Pay-Off #2

Pay-Off #2 (1948) This anthology issue contains multiple true crime stories. "The Missing Bullets" involves a murder investigation where a ballistics report proves crucial in determining guilt, revealing that neither of two suspects' guns fired the fatal bullet that killed a man named Murthey. Another story follows Mike Kowalski, a coal miner who leaves his life of poverty to pursue work as an escort service gigolo in New York City, only to become entangled in criminal circumstances after meeting a client named Miss Brodogray at a dance. The issue promises additional stories including "The Mystic Eye," "Double Identity," "The Pennsylvania Bluebeard," and "The Hat Box," comprising a 52-page magazine of true crime narratives.