All the events narrated in “Spook Crooks” are true, and their details appear on police blotters and in the records of investigations made by the Society of American Magicians cooperating with police and prosecutors. Names and places are disguised, to spare the feelings of the victims. Detective Fiction Weekly, now aiding in the exposure of fortune tellers and fake mediums, wants readers who have been victimized by these charlatans to write to this magazine and describe their experiences. Your name will be held in strictest confidence, and the powerful Society of American Magicians will privately investigate.
This story began in Detective Fiction Weekly for September 12