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We are following over 200 crimes and thousands of leads in articles from the New York Times and Brooklyn Eagle and other newspapers. Stay tuned for further developments.
Three Young Boys Kill a Man Using a Stolen Pistol
Three motherless boys, 11 to 14 years old, stole a pistol from a police station and used it to rob and kill a man.
Ruth Snyder/Judd Gray Murderers
For months before her execution in 1928, the Daily News and other New York tabloids told lurid stories of how Ruth Snyder and Judd Gray, murdered Snyder’s husband. The bungled crime featured an affair, a grisly murder and a planned insurance scam. In its coverage, the press turned the case into a media circus.
Nonfiction Pulp
We are following over 200 crimes and thousands of leads in articles from the New York Times and Brooklyn Eagle and other newspapers. Stay tuned for further developments.
Look for a Blabbermouth
Look for a Blabber Mouth Front Page Detective Magazine October 1955 A Captain Flattery Story About the Author From a bicycle cop whose job it was to ticket reckless buggy drivers and overparked carriages, Irish Henry flattery grew to be one of the most...
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Leave it to the Girls
Leave it to the GirlsFront Page Detective MagazineDecember, 1955About the Author Captain Henry Flattery (retired in 1952 from the New York City Police Department) is now no stranger to FRONT PAGE readers. He has taken you on two memorable excursions through some of...
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Gorilla Man
A torn sleeve and a crimson trail of illicit love sealed the fate of the killer of the game warden.
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I Should ‘ a’ Let Him Shoot Me First
Hot lead blasted this dying cop in Jamaica, Long Island – and only a dead bandit’s automobile key was left to unlock the double-murder enigma.
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Add Your Name — Send a Dollar to Death
A Chain Letter Brought Murder to This Jamaica, Long Island, Druggist — and Police Realized They Had to Find the Two Mysterious Blondes.
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New York’s Riddle of the Floating Corpse
Stabbed 15 times in the chest and back, a man’s body in Jamaica Bay, N.Y., offered police a baffling mystery. But a tiny slip of paper led them at last to the killer shown here in custody.
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The Clue of the Chain Letter
There was no direct evidence, but the detectives knew how to make the guilty conscience of a murderer work for justice.
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Wake of the Dawn Patrol
Wake of the Dawn Patrol True Detective February, 1943 By David Wray At Jamaica Avenue and Merrick Rd. a motorman saw a waiting taxi, its motor racing. Just around the corner was Mahairas' restaurant. Detectives James Sabatino, now Lieutenant, and Theodore...
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Pay in Dog Years