On at least two occasions Dime Mystery featured covers with women being threatened with some sort of corkscrew-like device. There is June 1936 (ISFDB entry here).
By the cover of August 1938, the villains were being significantly more thorough.
As the curators at Pulp Covers remark, “This poor woman is being drilled, snake harassed & branded, which might seem like overkill to some people.” Indeed.
I note the final cover features a story by Edith and Ejler Jacobson. Can you imagine the pillow talk in that happy twosome?
Sounds like an ideal relationship to me.