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True Detective [v42 #2, May 1944] ed. John Shuttleworth (Macfadden Publications, Inc., 20¢, 112pp+, 8½" x 11")
Details supplied by John Locke.

40 · Seance Undercover · Joseph Dunninger & Walter B. Gibson · ar

True Detective [v61 #6, October 1954] ed. R. F. Buse (TD Publishing Corp., 30¢, 98pp, quarto, cover by Lu Kimmel)

6 · Back Talk · [The Readers] · lc
8 · Case File · Anon. · ms
10 · Do You Know This Man? · Anon. · ms
12 · Murder-Minded Lawyer of Lake Wales · Ray Brennan · ts
16 · Blonde, Silent and Slain · T. D. Metz · ts
20 · Women Who Walked the Last Mile: She Killed with Ease · R. J. Gerrard · ts
22 · The Strangler Strikes at Midnight · R. D. Kingslyn · ar
27 · New Shackles for Old · Randle McKay · ts; illustrated by Jack Sale
28 · One-Man Graveyard · George K. Wynne · ts
32 · Dewey—Gangbuster to Governor · Carlos Lane · ar
36 · Edith had Too Many Secrets · George Vedder Jones · ts
41 · Lugs and Slugs · A. MacCord · ms
42 · You Die First · Robert Randall · ts
46 · The Girl Nobody Knew · C. L. Lamson · ts
50 · The Swim of Death · Pat Clausen · ts
54 · Daughter’s Revenge · D. L. Champion · ts
62 · TD Line-Up · Anon. · ms
67 · Judge’s Dilemma · K. Richardson · ms
84 · Dan Murphy, Hero · Barton D. Jenkins · ms

True Detective Cases from Police Files (about)

True Detective Cases from Police Files [v3 #4, March 1957] ed. Abner J. Sundell (Brookside Enterprises, 25¢, 74pp, quarto)

6 · Shield of Valor: Gun at His Head · Patrolman Martin D. Lynch · ar
10 · University of Idaho’s Torch of Terror · Jack Edison · ts
12 · Dismantle a Man · Richard Cooper · ts
16 · A Dame, a Drug-and Death · Victor Preston · ts
20 · Red Lights Never Go Out · Willa Diesel · ar
24 · Murder in the Nude · George Nichols · ts
28 · She Ordered Him Dead · John Winston · ts
32 · A Switchblade for Sally · Scott Mowery · ts
36 · Mount My Head on a Wall · Jerome Green · ar
40 · Don’t Walk the Dark Street · Polly Blanchard · ts

True Detective Mysteries (about)

True Detective Mysteries [May 1925]
Details supplied by Mike Ward.

The Mystery of the $20,000 Phone Call · James A. Stapp · ar
Chained to a Tree · Detective Dan Donaldson · ar
The Man Who Stole His Mother · Travis Hoke · ss

True Detective Mysteries [June 1925]
Details supplied by Mike Ward.

The Great Trunk Mystery · Inspector Goltz · ts; of the Portland, Oregon Police Force.
Who Killed Mary Riddel? · Harry Moss · ts; of the Brooklyn Standard Union.
The Crime Without Clues · H. P. Wunderling · ts; Former Chief Inspector of the Bureau of Investigation, Canadian Pacific Railway.

True Detective Mysteries [October 1925]
Details supplied by Mike Ward.

The Woman with a Thousand Fingers · Cyrus Chapin · ar; Expert Criminologist.
Why I Killed My Twenty-Two Wives · “Bluebeard” Watson · te; confession.
The Shot That Came Out of the Night · Charles J. Sullivan · ts
The Famous Duke Mansion Mystery · Attorney Barry de Burge · ts
Plotted in the Dark · Preston Langley Hickey · ts
My Tussle with the King of Forgers · Charles F. Robb · te

True Detective Mysteries [November 1925]
Details supplied by Mike Ward.

How Can I Protect Myself? · George Wm. Wilder · ed
The Mystery of the Blue Car [Insp. Mitchell] · Natalie Sumner Lincoln · nv Your Car: A Magazine of Romance, Fact and Fiction May 1925 (+ )
Talking Needles · A. L. H. Bucklin · ts
The Man Who Owned Manhattan Island · Detective J. R. Thompson & Mark Mellen · ss
I Killed Mike Rogavoy! · Anon. · ss
The Great Wall Street Bond Theft · Detective Alexander Heyward & Arthur Guy Empey · ss
Love Letters of Death · James Hay, Jr. · ss
Why I Killed My Twenty-Two Wives · “Bluebeard” Watson & H. Edwin Mootz · ar
The Skeleton in the Islip Woods · Detective William D. Roddy & Isabel Stephen · ss
My Life in the Underworld · The Daughter of a Confidence Man · ss
The Unknown Girl of the Night · Raymond Stone · ss
Phantom Riders of the Sea · Anon. · ss

True Detective Mysteries [v5 #3, June 1926] (New Metropolitan Fiction, Inc., 25¢, large)
Details supplied by John Locke from Table of Contents.

8 · Ghost Stories · [Misc.] · ms; ad for first issue.
17 · Root Out the Evil at Its Source · George William Wilder · ed
24 · The Capture of Chicago’s Dope Queen · Elizabeth Cleveland · ar
36 · I Was Hired to Clear a Murderer · Willis Belcher & Arthur Guy Empey · ar
44 · Why It Can Never Be Told · Howard Browne & Isabel Stephen · ar
48 · The Clue in the Coffin · Phillip O’Ryan & W. Adolphe Roberts · ar
60 · On the Trail of the Orloff Blue Diamond · Neil Jennings & Edwin A. Goewey · ar
Fighting Romances from the West and East · [Misc.] · ms

True Detective Mysteries [v5 #?, August 1926] (Macfadden, large)
partial contents. Details supplied by John Locke from Table of Contents.

Has the Terror Wave Affected You? · George William Wilder · ed
The Man Who Could Not Die · W. Adolphe Roberts · ar
He Tunneled His Way to Europe · Deputy Sheriff T. Jenkins Hains · ar
The Man Who Worked with Ether · Neil Jennings & Edwin A. Goewey · ar

True Detective Mysteries [v12 #2, November 1929] (New Metropolitan Fiction, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, cover by R. A. Cameron)

6 · This Month’s Contributors · Anon. · bg
10 · The “Agent” from Hong Kong · Uthai Vincent Wilcox · tc
12 · The Death Secret of Lovers’ Dell · Zeta Rothschild · tc
17 · The Law and Democracy · Charles H. Tuttle · ar
18 · The Strange Case of Frances St. John Smith · Lowell Ames Norris · tc
25 · How I Solved the Infamous Greenwaldt Mystery · A. M. Thompson · tc
28 · Stalking the “Tiger Girl” of Los Angeles · Dolores Delgado · tc
32 · The Unmasking of “Mysterious Mrs. X” · Isabel Stephen · tc
35 · What Happened to Leighton Mount? · Merlin Moore Taylor · tc
40 · The Real Truth about Chapman—America’s “Super-Bandit” · David Lindsay · tc
45 · The “Red Rose” Murder · D. L. Michel · tc
52 · What It Means to Be Police Commissioner of New York · Joan Brand · ar
55 · The Clue of the Gray Hat · Homer G. Wells · tc
56 · The Riddle of the Secret Closet · Burton Bassett · tc
62 · Dope—Scourge of the Underworld · Frank Donohue · tc

True Detective Mysteries [v31 #6, March 1939]
Details supplied by Sharon Eisenberg.

5 · The Police and the Press · Fulton Oursler · tc
7 · Coster’s Phantom Millions · Alan Hynd · tc
10 · Missing Girls · Mrs. Kathlyn Sullivan (as told to Alfred Prather) · tc
17 · Robot Slayer · Deputy Sheriff Michael L. Kelley (as told to Jack Martin & Floyd F. Russell) · tc
22 · Death on the Dunes · Francis V. Roberts · tc
28 · Behind the Scenes with the United States Secret Service · Richard Hirsch · tc
32 · On the Trail with the North West Mounted · Philip H. Godsell, F.R.G.S. · tc
38 · When Bandits Strike · Michael Stern · tc
46 · Clue of the “Golden Horse” · E. McLeary Baird · tc
50 · Smashing New York’s “Secret Six” [Part 2 of ?] · Hubert Dail · tc
56 · “The Penalty Is Death!” · A. C. Witfers · tc
62 · Personalities in Law Enforcement · Raymond Ruddy · tc
63 · Contraband! · Melvin Hanks · tc
81 · Truth Serum Saved Me · Reuel Kemberling-Blake · tc
82 · How We Trapped the Kansas Killers · W. O. Lyle · tc
85 · Camera Trap · Captain of Detectives John Taylor · tc
88 · “I Teach School Children the Penalties of Crime” · Alan Fraser · tc
90 · Lawlessness—A National Menace · J. Edgar Hoover · ar

True Detective Mysteries [v34 #6, September 1940]
Details supplied by Sharon Eisenberg.

4 · Diamond Buccaneers [Part 1 of ?] · Michael Stern · tc
10 · Philandering Parson and the Flaming Crypt · Bruce Nelson · tc
14 · One Key and a Thousand Doors · Lloyd Llewell · tc
20 · Abducted Vengeance · Nigel Trask · tc
24 · Boomerang Blonde · George Courson · tc
28 · Tapped Millions · Spencer Webster · tc
33 · Glass Coffins and the Pious Crook · Avery Hale · tc
36 · Hurricane Raiders and the Kidnaped Beauty · Charles Courtney · tc
42 · Off-Stage Riddle of the Borrowed Bridegroom · Seth Bailey · tc
48 · Grand Slam in Murder · Richard Hirsch · tc
52 · Torrio “The Immune” · William Mangil · tc
56 · Bigamist “Lord” and the Lost Brides (Part II) · Alan Hynd · tc
62 · Border Boss-The Saga of Captain John R. Hughes, Texas Ranger [Part last of ?] · Paul Havens · tc
65 · Washington Headquarters · Willard Mann · tc
68 · Personalities in Law Enforcement · Virgil E. LaMarre · tc
70 · Trapped After Five Years · Edmond Van Tyne · tc
71 · True Detective Valor Award - Captain Richard A. Fennelly · [Misc.] · ms
72 · Prison Without Bars · Angus McLeod · tc
74 · Phantom Prowler and the Invisible Eye · Lowell Ames Norris · tc

True Detective Mysteries [v35 #2, November 1940]
Details supplied by Sharon Eisenberg.

4 · Ring Passion · Virgil E. LaMarre · tc
10 · Beauty Killer · Seth Bailey · tc
14 · Slayers on the Spot · T. D. Metz · tc
20 · Dynamite Dollars · William Mangil · tc
24 · Honest Ep and the Platinum Wildcat · Avery Hale · tc
28 · Postmarked for Prison · Richard Hirsch · tc
33 · With the Pinkertons Through the Labyrinth of Death · Alan Hynd · tc
38 · Felon’s Fangs · J. Howard Garnish · tc
44 · Case of the Hooded Three · George Courson · tc
48 · Fatal Fantasies of the Canting Housekeeper · M. L. Forgy · tc
54 · Five Faces to Doom · M. K. Arnold · tc
60 · Diamond Buccaneers [Part 3 of ?] · Michael Stern · tc
65 · Washington Headquarters · Willard Mann · tc
66 · Elusive Diplomat and the King of Crime [Part 2 of ?] · Georges Corbot · tc
70 · Arkansas Mobilized! · Carl E. Bailey · tc
72 · Hot Money · Fred Stanton · tc
78 · Putting Teeth in the Law · Herbert Jones · tc

True Detective Mysteries [v35 #3, December 1940]
Details supplied by Sharon Eisenberg.

4 · Crimson Hand in Trotsky’s Murder · Willard Mann · tc
10 · Wolf of the Midnight Roses · T. D. Metz · tc
12 · Snatched! · Edmond Van Tyne · tc
14 · In the Hinges of Hell! · Fatso Negri, Ex-Mobster · tc
20 · Evidence in Error · Ed. Harlan Gibson · tc
26 · Holocaust House · Francis C. Preston · tc
30 · Postmarked for Prison · Richard Hirsch · tc
33 · Swath of the Cyclone Raiders · George Courson · tc
36 · Underworld Avenger · Joseph Larimore · tc
38 · Queen of the Deadly Drones · Harold Heroux · tc
44 · Ambitious Beauty and the Lying Cavalier · Nigel Trask · tc
50 · Billionaire Brigand · Avery Hale · tc
56 · Elusive Diplomat and the King of Crime [Part 3 of ?] · Georges Corbot · tc
60 · With the Pinkertons on the Case of the Whistling Clue · Alan Hynd · tc
65 · The More Important Half · Major John A. Warner · tc
66 · Diamond Buccaneers [Part 4 of ?] · Michael Stern · tc
Twisted Innocence · Robert Random · tc
70 · Take Away the Mouthpiece · J. E. Russell · tc

True Experiences: (about)

True Experiences

True Experiences [November 1926]
Incomplete details taken from Copyright Renewal Records.

Need Contents
Such Is Life · Arnold Fountain · ??

True Experiences [December 1926]
Incomplete details taken from Copyright Renewal Records.

Need Contents
The Virgin Wife [Part 1 of 5] · Arnold Fountain · ts

True Experiences [January 1927]
Incomplete details taken from Copyright Renewal Records.

Need Contents
The Virgin Wife [Part 2 of 5] · Arnold Fountain · ts

True Experiences [February 1927]
Incomplete details taken from Copyright Renewal Records.

Need Contents
The Virgin Wife [Part 3 of 5] · Arnold Fountain · ts

True Experiences [March 1927]
Incomplete details taken from Copyright Renewal Records.

Need Contents
The Virgin Wife [Part 4 of 5] · Arnold Fountain · ts

True Experiences [April 1927]
Incomplete details taken from Copyright Renewal Records.

Need Contents
The Virgin Wife [Part 5 of 5] · Arnold Fountain · ts

True Experiences [v40 #5, April 1946] ed. Ruth L. Baer (Macfadden Publications, 15¢, 118pp, quarto)

fc. · [photo] · Bert Six · cv
3 · Fashion Forecast · [Misc.] · cl
4 · Easter, 1946 · Ann Morland · ms
7 · Bridal Memories · Martha Wentworth · ms
8 · Health Hints: Children’s Teeth · Helen Richardson · cl
12 · Life’s Little Comedies · [Misc.] · hu
14 · The Handy Man · [Misc.] · cl
16 · Decoratively Speaking · Lear Bradley · cl
17 · Savings Bonds Are Here to Stay · Anon. · ms
19 · Listen and Remember, Beloved · Anon. · ts
24 · Fiesta Time Is Lovetime · Anon. · ts
28 · Carousel—The Story of an Unforgettable Ride · Anon. · ts
32 · Hour of Enchantment—About Two Who Found It [Part ? of ?] · Anon. · sl
36 · Angel of the Airwaves · Anon. · ts
40 · A Handshake—A Kiss—A Promise · Anon. · ts
44 · Tears Are for the Young · Anon. · ts
48 · Love Comes In on Golden Wings [Part ? of ?] · Anon. · sl
51 · Meet the Boss of My Heart · Anon. · ts

True Experiences [v42 #3, February 1947] ed. Ruth Lear Baer (Macfadden Publications, 15¢, 106pp, quarto, cover by L. Willinger-Shostal)

3 · The Seeing Eye · [Misc.] · ms
4 · The Handy Man · [Misc.] · cl
6 · Brush-Up Brush-Off · Mary Jane Fulton · ms
8 · Decoratively Speaking · Lear Bradley · cl
10 · Fashion Forecast · [Misc.] · ms
12 · Tune-in Talk · [Misc.] · ms
14 · Humanizing the Classics: Johan Sibelius · Fred J. Renner · cl
16 · Wintertime Buffet Supper · Ann Morland · ms
18 · Threading the Needle · [Misc.] · ms
21 · A Thousand Reasons for Love · Anon. · ts
24 · So Long, Lullaby Joe · Anon. · ts; illustrated by Stuart Hamilton
26 · Date of the Decade · Anon. · ts
30 · Tempest in the Town [Part ? of ?] · Anon. · sl
34 · Lady in Distress · Anon. · ts; illustrated by Stuart Hamilton
38 · The Hours Between Heartbreak · Anon. · ts
42 · Strictly for Romance · Anon. · ts
46 · Miss Prim and Proper · Anon. · ts
50 · Looking Ahead for 1947 · Norvell · ms
53 · Glamour-Boy Doctor · Anon. · ts
67 · Journey’s End for My Heart [Part ? of ?] · Anon. · sl

True Experience
Title changed from True Experiences.

True Experience [v44 #1, December 1947] ed. Ruth Lear Baer (Macfadden Publications, 15¢, 84pp, quarto, cover by L. Willinger-Shostal)

4 · The Foxes of Harrow · Brad Roswell · mr
6 · Lockwood on Looks · Mary Jane Fulton · ms
8 · Feminine Fads and Fancies · [Misc.] · ms
10 · Day After Christmas · Ann Morland · ms
11 · The Handy Man · Jack Creamer · cl
12 · Now We Ask You · [Misc.] · ms
14 · Tune-in Talk · Jock Stark · cl
15 · Disc Jockey of the Month · Martin Leonard · ms
16 · Fashion Merry-go-round · Lear Bradley · ms
19 · The Grim Parade · Anon. · ts; illustrated by Jack Floherty
22 · The Language of Flowers · Alice Phoebe Eldridge · ar
24 · Moonlight in Havana · Anon. · ts; illustrated by Cliff Young
27 · Camera Tricks · George Salkin · ms
28 · Your Love Was the Sea · Anon. · ts; illustrated by Frank Vaughn
31 · Truth Quiz · P. K. Thomajan · qz
32 · Do You Believe in Miracles? · Isabel Stephen · ar
35 · Nature’s Crosses · Anon. · ms
36 · The Tea Party · Anon. · ts; illustrated by Bob Hilbert
38 · Ball of Fire · Anon. · ts; illustrated by Kolada
40 · Hut Dwellers · Anon. · ms
41 · Ragtag Rogue · Anon. · ts; illustrated by B. Barton
43 · Horse Doctor · Anon. · ms
44 · You Who Pass · Anon. · ts
46 · Curtain Time · Anon. · ts
47 · The Signal · Anon. · ts
48 · Hard-Boiled · Anon. · ts
50 · The Invisible Spouse · Anon. · ts
51 · Baby Sitter · Anon. · ms
52 · Rebound · Anon. · ts
54 · Games and Puzzles · Walter B. Gibson · pz

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