The Terrors of Egypt
The terrors of Egypt were created largely out of ignorance. With centuries passing before the decoding of hieroglyphics, we had plenty of time to come Read More
Category: Occult Detectives
The Robots of Thrilling Mystery
With a title like Thrilling Mystery you aren’t expecting robots. That’s Amazing Stories or Astounding Science Fiction, right? Two important robot authors of those magazines Read More
Look Who’s in Thrilling Mystery
Thrilling Mystery was one of Leo Marguiles’ Pulps for Beacon Magazines. It ran from October 1935 to Summer 1944 (when it changed to Thrilling Mystery Read More
The Casebook of Lucius Leffing (1973)
 Joseph Payne Brennan (1918-1990) created The Casebook of Lucius Leffing in a spirit of another age. Which is fitting, since Leffing himself suffers from the Read More
The Case of Professor Zoff
The popularity of Dr. Occult and later Dr. Thirteen made occult detective characters another “must have” feature of early comics, along with the jungle lord Read More
Too Late to the Party: Joseph Payne Brennan
Joseph Payne Brennan Joseph Payne Brennan (1918-1990) would become one of the preeminent horror short story writers of the 1960s and 1970s along with Basil Read More
Neils Orson the Ghost Hunter
The 1930’s was the last great period of Spiritualism in Britain and America. Houdini and other defrauders were busy debunking the phonies and relegating the Read More
Lin Carter & His Pastiches
On Facebook somebody said why doesn’t somebody do a list of all the authors that inspired Lin Carter’s many pastiches? Well kids, let’s give it Read More
The Curse of Jules de Grandin: Pierre d’Artois
The Curse of Jules de Grandin haunted one man: E. Hoffman Price (1898-1988) and his creation, Pierre d”Artois. The success of a character in a Read More
The Strangest Northerns: Quest of Qui
Quest of Qui appeared in Doc Savage Magazine, July 1935. It was #12 in the Bantam paperback series. It also received a junior hard cover Read More