Forged in war, The Phantom Detective wages a one-man battle on crime! Solving impossible mysteries and delivering his own justice, he is the underworld’s masked nightmare!

The Phantom Detective takes the baffling trail of a crew of heartless killers who plant the sinister seeds of treachery and seek to reap a grim crime harvest of dollars and death! Old-time prohibition big-shots and new recruits distill a deadly brew of crime!

Although The Phantom Detective often faced the same sort of evil that other Pulp heroes came into contact with, there was something different about the adventures of Richard Curtis Van Loan. Multiple similarities can be drawn between The Phantom and his pulpish peers, including being a veteran of the Great War, being wealthy, and an unerring need to help others. Even with all of that, however, the concept of the masked man with the platinum domino mask as his personal badge had something others of its type did not - a certain simplicity. Van Loan, even with his unerring mission of justice, actually returned from the war as so many veterans do, looking for what was next, unsure of how to continue his life. This unsure direction surely spoke to many readers of the Detective’s stories, a lot of them either veterans themselves or, more likely, victims of the insecurity the Great Depression caused. In The Phantom Detective, however, fans found a man who not only, like them, had lost his way, but also rediscovered it and took to a new path with dedication and ferocity.

Knowing that crime was a universal concern, The Phantom Detective’s stories often led with brief passages, editorials in a way, pointing out allegedly real criminals and actual criminal actions. Each of these blurbs were essentially calls to action, summoning the reader to, like The Phantom Detective, take up the fight against crime, in completely legal ways, of course.

The Hi-Jack Murders was originally published in the June 1944 issue of The Phantom Detective Magazine and is read with pulse pounding intensity by award winning voice actor Milton Bagby.

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1: Derelict

Chapter 2: Related Incidents

Chapter 3: Secret of Dr. Bendix

Chapter 4: Swizzle Stick Carver

Chapter 5: Cocktail For Five

Chapter 6: Man of Mystery

Chapter 7: The Frightened man

Chapter 8: Unwelcome Visitor

Chapter 9: Between Two Fires

Chapter 10: Finger of Suspicion

Chapter 11: Murder Threat

Chapter 12: Jungle Pit

Chapter 13: First Definite Trail

Chapter 14: Midnight Phone Call

Chapter 15: Side Racket

Chapter 16: Rash Action

Chapter 17: The Hard Way