Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

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Thrilling Mystery [v14 #3, May 1940] (10¢, 116pp, pulp, cover by Rudolph Belarski) 14 · The Black Wings of Death · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · nv 39 · Laughter in the Wind · Carl Jacobi · ss 48 · The Ghost of the Brain · Russell Stanton · ss 56 · Dragon of the Gobi · Stewart Sterling · nv 69 · I Found Dr. Morokoff · David Bernard · ss 76 · Satan’s Strangler · Arthur K. Barnes · ss 88 · Cellar of Skulls · Will Garth · ss 92 · Master of the Silver Giants · Robert Bloch · nv

Thrilling Mystery [v15 #1, July 1940] (10¢, 116pp, pulp) 12 · Hybrid of Horror · John Coleman & Jane Ralston Burroughs · nv 31 · The Guardian Skeleton · Bernard Breslauer · ss 38 · Physician, Heal Thyself · Sam Merwin, Jr. · nv 55 · Vengeance of the Moldering Dead · Paul Selonke · ss 64 · The Corpse Cavalcade · Joe Archibald · ss 77 · Dread Ecstasy · Michael O’Brien · ss 80 · My Father Is a Vampire! · Thorp McClusky · nv 98 · The Man Who Cast Two Shadows · Ray Cummings · ss

Thrilling Mystery [v15 #2, September 1940] (10¢, 116pp, pulp) 12 · The Ripper Creeps [Colonel Fabian Crum] · John H. Knox · nv 31 · Thistle Fen · Arthur J. Burks · ss 40 · The Demon in the Swamp · O. M. Cabral · nv 56 · Chamber of Centuries · John Russell Fearn · ss 64 · Hater of Beauty · Michael O’Brien · ss 69 · The Servant of Death · David V. Reed · ss 82 · Thirty-Fathom Peril · Joseph J. Millard · ss 90 · The Shadow of the Valley of Death · Don Joseph · nv

Thrilling Mystery [v15 #3, November 1940] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 116pp, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 8 · Horror-Scopes · Chakra · cl 16 · The Terrible People · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · nv 41 · Monster of the Storm · Joe Archibald · ss 52 · Castle of Horror · Ray Cummings · ss 62 · Death Is a Little Man [Colonel Fabian Crum] · John H. Knox · nv 80 · Ice Bound · Michael O’Brien · ss 84 · The Execution of Chopper Chun · Arthur J. Burks · ss 90 · The House of Retrokron · James Vale Downie · nv

Thrilling Mystery [v16 #1, January 1941] (10¢, 116pp, pulp) 14 · The Cyclops’ Eye [Colonel Fabian Crum] · John H. Knox · nv 33 · The Thing in the Bottle · Ray Cummings · ss 42 · Nightmare Island · H. H. Stinson · nv 56 · The Hoofs of Doom · Joe Archibald · ss 66 · Wings of the Bat · Henry Kuttner · ss 76 · Museum of Death · Don Joseph · nv 92 · Triple Revenge · Michael O’Brien · ss 97 · The White Seal · Arthur J. Burks · ss

Thrilling Mystery [v16 #2, March 1941] (10¢, 116pp, pulp) 16 · The Devil’s Lottery [Colonel Fabian Crum] · John H. Knox · nv 37 · The Room of Death · Lee E. Wells · ss 46 · Men Die Alone · Henry Kuttner · nv 60 · Whisper Shadow · Arthur J. Burks · ss 67 · Murder on the Midway · Wayne Rogers · ss 75 · A World of Their Own · Michael O’Brien · ss 81 · Valley of the Storm King · Joseph J. Millard · na 90 · Fear Rides the Stars · Ray Cummings · nv

Thrilling Mystery [v16 #3, May 1941] (10¢, 116pp, pulp) 14 · The Death Elves [Colonel Fabian Crum] · John H. Knox · nv 35 · Candid Camera · Seabury Quinn · ss 46 · The Day of Debts · Will Garth · ss 52 · Danger in the Dark · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · nv 68 · Seven Keys to Doom · Henry Kuttner · ss 79 · Back to the Grave · Ralph Oppenheim · ss 90 · The Torch Killer · Michael O’Brien · nv

Thrilling Mystery [v17 #1, July 1941] (10¢, 116pp, pulp) 14 · Murder Beach · Ward Hawkins · nv 31 · I Married a Ghost · Seabury Quinn · ss 41 · Pied Piper of Death · Michael O’Brien · ss 51 · The Twisted Tree · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · ss 60 · A Skull Has No Ears · Henry Kuttner · nv 79 · Souvenir of Doom · Ray Cummings · ss 86 · The Dead in Armor [Colonel Fabian Crum] · John H. Knox · nv

Thrilling Mystery [v17 #2, September 1941] (10¢, 116pp, pulp) 14 · Death Calls Cinderella [Colonel Fabian Crum] · John H. Knox · nv 36 · The Blood Is the Life · Henry Kuttner · ss 46 · Servant of the Axe · Stewart Sterling · nv 64 · Madness for Milady · Arthur K. Barnes · ss 74 · The Talking Tower · Earle Dow · nv 89 · Three Piles of Gold · Robert Wallace · ss 94 · The Snake Man · John S. Endicott · ss

Thrilling Mystery [v17 #3, November 1941] (10¢, 116pp, pulp) 16 · Fangs of Doom [Dr. Zeng Tse-Lin] · E. Hoffmann Price · nv 48 · Wings for the Dead · Joseph J. Millard · nv 67 · Death Is Too Easy · Arthur J. Burks · nv Ten Detective Aces Mar 1938 76 · The Twentieth Hole · Sam Merwin, Jr. · ss 82 · Death to the Highest Bidder · Wayne Rogers · nv 99 · Dead Man’s Eye · Mary Elizabeth Counselman · ss

Thrilling Mystery [v18 #1, January 1942] (10¢, 116pp, pulp) 15 · Clue in Blue · Fredric Brown · nv 26 · Death Walks Softly [Colonel Fabian Crum] · John H. Knox · nv 48 · Power of the Puppets · Fritz Leiber, Jr. · nv 63 · Dr. Norst Visits Death · William A. Rossi · ss 72 · Three Left Hands · Sam Merwin, Jr. · ss 78 · The Double for Hate · Norman A. Daniels · ss 96 · The Violin of Carito · Ray Cummings · ss

Thrilling Mystery [v18 #2, March 1942] (10¢, 116pp, pulp) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 10 · Mystery-Scopes · Chakra · cl 14 · The Murdering Ghosts · Norman A. Daniels · nv 40 · The Man with Two Heads · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · nv; illustrated by Orban 59 · Disturb the Dead · Sam Merwin, Jr. · ss 64 · The Burning Corpse · Henry Kuttner · nv; illustrated by Leo Morey 76 · Kidnapped Evidence · Joseph J. Millard · ss 87 · She Who Laughed Last · Richard Huzarski · ss 95 · The Gorgon’s Guests · John H. Knox · ss

Thrilling Mystery [v18 #3, May 1942] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 112pp, pulp) 6 · Mystery-Scopes · Chakra · cl 14 · The Scarlet Jester [Colonel Fabian Crum] · John H. Knox · nv 38 · Death Has a Voice · J. Lane Linklater · nv 58 · The Moon Woman · Michael O’Brien · ss 68 · The Murder Museum · Joe Archibald · nv 84 · Rio Beef · Owen Fox Jerome · ss 94 · Murder Needs No Motive · Robert Ahern · ss 99 · Night Fliers · Frank Belknap Long, Jr. · ss

Thrilling Mystery [v19 #1, July 1942] (10¢, 116pp, pulp) 21 · Ghost Town Doom · Norman A. Daniels · nv 30 · Murder in a Crate · Leo Hoban · nv 49 · The Diamonds of Death · Henry Kuttner · ss 58 · Shrine of the Undead · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · nv 76 · Murder’s How You Find It · Laurence Donovan · ss 85 · Killer, Keep Moving · Sam Merwin, Jr. · ss 95 · Frontal Attack · Arthur T. Harris · ss 100 · Bewitchment · Seabury Quinn · ss

Thrilling Mystery [v19 #2, September 1942] (10¢, 116pp, pulp) 13 · The Case of the Murderous Mermaid [George Chance (The Green Ghost)] · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · nv 50 · Amateur Death · Lansing Stebbins · ss 56 · Shadow of the Killer [Colonel Fabian Crum] · John H. Knox · nv 77 · His Grave Was Deep · C. G. Tahney · ss 87 · Curse of the Cobra · Henry Kuttner · ss 96 · Premium for Murder · C. S. Montanye · ss

Thrilling Mystery [v19 #3, November 1942] (10¢, 116pp, pulp) 15 · The Case of the Astral Assassin [George Chance (The Green Ghost)] · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · na 56 · Murder Takes Nerve · William Morrison · ss 65 · Murderers Are Dumb [Mugs Kelly] · Donald Bayne Hobart · ss 70 · Big Game Kill · Dale Clark · nv 88 · The Tappa Tree · John H. Knox · ss 99 · Death for Saboteurs · Lew Martin · ss

Thrilling Mystery [v20 #1, January 1943] (10¢, 116pp, pulp) 15 · The Last Mobsman · Arthur J. Burks · nv 37 · Too Much Gold · John L. Benton (by Samuel Mines) · ss 44 · Bonds of Murder · Owen Fox Jerome · nv 61 · Clothes Don’t Make a Cop · K. Webster · ss 68 · The Spherical Ghoul · Fredric Brown · nv 84 · Strictly Solid, See? · Jimmy O’Brien · ss 95 · Dragon in the Cup · Hal K. Wells · ss

Thrilling Mystery [v20 #2, March 1943] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 116pp, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 8 · Horror-Scopes · Chakra · cl 15 · The Case of the Clumsy Cat [George Chance (The Green Ghost)] · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · na 57 · Murder in the Nursery · Ted Coughlan · ss 65 · Happy Birthday · Stewart Toland · ss 68 · Exchange Ship Murders · Norman A. Daniels · nv; given as “The Exchange Ship Murders” on the cover. 86 · Rat Bait · John L. Benton · ss 89 · The Silent Saboteur · Frank J. Wilson · ar 95 · Death Tramps the Ramp · Ted Stratton · ss

Thrilling Mystery [v20 #3, June 1943] (10¢, pulp) 13 · The House of Fear · Frank Johnson · na 48 · Mansion of the Missing · John L. Benton · ss 55 · The Silent Parrot · W. H. Pears · ss 62 · Close to a Corpse · C. K. M. Scanlon (by Donald Bayne Hobart) · ss 67 · With This Gun · William C. Harrison · ss 72 · The Case of the Bachelor’s Bones [George Chance (The Green Ghost)] · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · nv

Thrilling Mystery [v21 #1, Fall 1943] (10¢, pulp) 15 · The Case of the Broken Broom [George Chance (The Green Ghost)] · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · na 51 · Suspicion · Allan K. Echols · ss 54 · Murder’s Birth Certificate · Dale Clark · nv 68 · Little Hangman · Laurence Donovan · ss 75 · Have a Cigar · Lansing Stebbins · ss 80 · The Night Was Dark · J. Lane Linklater · ss The Best Bargain in History · R. P. Tristram Coffin · ar

Thrilling Mystery [v21 #2, Winter 1943] (10¢, pulp) 15 · Dead Man’s Hand · William Campbell Gault · nv 40 · The Cat and the Fiddle · Owen Fox Jerome · ss 46 · The Case of the Evil Eye [George Chance (The Green Ghost)] · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · nv 67 · Rats Are Smart · Robert Wallace · vi 68 · Without Error · Ray Cummings · ss 78 · The Corpse That Played Dead · A. Boyd Correll · ss

Thrilling Mystery [v21 #3, Spring 1944] (10¢, pulp) 11 · The Stones in the Script · Sam Merwin, Jr. · nv 41 · The Brine of Good Luck · Tom Marvin · ss 51 · Tell a Tale of Murder · Samuel Mines · ss 54 · Murder on Delivery · Lee E. Wells · nv 68 · Death Goes Fishing · Laurence Donovan · ss 79 · Too Hot for Murder · J. Lane Linklater · ss

Thrilling Mystery [v22 #1, Summer 1944] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 82pp, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 9 · Mystery-Scopes · Chakra · cl 11 · The Jabberwocky Murders · Fredric Brown · nv 30 · Death Draws a Full House [Unofficial Jones] · Lee Fredericks · nv 41 · Murder Fist · Norman A. Daniels · ss 50 · They Picked a Sucker · William Morrison · ss 59 · Fatal Music · C. K. M. Scanlon · ss 62 · Married to Murder · Samuel Mines · ar 65 · Underground Guns · Frank Johnson · ss 74 · At a Special Price · H. I. Phillips · ms

Thrilling Mystery [v22 #2, Fall 1944] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 11 · Monarchs of Murder [Rex Parker (The Masked Detective)] · C. K. M. Scanlon (by Sam Merwin, Jr.) · na 48 · Death Is a Vampire · Robert Bloch · ss 59 · Murder After Lunch [Mugs Kelly] · Donald Bayne Hobart · ss 62 · The Killer Was Careful · John X. Brown · ss 65 · The Spell of Death · A. Boyd Correll · ss 76 · Mystery-Scopes · Chakra · cl

Thrilling Mystery Novel Magazine Title changed from Thrilling Mystery. Publishers: Better Publications, Inc.; New York: Thrilling Mystery Novel Magazine

Thrilling Mystery Novel Magazine [v22 #3, Winter 1945] (Better Publications, Inc., 15¢, 96pp, pulp, cover by Rudolph Belarski) Given as v22 #2 in the Table of Contents. 6 · The Line-Up · [The Editor] · cl 11 · The Delicate Ape · Dorothy B. Hughes · n. Duell, Sloane, Pearce 1944 76 · Death Is No Amateur! · James Donnelly · ss 88 · The Man Who Knew · Sam Merwin, Jr. · ss

Thrilling Mystery Novel Magazine [v23 #1, Spring 1945] (15¢, pulp, cover by Rudolph Belarski) The Evil Star · John Spain · n. Dutton 1944 Cold Weather for Killing · Donald Bayne Hobart · ss Stingray · Barry Perowne · ss Here Comes the Corpse · Sam Merwin, Jr. · ss

Thrilling Mystery Novel Magazine [v23 #2, Summer 1945] (15¢, pulp) 11 · The Whistling Hangman [Capt. Duncan Maclain] · Baynard Kendrick · n. Doubleday 1937 75 · Murder Is No Accident · Frank Johnson · ss 83 · Death Chair · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss

Thrilling Mystery Novel Magazine [v23 #3, Fall 1945] (Standard/Thrilling Publications, 15¢, 98pp, pulp) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 6 · The Line-Up · [The Editor] · cl 11 · Rim of the Pit [Rogan Kincaid] · Hake Talbot · n. Simon & Schuster 1944; illustrated by Joseph Farren & Hake Talbot 75 · Share the Ride · Nat Foster Holmes · ss 78 · Mrs. Moncrief’s Flats · Allan K. Echols · ss 83 · See You in the Morgue · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss

Thrilling Mystery Novel Magazine [v24 #1, November 1945] (15¢, pulp, cover by Rudolph Belarski) 11 · Wall of Eyes · Margaret Millar · n. Random House 1943 77 · Mr. Witherspoon Breaks a Law · Allan K. Echols · ss 79 · Murder Sends a Souvenir · Wayland Rice (by Norman A. Daniels) · ss