
© Los Angeles Times, May 9, 1936, LAPD
Suspects line up during a Los Angeles Police Department “show-up,” now known as a lineup, as victims or witnesses try to identify alleged crime perpetrators.

© Los Angeles Times, May 9, 1936, LAPD
Suspects line up during a Los Angeles Police Department “show-up,” now known as a lineup, as victims or witnesses try to identify alleged crime perpetrators.

With all the spy fiction I’ve been reading lately, it seemed a good time to post this art from Earl Norem for the men’s pulps.


Arline Walton, Los Angeles, 1951
Arline Walton breaking down while being questioned at the station by police just after her arrest. Walton killed her 4 month old son, stabbing the infant multiple times with a long blade while the child slept in his bassinet.