Strange Detective Mysteries was a pulp magazine published by Popular Publications beginning in 1938, during a period when publishers were experimenting with blending established genres. As its title suggests, the magazine specialized in combining hardboiled detective stories with elements of the bizarre, the supernatural, and the horrific. This positioned it alongside the “weird menace” and horror pulps, but with a stronger emphasis on mystery and investigation. Readers could expect tales of private eyes and policemen pitted not only against criminals, but also against eerie conspiracies, occult trappings, and seemingly impossible crimes. This hybrid style made the magazine distinctive at a time when crime and horror pulps were booming. Like many Popular Publications titles, Strange Detective Mysteries relied heavily on eye-catching, lurid covers to grab attention at the newsstand. Often painted by leading pulp artists, the covers depicted terrified women, grotesque villains, and dramatic confrontations meant to suggest both horror and action. Inside, stories leaned on atmosphere as much as action, with plots often involving cults, sinister scientists, or unearthly threats that pushed detective heroes to their limits. Though the magazine did not run as long as more conventional detective pulps, it carved out a niche in pulp history as one of the more unusual experiments in cross-genre storytelling. Today, it is remembered fondly by collectors and pulp historians as a title that embodied the pulps’ willingness to blur lines and chase thrills wherever they could be found.