# How to Find True Confession Magazines from 1963

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-find-true-confession-magazines-from-1963/693327>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 17, 2014, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-find-true-confession-magazines-from-1963/693327 "2014-07-17T02:13:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![A\_Man\_A\_Plan\_A\_Canal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/839c29/32.png) [@A\_Man\_A\_Plan\_A\_Canal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Man_A_Plan_A_Canal)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-find-true-confession-magazines-from-1963/693327/1 "2014-07-17T02:13:37Z")

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My sainted mother informs me that when my brother and I were infants, she published three stories in True Confessions magazine (!). When asked why she never told me this before, despite the fact that she well knows that I’m a writer and I bust my butt to sell to magazines, she said “Because what I wrote was lurid” (!!). I don’t think I want to read it, but a copy which she appeared in would make a nice gift. How might I find such a thing? I’ve tried eBay and I have a message in at the magazine itself, but…anyone have some TCs from late 1963 or perhaps early 1964? I’d pay a pretty price for the right one.

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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-find-true-confession-magazines-from-1963/693327/2 "2014-07-17T03:18:40Z")

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Ebay Canada has the [August 1963 issue](http://www.ebay.ca/itm/TRUE-CONFESSIONS-MAGAZINE-AUG-1963-SEX-FIEND-KEY-CLUB-HOSTESS-TELL-ALL-ADS-/360965814991?pt=Magazines&hash=item540b3d3acf).

You can also try putting in a “notify me when” one shows up at [backissues.com](http://backissues.com/publications/True-Confessions-1960s).

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**Author:** ![MrsTime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@MrsTime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrsTime)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-find-true-confession-magazines-from-1963/693327/3 "2014-07-17T05:58:40Z")

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Perhaps if the magazine is still printing you could write to them,. They would have back copies, then perhaps they could e-mail the stories you wish?

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**Author:** ![Magicicada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c67d28/32.png) [@Magicicada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magicicada)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-find-true-confession-magazines-from-1963/693327/4 "2014-07-17T06:05:45Z")

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Aw, man, I can’t help, but I want to say your mom’s my hero. I tried and tried to break into confession magazines when I was younger, but evidently I wasn’t lurid enough.

It is also possible I just wasn’t very good.