · ts

True Detective Mysteries [Vol. II No. 2, November 1924] []
Issue partially indexed.

· Who Killed Bob Teal? [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · ss

True Detective Mysteries [Vol. II No. 4, January 1925] (New Metropolitan Fiction, Inc., 25¢, cover: [cover photo of Nita Noldi and Rod La Rocque in “The Ten Commandments”]) []
Details supplied by Richard Newsome from Table of Contents.

6 · This Month’s Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

8 · Are You a $1000 Prize Detective? · [uncredited] · cn

11 · Are You Chained to a Tree? · Bernarr Macfadden · ed

12 · The Man Who Stole His Mother [Part ? of ?] · Travis Hoke · sl

17 · My Christmas Ride to Freedom · Jerry Flynn · ss

20 · Hand to Hand with a Corpse · Henry Leverage · ss

24 · Opium! · Operative X-13 · ss

28 · Shot Through Paper · Lt. Fred Cornwell · tc

32 · A Game with Death [Part ? of ?] · Edward Earl Wilson & C. C. Waddell · ts

36 · He Thought He Could Steal Christmas Cheer · Tom O’Grady, NYPD · tc

40 · Bertha Cohen and the Double Cross · George C. Craft · ss

44 · The Hunchback of the Seine · Ernest Minet · ss

47 · He Killed for the Golden Lure · Detective Samuel E. Allender; as told to “Jock” Bellairs · tc

52 · The Mystery of the Vanished Priest · Ernest J. Hopkins · tc

56 · The Talking Signature · “Mark Fenton”; as told to Morley Morton · tc

60 · What I Learned About Criminals · John Josiah Munro · ar

62 · Written in Silk · Captain L. C. Peterson; as told to Ben Lucien Burman · tc

65 · Is Your Conscience Uneasy? · [uncredited] · ms

True Detective Mysteries [Vol. III No. 2, May 1925] []
Details supplied by Mike Ward.

· The Mystery of the $20,000 Phone Call · James A. Stapp · ar

· Chained to a Tree · Detective Dan Donaldson · ar

· The Man Who Stole His Mother [Part ? of ?] · Travis Hoke · sl

True Detective Mysteries [Vol. III No. 3, June 1925] []
Details supplied by Mike Ward.

· The Great Trunk Mystery · Inspector Goltz · ts; of the Portland, Oregon Police Force.

· Who Killed Mary Riddel? · Harry Moss · ts; of the Brooklyn Standard Union.

· The Crime Without Clues · H. P. Wunderling · ts; former Chief Inspector of the Bureau of Investigation, Canadian Pacific Railway.

True Detective Mysteries [Vol. IV No. 1, October 1925] []
Details supplied by Mike Ward.

· The Woman with a Thousand Fingers · Cyrus Chapin · ar; expert criminologist.

· Why I Killed My Twenty-Two Wives · “Bluebeard” Watson · te; confession.

· The Shot That Came Out of the Night · Charles J. Sullivan · ts

· The Famous Duke Mansion Mystery · Attorney Barry de Burge · ts

· Plotted in the Dark · Preston Langley Hickey · ts

· My Tussle with the King of Forgers · Charles F. Robb · te

True Detective Mysteries [Vol. IV No. 2, November 1925] (New Metropolitan Fiction, Inc., 25¢, 112pp+) []
Details supplied by Mike Ward & Richard Newsome from Table of Contents.

· How Can I Protect Myself? · George Wm. Wilder · ed

6 · This Month’s Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

14 · The Mystery of the Blue Car [Part ? of ?; Insp. Mitchell] · Natalie Sumner Lincoln · nv Your Car: A Magazine of Romance, Fact and Fiction May 1925

18 · Talking Needles · A. L. H. Bucklin · ts

22 · The Man Who Owned Manhattan Island · Detective J. R. Thompson & Mark Mellen · tc

26 · “I Killed Mike Rogavoy!” · [uncredited] · tc

30 · The Unknown Girl of the Night · Raymond Stone · tc

34 · The Great Wall Street Bond Theft · Detective Alexander Heyward & Arthur Guy Empey · tc

38 · Love Letters of Death · James Hay, Jr. · tc

42 · Why I Killed My Twenty-Two Wives [Part ? of ?] · “Bluebeard” Watson & H. Edwin Mootz · tc

46 · The Skeleton in the Islip Woods · Detective William D. Roddy & Isabel Stephen · tc

50 · My Life in the Underworld · The Daughter of a Confidence Man · tc

54 · The Singular Case of Mrs. Brent · Detective Thomas P. O’Donnell · ts

58 · The Secret of the Black Box · [uncredited] · tc; “from the career of Dan B. Hosmer”.

62 · Phantom Riders of the Sea · [uncredited] · tc

True Detective Mysteries [Vol. V No. 3, June 1926] (New Metropolitan Fiction, Inc., 25¢, quarto) []
Details supplied by John Locke from Table of Contents.

8 · Ghost Stories · [uncredited] · ms; ad for first issue.

17 · Root Out the Evil at Its Source · George William Wilder · ed

24 · The Capture of Chicago’s Dope Queen · Elizabeth Cleveland · ar

36 · I Was Hired to Clear a Murderer · Willis Belcher & Arthur Guy Empey · ar

44 · Why It Can Never Be Told · Howard Browne & Isabel Stephen · ar

48 · The Clue in the Coffin · Phillip O’Ryan & W. Adolphe Roberts · ar

60 · On the Trail of the Orloff Blue Diamond · Neil Jennings & Edwin A. Goewey · ar

· Fighting Romances from the West and East · [uncredited] · ms

True Detective Mysteries [Vol. V No. 5, August 1926] (Macfadden, quarto) []
partial contents.
Details supplied by John Locke from Table of Contents.

· Has the Terror Wave Affected You? · George William Wilder · ed

· The Man Who Could Not Die · W. Adolphe Roberts · ar

· He Tunneled His Way to Europe · Deputy Sheriff T. Jenkins Hains · ar

· The Man Who Worked with Ether · Neil Jennings & Edwin A. Goewey · ar

True Detective Mysteries [Vol. VII No. 6, September 1927] (New Metropolitan Fiction, Inc., 25¢, cover by Jean Oldham) []
“A Macfadden Publication”.
Details supplied by Richard Newsome from Table of Contents.

12 · This Month’s Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

17 · What Chance? · George William Wilder · ed

19 · “Easy Money” · Lowell Howard Morrow · ts

24 · “Night-Life Polly” · W. Adolphe Roberts · ts

28 · The Murder at Pinehurst · Dan B. Hosmer · ts

32 · The Hundred-Thousand-Dollar Smile · Rene Hanley · ts

36 · The Mystery of the Vanished Car · Cy Caldwell · ts

40 · What Happened to “Bubbles”? · Isabel Stephen · ts

43 · A Very Mysterious Girl · John Shuttleworth · ts

47 · The Hold-Up of the Kansas City Express · John H. Kearnes · ts

51 · The Gambler with a Heart · Mark Mellen · ts

52 · The Crime Without a Clue · Arthur Halleck · ts

56 · For a Chinaman’s Gold · Carl Easton Williams · ts

60 · The Man with Two Lives · E. M. Johnson · ts

True Detective Mysteries [v12 #2, November 1929] (New Metropolitan Fiction, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, cover by R. A. Cameron) []

6 · This Month’s Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

10 · The “Agent” from Hong Kong · Uthai Vincent Wilcox · tc

12 · The Death Secret of Lovers’ Dell · Zeta Rothschild · tc

17 · The Law and Democracy · Charles H. Tuttle · ar

18 · The Strange Case of Frances St. John Smith · Lowell Ames Norris · tc

25 · How I Solved the Infamous Greenwaldt Mystery · A. M. Thompson · tc

28 · Stalking the “Tiger Girl” of Los Angeles · Dolores Delgado · tc

32 · The Unmasking of “Mysterious Mrs. X” · Isabel Stephen · tc

35 · What Happened to Leighton Mount? · Merlin Moore Taylor · tc

40 · The Real Truth About Chapman—America’s “Super-Bandit” · David Lindsay · tc

45 · The “Red Rose” Murder · D. L. Michel · tc

52 · What It Means to Be Police Commissioner of New York · Joan Brand · ar

55 · The Clue of the Gray Hat · Homer G. Wells · tc

56 · The Riddle of the Secret Closet · Burton Bassett · tc

62 · Dope—Scourge of the Underworld · Frank Donohue · tc

True Detective Mysteries [Vol. 18 No. 3, June 1932] (New Metropolitan Fiction, Inc., 25¢, 120pp+, cover by Dalton Stevens) []
Details supplied by Richard Newsome from Table of Contents.

1 · The Lindbergh Kidnapping Is the Last Straw! · Hatton W. Sumners · es

3 · Bravos and Bullets · The Readers · lc

4 · The Shocking Ilsley Society Murders · C. B. Carr · tc

11 · Who Was Greenville’s Midnight Assassin? · C. R. Sumner · tc

24 · The Inside Story of the Major Cronkhite Killing · Brander Queets · tc

26 · Solving the Sensational Rosenthal Kidnapping [Part ? of ?] · Alan Hynd · tc

32 · The Ape-Like Monster That Terrified Europe [Part 3 of ?] · Hubert Dall · tc

34 · When Death Rode the Rails · Hollis B. Fultz · tc

40 · The Bizarre Mystery of the Bijou Canal · Barron B. Beshoar · tc

44 · The Killer with the Painted Cheeks · Francis V. Roberts · tc

50 · The Woman—the Witness—and the Telltale Teeth · Glenn T. Garrett · tc

54 · Smashing the Notorious Wilson Gang—A Gospel in Glycerine · Dean Southern Jennings · tc

58 · Who Killed Andrew Sigler? · A. M. Thompson · tc

60 · Echo Mountain’s Hanging Spectre · A. G. Gertz · tc

64 · T.D.M. Readers Snare Two More Fugitives · George Warren · ar

66 · The Strange Case of the Mouse-Colored Horse · Frank H. Ward · tc

67 · Atlanta’s Most Vicious Criminal · James A. Belflower · tc

68 · The Line-Up · [uncredited] · pt; criminal mug-shots.

70 · In the Crimelight · Fred Allhoff · cl

True Detective Mysteries [v31 #6, March 1939] []
Details supplied by Sharon Eisenberg.

5 · The Police and the Press · Fulton Oursler · tc

7 · Coster’s Phantom Millions · Alan Hynd · tc

10 · Missing Girls · Mrs. Kathlyn Sullivan; as told to Alfred Prather · tc

17 · Robot Slayer · Deputy Sheriff Michael L. Kelley; as told to Jack Martin & Floyd F. Russell · tc

22 · Death on the Dunes · Francis V. Roberts · tc

28 · Behind the Scenes with the United States Secret Service · Richard Hirsch · tc

32 · On the Trail with the North West Mounted · Philip H. Godsell, F.R.G.S. · tc

38 · When Bandits Strike · Michael Stern · tc

46 · Clue of the “Golden Horse” · E. McLeary Baird · tc

50 · Smashing New York’s “Secret Six” [Part 2 of ?] · Hubert Dail · tc

56 · “The Penalty Is Death!” · A. C. Witfers · tc

62 · Personalities in Law Enforcement · Raymond Ruddy · tc

63 · Contraband! · Melvin Hanks · tc

81 · Truth Serum Saved Me · Reuel Kemberling-Blake · tc

82 · How We Trapped the Kansas Killers · W. O. Lyle · tc

85 · Camera Trap · Captain of Detectives John Taylor · tc

88 · “I Teach School Children the Penalties of Crime” · Alan Fraser · tc

90 · Lawlessness—A National Menace · J. Edgar Hoover · ar

True Detective Mysteries [v34 #6, September 1940] []
Details supplied by Sharon Eisenberg.

4 · Diamond Buccaneers [Part 1 of ?] · Michael Stern · tc

10 · Philandering Parson and the Flaming Crypt · Bruce Nelson · tc

14 · One Key and a Thousand Doors · Lloyd Llewell · tc

20 · Abducted Vengeance · Nigel Trask · tc

24 · Boomerang Blonde · George Courson · tc

28 · Tapped Millions · Spencer Webster · tc

33 · Glass Coffins and the Pious Crook · Avery Hale · tc

36 · Hurricane Raiders and the Kidnaped Beauty · Charles Courtney · tc

42 · Off-Stage Riddle of the Borrowed Bridegroom · Seth Bailey · tc

48 · Grand Slam in Murder · Richard Hirsch · tc

52 · Torrio “The Immune” · William Mangil · tc

56 · Bigamist “Lord” and the Lost Brides (Part II) · Alan Hynd · tc

62 · Border Boss-The Saga of Captain John R. Hughes, Texas Ranger [Part ? of ?] · Paul Havens · tc

65 · Washington Headquarters [Part ? of ?] · Willard Mann · tc

68 · Personalities in Law Enforcement · Virgil E. LaMarre · tc

70 · Trapped After Five Years · Edmond Van Tyne · tc

71 · True Detective Valor Award: Captain Richard A. Fennelly · [uncredited] · ms

72 · Prison Without Bars · Angus McLeod · tc

74 · Phantom Prowler and the Invisible Eye · Lowell Ames Norris · tc

True Detective Mysteries [v35 #2, November 1940] []
Details supplied by Sharon Eisenberg.

4 · Ring Passion · Virgil E. LaMarre · tc

10 · Beauty Killer · Seth Bailey · tc

14 · Slayers on the Spot · T. D. Metz · tc

20 · Dynamite Dollars · William Mangil · tc

24 · Honest Ep and the Platinum Wildcat · Avery Hale · tc

28 · Postmarked for Prison [Part 1 of 2] · Richard Hirsch · tc

33 · With the Pinkertons Through the Labyrinth of Death · Alan Hynd · tc

38 · Felon’s Fangs · J. Howard Garnish · tc

44 · Case of the Hooded Three · George Courson · tc

48 · Fatal Fantasies of the Canting Housekeeper · M. L. Forgy · tc

54 · Five Faces to Doom · M. K. Arnold · tc

60 · Diamond Buccaneers [Part 3 of ?] · Michael Stern · tc

65 · Washington Headquarters [Part ? of ?] · Willard Mann · tc

66 · Elusive Diplomat and the King of Crime [Part 2 of ?] · Georges Corbot · tc

70 · Arkansas Mobilized! · Carl E. Bailey · tc

72 · Hot Money · Fred Stanton · tc

78 · Putting Teeth in the Law · Herbert Jones · tc

True Detective Mysteries [v35 #3, December 1940] []
Details supplied by Sharon Eisenberg.

4 · Crimson Hand in Trotsky’s Murder · Willard Mann · tc

10 · Wolf of the Midnight Roses · T. D. Metz · tc

12 · Snatched! · Edmond Van Tyne · tc

14 · In the Hinges of Hell! · Fatso Negri, Ex-Mobster · tc

20 · Evidence in Error · Ed. Harlan Gibson · tc

26 · Holocaust House · Francis C. Preston · tc

30 · Postmarked for Prison [Part 2 of 2] · Richard Hirsch · tc

33 · Swath of the Cyclone Raiders · George Courson · tc

36 · Underworld Avenger · Joseph Larimore · tc

38 · Queen of the Deadly Drones · Harold Heroux · tc

44 · Ambitious Beauty and the Lying Cavalier · Nigel Trask · tc

50 · Billionaire Brigand · Avery Hale · tc

56 · Elusive Diplomat and the King of Crime [Part 3 of ?] · Georges Corbot · tc

60 · With the Pinkertons on the Case of the Whistling Clue · Alan Hynd · tc

65 · The More Important Half · Major John A. Warner · tc

66 · Diamond Buccaneers [Part 4 of ?] · Michael Stern · tc

· Twisted Innocence · Robert Random · tc

70 · Take Away the Mouthpiece · J. E. Russell · tc

True Detective Mysteries (UK)

True Detective Mysteries (UK) [Vol. 2 No. 5, May 1931] (New Metropolitan Fiction, Inc., 6d, 64pp+, cover from True Detective Mysteries April 1931) []
Details supplied by Richard Newsome from Table of Contents.

3 · Arouse Public Opinion! · Phillip Forman · es

4 · The Inside on the Lingle Murder Capture · Alan Hynd · tc

16 · The Riddle of the Slain Teacher · L. L. Bingaman · tc

22 · My Greatest Cases—No. 5—The Waggoner Case · William J. Burns · tc

28 · How America’s Greatest Jewel Robbery Was Solved · Isabel Stephen · tc

39 · The Murder of “Broadway Rose” · David Lindsay · tc

46 · The Clue of the Empty Cartridge · J. J. Kalez · tc

52 · The Inside on Chicago’s Notorious St. Valentine Massacre · Charles DeLacy · tc

58 · I Am a Fugitive from the Georgia Chain Gang! [Part ? of ?] · Robert Elliott Burns · te; “written from hiding”.

True Experiences: (about)

True Experiences

True Experiences [November 1926] []
Issue partially indexed from Copyright Renewal Records.

· Such Is Life · Arnold Fountain · ??

True Experiences [December 1926] []
Issue partially indexed from Copyright Renewal Records.

· The Virgin Wife [Part 1 of 5] · Arnold Fountain · ts

True Experiences [January 1927] []
Issue partially indexed from Copyright Renewal Records.

· The Virgin Wife [Part 2 of 5] · Arnold Fountain · ts

True Experiences [February 1927] []
Issue partially indexed from Copyright Renewal Records.

· The Virgin Wife [Part 3 of 5] · Arnold Fountain · ts

True Experiences [March 1927] []
Issue partially indexed from Copyright Renewal Records.

· The Virgin Wife [Part 4 of 5] · Arnold Fountain · ts

True Experiences [April 1927] []
Issue partially indexed from Copyright Renewal Records.

· The Virgin Wife [Part 5 of 5] · Arnold Fountain · ts

True Experiences [Vol. 40 No. 5, April 1946] ed. Ruth L. Baer (Macfadden Publications, 15¢, 118pp, quarto, cover: [photo] by Bert Six) []

3 · Fashion Forecast · Misc. · cl

4 · Easter, 1946 · Ann Morland · ms

7 · Bridal Memories · Martha Wentworth · ms

8 · Health Hints: Children’s Teeth · Helen Richardson · cl

12 · Life’s Little Comedies · Misc. · hu

14 · The Handy Man · Misc. · cl

16 · Decoratively Speaking · Lear Bradley · cl

17 · Savings Bonds Are Here to Stay · [uncredited] · ms

19 · Listen and Remember, Beloved · [uncredited] · ts

24 · Fiesta Time Is Lovetime · [uncredited] · ts

28 · Carousel—The Story of an Unforgettable Ride · [uncredited] · ts

32 · Hour of Enchantment—About Two Who Found It [Part ? of ?] · [uncredited] · sl

36 · Angel of the Airwaves · [uncredited] · ts

40 · A Handshake—A Kiss—A Promise · [uncredited] · ts

44 · Tears Are for the Young · [uncredited] · ts

48 · Love Comes In on Golden Wings [Part ? of ?] · [uncredited] · sl

51 · Meet the Boss of My Heart · [uncredited] · ts

True Experiences [Vol. 42 No. 3, February 1947] ed. Ruth Lear Baer (Macfadden Publications, 15¢, 106pp, quarto, cover by L. Willinger-Shostal) []

3 · The Seeing Eye · Misc. · ms

4 · The Handy Man · Misc. · cl

6 · Brush-Up Brush-Off · Mary Jane Fulton · ms

8 · Decoratively Speaking · Lear Bradley · cl

10 · Fashion Forecast · Misc. · ms

12 · Tune-in Talk · Misc. · ms

14 · Humanizing the Classics: Johan Sibelius · Fred J. Renner · cl

16 · Wintertime Buffet Supper · Ann Morland · ms

18 · Threading the Needle · Misc. · ms

21 · A Thousand Reasons for Love · [uncredited] · ts

24 · So Long, Lullaby Joe · [uncredited] · ts; illustrated by Stuart Hamilton

26 · Date of the Decade · [uncredited] · ts

30 · Tempest in the Town [Part ? of ?] · [uncredited] · sl

34 · Lady in Distress · [uncredited] · ts; illustrated by Stuart Hamilton

38 · The Hours Between Heartbreak · [uncredited] · ts

42 · Strictly for Romance · [uncredited] · ts

46 · Miss Prim and Proper · [uncredited] · ts

50 · Looking Ahead for 1947 · Norvell · ms

53 · Glamour-Boy Doctor · [uncredited] · ts

67 · Journey’s End for My Heart [Part ? of ?] · [uncredited] · sl

True Experience
Title changed from True Experiences.

True Experience [Vol. 44 No. 1, December 1947] ed. Ruth Lear Baer (Macfadden Publications, 15¢, 84pp, quarto, cover by L. Willinger-Shostal) []

4 · The Foxes of Harrow · Brad Roswell · mr

6 · Lockwood on Looks · Mary Jane Fulton · ms

8 · Feminine Fads and Fancies · Misc. · ms

10 · Day After Christmas · Ann Morland · ms

11 · The Handy Man · Jack Creamer · cl

12 · Now We Ask You · Misc. · ms

14 · Tune-in Talk · Jock Stark · cl

15 · Disc Jockey of the Month · Martin Leonard · ms

16 · Fashion Merry-go-round · Lear Bradley · ms

19 · The Grim Parade · [uncredited] · ts; illustrated by Jack Floherty

22 · The Language of Flowers · Alice Phoebe Eldridge · ar

24 · Moonlight in Havana · [uncredited] · ts; illustrated by Cliff Young

27 · Camera Tricks · George Salkin · ms

28 · Your Love Was the Sea · [uncredited] · ts; illustrated by Frank Vaughn

31 · Truth Quiz · P. K. Thomajan · qz

32 · Do You Believe in Miracles? · Isabel Stephen · ar

35 · Nature’s Crosses · [uncredited] · ms

36 · The Tea Party · [uncredited] · ts; illustrated by Bob Hilbert

38 · Ball of Fire · [uncredited] · ts; illustrated by Kolada

40 · Hut Dwellers · [uncredited] · ms

41 · Ragtag Rogue · [uncredited] · ts; illustrated by B. Barton

43 · Horse Doctor · [uncredited] · ms

44 · You Who Pass · [uncredited] · ts

46 · Curtain Time · [uncredited] · ts

47 · The Signal · [uncredited] · ts

48 · Hard-Boiled · [uncredited] · ts

50 · The Invisible Spouse · [uncredited] · ts

51 · Baby Sitter · [uncredited] · ms

52 · Rebound · [uncredited] · ts

54 · Games and Puzzles · Walter B. Gibson · pz

True Gang Life (about)
True Gang Life was another of the pulps that cashed in on the brief popularity of gangster stories. It is unclear how many issues were published.

Publishers:

Associated Authors, Inc.; 11 West 42nd Street, New York, NY; and later at 125 East 46th Street, New York 17, NY: True Gang Life.

True Gang Life [v1 #1, November 1934] (Associated Authors, 20¢, 96pp, large pulp, cover by Raymond Thayer) []
Details supplied by Steve Miller.

4 · The Parachute Murders · Ralph Milne Farley & Al P. Nelson · nv

33 · On the Lam · L. A. Keating · ss

40 · Hi-Jack Gold · Willard Steuben · nv

58 · Red Dynamite · Mark Turrell Pattie · ss

66 · A Yellow Punk’s Guts · W. Clyde Young · ss

72 · The Brain Snatcher · Dion de Jurnel · nv

True Gang Life [v1 #2, January 1935] (Associated Authors, 20¢, 96pp, large pulp, cover by Raymond Thayer) []
Details supplied by Steve Miller.

4 · The Bank That Robbed Itself · Ralph Milne Farley & Al P. Nelson · nv

44 · Middle Man Menace · Grant M. Sassaman · ss

48 · Feathered Death · Mark Turrell Pattie · nv

65 · Hot Take-Over · W. Clyde Young · ss

70 · The Wiper Spook · Raymond A. Palmer · ss

78 · The High Graders · Willard Steuben · nv

True Gang Life [v1 #3, February 1935] (large pulp) []

· The Train Wreckers · Ralph Milne Farley & Raymond A. Palmer · ss

· Mop-Up Mary · Charles B. McCray · ss

· Alice in Murderland · Howard R. Rhoades · ss

· Crossed Fingers · Mark Turrell Pattie · ss

· Hoppy Calls the Turn · Donald S. Aitken · ss

· The Deadly Dame · Gilbert Langen · ss

· Framer’s Finish · Leon Myron Bradley · ss

· The Navy Spirit · Steve Fisher · ss

True Gang Life [v1 #4, April 1935] (15¢, large pulp) []

· The Ivory Lotus Murders [Jim Grant] · Ralph Milne Farley & Harold Ward · na

· Double Play · Grover Brinkman · ss

· Marked Deck · C. V. Brown · nv

· The Split-Up · Harold E. Flint · ss

· Alibi Bait · Raymond A. Palmer · nv

· The Crime Discourager · C. H. V. Young · ss

· Spike Guffey’s Getaway · William Allen · ss

· Safe Guy · Convict 8916 · vi

· The Murder Swindle · Lamoine E. Boyle · nv

True Gang Life [v1 #5, May 1935] (15¢, large pulp) []

· Tong War · Ralph Milne Farley & E. Hoffmann Price · na

· Follow the Loot · Gene A. Gregory · na

· Call the Doctor · Mark Turrell Pattie · nv

· The Last Job · F. E. Shirley · nv

· The Deal · Paul W. Pickelle · ss

True Gang Life [v1 #6, June 1935] (15¢, large pulp) []
Issue not indexed.

True Gang Life [v1 #7, July 1935] (15¢, large pulp) []

· The Truth Serum · Ralph Milne Farley & John Pease · na

· Dames Are Poison · Anatole Feldman · na

· Aces Back to Back · Raymond A. Palmer · ss

· Scent of a Rat · Edward Green · ss

· Burn ’Em Down · Don James Johnston · ss

· Decoy in Skirts · Hamilton Washburn · ss

· Just a Letter from a Lug · V. S. Summers · ss

True Gang Life [v1 #8, October 1935] (15¢, large pulp, cover by Wynne W. Davies) []
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · Protection [Jim Grant] · Ralph Milne Farley & Al P. Nelson · na

32 · Fourth Degree [Praying Charlie] · Anatole Feldman · na

56 · Buffaloed · William H. Stueber · nv

64 · Knave of Gats · Forbes Parkhill · nv

70 · Fixed Prints · Edward J. Donovan · ss

73 · Switched · F. Rex Davit · ss

76 · Safety First · Frederick Clark · ss

80 · Anything for a Pal · Louis L’Amour · ss

83 · Mailed…Just Before the Last Mile · V. S. Summers · ss

True Gang Life [v1 #9, November 1935] (15¢, large pulp, cover by Wynne W. Davies) []

· The Dope Ring · Ralph Milne Farley & Al P. Nelson · ss

· Hooligan’s Paradise · Lamoine E. Boyle · ss

· Death in the Sky · Akbar Hassan · ss

· Bodyguard · Mark Turrell Pattie · ss

· Bus Stop · L. E. Hartoin · ss

· Garry Grattan Returns · Edward J. Donovan · ss

· Burned · Don James Johnston · ss

· Fire with Fire · W. Willenborg · ss

· Squealers Brand · William G. Bogart · ss

· Just a Pal · Frederic Arnold Kummer, Jr. · ss

True Gang Life [v1 #10, February 1936] (Associated Authors Inc., 15¢, large pulp, cover by Wynne W. Davies) []
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · Yellow Slaves · Ralph Milne Farley & Stanley G. Weinbaum · ss

20 · The Decade of Death in Cleveland, O. · Jack Heil & Raymond A. Palmer · ts

34 · Stubborn Streak · K. Krausse · ss

42 · Trapped in Celluloid · R. Sprague Hall · ss

50 · City of Death · Ernest Brent · ss; given as “The City of Death” on the cover.

62 · Spider Spins a Web · Don James Johnston · ss

70 · I’ll Talk · Emmett Hargett · ss

74 · Scotch Economy · C. Paul Jackson · ss

True Gang Life [v6 #2, April 1936?] (15¢, large pulp, cover by Wynne W. Davies) []
Year of publication not listed anywhere on magazine but believed to be 1936.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

· Black Sheep · A Prominent Chicago Police Official · ts

· The Bloody Corner · Jack Heil & Raymond A. Palmer · ts

· Reward!—No Questions Asked · Ralph Milne Farley · ss

· Cross and Double Cross · Maurice Wessel · ss

· Correction for the Press · Kenneth Stalcup · ss

· The Duchess Retires · Ernest Sessions · ss

· The Finger of Fate · Richard W. Nossman · ss

· Darkness · Harry Flynn Leary · ss

True Gang Life [v6 #3, June 1936?] (15¢, large pulp, cover by Wynne W. Davies) []
Year of publication not listed anywhere on magazine but believed to be 1936.
Details taken from eBay listing.

4 · The Origin of Gangs · [uncredited] · ms

6 · Racket Rods · Raymond A. Palmer & Lawrence A. Keating · ss

24 · Black Sheep · [uncredited] · ss

38 · Hot Cars · Ralph Milne Farley & Major Don Willard · ss

56 · Taking the Rap · Police Lt. Tom McGrath · ss

63 · Dutton Fails to See the Light · Frederic Arnold Kummer, Jr. · ss

65 · All Burned Up · Mont Hurst · ss

67 · Rat Trap · Clyde Young · ss

69 · Wanted Public Enemies · [uncredited] · ms

True Gang Life [v6 #4, September 1936] (Associated Authors, 15¢, 96pp, large pulp, cover by W. Darr) []
Year of publication not listed anywhere on magazine but believed to be 1936.
Details supplied by Steve Miller.

4 · Gangs of New York · [uncredited] · ia

6 · The Hijackers [Jim Grant] · Ralph Milne Farley · ss

22 · Funeral Guns · Raymond A. Palmer & Lawrence A. Keating · nv

54 · Mark of Cain · Grant Milton · ss

62 · Killers Cul de Sac · G. M. Sassaman · ss

66 · Clean-Up · Mark Turrell Pattie · ss

73 · Country Jake · Mont Hurst · ss

75 · Hot Seat · V. S. Summers · ss

True Gang Life [Vol. II No. 5, November 1936] (Associated Authors, Inc., 15¢, large pulp, cover by Walter Darr) []
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · Twenty-Five Years a Jailbird [Part 1 of 3] · Billy (The Key Man) Short; as told to Grant M. Sassaman · bg

24 · Morgano’s Match · Lowell Heywoodedge · ss

34 · The Toad’s Stool · Cliff Everard · na; given as by Clif Everard.

42 · Steel Fingers · Charles S. Newman · ss

51 · Soft Touch · W. Clyde Young · ss

54 · Death Assayer · Edward J. Donovan · ss

62 · Ex-Copper · Ernest Brent · ss

74 · Diamonds Spell Death · Crosby Holden · ss

82 · The Master Mind · Milton Grant · ss

84 · Wanted Public Enemies · [uncredited] · ms

True Gang Life [Vol. II No. 6, January 1937] (Associated Authors, Inc., 15¢, large pulp, cover by Walter Darr) []
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · Twenty-Five Years a Jailbird [Part 2 of 3] · Billy (The Key Man) Short; as told to Grant M. Sassaman · bg

23 · Five Grand for Eddie · R. D. Barrett · ss

30 · Rats Die Hard · Ed Earl Repp · ss

46 · Muscle Man · Frank Gruber · ss

56 · Professional Act · Robert Martin · ss

63 · Stir Bugs · David Roberts · ss

70 · It Pays to Be Blind · Roger Torrey · ss

85 · Mixed Drinks · Orson Borden · ss

90 · Wanted Public Enemies · [uncredited] · ms

True Gang Life [Vol. II No. 7, March 1937] (Associated Authors, Inc., 15¢, large pulp, cover by Walter Darr) []

6 · The Cleanup Kid · Alexander Faust · ss

15 · Death Music · Tom B. Stone · ss

22 · Twenty-Five Years a Jailbird [Part 3 of 3] · Billy (The Key Man) Short; as told to Grant M. Sassaman · bg

40 · Dog Eat Dog · Edward J. Donovan · ss

46 · Dumb Copper · James H. Dudley · ss

56 · Horse’s Gat · Andrew I. Albert · ss

62 · With the Tide · Ernest Brent · ss

68 · Killer’s Luck · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss

71 · Easy Money · Edward Classen · ss

77 · Comeback Justice · Edward Bayer · ss

83 · Unlucky Stiff · Hobart Ellsworth · ss

86 · Poison · David Roberts · ss

88 · Specialty · Milton Grant · ss

90 · Wanted Public Enemies · [uncredited] · ms

True Gang Life [Vol. II No. 8, June 1937] (15¢, large pulp) []

· Gangs of New York · Sam Caufman · ct

· Rogue’s Rendezvous · Robert Barrett · ss

· Murder Dope · James Worthington · ss

· Marked for Killing · Edgar H. Case · ss

· Blackmail’s an Ugly Word [Dal Prentice] · Roger Torrey · nv Black Mask October 1933

· No Alibi · Crosby G. Holden · ss

· Bullet Bait · William G. Bogart · ss

· Kill That Strikebreaker · Ben Flesher · ss

· Born to Be Hanged · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss

True Gang Life [Vol. II No. 9, August 1937] (Associated Authors Inc., 15¢, large pulp, cover by Walter Darr) []
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · The Challenge · Andrew I. Albert · nv

27 · Suckers Are Where You Find Them · Ben Flesher · ss

32 · Protection Plus · Roger Torrey · ss

46 · The Deadly Monk’s Hood · Daman C. Fenwick · ss

53 · Happy Birthday · E. G. Wheeler · vi

55 · Trouble on the Way Home · James Worthington · ss

62 · A Ticket for Murder · Donald C. Northwood · ss

70 · Morgue Bound · Grayson Fable · ss

75 · Poor Sap · Perry Wood · vi

77 · Twenty Grand · Dick Ford · ss

83 · A Soft-Boiled Yegg · A. L. Kimball · ss

90 · Wanted Public Enemies · [uncredited] · ms

True Gang Life [Vol. II No. 10, October 1937] (15¢, large pulp) []

· Rocky’s Road Through Hell · Don Allison · ss

· Stir Shadows · R. D. Barrett · ss

· Acid Test · Omar Gwinn · ss

· Death Always Wins · Denslow M. Dade · ss

· Air-Tight Racket · Grover Brinkman · ss

· Queenie Rides Again · John Fredericks · ss

· Tiger Odds · Charles Molyneux Brown · ss

· False Reprieve · James H. Dudley · ss

True Gang Life [Vol. II No. 11, December 1937] (Combined Publications, Inc., 96pp, large pulp) []
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · From Alcohol to Alcatraz [Part 1 of ?] · Chopper Nitti · ar

26 · Tiger Bait · W. K. Boone · ss

34 · Vengeance Trail · Davis Dresser · ss

40 · Killer at Large · Crosby G. Holden · ss

49 · Miser Investigations · Ben Flesher · ss

56 · G-Heat · John Scott Douglas · ss

65 · Riot Call · Bill Kruger · ss

71 · His Own Medicine · W. A. Billings · ss

76 · Fatal Likeness · Helen & Frank Rippetoe · ss

78 · Rat Trap · Junia Caille · ss

81 · A Squealer Passes · Grayson Fable · ss

88 · Wanted Public Enemies · [uncredited] · ms

True Gang Life [Vol. II No. 12, March 1938] (Combined Publications, Inc., 15¢, large pulp) []
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · From Alcohol to Alcatraz [Part 2 of ?] · Chopper Nitti · ar

27 · Heat Snatch · Crosby Holden · ss

36 · Hot Short Holocaust · Elenny Trade · ss

46 · The Devil’s Bath · Charles McCray & Frank Young · ss

54 · Walking Bait · Charles Molyneux Brown · ss

61 · A Double Frame · W. Clyde Young · ss

67 · Four-Bit Piece · Herbert E. Smith · ss

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