The Great Detective — Season 1, Episode 9: Song of the Hemp

Episode synopsis

How many times can a convicted murderer escape the gallows? When the hangman doesn't come, his assistant becomes a hostage in a prison break. Hanged bodies start turning up, and the hunt intensifies

About The Great Detective

The Great Detective is a Canadian television drama, which aired on CBC from 1979 to 1982. It starred Douglas Campbell and James Dugan.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1The Case of the Magic Mandarin
• E2The Black Curse
• E3Death Takes a Curtain Call
• E4Murder at Blenheim Swamp
• E5Bloodhounds Can’t Fly
• E6Nightwalker of the Wards.
• E7Pretty Mary Mitchell
• E8The Curious Death of a Maiden Lady
• E10Fire at Fenroy