- True Detective
"True Detective" has been the name of several different magazines.
The first was an American
pulp magazine of more-or-less true stories of crime and criminals, created by publisherBernarr Macfadden in1924 . Although generally lurid, "True Detective" did publish work byDashiell Hammett and Jim Thompson, among others. The magazine ceased publication in the summer of1995 when Rees Communications sold it to Globe Communications. [Marr, John. "True Detective, R.I.P." http://www.stim.com/Stim-x/8.1/detective/detective-08.1.html (accessed: May 17, 2008).]In
1950 , an enterprising publisher launched editions of "True Detective" and "Master Detective" for Britain and Ireland. An instant success, they are still published to this day, and have been joined over the years by other successful magazines – "True Crime Monthly", launched in1981 , and "Murder Most Foul" quarterly, launched in1991 – plus a host of Summer Specials, Winter Specials and a unique selection of paperbacks in the famous True Crime Library. The magazine is also noted to be the source of the band name of internationally-famousGoo Goo Dolls .References
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