Best True Fact Detective, January 1950

This January-February 1950 issue of *Best True Fact Detective* magazine features eight true-crime narratives with sensational titles emphasizing sex and violence. Lead story: "Sex-Starved Women Are Coffin Bait" (page 10) describes a serial killer who married and murdered women repeatedly. "Crimson Crimes of the Lustful Ladies" (page 14) concerns a red light district murder involving a prostitute and her gigolo lover. Other narratives include "Why the Good Wife Left Home" (page 18), involving a death at sea; "Scarlet Sins of the Vice Lords of Paris" (page 22), about molls of the Bonnot gang; "Passion Blazed a Trail for Murder" (page 28); "The Thrill-Seeking Beauty Danced with Death" (page 31); "When Wife and Mistress Meet" (page 34); and "He Sang a Hymn of Hate" (page 39), detailing poverty, death, arson, and murder in a family. Shorter articles address political violence and criminal investigation.