True Detective (magazine)

True Detective

Cover of the October 1961 issue of True Detective
Categories	Crime stories
Publisher	Macfadden Publications (1924–1971) Rees Communications (1971–1995) Globe Communications (1995)
Founder	Bernarr Macfadden
Founded	1924
Language	English
ISSN	0041-350X

True Detective (originally True Detective Mysteries) was an American true crime magazine published from 1924 to 1995. It initiated the true crime magazine genre, and during its peak from the 1940s to the early 1960s it sold millions of copies and spawned numerous imitators. For most of its run, it was published by Macfadden Publications.