Pulp Archive: Detective & Mystery

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Here begins our journey to the lost works of Detective& Mystery Fiction from its golden age in the early 1900s. Hardbioled, Cosy, Sleuth and more. These genres were pionered in Pulp magazines like Black Mask and Detective Story Magazine by legendary writer like Raymond Chandler and Dashiel Hamnett. This podcast aims to recover stories scattered across defunct magazines and fragile archives, making them accessible to modern listeners while maintaining their original tone, structure, and historical character. This podcast is part of a broader preservation project, Pulp Archive, dedicated to documenting, restoring, and maintaining Pulp Fiction. For more genres: https://www.patreon.com/PulpArchive/collections or to support us subscribe to: https://www.patreon.com/PulpArchive/

  1. The yellow dog by Eric Darling [Restored & Archived by Pulp Archive]

    Mar 8

    The yellow dog by Eric Darling [Restored & Archived by Pulp Archive]

    The yellow dog by Eric Darling [Restored & Archived by Pulp Archive] First published in: The Black Mask 11 1920 Main genre: Heist Mystery Lesser genres: Inverted Mystery, Weird Menace A hardened thief's meticulous robbery of an old jeweler spirals into a nightmare as he is stalked through London's fog-shrouded alleys by a grotesque yellow dog and a web of double-crosses. --- Production Credits Prepared by: Sol Narrated by: Whiteman, the digital narrator ⚠️ Content Advisory: This episode contains period-typical depictions of crime, violence, and mild profanity. Listener discretion is advised. --- Explore the Archive We feature almost every genre of pulp fiction, including: Horror, Detective, Westerns, even Sports Find more genres here: [Patreon Collections] [Apple Podcasts Channel] Looking for unfiltered stories? For explicit episodes that aren't allowed on our standard podcast feed, visit: [patreon.com/pulparchive/collections] --- Support & Licensing This is a Pulp Archive recording. All Public Pulp Archive recordings are licensed under Creative Commons. To support our work, please visit [patreon.com/pulparchive]. A Note to Our Patrons: Special thanks to our patrons who make the podcast possible and make every episode of the Pulp Archive happen. Every episode is dedicated to our Patreon members; I truly could not do this without you.

    38 min
  2. Double Feature: The Extra Dozen Eggs & The Light That Lies [Restored & Archived by Pulp Archive]

    Mar 4

    Double Feature: The Extra Dozen Eggs & The Light That Lies [Restored & Archived by Pulp Archive]

    Double Feature: The Extra Dozen Eggs & The Light That Lies [Restored & Archived by Pulp Archive] First published in: The Black Mask 4 1922 Main genre: Sleuth, Inverted Mystery Lesser genres: Whodunit, Regional Mystery, Hardboiled The Extra Dozen Eggs by J B Hawley: A simple errand involving a dozen extra eggs fractures the peace of a rural community, turning neighbors into suspects as an amateur sleuth peels back layers of small-town gossip and hidden motives. The Light That Lies by Pettersen Marzoni: A desperate convict kills a guard and flees into the sweltering countryside, believing he’s found a savior when a car arrives, only to discover the civilian driver has masterfully lured him into a tight-fisted police trap. --- Production Credits Prepared by: Sol Narrated by: Whiteman, the digital narrator ⚠️ Content Advisory: This episode contains period-typical depictions of crime, violence, and mild profanity. Listener discretion is advised. --- Explore the Archive We feature almost every genre of pulp fiction, including: Horror, Detective, Westerns, even Sports Find more genres here: [Patreon Collections] [Apple Podcasts Channel] Looking for unfiltered stories? For explicit episodes that aren't allowed on our standard podcast feed, visit: [patreon.com/pulparchive/collections] --- Support & Licensing This is a Pulp Archive recording. All Public Pulp Archive recordings are licensed under Creative Commons. To support our work, please visit [patreon.com/pulparchive]. A Note to Our Patrons: Special thanks to our patrons who make the podcast possible and make every episode of the Pulp Archive happen. Every episode is dedicated to our Patreon members; I truly could not do this without you.

    38 min
  3. Murder in Haste by John Baer [Restored & Archived by Pulp Archive]

    Mar 3

    Murder in Haste by John Baer [Restored & Archived by Pulp Archive]

    Murder in Haste by John Baer [Restored & Archived by Pulp Archive] First published in: The Black Mask 8 1922 Main genre: Hardboiled Lesser genres: Whodunit, Psychological Mystery A cynical investigator must navigate a urban labyrinth of corruption and false confessions as a rising body count and constant betrayal threaten to swallow him whole before he can unmask the killer. --- Production Credits Prepared by: Sol Narrated by: Whiteman, the digital narrator ⚠️ Content Advisory: This episode contains period-typical depictions of crime, violence, and mild profanity. Listener discretion is advised. --- Explore the Archive We feature almost every genre of pulp fiction, including: Horror, Detective, Westerns, even Sports Find more genres here: [Patreon Collections] [Apple Podcasts Channel] Looking for unfiltered stories? For explicit episodes that aren't allowed on our standard podcast feed, visit: [patreon.com/pulparchive/collections] --- Support & Licensing This is a Pulp Archive recording. All Public Pulp Archive recordings are licensed under Creative Commons. To support our work, please visit [patreon.com/pulparchive]. A Note to Our Patrons: Special thanks to our patrons who make the podcast possible and make every episode of the Pulp Archive happen. Every episode is dedicated to our Patreon members; I truly could not do this without you.

    25 min
  4. Appearances Are Deceiving by George B Jenkins Jr [Restored & Archived by Pulp Archive]

    Mar 2

    Appearances Are Deceiving by George B Jenkins Jr [Restored & Archived by Pulp Archive]

    Appearances Are Deceiving by George B Jenkins Jr [Restored & Archived by Pulp Archive] First published in: The Black Mask 4 1922 Main genre: Heist Mystery Lesser genres: Inverted Mystery, Regional Mystery A cunning New York crook’s grand scheme to rob a Delaware bank collapses when his sophisticated web of deception is dismantled by a sharp small-town policeman and the very man he thought he had duped. --- Production Credits Prepared by: Sol Narrated by: Whiteman, the digital narrator ⚠️ Content Advisory: This episode contains period-typical depictions of crime, violence, and mild profanity. Listener discretion is advised. --- Explore the Archive We feature almost every genre of pulp fiction, including: Horror, Detective, Westerns, even Sports Find more genres here: [Patreon Collections] [Apple Podcasts Channel] Looking for unfiltered stories? For explicit episodes that aren't allowed on our standard podcast feed, visit: [patreon.com/pulparchive/collections] --- Support & Licensing This is a Pulp Archive recording. All Public Pulp Archive recordings are licensed under Creative Commons. To support our work, please visit [patreon.com/pulparchive]. A Note to Our Patrons: Special thanks to our patrons who make the podcast possible and make every episode of the Pulp Archive happen. Every episode is dedicated to our Patreon members; I truly could not do this without you.

    29 min
  5. The Dark Brown Dress by Meredith Beyers [Restored & Archived by Pulp Archive]

    Mar 1

    The Dark Brown Dress by Meredith Beyers [Restored & Archived by Pulp Archive]

    The Dark Brown Dress by Meredith Beyers [Restored & Archived by Pulp Archive] First published in: The Black Mask 12 1921 Main genre: Whodunit Lesser genres: Historical Mystery, Forensic Mystery Investigator Meroe must piece together a trail of needle marks and intercepted telegrams to expose a lethal inheritance conspiracy hidden behind the "natural" deaths of a couple in a locked hotel suite. --- Production Credits Prepared by: Sol Narrated by: Whiteman, the digital narrator ⚠️ Content Advisory: This episode contains period-typical depictions of crime, violence, and mild profanity. Listener discretion is advised. --- Explore the Archive We feature almost every genre of pulp fiction, including: Horror, Detective, Westerns, even Sports Find more genres here: [Patreon Collections] [Apple Podcasts Channel] Looking for unfiltered stories? For explicit episodes that aren't allowed on our standard podcast feed, visit: [patreon.com/pulparchive/collections] --- Support & Licensing This is a Pulp Archive recording. All Public Pulp Archive recordings are licensed under Creative Commons. To support our work, please visit [patreon.com/pulparchive]. A Note to Our Patrons: Special thanks to our patrons who make the podcast possible and make every episode of the Pulp Archive happen. Every episode is dedicated to our Patreon members; I truly could not do this without you.

    39 min
  6. The Georgetown Mystery by William Wallace Major [Restored & Archived by Pulp Archive]

    Feb 28

    The Georgetown Mystery by William Wallace Major [Restored & Archived by Pulp Archive]

    The Georgetown Mystery by William Wallace Major [Restored & Archived by Pulp Archive] First published in: The Black Mask 11 1920 Main genre: Whodunit Lesser genres: Police Procedural, Regional Mystery In a quiet Ohio village, a visiting detective peels back layers of hidden letters and a widow's secrets to solve a double homicide and a high-stakes bank robbery that shattered the town's facade of order. --- Production Credits Prepared by: Sol Narrated by: Whiteman, the digital narrator ⚠️ Content Advisory: This episode contains period-typical depictions of crime, violence, and mild profanity. Listener discretion is advised. --- Explore the Archive We feature almost every genre of pulp fiction, including: Horror, Detective, Westerns, even Sports Find more genres here: [Patreon Collections] [Apple Podcasts Channel] Looking for unfiltered stories? For explicit episodes that aren't allowed on our standard podcast feed, visit: [patreon.com/pulparchive/collections] --- Support & Licensing This is a Pulp Archive recording. All Public Pulp Archive recordings are licensed under Creative Commons. To support our work, please visit [patreon.com/pulparchive]. A Note to Our Patrons: Special thanks to our patrons who make the podcast possible and make every episode of the Pulp Archive happen. Every episode is dedicated to our Patreon members; I truly could not do this without you.

    44 min
  7. The Prisoner Speaks by J Frederic Thorne [Restored & Archived by Pulp Archive]

    Feb 27

    The Prisoner Speaks by J Frederic Thorne [Restored & Archived by Pulp Archive]

    The Prisoner Speaks by J Frederic Thorne [Restored & Archived by Pulp Archive] First published in: The Black Mask 12 1921 Main genre: Legal Thriller Lesser genres: Psychological Mystery, Regional Mystery Samuel Smith takes his own defense in a small-town courtroom, battling a wave of circumstantial evidence and a bloodthirsty community to prove his innocence in the brutal murder of his wife. --- Production Credits Prepared by: Sol Narrated by: Whiteman, the digital narrator ⚠️ Content Advisory: This episode contains period-typical depictions of crime, violence, and mild profanity. Listener discretion is advised. --- Explore the Archive We feature almost every genre of pulp fiction, including: Horror, Detective, Westerns, even Sports Find more genres here: [Patreon Collections] [Apple Podcasts Channel] Looking for unfiltered stories? For explicit episodes that aren't allowed on our standard podcast feed, visit: [patreon.com/pulparchive/collections] --- Support & Licensing This is a Pulp Archive recording. All Public Pulp Archive recordings are licensed under Creative Commons. To support our work, please visit [patreon.com/pulparchive]. A Note to Our Patrons: Special thanks to our patrons who make the podcast possible and make every episode of the Pulp Archive happen. Every episode is dedicated to our Patreon members; I truly could not do this without you.

    1h 1m
  8. The Vault by Murray Leinster [Restored & Archived by Pulp Archive]

    Feb 26

    The Vault by Murray Leinster [Restored & Archived by Pulp Archive]

    The Vault by Murray Leinster [Restored & Archived by Pulp Archive] First published in: The Black Mask 8 1922 Main genre: Heist Mystery Lesser genres: Psychological Mystery, Locked Room Mystery A seasoned safe-cracker’s routine heist spirals into a deadly game of survival when he discovers a sinister betrayal that threatens to seal him alive inside an airtight vault. --- Production Credits Prepared by: Sol Narrated by: Whiteman, the digital narrator ⚠️ Content Advisory: This episode contains period-typical depictions of crime, violence, and mild profanity. Listener discretion is advised. --- Explore the Archive We feature almost every genre of pulp fiction, including: Horror, Detective, Westerns, even Sports Find more genres here: [Patreon Collections] [Apple Podcasts Channel] Looking for unfiltered stories? For explicit episodes that aren't allowed on our standard podcast feed, visit: [patreon.com/pulparchive/collections] --- Support & Licensing This is a Pulp Archive recording. All Public Pulp Archive recordings are licensed under Creative Commons. To support our work, please visit [patreon.com/pulparchive]. A Note to Our Patrons: Special thanks to our patrons who make the podcast possible and make every episode of the Pulp Archive happen. Every episode is dedicated to our Patreon members; I truly could not do this without you.

    25 min
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Here begins our journey to the lost works of Detective& Mystery Fiction from its golden age in the early 1900s. Hardbioled, Cosy, Sleuth and more. These genres were pionered in Pulp magazines like Black Mask and Detective Story Magazine by legendary writer like Raymond Chandler and Dashiel Hamnett. This podcast aims to recover stories scattered across defunct magazines and fragile archives, making them accessible to modern listeners while maintaining their original tone, structure, and historical character. This podcast is part of a broader preservation project, Pulp Archive, dedicated to documenting, restoring, and maintaining Pulp Fiction. For more genres: https://www.patreon.com/PulpArchive/collections or to support us subscribe to: https://www.patreon.com/PulpArchive/

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