Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Contents Lists

Private Detective Stories [v16 #1, December 1944] (15¢, pulp) 4 · Easy-Money Charlie · Roger Torrey · nv 36 · Pick-Up Kill [John Ryan] · John Ryan · ss 48 · Ollie Uses Kerosene [Sheriff Ollie Bascomb] · Harold de Polo · ss 58 · Collect for the Corpse · Rex Whitechurch · ss 64 · Death Child [Sam Drake] · Sam Drake · ss 76 · The Tell-Tale Arm [Adam Somervell] · Lew Merrill · ss Industrial Insurors Battle Racketeers · Anon. · ms Science Unmasks Killer · Anon. · ms The Professor Reads the Bones · Anon. · ms

Private Detective Stories [v16 #2, January 1945] (Trojan Publishing Corp., 15¢, pulp, cover by Richard Lillis) Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · A Straw for the Thirsty · Robert A. Garron · ss 18 · Fools Die First · Roger Torrey · nv 48 · Knockout · Donald C. Cameron · ss 58 · Hundred Dollars from Hades · Rex Whitechurch · ss 66 · The Mouse with Red Legs · Geoffrey North · ss 72 · Murder in Paradise · Wyatt Blassingame · ss 82 · Planted Fingerprints · Lew Merrill · ss

Private Detective Stories [v16 #3, February 1945] (15¢, pulp) 4 · Dog in the Manger [Victor “Vik” Mlada] · Robert A. Garron · ss 22 · Killer’s Cross-Up · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss 32 · The Man with Two Faces · David Carver · ss 42 · Ollie Plays with Fingerprints [Sheriff Ollie Bascomb] · Harold de Polo · ss 48 · Delayed Death · Roger Torrey · na 93 · Movies for Murderer’s Row · Howard Peck · ar London Racket · Anon. · ms

Private Detective Stories [v16 #4, March 1945] (Trojan Publishing Corp., 15¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · The Suicide Murder · Roger Torrey · nv 30 · Temper, It’s Terrible · Dale Clark · nv 50 · Action in Manhattan · Geoffrey North · ss 58 · Chan Handles an Axe [Chan Buzzell] · Clark Nelson · ss 75 · Ollie Hears a Cricket [Sheriff Ollie Bascomb] · Harold de Polo · ss

Private Detective Stories [v16 #5, April 1945] (Trojan Publishing Corp., 15¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · Peralta Pay-Off [John Ryan] · Roger Torrey · na 36 · Feathers · Clive Trent · ss 44 · Breakfast in Bed [Timothy Tappan Sloane] · Wallace Kayton · nv 70 · Home-Town Soldier · Lew Merrill · nv 95 · Crooks Who Reached Ripe Old Age · Anon. · ar

Private Detective Stories [v16 #6, May 1945] (Trojan Publishing Corp., 15¢, 98pp+, pulp) Given as v16 #5 in the Table of Contents. Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 4 · Death’s Dark Garden · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · na 44 · Killer Takes All · George A. McDonald · nv 68 · Ollie Sets a Trap [Sheriff Ollie Bascomb] · Harold de Polo · ss 79 · Persistence · Anon. · ms 93 · Murder in the Death Cell · Anon. · ms

Private Detective Stories [v17 #1, June 1945] (Trojan Publishing Corp., 15¢, 96pp, pulp) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 4 · Whipsaw [Honest John Carmody] · E. Hoffmann Price · na 34 · That Killer Is Mine · Wallace Kayton · nv 56 · Button, Button · Lew Merrill · ss 67 · The Sleepy Killer · Anon. · ms 68 · The Precipice · Ray Cummings · ss 76 · No-Account Dog · Geoffrey North · ss

Private Detective Stories [v17 #2, July 1945] (15¢, pulp) 4 · Stranglers Walk Softly · Geoffrey North · nv 30 · One Born Every Murder · Rex Whitechurch · ss 38 · Ollie Tries Ice-Skating [Sheriff Ollie Bascomb] · Harold de Polo · ss 50 · Murder for Millions [Cupid Cain] · George A. McDonald · nv Clues Detective Stories Mar 1938

Private Detective Stories [v17 #3, August 1945] (Trojan Publishing Corp., 15¢, 96pp+, pulp) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 4 · Burial Plot [Victor “Vik” Mlada] · Robert A. Garron · nv 32 · Taxi Kill [Sam Drake] · Sam Drake · ss 46 · Postponed Verdict · Lew Merrill · ss 54 · Models for Murder · W. T. Ballard · nv 72 · Decision · Ray Cummings · ss

Private Detective Stories [v17 #4, September 1945] (Trojan Publishing Corp., 15¢, 98pp, pulp) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 4 · Skeleton in the Closet · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · na 28 · Don’t Worry About Me · Edward Ronns · nv 42 · Proxy Murder [Adam Somervell] · Lew Merrill · ss 50 · Soldier’s Return · Henry Norton · ss 58 · Fungus and Arsenic · Victor Rousseau · ss

Private Detective Stories [v17 #5, October 1945] (Trojan Publishing Corp., 15¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · Riddle of the Runaway Rat · Geoffrey North · nv 24 · The Right to Kill · Henry Norton · ss 32 · Affair on Buzzard’s Island · Day Keene · ss 50 · Postscript to a Honeymoon · Elizabeth Starr · ss 54 · Murder c/o Susan · Donald C. Cameron · ss 64 · Black Record · David Carver · nv 95 · Chemistry Aids Homicide Cops · Anon. · ms

Private Detective Stories [v17 #6, November 1945] (Trojan Publishing Corp., 15¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · You Can’t Cheat Death · Laurence Donovan · na 26 · Double Switch · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss 34 · The Shadowy Thing · Ray Cummings · ss 39 · The Man Nobody Knew · Elizabeth Starr · ss 44 · Let ’Er Buck [Smith & Wesson Humphrey] · Wallace Kayton · nv 94 · M.O. Solves Crimes · Anon. · ms

Private Detective Stories [v18 #1, December 1945] (15¢, pulp) 4 · Justifiable Homicide · Roger Torrey · nv 30 · Death on My Hands [Cupid Cain] · George A. McDonald · ss 48 · Ghoul of My Dreams · Henry Norton · ss 56 · Dark Destiny · Elizabeth Starr · ss 64 · Bright Dummy · Ray Cummings · ss

Private Detective Stories [v18 #2, January 1946] (Trojan Publishing Corp., 15¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · Once Is Enough [Martin Ferris] · Andrew Holt · na 26 · Shadow of the Ax · Camford Sheavely · nv 42 · Red Points to Murder · William Decatur · ss 48 · The Murderer on Palmetto Key · Ray Cummings · ss 58 · “It’s for Me” · E. Starr · ss 64 · Dead Ringer · Dale Clark · nv 92 · Sleuthing vs. Luck · Anon. · ms

Private Detective Stories [v18 #3, February 1946] (15¢, pulp) 6 · Killer Wanted—First Class · Geoffrey North · nv 24 · No Blood Is Bad Blood · Henry Norton · ss 32 · Tab Me for the Kill · Talmage Powell · ss 38 · Nailed · Lew Merrill · ss 46 · Lethal Lady · Walton Grey · ss 54 · The Man in the Crowd · David Carver · ss 64 · The Hot Rock · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss

Private Detective Stories [v18 #4, March 1946] (Trojan Publishing Corp., 15¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · Death Is My Shadow · Day Keene · nv 26 · Mr. Hubert’s Lifetime · Elizabeth Starr · ss 34 · Elegy for Max · Andrew Holt · nv 54 · Unhonored and Unhung · Henry Norton · ss 64 · Rye and Die [Adam Somervell] · Lew Merrill · nv 95 · The Hard Way · Anon. · ms

Private Detective Stories [v18 #5, May 1946] (15¢, pulp) 6 · How Tough Can You Get? · William R. Cox · ss 24 · Bear Killing · Roger Torrey · ss 40 · Circus Kill [Sheriff Lovatt] · Henry Norton · ss 58 · The Sound of Death · David Carver · ss 66 · Ride to Doom · Ray Cummings · ss Death Takes “Toughest Cop” · Anon. · ms Pearl of Great Price · Anon. · ms When Women Won’t Talk · Anon. · ms Black-Market Rackets · Anon. · ms

Private Detective Stories [v18 #6, July 1946] (Trojan Publishing Corp., 15¢, pulp) Details supplied by K. Becker. 4 · Death Takes the Pot · Roger Torrey · na 32 · Reunion with Murder · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss 40 · Make Your Kill · Talmage Powell · ss 48 · Ware the Wan Wino · Camford Sheavely · ss 56 · For Whom the Bell Kills · Henry Norton · ss 62 · The Dead Are Harmless · Ray Cummings · ss 68 · Graveyard Serenade · Ellery Watson Calder · ss

Private Detective Stories [v19 #1, September 1946] (15¢, pulp) 6 · Death Has a Slide Rule, Too · Coleman Meyer · ss 20 · Gunshot Showdown · Jerome Severs Perry · ss 28 · Lilies in Bloom [Dallas Duane (The Hard Guy)] · James P. Olsen · ss 36 · Spare the Rod · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss 54 · Murder on the Ball · David Carver · ss 58 · Would You Like to Be a Corpse? [Terry O’Rourke] · George A. McDonald · nv

Private Detective Stories [v19 #2, November 1946] (Trojan Publishing Corp., 15¢, 96pp, pulp, cover by Joseph Szokoli) Details supplied by K. Becker. 4 · Production for Death · Gordon Dozier · ar 6 · The Worm Has Fangs · Camford Sheavely · ss; illustrated by Paul H. H. Stone 14 · Killers Have Green Eyes · Laurence Donovan · ss; illustrated by Jay McArdle 26 · One Trail to Murder [“Bumps” McCarthy] · T. K. Burnham · ss; illustrated by Paul H. H. Stone 38 · Terror by Night [Dr. Gabriel] · Lew Merrill · ss; illustrated by William Meilink 50 · Death Shakes the Dice · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss; illustrated by Jay McArdle 63 · As Dead as They Come · R. T. Judson · nv; illustrated by Newton Alfred 95 · The American Dreyfus Case · Redding Davidstone · ar

Private Detective Stories [v19 #3, December 1946] (15¢, pulp) 6 · Murder Runs in the Family · John Ryan · nv 34 · I Won’t Die [Cole Monroe] · Robert A. Garron · ss 44 · Sweet Kiss of Death · Laurence Donovan · ss 54 · Man Being Murdered · Joseph McCoy · ss 62 · Killing Comes First · Schuyler Garratt Edsall · ss

Private Detective Stories [v19 #4, January 1947] (15¢, pulp) 6 · Cue Line for Death · William Decatur · nv 34 · Corpse for the Cops · Robert L. Wright · nv 60 · The Body Goes Calling · Henry Malcolm · ss 70 · Flashbulb Trap · Joseph McCoy · ss 80 · Mountain Murder · Paul Hanna · ss

Private Detective Stories [v19 #5, February 1947] (Trojan Publishing Corp., 15¢, pulp, cover by Allen Anderson) Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · Picture of Murder · T. V. Faulkner · nv Private Detective Stories Dec 1940, as “The Murderer’s Pet” by Robert A. Garron 30 · I’ll Murder for You · Larry Dunn · ss 42 · Fifteen Thousand Bail · John Garrett · ss 50 · Hard Luck for Haggerty · John Wallace · ss 62 · A Two-Bit Punk · Randolph Barr · ss Spicy Detective Stories May 1938, as “Tough Baby” by Wallace Kayton 74 · Pick Up a Murder · Henry Malcolm · ss Spicy Detective Stories Jul 1941, as by William B. Rainey 95 · Gangland Guns Went Underground · Robert Leslie Bellem · ar

Private Detective Stories [v19 #6, March 1947] (Trojan Publishing, 15¢, 96pp, pulp, cover by Lewis Trege) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 4 · Major Smith’s Little Game · Will Nichols · ar 6 · Bullet Trick · Howard Prince · na; illustrated by H. L. V. Parkhurst 32 · Witness to Murder · James Brent · ss; illustrated by Newton H. Alfred 42 · G-Man Junior · Joe McCoy · nv; illustrated by Jay McArdle 58 · A Matter of Timing · Walton Grey · ss 70 · Don’t Die in Bed · Charles Saunders · ss; illustrated by Newton H. Alfred 85 · Fadeout · Ray Cummings · ss 92 · Death Called for Dolly · Howard McIntosh · ar

Private Detective Stories [v20 #1, June 1947] (15¢, pulp, cover by Modest Stein) Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · Close to Murder · Howard Prince · na 38 · The Persuader · Walton Grey · ss 50 · Bullets to Spare · T. V. Faulkner · ss 60 · Cheap Homicide · Paul Hanna · ss 78 · Forget the Kill · Randolph Barr · ss 94 · Dawn of Death · James Bennett · ar

Private Detective Stories [v20 #2, November 1947] (20¢, pulp) 4 · Easy Death · Ted Stratton · nv 30 · Slay Ride · W. T. Ballard · nv 50 · Murder Is Sweet · Jo Barron · ss 59 · Bought Silence · Ray Cummings · ss 62 · The Big Kill · Norman A. Daniels · ss

Private Detective Stories [v20 #3, February 1948] ed. M. R. Bindamin (Trojan Magazines, Inc., 20¢, pulp, cover by George J. Rozen) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · Killer on Sight · Norman A. Daniels · na 28 · Dead Guy’s Trap · Geoffrey North · nv 48 · Bright Light Kill · Dale Clark · ss 63 · Cancer of the Mind · Anon. · ms 64 · Mix a Stiff One · John G. Potter · ss

Private Detective Stories [v20 #4, May 1948] ed. M. R. Bindamin (Trojan Magazines, Inc., 20¢, 80pp, pulp, cover by George J. Rozen) Details supplied by Morgan Wallace. 4 · A Date with Death · Andrew J. Collins · nv; illustrated by Joseph Szokoli 22 · Killer’s Disease · Robert Leslie Bellem · nv; illustrated by Frank Volp 42 · Body in the Boat · Frank Morris · ss; illustrated by Joseph Szokoli 54 · Cautious Corpse [Johnny Diamond] · H. C. Butler · ss; illustrated by Newton Alfred 60 · The Murder Fix · Norman A. Daniels · ss; illustrated by Al Savitt Prejuice · Anon. · ms

Private Detective Stories [v20 #5, August 1948] (25¢, pulp) 6 · Satan Strikes! · Norman Ober · nv 38 · A Face for Acid · Morton I. Jackson · ss 46 · Pearls of Blood · Ted Stratton · nv 66 · Dead Men Know · Raymond Drennen, Jr. · ss 81 · Call for the Killer · Morris Horton · ss 86 · Blood and Gall · Gordon Dozier · ar 90 · Raving Beauty · Ralph Sedgwick Douglas · ss 101 · The Scent of Murder · Will Nichols · ms 102 · Murder Means Money · Paul Hanna · ss 113 · Kid Jailbreak · Howard McIntosh · ss 122 · Murder Points · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss