The FictionMags Index

Magazine Contents Lists: Page 11213

True Story [v9 #4, November 1923] (True Story Publishing Corporation, 25¢, 144pp, 9″ x 11.5″, cover: [based on an Alfred Cheney Johnston photo of Pauline Garon] by Leo Sielke, Jr.) [] Details supplied by Morgan Wallace. 13 · The Spirit of Youth · Bernarr Macfadden · ar 14 · When a Girl Doesn’t Know · [uncredited] · ts 17 · The Making of a Man · [uncredited] · ts 20 · At the Edge of the Pit · [uncredited] · ts 23 · Seen in Broadway’s Passing Show · Various · pt; full page photos of Nancy Carroll, Mildred Soper, Rosemary Marston & Harriett Gustin. 27 · The Price of a Girl · [uncredited] · ts 30 · No Woman Could Please Him, Until— · [uncredited] · ts 33 · In Cold Blood · [uncredited] · ts 36 · Another Man’s Child · [uncredited] · ts 39 · $10,000 for Your Life-Story · [uncredited] · cn 40 · In Every Woman’s Heart [Part ? of ?] · [uncredited] · ts 43 · Cinderella Grows Up · [uncredited] · ts 46 · Back from Hell [Part 5 of ?] · [uncredited] · ts 49 · Much-Talked-of-Stories · [uncredited] · pt; full page photos of (Page 49: Patricia Fentriss in “Flaming Youth”; Page 50: “If Winter Comes”; Page 51: “Scaramouche”; Page 52: Diana Kayne in “His Children’s Children”). 53 · The White Lie · [uncredited] · ts 56 · The Heart of a Wife · [uncredited] · ts 59 · Punishment to Fit the Crime · [uncredited] · ts 62 · When a Husband Learned · [uncredited] · ts 65 · Conventions · [uncredited] · ts

True Story [January 1924] [] Details supplied by Morgan Wallace from an advert in Physical Culture magazine. · Bernarr Macfadden Feature · [uncredited] · ar · The Empty Heart [Part ? of ?] · [uncredited] · ts · Two Kinds of Kisses [Part ? of ?] · [uncredited] · ts · A Second-Hand Wife · [uncredited] · ts · Beauty Layout [Part ? of ?] · [uncredited] · ts · In Death’s Shadow! [Part ? of ?] · [uncredited] · ts · In the Fire of Hate · [uncredited] · ts · Quicksands · [uncredited] · ts · Whose Child · [uncredited] · ts · The Crime of a Life · [uncredited] · ts · The Awakening · [uncredited] · ts · When “Man Kills the Thing He Loves” · [uncredited] · ts · In Every Woman’s Heart [Part ? of ?] · [uncredited] · ts · The Test of a Lover · [uncredited] · ts · Conscience and Law · [uncredited] · ts · The Girl I Left Behind Me · [uncredited] · ts · Back from Hell [Part 7 of ?] · [uncredited] · ts

True Story [February 1924] [] Details supplied by Morgan Wallace from an advert in Physical Culture magazine. · A Soul for Sale · [uncredited] · ts · The Charitable Spirit · [uncredited] · ts · Blind Love · [uncredited] · ts · The Empty Heart [Part ? of ?] · [uncredited] · ts · For Her Sister’s Name! · [uncredited] · ts · His Prodigal Daughter · [uncredited] · ts · Beauty Layout [Part ? of ?] · [uncredited] · ts · He Married for Money · [uncredited] · ts · The Stain of Scandal · [uncredited] · ts · A Second-Hand Bride · [uncredited] · ts · The Shadow of Her Past · [uncredited] · ts · Mother Love! · [uncredited] · ts · Two Kinds of Kisses [Part ? of ?] · [uncredited] · ts · In Death’s Shadow! [Part ? of ?] · [uncredited] · ts · Back from Hell [Part 8 of ?] · [uncredited] · ts · In Every Woman’s Heart [Part ? of ?] · [uncredited] · ts · My Twice-Wed Husband · [uncredited] · ts · Which Was His Wife? · [uncredited] · ts · Her Savage Blood! · [uncredited] · ts

True Story [February 1929] (The True Story Publishing Company, cover by Leo Sielke, Jr.) [] Details supplied by Sharon Eisenberg. · Yearning for Love · Bernarr Macfadden · ed · The Marriage Wrecker—I Was Jealous Mad! · [uncredited] · ts · In His Blood—The Romance of a War Bird · [uncredited] · ts · I Pawned My Very Soul-She Lived in Hell! · [uncredited] · ts · Flower of the Jungle-Among the Shadow Dodgers · [uncredited] · ts · The Wife Who Had to Have Romance-When the Family Slave Revolts · [uncredited] · ts · My Mysterious Inheritance-The Secret of the Old Homestead · [uncredited] · ts · He Couldn’t Afford to Marry-The Man Who Tried to Run Away from Love · [uncredited] · ts · I Wanted a Husband-A Girl in Search of the Right Man · [uncredited] · ts · Does Love Always Find a Way?-For the Sake of Her Children · [uncredited] · ts · Mate Calls to Mate-You Can Never Tell About a Woman · [uncredited] · ts · Only Skin Deep-He Threw Away Life’s Greatest Gift · [uncredited] · ts · Child of the Sun-The Blood of Her Own People · [uncredited] · ts · First in a Woman’s Life-She Didn’t Understand Love · [uncredited] · ts · The One Woman for Him-How She Kept Her Man · [uncredited] · ts · Special Features-$3,000.00 in Prizes for True Stories · Various · cn · Thinking Clergymen Acclaim True Stories · Various · ms · Stranger Than Fiction · Various · cl · Home Problems Forum · Various · cl · Laughs from Life · Various · hu · Mirror of Beauty · Various · cl · The True Story Home Maker · Various · cl

True Story [Vol. 26 No. 2, March 1932] (True Story Publishing Corporation, 25¢, 208pp, cover by Jules Cannert) [] Details supplied by Steve Scott. 4 · Stranger Than Fiction: When I Died · [uncredited] · ts 6 · Home Problems Forum · [uncredited] · qa 8 · 10,000 Prizes for Opinions of the New True Story · [uncredited] · cn 11 · Playing with Romance · Bernarr Macfadden · ed 13 · Mirror of Beauty and Fashion · Various · pi 19 · Too Good for Her · [uncredited] · ts 22 · Wild Blood · [uncredited] · ts 26 · Devil Driven · [uncredited] · ts 29 · I Thought I Was in the Way · [uncredited] · ts 29 · It All Began with a Pick-up · [uncredited] · ts 32 · The Woman Who Refused to Love · [uncredited] · ts 35 · Inside the Heart of a Killer [Part ? of ?] · [uncredited] · ts 42 · The Secret I Had to Keep from My Children · [uncredited] · ts 45 · My Strange Bargain with My Husband · [uncredited] · ts 49 · On the Edge of the Abyss · [uncredited] · ts 50 · The Light That Came with Darkness · [uncredited] · ts 54 · Proud Woman [Part ? of ?] · [uncredited] · ts 59 · Married Flirt · [uncredited] · ts 63 · Night of Horror · [uncredited] · ts 66 · I Paid the Price of His Unfaithfulness · [uncredited] · ts 68 · Was This Love a Sin? [Part ? of ?] · [uncredited] · ts 73 · Handy Household Hints · [uncredited] · cl 74 · What Every Mother Should Know · Priscilla Hicks · cl 186 · $10,000.00 True Story Prize Contest · [uncredited] · ms 204 · Laughs from Life · Various · hu 206 · Mary and Bob Announce New True Story Radio Hour · [uncredited] · ms

True Story [Volume 31 No. 6, January 1935] (True Story Publishing Corporation, 15¢, 130pp, cover by A. Mozert) [] Details supplied by Steve Scott. 4 · The Power of Friendship · Mrs. Frederic M. Paist · ar 6 · Home Problems Forum · The Readers · qa 8 · Your Favorite Screen Stars: Claire Dodd · [uncredited] · bg [Ref. Claire Dodd] 10 · Stranger Than Fiction: Dead Man’s Blood · [uncredited] · ts 12 · What Do You Think? · The Readers · lc 16 · To Your Unconquerable Soul · Bernarr Macfadden · ed 17 · Inside the Soul of a Shame Woman · [uncredited] · ts; a $2,500.00 Prize Story; given as “Inside the Soul of a Shame Women” on the story itself. 20 · No Greater Love · Warden Lewis E. Lawes · ts 24 · The Secret Locked in My Husband’s Heart · [uncredited] · ts 27 · My Mother’s Man · [uncredited] · ts 30 · Three Ring Girl [Part ? of ?] · [uncredited] · ts 34 · A House Divided · [uncredited] · ts 38 · Easy to Get · [uncredited] · ts 40 · Spoilers of Women [Part ? of ?] · [uncredited] · ts 42 · Ne’er-Do-Well · [uncredited] · ts; subtitled “A Tale of Love’s Magic Power”. 47 · Lovers Must Trust · [uncredited] · ts 50 · Stylish and Economical · [uncredited] · ms 51 · Holy Mackerel · [uncredited] · ts 54 · Home Dyeing · Helen Davis · ar 58 · True Story Magazine’s Shopping Service · [uncredited] · ms 80 · The Making of Self-Reliant Children · Virginia Marsden · ar 90 · Crackers for All Occasions · Luella Farmer · ms 98 · It’s Open Season for Parties · Ruth Phillips · ms 117 · To Stir the Flagging Appetite · Martha Holmes · ms 123 · $10,000.00 for Your True Stories · [uncredited] · cn 127 · $1,000.00 Songs of Romance Cash Prize Contest · [uncredited] · cn

True Story [Volume 40 Number 2, March 1939] ed. Bernarr Macfadden (Macfadden Publications, 15¢, 158pp, quarto) [] 4 · America’s Disgrace · Dr. Mary Halton · ms 6 · With God as My Partner · [uncredited] · ts 8 · A Debt Is Paid · [uncredited] · ts 10 · What Do You Think? · The Readers · lc 11 · About This Month’s Cover Girl · [uncredited] · ms 12 · “I’ll Never Forget” · [uncredited] · ms 14 · Cuckoo Cooking! · [uncredited] · ms 16 · Love’s Bewildering Delights · Bernarr Macfadden · ed 19 · Moment of Treachery · [uncredited] · ts 22 · It’s Tough to Be a Hollywood Mother · Joan Blondell · ar 24 · I Was Only Looking for Love · [uncredited] · ts 28 · My Letter Was Answered · [uncredited] · ts 30 · Kept Husband · Enzo Fiermonte · bg 32 · Did I Fail as a Woman? · [uncredited] · ts 34 · His People Were My People [Part ? of ?] · [uncredited] · ts 36 · Clergyman’s Wife · [uncredited] · ts 40 · My Price of Freedom · [uncredited] · ts 42 · I Was an Adopted Mother · [uncredited] · ts 44 · Woman of Alaska · [uncredited] · ts 46 · Strange Reunion · [uncredited] · ts 48 · Gambler’s Hell [Part ? of ?] · Warden Lawes · ts 70 · You Can Make Them Yourself · [uncredited] · ms 79 · The National Whatsit · [uncredited] · ms 84 · Whatsit Prize Winners · [uncredited] · ms 112 · Home Problems Forum · Various · cl 114 · So—You Want to Be a Cook? · Phoebe Dane · ms 117 · How Do You Wash Dishes? · Martha Holmes · ms 118 · Needlework Can Give That Certain Touch of Brightness · Baroness Piantoni · ms 119 · A House to Grow with You · Helen Foster · ms 120 · Just Look Around · Marion Randall · ms 121 · Clothes Make the Child · Nell Howard Enloe · ms 154 · $25,000 in Cash Prizes for Stories You Can Write · [uncredited] · ms

True Story Magazine (UK)   (about) UK version of the US True Story, which was the first of the so-called “confessions” magazines. Stories were purportedly true and hence were uncredited. An unusual feature of the magazine is that each story is prefixed by a “Reading Time” - to the nearest second!

True Story Magazine [#11, September 1923] (Hutchinson, 1/-, 160pp, standard) [] Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 7 · “I’m So Sorry!” · Bernarr MacFadden · ed 9 · Confessions of a Selfish Wife · [uncredited] · ts 21 · Babs, Her Story · [uncredited] · ts 25 · Duty or Death? · [uncredited] · ts 26 · All for Love · [uncredited] · ts True Story June 1923 30 · The Ghurka Knife · [uncredited] · ts 37 · The Clever Devil · [uncredited] · ts 39 · Ways That Are Dark [Part 1 of 2] · [uncredited] · ts True Story July 1923 48 · Mismated · [uncredited] · ts True Story June 1923 59 · The Adventures of an International Spy · [uncredited] · ts 69 · “The World is Like That!” · [uncredited] · ts 77 · The Great Sacrifice · [uncredited] · ts 91 · The Youthful Mrs. Perrot · [uncredited] · ar 96 · The Potion · [uncredited] · ts True Story July 1923 101 · The Moving Finger · [uncredited] · ts True Story July 1923 110 · A Red Night · [uncredited] · ts 115 · On a Bridge at Midnight · [uncredited] · ts True Story June 1923 125 · My Friend’s Wife · [uncredited] · ts True Story July 1923 135 · Her Fight for a Husband · [uncredited] · ts 145 · An Awful Little Devil · [uncredited] · ts 150 · Over the Precipice · [uncredited] · ts 152 · Death and “Mrs. Crump” · [uncredited] · ts