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Detective Tales [v3 #4, February 1924] (25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp)
Details supplied by David W. Smith.

The Frame-Up · Edwin MacLaren · ss
Who’s a Crook? · Marie Coolidge Rask · ss
Quick Work · Warren Kimsey · ss
The Chain of Evidence [Part 1 of 4] · Walter L. Earnshaw · sl
Modest Terry · Carroll John Daly · ss
The Ogontz Case · Richard A. Martinsen · ss
The Yellow Streak · St. George Rathborne · ss
Partners in Crime [Part 2 of 3] · Oscar Schisgall · sl
The Washington Nights’ Entertainment No. 2, The Queen of Hearts [Major Sturdevant] · Seabury Quinn · ss
Sausages · Richard H. Hart · ss
Enigmas of Crime · C. P. Oliver · cl
The Inspector’s Tales · Henry S. Morgan · ss
Midnight Oil · B. E. Brigman · cl
Fingerprints · Detective John O’Keefe · cl
A Chat with the Chief · [The Editor] · cl

Detective Tales [v4 #1, March 1924] (25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp)

The Brookhaven Heirloom · Thomas Ripley · ss
Secret Service · Harold Ward · ss
Sealed Exits [Part 1 of 2] · Paul M. Bryan · sl
East Isn’t West · E. D. Torgerson · ss
The Chain of Evidence [Part 2 of 4] · Walter L. Earnshaw · sl
The Brunt Affair · Richard A. Martinsen · ss
Who’s a Crook? · Marie Coolidge Rask · ss
The Enigma of the Purple Death · V. Kent Meader · ss
Partners in Crime [Part 3 of 3] · Oscar Schisgall · sl
The Washington Nights’ Entertainment No. 3, Pale Hands [Major Sturdevant] · Seabury Quinn · ss; possibly in April 1924 issue.

Detective Tales [v4 #2, April 1924] (25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp)

The Millsboro Horror [Part 1 of 2] · Stanley G. Thompson · sl
The Murder at Bascom Hill · Irvin Mattick · ss
The Lawbreaker · Allan Cordell · ss
The Jeweled Pin · Mrs. Harry Pugh Smith · ss
Destination Unknown · Richard A. Martinsen · ss
Silent Death · Seymour Ferris · ss
The Teeth · G. Frederick Montefiore · ss; possibly by G. Frederick Montefrail.
The Chain of Evidence [Part 3 of 4] · Walter L. Earnshaw · sl
Sealed Exits [Part 2 of 2] · Paul M. Bryan · sl
Black Out and Blackmail · Anon. · ss
The Inspector’s Tales · Henry S. Morgan · ss
The Hotel Detective · Marie C. Rask · ss

Real Detective Tales
Title changed from Detective Tales.

Publishers:

Rural Publishing Corp.; 854 N. Clark Street, Chicago, IL: Real Detective Tales, May 1924.
Real Detective Tales, Inc.; 800 N. Clark Street, Chicago, IL: Real Detective Tales, Jun 1924 – Dec 1924.

Editors:

Edwin Baird - Editor: Real Detective Tales

Real Detective Tales [v4 #3, May 1924] (25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

3 · The Lacquer Dressing Case [Part 1 of ?] · Edna Seward · sl
14 · The Thumb Verdict · Otis Adelbert Kline · ss
17 · The Football of Fate · Harold Ward · ss
19 · The Voice in the Air · Sylvia Blair · ss
37 · The River · Charles Hilan Craig · ss
42 · The Man Lower Down · Edwin Dial Torgerson · ss
51 · The Washington Nights’ Entertainment No. 4, The Death-Dance [Major Sturdevant] · Seabury Quinn · ss
55 · Through Dead Ears · Frederick C. Davis · ss
59 · A Dead Man Tells · Merlin Moore Taylor · ss
62 · The Millsboro Horror [Part 2 of 2] · Stanley G. Thompson · sl
67 · The Sword of Death · Marshal South · ss
71 · The Chain of Evidence [Part 4 of 4] · Walter L. Earnshaw · sl
75 · His Part in Life · William M. Myers · vi
76 · The Fact Finder · Marx G. Sabel · ss
81 · The Flaw · Harry Adler · ss
85 · Midnight Oil · B. E. Brigman · cl
88 · Fingerprints · Detective John O’Keefe · cl
89 · A Chat with the Chief · [The Editor] · cl

Real Detective Tales [v4 #4, June 1924] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp)
Details supplied by Rob Preston.

5 · The House Without a Door · Hamilton Craigie · ss
9 · The Spot Light · Ernest L. Thurston · ss
15 · The Washington Nights’ Entertainment No. 5, The Bride of Siva [Major Sturdevant] · Seabury Quinn · ss
19 · Jiggered · Thomas J. Malone · ss
24 · Egan’s Hardest Case · Maurice Coons · ss
27 · The Cat · Sewell Peaslee Wright · ss The Detective Magazine Jan 18 1924
32 · The Lacquer Dressing Case [Part 2 of ?] · Edna Bell Seward · sl
36 · Done in Oil · Harold Ward · ss
39 · The Red Wolves · Richard H. Hart · ss
44 · The Red Death · George Warburton Lewis · ss
53 · Boomerang! · Edward Parrish Ware · ss
55 · The Silver Lily · Elliot Bailey · ss
59 · The Broadcast Clue · Charles T. Jordan · ss
78 · Fingerprints · John O’Keefe · cl
81 · A Chat with the Chief · [The Editor] · cl

Real Detective Tales [v5 #1, July 1924] (25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp)
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The Washington Nights’ Entertainment No. 6, The Tears of Buddha [Major Sturdevant] · Seabury Quinn · ss

Real Detective Tales [v5 #2, August 1924] (25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp)
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The Washington Nights’ Entertainment No. 7, Roses of Remembrance [Major Sturdevant] · Seabury Quinn · ss

Real Detective Tales [v5 #3, September-October 1924] (25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp)
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The Seventh Coffin · Otis Adelbert Kline · nv
The Washington Nights’ Entertainment No. 8, The Shrine of Seven Lamps [Major Sturdevant] · Seabury Quinn · ss

Real Detective Tales [v5 #4, November 1924] (25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp)

The Washington Nights’ Entertainment No. 9, Voodoo [Major Sturdevant] · Seabury Quinn · ss
Action on the Avenue · Julian Kilman · ss
Blue Glass · Nels Leroy Jorgensen · ss
The Bullets Flight · Eric Howard · ss
The Kiss of Judas · Francis D. Grierson · ss
A Night Off · Sewell Peaslee Wright · ss
Wanted by Scotland Yard [Part 1 of 2] · Oscar Schisgall · sl
Fingerprints [Part 1 of 4] · Hunter Stinson · sl

Real Detective Tales [v6 #1, December 1924] (25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp)
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The Man in the Scarlet Mask · Otis Adelbert Kline · nv
The Three-Sided Clue [Part 1 of 2] · Merlin Moore Taylor · sl
Wanted by Scotland Yard [Part 2 of 2] · Oscar Schisgall · sl
Fingerprints [Part 2 of 4] · Hunter Stinson · sl
The Washington Nights’ Entertainment No. 10, The Kiss of Madagascar [Major Sturdevant] · Seabury Quinn · ss
[unknown story] · Eric Howard · ss
[unknown story] · Stanley Walker · ss
[unknown story] · Laurie McClintock & Culpeper Chunn · ss
[unknown story] · Richard H. Hart · ss

Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories
Title changed from Real Detective Tales.

Publishers:

Real Detective Tales, Inc.; 800 N. Clark Street, Chicago, IL; and later at 1050 N. LaSalle Street, Chicago, IL: Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories

Editors:

Edwin Baird - Editor: Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories

Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories [v6 #2, January 1925] (25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp)

The Washington Nights’ Entertainment No. 11, The Vengeance of the Camorra [Major Sturdevant] · Seabury Quinn · ss
The Black Tarantula · Sewell Peaslee Wright · na
Dynamite · Stanley Walker · ss
The Flaming Skull · Laurie McClintock & Culpeper Chunn · ss
Tales from Scotland Yard · Francis D. Grierson · ss
Master of Silence [Part 1 of 2] · Arthur J. Burks · sl
The Three-Sided Clue [Part 2 of 2] · Merlin Moore Taylor · sl
Fingerprints [Part 3 of 4] · Hunter Stinson · sl

Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories [v6 #3, February 1925] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Enrico Tomaso)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · Hairy Death [Part 1 of 2] · Ben Lucien Burman · sl
16 · The Washington Nights’ Entertainment No. 12, Phantom Footsteps [Major Sturdevant] · Seabury Quinn · ss
25 · Told in the Night · Charles H. Gabriel, Jr. · ss
33 · Cherry Pits · Stanley Walker · ss
39 · The Adventures of Addison Wing · Eric Howard · ss
44 · Threads of Guilt · Maurice Coons · nv
58 · Master of Silence [Part 2 of 2] · Arthur J. Burks · sl
62 · Fingerprints [Part 4 of 4] · Hunter Stinson · sl
66 · Midnight Oil—A Department of Cryptography · Feri Felix Weiss · cl
70 · What Your Penmanship Tells · M. N. Bunker · cl
73 · Fingerprints · Detective John O’Keefe · cl
76 · A Chat with the Chief · [The Editor] · cl

Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories [v6 #4, March 1925] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Enrico Tomaso)
Details supplied by Rob Preston.

6 · The Coffins of Wong Foo [Part 1 of 2] · Laurie McClintock & Culpeper Chunn · sl
33 · The Washington Nights’ Entertainment No. 13, Forged Fingerprints [Major Sturdevant] · Seabury Quinn · ss
40 · Unlucky Money · Lieut. Arthur J. Burks · ss
52 · Bad Penny · Royce Brier · ss
56 · The Girl in Yellow · Elliot Bailey · ss The Yellow Magazine Jun 2 1922
59 · All Paper Is Paper · Edwin M. Samson · ss
63 · Hairy Death [Part 2 of 2] · Ben Lucien Burman · sl
68 · Seasons for Crime · Charles F. Robb · ar
71 · Midnight Oil · Feri Felix Weiss · cl
74 · What Your Penmanship Tells · M. N. Bunker · cl
77 · Fingerprints · Detective John O’Keefe · cl
79 · A Chat with the Chief · [The Editor] · cl
88 · Witness for the Defunct · Florence M. Pettee · ss
92 · The Gentleman Bandit · Edward F. Medosch · ss

Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories [v7 #1, April 1925] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by R. James Stuart)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

9 · The Poisoner [Part 1 of 2] · Lieut. Arthur J. Burks · sl
16 · The Washington Nights’ Entertainment No. 14, The Curse of Midas [Major Sturdevant] · Seabury Quinn · ss
25 · Slippery Stevens · Eudora Ramsay Richardson · nv
32 · The Package with the Six Seals · Richard A. Martinsen · nv
41 · The Exploits of a French Detective · Richard H. Hart · ss
46 · Whispering Waves · Charles H. Gabriel, Jr. · nv
56 · The Deuce of Spades · Herbert L. McNary · ss
61 · A Scrap of Paper · Kenneth Duane Whipple · ss
65 · The Coffins of Wong Foo [Part 2 of 2] · Laurie McClintock & Culpeper Chunn · sl
72 · Midnight Oil—A Department of Cryptography · Feri Felix Weiss · cl
74 · What Your Penmanship Tells · M. N. Bunker · cl
76 · Fingerprints · Detective John O’Keefe · cl
79 · A Chat with the Chief · [The Editor] · cl
88 · The Railroad Detective · C. L. Holland · ss
90 · Trapped · William Sanford · ss

Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories [v7 #2, May 1925] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Fred J. Talbot)
Details supplied by Rob Preston.

6 · When Terror Gripped the World [Part 1 of 4] · Charles H. Gabriel, Jr. · sl
21 · The House of Thieves · Arnold Benton · ss
26 · The Man in the Gray Suit · Culpeper Chunn · ss
34 · The Washington Nights’ Entertainment No. 15, Flowers of Death [Major Sturdevant] · Seabury Quinn · ss
41 · The Thing in the Woods · Charles Horn · ss
47 · The Crawling Clue · Hamilton Craigie · ss
55 · The Secret of the Sealed Box · Sewell Peaslee Wright · ss
63 · The Third Shack East · Paul Deresco Augsburg · ss
69 · The Poisoner [Part 2 of 2] · Lieut. Arthur J. Burks · sl
72 · Midnight Oil · Feri Felix Weiss · cl
75 · What Your Penmanship Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl
77 · Fingerprints · Detective John O’Keefe · cl
79 · A Chat with the Chief · [The Editor] · cl
84 · A Chat with an Old Detective · H. Mills · ar
93 · The Private Detective · C. L. Holland · ar

Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories [v7 #3, June 1925] (25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by R. James Stuart)

Poison Island [Part 1 of 2] · Harry E. MacPherson · sl
The Four-Fingered Hand · J. Fortune Reade · ss
The Twisted Face · Stanley Walker · ss
The Strange Demise · Marx G. Sabel · ss
The Washington Nights’ Entertainment No. 16, With the Help of a Dead Man [Major Sturdevant] · Seabury Quinn · ss
Coffee for Two · Edwin M. Samson · ss
The Exploits of a French Detective · Richard H. Hart · ss

Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories [v7 #4, July 1925] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Fred I. Good)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

5 · The Sob Sister · [The Editor] · ed
6 · The Gila Men [Part 1 of 2] · Otis Adelbert Kline · sl
20 · The Voice at the Door · W. Adolphe Roberts · ss
26 · The House of the Curse · Lieut. Arthur J. Burks · nv
36 · When Terror Gripped the World [Part 2 of 4] · Charles H. Gabriel, Jr. · sl
49 · Tales from Scotland Yard · Francis D. Grierson · ss
55 · Poison Island [Part 2 of 2] · Harry E. MacPherson · sl
62 · The Washington Nights’ Entertainment No. 17, Ravished Shrines [Major Sturdevant] · Seabury Quinn · ss
71 · The Thing That Walked in the Night · Culpeper Chunn · ss
75 · What Your Penmanship Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl
77 · Fingerprints · Detective John O’Keefe · cl
79 · A Chat with the Chief · [The Editor] · cl

Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories [v8 #1, August-September 1925] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by R. James Stuart)
Details supplied by Rob Preston.

5 · Treat ’Em Rough · [The Editor] · ed
6 · The Skeleton of Warwick Manor [Part 1 of 2] · Maurice Coons · sl
19 · The Man Hunt · Sewell Peaslee Wright · ss
22 · The Purple Dragon · Arthur J. Burks · ss
34 · The Washington Nights’ Entertainment No. 18, The Masqueraders [Major Sturdevant] · Seabury Quinn · ss
42 · The Gila Men [Part 2 of 2] · Otis Adelbert Kline · sl
50 · Flashing Death · George Allan England · ss
56 · The Detective Agency · C. L. Holland · ar
58 · When Terror Gripped the World [Part 3 of 4] · Charles H. Gabriel, Jr. · sl
71 · Fingerprints · Detective John O’Keefe · cl
73 · What Your Penmanship Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl
75 · Midnight Oil · Andre De Berri, B.Sc. · cl
77 · A Chat with the Chief · [The Editor] · cl

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