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Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories [v20 #2, August 1930] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, 8.25″ x 11.25″ pulp, cover by Cleggs Vollmer) Details supplied by Rob Preston. 4 · A Chat with the Chief · The Editor · cl 8 · Cryptograms · Charles Layng · cl 10 · What Your Penmanship Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl 12 · A Night of Terror [Part 1 of 2] · M. M. Musselman · sl 21 · Maternal Witness · MacKinlay Kantor · ss 23 · The Bail-Bond Racket · Mark Mellen · ss 26 · How I Caught Mr. Jekll-Hyde · Sheriff Elmer Shoaf · ts 32 · The Deadline · Ferrin L. Fraser · ss 41 · The Blue Spot · Peter Perry · ss 46 · Who Killed Arnold Rothstein? · H. Mills · ts 48 · The Movietone at Police Headquarters · James W. Booth · ar 52 · The World’s Great Murder Mysteries: No. 7—The Murder Without a Motive · Herbert Hall Taylor · ts 57 · The Manila Envelope · Al Bromley · ss 59 · Snappy Stuff · H. N. Tevis · ss 61 · The Accusing Word · Eric Howard · ss 65 · Fingers of Steel [Part 2 of 2] · George Allan England · nv 69 · A Counterfeit Counterfeiter · Edith Rowland · ss 71 · Thieves and Cannons · Lawrance M. Maynard · nv 92 · Watch Your Purse · Junius B. Smith · ss

Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories [v20 #3, September 1930] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, 8.25″ x 11.25″ pulp, cover by Andrew Bensen) Details supplied by Steve Miller. 12 · The Reporter Who Blew the Lid Off Chicago · [uncredited] · ar 21 · The Old-Timer · Maurice Beam & Robert Leslie Bellem · ss 24 · Crimson Holidays [Part 1 of 2] · Charles T. Jordan · na 34 · The Trigger Girl · Merlin Taylor · ss 39 · Police Snapshots · John Stanton · cl 44 · Why Women Kill · Maude Martin Ellis · ss 50 · The House with the Animal in It · MacKinlay Kantor · ss 55 · The $200,000,000 Racket · James W. Booth · ar 59 · Statement of Ira Badgett · Maurice Fischer · ss 63 · Unsolved Murder Mysteries · Harry Van Demark · ar 66 · A Night of Terror [Part 2 of 2] · M. M. Musselman · sl 70 · Machine Gunner · William A. Ucker · ss

Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories [v20 #4, October 1930] (25¢, 8.25″ x 11.25″ pulp, cover by A. Redmond) Details supplied by Larry Estep. 4 · A Chat with the Chief · The Editor · cl 8 · Cryptograms · Charles Layng · cl 10 · What Your Penmanship Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl 12 · The Pullman Car Murder [Part 1 of 2] · Harry Adler · sl; illustrated by Andrew Bensen 18 · The Death Riddle of the Redwoods · J. William Hamilton · ar 26 · Three Minus One [Don “Arrow” Evans] · Earl W. Scott · nv; illustrated by Cleggs Vollmer 32 · Monsters of Mystery · Harry M. Lynch · nv; illustrated by Joseph Doolin 41 · Science Goes Haywire · Thomas Topham · nv; illustrated by Andrew Bensen 45 · The Hop-head · M. M. Musselman · nv; illustrated by Andrew Bensen 48 · The Murder of “Jake” Lingle · [uncredited] · ar 55 · The Greatest Detective of His Time · Harry Van Demark · ar 59 · A Man Is Hanged · E. Frew · ar 63 · Crimson Holidays [Part 2 of 2] · Charles T. Jordan · na 69 · Murder for a Thrill · H. Mills · ar

Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories [v21 #1, November 1930] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, 8.25″ x 11.25″ pulp, cover by A. Redmond) Details supplied by Rob Preston. 4 · A Chat with the Chief · The Editor · cl 8 · Cryptograms · Charles Layng · cl 10 · What Your Penmanship Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl 12 · Ripping the Lid Off Detroit · Tom Bashaw · ts 21 · Talked Into Something · Maurice Fischer · ss 24 · The Ghost Murder of Los Angeles · Claude M. Forbes · ts 30 · The House of Apparitions [Part 1 of 2] · Charles T. Jordan · sl 37 · The Black Overcoat · Al Bromley · ss 39 · How Murderers Are Caught · H. Mills · ar 40 · The Lame Duck [Jimmie Lavender] · Vincent Starrett · nv 46 · Who Killed Elizabeth Hill? · Merlin Taylor · ts 54 · Two Down and One to Go [Don “Arrow” Evans] · Earl W. Scott · ss 61 · The Pullman Car Murder [Part 2 of 2] · Harry Adler · sl 64 · The Murder Mystery of the Three Nude Nymphs · James W. Booth · ts

Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories [v21 #2, December 1930] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, 8.25″ x 11.25″ pulp, cover by A. Redmond) Details supplied by Rob Preston. 4 · A Chat with the Chief · The Editor · cl 8 · Cryptograms · Charles Layng · cl 10 · What Your Penmanship Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl 12 · The Truth About Chicago · Harry T. Brundidge & Frank H. Thompson · ts 22 · The One Who Escaped · Richard L. Hobart · ss 29 · The Third Spot [Don “Arrow” Evans] · Earl W. Scott · ss 36 · The Mystery of the Murdered Bride · Philip B. Sharpe · ts 44 · The Secrets of “Yellow Kid” Weil · Mort King · ts 54 · Baby Killers · Harry T. Brundidge · ts 65 · The Perfect Suicide · Al Bromley · ss 66 · The House of Apparitions [Part 2 of 2] · Charles T. Jordan · sl 90 · The Forgery Racket · H. Mills · ar

Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories [v21 #3, January 1931] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, 8.25″ x 11.25″ pulp, cover by A. Redmond) Details supplied by Rob Preston. 4 · A Chat with the Chief · The Editor · cl 8 · Cryptograms · Charles Layng · cl 10 · What Your Penmanship Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl 12 · How I Murdered a Man · Frank H. Thompson · ar 22 · The Passing of Mooney [Captain Walker] · Melville Davisson Post · ss Walker of the Secret Service by Melville Davisson Post, Appleton, 1924 28 · The Mystery of Lake Maranacook [Part 1 of 2] · Frank E. Southard & Philip B. Sharpe · ts 37 · Laughing at the Law [Don “Arrow” Evans] · Earl W. Scott · ss 44 · The Secrets of “Yellow Kid” Weil—More Amazing Facts · Mort King · ts 52 · Police Snapshots · John Stanton · cl 59 · The Shake-Down · H. N. Tevis · ss 61 · Death Beneath the Hood · MacKinlay Kantor · ss 64 · The Dead Prowler · Al Bromley · ss 65 · Very Neat · William A. Ucker · ss

Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories [v21 #4, February 1931] ed. Edwin Baird (25¢, 8.25″ x 11.25″ pulp, cover by A. Redmond) Details supplied by Steve Miller. 4 · A Chat with the Chief · The Editor · cl 8 · Cryptograms · Charles Layng · cl 10 · What Your Penmanship Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl 12 · Secret Crimes of Washington · Walter W. Liggett · ar 22 · Devil’s Canyon · M. M. Musselman · nv; illustrated by Herman R. Bollin 29 · The Raven’s Claw [Jimmie Lavender] · Vincent Starrett · ss; illustrated by Herman R. Bollin 40 · The Tip-Off · Tom Curry · ss; illustrated by Andrew Bensen 45 · A Hot Racket · H. N. Tevis · ss; illustrated by Andrew Bensen 48 · A Story on Page One · Richard L. Hobart · ss; illustrated by Andrew Bensen 51 · A Bum Crack · Al Bromley · vi 53 · The Mystery of Lake Maranacook [Part 2 of 2] · Frank E. Southard & Philip B. Sharpe · ts; illustrated by photo 60 · The Inside Story of “Yellow Kid” Weil · Mort King · ar

Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories [v22 #1, March 1931] (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, 8.25″ x 11.25″ pulp, cover by A. Redmond) Details supplied by Rob Preston. 4 · A Chat with the Chief · Edwin Baird · cl 8 · Cryptograms · Charles Layng · cl 10 · What Your Penmanship Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl 12 · Wine, Women, and Bullets · Gerald Dudley McClean · ar 21 · The Clue of the Trembling Puppy [Jimmie Lavender] · Vincent Starrett · ss 26 · The Phantom Murderer of Queens · Herbert Mills · ar 29 · The Dumb Cluck · Al Bromley · ss 30 · Mystery Murders of Washington · Walter W. Liggett · ar 38 · Anybody’s Fight · Earl W. Scott · ss 46 · The Private Vengeance of Arthur Cutten · Edgar Savage · ar 54 · The Harpy [Part 1 of 2] · M. M. Musselman · sl 62 · Trapped by a Dead Man’s Secret · Merlin Moore Taylor · ar 71 · Money for Murder · H. N. Tevis · ss

Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories [v22 #2, April 1931] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 96pp, 8.25″ x 11.25″ pulp, cover by A. Redmond) 4 · A Chat with the Chief · The Editor · cl 6 · Exposing New York’s Vice Ring · Gerald Dudley McClean · ar 16 · The Big Banknote Haul · Melville Davisson Post · ss; illustrated by Andrew Bensen 21 · How William Kogut Cheated the Gallows · J. William Hamilton · ts 22 · The Two-Million-Dollar Bank Robbery · Ralph Pierce · ts 28 · A Ticket to the Barbecue · Merlin Moore Taylor · ts 35 · Manhattan News Flash · Tom O’Sullivan · cl 38 · The Bootleggers of Washington, D.C. · Walter W. Liggett · ar 44 · Triple Trouble [“Arrow” Evans] · Earl W. Scott · ss; illustrated by Herman R. Bollin 49 · Two Last Laughs · H. N. Tevis · ss 51 · The Harpy [Part 2 of 2] · M. M. Musselman · sl 57 · What Your Penmanship Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl 58 · The Three Uncles · John Burke Ingram · ss; illustrated by Herman R. Bollin 70 · Cryptograms · Charles Layng · cl 72 · A Pan of Oyster Stew · Al Bromley · ss

Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories [v22 #3, May 1931] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 96pp, 8.25″ x 11.25″ pulp, cover: Red Crime in Blue-Blooded Boston by A. Redmond) 6 · A Chat with the Chief · The Editor · cl 8 · Red Crime in Blue-Blooded Boston · Carter Dale · ar 16 · My Adventures as a Rum Runner · Harry T. Brundidge · ar 22 · The Sins of New York Exposed · Gerald Dudley McClean · ar 29 · Murder on Parade · Harris Dalton · ar 32 · When the Mass Killer Strikes · Merlin Moore Taylor · ar 39 · Manhattan News Flash · Tom O’Sullivan · cl 45 · Pay Up, Sucker! · David Armstrong · ar 50 · Women and Girls in the Month’s Crime News · The Camera Man · pi 52 · Lucky at Cards [“Arrow” Evans] · Earl W. Scott · ss; illustrated by Herman R. Bollin 57 · Where Is Judge Crater? · Herbert Mills · ar 59 · The Escape of Mary Weber · Upton Terrell · ss; illustrated by Andrew Bensen 63 · The Ice Melts · H. N. Tevis · ss 65 · The Twelve Cobras · Al Bromley · ss 72 · What Your Penmanship Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl

Real Detective Title changed from Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories. Publishers: Real Detective Tales, Inc.; 1050 N. LaSalle Street, Chicago, IL: Real Detective. Editors: Edwin Baird - Editor: Real Detective, Jun 1931 – Feb 1933. West F. Peterson - Editor: Real Detective, Mar 1933 – ????.

Real Detective [v22 #4, June 1931] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 8.25″ x 11.25″ pulp, cover: Al Capone Is Dead! by A. Redmond) 6 · A Chat with the Chief · The Editor · cl 8 · Missing Girls · Various · cl 10 · Al Capone Is Dead! · Bruce Pope · ar 18 · How I Played Insane for Forty Years · Mike Owsley · ar 26 · How I Helped Solve the Lake Bluff Furnace Murder Mystery · Alma Sioux Scarberry · ar 32 · The Scandals of New York · Gerald Dudley McClean · ar 40 · The Torch Murder of San Francisco · Dean S. Jennings · ar 45 · Manhattan News Flash · Tom O’Sullivan · cl 48 · Rioting Convicts Burn Illinois State Penitentiary · [uncredited] · pi 50 · Twelve Girls and Women Caught in the Month’s Dragnet · [uncredited] · pi 52 · Blind Boston · Carter Dale · ar 57 · Too Many Maniacs · H. N. Tevis · ss 59 · The Death Disc [“Arrow” Evans] · Earl W. Scott · ss; illustrated by Andrew Bensen 66 · All in the Family · Al Bromley · ss 69 · The Amen Racket · Mort King · ar 76 · “Anna, Forgive Me!” · Maurice Fischer · ss

Real Detective [v23 #1, July 1931] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 8.25″ x 11.25″ pulp, cover by Alec Redmond) 6 · A Chat with the Chief · The Editor · cl 10 · The Red Knock at the Door · Carter Dale · ar 18 · The Nob Hill Mystery Murder · Philip B. Sharpe · ar 24 · Manhattan on the Make · Gerald Dudley McClean · ar 30 · The Murder Mystery Farm · Richard Long Harkness · ar 34 · My Life as a Dope Fiend · Mike Owsley · ar 40 · The Great $50,000 Faro Mystery Is Solved! · [uncredited] · pi 41 · “Legs” Diamond Again Stalked by Death · [uncredited] · pi 42 · A Cyclone of Crime Sweeps Chicago’s Gold Coast · [uncredited] · pi 44 · Women and Girls in the Police News of the Month · [uncredited] · pi 46 · Missing Girls and Wanted Men · [uncredited] · pi 47 · Who Murdered These Four Girls? · [uncredited] · pi 48 · Wealthy Men Kidnapped for $250,000 · [uncredited] · pi 49 · Two Men and a Woman—and a “Toast of Death” · [uncredited] · pi 50 · Has the Lingle Murder Mystery Been Solved? · Paul Thorne · ar 59 · Manhattan News Flash · Tom O’Sullivan · cl 62 · How Al Capone Was “Put on the Spot” · Bruce Pope · ar