The Illustrated Detective Magazine, September 1931

The Illustrated Detective Magazine (September 1931) This issue features a mix of crime reportage and fiction. The lead article, "The Girl Who Paid with Her Life," written by a police official, concerns the Vivian Gordon murder case, positioning itself as inside revelations. Octavus Roy Cohen contributes "The Hollywood Bridal-Night Murder," a fiction story. The serial "The Scarlet Fan" (by H.L. Gates) begins, teasing "the Girl Who Dared Its Fatal Kiss." Additional stories include pieces by Charles Somerville, Jim Roberts, Allen Glasser, Ellis Parker Butler, and Marjorie Mears on varied criminal subjects. Non-fiction includes departments on fingerprint science, codes and ciphers, and criminal psychology. The issue also advertises the forthcoming October number's coverage of the Starr Faithfull case, promising graphologist Louise Rice's criminological analysis and references to a Chicago gangland "Kiss of Death" girl.