Episodes (31)
1. The Trial of Edward Pritchard
Aired 14 September 1956 • 30 min
At the turn of the century in Glasgow, Scotland, an eminent physician is charged with poisoning his wife.
2. We Who Love Her
Aired 21 September 1956 • 30 min
3. The Nevada Nightingale
Aired 28 September 1956 • 30 min
4. Twice in Peril
Aired 19 October 1956 • 30 min
The rope is cut while a young trapeze artist is doing her act, and she is killed. The other members of the act suspect one another of the murder.
5. The De Santre Affair
Aired 26 October 1956 • 30 min
6. The Law is for Lovers
Aired 9 November 1956 • 30 min
7. Death in the Snow
Aired 16 November 1956 • 30 min
8. The Trial of Mary Surratt
Aired 23 November 1956 • 30 min
An ex-cavalry officer of the U.S. Army returns to his law practice after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. He is convinced of Mary Surratt's guilt in the conspiracy, but friends persuade him to talk to Mary and possibly defend her.
9. The Person and Property of Margery Hay
Aired 7 December 1956 • 30 min
10. The Jameson Case
Aired 14 December 1956 • 30 min
11. The Fourth Witness
Aired 21 December 1956 • 30 min
12. The Trial of Colonel Blood
Aired 4 January 1957 • 30 min
13. Dog Versus Biddeford
Aired 11 January 1957 • 30 min
14. Libel in the Wax Museum
Aired 18 January 1957 • 30 min
15. The Tichbourne Claimant
Aired 1 February 1957 • 30 min
16. The Lie Detector Game
Aired 8 February 1957 • 30 min
17. The Case of the Forgotten Man
Aired 15 February 1957 • 30 min
18. The Case of the Double Trouble
Aired 1 March 1957 • 30 min
19. The Case of the Panicky Man
Aired 8 March 1957 • 30 min
A man is accused of murdering his wife on the basis of his unusual behavior on the day she died. He was seen scrubbing traces of blood off the porch and burning her clothes.
20. The Freeman Case
Aired 15 March 1957 • 30 min
Attorney William Seward accepts the case of a man who murdered five members of the same family. In this case, Seward, who later became Lincoln's secretary of state, set a legal precedent in American courts.
21. The Ghost at Devil's Island
Aired 29 March 1957 • 30 min
22. The Case of the Jealous Bomber
Aired 5 April 1957 • 30 min
An insanely jealous man suspects his wife of secretly meeting his business partner. He decides to murder his rival and works on an ingenious scheme.
23. The Case of the Abandoned Horse
Aired 12 April 1957 • 30 min
24. Alibi for Murder
Aired 26 April 1957 • 30 min
25. The Case of the Absent Man
Aired 3 May 1957 • 30 min
After a man has been missing for seven years, his wife seeks to have the court declare him legally dead. Coincidentally her missing husband's business partner also wants the court to pass the official ruling.
26. The Case of the Sudden Death
Aired 10 May 1957 • 30 min
27. The Gentle Voice of Murder
Aired 24 May 1957 • 30 min
28. The Secret of Polanta
Aired 31 May 1957 • 30 min
A successful young junior partner in a law firm is accused by an Italian village of stealing valuables from townsfolk during military action in World War 2.
29. The Deadly Chain
Aired 7 June 1957 • 30 min
30. The Case of the Girl on the Elsewhere
Aired 14 June 1957 • 30 min
Her prison record comes back to threaten Felicity O'Brien's future when she is suspected of murder.
31. Fatal Charm
Aired 28 June 1957 • 30 min