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Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories [v16 #2, December-January 1928-29] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 8.25″ x 11.25″ pulp, cover: Shadow on the Glass by Andrew Bensen) []
Details supplied by John Apostolou.

4 · Potpourri · The Editor · ed

8 · A Chat with the Chief · The Editor · cl

10 · What Your Penmanship Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl

14 · The Man-Hunters · Tom Curry · nv

21 · Carl Wanderer and the Ragged Stranger · Merlin Taylor · ts

26 · The Red Air Death · Stanley Shaw · nv

37 · The Cryptic Clue · John Murray Byers · ss

42 · The Shadow on the Glass · Ferrin L. Fraser · nv

50 · Terror Island · Edward S. Hoag · nv

55 · Mile-a-Minute Murder · M. M. Musselman · ss

60 · Dicks in Disguise · Thomas Topham · ss

65 · The Kidnapped Alphabet · MacKinlay Kantor · ss

69 · The Blue Patch · Edward Parrish Ware · ss

Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories [v16 #3, February 1929] (25¢, 8.25″ x 11.25″ pulp, cover by Andrew Bensen) []
Details supplied by Sai Shankar.

4 · Easy Money · The Editor · ed

8 · A Chat with the Chief · The Editor · cl

10 · The Gang Code · Harry Van Demark · ar

14 · A Volume of Poe · Vincent Starrett · nv

25 · The Unsolved Crime · Ferrin L. Fraser · ss

28 · The Dark Altar · J. Paul Suter · ss

34 · The Strange Case of Pietro Giotti · Hugh Fullerton · ss

39 · True Stories of the Chicago Detective Bureau No. 2—The Rondout Mail Robbery Case · [uncredited] · ts

44 · The Show Down · J. Lane Linklater · ss

47 · The Jaws of the Trap · Edward Parrish Ware · ss

52 · Case Number Ten · John Murray Byers · ss

57 · The Second Challenge · MacKinlay Kantor · ss

62 · The Pretty Job · Tom Curry · ss

65 · The Fourth Estate · M. M. Musselman · ss

69 · The True Story of “Yellow Kid” Weil · Harry G. Green · ar

71 · Criminals of the Rail · C. L. Holland · ar

72 · The Millionaire Murderer · Ira D. Mullinax · ar

83 · How Money Is Made · James B. M. Clark · ar

83 · The Poisoned Mushrooms · H. W. Corley · ar

86 · Counterfeiters and the Secret Service · Major Robert Emmett Lewis · ar

88 · What Your Penmanship Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl

Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories [v16 #4, March 1929] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, 8.25″ x 11.25″ pulp, cover by Andrew Bensen) []
Details supplied by Rob Preston.

4 · How to Be a Detective · The Editor · ed

8 · A Chat with the Chief · The Editor · cl

10 · What Your Penmanship Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl

14 · Master of Terror · George Allan England · ss

23 · The Mystery of the Cook’s Necklace · Thomas Topham · ss

29 · The Case of Bernice Asterley · R. T. M. Scott · ss

34 · The Clock of Death · Stanley Shaw · ss

41 · The Flapper Forger · Peter Perry · ss

46 · The Stolen Skull · Ferrin L. Fraser · ss

52 · Footsteps in the Dark [Jimmie Lavender] · Vincent Starrett · ss

61 · No. 3—The Sole Clue · Merlin Taylor · ts

65 · Accusing Fingers · E. B. Crosswhite · ss

69 · The Third Burglary · J. Lane Linklater · ss

72 · When St. Peter Descends · MacKinlay Kantor · ss

Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories [v17 #1, April/May 1929] (25¢, 8.25″ x 11.25″ pulp, cover by Andrew Bensen) []
Details supplied by Larry Estep.

· Fear · [uncredited] · ed

· Senga of the Club Hibou [Aurelius “Secret Service” Smith] · R. T. M. Scott · ss; illustrated by Paul Parker

· The Detective Who Went Wrong · Jack Woodford · ss

· Person or Persons Unknown · Eric Howard · nv; illustrated by Paul Parker

· The Murder in the Storm · Ferrin L. Fraser · ss

· The Malacca Cane · Sophie Wenzel Ellis · ss

· Three Men Hanging · MacKinlay Kantor · nv; illustrated by Andrew Bensen

· In Front of the City Hall · A. Crandall Hill · ss; illustrated by Neil Slocum

· Breezy Reasons It Out · Thomas Topham · ss

· Hard Guys · Tom Curry · ss

· A Shriek in the Night · Sewell Peaslee Wright · ss

· The Thousand-Dollar Bill · Al Bromley · ss

· The Perfect Gentleman · Jack Woodford · ss

· When the Underworld Talks · David Armstrong · ar

· Old Police Trails · Harry Van Demark · ar

· How Jewel Smugglers Work · Herbert Mills · ar

· True Stories of the Chicago Detective Bureau: No. 4—The Amazing Case of Harvey Church · Merlin Taylor · ar

· A Chat with the Chief · The Editor · cl

· What Your Handwriting Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl

Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories [v17 #2, June-July 1929] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, 8.25″ x 11.25″ pulp, cover by G. J. Rozen) []
Details supplied by Rob Preston.

4 · Chains · The Editor · ed

8 · A Chat with the Chief · The Editor · cl

10 · What Your Handwriting Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl

14 · The House with the Black Window · H. R. Marshall · nv; illustrated by Jack Welch

22 · The Invisible Murderer · Ferrin L. Fraser · ss; illustrated by Jack Welch

29 · Anecdote of the Ape Fiend · MacKinlay Kantor · ss

31 · The Tiger Girl · Merlin Taylor · ar

36 · The Snake Doctor · Kadra Maysi · na; illustrated by G. J. Rozen

45 · A Chicago Night · Al Bromley · ss

47 · The Piker · Tom Curry · ss

50 · The Arrest of Nicholas Dalby · Thomas Topham · ss; illustrated by Neil Slocum

56 · Midnight Murder · J. Lane Linklater · ss; illustrated by Neil Slocum

61 · Adventure of the Cork-tipped Cigarettes · Leslie McFarlane · ss

65 · The Making of an Honest Man · Jack Woodford · ss

67 · The Dunham Murder Case · David Armstrong · ar

70 · The Doomstone Killer · C. R. Sumner · ss; illustrated by Andrew Bensen

Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories [v17 #3, August 1929] ed. Edwin Baird (25¢, 8.25″ x 11.25″ pulp, cover by Andrew Bensen) []
Details supplied by Steve Miller.

· Melange · The Editor · ed

8 · A Chat with the Chief · The Editor · cl

10 · What Your Penmanship Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl

14 · The Moth with Bloody Wings · MacKinlay Kantor · nv; illustrated by Neil Slocum

21 · In the Dark of the Moon · Louis Folwell Hart · ss

25 · The Scent of Danger · Donald Bayne Hobart · ss

26 · Time Wanted · J. F. Houghton · ss

28 · Police Net · M. M. Musselman · nv; illustrated by Neil Slocum

36 · True Stories of the Chicago Detective Bureau: No. 6—The Man Who Was Born to Be Hanged · Merlin Taylor · ar

42 · Under Cover · Eric Howard · nv; illustrated by Andrew Bensen

47 · The Man Who Stole a River · Al Bromley · ss

49 · Is the Perfect Crime Possible? · Herbert Cerwin · ar

51 · The Scrub Bucket · Kadra Maysi · ss

54 · Hangman’s House · Ferrin L. Fraser · nv; illustrated by Neil Slocum

61 · The Masterpiece · Tom Curry · ss

65 · Doped! · Paul S. Powers · ss

67 · The Skyline Mystery · Henry Blakejohn · ss

76 · Blood Heat · Florence Pettee · ss

78 · Outside the Law · E. S. Watterson · ss

88 · Three Wise Men · Jack Woodford · ss

Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories [v17 #4, September 1929] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, 8.25″ x 11.25″ pulp, cover by J. G. Stephenson) []
Details supplied by Rob Preston.

4 · Portrait of a Gangster · The Editor · ed

8 · A Chat with the Chief · The Editor · cl

10 · Cryptograms · Charles Layng · cl

12 · What Your Handwriting Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl

14 · First Past the Post · Mark Mellen · ss

19 · A Tabloid Mystery · R. T. M. Scott · ss

24 · Rough Stuff · J. Lane Linklater · ss

27 · South Carolina Seventeen · Kadra Maysi · ss

30 · Desert Murderers · Thomas Topham · ss

45 · Forty-Nine Knives · Henry Lewis Rennick · ss

49 · The D’Artagnan Complex · Jack Woodford · ss

53 · Kelly Uses the ’Phone · Al Bromley · ss

65 · Damon and the Demon · MacKinlay Kantor · ss

71 · Some Call It Chance · William A. Ucker · ss

Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories [v18 #1, October 1929] (25¢, 8.25″ x 11.25″ pulp) []

· The Gorilla Man · Tom Curry · na

· The Octopus · Kadra Maysi · ss

· The Dope King · Eric Howard · ss

· Room 325 · Al Bromley · ss

· The Return of Danny Eggers · MacKinlay Kantor · ss

· A Wise Crook · Clyde B. Wilson · ss

· The Hand · Alfred I. Tooke · ss

· Cops Are Dumb · Frederick L. Nebel · ss

· An Expert on the Job · Thomas Topham · ss

· The Bad Guy · Jack Woodford · ss

Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories [v18 #2, November 1929] ed. Edwin Baird (25¢, 8.25″ x 11.25″ pulp, cover by Paul Lehman) []
Details supplied by Steve Miller.

8 · A Chat with the Chief · The Editor · cl

10 · Cryptograms · Charles Layng · cl

12 · What Your Penmanship Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl

14 · The Strange Case of John Fortesque · Ferrin L. Fraser · ss; illustrated by Jack Welch

19 · Booze Racket · M. M. Musselman · ss; illustrated by Andrew Bensen

23 · Footprints on the Ceiling · Al Bromley · ss

26 · True Stories of the Chicago Detective Bureau: No. 9—“Terrible Tommy” O’Connor · Merlin Taylor · ar

32 · The Amateur Slicker · Mark Mellen · ss; illustrated by Jack Welch

40 · Ninety-seven Seconds · George Allan England · ss; illustrated by Paul Lehman

45 · Here Comes the Warden · MacKinlay Kantor · ss; illustrated by Neil Slocum

49 · God’s Vicar Upon Earth · Kadra Maysi · ss

51 · The Death Taxi · J. M. Byers · ss; illustrated by Andrew Bensen

55 · A Tough Dick · Thomas Topham · ss; illustrated by Neil Slocum

60 · The Death That Had No Feet · Robert D. Andrews · ss; illustrated by Jack Welch

65 · Pharaoh Takes a Hop · Richard H. Hart · ss; illustrated by Andrew Bensen

Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories [v18 #3, December 1929-January 1930] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, 8.25″ x 11.25″ pulp, cover by Edgar Britton) []
Details supplied by Rob Preston.

8 · A Chat with the Chief · The Editor · cl

10 · Cryptograms · Charles Layng · cl

12 · What Your Penmanship Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl

14 · Maya Gold · George Allan England · nv; illustrated by Dom Lavin

24 · Science and Sawdust [Breezy] · Thomas Topham · ss; illustrated by Andrew Bensen

29 · All Quiet on the Gold Coast · Al Bromley · ss

31 · The Pain in Benjamin’s Midriff · Walt Mason · ar

34 · Hollywood Fakers · Eric Howard · nv; illustrated by Neil Slocum

39 · The Man Who Couldn’t Be Killed · Alfred I. Tooke · ss; illustrated by Neil Slocum

42 · True Stories of the Chicago Detective Bureau: No. 10—The Genius Who Went Wrong · Merlin Taylor · ts

48 · The Affair at the Do-Step Inn · Lolita Ann Westman · nv; illustrated by Paul Lehman; given as by Lolita Anna Westman in the Table of Contents.

58 · Haunted Footsteps · M. M. Musselman · nv; illustrated by Andrew Bensen

65 · The Yellow Slicker · Peter Perry · ss; illustrated by Neil Slocum

Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories [v18 #4, February 1930] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, 8.25″ x 11.25″ pulp, cover by Andrew Bensen) []
Details supplied by Rob Preston.

6 · “Hello, Sucker!” · The Editor · ed

8 · A Chat with the Chief · The Editor · cl

10 · Cryptograms · Charles Layng · cl

12 · What Your Penmanship Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl

14 · Murder in the Snow [Part 1 of 2] · Harry Adler · sl

21 · The Racketeering Cop · Richard J. Credicott · ss

24 · The World’s Great Murder Mysteries: No. 1—The Baron Who Murdered His Wife · John Stanton · ts

31 · Watchman Wanted · MacKinlay Kantor · ss

34 · The Tale of a Mouse · Donovan Gray · ss

36 · True Stories of the Chicago Detective Bureau: No. 11—“Marty” Durkin, Spectacular Criminal · Merlin Taylor · ts

43 · Criminal Psychology and Prison Riots · J. B. M. Clark · ar

46 · The Crab · Kadra Maysi · ss

51 · The Manikin · Peter Perry · ss

56 · The Mystery at the Willows · Ferrin L. Fraser · ss

61 · Innocent as Usual · Al Bromley · ss

65 · The Pool · Alfred I. Tooke · nv

88 · Tough Break · Jack Woodford · ss

Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories [v19 #1, March 1930] ed. Edwin Baird (25¢, 8.25″ x 11.25″ pulp, cover: The Invisible Death by Paul Lehman) []
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · Keep Busy! · The Editor · ed

8 · A Chat with the Chief · The Editor · cl

10 · Cryptograms · Charles Layng · cl

12 · What Your Penmanship Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl

14 · The Invisible Death [Part 1 of 2] · Jack Woodford · sl; illustrated by Walt Brand

20 · True Stories of the Chicago Detective Bureau: No. 12—The Kidnapping of Billy Ranieri · Merlin Taylor · ar

27 · Forget-Me-Not · Peter Perry · ss; illustrated by Andrew Bensen

31 · The Thrill Seeker · Edith Rowland · ts; illustrated by Andrew Bensen

34 · The Boomerang [T. Ashley] · George Allan England · nv; illustrated by Paul Lehman

40 · The World’s Great Murder Mysteries: No. 2—The Murder of the Jazz-mad Bride · William Moore · ar

47 · The Death of John J. Soule · MacKinlay Kantor · ss; illustrated by Andrew Bensen

52 · The Shake-down · Mark Mellen · nv; illustrated by Andrew Bensen

59 · Bring Him in Dead · Al Bromley · ss; illustrated by Andrew Bensen

62 · Famous Poison Murders: No. 1—The Hull Poisoning Case · J. B. M. Clark · ar

64 · Murder in the Snow [Part 2 of 2] · Harry Adler · sl

Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories [v19 #2, April 1930] (25¢, 8.25″ x 11.25″ pulp, cover by Cleggs Vollmer) []
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 · The Chinese Code [Part 1 of 2; T. Ashley] · George Allan England · nv; illustrated by Cleggs Vollmer

19 · A Check from the Deceased · MacKinlay Kantor · ss; illustrated by Neil Slocum

24 · Famous Poison Murders: No. 2—The Sweet Singer of Hyannis · Herbert Hall Taylor · ar

30 · The Man Named X · Ferrin L. Fraser · ss; illustrated by Paul Lehman

40 · The World’s Great Murder Mysteries: No. 3—The Beattie Murder Case · James O’Sullivan · ar

45 · The Secret Agent · William A. Ucker · ss; illustrated by Andrew Bensen

49 · What Does Your Face Tell? · Hirsch Bassman · cl

50 · Murder Rap · M. M. Musselman · nv; illustrated by Andrew Bensen

57 · The Invisible Death [Part 2 of 2] · Jack Woodford · sl; illustrated by Walt Brand

60 · True Stories of the Chicago Detective Bureau: No. 13—The Murder of the Love-Lorn Widow · Merlin Taylor · ar

Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories [v19 #3, May 1930] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, 8.25″ x 11.25″ pulp, cover by Paul Lehman) []
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 Vampire [Part 1 of 2] · Jack Woodford · sl

18 · A Penny Box of Matches · Maurice Fischer · ss

25 · Riot Call · M. M. Musselman · ss

29 · Dead and Buried · Al Bromley · ss

31 · What Does Your Face Tell? · Hirsch Bassman · cl

32 · Death in the Evening · MacKinlay Kantor · ss

39 · The World’s Great Murder Mysteries: No. 4—The Bookmaler and the Broadway Belle · John Morphy · ts

43 · The Inside Man · Eric Howard · ss

48 · Manhattan Murder · Ferrin L. Fraser · ss

60 · Famous Poison Murders No. 3—Murder, with Two Millionaires at the Stake · William Moore · ts

66 · True Stories of the Chicago Detective Bureau No. 14—The Handkerchief That Sent Two to Death · Merlin Taylor · ts

71 · The Chinese Code [Part 2 of 2; T. Ashley] · George Allan England · nv

76 · The Getaway · Mannel Hahn · ss

91 · Showers of Diamonds · William F. Kay · ss

Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories [v19 #4, June 1930] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, 8.25″ x 11.25″ pulp, cover by A. Redmond) []
Details supplied by Steve Miller.

12 · Gangster’s Girl [Part 1 of 2] · M. M. Musselman · sl

19 · Three Who Were Executed · William Ucker · ss

21 · The Bodyguard. · Lawrence Howe · ss

24 · The World’s Great Murder Mysteries: No. 5—The Klansman and the Murdered Girl · William Moore · ar

29 · Justice Gets a Break · Al Bromley · ss

31 · Famous Poison Murders: No. 4—Solving Poison Mysteries · Harry Van Demark · ar

33 · Train No. 5 · William M. Stuart · ss

36 · True Stories of the Chicago Detective Bureau: No. 15—The Murder of Grandpa Nussbaum · Merlin Taylor · ar

41 · Give this Dick a Hand · Alfred I. Tooke · ss

44 · Buried Clues · Joseph F. Taylor & Madeline Kelley · ss

50 · Twelve Men in a Box · Ferrin Fraser · ss

56 · The Detective’s Best Friend · H. Mills · ar

57 · Police Snapshots · John N. Stanton · cl

60 · The Stir Bug · David Purroy · ss

67 · The Vampire [Part 2 of 2] · Jack Woodford · sl

88 · Modern Criminal Disguises · H. Mills · ar

Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories [v20 #1, July 1930] ed. Edwin Baird (25¢, 8.25″ x 11.25″ pulp, cover by Andrew Bensen) []
Details supplied by Steve Miller.

4 · A Chat with the Chief · The Editor · cl

6 · Cryptograms · Charles Layng · cl

8 · What Your Penmanship Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl

10 · What Your Photograph Tells · Hirsch Bassman · cl

12 · The Gangs of Chicago · Merlin Taylor · ar

20 · The World’s Great Murder Mysteries: No. 6—The Mystery of the Missing Millionairess · D. L. Michel · ar

25 · It Can Be Done · William A. Ucker · ss; illustrated by Neil Slocum

28 · Fingers of Steel [Part 1 of 2] · George Allan England · nv; illustrated by Paul Lehman

34 · The Inn of Death · Kadra Maysi · ar

38 · The Crime in the Church Belfry · Burl C. Rotenberry · ar

44 · The Man with a Drag · Tom Curry · ss; illustrated by Andrew Bensen

47 · New York’s Secret Police · William A. Ucker · ar

49 · Old Squire Morgan’s Money · Al Bromley · ss; illustrated by Andrew Bensen

51 · Swag · Eric Howard · ss; illustrated by Andrew Bensen

53 · The Con Man · Lawrence Howe · ar

56 · Caught by a Fingerprint · Lee Richardson · ar

63 · Gangster’s Girl [Part 2 of 2] · M. M. Musselman · sl

66 · The Light at Three O’Clock · MacKinlay Kantor · nv; illustrated by Neil Slocum

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

Real Detective [v23 #2, August 1931] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 8.25″ x 11.25″ pulp, cover by Alec Redmond) []
Details taken from Table of Contents.

· A Chat with the Chief · The Editor · cl

· What Your Penmanship Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl

· The Hollywood Girl Bazaar · Philip B. Sharpe · pi

· The Red Torch Bearers · Carter Dale · pi

· My Life in Prison · Lawrance Maynard · ar

· How Dope Was Sold to Me in Penitentiaries · Mike Owsley · ar

· The “Zee Zee” Horrors of San Francisco · Dean S. Jennings · ar

· Manhattan News Flash · Tom O’Sullivan · cl

· Mistress of Murder · Gerald Dudley McClean · ar

· The End of Al Capone · Bruce Pope · ar

· Six Police Heroes and a Police Heroine · [uncredited] · pi

· Jake, the Barber, Shears $6,000,000 from Suckers · [uncredited] · pi

· Thirteen Girls and Women in the Police Spotlight · [uncredited] · pi

· Gambling, Divorce, and Whoopee in Reno, the “Wide-Open” Town · [uncredited] · pi

· Two Desperate Gunmen Battle for Hours with 300 New York Police · [uncredited] · pi

· New Crime Wave Hits Washington, D.C.—Nine Killed · [uncredited] · pi

· Kirkland Murder Trial Ends in Confusion and Uproar · [uncredited] · pi

· A Trio of Showgirls “Run In” With the Law · [uncredited] · pi

· A Page of Gangsters’ Molls · [uncredited] · pi

Real Detective [v23 #3, September 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 · U.S. Army Records Prove Al Capone Is Dead · [uncredited] · ar

16 · The Hopheads of Hollywood · Philip B. Sharpe · ar

24 · Why Starr Faithfull Was Murdered · Gerald Dudley McClean · ar

31 · Crime Wave Hits Philadelphia · David Leighton · ar

35 · The Racketeering of Missions and Evangelists · Mike Owsley · ar

40 · “Tex” and the French Police · [uncredited] · pi

41 · Busy Days for Bathing Beach Cops · [uncredited] · pi

42 · High Spots in the Month’s Outstanding Crime News · [uncredited] · pi

44 · Cornelius Vanderbilt and Peter Arno · [uncredited] · pi

46 · Sixteen Girls and Women in the Month’s Detective News · [uncredited] · pi

48 · The Mayor Starts to Clean up Chicago · [uncredited] · pi

49 · One Thousand Cops Guard $240,000,000 · [uncredited] · pi

50 · The Fiendish Girl Murders of California · Robert Sothern · ar

58 · The Red Plot Against the World · Carter Dale · ar

64 · Murder in the House of Hate · Merlin Moore Taylor · ar

72 · Manhattan News Flash · Tom O’Sullivan · cl

80 · What Your Penmanship Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl

Real Detective [v23 #4, October 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 Gangs of Philadelphia · Harold J. Wiegand · ar

18 · I Saw Gerald Chapman Hanged · Lowell M. Limpus · ar

24 · How the Lincoln Bank Bandits Were Caught · Ralph Pierce · ar

31 · The Man Who Broke Chicago’s Gang Rule · The Editor · iv [Ref. George E. Q. Johnson]

37 · Manhattan News Flash · Tom O’Sullivan · cl

40 · The Baffling Mystery of Scotland Yard · [uncredited] · pi

41 · Doctor Is Killed in Own Death Trap · [uncredited] · pi

42 · Eight Girls and Women Who Have Committed Murder · [uncredited] · pi

44 · Police News of the Day Highlighted by the Camera · [uncredited] · pi

46 · Four Men Who Are Doomed to Die in the Electric Chair · [uncredited] · pi

47 · War Veteran Captures Bandits Who Killed Policeman · [uncredited] · pi

48 · The Thrill Murder · Herbert Mills · ar

50 · Vice and Crime in Los Angeles · Philip B. Sharpe · ar

58 · When Death Rode the Highways · Hilton Gardner & Eldon Ottenheimer · ar

63 · The Stepchild of the Law · Lawrence Topperwein · ar

72 · What Your Penmanship Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl

Real Detective [v24 #1, November 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 · Racketeer · Carter Dale · ar

20 · The Massacre in Lovers’ Lane · John P. Lally · ar

28 · The Secrets of San Quentin · Helen Starr Henifin · ar

34 · Mighty Mabel—Keeper of the Vineyards · Bert Mohrman · ar

40 · Preacher Hanged on the Altar of His Church · [uncredited] · pi

41 · Life Among the Tennessee Moonshiners · [uncredited] · pi

42 · An Octet of Fair Ladies in the Spotlight of the Law · [uncredited] · pi

44 · Highlights from the Month’s Police News · [uncredited] · pi

46 · Police Officers in the Limelight · [uncredited] · pi

47 · Gun Molls and Girl Victims · [uncredited] · pi

48 · Pawns of Vice · James W. Booth · ar

54 · The Riddle of the Missing Japanese Importer · Gerald Dudley McClean · ar

59 · Manhattan News Flash · Tom O’Sullivan · cl

62 · The Hollywood Shake-Down · Philip B. Sharpe · ar

71 · What Your Penmanship Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl

Real Detective [v24 #2, December 1931] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 98pp, 8.25″ x 11.25″ pulp, cover by Alec Redmond) []

6 · A Chat with the Chief · The Editor · cl

10 · Reno · Carlton Russell · ar

18 · New Killers for Old · Bert Mohrman · ar

22 · Crime Behind Prison Walls · Lawrance Maynard · ar

30 · The Monster of Quiet Dell · John P. Lally · ts

40 · Rackets Rampant · Carter Dale · ar

50 · Ladies in the Law’s Limelight · [uncredited] · pi

52 · The Greatest Fraud of the Twentieth Century · Philip B. Sharpe · ts

60 · His Eyes Bloodshot and Red · MacKinlay Kantor · ss

66 · Manhattan News Flash · Tom O’Sullivan · cl

70 · What Your Penmanship Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl

Real Detective [v24 #3, January 1932] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 98pp, 8.25″ x 11.25″ pulp, cover by Alec Redmond) []

6 · A Chat with the Chief · The Editor · cl

10 · Midnight Murder · Bert Mohrman · ts

18 · The Last of His Kind · Lowell Limpus · ts

24 · The Death Hunt for $75,000 Forger · H. A. Crowe · ar

30 · Clue of the Cardboard Scraps · Fred Montgomery · ts

36 · We Even Elect Them! · Carter Dale · ar

44 · Blasting away at World’s Greatest Shoot Match · [uncredited] · pi

45 · A Trio of Lovely Jail Birds · [uncredited] · pi

46 · Girls and Women in the Month’s Detective News · [uncredited] · pi

48 · Pictorial Flashes of Police and Detectives · [uncredited] · pi

50 · Judge James H. Wilkerson · Karl M. Kahn · bg

53 · Death Lane · Dean Jennings · ts

60 · Manhattan News Flash · Tom O’Sullivan · cl

63 · A Page of Two-Gun Girls · [uncredited] · pi

64 · A Night in Reno · Eric Howard · ss; illustrated by Andrew Bensen

68 · Queens of Crime · Herbert Mills · ar

71 · What Your Penmanship Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl

72 · College for Cops · Evelyn Crane · ar

Real Detective [v24 #4, February 1932] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 98pp, 8.25″ x 11.25″ pulp, cover by Alec Redmond) []

6 · A Chat with the Chief · The Editor · cl

10 · The Curse of Cain · Harris Dalton · ar

12 · The Dagger Fiend of Mexico · Lawrence Topperwein · ts

20 · The Murder in the Laboratory · Clarence D. Lee · ar

28 · The Little Kaiser of Nebraska · Ralph Pierce · ts

32 · The Red Horror of Floating Bridge · Herbert Hall Taylor · ts

37 · Manhattan News Flash · Tom O’Sullivan · cl

40 · The Millionaire Bandits · Jack Malina · ar

46 · A Sextet of Beauty in the Police Spotlight · [uncredited] · pi

48 · Safeguarding the Life of John D. Rockefeller’s Daughter · [uncredited] · pi

50 · Month’s Panorama of Police and Detective News · [uncredited] · pi

52 · The Strange Disappearance of Frances St. John Smith · [uncredited] · ts

56 · One Hundred Million Fools · Carter Dale · ar

64 · The Slayer Who Laughed at Locksmiths · Frank H. Ward · ts

72 · The Suicide Pact · Paul V. Fleming · ss

76 · New York Police Down Sing Sing Eleven · [uncredited] · pi

78 · What Your Penmanship Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl

Real Detective [v25 #1, March 1932] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 98pp, 8.25″ x 11.25″ pulp, cover by Alec Redmond) []

6 · A Chat with the Chief · The Editor · cl

8 · It’s the Baloney · The Editor · ed

10 · Political Picaroons · Carter Dale · ar

18 · The Riot at Folsom Penitentiary · John Martin · ts

24 · New York Says: “Thank You, Mr. Volstead!” · [uncredited] · ar

30 · The Riddle of the Blue Bruise · Gerald D. McClean · ts

36 · The Mystery of the Stolen Baby · James W. Booth · ts

44 · The Key That Trapped Three · Merlin Moore Taylor · ts

50 · Eight Girls Behind Prison Bars · [uncredited] · pi

52 · Pictorial Highlights in the Month’s News · [uncredited] · pi

54 · Unmasking the Mediums · Dean S. Jennings · ar

62 · The Seven Suspects [Part 1 of 2] · Harry Millard Lynch · sl

67 · Manhattan News Flash · Tom O’Sullivan · cl

69 · Bonded Stuff · Norbert Davis · ss

72 · What Your Penmanship Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl

74 · The Lucky Stiff · Richard H. Hart · ss

76 · The Real Dope · Eric Howard · ss

Real Detective [v25 #2, April 1932] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 98pp, 8.25″ x 11.25″ pulp, cover by Alec Redmond) []

6 · A Chat with the Chief · The Editor · cl

8 · Frozen Fools! · The Editor · ed

10 · Death Casts a Ballot · Eugene B. Block · ts

16 · Exposing the Occult Fakirs · Dean S. Jennings · ar

23 · Two and Two Make Eight · Richard H. Hart · ss

26 · Wanted for Murder! · Carson A. Garrison · ts

33 · Manhattan News Flash · Tom O’Sullivan · cl

36 · The Bedroom Murder · John N. Stanton · ts

42 · Mrs. Winchell’s Bad Little Boy, Walter · Henry Hyloke · ts

48 · The Million-Dollar Plot [Part 1 of 2] · Alanson Crosby · sl

52 · A Sextet of Girls in the Detective Spotlight · [uncredited] · pi

54 · Unusual Picture Flashes from the Nation’s Police · [uncredited] · pi

56 · The Murder Mystery in Lovers’ Lane · Merlin Moore Taylor · ts

62 · “I Solemnly Swear—” · Carter Dale · ar

67 · The Seven Suspects [Part 2 of 2] · Harry Millard Lynch · sl

72 · What Your Penmanship Tells · Roger Derrick, M.A. · cl

98 · “Snatched” by Kidnappers! · [uncredited] · pi

Real Detective [v25 #3, May 1932] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 98pp, 8.25″ x 11.25″ pulp, cover by Alec Redmond) []

6 · A Chat with the Chief · The Editor · cl

8 · Pals! · The Editor · ed

10 · Pay or Die! · Edwin A. Lahey · ar

18 · The Queen of the Train Robbers · Chester L. Saxby · ts

24 · Sex for Sale · Henry Hyloke · ar

29 · Mad Laughter [Part 1 of 2] · M. M. Musselman · ts; illustrated by Frank T. M. Beatty

33 · Manhattan News Flash · Tom O’Sullivan · cl

36 · Human Contraband · James W. Booth · ar

42 · The Capture of Pete McKenzie · Lawrence Topperwein · ar

46 · The Girl Bazaar of Baroness Kuhlewindt · John P. Lally · ts

50 · Girls and Women in the Month’s Detective News · [uncredited] · pi

52 · World News Flashes Snapped by the Camera · [uncredited] · pi

54 · Dishonest Dollars · Carter Dale · ts

59 · Saved by Science · Ernest M. Poate · ss; illustrated by T. Wyatt Nelson

63 · The Million-Dollar Plot [Part 2 of 2] · Alanson Crosby · sl

Real Detective [v25 #4, June 1932] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 98pp, 8.25″ x 11.25″ pulp, cover by Alec Redmond) []

6 · A Chat with the Chief · The Editor · cl

8 · What’s the Use? · The Editor · ed

10 · Traffic in Girls · Francis J. McArdle · ar

18 · How I Solved the Murder Without a Clue · Detective Thomas Harrison; as told to Merlin Moore Taylor · ts

24 · Secrets of Atlanta Prison [Part 1 of 2] · Convict No. 27145 · ar

32 · The Riddle of the Darkened Room [Part 1 of 2] · Harry Millard Lynch · sl

37 · Easy Money · Ralph Pierce · ts

38 · American Crime Classics: Murder in the Mauve Decade · Stuart Palmer · ts

45 · Manhattan News Flash · Tom O’Sullivan · cl

48 · Photo Flashes from the Metropolitan Police · [uncredited] · pi

50 · Girls in the Detective Spotlight · [uncredited] · pi

52 · Death Grip · MacKinlay Kantor · ss

56 · Mad Men of Money · Carter Dale · ar

63 · Thieves in the Night · Norbert Davis · ss

66 · The “Little Goat” Goes Home · Gerald Dudley McClean · ts

70 · Mad Laughter [Part 2 of 2] · M. M. Musselman · ts

98 · Chicago Police Raid Taxi-Dance Hall · [uncredited] · ms

Real Detective [v26 #1, July 1932] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 98pp, 8.25″ x 11.25″ pulp, cover by Alec Redmond) []

6 · A Chat with the Chief · The Editor · cl

8 · “Red Riots” · The Editor · ed

10 · Grafters of the Turf · Mark Mellen · ar

19 · Manhattan News Flash · Tom O’Sullivan · cl

22 · Railroad Bulls I Have Known · Cliff Maxwell · ts

26 · Capone’s “Girl Racket” · Spike Casey · ar

34 · The Death That Lurked in the Shaving Cream · Ernest M. Poate · ts

38 · The Nude Body in the Forest · Robert Faherty · ts

44 · Murdered by Chinese Slave Dealer! · Flora Belle Jan · ts

50 · Girls and Women in the Police Panorama · [uncredited] · pi

52 · Pictorial Flashes from Month’s Detective News · [uncredited] · pi

54 · Secrets of Atlanta Prison [Part 2 of 2] · Convict No. 27145 · ar

58 · The Mystery of La Honda Hills · Eugene B. Block · ss

61 · The Bomb · Eric Howard · ss

62 · The Killer Who Climbed · Gerald Dudley McClean · ts

68 · The Riddle of the Darkened Room [Part 2 of 2] · Harry Millard Lynch · sl

71 · The Half-Wit · Norbert Davis · ss

Real Detective [v26 #2, August 1932] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 98pp, 8.25″ x 11.25″ pulp, cover by Alec Redmond) []

6 · A Chat with the Chief · The Editor · cl

10 · Kreuger—Croesus of Crime · Carter Dale · ar

16 · Ten Cents a Dance · Dan Foley · ar

22 · The Tracks of the Human Beast · Dr. E. L. Miloslavich & C. L. Saxby · ts

30 · The Unholy Cult of the Great Sixth Seal · D. L. Michel · ts

36 · The News Behind the News · Lowell M. Limpus · ar

42 · The Convict Author of “Ladies of the Big House” Plots His Escape from Prison · Captain George Helms & Harold J. FitzGerald · ts

48 · Camera Shots of the Nation’s Detective News · [uncredited] · pi

50 · Mayor Walker’s Latest “Show” Told in Photos · [uncredited] · pi

52 · The Mysterious Death on the Stillwater Bridge · Frank H. Ward · ts

58 · The Sport of Knaves · Mark Mellen · ar

65 · The Man of Death · Richard A. Martinsen · ts

69 · Manhattan News Flash · Tom O’Sullivan · cl

98 · Photographs of Nudists at Play · [uncredited] · pi

Real Detective [v26 #3, September 1932] ed. Edwin Baird (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 98pp, 8.25″ x 11.25″ pulp, cover by Alec Redmond) []

6 · A Chat with the Chief · The Editor · cl

8 · Nudism in America · Onlooker · ar

14 · Red Murder in the Desert · Robert Sothern · ts

20 · The Mysterious Crimes in the Duke’s Chateau · Hubert Dail · ts

26 · Gangsters Grip Chicago! · Hal Andrews · ar

34 · The Night Club Murder · Merlin Moore Taylor · ts

40 · Exposing the Quacks! · Edgar Irvin Fuller · ar

48 · Photo Flashes of the Police · [uncredited] · pi

50 · Warriors Fight Lost Cause · [uncredited] · pi

51 · Four Women and a Dead Millionaire · [uncredited] · pi

52 · Wolf! Wolf! · MacKinlay Kantor · ss

56 · Where Is the Infamous Katie Bender? · Richard Swallow · ts

62 · A Man of Peace · Richard A. Martinsen · ts

66 · The Microscope in Crime · Herbert Mills · ar

67 · Manhattan News Flash · Tom O’Sullivan · cl

98 · This Quintet Goes Hollywood · [uncredited] · ms

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