The Half-Asleep Girl by William H Kofoed | 1920 Hardboiled

The Half-Asleep Girl by William H Kofoed First published in: The Black Mask September 1920 Main genre: Hardboiled Lesser genres: Police Procedural, Whodunit After being fleeced of a small fortune by a beautiful, tranced-out girl, wealthy adventurer Fleming Knibbs follows her into a squalid house where a "suicide" has just occurred. Working with a keen-eyed detective, Knibbs must determine if the girl is a cold-blooded killer or the helpless puppet of a paralyzed man with terrifying hypnotic powers. --- Production Credits Prepared by: Sol Narrated by: Whiteman, the digital narrator ⚠️ Content Advisory: This episode contains period-typical depictions of crime, violence, and mild profanity. Listener discretion is advised. --- Explore the ArchiveWe feature almost every genre of pulp fiction, including: Horror, Detective, Westerns, even Sports Find more genres here: [Patreon Collections] (  / collections  )  [Apple Podcasts Channel] (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel...) Looking for unfiltered stories? For explicit episodes that aren't allowed on our standard podcast feed, visit: [ (  / collections  ) patreon.com/pulparchive/collections] (  / collections  ]) --- Support & LicensingThis is a Pulp Archive recording. All Public Pulp Archive recordings are licensed under Creative Commons. To support our work, please visit [ (  / pulparchive  ) patreon.com/pulparchive] (  / pulparchive  ]) . (  / pulparchive  ].) A Note to Our Patrons: Special thanks to our patrons who make the podcast possible and make every episode of the Pulp Archive happen. Every episode is dedicated to our Patreon members; I truly could not do this without you.