Category: Mystery Special

EP0996: The Weird Circle: Murders in the Rue Morgue

The episode begins with a look at a story of the Prophet Daniel that many think is the first detective story. From Can You Imagine That?

Original Air Date: 1940

A woman and her daughter are brutally killed after withdrawing 50,000 Francs from the bank and Dupin is on the case in Edgar Allan Poe’s first detective story.

Original Air Date: January 2, 1944

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EP0990: Escape: The Lost Special

Ben Wright

A Scotland Yard Inspector investigates the disappearance of a train en route.

Original Air Date: February 12, 1949

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EP0902s: X Minus One: Protective Mimicry

Mandell Kramer

In the 25th Century, a Treasury Agent seeks to find the truth behind the re-appearance of counterfeit currency.

Original Air Date: October 3, 1956

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EP0854s: Murder Clinic: The Holloway Flat Tragedy

Alfred Shirley
Max Carrados doesn’t buy an obvious explanation that a man was murdered by the boyfriend of his lover.

Original Air Date: August 18, 1942

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EP0800s: Suspense: Deadline at Dawn

Helen Walker

A couple has until dawn to find out who killed a rich socialite or one of them will have to answer to the police.

Original Air Date: May 15, 1948

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EP0700s: Lux Radio Theater: Captain Carey USA

Charlton Heston

A former O.S.S. Officer returns to Italy to locate the person who betrayed him and his compatriots to the Nazis.

Original Air Date: February 2, 1953

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EP0690s: Suspense: The Crowd

 Dana Andrews

A police lieutenant hunts a murderer whose crimes are always accompanied by a crowd.

Original Air Date: September 27, 1950

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EP0650s: Mystery Award Theater: The Screwball Division

The youngest and oldest detectives on the force turn to a drunk former detective to solve three murders that occurred at the same time.

Original Air Date: June 13, 1949

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EP0622: Murder Clinic: The Tragedy at Marsden Manor

Maurice Tarplin

Poirot is called upon by the insurance to investigate the apparent natural death of a wealthy man who just passed a physical for a life insurance policy for his young wife.

Original Air Date: October 6, 1942

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EP0617:Campbell’s Playhouse: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

Orson Welles

While trying to retire, Poirot investigates the murder of a rich man in the country.

Original Air Date: November 12, 1939

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EP0600s: Studio One: The Thirty-Nine Steps

glennford

A Canadian finds himself drawn into a world of mystery and intrigue when a beautiful woman stumbles into him at a theater and winds up dead in his apartment. He has to flee to the Scottish Countryside and uncover a plot that threatens British national security.

Original Air Date:  March 23, 1948

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EP0550s: Murder Clinic: A Scrap of Lace

A charming young woman is murdered and Madam Rosika Storey is called in to find out who did it and save a prominent family from scandal.

Original Air Date: September 22, 1942

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EP0525s: Columbia Workshop: Murder in Studio One

Ruth Gordon

A female detective tries to solve a murder in a radio studio in the series 26 by Corwin.

Original Air Date: October 12, 1941

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EP0500s: Lux Radio Theater: To the Ends of the Earth

Dick Powell

Narcotics Commissioner Michael Barrows (Dick Powell) witnesses a Japanese sea captain throwing 100 slaves overboard to cover up a narcotics ring. Barrows is determined to get justice and sets out on a globe trotting adventure to break the ring and capture the murderous captain.

Original Air Date: May 23, 1949

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EP0450s: WW2 Special: Suspense: Menace in Wax and You Were Wonderful

Lena Horne

This Suspense doublebill features two episodes of CBS’ signature anthology series.

First, a reporter is summoned to a wax museum and finds a code that could spell trouble for a war plant in Great Britain.

Original Air Date: November 17, 1942

Then, the great Lena Horne plays a talented singer who finds herself embroiled in intrigue in Brazil and employed by rough characters with hidden motives.

Original Air Date: November 9, 1944

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