Categories | Crime stories |
---|---|
Publisher | Macfadden Publications (1924–1971) Rees Communications (1971–1995) Globe Communications (1995) |
Founder | Bernarr Macfadden |
Year founded | 1924 |
Language | English |
ISSN | 0041-350X |
- True Crime Magazine Pdf 2017
- Real Crime Magazine Pdf Download
- Best True Crime Magazine Articles
- True Crime Magazines Subscriptions
- True Crime Magazine Pdf
Windows 10 notification not showing. Get the latest crime news and updates from PEOPLE.com, including true crime sagas, cold cases and breaking national news.
True Detective (originally True Detective Mysteries) was an American true crime magazine published from 1924 to 1995. It initiated the true crime magazine genre, and during its peak from the 1940s to the early 1960s it sold millions of copies and spawned numerous imitators.
- True Crime - September 2020 English 52 Pages True PDF 46.5 MB Brought to you by world’s top experts in true crime world, the True Crime magazine offers an exclusive and fascinating journey through the criminal mind!
- True Crime e-Magazine is the world's leading publication devoted to true crime, serial killers and the criminal mind. It publishes concise, exclusive articles based on original research, presenting new discoveries and fresh interpretations by our amazing expert authors, such as Michael Butterfield (a recognized Zodiac Killer expert, who served as a consultant for news articles, television.
History[edit]
True Detective Mysteries was founded in 1924 by publisher Bernarr Macfadden.[1] It initially focused on mystery fiction, with a mix of non-fiction crime stories. In the 1930s, Macfadden realized the popularity of the non-fiction pieces and gradually phased out fiction. As such, True Detective Mysteries became the first true crime magazine.[2] In 1941, Macfadden changed the name to True Detective, emphasizing the magazine's move away from mystery fiction.[3]
True Detective's non-fiction stories retained some of the tone and style of noir fiction and mystery writing, laying the ground for subsequent true crime genre conventions.[1] The magazine had few ambitions to purvey serious literature, although it did publish early work by respected writers like Dashiell Hammett, Jim Thompson, and Ann Rule, among others.[4] It appealed to the same working class audience as its pulp fiction competitors and became a massive hit, evidently selling around 2 million copies per month in the 1930s and '40s. Its success inspired many imitators. MacFadden created a sister publication, Master Detective, and around 200 other true crime magazines emerged by the 1960s. Within the genre, True Detective was regarded as the standard bearer of quality and reliability.[5]
The pulp magazine industry declined in the 1960s, out-competed by television and increasingly cheap paperback books.[6] Many magazines went out of business, but True Detective continued publication, though with increasingly sensational and sexualized content and declining quality. By the 1980s, it was one of only 11 true crime magazines still in print.[4] The magazine went through several publishers; in 1995 it was bought out by Globe Communications, which shuttered the magazine.[1][4] After the American magazine shut down, British publishers continued True Detective under a new format, with an increased focus on Australian, European, and historical crimes.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ abcMurley 2008, pp. 12–13.
- ^Murley 2008, pp. 13, 15, 18.
- ^Murley 2008, 13, 29.
- ^ abcdMarr, John (August 19, 2015). 'The Long Life and Quiet Death of True Detective Magazine'. Gizmodo. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
- ^Murley 2008, pp. 13, 16–18.
- ^Murley 2008, pp. 15–16.
Bibliography[edit]
- Murley, Jean (2005). The Rise of True Crime: 20th-Century Murder and American Popular Culture. ABC-CLIO. ISBN1573567728.
External links[edit]
- True Detective Mysteries at the Internet Archive
Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=True_Detective_(magazine)&oldid=960265127'
Home - True Crime Detective Magazine Index
Detective Files
Continued fromPolice Files (1954-1967) and True Cases from Detective Files (1967)
1968 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
1969 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
1970 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
1971 | #16.1 January | --- | --- | --- | --- | #16.5 September | --- | --- |
1972 | --- | --- | --- | #17.4 July | --- | --- | --- |
1973 | #18.1 January | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
1974 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
1975 | --- | --- | --- | #20.4 July | --- | --- | --- |
1976 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
1977 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
1978 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
1979 | --- | --- | #24.3 May | --- | --- | --- | --- |
1980 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
1981 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
1982 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
1983 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
1984 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
1985 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | #30.6 November | --- |
1986 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
1987 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
True Crime Magazine Pdf 2017
1988 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
1989 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
Real Crime Magazine Pdf Download
1990 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
Best True Crime Magazine Articles
1991 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
1992 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
1993 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
1994 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
1995 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
1996 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
1997 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
1998 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
1999 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
True Crime Magazines Subscriptions
2000 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
True Crime Magazine Pdf
2001 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |