September 1948 issue ~ cover art by Albert Drake

September 1948 issue

cover art by Albert Drake

Frederick C. Davis, “Man About Murder”

T.T. Flynn, “I’ll Bet Your Life!” (Mr. Maddox)

Robert Martin, “Doctor of Doom”

Richard Dermody, “Cupid for Cash” (Doc Pierce)

Dean Evans, “Dreams Get Blasted, Too”

Russell Branch, “A Corpse Had Cold Feet”

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September 1936 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

September 1936 issue

cover art by Tom Lovell

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Frederick C. Davis, “The Coming of the Mad Ones”

Paul Ernst, “Corpses in the Barn”

H.M. Appel, “We Are the Damned”

Clark Clayton, “Breakfast for the Dying”

Dale Clark, “Hounds of the Restless Dead”

Wayne Rogers, “Satan’s Slave Market”

August 1945 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

August 1945 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

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Peter Paige, “The Riddle of Pap Rio” (Cash Wale)

H.H. Stinson, “The Good-Murder Policy” (Pete Rousseau)

D.L. Champion, “One Killer Too Many” (Insp. Allhoff)

Frederick C. Davis, “All This and Homicide Too” (Sam Squire of the Drumm Agency)

December 1950 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

December 1950 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

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Hank Searls, “Auld Land Crime”

Richard F. Glendinning, “Sitting Duck Running Wild”

Frederick C. Davis, “Tune in on Murder” (Keyhole Kerry), reprinted from 1936

Mel Cotton, “Her Perfect Frame” (Shamus Buster)

Morris Cooper, “The Grave Killer”

Corretta Slavsky, “Checkmated!”

Robert Turner, “Slay, Maestro, Slay!”

February 15, 1935 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

February 15, 1935 issue

cover art by Walter Baumhofer

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Frederick C. Davis, “Blood from the Parrot” (Oke Oakley)

John  Lawrence, “The Barking Body” (Cass Blue)

T.T. Flynn, “House of Dread” (Jerry Prince)

William Edward Hayes, “Murder in the Private Car” (Det. Dan Howell)

Edward S. Williams, “Call It Suicide” (Det. Haldane)

June 15, 1935 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

June 15, 1935 issue

cover art by Walter Baumhofer

Frederick C. Davis, “The Green Ghoul” (Oke Oakley)

Donald Barr Chidsey, “The Scar Clue” (Morton & McGarvey)

Hugh B. Cave, “The Brand of Kane” (Peter Kane)

Fred MacIsaac, “Heir-Cooled” (Rambler Murphy)

Phillip Clark, “Three-Letter Kill”

Robert Sidney Bowen, “Key to Murder” (Ted James)

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March 1946 issue

March 1946 issue

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Frederick C. Davis, “Some Like ‘Em Dead”

Julius Long, “On the Homicide of the Street” (C.D. Mort)

Henry Norton, “Once Upon a Tomb” (Pinero Pershing)

William R. Cox, “Objective – Murder!” (Malachi Manatee)

Thorne Lee, “Death in the Groove”

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