Famous Detective Stories was a magazine that underwent multiple name changes... eight of them! Near the end of its run, it was known as Famous Detective Stories, but it didn't start out that way. Detective Yarns, as it was first known, made its debut with the June 1938 issue, coming from Columbia Publications. It switched to a character pulp, featuring The Black Hood as of September 1941, and its name changed to Black Hood Detective. Then it became Hooded Detective for two issues until Crack Detective was born in May of 1942. After ten issues a single word was added to the name, and it became Crack Detective Stories. With the November 1949 issue the title was changed to Famous Detective, and then after three issues it became Famous Detective Stories. The final incarnation began in December 1956 with the name Crack Detective and Mystery Stories. This title lasted for four issues. The final issue was July 1957, outlasting most of the other pulp magazines on the market. There were 97 issues published in all. Famous Detective Stories returns in these vintage pulp tales, reissued for today’s readers in electronic format.
Table of Contents:
2 Feature Novels of Midnight Mystery
Dead Freight
by Hunt Collins
A stolen corpse suggests murder past and murder-yet-to-come!
Hot Ice Housewarming
by Seven Anderton
Edna Pender’s “housewarming” case involves official house-cleaning!
3 Powerful Novelets
Bid For The Devil’s Throne
by Daniel R. Gilgannon
Jim Connor suspects that “The Pig” carries the key to murder!
Beware Of The Cashew Tree
by David R. MacGregor
When circumstantial evidence is too good, look for a frame-up!
A Head For Murder
by Daniel Pitt!
Why wasn’t Paul Danton suspected of a murder he could have committed with the greatest of ease?
Short Stories
I Want You, Killer!
by Richard Brister
Fanton couldn’t stand this little bird’s song — for a reason!
The Deadly Daily
by Aaron Holm
An innocent-looking newspaper plunges its finder into crime!
Case Of The Frightened Child
by Patrick Laing
Even if he were guilty, Phillip wouldn’t be charged with killing...
