Detective Story Magazine, March 24, 1923

# Detective Story Magazine, March 24, 1923

This issue contains nine stories spanning detective, mystery, and supernatural fiction. The featured complete novel is "The Laugh in the Cellar" by Edward Leonard, which opens with Effie Galt investigating mysterious sounds and a strange laugh emanating from a sealed cellar in an old house at Green's Corners. When the housekeeper Mrs. Marlin reports witnessing a moving shadow descending the cellar stairs despite all external doors being locked, Effie becomes convinced something genuinely haunts the supposedly impossible space.

The issue also includes two serials: part two of Nicholas Silver's "Black Shadows of Sawtreli House" and part five (concluding installment) of Carolyn Wells's "Spooky Hollow." Five additional short stories complete the fiction content: "The Invisible Three" (Frederick Hemming), "Hollow Hearts" (Florence M. Pettee), "Freed through Fire" (Harrington Strong), "While Sinclair Slept" (Elliot Bailey), and "Rat Poison" (Elmer J. Williams).

An article by Edward H. Smith discusses "Mysteries of the District Attorney's Office," focusing on the Patrick case. Regular departments include handwriting analysis, fingerprint identification, and crime news briefs.