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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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May 1938 issue

May 1938

[image updated 2/15/25 – 10/31/25]

Posted on November 14, 2024October 31, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updated, weird fictionTags beheaded, chained, ghoul, laboratory, mad scientist, paul ernst, richard b. sale, scimitar, thrilling mystery magazineLeave a comment on May 1938 issue

July 1942 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

July 1942

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 10, 2024October 3, 2024Categories crime comic, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags g.t. fleming-roberts, laboratory, leo hoban, mad scientist, norman a. daniels, rafael desoto, skull, thrilling mystery magazineLeave a comment on July 1942 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

May 1941 issue ~ cover art by George Rozen

May 1941

cover art by George Rozen

Posted on September 28, 2024September 12, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags dagger, george rozen, john h. knox, racist imagery, thrilling mystery magazineLeave a comment on May 1941 issue ~ cover art by George Rozen

November 1939 issue

November 1939

Posted on September 22, 2024November 16, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags arthur leo zagat, hypodermic, joseph j. millard, mummy, sarcophagus, thrilling mystery magazineLeave a comment on November 1939 issue

March 1943 issue

March 1943

cover art attributed to Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

Posted on September 22, 2024September 11, 2024Categories crime fiction, hardcover, magazine, mystery, pulpTags espionage, g.t. fleming-roberts, ghoul, hammer, norman a. daniels, spy, thrilling mystery magazineLeave a comment on March 1943 issue

November 1938 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

November 1938

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

[cover updated 10/30/25]

Posted on August 16, 2024October 30, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updated, weird fictionTags chained, eye patch, g.t. fleming-roberts, john russell fearn, shackled, thrilling mystery magazine, zombieLeave a comment on November 1938 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

April 1943 Canadian issue

April 1943 Canadian issue

[updated 10/31/25]

Posted on July 31, 2024October 31, 2025Categories Hardboiled, pulp, magazine, canadian pulp, mystery, weird fictionTags g.t. fleming-roberts, skull, thrilling mystery magazine, clown, coulrophobia, john h. knoxLeave a comment on April 1943 Canadian issue

Spring 1944 issue

Spring 1944

cover art by Rudolph Belarski?

Posted on July 23, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags grim reaper, jewels, lee e. wells, sam merwin, skeleton, thrilling mystery magazine, tom marvinLeave a comment on Spring 1944 issue

January 1936 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

January 1931

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 19, 2024May 15, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags beheaded, cornell woolrich, g.t. fleming-roberts, idol, paul ernst, thrilling mystery magazine, wayne rogersLeave a comment on January 1936 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

September 1939 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Zirm

September 1939

cover art by Rudolph Zirm

Posted on June 13, 2024October 2, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags ghoul, gorilla, laboratory, ray cummings, roger howard norton, rudolph zirm, thrilling mystery magazineLeave a comment on September 1939 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Zirm

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