Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

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The Illustrated Detective Magazine [v5 #3, March 1932] ed. Verne Porter (Tower Magazines, Inc., 10¢, 122pp, 9" x 12") Details supplied by Ira B. Matetsky from copy at New York Public Library. 6 · Non-Payment · Clifford Webb · ts 8 · Can You Explain This? · Staff Sgt. W. H. · cl 10 · The Riddle of Words · Anon. · pz 12 · Mystery of the Mummies · Anon. · ts 14 · Who Killed the Broadway Playgirl? · Anon. · cn 16 · Love Comes to a Gunman · James Whittaker · ts 19 · Who Am I? · Lloyd Williams · ss 22 · Vanished Beauty · Lowell Thomas · ts 24 · Say It with Chocolates · Garnett Radcliffe · ss 28 · Night of Skeletons · Harold Shumate · ss 32 · Wrong Girl! · Grace Keel Norton · ss 36 · Headache! · Belle Burns Gromer · ss 38 · Recoil · Anon. · ss 43 · The Man Who Was Dead [Part 2 of 2] · Peter B. Kyne · sl; illustrated by Walter M. Baumhofer 47 · The Strangest Experience I Ever Heard Of · [The Readers] · cl 49 · The Detective Who Lost Himself: The Riddle of the Mysterious Wedding Guest · Edgar Wallace · sl 52 · Loot! · Courtney Ryley Cooper · ss 60 · Television Terrors [Part 3 of 3] · Fred Smith · sl 65 · Would You Like to Build a Little Colonial House · Anon. · ar 68 · Giving Your Face a Rest · Anon. · ms 69 · Tapioca Secrets · Anon. · ms 122 · The Witness Stand · Anon. · cl

The Illustrated Detective Magazine [v5 #4, April 1932] ed. Verne Porter (Tower Magazines, Inc., 10¢, 122pp, 9" x 12") Details supplied by Ira B. Matetsky from copy at New York Public Library. 6 · Girl Reporter Wins $1,000 Award! · Anon. · ed 8 · Is Crater Found? · James Whittaker · ar 12 · The Café of Lost Men · W. A. Sweeney · vi 14 · Can You Explain This? · B. M. · cl 16 · Five Dollars · Marie Belden James · ss 19 · Ghost House · Peter B. Kyne · ss; illustrated by Walter M. Baumhofer 22 · The Perfumed Trail [John Held, Jr.] · Anthony Abbot · ss 27 · Behind the Mask · Hedley Barker · ss 31 · The On-the-Spot Girl · Seven Anderton · ts 34 · Magic Words · Edgar Wallace · ss 38 · Manacled Lady [Part 1 of 6] · Samuel Hopkins Adams · sl 43 · No Ordinary Murder [Colonel Stoopnagle] · Anon. · ss; adapted from the radio show. 46 · The Bird Speaks! · Arlton Eadie · ss 50 · High Spy! · Edgar Francis · na 58 · The English Murder Mysteries · Anon. · pz 59 · Heads! · Damon Runyon · ss 62 · The $75,000 Necklace Murder · Anon. · cn 64 · The Strangest Experience I Ever Heard Of · [The Readers] · cl 65 · Set the Stage for Your Charms · Anon. · ar 66 · What Do You Do with Canned Milk · Anon. · ar 72 · Which House Will Most Families Vote For? · Anon. · ar 74 · Prizes and Gifts for Spring Parties · Anon. · ar 122 · The Witness Stand · Edgar Wallace · cl

The Illustrated Detective Magazine [v5 #5, May 1932] ed. Hugh Weir (Tower Magazines, Inc., 10¢, 9" x 12") Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · Can You Explain This? · Anon. · cl 8 · The Pest · Fritz Krog · ss 10 · Famous Detectives’ Puzzle Party · Anon. · ms 12 · The Chance He Took · Vingie E. Roe · ss 14 · The Man Who Was President · Ivor Morris Lowrie · ss 19 · Edgar Wallace’s Last Editorial · Edgar Wallace · ed 20 · The Man from Chicago · Anon. · mr [Dora Macy] 22 · Mad Mountain · Mary Roberts Rinehart · ss 26 · Shivering in the Dark · Anthony Abbot · ss 31 · Nemesis! · Dorothy B. Faulkner · ss 32 · The Million-Dollar Jumping Jack · Earl Derr Biggers · ss 36 · Luxury Thief · Arthur Hoerl · ss 38 · Manacled Lady [Part 2 of 6] · Samuel Hopkins Adams · sl 43 · My Strangest Experience · [Various] · ms 44 · The Wicked Widow · Colonel Stoopnagle · ar 46 · Who Killed John Stone? · Anon. · ms 48 · The Empty Room · Corinne Harris Markey · ss 52 · Please, May I Shoot You? · Edward Dickinson · ss 56 · Headline Murders · James Perley Hughes · na 66 · Tomatoes Rise to Fame · Anon. · ms 67 · Dressing Up Your Home for Spring and Summer · Anon. · ms 67 · Will the English House Win Out? · Anon. · ms 68 · Where Science Failed · Anthony Pelcher · ss 70 · New Figures for Old · Anon. · ms 118 · Prize-Winning Chocolate Recipes · Anon. · ms 122 · Quaint News · Anon. · ms

The Illustrated Detective Magazine [v5 #6, June 1932] ed. Verne Porter (Tower Magazines, Inc., 10¢, 122pp, 9" x 12") Details supplied by Ira B. Matetsky from copy at New York Public Library. 6 · Reporter-Detective Award for 1932 · Miss R. A. G. · ms 8 · Can You Explain This? · Anon. · cl 10 · The Misty Years · Maurice Beam · ss 12 · Love Among Spies · Anon. · ss; illustrated by Samuel Cahan 14 · Famous Detectives’ Word-Puzzle Party · Anon. · pz 16 · The Kitchen Murder Mystery · Anon. · pz 19 · Many Birds Flew · Jim Tully · ss; illustrated by Walter M. Baumhofer 20 · The Red Robe · Sax Rohmer · ss 24 · The Man Who Understood Women · Charles Edward Russell · ss; illustrated by E. C. Stoner 26 · It Took Two Years to Tell · Cecil Masters · ss 29 · Seven Days · Arthur Hoerl · ss 30 · Have a Cigar · L. J. Beeston · ss 33 · Nothing Ever Happens to Me! · Morgan Johnson · ss 36 · The Beautiful Buccaneer · William Almon Wolff · ss; illustrated by Abell Sturges 38 · Ghost Girl · Anthony Abbot · ss 42 · Philo Vance on the Case [Philo Vance] · S. S. Van Dine · ms; announcing a new series of Vance stories to begin in the next issue (although only one appeared). 43 · My Strangest Experience · [The Readers] · cl 44 · A Code in the Head Is Better Than None [Colonel Stoopnagle] · Anon. · ss; adapted from the radio show. 46 · She Came to Death’s House · James Whitlatch · ss 49 · Can This Be Murder? · Anon. · ts; illustrated by Eugene Cassidy 50 · The Town That Was Haunted · Hereward Carrington · ts 52 · Manacled Lady [Part 3 of 6] · Samuel Hopkins Adams · sl 56 · Anybody but Anne · Joan Clayton · na 66 · For Your Crochet Needle · Anon. · ms 67 · Making the Most of What You Have · Anon. · ms 68 · Corn · Anon. · ms 69 · Home Builders Select the Colonial House · Anon. · ms 122 · Quaint News · Anon. · ms

The Illustrated Detective Magazine [v5 #7, July 1932] ed. Verne Porter (Tower Magazines, Inc., 10¢, 122pp, 9" x 12", cover by Ty Mahon) Mislabelled v5 #7 instead of v6 #1. Details supplied by Ira B. Matetsky from a volume at the NYPL. 6 · Can You Explain This? · Anon. · cl 8 · Sunshine on the Right · F. Wayne Whittaker · ss; illustrated by C. Leroy Clinker 10 · Easiest Thing in the World · Calvin Harris · ss; illustrated by Eugene Cassidy 12 · Gambling for Millions · Karl K. Kitchen · ar; illustrated by Lorraine Lane 14 · Movie Thrillers of the Month · Anon. · cl 16 · Murder in the Sanctum · Anon. · pz 18 · Ice on Time · J. Lane Linklater · ss; illustrated by Walter Baumhofer 19 · Widows by Arrangement · David Frederick McCord · ss; illustrated by William Aubrey Gray 20 · But on the Fourth Night · Warwick Deeping · ss; illustrated by Walter M. Baumhofer 24 · A Very Bad Burglar · Dorothy Black · ss 26 · You Would Have Liked Alec · James Oppenheim · ss 29 · The Deadly Female · Kenneth Duane Whipple · ss; illustrated by Eugene Cassidy 30 · This Woman Meant War · Murdock Pemberton · ss; illustrated by Howard Elcock 32 · “Number, Please?” · Frank R. Adams · ss 36 · Blindman’s Bluff · Stephen Phillips · ss; illustrated by Frank Bensing 38 · Paul Whiteman, Kidnapped · Louis Cornell · ts 43 · My Strangest Experience · [The Readers] · cl 44 · The Clyde Mystery [Philo Vance] · S. S. Van Dine · ss; picture story with dialog; “copyright 1932 W. H. Wright”; the cover states “Beginning S. S. Van Dine’s New Picture Exploits of Philo Vance” and the story is headed “S.S. Van Dine’s New Picture Exploits of Philo Vance”, but no more appeared.; illustrated by A. E. Jameson 49 · As the Lights Come On · Fred C. Kelly · ss; illustrated by Samuel Cahan 52 · Manacled Lady [Part 4 of 6] · Samuel Hopkins Adams · sl; illustrated by Dan Sweeny 56 · Murder in One · Charlotte Dockstader · na 66 · We Must Have Sugar · Anon. · ms 67 · Accessories for Summer · Anon. · ms 68 · Spreading on the Sun-Tan · Anon. · ms 69 · Our Colonial House · Anon. · ms 70 · Puzzles and Crime · Anon. · pz 86 · The Make-Up Box · Anon. · cl 88 · Prize-Winning Canned Milk Recipes · Anon. · ms

The Illustrated Detective Magazine [v6 #2, August 1932] ed. Verne Porter (Tower Magazines, Inc., 10¢, 122pp, 9" x 12") Details supplied by Ira B. Matetsky from a volume at the NYPL. 6 · Lost Girl · Stephen Dolores · ss; illustrated by Walter Baumhofer 8 · Can You Explain This? · Anon. · cl; illustrated by William Aubrey Gray 10 · Little Things That Count · Fred C. Kelly · ss; illustrated by Samuel Cahan 12 · Too Many Burglars · Kenneth Dyer · ss; illustrated by Eugene Cassidy 14 · Night Club Murder · Anon. · pz 18 · Women Loathed Her · R. T. M. Scott · vi 19 · Introduces a New Series of Mysteries · Alexander Woollcott · ms 20 · About the Murder of the Colonial Belle · Russel Crouse · ar 24 · Caught! · James Whitlatch · ss 26 · Men Kill for Love · “Sapper” · ss; illustrated by Walter M. Baumhofer 30 · The Witch Burning · David Frederick McCord · ss 31 · You Never Can Tell · J. Lane Linklater · ss 34 · Clue Madness! · Margaret Sangster · ss 36 · One Must Die · Robert Arthur · ss 40 · A Story of Two Men · Leo Walmsley · ss; illustrated by Elmer Stout 43 · My Strangest Experience · [The Readers] · cl 44 · An Old Death Legend Came True · Upton Terrell · ss; illustrated by D’Alton Valentine 49 · Wordicide Squad · Anon. · ms 50 · Nightmare House · Sax Rohmer · nv; major revision of “The Haunting of Low Fennel” (The Story-Teller, November 1915). 58 · Local Ape Makes Good [Colonel Stoopnagle] · Anon. · ss; adapted from the radio show. 60 · Manacled Lady [Part 5 of 6] · Samuel Hopkins Adams · sl; illustrated by Dan Sweeny 64 · Husband in Danger · Odgers T. Gurnee · ss 66 · Death Goes A-Riding · Michael Crombie · ss 68 · By a Hair’s Breadth · Anon. · ms 70 · Enzymes for Health · Anon. · ms 72 · Needlework for Summer Afternoons · Anon. · ms 74 · Floors and Walls for the Colonial Home · Anon. · ms 97 · The Make-Up Box · Anon. · cl 99 · Prize-Winning Tomato Recipes · Anon. · ms 122 · Quaint News · Anon. · ms

The Illustrated Detective Magazine [v6 #3, September 1932] ed. Verne Porter (Tower Magazines, Inc., 10¢, 9" x 12") Details supplied by Ira B. Matetsky from a volume at the NYPL. 6 · My Strangest Experience · Anon. · cl 8 · Magic [Aurelius “Secret Service” Smith] · R. T. M. Scott · ss Adventure mid-Dec 1920 10 · Scared to Death · Charles Green · vi 12 · The Man They Could Not Hang · David Frederick McCord · ss 14 · Word Mysteries · Anon. · ms 16 · Self-Defense · Anon. · ms 19 · Hunting the Sun · Jim Tully · ss 20 · The Hand · Louis Golding · ss 24 · Moon Mad · Florence S. Howard-Burleigh · ss 26 · About the Murder of the Beautiful Cigar Girl · Russel Crouse · ss 30 · The Girl No One Knew [Part 1 of 6] · Henry Kitchell Webster · sl 35 · I Was Haunted · Peter B. Kyne · ss 38 · Manacled Lady [Part 6 of 6] · Samuel Hopkins Adams · sl; illustrated by Dan Sweeney 42 · Murder—By Appointment · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss 46 · Those 999½ Blues [Colonel Stoopnagle] · Anon. · ss; adapted from the radio show. 48 · Death and Return · Josephine Daskam Bacon · ss 52 · Amateur Terror · Celia Keegan · ss 54 · The Midnight Guest · Carolyn Wells · na 62 · Can You Explain This? · Anon. · cl 64 · Food Page · Anon. · ms 66 · Beauty Page · Anon. · ms 68 · Pattern Page · Anon. · ms 70 · House Plans · Anon. · ms 84 · Prize-Winning Recipes · Anon. · ms 92 · The Make-Up Box · Anon. · cl

Mystery Sold only in Woolworth Stores. Title changed from The Illustrated Detective Magazine. First two issues carried both titles, but the Mystery name was in larger type. Publishers: Tower Magazines, Inc.; Washington and South Aves., Dunellen, NJ; and later at 4600 Diversey Avenue, Chicago, IL: Mystery Editors: Durbin Lee Horner - Editor: Mystery

Mystery [v6 #4, October 1932] ed. Verne Porter (Tower Magazines, Inc., 10¢, 144pp+, 9" x 12") Details supplied by Ira B. Matetsky. 6 · Can You Explain This? · Anon. · cl; illustrated by Howard Elcock 8 · “Get Your Man” · James Booth · ts; illustrated by L. R. Gustafson 12 · Policeman’s Puzzle · Anon. · pz 14 · Blood Money · Jim Tully · ss; illustrated by Frank Bensing 15 · In the Dark · R. T. M. Scott · ss 16 · Meet the Liar · James Whitlatch · ts; illustrated by Eugene Cassidy 17 · Hold-Up · H. L. MacPherson · ts; illustrated by William A. Gray 19 · The Phantom of Crestwood [Part 1 of 3] · Frederic Arnold Kummer · sl 24 · The Curse of a Thousand Kisses · Sax Rohmer · ss The Premier Magazine Nov 1918 28 · About the Curious Murder in Bond Street · Russel Crouse · ss; illustrated by A. E. Jameson 32 · The Girl No One Knew [Part 2 of 6] · Henry Kitchell Webster · sl 37 · Not Too Dumb · Robert Arthur · vi; illustrated by A. E. Jameson 38 · Murder by the Clock · Anon. · ms 40 · Poison Woman · Michael David · ss 43 · Lost! · Nard Jones · ts; illustrated by Vic Guinness 44 · Stolen—Empire State Building! · Colonel Stoopnagle · sa; illustrated by Rodney M. De Sarro 46 · Too Many Ghosts · Frank Condon · na 54 · My Strangest Experience · Anon. · cl; illustrated by Walter M. Baumhofer 57 · Clues · Fred C. Kelly · ss 59 · In Search of a Scent · Anon. · ms 61 · India’s Golden Gift · Anon. · ms 63 · Old-Fashioned Charm in Modern Fixtures · Anon. · ms 65 · For Your Kitchen · Anon. · ms 82 · The Make-Up Box · Anon. · cl 86 · Favorite Recipes · Anon. · cl 144 · How I Wrote My First Story · Anon. · ms

Mystery [v6 #5, November 1932] ed. Verne Porter (Tower Magazines, Inc., 10¢, 144pp+, 9" x 12") Details supplied by Ira B. Matetsky from a volume at the NYPL. 6 · Trial by Headlines · M. I. H. Rogers · ms 8 · The Man Who Forgot · Sewell Peaslee Wright · vi; illustrated by L. R. Gustavson 10 · Puzzling Times at Scotland Yard · F. Gregory Hartswick · pz 12 · My Strangest Experience · Anon. · cl 14 · Don’t Believe It · Fred C. Kelly · ss; illustrated by Chris Schaare 16 · Midnight Murder · Anon. · ms 18 · Stoopnagle Nightmare · Colonel Stoopnagle · sa; illustrated by Rodney M. De Sarro 19 · The Phantom of Crestwood [Part 2 of 3] · Frederic Arnold Kummer · sl 24 · Shanghaied · Emma-Lindsay Squier · ts; illustrated by Rico Tomaso 28 · The Blonde Woman in Room 1562 · Elaine Sterne Carrington · ss 32 · The Girl No One Knew [Part 3 of 6] · Henry Kitchell Webster · sl 36 · Who Will Get the Wendel Millions · Anon. · ts 39 · Can You Explain This? · Anon. · cl; illustrated by William Aubrey Gray 40 · The Black Book Mystery [Jerry Todd & Judy Baker] · Arnold Fredericks · ss 44 · The Mad Shadow · T. T. Flynn · na 52 · The Death of the Beautiful Chinese Girl · Russel Crouse · ss; illustrated by Arthur E. Jameson 57 · Winning by a Hairline · Anon. · ms 59 · Nuts · Anon. · ms 61 · Heating the Modern Home · Anon. · ms 63 · Make These Christmas Gifts for Less Than One Dollar · Anon. · ms 82 · The Make-Up Box · Anon. · cl

Mystery [v6 #6, December 1932] ed. Hugh Weir (Tower Magazines, Inc., 10¢, 144pp+, 9" x 12") Details supplied by Ira B. Matetsky from a volume at the NYPL. 6 · Movie Thrillers of the Month · Anon. · cl 8 · The Mystery of the Empty Room · Anon. · ms 15 · All in the Day’s Work · Lowell Thomas · cl 19 · Guilty Women · Thomas Bigbee · ss 25 · The Riddle of the Vanished King · Frederick L. Collins · ss 28 · Turquoise Death · Sax Rohmer · ss Cassell’s Magazine of Fiction Oct 1913, as “The Turquoise Necklace” 32 · Flight · Serge Tchernine · ss The New Passing Show Apr 16 1932; illustrated by G. Rozen 33 · By Persons Unknown · James Booth · ss; illustrated by Walter Baumhofer 36 · The Hat Check Mystery [Jerry Todd & Judy Baker] · Arnold Fredericks · ss 40 · The Old Dark House · Anon. · sa 52 · The Girl No One Knew [Part 4 of 6] · Henry Kitchell Webster · sl 56 · Eye Arresting Beauty · Anon. · ms 58 · Cranberries · Anon. · ms 60 · Presents for the Younger Boys and Girls · Anon. · ms 62 · A Room in the Traditional Manner · Anon. · ms 84 · The Knife at Midnight · William A. Orr · na 102 · Favorite Pineapple Recipies · Anon. · ms 105 · The Make-Up Box · Anon. · cl 110 · Trickery · Carolyn Wells · pz