The National Police Gazette

National Police Gazette, The ( 1845–1937),
weekly magazine, was ostensibly intended to expose criminals, but obviously catered to morbid sensationalism, both in its fiction and in its lengthy accounts of current crimes. In course of time, its shocking pink cover was less devoted to criminal records than to exposing the feminine form. Theatrical gossip and sporting news were added features, and the magazine became known as “the barber shop Bible.” Although it went bankrupt in 1932, it was revived as a monthly with the archaic format and a similar policy and limped along under changing ownership for five years.