Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

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Real Detective [v24 #1, November 1931] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Alec Redmond) 6 · A Chat with the Chief · [The Editor] · cl 10 · Racketeer · Carter Dale · ar 20 · The Massacre in Lovers’ Lane · John P. Lally · ar 28 · The Secrets of San Quentin · Helen Starr Henifin · ar 34 · Mighty Mabel—Keeper of the Vineyards · Bert Mohrman · ar 40 · Preacher Hanged on the Altar of His Church · Anon. · pi 41 · Life Among the Tennessee Moonshiners · Anon. · pi 42 · An Octet of Fair Ladies in the Spotlight of the Law · Anon. · pi 44 · Highlights from the Month’s Police News · Anon. · pi 46 · Police Officers in the Limelight · Anon. · pi 47 · Gun Molls and Girl Victims · Anon. · pi 48 · Pawns of Vice · James W. Booth · ar 54 · The Riddle of the Missing Japanese Importer · Gerald Dudley McClean · ar 59 · Manhattan News Flash · Tom O’Sullivan · cl 62 · The Hollywood Shake-Down · Philip B. Sharpe · ar 71 · What Your Penmanship Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl

Real Detective [v24 #2, December 1931] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 98pp, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Alec Redmond) 6 · A Chat with the Chief · [The Editor] · cl 10 · Reno · Carlton Russell · ar 18 · New Killers for Old · Bert Mohrman · ar 22 · Crime Behind Prison Walls · Lawrance Maynard · ar 30 · The Monster of Quiet Dell · John P. Lally · ts 40 · Rackets Rampant · Carter Dale · ar 50 · Ladies in the Law’s Limelight · Anon. · pi 52 · The Greatest Fraud of the Twentieth Century · Philip B. Sharpe · ts 60 · His Eyes Bloodshot and Red · MacKinlay Kantor · ss 66 · Manhattan News Flash · Tom O’Sullivan · cl 70 · What Your Penmanship Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl

Real Detective [v24 #3, January 1932] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 98pp, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Alec Redmond) 6 · A Chat with the Chief · [The Editor] · cl 10 · Midnight Murder · Bert Mohrman · ts 18 · The Last of His Kind · Lowell Limpus · ts 24 · The Death Hunt for $75,000 Forger · H. A. Crowe · ar 30 · Clue of the Cardboard Scraps · Fred Montgomery · ts 36 · We Even Elect Them! · Carter Dale · ar 44 · Blasting away at World’s Greatest Shoot Match · Anon. · pi 45 · A Trio of Lovely Jail Birds · Anon. · pi 46 · Girls and Women in the Month’s Detective News · Anon. · pi 48 · Pictorial Flashes of Police and Detectives · Anon. · pi 50 · Judge James H. Wilkerson · Karl M. Kahn · bg 53 · Death Lane · Dean Jennings · ts 60 · Manhattan News Flash · Tom O’Sullivan · cl 63 · A Page of Two-Gun Girls · Anon. · pi 64 · A Night in Reno · Eric Howard · ss; illustrated by Andrew Bensen 68 · Queens of Crime · Herbert Mills · ar 71 · What Your Penmanship Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl 72 · College for Cops · Evelyn Crane · ar

Real Detective [v24 #4, February 1932] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 98pp, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Alec Redmond) 6 · A Chat with the Chief · [The Editor] · cl 10 · The Curse of Cain · Harris Dalton · ar 12 · The Dagger Fiend of Mexico · Lawrence Topperwein · ts 20 · The Murder in the Laboratory · Clarence D. Lee · ar 28 · The Little Kaiser of Nebraska · Ralph Pierce · ts 32 · The Red Horror of Floating Bridge · Herbert Hall Taylor · ts 37 · Manhattan News Flash · Tom O’Sullivan · cl 40 · The Millionaire Bandits · Jack Malina · ar 46 · A Sextet of Beauty in the Police Spotlight · Anon. · pi 48 · Safeguarding the Life of John D. Rockefeller’s Daughter · Anon. · pi 50 · Month’s Panorama of Police and Detective News · Anon. · pi 52 · The Strange Disappearance of Frances St. John Smith · Anon. · ts 56 · One Hundred Million Fools · Carter Dale · ar 64 · The Slayer Who Laughed at Locksmiths · Frank H. Ward · ts 72 · The Suicide Pact · Paul V. Fleming · ss 76 · New York Police Down Sing Sing Eleven · Anon. · pi 78 · What Your Penmanship Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl

Real Detective [v25 #1, March 1932] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 98pp, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Alec Redmond) 6 · A Chat with the Chief · [The Editor] · cl 8 · It’s the Baloney · [The Editor] · ed 10 · Political Picaroons · Carter Dale · ar 18 · The Riot at Folsom Penitentiary · John Martin · ts 24 · New York Says: “Thank You, Mr. Volstead!” · Anon. · ar 30 · The Riddle of the Blue Bruise · Gerald D. McClean · ts 36 · The Mystery of the Stolen Baby · James W. Booth · ts 44 · The Key That Trapped Three · Merlin Moore Taylor · ts 50 · Eight Girls Behind Prison Bars · Anon. · pi 52 · Pictorial Highlights in the Month’s News · Anon. · pi 54 · Unmasking the Mediums · Dean S. Jennings · ar 62 · The Seven Suspects [Part 1 of 2] · Harry Millard Lynch · sl 67 · Manhattan News Flash · Tom O’Sullivan · cl 69 · Bonded Stuff · Norbert Davis · ss 72 · What Your Penmanship Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl 74 · The Lucky Stiff · Richard H. Hart · ss 76 · The Real Dope · Eric Howard · ss

Real Detective [v25 #2, April 1932] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 98pp, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Alec Redmond) 6 · A Chat with the Chief · [The Editor] · cl 8 · Frozen Fools! · [The Editor] · ed 10 · Death Casts a Ballot · Eugene B. Block · ts 16 · Exposing the Occult Fakirs · Dean S. Jennings · ar 23 · Two and Two Make Eight · Richard H. Hart · ss 26 · Wanted for Murder! · Carson A. Garrison · ts 33 · Manhattan News Flash · Tom O’Sullivan · cl 36 · The Bedroom Murder · John N. Stanton · ts 42 · Mrs. Winchell’s Bad Little Boy, Walter · Henry Hyloke · ts 48 · The Million-Dollar Plot [Part 1 of 2] · Alanson Crosby · sl 52 · A Sextet of Girls in the Detective Spotlight · Anon. · pi 54 · Unusual Picture Flashes from the Nation’s Police · Anon. · pi 56 · The Murder Mystery in Lovers’ Lane · Merlin Moore Taylor · ts 62 · “I Solemnly Swear—” · Carter Dale · ar 67 · The Seven Suspects [Part 2 of 2] · Harry Millard Lynch · sl 72 · What Your Penmanship Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl 98 · “Snatched” by Kidnappers! · Anon. · pi

Real Detective [v25 #3, May 1932] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 98pp, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Alec Redmond) 6 · A Chat with the Chief · [The Editor] · cl 8 · Pals! · [The Editor] · ed 10 · Pay or Die! · Edwin A. Lahey · ar 18 · The Queen of the Train Robbers · Chester L. Saxby · ts 24 · Sex for Sale · Henry Hyloke · ar 29 · Mad Laughter [Part 1 of 2] · M. M. Musselman · ts; illustrated by Frank T. M. Beatty 33 · Manhattan News Flash · Tom O’Sullivan · cl 36 · Human Contraband · James W. Booth · ar 42 · The Capture of Pete McKenzie · Lawrence Topperwein · ar 46 · The Girl Bazaar of Baroness Kuhlewindt · John P. Lally · ts 50 · Girls and Women in the Month’s Detective News · Anon. · pi 52 · World News Flashes Snapped by the Camera · Anon. · pi 54 · Dishonest Dollars · Carter Dale · ts 59 · Saved by Science · Ernest M. Poate · ss; illustrated by T. Wyatt Nelson 63 · The Million-Dollar Plot [Part 2 of 2] · Alanson Crosby · sl

Real Detective [v25 #4, June 1932] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 98pp, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Alec Redmond) 6 · A Chat with the Chief · [The Editor] · cl 8 · What’s the Use? · [The Editor] · ed 10 · Traffic in Girls · Francis J. McArdle · ar 18 · How I Solved the Murder Without a Clue · Detective Thomas Harrison (as told to Merlin Moore Taylor) · ts 24 · Secrets of Atlanta Prison [Part 1 of 2] · Convict No. 27145 · ar 32 · The Riddle of the Darkened Room [Part 1 of 2] · Harry Millard Lynch · sl 37 · Easy Money · Ralph Pierce · ts 38 · American Crime Classics: Murder in the Mauve Decade · Stuart Palmer · ts 45 · Manhattan News Flash · Tom O’Sullivan · cl 48 · Photo Flashes from the Metropolitan Police · Anon. · pi 50 · Girls in the Detective Spotlight · Anon. · pi 52 · Death Grip · MacKinlay Kantor · ss 56 · Mad Men of Money · Carter Dale · ar 63 · Thieves in the Night · Norbert Davis · ss 66 · The “Little Goat” Goes Home · Gerald Dudley McClean · ts 70 · Mad Laughter [Part 2 of 2] · M. M. Musselman · ts 98 · Chicago Police Raid Taxi-Dance Hall · Anon. · ms

Real Detective [v26 #1, July 1932] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 98pp, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Alec Redmond) 6 · A Chat with the Chief · [The Editor] · cl 8 · “Red Riots” · [The Editor] · ed 10 · Grafters of the Turf · Mark Mellen · ar 19 · Manhattan News Flash · Tom O’Sullivan · cl 22 · Railroad Bulls I Have Known · Cliff Maxwell · ts 26 · Capone’s “Girl Racket” · Spike Casey · ar 34 · The Death That Lurked in the Shaving Cream · Ernest M. Poate · ts 38 · The Nude Body in the Forest · Robert Faherty · ts 44 · Murdered by Chinese Slave Dealer! · Flora Belle Jan · ts 50 · Girls and Women in the Police Panorama · Anon. · pi 52 · Pictorial Flashes from Month’s Detective News · Anon. · pi 54 · Secrets of Atlanta Prison [Part 2 of 2] · Convict No. 27145 · ar 58 · The Mystery of La Honda Hills · Eugene B. Block · ss 61 · The Bomb · Eric Howard · ss 62 · The Killer Who Climbed · Gerald Dudley McClean · ts 68 · The Riddle of the Darkened Room [Part 2 of 2] · Harry Millard Lynch · sl 71 · The Half-Wit · Norbert Davis · ss

Real Detective [v26 #2, August 1932] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 98pp, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Alec Redmond) 6 · A Chat with the Chief · [The Editor] · cl 10 · Kreuger—Croesus of Crime · Carter Dale · ar 16 · Ten Cents a Dance · Dan Foley · ar 22 · The Tracks of the Human Beast · Dr. E. L. Miloslavich & C. L. Saxby · ts 30 · The Unholy Cult of the Great Sixth Seal · D. L. Michel · ts 36 · The News Behind the News · Lowell M. Limpus · ar 42 · The Convict Author of “Ladies of the Big House” Plots His Escape from Prison · Captain George Helms & Harold J. FitzGerald · ts 48 · Camera Shots of the Nation’s Detective News · Anon. · pi 50 · Mayor Walker’s Latest “Show” Told in Photos · Anon. · pi 52 · The Mysterious Death on the Stillwater Bridge · Frank H. Ward · ts 58 · The Sport of Knaves · Mark Mellen · ar 65 · The Man of Death · Richard A. Martinsen · ts 69 · Manhattan News Flash · Tom O’Sullivan · cl 98 · Photographs of Nudists at Play · Anon. · pi

Real Detective [v26 #3, September 1932] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 98pp, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Alec Redmond) 6 · A Chat with the Chief · [The Editor] · cl 8 · Nudism in America · Onlooker · ar 14 · Red Murder in the Desert · Robert Sothern · ts 20 · The Mysterious Crimes in the Duke’s Chateau · Hubert Dail · ts 26 · Gangsters Grip Chicago! · Hal Andrews · ar 34 · The Night Club Murder · Merlin Moore Taylor · ts 40 · Exposing the Quacks! · Edgar Irvin Fuller · ar 48 · Photo Flashes of the Police · Anon. · pi 50 · Warriors Fight Lost Cause · Anon. · pi 51 · Four Women and a Dead Millionaire · Anon. · pi 52 · Wolf! Wolf! · MacKinlay Kantor · ss 56 · Where Is the Infamous Katie Bender? · Richard Swallow · ts 62 · A Man of Peace · Richard A. Martinsen · ts 66 · The Microscope in Crime · Herbert Mills · ar 67 · Manhattan News Flash · Tom O’Sullivan · cl 98 · This Quintet Goes Hollywood · Anon. · ms

Real Detective [v26 #4, October 1932] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 98pp, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Alec Redmond) 6 · A Chat with the Chief · [The Editor] · cl 7 · An Answer to Mark Mellen · Horace Wade · ar [Mark Mellen] 8 · Author of “X-Marks the Spot” Tells All · Hal Andrews · ar 10 · Death Moanin’ Low · Dan Foley · ts 18 · Selling God for Cash! · Edgar Irvin Fuller · ar 24 · Prison Camp Hells · Jack Sloan · ar 30 · Colorado’s Greatest Murder Mystery · Merlin Moore Taylor · ts 36 · Cauliflower Crooks · Referee · ar 42 · Why Moss Garrison Was Accused of Murder · Captain Paul Hayes · ar 46 · Camera Flashes of Police News · Anon. · pi 48 · Girls and Women in the Limelight · Anon. · pi 50 · The Medical Murder at Harvard · Stuart Palmer · ts 56 · The Baffling Mystery of Dorothy Arnold · Detective John Hennessy · ts 61 · Manhattan News Flash · Tom O’Sullivan · cl 64 · Medusa Was a Blonde · Richard A. Martinsen · ss 68 · Why Hasn’t the Lingle Reward Been Paid? · John Lally · ms 69 · The Mad Hermit of Rat River · Herbert Mills · ts 98 · Miss America · Anon. · ms

Real Detective [v27 #1, November 1932] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 98pp, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Andrew Bensen) 6 · A Chat with the Chief · [The Editor] · cl 8 · Who’s Crooked Now? · [The Editor] · ed 10 · Monsters of the Studio · John P. Lally · ar 16 · The Ghastly Hoax of Iowa’s Crazy “Governor” · Ralph Pierce · ts 22 · “Lady Wallingford”—Queen of Crooks · J. Frank Coakley · ts 28 · The Susquehanna Murder · Patrick J. Hylan · ts 32 · Washington Grab Bag · Carter Dale · ar 38 · The Borgia of the Barrens · Lowell Limpus · ts 44 · Pictorial Highlights from the Month’s Police News · Anon. · pi 46 · Girls in the Spotlight · Anon. · pi 48 · By Satan Out of Midnight [Part 1 of 2] · David R. Solomon · sl 53 · Manhattan News Flash · Tom O’Sullivan · cl 56 · What Florida Did to Me · Meyer Unterberger · ts 60 · With the Medical Quacks · Edgar Irvin Fuller · ar 64 · Rough on Rats · Richard A. Martinsen · ss 68 · What Your Penmanship Tells · Frederick St. John · cl

Real Detective [v27 #2, December 1932] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 98pp, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by H. Forsgren) 6 · A Chat with the Chief · [The Editor] · cl 10 · The Screaming Scandals of Hollywood · George Leston Street · ar 18 · Seven Girls and Women in the Month’s News · The Camera Man · pi 20 · Fourteen Hours in Hell! · Maurice W. Nichols · ar 26 · Desert Death [Part 1 of 2] · Eric Howard · sl 30 · Master of Murder! · Dean Jennings · ar 38 · I Am a “Slave"! · "Milly” · ts 42 · Pat Hurley on the Warpath · Drew Pearson · ts 47 · Manhattan News Flash · Tom O’Sullivan · cl 50 · Mr. Holmes of Baker Street · Vincent Starrett · ar 52 · Rah! Rah! Rah! · Densmore Dugan · ar 59 · By Satan Out of Midnight [Part 2 of 2] · David R. Solomon · sl 63 · What Your Penmanship Tells · Frederick St. John · cl 64 · Pictorial Parade · The Camera Man · pi

Real Detective [v27 #3, January 1933] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 98pp, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Alec Redmond) 6 · A Chat with the Chief · [The Editor] · cl 10 · Washington Whirl-a-Round · Robert S. Allen · cl 16 · The Scarlet Tragedy of Herring Pond · Philip B. Sharpe · ar 22 · Pirates of the Depression · [Real Detective Investigators] · ar 28 · Death Throws the Dice! · Jack Thornton · ar 31 · Hoodlums and Detectives · The Camera Man · pi 32 · Dynamite! · Private Investigator · ar 38 · The Flaming Follies of Hollywood · George Leston Street · ar 44 · The Duplex Murder Mystery [Part 1 of 2] · Christopher B. Booth · sl 48 · Florida Speaks in Answer to “Prison Camp Hells” · John Kilgore · ar 51 · Red Riots in New York and Chicago · The Camera Man · pi 52 · Manhattan News Flash · Tom O’Sullivan · cl 54 · The Cryptic Clue · Harold J. FitzGerald · ts 59 · Twenty Cents · Julian Fitz-Jamee · ss 62 · Eleven Girls and Women in the News of the Month · The Camera Man · pi 64 · Desert Death [Part 2 of 2] · Eric Howard · sl