Dime Mystery Magazine was a US pulp magazine published from 1932 to 1950 by Popular Publications. Originally Dime Mystery Book Magazine, it contained mysteries, including a novel in each issue. Competing with established magazines, it failed to sell. From 1933, inspired by Grand Guignol, publisher Harry Steeger changed its style, publishing horror stories in what became known as "weird menace" fiction, where the apparently supernatural transpired to have an everyday explanation. Further magazines in the same genre followed. The emphasis on sex and sadism increased, but reverted to detective stories in 1938. The stories now featured detectives with a handicap such as amnesia or hemophilia. After a return to weird menace, it reverted to detective stories until it ceased publication in 1950. Most stories were low-quality, but some well-known authors appeared, including Edgar Wallace, Ray Bradbury, Norvell Page, and Wyatt Blassingame. The last issues appeared as 15 Mystery Stories.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1841:

Commodore Gordon Bremer took formal possession of Hong Kong Island for the United Kingdom at Possession Point. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Bremer

1905:

The 3,107-carat (621 g; 1.37 lb) Cullinan Diamond, the largest gem-quality rough diamond ever found, was discovered at the Premier Mine in Gauteng, South Africa. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cullinan_Diamond

1945:

Audie Murphy engaged in action at the Colmar Pocket that won him a Medal of Honor and made him one of the most famous and decorated U.S. soldiers of World War II. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audie_Murphy

1972:

JAT Flight 367 exploded in mid-air over Czechoslovakia; the only survivor of the 28 on board, flight attendant Vesna Vulović, fell 10,160 m (33,330 ft), setting the record for surviving the highest fall without a parachute. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesna_Vulovi%C4%87

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

vaccine: 1. (historical) 2. (medicine) Of, pertaining to, caused by, or characteristic of cowpox. 3. (by extension, immunology) Of or pertaining to cowpox as a source of material for vaccination against smallpox; also, of or pertaining to such material used for vaccination. 4. (archaic) Of, pertaining to, or derived from cattle or cows. 5. (immunology) 6. A substance given to stimulate a body's production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease without causing the disease itself in the treatment, prepared from the agent that causes the disease (or a derivative of it; or a related, also effective, but safer disease), or a synthetic substitute; also, a dose of such a substance. 7. The process of vaccination; immunization, inoculation. 8. (historical) Material taken from cowpox pustules used for vaccination against smallpox. 9. (also medicine, obsolete) The disease cowpox, especially as a source of material for vaccination against smallpox. 10. (figuratively) 11. Something defensive or protective in nature, like a vaccine (sense 1.1). 12. (computing) A software program which protects computers against, or detects and neutralizes, computer viruses and other types of malware; an antivirus. 13. (transitive, archaic) Synonym of vaccinate (“to treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease”) https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vaccine

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has increased the risk of nuclear weapons use, raised the specter of biological and chemical weapons use, hamstrung the world’s response to climate change, and hampered international efforts to deal with other global concerns. The invasion and annexation of Ukrainian territory have also violated international norms in ways that may embolden others to take actions that challenge previous understandings and threaten stability.   --Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bulletin_of_the_Atomic_Scientists