The strange case of Nathaniel Broome
by Charles McDonell
[Restored & Archived by Pulp Archive]

First published in: The Black Mask 11 1920
Main genre: Weird Menace
Lesser genres: Psychological Mystery, Occult Detective

A lonely bookkeeper befriends a mysterious lodger whose hidden secret erupts in horror, unraveling a chilling tale of beauty, pain, and family secrets.

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Prepared by: Sol
Narrated by: Whiteman, the digital narrator

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Blueberry Pie
by Thyra Samter Winslow

First published in: The Black Mask 1922-08
Main genre: Inverted Mystery
Lesser genres: Psychological Mystery, Hardboiled

To frame her former lover for her own "murder," a scorned woman steals a suicide's corpse and meticulously stages a crime scene, ultimately watching from afar as he is executed for a death that never happened.

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The Finger Of Guilt
by J J Stagg

First published in: The Black Mask April 1922
Main genre: Inverted Mystery
Lesser genres: Hardboiled, Heist Mystery

A flawless diamond vanishes from a locked office, and only after a brazen second crime and a burst of gunfire does the thief’s impossible secret—hidden on his own hand—finally come to light.

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Prepared by: Sol
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Double Feature: The Brand of Cain & The Man Who Was Two

First published in: The Black Mask April 1922
Main genre: Whodunit, Psychological Mystery
Lesser genres: Police Procedural, Detective Memoirs, Inverted Mystery

The Brand of Cain: A notorious gunman survives a catastrophic train wreck and confesses to murder, only to later claim a blow to the head stole his true identity as the police captain presumed dead in the crash.

The Man Who Was Two: When a wealthy farmer’s murder pits a secretary’s perfect alibi against impossible medical evidence, a staged séance weaponizes superstition to snare the killer in a lethal psychological trap.

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Fear
by Pettersen Marzoni

First published in: The Black Mask December 1921
Main genre: Inverted Mystery
Lesser genres: Psychological Mystery, Legal Thriller

A powerful banker confesses to murdering his partner to stop years of blackmail—only for a final discovery to reveal he may have killed an innocent man out of pure fear.

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Two Bells
by Harry G Hervey Junior

First published in: The Black Mask Novermber 1920
Main genre: Hardboiled
Lesser genres: Regional Mystery, Whodunit

In a coastal city defined by dockside shadows and backroom betrayals, a hard-boiled investigator follows a trail of violence to a central murder.

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Prepared by: Sol
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The Half-Asleep Girl
by William H Kofoed

First published in: The Black Mask September 1920
Main genre: Hardboiled
Lesser genres: Police Procedural, Whodunit

After being fleeced of a small fortune by a beautiful, tranced-out girl, wealthy adventurer Fleming Knibbs follows her into a squalid house where a "suicide" has just occurred. Working with a keen-eyed detective, Knibbs must determine if the girl is a cold-blooded killer or the helpless puppet of a paralyzed man with terrifying hypnotic powers.

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The Campaign for Vengeance
by John Baer

First published in: The Black Mask April 1922
Main genre: Hardboiled
Lesser genres: Whodunit, Psychological Mystery, Inverted Mystery

After her police captain brother is murdered by a shadowy criminal organization known as The Mogul, Marguerite Cornell assumes a false identity to infiltrate the city's underworld. As she descends into a life of crime and deception, she must balance her dangerous proximity to killers with her vow of pitiless vengeance.

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Prepared by: Sol
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Thornton Smiled Significantly
by David Morrison

First published in: The Black Mask December 1921
Main genre: Inverted Mystery
Lesser genres: Psychological Mystery, Hardboiled

A wealthy businessman is targeted by a sophisticated blackmailing duo who use a staged fainting spell and a hidden camera to frame him in a compromising position. However, the tables turn when the victim reveals he has been playing a much deeper game involving a hidden dictaphone and his own failing marriage.

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Double Feature: The Devil takes a hand & The Finishing Touch

First published in: The Black Mask September 1920
Main genre: Inverted Mystery,
Lesser genres: Psychological Mystery, Weird Menace, Psychological Mystery, Police Procedural

The Devil Takes a Hand A cunning man attempts to commit the perfect murder by teaching his "insane" wife how to hang herself, hoping to claim her inheritance and marry his mistress. His plan backfires with gruesome irony when his wife treats the demonstration as a game and pulls the chair out from under him.

The Finishing Touch A murderer orchestrates an "artistic" suicide for his rival, using a forged note and a forced dose of cyanide to clear his path to the man’s wife. His meticulous plan crumbles over a single, tiny detail: a mismatch between the wife’s real name and the name used in his "perfect" forgery.

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Production Credits
Prepared by: Sol
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⚠️ Content Advisory: This episode contains period-typical depictions of crime, violence, and mild profanity. Listener discretion is advised.

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