Tag: Dead Body
Murder In The Ring
The Opening Door
Nickel Detective, April 1933
The Murdered Wax Figure
This entire issue can be downloaded here
Capturing Spokane’s Hatchet Slayer
If I had a nickel for every time a 1930’s magazine bragged about catching a notorious killer in Spokane, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice.
Impossible
“—I don’t know where I was. There were no windows in the room. I sat there copying these Chinese letters when I heard the screams. Somebody was murdered—I didn’t see it, but I know. The cops would say I’m crazy. Do you?”
Ivy Frost lighted a long, pungent cigarette, and gazed hard at his caller. He cleared his throat finally, and said:
“‘I’ll take the case. Take off your shoes and let me see them.'”
Sinners and Shrouds
Murder Makes A Merry Widow / Blue Mask At Bay
First issue. Note that Murder Makes A Merry Widow got republished in 1953
Snappy Detective Mysteries, June 1935
Murder Deals in Ersatz
The Paw Of The Bear
The Loveless Die First
Also, Kiss The Dead Girl. This entire issue can be downloaded here
The Spider Orchid Mystery
Innocent little Octavia Van Dorn had no lovers, no treasures, no enemies. Yet they found her in a bed of priceless spider orchids, subtly murdered by an unknown hand. Whose? Why?
