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Back in 2013, our tumblr site was started and ran until 2018, when they decided it was too "adult" - too lurid, supposedly. We followed the exodus to newtumbl and four years of dedication vanished in June of 2023. That work was not only new posts but upgrades of hundreds of old tumblr posts as well. So far, there has been no way to rescue those posts, so this will be the third version of this project. And, I'll warn you in advance, I may slip in covers that are not crime or mystery but just because I like the artwork. Enjoy!

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Category: true crime

February 1957

February 1957

include article by Harry Whittington

Posted on June 8, 2026May 18, 2026Categories magazine, true crimeTags harry whittington, pulp illustration, true police cases magazineLeave a comment on February 1957

September 1934 issue

September 1934

cover art by Delos Palmer?

Posted on June 8, 2026May 18, 2026Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags startling detective adventuresLeave a comment on September 1934 issue

Oct.-Nov. 1947, debut issue – cover art by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon

Oct.-Nov. 1947, debut issue

cover art by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon

Posted on June 6, 2026May 15, 2026Categories canadian pulp, true crimeTags electric chair, jack kirby, joe simon, justice traps the guiltyLeave a comment on Oct.-Nov. 1947, debut issue – cover art by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon

bullet holes

Law student Mlle Christiane Poignet sits by a bullet splintered window in a Paris café, 1944

Photo by Lee Miller

Posted on June 5, 2026May 14, 2026Categories true crimeTags bullet holesLeave a comment on bullet holes

March 1936 issue ~ cover art by Clyde Prettyman

March 1936

cover art by Clyde Prettyman

Posted on June 5, 2026May 14, 2026Categories magazine, pulp, true crimeTags american detective fact cases, blood trail, bullet hole, clyde prettymanLeave a comment on March 1936 issue ~ cover art by Clyde Prettyman

December 1932 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

December 1932

cover art by Delos Palmer

Posted on June 2, 2026May 14, 2026Categories Hardboiled, magazine, original art, pulp, true crimeTags delos palmer, master detective magazine, spokane true crimeLeave a comment on December 1932 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

March 1940 issue

March 1940

Posted on June 2, 2026May 14, 2026Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags crime detective magazineLeave a comment on March 1940 issue

December 1928 issue ~ cover art by Andrew Bensen

December 1928

cover art by Andrew Bensen

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 31, 2026May 14, 2026Categories crime fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, true crimeTags andrew bensen, ferrin l. fraser, real detective tales and mystery storiesLeave a comment on December 1928 issue ~ cover art by Andrew Bensen

1949 Handi-Book digest

1949 Handi-Book

January 19, 2014

Posted on May 26, 2026May 1, 2026Categories digest, pulp, true crimeTags charles boswell, handi-book paperbackLeave a comment on 1949 Handi-Book digest

June 1966 issue

June 1966

Posted on May 25, 2026May 1, 2026Categories magazine, true crimeTags clown, official detective stories, woman with a gunLeave a comment on June 1966 issue

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