Episodes
1. A Friendly Case of Blackmail
July 13, 1954
30 min
A private detective investigates a case involving threatening letters which were sent to four different people.
Guest Stars:
Ann Doran, George Eldredge
2. Search for an Unknown
October 7, 1954
30 min
A neurotic woman victimizes a husband, a chauffeur, and a pianist.
Guest Stars:
Paul Brinegar, Barton MacLane, King Donovan, Robert Osterloh
3. Backfire
October 14, 1954
30 min
A fast-rising prosecutor is forced to resort to murder in order to protect his career and a damsel.
Guest Stars:
Lon Chaney Jr., Dayton Lummis
4. Cup of Gold
October 21, 1954
30 min
A man gets paroled from prison and finds himself being shadowed by a hot chick whom he doesn't know.
Guest Stars:
Tom Brown, Barbara Woodell
5. Stolen Chance
October 28, 1954
30 min
Guest Stars:
William Hudson, Jess Barker, Art Gilmore, Joan Vohs, Edward Clark
6. Letters from Aaron Burr
November 4, 1954
30 min
A housekeeper kills her employer and finds an unusual place in which to hide the body.
Guest Stars:
Martha Vickers, Howard Duff, John Harmon
7. Incident at Scully's Key
November 11, 1954
30 min
A damsel on the run from a gang of hoods seeks help from a lawyer and a hotel doorman.
Guest Stars:
Audrey Totter, Carleton Young
8. A Trip to Aunt Sarah's
November 18, 1954
30 min
An ex-con fakes committing suicide in order to begin a new life but things eventually catch up with him.
Guest Stars:
Lyle Talbot, Arthur Franz, Margaret Field
9. The Return
November 25, 1954
30 min
A smuggler decides to do away with his partner but a total stranger ends up buying the farm instead.
Guest Stars:
William Schallert, George Eldredge, Virginia Christine, Tyler McVey, Miriam Hopkins
10. Fatal Fraud
December 2, 1954
30 min
An ex-convict's new life is threatened by a blackmailer who threatens to reveal details of the man's past to his daughter.
Guest Stars:
Patric Knowles, Marie Windsor, John Banner, John Beradino, Patrick Aherne
11. Grave Secret
December 9, 1954
30 min
A damsel fears that her scientist fiancee has popped his cork but nevertheless agrees to aid him in an unusual experiment.
Guest Stars:
Pamela Duncan, Miriam Hopkins
12. Lady in Waiting
December 16, 1954
30 min
An amateur criminologist predicts a murder then becomes involved in the crime.
Guest Stars:
Taylor Holmes
13. The Big Jump
December 23, 1954
30 min
A damsel travels to a 10 year reunion with her old college chum only to find the friend has gone missing.
Guest Stars:
John Ireland, Harry Tyler, Robert Osterloh
15. Cancelled Flight
January 1, 1955
30 min
Hubby falls for the new housekeeper then decides to do away with wifey.
Guest Stars:
Richard Arlen, Barbara Woodell, John Stephenson
16. Roark Island
January 4, 1955
30 min
Pressure of his job and romance drive a politico to murder.
Guest Stars:
Tom Brown, Cathy Downs, Dayton Lummis
17. The Blank Wall
January 10, 1955
30 min
An employee murders his boss and tries to pin the crime on the victim's alcoholic son.
Guest Stars:
Wallace Ford, Jonathan Hale, Philip Van Zandt, Benny Rubin, Nelson Leigh
18. Lucky Night
January 19, 1955
30 min
A broker goes on a wild spree to get away from his boring routine but when wifey catches up to him there might be some serious trouble.
Guest Stars:
Irene Ryan, Peter Leeds, Byron Foulger
19. Sleep My Pretty One
January 26, 1955
30 min
A man with a terminal illness agrees to commit a murder for money so that his family can have some degree of financial security.
Guest Stars:
Martha Vickers, Linda Stirling, Joseph Crehan, Paul Langton
20. The Pattern
February 3, 1955
30 min
A man tries to remember if he committed a murder while on a drinking binge.
Guest Stars:
Ellen Corby, Robert Ellenstein, Milton Frome
21. Favor for a Friend
February 10, 1955
30 min
A nasty and domineering old coot draws up a strange will in hopes of destroying the marriage of his niece.
Guest Stars:
Pierre Watkin, Robert Strauss, Hillary Brooke
22. The Jubilee Earring
February 17, 1955
30 min
A man wants to be rid of a romantic rival so he hires a kill for pay gang to do the deed.
Guest Stars:
Marguerite Chapman, William Haade, Douglas Kennedy
23. Borrowed Byline
February 24, 1955
30 min
An airtight alibi in a murder is ruined by excessive sleep.
Guest Stars:
Arthur Franz, Philip Van Zandt, Russ Conway
24. Stranger in the House
March 2, 1955
30 min
An actor decides to use an old galpal as a means of getting ahead in Hollywood.
Guest Stars:
Virginia Field, Douglas Kennedy
25. The Glass Dime
March 9, 1955
30 min
The underworld forces a lawyer to defend the culprit of a murder he himself witnessed.
Guest Stars:
Eve Miller, Robert Hutton
26. The Lovely Look
March 16, 1955
30 min
An attorney and a scheming damsel vie for the fortune of an old man.
Guest Stars:
Pamela Duncan, Sheila Bromley
28. A Case for Mr. Carrington
March 30, 1955
30 min
Guest Stars:
Patric Knowles, John Alvin, Reginald Denny, Patrick Aherne
34. Meeting on Tenth Street
May 24, 1955
30 min
Guest Stars:
Clancy Cooper, Robert Ellenstein, Willis Bouchey, Lillian Bronson
36. An Actor's LIfe
June 7, 1955
30 min
Guest Stars:
Richard Benedict, Arthur Franz, Margaret Field, John Hubbard
37. Trademark
June 9, 1955
30 min
Guest Stars:
Maureen O'Sullivan, Harry Landers, Dayton Lummis, Fiona Hale, Jim Hayward