I am always on the lookout for new occult detectives, and I recently discovered one who is actually an old one, written in the 1930s and ’40s. Detective...
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About a year ago, Altus Press started a new line called the “Argosy Library,” which is composed of several series of 10 books each highlighting...
Sâr Dubnotal is an early “occult detective,” who appeared in 20 anonymously written novellas published in France starting in 1909. I previously...
Dr. Jules de Grandin is one of the best-known occult detectives, though probably overshadowed today. Created by Seabury Quinn (1889-1969), de Grandin is...
Ravenwood, Stepson of Mystery is a short-lived occult detective pulp hero series that ran in the back of Secret Agent X for five issues. As an occult...
I have already noted my interest in occult investigators, those who either confront occult mysteries or use occult abilities and knowledge to confront...
Hellboy, World’s Greatest Paranormal Investigator, is a comic-book series that in the last 20 years has spawned a whole universe of stories and series...
An interesting early occult detective is Thomas Carnacki by English author Willam Hope Hodgson (1877-1918). Hodgson wrote several works of horror, science and...
Manly Wade Wellman (1902-1986) wrote several occult detectives over the years as a pulp writer. But Wellman’s most well-known occult detective is John...
Manly Wade Wellman (1902-1986) wrote several occult detectives over the years. His first was Judge Pursivant, who had four stories from 1938-41 in Weird Tales...