| Issue | #56 |
| Published | October 1953 |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | L. B. Cole |
| Notes | Indicia reads: Shocking Mystery Cases is published quarterly by Star Publications, Inc. at 8 Lord Street, Buffalo 10, N.Y. Editorial Office: 545 Fifth Avenue, New York 1, N.Y. Entered as second class matter at the post office at Buffalo, N.Y. under the Act of March 3, 1879. Printed in U.S.A. copyright 1953 by STAR Publications, Inc. Price 10c per copy, 12 issues $1.20. All character and incidents described or depicted in stories except those based on history or fact are fictitious and any similarity to person sliving or dead is purely coincidental. No. 56 Oct 1953. |
| Pencils | L. B. Cole (signed) |
| Notes | Text reads: He was relentlessly sought by the police for his crime. He was hunted by his murderous henchmen for his double-cross. No avenue of escape was open to him. He desperately tried to elude retribution, but became a victim of his own greed, in... |
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| Notes | Ad for American Healthaids Co. |
| Characters | Finsten A. Yohl; Chesley; Mr. Granitt; Matt Browder; Benny; Chedwick; Ape; Fred; Warden |
| Synopsis | Accountant Finsten Yohl steals from racketeer Matt Browder, but can't escape both the police and Browder's henchmen. |
| Genre | crime |
| Characters | Milton Shaket; John Reilly; Benjamin [Red] Stein; Solly Moss; Samuel Hopkins; Morris Burnstein; Arthur Green; Thomas Colgan; John Healy; Louis Fields; Police Commissioner Wallander; Deputy Chief Inspector Conrad Rothengast; Lt. Walter Henning |
| Synopsis | Three outlaws shoot Solly Moss while robbing the Mayfair Bar. Two are captured and sentenced to death, the third is never caught. |
| Genre | crime |
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| Notes | Ad for Honor House Products |
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| Notes | Ad for Mirror-Chrome Co. |
| Characters | Lina Vanishyn [Rose Longo]; Pete; Lon; Mrs. Bishoff; Jan Kuppel |
| Synopsis | Immigrant Lina Vanishyn quits her job at a diner and joins Pete and Lon in a confidence racket. Pete and Lon furnish her with an unknown drug that makes her victims agree to whatever she suggests. |
| Genre | crime |
| Characters | Henry Lee Victor [Hank; Harry G. Benedict]; [Red] Victor; Beth; Sam Casper |
| Synopsis | Hank Victor finds he is unable to use his right hand after shooting his brother, Red, unless he keeps it concealed in a black silk glove. |
| Genre | crime |
| Notes | Story concludes on June 30, 1940. |
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| Notes | Ad for The FUNman |
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| Notes | Ad for Seagee Co. |
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| Notes | Ad for Croydon Publications |
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| Notes | Ad for Jetex F-102 |
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| Notes | Ad for Stuart Greeetings |
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| Notes | Ad for Littleton Stamp Co. |