Prison Life Stories was a magazine that ran for three issues in 1935. Edited by the warden of a federal prison, Prison Life Stories featured articles written by actual law enforcement personnel and actual convicts. J. Edgar Hoover contributed an article to the first issue. The third issue was written by prisoners.
Here are the three covers of Prison Life Stories:
by Monroe Eisenberg
by Hugh Joseph Ward
by Norman Saunders
Artist Unknown
From the time that the first issue was published in January of 1935, Horror Stories was one of the most popular pulp magazines, featuring content that was considered extreme even by pulp standards. Unfortunately, like many pulp magazines, it was forced to cease publication in 1941 due to a paper shortage following the U.S.’s entry into World War II. Because of its short press run, issues of Horror Stories are especially valued by collectors.
Horror Stories was best known for its lurid covers. I’ve posted a few here. Though many of these covers did not have a credited artist, it is believed that the majority of them were done by John Newton Howitt.
Artist Unknown
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By John Newton Howitt
By John Newton Howitt
by John Newton Howitt
By John Newton Howitt
By John Newton Howitt
by John Newton Howitt
By Monroe Eisenberg
by Rudolph Zirn
Artist Unknown
Artist Unknown
Artist Unknown
By John Drew
Through the Shattered Lens 