Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

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Detective Story Magazine [v104 #3, September 22, 1928] (15¢, pulp, cover by John A. Coughlin) Rafferty—Detective Kidnaper [Rafferty] · A. E. Apple · ss The Children of the Poor [Part 4 of 6] · Edgar Wallace · sl Safe Bait · Charlotte Dockstader · ss Baby Face · Mel Watt · ss The Crimson Yarn · Madeleine Sharps Buchanan · ss The Dog’s Deal · John Briggs · ss When the Blackjack Didn’t Fall · Roy W. Hinds · ss The Merrymakers · John D. Swain · ss Haunted · Clinton Dangerfield · ss Shadow Man · Donald Van Riper · ss

Detective Story Magazine [v104 #4, September 29, 1928] (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 15¢, pulp) Details supplied by Rob Preston from Table of Contents. 1 · Souvenirs of Guilt · Herman Landon · nv 39 · Rum Runners’ Latest Defense · Anon. · ms 39 · Gets Life for Robbery · Anon. · ms 40 · Bare Knees · Leonard Falkner · ss 44 · France Has Girl Bandits · Anon. · ms 45 · The Crimson Clown’s Matinee [Delton Prouse (The Crimson Clown)] · Johnston McCulley · ss 57 · Six Pay Penalty for Murder · Anon. · ms 58 · Jugwaller’s Joke · Robert Ormond Case · ss 67 · A Horse on Him · Arthur Mallory · ss 83 · Flower Thief Arrested · Anon. · ms 84 · Dude Duds · Charlotte Dockstader · ss 95 · How Dying Feels · Anon. · ms 95 · Robbing Mail Boxes Lucrative Until— · Anon. · ms 96 · The Children of the Poor [Part 5 of 6] · Edgar Wallace · sl 114 · Perfume Intoxication · Anon. · ms 114 · To Find Stolen Goods · Anon. · ms 115 · Blood Money · Donald Van Riper · ss 121 · The Baited Trap · Leslie Gordon Barnard · ss 132 · Cold Storage for Grocers · Anon. · ms 133 · What Handwriting Reveals · Shirley Spencer · cl 136 · Under the Lamp · Helen Haven · cl 138 · Headquarters Chat · [The Editor] · cl 139 · A Unique Robbery · Anon. · ms 140 · Missing · [Various] · cl

Detective Story Magazine [v104 #5, October 6, 1928] (15¢, pulp, cover by John A. Coughlin) The End of Doctor Krook [Doctor Krook] · Arthur Mallory · ss Haunted Bells [Part 1 of 5] · Madeleine Sharps Buchanan · sl The Children of the Poor [Part 6 of 6] · Edgar Wallace · sl Two Good Fools · Clinton Dangerfield · ss Too Nice to Rob [Sheik & Simpson] · Roland Krebs · ss Big-Scar’s Prison Break [“Big Scar” Guffman] · Henry Leverage · ss No Escape · John D. Swain · ss The Winning Tear · Donald Van Riper · ss The Ruthless Streak · Mel Watt · ss The Thief of Time · Leslie Gordon Barnard · ss

Detective Story Magazine [v104 #6, October 13, 1928] (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 15¢, pulp) Details supplied by Rob Preston from Table of Contents. 1 · John Doe’s Golden Gift [John Doe] · Paul Ellsworth Triem · nv 36 · But She Could Fence, Too · Edgar Wallace · ss 43 · A “Spirit” Swindle · Anon. · ms 44 · Wet Shot [Spud McGee] · Charlotte Dockstader · ss 56 · Crime Laid to Politics · Anon. · ms 57 · Haunted Bells [Part 2 of 5] · Madeleine Sharps Buchanan · sl 75 · Real Pearls and Imitations · Anon. · ms 76 · A Biting Joke · Ernest M. Poate · ss 88 · Loses Pay Roll to Bandits · Anon. · ms 89 · Honeyed Revenge · Stranger Hunt · ss 101 · Light Light Bills · Anon. · ms 102 · The Dead Line [Craig Kennedy] · Arthur B. Reeve · ss 112 · Sing Sing Convict Hides · Anon. · ms 113 · The Devil Horse · Henry Patterson · ss 121 · Inanity Pleas for Criminals · Anon. · ms 122 · Done in Oil · Bryan Irvine · ss 130 · Would-Be Lawyers Gamble · Anon. · ms 131 · What Handwriting Reveals · Shirley Spencer · cl 134 · Under the Lamp · Helen Haven · cl 136 · Headquarters Chat · [The Editor] · cl 138 · Missing · [Various] · cl

Detective Story Magazine [v105 #1, October 20, 1928] (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 15¢, pulp) Details supplied by Rob Preston from Table of Contents. 1 · Tied to His Enemy [Rafferty] · A. E. Apple · nv 42 · Bitter Waking · Clinton Dangerfield · ss 52 · Fooling the Wise Ones · Anon. · ms 53 · Skirts Make Trouble · Charles R. Rosenberg, Jr. · ss 59 · A Furrier with Spunk · Anon. · ms 59 · Shoplifting Not a Joke · Anon. · ms 60 · Haunted Bells [Part 3 of 5] · Madeleine Sharps Buchanan · sl 80 · Revenge with Interest · Leonard Falkner · ss 89 · Finger Nail Only Clew · Anon. · ms 90 · That Guy from Memphis · Edgar Wallace · nv 112 · Why Criminals Escape Punishment · Anon. · ms 113 · Her Way Out · Henry Patterson · ss 121 · Old Tires for New · Anon. · ms 121 · Wife Didn’t Know Husband Was a Burglar · Anon. · ms 122 · Oh, for a Cruller! · Donald Van Riper · ss 130 · Who Owns the Gems? · Anon. · ms 131 · What Handwriting Reveals · Shirley Spencer · cl 134 · Under the Lamp · Helen Haven · cl 136 · Headquarters Chat · [The Editor] · cl 138 · Missing · [Various] · cl

Detective Story Magazine [v105 #2, October 27, 1928] (15¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · Brothers of Silence · John D. Swain · nv 32 · Bandits Raid Poker Players · Anon. · ms 33 · The Coffin of Chan Ling · Charlotte Dockstader · ss 49 · Bank Treasurer Goes to Jail · Anon. · ms 50 · Sparklers of Sin · Mel Watt · ss 55 · Police Protection by Telephone · Anon. · ms 56 · Haunted Bells [Part 4 of 5] · Madeleine Sharps Buchanan · sl 74 · The Seat of Trouble [Sheik & Simpson] · Roland Krebs · ss 79 · Robbers Leave Loot · Anon. · ms 80 · Craig Kennedy Splits Hairs [Craig Kennedy] · Arthur B. Reeve · ss 93 · Girl Cashier Shows Courage · Anon. · ms 94 · How Tight the Clutches of the Law? · Charles R. Rosenberg, Jr. · ar 99 · Ex-strong Man Turns Minister · Anon. · ms 99 · Gets One Thousand Dollars for False Arrest · Anon. · ms 100 · Little Fixer · Henry Leverage · ss 108 · Forged Forgiveness · Frederick Ames Coates · ss 117 · Safer with Chickens · Martin Dale · ss 122 · Justice in Woman’s Hands · Anon. · ms 123 · Red-Hot Mad! · Leslie Gordon Barnard · ss 131 · What Handwriting Reveals · Shirley Spencer · cl 134 · Under the Lamp · Helen Haven · cl 135 · Voters Kidnaped · Anon. · ms 135 · Should Third-degree Methods Be Allowed? · Anon. · ms 136 · Headquarters Chat · [The Editor] · cl Missing · [Various] · cl

Detective Story Magazine [v105 #3, November 3, 1928] (15¢, pulp) The Crimson Clown Scores with a Snore [Delton Prouse (The Crimson Clown)] · Johnston McCulley · ss The Manuscript Murder · Christopher B. Booth · ss The Flying Squad [Part 1 of 6] · Edgar Wallace · sl The Daily Mail Feb 14-Apr 2 1928 Haunted Bells [Part 5 of 5] · Madeleine Sharps Buchanan · sl Dressed to Rob [Sheik & Simpson] · Roland Krebs · ss Fair Pickin’s · Charles W. Tyler · ss Falling Wires · Charles J. Dutton · ss Snapped at Sunrise · Frederick Ames Coates · ss

Detective Story Magazine [v105 #4, November 10, 1928] (15¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · Rafferty, Gentleman Jailbird [Rafferty] · A. E. Apple · nv 42 · A Drive on Gem Smugglers · Anon. · ms 43 · “Soup” for Baby! · Henry Leverage · ss 52 · Hard-Boiled Softy · Bryan Irvine · ss 63 · Bank Swindlers New and Old · Anon. · ms 64 · The Flying Squad [Part 2 of 6] · Edgar Wallace · sl The Daily Mail Feb 14-Apr 2 1928; given as “The Flyng Squad” in the Table of Contents. 86 · Preferred Stealing to Begging · Anon. · ms 87 · Dead-Line Flynn’s Angel · Edward Leonard · ss 102 · Live Alligators Stolen · Anon. · ms 103 · When Justice Comes to Grips with Crime: “What’s the Charge, Officer?” · Charles R. Rosenberg, Jr. · ar 108 · Steals for Crippled Mother, He Says! · Anon. · ms 109 · The Twenty-Year Suit · Roy W. Hinds · ss 119 · Sunk · Donald Van Riper · ss 128 · Kills Policeman and Pays Debt · Anon. · ms Girl Bootlegger Is Caught · Anon. · ms What Handwriting Reveals · Shirley Spencer · cl Under the Lamp · Helen Asbury · cl Headquarters Chat · [The Editor] · cl Missing · [Various] · cl

Detective Story Magazine [v105 #5, November 17, 1928] (15¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · John Doe Kidnaped! [John Doe] · Paul Ellsworth Triem · nv 37 · Narcotics in Safe-deposit Boxes · Anon. · ms 38 · Music Hath Clews · Christopher B. Booth · ss 48 · Daylight Robbers Get $30,000 · Anon. · ms 49 · Clarence Does His Stuff · Madeleine Sharps Buchanan · ss 60 · Served Without Ice · Anon. · ms 61 · The Flying Squad [Part 3 of 6] · Edgar Wallace · sl The Daily Mail Feb 14-Apr 2 1928 85 · Why Women Steal · Anon. · ms 86 · The Crush Out · Bryan Irvine · ss 92 · Beggar Has $20,000 Saved · Anon. · ms 93 · When Justice Comes to Grips with Crime: “You’re Under Arrest!” · Charles R. Rosenberg, Jr. · ar 98 · No More Betting · Anon. · ms 99 · Mr. Hobo · John D. Swain · ss 109 · Robbing the Dead · Anon. · ms 110 · Popular Detective Story Writers: Shirley Spencer · D. C. Hubbard · cl [Shirley Spencer] 112 · Luxury Tempts Woman · Anon. · ms 113 · What the Attic Told · Stranger Hunt · ss 118 · Escaped Convict Arrested · Anon. · ms 118 · Acrobatic Thieves · Anon. · ms 119 · Revealing Rain · Frederick Ames Coates · ss 128 · Jail Breakers Frustrated · Anon. · ms 128 · A Bank Messenger Turns Thief · Anon. · ms 129 · What Handwriting Reveals · Shirley Spencer · cl 132 · Under the Lamp · Helen Asbury · cl 134 · Headquarters Chat · [The Editor] · cl 138 · Missing · [Various] · cl

Detective Story Magazine [v105 #6, November 24, 1928] (15¢, pulp, cover by John A. Coughlin) The Kidnaped Decoy · Roy W. Hinds · ss Thubway Tham Meets the Crimson Clown [Part 1 of 5; Delton Prouse (The Crimson Clown); Thubway Tham] · Johnston McCulley · sl The Flying Squad [Part 4 of 6] · Edgar Wallace · sl The Daily Mail Feb 14-Apr 2 1928 Dough Head · Roland Krebs · ss Up in Smoke · Christopher B. Booth · ss Bird of Panic · Stranger Hunt · ss The Killing Web · Leslie Gordon Barnard · ss

Detective Story Magazine [v106 #1, December 1, 1928] (15¢, pulp) Death Paint · Harrington Strong · ss Thubway Tham Meets the Crimson Clown [Part 2 of 5; Delton Prouse (The Crimson Clown); Thubway Tham] · Johnston McCulley · sl The Flying Squad [Part 5 of 6] · Edgar Wallace · sl The Daily Mail Feb 14-Apr 2 1928 Burglar Shy · Roland Krebs · ss Satan’s Door · Edward Leonard · ss Stealing Stars · Henry Leverage · ss A Crook Who Gave · Roy W. Hinds · ss In Unbroken Silence · Martin Dale · ss Robbing Robber · Donald Van Riper · ss

Detective Story Magazine [v106 #2, December 8, 1928] (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 15¢, pulp, cover by John A. Coughlin) Details supplied by Rob Preston from Table of Contents. 1 · Mad Fingers · Herman Landon · na 59 · Dog Holds Convict · Anon. · ms 60 · Cooked to a Finish · Charlotte Dockstader · ss 70 · Thubway Tham Meets the Crimson Clown [Part 3 of 5; Delton Prouse (The Crimson Clown); Thubway Tham] · Johnston McCulley · sl 89 · She Had to Tell · Frederick Ames Coates · ss 97 · An Accomplice That Can’t Be Punished · Anon. · ms 98 · The Flying Squad [Part 6 of 6] · Edgar Wallace · sl The Daily Mail Feb 14-Apr 2 1928 118 · When Justice Comes to Grips with Crime: A Court Without Authority · Charles R. Rosenberg, Jr. · ar 123 · Swindling the Family Tree · Anon. · ms 124 · Worse Than Jail · Howard E. Morgan · ss 134 · Faking Antiques · Anon. · ms 135 · What Handwriting Reveals · Shirley Spencer · cl 138 · Under the Lamp · Helen Asbury · cl 139 · Woman Proves Match for Purse Snatcher · Anon. · ms 140 · Headquarters Chat · [The Editor] · cl 142 · Missing · [Various] · cl

Detective Story Magazine [v106 #3, December 15, 1928] (15¢, pulp) John Doe’s Strait Jacket [John Doe] · Paul Ellsworth Triem · ss The Jeweled Trap [Part 1 of 6] · Armstrong Livingston · sl Thubway Tham Meets the Crimson Clown [Part 4 of 5; Delton Prouse (The Crimson Clown); Thubway Tham] · Johnston McCulley · sl Long Shot, All Shot! · Roland Krebs · ss The Grim Return · Hal Waldo · ss Taken from Life · Henry Leverage · ss Putting the Lid on Dan · Martin Dale · ss Nice Crook · Donald Van Riper · ss Beat It! · Lucas Mortimer · ss

Detective Story Magazine [v106 #4, December 22, 1928] (Street & Smith Corporation, 15¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · Rafferty and the Hush-Money King [Rafferty] · A. E. Apple · nv 42 · Bandit Holds Up Paris Shop · Anon. · ms 43 · Kipp’s Stolen Christmas · Cherry Wilson · ss 52 · Still Building Prisons · Anon. · ms 53 · Thubway Tham Meets the Crimson Clown [Part 5 of 5; Delton Prouse (The Crimson Clown); Thubway Tham] · Johnston McCulley · sl 69 · Forgery a Popular Crime · Anon. · ms 70 · Her Yuletide String · Bryan Irvine · ss 75 · What Imagination Will Do · Anon. · ms 76 · The Jeweled Trap [Part 2 of 6] · Armstrong Livingston · sl 97 · Thirty Thousand Dollars for a Prison Sentence · Anon. · ms 98 · The Weeping St. Nick · Roy W. Hinds · ss 107 · Safe Cracking for the Police · Anon. · ms 108 · When Justice Comes to Grips with Crime: Beyond a Reasonable Doubt · Charles R. Rosenberg, Jr. · ar 113 · A Living by Panhandling · Anon. · ms 114 · Santa’s Fall · Kenneth Duane Whipple · ss 123 · Cursed Kindness · Oscar Schisgall · ss 132 · Outing Tickets but No Outing · Anon. · ms 133 · What Handwriting Reveals · Shirley Spencer · cl 136 · Under the Lamp · Helen Asbury · cl 138 · Headquarters Chat · [The Editor] · cl 139 · Returning Evil for Good · Anon. · ms 140 · Missing · [Various] · cl

Detective Story Magazine [v106 #5, December 29, 1928] (Street & Smith Corporation, 15¢, 144pp, pulp, cover by John Coughlin) Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · The Amateur Dick · Judson P. Philips · nv 39 · Nudged Into Trouble · Charles J. Dutton · ss 46 · How the Forger Works · Anon. · ms 47 · The Silent Watch [Part 1 of 3; Martin Dale (The Picaroon)] · Herman Landon · sl; not the same as the story of the same name in the July 30, 1921 issue. 69 · Speedier Speed Boats · Anon. · ms 70 · Crooked Candles · Mel Watt · ss 82 · Prisoners Do Their Bit · Anon. · ms 83 · Safe and Saved · Howard E. Morgan · ss 92 · Three Generations of Thieves · Anon. · ms 93 · The Jeweled Trap [Part 3 of 6] · Armstrong Livingston · sl 116 · Not Paint, but Blood · Anon. · ms 117 · When Justice Comes to Grips with Crime: When the Jury Disagrees · Charles R. Rosenberg, Jr. · ar 122 · Once a Policeman, Always One · Anon. · ms 123 · The House of Stolen Jewels · Edward Leonard · ss 132 · Plans for a Pardon · Anon. · ms 133 · What Handwriting Reveals · Shirley Spencer · cl 136 · Under the Lamp · Helen Asbury · cl 137 · The Escaping Criminal · Anon. · ms 138 · Headquarters Chat · [The Editor] · cl 140 · Missing · [Various] · cl