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Midnight [v1 #4, September 9, 1922] (Midnight Publishing Company Inc., 10¢, 9.25" x 12.25")
Details taken from Table of Contents.

fc. · [Della Vanna of the Greenwich Village Follies] · Anon. · cv
3 · The Morning After · Anon. · ms
4 · Untold Secrets of the Ku Klux Klan · Anon. · ar
6 · Why I Enjoy Being Mayor of New York · John F. Hylan · ar
7 · My Night at a Jungle Party · Anon. · ts
8 · How Wicked Is Greenwich Village · Richard Hoyt · ms
10 · The Monster · Anon. · ss
11 · Night Life in Old Boston · Anon. · ms
12 · What Happens When a Pretty Girl Stays at a Rooming House · Anon. · ts
13 · Her Last Thrill · Howard R. Marsh · ss
14 · Cheaters’ Paradise · Anon. · ms
15 · What Emma Goldman Told Me About Love · Anon. · ms
16 · Who Has the Prettiest Shoulders · Anon. · pi
18 · Our Midnight Passengers · Anon. · ms
19 · Are You a Piker · Edgar F. Stone · ms
21 · Charged with His Own Murder [Part 4 of 6] · Fulton Oursler · sl
24 · The Life Story of Veronica [Part 4 of 6] · Anon. · bg
25 · Thurston Articles · Howard Thurston · ms

Midnight [v1 #5, September 16, 1922] (Midnight Publishing Company, Inc., 10¢, 9.25" x 12.25")
Details taken from Table of Contents.

3 · The Pathway to Hell · Bernarr Macfadden · ed
4 · How I Got Away with It · Anon. · ts
6 · Is Your Love Letter Here? · Anon. · ms
7 · The Amazing Questions Women Ask Me · Hope Eden · ms
9 · The Three Most Influential Men in New York · P. L. A. · ar
11 · How Andrew Carnegie Saved Me from a Thrashing · Anon. · ts
12 · My Greatest Midnight Thrill · Anon. · ts
13 · The Girl Who Paid $15,000 for Me · T. Howard Kelly & P. L. Atkinson · ts
15 · Flirting at Sixty Miles an Hour · Anon. · ms
16 · Who Has the Most Beautiful Arms in America? · Anon. · pi
19 · The Lure of the Love Nest · Anon. · ms
20 · The Editor of Midnight Obliges a Reader · Anon. · ms
21 · Is Your Husband Married? · Charles W. Wood · ms
23 · How Naughty Some Girls Can Be and Still Be Nice · T. Howard Kelly · ms
25 · Charged with His Own Murder [Part 5 of 6] · Fulton Oursler · sl
27 · The Life Story of Veronica, Queen of New York’s Moulin Rouge [Part 5 of 6] · Anon. · bg
29 · Your Greatest Mystery Solved · Howard Thurston · cl

Midnight [v1 #6, September 23, 1922] (Midnight Publishing Company, Inc., 10¢, 32pp, 9.25" x 12.25")

fc. · [black and white photo of a near-nude seated model beneath wall-clock] · Anon. · cv
3 · Burning the Candle at Both Ends · Bernarr Macfadden · ed
4 · A Midnight Seance with Jazzy Spooks · Anon. · ms
5 · How I Entertained My Small Town Sweetheart in New York · Anon. · uw; unfinished story to be completed by readers.
8 · Did the Parson Love the Naughtiest Girl in America · Anon. · ss
9 · Sold to the Devil [Part 1 of 5] · John R. Coryell · sl
13 · Why Geo. M. Cohan Pushed Fanny Brice Off the Stage · Anon. · ms
14 · French Heels on American Bootlegs · Anon. · ms
15 · Daughter of a Murderer [Part 1 of 4] · John W. Grey · sl
19 · Centerfold Photos: Who Has the Most Beautiful Neck on Broadway · [Various] · pi
20 · Saving Souls, Part 6 · Jazz · iv
21 · How Much Is a Stolen Kiss Worth? · Edgar F. Stone · ss
22 · My Greatest Midnight Thrill · [The Readers] · lc
23 · Midnight · Nellie C. Gillmore · ss
25 · Charged with His Own Murder [Part 6 of 6] · Fulton Oursler · sl
27 · The Life Story of Veronica [Part 6 of 6] · Anon. · bg

Midnight [v1 #7, September 30, 1922] (Midnight Publishing Company, Inc., 10¢, 32pp, 9.25" x 12.25")
Details taken from Table of Contents.

3 · Out of the Devil’s Clutches · Bernarr Macfadden · ed
5 · Who Fiddles While New York Burns · Anon. · ms
7 · What a Hotel Switchboard Girl Knows About Men · Anon. · ts
8 · Murder in the Name of the Law · John W. Grey · ts
11 · Women Who Walk the Streets of New York by Night · Anon. · ms
12 · Murdered by Telephone · Anon. · ss
13 · The Cub Reporter: The Woman Who Let Me Go · Anon. · cl
15 · Shame’s Auction Block · Leyla Duane · vi
16 · The Five Senses of Beauty · Anon. · pi
19 · Why I Kissed Jack Dempsey [Florence Walton] · Margaret McIvor-Tyndall · iv
21 · Thieves · Floy Pascal Cowan & Robert Thomas Hardy · pl
23 · Why Rich Men Won’t Pay Their Bills · Anon. · ms
25 · Daughter of a Murderer [Part 2 of 4] · John W. Grey · sl
27 · Sold to the Devil [Part 2 of 5] · John R. Coryell · sl

Midnight [v1 #8, October 7, 1922] (Midnight Publishing Company, Inc., 10¢, 32pp, 9.25" x 12.25")

fc. · [black and white photo of a model holding a clock striking midnight (posed by Hallie Manning of the Ziegfeld Follies)] · Anon. · cv
Midnight Sons · Bernarr Macfadden · ed
How I Begged a Fortune from You · Anon. · ts
Was Man Made for Marriage? · Mrs. Philip Lydig · ar
Now Who’s Looney? · T. Bell · hu
Out of the Night · Lyon Mearson · ss
Are the Crooks Cleverer than the Cops? · Anon. · iv; interview with police commissioner of New York.
Bring Back the Chaperone · P. Sommerville · ar
Philandering Philadelphia · Charles Duke · ss
Why Beautiful Women Commit Suicide · Anon. · ar
Centerfold Photos: Who Has the Best Knees on Kneesy Street · [Various] · pi
Nature vs. the Moral Laws · T. Howard Kelly · ar
My Greatest Midnight Thrill · [The Readers] · lc
Why Men Leave Home · P. L. Atkinson · ms; play review.
Sold to the Devil [Part 3 of 5] · John R. Coryell · sl
Daughter of a Murderer [Part 3 of 4] · John W. Grey · sl

Midnight [v1 #9, October 14, 1922] (Midnight Publishing Company, Inc., 10¢, 32pp, 9.25" x 12.25")

fc. · [black and white photo of a bare-backed model holding up a giant clock] · Anon. · cv
Hell’s Bells · Bernarr Macfadden · ed
Death and Danger Lurk for Slumming Parties! · E. A. Goewey · ar
Don’t Monkey with the Women of P.L.A. · [The Editor] · ed
How I Became a Grafter · Anon. · ts
Shall Liberty Be Damned? · Rev. John Haynes Holmes · ar
The Heart of a Tinpanner [Part 1 of 9] · W. Carey Wonderly · sl
Hectic Havana! · Anon. · ms
The Stone Yard of Satan: A Story of Horror · Fulton Oursler · ss
Centerfold Photos: France in Arms Against America · [Various] · pi
We’ve Got Your Number · Madame Pythagoras · cl
Babies or Jazz? · P. L. Atkinson · ar
Sold to the Devil [Part 4 of 5] · John R. Coryell · sl
Daughter of a Murderer [Part 4 of 4] · John W. Grey · sl

Midnight [v1 #10, October 21, 1922] (Midnight Publishing Company, Inc., 10¢, 32pp, 9.25" x 12.25")
Details taken from Table of Contents.

fc. · [black and white photo of a leggy dancer beneath a wall clock (posed by Evelyn Law)] · Anon. · cv
3 · Over the Precipice · Bernarr Macfadden · ed
4 · Was His Last Sermon a Prophecy of His Murder? · Arthur H. Howland · ar
7 · Find a New Yorker in New York! · T. Howard Kelly · ss
8 · From the Underworld to Fifth Avenue · Anon. · cl
11 · Why I Am a Spendthrift [Marty Kline] · Leda Bauerberg · iv
14 · Sold to the Devil [Part 5 of 5] · John R. Coryell · sl
15 · Why I Shall “Fall” No More! · A Professional Faller · ms
17 · Centerfold Photos: Who Has the Prettiest Lips on Broadway? · [Various] · pi
19 · No Robbery · William F. McMorrow · ss
21 · How Elinor Glyn Gets That Way · Madame Pythagoras · cl
23 · A Lonely Girl Asks—How Narrow Is the Straight Path? · Ila Damon · cl
25 · Who Owns a Murderer’s Body? · Anon. · ms
27 · The Heart of a Tinpanner [Part 2 of 9] · W. Carey Wonderly · sl
29 · Broadway review of Fools Errant · Svengali · mr

Midnight [v1 #11, October 28, 1922] (Midnight Publishing Company, Inc., 10¢, 32pp, 9.25" x 12.25")
Cover is a bare-legged model with guitar next to large wall-clock. Details taken from Table of Contents.

3 · When Winter Comes! · Bernarr Macfadden · ed
4 · What Kind of a Husband Will the Kaiser Make? · An Intimate Friend of the Family · ms
6 · “Treat ’Em Rough!” · A Flapper · ms
7 · My Midnight Hour with Gilda Gray · Regina Cannon · ar [Gilda Gray]
9 · So Spake Sumner [John S. Sumner] · Edgar F. Stone · iv
10 · Naughty New Orleans · Thomas Ewing Dabney · ar
13 · Confessions of a Sleep Walker · Anon. · ts
15 · Should a Wife’s First Husband Chaperone Her Second Marriage · P. L. Atkinson · rv; play review.
16 · Centerfold Photos: Who Has the Prettiest Nose in America? · [Various] · pi
19 · “Nothin’ in It!” · Margaret McIvor-Tyndall · ss
21 · What I Beheld in the Law’s Chamber of Horrors! · John W. Grey · ar
23 · The Heart of a Tinpanner [Part 3 of 9] · W. Carey Wonderly · sl
25 · Was He Guilty? · Arthur H. Howland · ar
27 · From the Underworld to Fifth Avenue · Anon. · cl
29 · The Sad Tale of George R. · Madame Pythagoras · cl

Midnight [v1 #12, November 4, 1922] (Midnight Publishing Company, Inc., 10¢, 32pp, 9.25" x 12.25")

fc. · [black and white photo of the profile of a seated model holding a clock-faced sphere aloft (posed by Elsie Lombard)] · Anon. · cv
3 · Taking a Chance · Bernarr Macfadden · ed
4 · Little Playthings of Fate · Richardson Miller · ar
6 · Will Science Defeat Prohibition · Thomas A. Edison · ar
7 · You Have Got to Have the Legs · Ned Weyburn · ar
9 · When He Hits the Big Town · T. Bell · ar; true story of a dual personality.
11 · Abie Watched His Step · T. Howard Kelly · ss
12 · Madame Pythagoras Tells the World · Madame Pythagoras · cl
13 · Behind the Mirror · Hamilton Craigie · ss
15 · The Heart of a Tinpanner [Part 4 of 9] · W. Carey Wonderly · sl
16 · Centerfold Photos: If the Reformers Have Their Way—clothing applied to nude statues · [Various] · pi
18 · They Never Would Be Missed · Lyon Mearson · hu
21 · Confessions of a Doctor’s Wife · Anon. · ts
23 · Why I Think Enright Is Mistaken · An Ex-Bank Burglar · ms
26 · The Staircase of Death! · Svengali · ms; play review.
27 · From the Underworld to Fifth Avenue · Anon. · cl
28 · Does She Own Him? · Ila Damon · cl
29 · Dead Men’s Clothes · An Old Clothes Man · ss

Midnight [v1 #13, November 11, 1922] (Midnight Publishing Company, Inc., 10¢, 32pp, 9.25" x 12.25")
Details taken from Table of Contents.

fc. · [black and white photo of a seated model dressed as a pirate beneath a clock (posed by Elsie Lombard)] · Anon. · cv
3 · Mystery in the Air · Bernarr Macfadden · ed
4 · Tripping the Bold Bootlegger · Anon. · ar
7 · The Doorman Shows Them In · A Lady Usher · ts
9 · How Dangerous Is Your Husband’s Stenographer · Thomas A. Leddy · ar
11 · Why You Can’t Win at the Racetrack · John W. Grey · ar
13 · The Love Affairs of a Timid Man · Anon. · ts
14 · Dizzie Denver · John T. Wibberton · ar
16 · Who Has the Most Beautiful Hair on Broadway? · Anon. · pi
19 · Is the Flapper a Menace? · T. Howard Kelly · ar
21 · Why I Married an American Heiress · A British Nobleman · ts
23 · The Vibrations of Sir Arthur · Madame Pythagoras · ar [Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]
24 · Your Personal Problems · Ila Damon · cl
25 · Who Will Believe the Truth? · P. L. Atkinson · ar
27 · The Girl from Harper’s · Lolita Ann Westman · ss; given as by Lolita Anna Westman.
29 · The Heart of a Tinpanner [Part 5 of 9] · W. Carey Wonderly · sl

Midnight Mysteries
Title changed from Midnight.

Publishers:

Midnight Publishing Co., Inc.; 119 West 40th Street, New York, NY: Midnight Mysteries

Midnight Mysteries [v1 #14, November 18, 1922] (Midnight Publishing Company, Inc., 10¢, 32pp, 9.25" x 12.25")
Details supplied by John Locke.

3 · The House of Whispering Shadows · Samri Frikell · vi
4 · The Man with the Indigo Eyes [Part 1 of 3] · Robin Stage · sl
7 · Yellow Vengeance · Allan Haggard · ss
9 · Her Father’s Blood · P. L. Atkinson · vi
11 · He Fell in Love with a Ghost · Fulton Oursler · ss
12 · The Dragon’s Eye [Part 1 of 5] · John R. Coryell · sl
15 · Dead Men’s Diamonds · Lyon Mearson · ss
16 · Without a Soul · Svengali · br; review with photos of Karel Capek’s “R.U.R.”.
21 · The Dagger of Hearts · T. Howard Kelly · ss
23 · The Heart of a Tinpanner [Part 6 of 9] · W. Carey Wonderly · sl
25 · The Red Horror · Blanche Goodman · ss
26 · Ask Madame Pythagoras—She Knows · Madame Pythagoras · cl

Midnight Mysteries [v1 #15, November 25, 1922] (10¢, 9.25" x 12.25")

The Rope of Death · Edith McCaslin · ss
Outside the Verdict · D. R. Lane · ss
The Poison Cup · Allan Haggard · ss
The Frame-Up · Buford Danville Whitlock · ss
The Man with the Indigo Eyes [Part 2 of 3] · Robin Stage · sl
The Missing Button [Part 1 of 2] · Addison Lewis · sl
The Dragon’s Eye [Part 2 of 5] · John R. Coryell · sl
The Hour of Doom · James Gabelle · ss
The Heart of a Tinpanner [Part 7 of 9] · W. Carey Wonderly · sl

Midnight Mystery Stories
Title changed from Midnight Mysteries.

Publishers:

Midnight Publishing Co., Inc.; 119 West 40th Street, New York, NY: Midnight Mystery Stories

Midnight Mystery Stories [v1 #16, December 2, 1922] (Midnight Publishing Co., Inc., 10¢, 32pp, 9.25" x 12.25") (Full Text)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

2 · The Blessed Interval · [The Editor] · ed
3 · Out of the Grave · Helen M. Dudley · ss; $100 prize story.
4 · The Great Conspiracy · Charles Somerville · ss
7 · The Cup of Vengeance · Benjamin Vaughan · ss
9 · Red Roses of Death [Part 1 of 3] · Allan Haggard · sl
11 · The Missing Button [Part 2 of 2] · Addison Lewis · sl
12 · The Face with the Three Crosses · Paul Everman · ss
14 · Easy Tricks That You Can Do · Howard Thurston · ms
14 · Ask Madame Pythagoras · Madame Pythagoras · cl
15 · The Man with the Indigo Eyes [Part 3 of 3] · Robin Stage · sl
16 · One Exciting Night · Svengali · rv
18 · The Dragon’s Eye [Part 3 of 5] · John R. Coryell · sl
20 · The Mystery of the Ten Mummies · Fulton Oursler · ss
22 · Shanghaied · Paul Hervey Fox · ss; given as “Shanghaid” by Paul Henry Fox in the Table of Contents.
25 · The Heart of a Tinpanner [Part 8 of 9] · W. Carey Wonderly · sl

Midnight Mystery Stories [v1 #17, December 9, 1922] (Midnight Publishing Company, Inc., 10¢, 9.25" x 12.25")
Details supplied by John Locke.

3 · The Dark Pool · Mrs. C. H. Foreman · ss; $100 prize story.
4 · Silver Hat · Delos W. Lovelace · ss
7 · The Fatepur Emerald · May Freud Dickenson · ss
9 · When Thieves Fall in · David R. Solomon · ss
10 · In the Grip of the Unknown [Part 1 of 2] · Katherine Ellis · ss
12 · The Ace of Spades · Lyon Mearson · ss
14 · This Week’s Unsolved Mysteries · [Various] · cl
15 · Green Lights · Hamilton Craigie · ss
16 · The Canary Eats the Cat · Donald McReady · mr
19 · Red Roses of Death [Part 2 of 3] · Allan Haggard · sl
22 · The Dragon’s Eye [Part 4 of 5] · John R. Coryell · sl
25 · The Heart of a Tinpanner [Part 9 of 9] · W. Carey Wonderly · sl
30 · Ask Madame Pythagoras—She Knows! · Anon. · cl

Midnight Mystery Stories [v1 #18, December 16, 1922] (Midnight Publishing Company, Inc., 10¢, 32pp, 9.25" x 12.25")
This issue also has a back-cover advertisement featuring illustrations of the $5,000 True Story Prize Contest for 1922, picturing D.W. Griffith, Fannie Hurst, Cosmo Hamilton, Irvin S. Cobb, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ruby Ayres and Hendrik Van Loon. Details taken from Table of Contents.

fc. · [black and white photo of a young woman staring into a large crystal ball as the huge shadow of panther appears in window behind her] · Anon. · cv
3 · Within the Vault · Charles Eich · ss
4 · The Moving Finger Writes [Part 1 of 2] · Caleb Wrath · sl
7 · The Fool of Fate · Katherine Harrington · ss
8 · The Red God’s Hand · Hubert Child · ss
11 · Red Roses of Death [Part 3 of 3] · Allan Haggard · sl
12 · Living Death · George L. Lyman · ss
13 · The Shadow of Fear · P. L. Atkinson · ss
14 · The House of Dreadful Night · Anon. · ss
15 · On the Stroke of the Hour · Ted Olson · ss
2-page centerfold photos of the play The Fool · [Various] · pi
16 · The Fool · John W. Gray · ms; play review.
18 · Mixed Drinks · Atwood H. Townsend · ss
22 · The Dragon’s Eye [Part 5 of 5] · John R. Coryell · sl
23 · In the Grip of the Unknown [Part 2 of 2] · Katherine Ellis · ss
31 · Ask Madame Pythagoras—She Knows! · Anon. · cl

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