Tag: Detective Story

EP1612: Ellery Queen: Adventure of the Scarecrow and the Snowman

Ellery Queen uses a movie to solve a case of a man who was found in the clothes of a scarecrow and then disappeared from the hospital.

Original Air Date: January 22, 1944

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EP1611: The Saint: Formula for Death

Vincent Price

The Saint gets a new tailored jacket back with a bullet hole and a formula demanded by a man with a weight problem.

Original Air Date: March 25, 1951

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EP1610: Dragnet: The Big Press

Jack Webb
Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a purse-snatching spree.

Original Air Date: June 15, 1950
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EP1609: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Salkoff Sequel Matter

Bob Bailey

Johnny is preparing to leave Florida when he’s called in to investigate the disappearance of a scientist involved in top secret research.

Original Air Date: March 16, 1958

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EP1608: Nick Carter: The Case of the Magic Rope

Lon Clark
Nick Carter investigates the death of a magician famous for his rope trip in the midst of a magic competition.

Original Air Date: March 21, 1948

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EP1607: Philip Marlowe: The Long Arm

Gerald Mohr

Marlowe goes to Bay City to help a man whose wife has been murdered with him being the prime suspect.

Original Air Date: February 7, 1950

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EP1606: Ellery Queen: The Adventure of the Mischief Maker

Ellery is called in to investigate a series of anonymous mischief making letters.

Original Air Date: January 13, 1944

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EP1605: The Saint: The Birds and Bees of East Orange

Vincent Price
A woman who owns a circulating library reports to Simon that someone is checking out, “The Birds and Bees of East Orange” and when Simon goes to investigate, he finds the book gone and a corpse in its place

Original Air Date: March 18, 1951

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EP1604s: Suspense: The Blind Spot

Edmond O'Brien

A pop psychologist becomes involved in investigating the murder of a head of research at a polling firm.

Original Air Date: May 1, 1948

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EP1604: Dragnet: The Big Smart Guy

Jack Webb
A woman is murdered in her apartment and Joe Friday and Ben Romero suspect her husband was involved.

Original Air Date: June 8, 1950

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EP1602: Nick Carter: The Case of the Last Old Timer

Lon Clark

Waldo’s warning of a wave of blown safes following the release of an old time safe cracker appears to come true.

Original Air Date: March 14, 1948

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EP1601: Philip Marlowe: The Hairpin Turn

Gerald Mohr
A man calls in Marlowe to investigate the man his child is about to marry.

Original Air Date: January 28, 1950

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EP1600: Ellery Queen: The Vanishing Magician

An old vaudeville magician makes a wager for $25,000 that he can disappear from a house under the nose of New York’s finest.

Original Air Date: November 6, 1943

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EP1599: The Saint: Button, Button

Vincent Price

The Saint is called by a wealthy man who tells him to go home. The Saint is then knocked out and finds his host missing.

Original Air Date: March 11, 1951

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EP1598: Dragnet: The Big Fake

Jack Webb

Friday and Romero investigate an allegation of robbery by a police officer.

Original Air Date: June 1, 1950

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