
cover art by William Reusswig
T.T. Flynn, “Torture Tavern” (Val Easton vs. Black Doctor)
Ralph Oppenheim, “The Death Lady” (Glen Kelsey, PI)
Frederick Nebel, “Scrambled Murder” (Cardigan)
Edward Parrish Ware, “The Gallows Cure”

cover art by William Reusswig
T.T. Flynn, “Torture Tavern” (Val Easton vs. Black Doctor)
Ralph Oppenheim, “The Death Lady” (Glen Kelsey, PI)
Frederick Nebel, “Scrambled Murder” (Cardigan)
Edward Parrish Ware, “The Gallows Cure”

April 1933 issue
cover art by William Reusswig
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T.T. Flynn, “Five Doomed Men” (Larry Davenport)
Erle Stanley Gardner, “Death’s Doorway” (Phil ‘Go Get ‘Em’ Garver)
Frederick Nebel, “Heir to Murder” (Cardigan)
Fred MacIsaac, “Alias Mr. Smith” (Rambler Murphy)

cover art by William Reusswig
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Frederick Nebel, “Murder & Co.” (Cardigan)
Frederick C. Davis, “Carrion Cargo” (Eliot Knox)
Erle Stanley Gardner, “Snatch as Snatch Can” (Paul Pry)
Ralph Oppenheim, “Brand of the Beast” (Glen Kelsey, PI)


May 1, 1934 issue
cover art by John Howitt
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“Read ‘Em and Weep” (Cardigan) by Frederick Nebel
“The Smoking Corpse” (Edward Delane, lawyer) by Erle Stanley Gardner
“The Duchess of Death” (Jones & Jones) by Maxwell Hawkins
“Hot Money” (Johnny Cass) by R.D. Torrey
“Zero Hour” (Willy Hansen) by Anson Hatch
also includes letter from Carroll John Daly announcing new radio program featuring his character Vee Brown

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cover art by William Reusswig
Erle Stanley Gardner, “The Hand of Horror” (Reed Sampsell)
Frederick Nebel, “Chains of Darkness” (Cardigan)
Frederick C. Davis, “Dead Men Walk” (Det. Lt. Bartholomew Brandt)
Richard J. Credicott, “The Ghoul of Murder Manor”

December 1931 – second issue
cover art by William Reusswig
T.T. Flynn, “The Revel of Death” (Jim Reilly)
J. Allan Dunn, “The Phantom of the Porthole” (Det. Sheldon)
Frederick Nebel, “Hell’s Pay Check” (Cardigan)
Erle Stanley Gardner, “Make it Snappy” (Ed May)
Maxwell Hawkins, “The Corpse in Row 2″ (Det. Sgt. Tim Gregg)
photo and profile of Nebel appear on pg. 122

May 1, 1933 issue
cover art by William Reusswig
T.T. Flynn, “The House of Vanishing Men” (Jerry Prince)
Frederick Nebel, “Dead Man’s Folly” (Cardigan)
George Allan Moffatt, “The Crimson Heart Murders” (Jim Finn)
Westmoreland Gray, “The Cowled Horror” (Colin Windsor)
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December 15, 1934 issue
cover art by Walter Baumhofer
Frederick Nebel, “Leave it to Cardigan”
Erle Stanley Gardner, “Suicide House” (Small, Weston & Burke)
T.T. Flynn, “The Red Wizard” (Izzy O’Shea)
Carroll John Daly, “Excuse to Kill” (Clay Holt)
Donald Barr Chidsey, “Model T”
W.W. Van Dale, “Old Alibi” (Dave Anderson)
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June 1, 1935 issue
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cover art by Walter Baumhofer
Frederick Nebel, “A Couple of Quick Ones” (Cardigan)
Preston Grady, “Dead Man’s Chest” (Ross Paget)
John K. Butler, “The Corpse Parade” (Rex Lonergran)
John Lawrence, “Dangerous Dollars” (Cass Blue)
Richard Howells Watkins, “Hell’s Half Mile”