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Racket Squad in Action #2 (1952)

Charlton · 1952 · 36 pages

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Contains 7 stories
The Two Buck Hype
1 pp · crime

A customer walks into a store with a two-dollar bill and a simple request for chewing gum, but a quick-thinking con artist uses a series of seemingly fair exchanges to work a clever short-change scheme. "The Two Buck Hype" reveals how a practiced grifter manipulates change-making to pocket an extra dollar right under the shopkeeper's nose.

A Trip to Hollywood
6 pp · crime

Doris King's dreams of stardom lead her straight into the hands of con artists Paul De Roche and Hugh Crayle, who've built an elaborate fake movie school and talent contest to bilk aspiring actors out of their savings. When Jack Lester—a skeptical classmate—uncovers the scheme and alerts the authorities, a race against time begins before the racketeers can disappear with their final haul. It's a sharp reminder that not everyone offering a ticket to Hollywood has your best interests in mind.

Are You With It!
8 pp · crime

Tom Craig's quick luck at the carnival's high striker game lands him a job with the World Wide Shows—but his education in carnival life takes a darker turn when he discovers the games are rigged and the operators are ruthless con artists. When Tom witnesses a grifter named Turk sabotaging a performer's whip to cheat a desperate gambler out of his last two thousand dollars, he makes a choice that sets him apart from the hustlers around him. This 1952 crime tale explores what it takes to walk away from easy money when the price is your integrity.

The Lonely Hearts Racket
8 pp · crime

Widow Arlene Weldon joins a lonely hearts club looking for romance and excitement, only to catch the eye of Arthur Gault, a smooth-talking con artist who specializes in bilking wealthy women through fake business schemes and false promises. When Arlene's concerned sister brings the case to the police, an undercover operation sets a trap to expose Gault's web of aliases and victims. What Gault doesn't realize is that his schemes are about to catch up with him—in more ways than one.

Take a Chance
4 pp · crime

Sidney Radner, a crusader against crooked gambling rackets, infiltrates a defense plant plagued by illegal crap games to expose the con artists running them. When he discovers how the swindlers—Biff Cady and Chub Lang—are switching in mis-spotted dice to fleece workers, Radner sets a clever trap that turns their own rigged game against them. A sharp lesson in how the perfect con can collapse when the crook gets too greedy.

The Phony Directory Racket
4 pp · crime
The Engagement Racket
0.5 pp · crime

A smooth-talking con man and his attractive accomplice target lonely G.I.s on their final furlough before shipping overseas, using a whirlwind romance and a fake diamond engagement ring to fleece unsuspecting soldiers out of their money. Frank Frollo exposes how this old swindle gets a wartime twist in "The Engagement Racket," showing how these predators work their scheme before finally getting caught.

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