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    True Detective Mysteries (UK) [Vol. 2 No. 5, May 1931] (New Metropolitan Fiction, Inc., 6d, 64pp+, cover from True Detective Mysteries April 1931) []
    Details supplied by Richard Newsome from Table of Contents.
    • 3 · Arouse Public Opinion! · Phillip Forman · es
    • 4 · The Inside on the Lingle Murder Capture · Alan Hynd · tc
    • 16 · The Riddle of the Slain Teacher · L. L. Bingaman · tc
    • 22 · My Greatest Cases—No. 5—The Waggoner Case · William J. Burns · tc
    • 28 · How America’s Greatest Jewel Robbery Was Solved · Isabel Stephen · tc
    • 39 · The Murder of “Broadway Rose” · David Lindsay · tc
    • 46 · The Clue of the Empty Cartridge · J. J. Kalez · tc
    • 52 · The Inside on Chicago’s Notorious St. Valentine Massacre · Charles DeLacy · tc
    • 58 · I Am a Fugitive from the Georgia Chain Gang! [Part ? of ?] · Robert Elliott Burns · te; “written from hiding”.

    True Experiences:   (about)

    True Gang Life   (about)
    True Gang Life was another of the pulps that cashed in on the brief popularity of gangster stories. It is unclear how many issues were published.

    • Publishers:
      • Associated Authors, Inc.; 11 West 42nd Street, New York, NY; and later at 125 East 46th Street, New York 17, NY: True Gang Life.

    True Gang Life [Vol. I No. 6, June 1935] (15¢, large pulp) []
    Issue not indexed.

    True Gangster Stories (1941)   (about)
    Despite the title True Gangster Stories was mainly fiction. It had two separate short runs, each beginning with Vol. 1 No. 1, even though the title had previously been used for the final issue of Double-Action Gang Magazine.

    • Publishers:
      • Columbia Publications, Inc.; 1 Appleton Street, Holyoke, MA: True Gangster Stories.

    True Gangster Stories (UK) (1939)   (about)
    British reprint edition of True Gangster Stories.

    • Publishers:
      • Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd.; 18 Bride Lane, London EC4: True Gangster Stories (UK).

    True Gangster Stories (UK) (1942)   (about)
    British reprint edition of True Gangster Stories.

    • Publishers:
      • Gerald G. Swan, Ltd.; 37-38-39 Burne Street, Marylebone, London NW1: True Gangster Stories (UK).

    True Men Stories [Volume 10 No. 6, January 1968] ed. Theodore S. Hecht (Stanley Publications, 35¢, 74pp, quarto) []
    • 6 · The Doctor Says: Sex Without Love · I. H. Harris, M.D. · cl
    • 8 · What’s Up Front · [uncredited] · pi; featuring Jody Gibbs.
    • 12 · Just for Laughs · Various · ct
    • 14 · My Life with the 50 Nude Passion Girls of Teun Island · John King · ts
    • 18 · Where to Find Love Happy Women Crazy for You! · Gene Channing · ar
    • 20 · Redheaded Giant and His Private Harem of Love Slaves · Allan Stone · ts
    • 22 · Thrills and Spills · [uncredited] · pi; featuring Janey Williams.
    • 26 · Knife Fight for a Hot Limbed Blonde · J. J. Lewis · ts
    • 28 · How Doctors Can Give You a Better Sex Life—Made to Order · Myron Brenton · ar
    • 30 · Rebels with a Torch · Barry Mathews · ar
    • 32 · Bachelor’s Dream · [uncredited] · pi; featuring Laura Chilton.
    • 34 · The One Man Blood Purge of Lt. Hugh Miller · Robert Moore · ar
    • 36 · Stabbed by a Maddened Moose · Gordon Cummingham · ts
    • 38 · Short ’n Sweet · [uncredited] · pi; featuring Judy Crowder.

    True Mystic Confessions   (about)
    True Mystic Confessions featured articles on astrology and dreams but mainly carried fictionalized and sensationalized accounts of nudist camp orgies, drugs and sex crimes. Nearly all of the pieces are anonymous and that is understandable. Many of the stories do have a weird element to them but in general this magazine is only for the completist. The contents of the only known issue are given below.

    • Publishers:
      • Country Press, Inc.; Greenwich CT: True Mystic Confessions.

    True Mystic Science   (about)
    True Mystic Science contained articles on astrology, numerology, graphology, mediums, prophecies, famous crimes and unexplained events and various psychic phenomena. R.T.M. Scott was a frequent contributor, Talbot Mundy had an article on Mystic India in the second issue and Otis Adelbert Kline had articles in the second and fifth issues. Arthur J. Burks appeared in the eighth.

    The front covers were photos of some staged mystic scene, the back covers were often reproductions of oil paintings. A ninth issue was scheduled to appear but never did according to Chester Cuthbert who was to have an article appear in it..

    • Publishers:
      • Continental News; Minneapolis, MN: True Mystic Science.

    • Editors:

    True Mystic Science [v1 #1, November 1938] ed. R. T. Maitland Scott, Jr. (Continental News, 25¢, 84pp, large) []
    Cover depicts young woman with long blonde hair staring down at her bosom (bodice is only slightly low-cut) at the large human eye which has opened thereon); she smiles in a mystically gratified manner. Table of Contents also promises “Mystic India Speaks” via Talbot Mundy in the December issue, out November 1st.
    • 4 · Untold Facts Behind “Scientific American’s” Psychic Probe! · Austin C. Lescarbourn · ar
    • 8 · His Mystic Miracles Solved 100 Crimes · Walter Stuart · ar
    • 12 · Is Roosevelt Psychic? · Major R. T. M. Scott · ar
    • 14 · A Demonic Power Ruled D’Annunzio · Louis Norton Sarbach · ar
    • 16 · Laboratory Tests Show Phantom Wonders · Dr. Hereward Carrington · ar
    • 20 · In the Land of Living Ghosts · Sylvan Muldoon · ar
    • 24 · Nazidom’s Rasputin · [uncredited] · ar
    • 28 · Abraham Lincoln Died Twice · Henry T. Sperry · ar
    • 30 · Looking at Your Fate (Crystal Gazing Explained) · Miriam Fels · cl
    • 32 · The Valentino Death Prophecy · George Wehner · ar
    • 35 · Wheel of Life (Astrological Character Analysis) · Dr. Gustave Ekstrom · cl
    • 36 · These Four Celebrities Were Born with “Lion’s Paws” · Nellie Simmons Meier · ar
    • 38 · Occultism Guides Many Movie Stars · William Frank · ar
    • 41 · Seeress of Disaster · [uncredited] · ar
    • 42 · Science Now Proves the Supernatural · John J. O’Neill · ar
    • 46 · Letters from Our Readers (True Psychic Experiences) · The Readers · cl
    • 49 · The Third Eye · Genevieve Grahame · ar; “cover story”.
    • 50 · This Autumn’s Lucky People · [uncredited] · ms; astrology feature.
    • 52 · Destiny’s Queen of Crimson Doom · Leslie Grant · ar
    • 54 · The Planets Foretell Your Chances of Love and Marriage This Fall (Astrology) · Grant Lewi · cl
    • 56 · Death Was Their Shadow · Howard Stephenson · ar
    • 59 · Wild Talents · Charles Fort · ms (r)
    • 60 · Handwriting Secrets Revealed (Special Offer) · John H. Geller · cl
    • 63 · $1,000,000 Psychic Experiences Contest (Rules and Instructions) · [uncredited] · cl
    • 64 · Most Dramatic Seance Ever Known · Anna Dickerman · ar
    • 66 · Spirits Rule Cannibal Land · Charles C. Miller · ar
    • 70 · Arthur J. Roberts Explained · Sterling Wright · ar
    • 75 · Numbers Tell Your Future (Numerology) · [uncredited] · cl
    • 79 · Your Solar Forecast (Special Astrology Offer) · [uncredited] · cl
    • bc. · [Pluto (presumably) seated on a throne in some gloomy yellow-green world (presumably Hades), with Cerberus in front of him (all three heads looking rather cute and petting-worthy, and with tail looking about to wag) and two vultures seated on the back of the throne] · [uncredited] · cv

    True Mystic Science [v1 #2, December 1938] ed. R. T. Maitland Scott, Jr. (Continental News, 25¢, 84pp, large) []
    cover: Nude adolescent female faces reader; gold (?) band around hair; bunch of grapes and sheaf of wheat cover (most of) right and left breasts respectively (no indication what holds them there); right hand holds mystic device incorporating ship’s model and a balance; left holds device incorporating ankh and a four-walled bell; to either side of her are pillars carved with Egyptian hieroglyphics; picture cuts off just above navel level. The only cover that might have caused raised eyebrows at a newstand, I think. Promised lead story next month: Joan of Arc, by Paul Chadwick.

    True Mystic Science [v1 #3, January/February 1939] ed. R. T. Maitland Scott, Jr. (Continental News, 25¢, 84pp, large, cover: [Joan of Arc, in armor, gazes to her left offstage; over her right shoulder some sort of spirit face surrounded by rays of light gazes down on her] by Underwood & Underwood & The Bettmann Archive) []
    note on the table of contents offers an unusual reason for the combinated date: “In order to give hosts of new readers the time to catch up on the wealth of ground covered by TRUE MYSTIC SCIENCE, the January issue is combined with the February…”
    Details supplied by Denny Lien.

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