=================================================================================== PRESUMPTIVE MYSTERY PLAYHOUSE LOG =================================================================================== – Show #1 / “Dead Man's Cavern”, Ellery Queen episode / Date: April 13, 1944 Plot: Dr. Grace Grayson calls Ellery to help catch "The Strangler", a murderer who's been dead for over a hundred years. Host: Unknown Next week: Unknown - Show #2 UNKNOWN - Show #3 / “Mr. Randall’s Discovery”, Herrmit’s Cave episode / Date: Unknown (Synd 1940-43, produced in L.A.) Plot: Mr. Randall’s basement experiment results in a terrifying monster. Host: PL Next week: “The Whistler” episode, “The Doctor Prescribed Death”, a professor has a theory about murder and suicide. – Show #4 / “The Doctor Prescribed Death”, The Whistler episode / Date: June 11, 1944 (Sun.) Plot: A professor has a theory about murder and suicide. Host: PL Next week: Peter Lorre’s Inner Sanctum episode, “Death is a Joker” – Show #5 / “Death is a Joker”, Inner Sanctum episode / Date: June 10, 1944 (Sat.) Plot: Actor and comedian Charles Luper believes he has strangled another actor in his company, commits murder to protect his alibi – then discovers the actor he strangled is not dead after all. Host: PL Next week: Creeps by Night episode, “Those Who Walk in Darkness”, with Boris Karloff as a mad doctor who uses a dead man’s corneas to restore a man’s sight. – Show #6 / “Those Who Walk in Darkness”, Creeps by Night episode / Date: Apr. 1944 Plot: Boris Karloff as a mad doctor who uses a dead man’s corneas to restore a man’s sight. Host: PL Next week: Sherlock Holmes episode, “The Superfluous Pearl”, Lord Janeway contacts Holmes and Watson. – Show #7 / “The Adventure of the Superfluous Pearl”, Sherlock Holmes episode / Date: May 22, 1944 (Mon.) Plot: Lord Janeway contacts Holmes and Watson; Miss Kissum’s pearls have been stolen at a society soiree. Host: PL Next week: No “Green Room” visit – Show #8 / “Criminal at Large”, Mollé Mystery Theater episode / Date: Apr. 11, 1944 (Tues.) Plot: “A chilling story about a mad strangler.” Host: PL Next week: Thin Man episode, “Murder in the Record Shop”, Nick and Nora solve a mystery in a record shop. – Show #9 / “Murder in the Record Shop”, The Adventures of the Thin Man episode / Date: Apr. 1944 Plot: Nick and Nora Charles solve a mystery in a record shop. Host: PL Next week: Nero Wolfe episode, “Case of the Last Laugh Murder” – Show #10 / “The Case of the Last Laugh Murder”, Nero Wolf episode / Date: Feb. 1944 Plot: Archie challenges Nero to identify a man that Archie grabs off the street – and this leads to the death of a telephone man. Host: PL Next week: Ellery Queen episode, “The Adventure of the Thief in the Dark” – Show #11 / “The Adventure of the Thief in the Dark”, Ellery Queen episode / Date: Unknown Plot: Unknown Host: Unknown Next week: Unknown – Show #12 / “The Last of the Devereaux”, The Whistler episode / Date: July 23, 1944 (Sun) Plot: A dying old man curses the man who has foreclosed on “Cypress”, the old family plantation in the bayous of Louisiana. Host: PL Next week: “Green Room” visit cut by person taping show. – Show #13 / “The Six Who Did Not Die”, Creeps by Night episode / Date: July 11, 1944 (Tues.) Plot: The captain of a pearl-diving ship kills 6 divers to keep a rich pearl bed to himself. Host: PL Next week: “Mr. and Mrs. North” episode, in which Pam is followed by a strange little man. – Show #14 / “Gangster Douglas Grant”, Mr. and Mrs. North episode / Date: Apr. 12, 1944 (Wed) Plot: Pam is followed by a strange little man. Host: PL Next week: “Mr. District Attorney” episode: An elderly woman, Miss Crawford, accuses her attorney, Mr. Dudley, of cheating her and her sister out of their inheritance. – Show #15 / "Title Unknown" -Mr. District Attorney episode / Date: Aug. 2, 1944 Plot: Dishonest lawyer plans to murder two eccentric old ladies. Host: PL Next week: “A skull is unearthed, a woman falls out of the window and is killed.” – Show #16 / “The Walking Skull" ("The Skull That Walked”), Inner Sanctum Mysteries episode / Date: Apr. 15, 1944 (Sat) Plot: While planting trees on their estate, Carl and Lucille unearth a human skull. After bringing it home they find that it walks and moves by itself. Host: Howard Duff – PL did not host. Next week: "Mollé Mystery Theater" episode: “Death in the Doghouse” - Dexter is murdered in the middle of a crowded room. – Show #17 / “Death in the Doghouse”, Mollé Mystery Theater episode / Date: Aug. 1, 1944 Plot: A man who exposed a Nazi spy is murdered in a crowded room at the exact moment the spy is executed. Host: Unknown Next week: Unknown - Show #18 / “Pearl of Great Price”, Charllie Chan episode / Date: Unknown Plot: Charlie's Daughter is kidnapped. Host: Sgt. X – Howard Duff Next week: Big Town episode, “Murder in the Radio Studio” - A murder occurs on a live radio broadcast. - Show #19 / “Murder in the Radio Studio”,, Big Town episode / Date: Unknown Plot: A murder occurs on a live radio broadcast. Host: Unknown Next week: Unknown - Show #20 / “Till Death Do Us Part”, The Whistler episode / Date: June 30, 1944 Plot: Roy Layton can't pay the rent and is facing eviction. Is the good looking woman at Angelo's Bar the answer to his problems? She'll pay him $5000 if she marries him before she turns 25 in two months. Host: Unknown Next week: Unknown - Show #21 UNKNOWN - Show #22 UNKNOWN – Show #23 / “Fifty Candles”, Mollé Mystery Theater episode / Date: July 25, 1944 Plot: George Winthrop attends a birthday party for Henry Drew and has to solve Drew's murder. Host: Sgt. X (Howard Duff) Next week: Unknown series, “The Web” – Show #24 / “The Web”, unknown series episode / Date: Unknown Plot: Mr. Goddard has poisoned his wife. Was it the perfect crime, or do the servants suspect? Host: PL did not host Next week: Unknown – Show #25 / “Murder Threatened”, Mr. And Mrs. North episode / Date: Unknown Plot: Wilbur Wills believes his own nephew Raymond will murder him that night, and he hires the Norths to prevent it. Host: Sgt X (Howard Duff) Next week: Miss Sally Blair visits the District Attorney; he wants her to testify against murderer Richard Olson, but she refuses – they’re in love and plan to be married. Olson is found innocent, takes Sally to a bar to celebrate, where Sally reveals she knows he’s guilty. Later, she is found dead, in The Whistler episode. – Show #26 / "Married to Murder" The Whistler episode / Date: Sept. 25, 1944 Plot: Miss Sally Blair is supposed to testify against murderer Richard Olson; she refuses, even though she knows he’s guilty, and he gets off. Sally is later found dead. Host: Unknown Next week: Unknown – Show #27 / "The Moat Farm Murder" Columbia Presents Corwin episode / Date: July 18, 1944 Plot: A man is haunted by the memory of the murder he's committed. Host: Unknown Next week: Unknown – Show #28 / “Crime Without Passion”, Mollé Mystery Theater episode / Date: Aug. 29, 1944 Plot: Unknown Host: Unknown Next week: Unknown - Show #29 UNKNOWN - Show #30 UNKNOWN - Show #31 UNKNOWN - Show #32 UNKNOWN – Show #33 / “Murder Without Crime”, Mollé Mystery Theater episode / Date: Sept. 17, 1944 Plot: Unknown Host: Unknown Next week: Unknown - Show #34 UNKNOWN - Show #35 UNKNOWN - Show #36 UNKNOWN - Show #37 UNKNOWN - Show #38 UNKNOWN - Show #39 UNKNOWN - Show #40 / "Nora's Night Out", The Advenntures of the Thin Man episode / Date: Oct. 6, 1944 Plot: Nora drugged and used as alibi. Host: Sgt. X (Howard Duff) Next week: Unknown - green room visit edited out after Sgt. X gives 3 pieces of advice to soldiers. - Show #41 UNKNOWN – Show #42 / “The Interruption”, Mollé Mystery Theater episode / Date: Nov. 14, 1944 Plot: Unknown Host: Howard Duff, announces Lorre's return next episode Next week: “Murder Sees Red”, Big Town episode – Show #43 / “Murder Sees Red”, Big Town episode / Date: Unknown Plot: Unknown Host: PL Next week: Inner Sanctum, “Dead Man’s Vengeance” – Show #44 / “Dead Man’s Vengeance”, Inner Sanctum Mysteries episode / Date: Oct. 7, 1944 Plot: Raymond Edward Johnson (starring as himself as well as hosting the program) is visited by Gideon Blake, a long-dead friend. Host: "The Man in Black" fills in for PL Next week: Unknown – Show #45 / “Beware the Bridegroom”, The Whistler episode / Date: Nov. 13, 1944 Plot: In a bar, Johnny Allen comes to the aid of Julie Warren,... or does he? Host: "The Man in Black" fills in for PL Next week: Mollé Mystery Theater, “Dilemma” – Show #46 / “Dilemma”, Mollé Mystery Theater / Date: Nov. 21, 1944 (Tues) Plot: A young man must choose to open his uncle’s vault – and receive a huge inheritance or be blown to bits. Host: PL (PL mentions that for the previous 2 weeks, The Man in Black was the MP host.) Next week: Weasel tells Mr. Fox that he wants to resign his job at a nightclub, but Mr. Crane, the owner, is found dead, in this Mr. and Mrs. North episode, “Pamela Solves a Murder”. – Show #47 / “Pamela Solves a Murder”, Mr. and Mrs. North episode / Date: Aug. 9, 1944 (Wed) Plot: With Jerry out of town, Pam North is roped into uncovering Mr. Herman Fox’s crooked gambling club by her friend Weasel – and the murder of his boss, Mr. Crane. Host: PL Next week: Joan Sherman confronts her husband Sid about their marriage, but Sid knows Joan is in love with Charlie Robinson; Sid refuses to divorce her; she storms out, vowing to have things “her way”. Phone rings, it’s Ellery Queen. Sid is a radio quiz expert, who while looking up a passage in “Alice in Wonderland” is shot, in the Adventures of Ellery Queen episode, “The Adventure of the Booby Trap” – Show #48 / “The Adventure of the Booby Trap”, Ellery Queen episode / Date: Nov. 9, 1944 (Thurs) or Nov. 11, 1944 (Sat.) – one is East Coast, the other West. Plot: Ellery is invited to be a guest expert on a radio quiz show Host: Unknown Next week: Mr. District Attorney, “The Case of the Backstage Murder” – Show #49 / “The Case of the Backstage Murder”, Mr. District Attorney episode / Date: Unknown Plot: A black-faced comedian has been knifed to death backstage at a burlesque theater. Or has he? Host: PL Next week: “The fill material is an unidentified drama about a house with a room with eight doors titled ‘Nightmare’.” – Show #50 / “Nightmare”, Mollé Mystery Theater / Date: Nov. 28, 1944 (Tues) Plot: A young man dreams he has killed a man. With Ken Lynch, Arnold Moss. Host: PL Next week: Inner Sanctum episode, “Color-Blind Formula”, in which a man (Richard) and a woman (Anna) plot to murder the woman’s brother. – Show #51 / “Color Blind Formula”, Inner Sanctum Mysteries episode / Date: Dec. 6, 1944 (Wed.) Plot: A man (Richard) and a woman (Anna) plot to murder the woman’s brother, so that Richard can get all the money for a special paint for color-blind people. Host: Raymond from Inner Sanctum Mysteries; PL comes on at end for Green Room. Next week: “Death Sees Double”, The Whistler – Show #52 / “Death Sees Double”, The Whistler / Date: Nov. 20, 1944 (Mon.) Plot: A marriage engagment comes between identical twin sisters. Host: Unknown Next week: Mollé Mystery Theater, “A Crime to Fit the Punishment” – Show #53 / “A Crime to Fit the Punishment”, Mollé Mystery Theatre episode / Date: Dec. 5, 1944 (Tues) Plot: Jonathan Pierce, antiques dealer, solves a mystery, with the help of his friend Betty Hughes. Host: PL, Lorre plugs the use of "V-mail" prior to the trip to the green room. Next week: Mollé Mystery Theater, “The Man in the Velvet Hat” – Show #54 / “The Man in the Velvet Hat”, Mollé Mystery Theatre episode / Date: 12/19/44 (Tues.) Plot: A man wearing a velvet hat has been seen at a number of crimes. Story written by Joe and Hal Prince. Host: PL Next week: Inner Sanctum Mysteries, “The Voice on the Wire”. – Show #55 / “The Voice on the Wire”, Inner Sanctum Mysteries episode / Date: Nov. 29, 1944 (Wed) Plot: "A widow begins receiving phone calls from a stranger who is reminding her that she has but four hours to live. Host: Unknown Next week: The Whistler, “Beloved Fraud” – Show #56 / “Beloved Fraud” (or “Two Sisters”), The Whistler episode / Date: Oct. 30, 1944 (Mon.) Plot: Evil Emma Woodfred rules her 35-year-old sister, Constance, with an iron fist. Host: Apparently PL hosted Next week: Mollé Mystery Theater, “The Bottle Imp” – Show #57 / “The Bottle Imp”, Mollé Mystery Theatre episode / Date: Dec. 12, 1944 Plot: A mysterious bottle must be sold for an amount less than it was purchased for. Host: PL Next week: Green Room visit cut (by person taping episode?) But should be a Big Town episode. – Show #58 / “Death Stalks the Hunter”, Big Town episode / Date: Dec. 12, 1944 Plot: Wife Diane Martin shoots her husband, George Martin. Host: PL Next week: Mr. and Mrs. North episode, “The Frizby Klizby Case”: Pam and Jerry try to stop Frizby before he gets into a cab. – Show #59 / “The Frizby Klizby Case”, Mr. and Mrs. North episode / Date: Jan. 17, 1945 (Wed.) Plot: Jerry and Pam North have arranged to meet mystery writer “Frizby Klizby” on a crowded street. Frizby wants to prove that a murder can be committed on a crowded street and sets it up – but his “victim” actually is murdered. Host: PL, who announces the rules for a Globe Theater radio-play contest, directed by Herbert Marshall for the AFRS. Next week: A sobbing woman, Mrs. Crosby, promises she’ll deliver the original letter to a Mr. Joyce, to avoid being hanged for murder, in the Mollé Mystery Theater episode, “The Letter”. – Show #60 / “The Letter”, Mollé Mystery Theater episode / Date: Dec. 26, 1944 (Tues) Plot: In Singapore, a cheating woman must retrieve a letter from her lover’s Chinese wife. Host: PL Next week: No “Green Room” visit – Show #61 / “The Adventure of the Diamond Fence”, Ellery Queen episode / Date: Jan. 24, 1945 Plot: Unknown (Guest Armchair Detective: Janet Blair) Host: Unknown Next week: Unknown - Show #62 UNKNOWN - Show #63 UNKNOWN – Show #64 / “The Body Wouldn’t Stay in the Bay”, The Whistler episode / Date: Jan. 8, 1945 Plot: Monica Lee's murdered body washes up on shore. Who was responsible? Host: Unknown Next week: Unknown - Show #65 UNKNOWN - Show #66 UNKNOWN - Show #67 UNKNOWN – Show #68 / “Red Wine”, Mollé Mystery Theater episode / Date: Jan. 23, 1945 (Tues) Plot: Unknown Host: Howard Duff? Next week: Unknown – Show #69 / Title Unknown, The Whistler episode / Date: Unknown Plot: story about Madeleine and Blake Adams? Host: Unknown Next week: Unknown - Show #70 UNKNOWN - Show #71 UNKNOWN - Show #72 UNKNOWN - Show #73 UNKNOWN - Show #74 UNKNOWN - Show #75 UNKNOWN - Show #76 UNKNOWN - Show #77 UNKNOWN - Show #78 UNKNOWN - Show #79 UNKNOWN - Show #80 UNKNOWN - Show #81 UNKNOWN – Show #82 / “Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper”, Mollé Mystery Theater episode / Date: Feb. 27, 1945 (Tues) Plot: Is Jack the Ripper still alive and living in Chicago? Can he ever be killed? Host: PL Next week: Green room preview of The Saint, “The Simon Templar Foundation” - Show #83 / "The Simon Templar Foundationn”, The Saint episode / Date: Jan. 6, 1945 Plot: Unknown Host: PL? Next week: Mollé Mystery Theater, “The Man Who Was Murdered in Public” - Show #84 / “The Man Who Was Murdered in Public”, Mollé Mystery Theater episode / Date: March 6, 1945 Plot: George McCartney, "an ugly little brute," drowns an old friend. Pleased with the idea, McCartney drowns his several wives. Host: PL Next week: A man hangs himself in jail, the day before he's to be set free! - Show #85 UNKNOWN Note: Some sources suggest Show #85 was The Amazing Mr. Malone episode “His Heart Could Break”, but the Mr. Malone series began in January of 1947 called "Murder and Mr. Malone. It wasn't called "The Amazing Mr. Malone until April of 1948. If any Mr. Malone episodes were used for Mystery Playhouse, it would have occured much later in the series. - Show #86 UNKNOWN - Show #87 UNKNOWN - Show #88 UNKNOWN - Show #89 UNKNOWN - Show #90 UNKNOWN - Show #91 UNKNOWN - Show #92 UNKNOWN - Show #93 UNKNOWN - Show #94 UNKNOWN - Show #95 UNKNOWN - Show #96 UNKNOWN - Show #97 UNKNOWN - Show #98 UNKNOWN - Show #99 UNKNOWN - Show #100 UNKNOWN - Show #101 UNKNOWN - Show #102 UNKNOWN - Show #103 UNKNOWN - Show #104 / “Breakdown”, Mollé Mystery TTheater episode / Date: June 12, 1945 Plot: Unknown Host: Unknown Next week: Unknown - Show #105 UNKNOWN - Show #106 UNKNOWN – Show #107 / Title Unknown, The Whistler episode / Date: Unknown Plot: Unknown Host: Unknown Next week: Unknown - Show #108 UNKNOWN – Show #109 / Title Unknown, Mollé Mystery Theater episode / Date: Unknown Plot: Unknown Host: Unknown Next week: Unknown - Show #110 UNKNOWN – Show #111 / Title Unknown, Rogue’s Gallery episode / Date: Unknown Plot: Unknown Host: T4Y, host? Next week: Unknown - Show #112 / Title Unknown, Philo Vance // Date: Unknown Plot: Unknown Host: T4Y? Next Week: Unknown - Show #113 UNKNOWN - Show #114 / “Rex Sakler, Detective”, Mollle Mystery Theater episode / Date: July 3, 1945 Plot: Unknown Host: T4Y? Next week: Unknown - Show #115 UNKNOWN – Show #116 / Title Unknown, The Whistler episode / Date: Unknown Plot: Unknown Host: Unknown Next week: Unknown - Show #117 UNKNOWN – Show #118 / “The Anniversary” ("Third Anniversary"?), Unknown series episode / Date: Unknown Plot: Unknown Host: Unknown Next week: Unknown - Show #119 UNKNOWN – Show #120 / “The Adventure of Nick the Knife”, The Adventures of Ellery Queen / Date: Aug. 1, 1945 (Wed) Plot: Women are being murdered by "Nick the Knife". Host: T4Y Next week: No “Green Room” visit - Show #121 UNKNOWN - Show #122 UNKNOWN - Show #123 UNKNOWN – Show #124 / “The Girl That Came Back”, Philo Vance episode / Date: July 26, 1945 Plot: Philo solves the case of a woman who drowned, but who came back. Host: T4Y Next week: No “Green Room” visit - Show #125 / "Robert Peary, Impersonator"", This is Your FBI episode / Date: 1945 Plot: Unknown Host: Unknown Next week: Unknown – Show #126 / “The Alphabet Club” (“C.O.T. Make-Believe Murder”), Nick Carter episode / Date: July 22, 1945 (Sun) Plot: Nick Carter is invited to join the “Alphabet Club” where a mock murder turns into two real ones. Host: T4Y Next week: No “Green Room” visit, but “T4Y” announces that PL will be back for more episodes of the Mystery Playhouse. - Show #127 UNKNOWN - Show #128 UNKNOWN - Show #129 / “Angel Face”, Mollé Mystery Theater episode / Date: Oct. 5, 1945 Plot: A girl with an angel face gets involved with a bank employee who's been embezeling. Host: T4Y Next week: No “Green Room” visit. - Show #130 / “The 11th Juror”, Mollé Mysttery Theater episode / Date: April 3, 1945 Plot: A jury forman, Steve Russell, holds out to acquit James Murry of murder. Host: Unknown Next week: Unknown - Show #131 UNKNOWN - Show #132 / “Ambition Perilous”, The Whiistler episode / Date: Sept. 3, 1945 Plot: Fred Conrad, an ambitious district attourney, hires pardoned murderer Max Fenton to work in his home, a murderer he had convicted earlier in his career. Host: Unknown Next week: Unknown - Show #133 UNKNOWN - Show #134 / “A Death is Caused”, Mollé MMystery Theater episode / Date: Oct. 12, 1945 Plot: A man's fear of snakes is used against him, by his wife. Host: T4Y Next week: No “Green Room” visit. - Show #135 UNKNOWN - Show #136 UNKNOWN - Show #137 / “Blondes Prefer Gentlemen”, Rogue’s Gallery / Date: Oct. 18, 1945 Plot: A woman is murdered on a train, but not before entrusting a briefcase to Richard Rogue. Host: "a very tired" T4Y Next week: No “Green Room” visit. - Show #138 UNKNOWN - Show #139 UNKNOWN - Show #140 UNKNOWN - Show #141 UNKNOWN - Show #142 / “Little Drops of Rain”, Roguue’s Gallery / Date: Nov. 08, 1945 Plot: Mrs. Harvey Burgess phones Richard Rogue for help. Host: T4Y, host? Next week: Unknown - Show #143 UNKNOWN - Show #144 UNKNOWN - Show #145 UNKNOWN - Show #146 UNKNOWN - Show #147 UNKNOWN - Show #148 UNKNOWN - Show #149 UNKNOWN - Show #150 UNKNOWN - Show #151 UNKNOWN - Show #152 UNKNOWN - Show #153 UNKNOWN - Show #154 UNKNOWN - Show #155 / "Corpus Delecti”, Mollé Mysttery Theater episode / Date: Nov. 30, 1945 Plot: Jim Connor waits on death row for a murder he didn't commit. Host: Hunter Galloway Next week: No “Green Room” visit. - Show #156 UNKNOWN - Show #157 UNKNOWN - Show #158 UNKNOWN - Show #159 UNKNOWN - Show #160 UNKNOWN - Show #161 UNKNOWN -Show #162 / “A Dime a Dance”, Mollé Mysteery Theater episode / Date: Jan. 11, 1946 Plot: Unknown Host: Unknown Next week: Unknown - Show #163 / “Ladies in Retirement”, Molllé Mystery Theater episode / Date: Jan. 18, 1946 Plot: A woman is driven to murder to protect her "feeble-minded" Aunt Louisa. Host: "Pfc X" Next week: No “Green Room” visit. - Show #164 UNKNOWN - Show #165 UNKNOWN - Show #166 / “Burn, Witch, Burn”, Mollé MMystery Theater episode / Date: Jan. 25, 1946 Plot: Unknown Host: Unknown Next week: Unknown - Show #167 UNKNOWN - Show #168 UNKNOWN - Show #169 UNKNOWN - Show #170 UNKNOWN - Show #171 UNKNOWN - Show #172 / “Six Letter Word for Death”,, The Whistler episode / Date: Feb. 11, 1946 Plot: George Haines wants to dispose of his wife Pricilla. Host: Unknown Next week" Unknown - Show #173 UNKNOWN - Show #174 UNKNOWN - Show #175 / “I Walk in the Night”, Innerr Sanctum Mysteries episode/ Date: Feb. 26, 1946 Plot: Peter has been quarreling with his wife Myrna. After someone strangles Myrna, no one knows if Peter is guilty, not even Peter himself. Host: Unknown Next week:Unknown - Show #176 / “The Doctor, His Wife and thhe Clock”, Mollé Mystery Theater episode / Date: Dec. 21, 1945 Plot: Unknown Host: Unknown Next week: Unknown - Show #177 / “Murder in Haste”, The Whisttler episode / Date: Feb. 25, 1946 Plot: Albert Taylor was two people, and his wife was sick of both of them. Host: Unknown Next week: Unknown - Show #178 UNKNOWN - Show #179 UNKNOWN - Show #180 UNKNOWN - Show #181 UNKNOWN - Show #182 UNKNOWN - Show #183 UNKNOWN – Show #184 / “The Creeper”, Mollé Mystery Theater episode / Date: Mar. 29, 1946 Plot: The story of a mysterious killer known as "The Creeper" who terrorises an entire community. Host: Unknown Next week: Unknown - Show #185 UNKNOWN – Show #186 / “Murder in the City Hall”, Mollé Mystery Theater episode / Date: April 5, 1946 Plot: A retelling of Raymond Chandler's tale "Spanish Blood". Host: Hunter Galloway, host? Next week: Unknown – Show #187 / “Lady with a Plan”, Inner Sanctum Mysteries episode / Date: April 9, 1946 Plot: A prison warden's wife feels trapped in her marriage like one of the prison's inmates. Host: Hunter Galloway? Next Week: Unknown: - Show #188 UNKNOWN – Show #189 / “Terror Stricken”, The Whistler episode / Date: Plot: Benjamin Reynolds was a star witness for the prosecution of Andrew Miller for grand larceny. Miller swore revenge. Host: Unknown Next week: Unknown – Show #190 / “Follow that Cab”, Mollé Mystery Theater episode / Date: April 19, 1946 Plot: Moe and Julius are cab drivers and amateur sleuths in this light-hearted tale of how they resolved the Larkin murder case. Host: Unknown Next week: Unknown – Show #191 / “Make Ready My Grave”, Inner Sanctum Mysteries episode / Date: April 23, 1946 Plot: Betty marries John Loomis, only to find that he has a horrible family secret. Host: Hunter Galloway? Next week: Unknown - Show #192 UNKNOWN – Show #193 / "The Waterford Case", The Whistler episode / Date: April 22, 1946 Plot: Richard Waterford has been convicted of his father's murder. His cousin Elaine tries to remember how it all began. Host: Hunter Galloway? Next week: Unknown - Show #194 UNKNOWN - Show #195 UNKNOWN – Show #196 / "Charlie Fells Sings", Gangbusters episode / Date: Jan. 19, 1946 Plot: Unknown Host: Hunter Galloway? Next week: Unknown – Show #197 / “The Further Adventures of Kenny Andrews”, Mollé Mystery Theater episode / Date: May 10, 1946 Plot: Sequel to an earlier episode "The Case of the Missing Mind". Keny Andrews, the guy with a million angles, has to raise $200 quick. The opportunity comes when an out-of-town gangsters hires him to commit a murder. But now Kenny has to kill himself. Host: Unknown Next week: Unknown - Show #198 UNKNOWN – Show #199 / “Bright Horizon”, The Whistler episode / Date: May 6,1946 Plot: A secretary wants to steal millions from her boss. Host: Hunter Galloway Next week: No “Green Room” visit - Show #200 UNKNOWN - Show #201 UNKNOWN - Show #202 / "Killer Come Back To Me", Moollé Mystery Theater episode / Date: May 17, 1946 Plot: A novice bank robber is helped by a strange woman who comes out of no where and helps him to succeed in a life of crime. Host: Unknown Next Week: Unknown - Show #203 UNKNOWN - Show #204 UNKNOWN - Show #205 UNKNOWN - Show #206 / "Witness For The Prosecutionn", Mollé Mystery Theater episode / Date: May 31, 1946 Plot: Adaptation of the classic Agatha Cristie story. Emily French is murdered. All evidence points to Leonard Voll, but did he really do it? Host: Hunter Galloway Next Week: No “Green Room” visit. - Show #207 UNKNOWN - Show #208 UNKNOWN - Show #209 UNKNOWN - Show #210 / "Female of the Species", Molllé Mystery Theater episode / Date: June 7, 1946 Plot: Eva Lester proves that the female of the species is deadlier than the male. Host: Hunter Galloway Next Week: No “Green Room” visit. - Show #211 / "The Reunion", Casey, Crime Photographer episode / Date: June 3, 1943 Plot: Curt wants to divorce Irene. Irene wants to keep Curt. Irene disappears mysteriously and Casey is on the story. Host: Hunter Galloway Next Week: No “Green Room” visit. - Show #212 UNKNOWN - Show #213 / "Adventure of The Fallen Anggels", Mollé Mystery Theater episode / Date: June 14, 1946 Plot: Tony Venure is a bankrupt young playboy. Help comes from an unlikely source, a gambler with a proposition. Host: Hunter Galloway Next Week: No “Green Room” visit. - Show #214 / "Affair at Stony Ridge", Thee Whistler episode / Date: June 17, 1946 Plot: Jody is caught cheating on his fiancee'. What else has he been up to? Host: Hunter Galloway? Next Week: Unknown - Show #215 / "I Want To Report A Murder",, Inner Sanctum Mysteries episode / Date: June 18, 1946 Plot: Someday, Martin Wheeler's wife will push him too far. That day is today and the bodies begin to pile up. Host: Hunter Galloway Next Week: No “Green Room” visit. - Show #216 UNKNOWN - Show #217 UNKNOWN - Show #218 UNKNOWN - Show #219 UNKNOWN - Show #220 UNKNOWN - Show #221 UNKNOWN - Show #222 UNKNOWN - Show #223 UNKNOWN - Show #224 UNKNOWN - Show #225 UNKNOWN - Show #226 / "title unknown", Dark Venturre episode / Date: July 17, 1946 Plot: An important letter must be gotten from the post office. Host: Hunter Galloway? Next week: Unknown - Show #227 / "Homicide Unlimited", Mollé Mystery Theater episode / Date: July 26, 1946 Plot: Unknown Host: Hunter Galloway? Next week: Unknown - Show #228 UNKNOWN - Show #229 / "Moat Farm Murder", Mercury Summer Theater episode / Date: July 26, 1946 Plot: Orson Welles stars in a story about a man who is haunted by the memory of the murder he's committed. Host: Hunter Galloway? Next week: Unknown - Show #230 UNKNOWN - Show #231 UNKNOWN - Show #232 UNKNOWN - Show #233 UNKNOWN - Show #234 UNKNOWN - Show #235 UNKNOWN - Show #236 UNKNOWN - Show #237 UNKNOWN - Show #238 UNKNOWN - Show #239 UNKNOWN - Show #240 UNKNOWN - Show #241 UNKNOWN - Show #242 UNKNOWN - Show #243 UNKNOWN - Show #244 UNKNOWN - Show #245 UNKNOWN - Show #246 UNKNOWN - Show #247 UNKNOWN - Show #248 UNKNOWN - Show #249 UNKNOWN - Show #250 UNKNOWN - Show #251 UNKNOWN - Show #252 UNKNOWN - Show #253 UNKNOWN - Show #254 UNKNOWN - Show #255 UNKNOWN - Show #256 UNKNOWN - Show #257 UNKNOWN - Show #258 UNKNOWN - Show #259 UNKNOWN - Show #260 UNKNOWN - Show #261 UNKNOWN - Show #262 UNKNOWN - Show #263 UNKNOWN - Show #264 / "Death's Old Sweet Song", Innner Sanctum Mysteries episode / Date: Nov. 4, 1946 Plot: Rich Uncle Peter is murdered and niece Meg stands to inherit the estate, if she can prove that she is innocent. Host: Hunter Galloway? 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Host: Hunter Galloway? Next week: Unknown - Show #330 UNKNOWN - Show #331 UNKNOWN - Show #332 UNKNOWN - Show #333 UNKNOWN - Show #334 / "Ghost In The Garden", Innerr Sanctum Mysteries episode / Date: Feb. 10, 1947 Plot: Lora kills her wealthy uncle. Soon after blackmail and more murder follows. Host: Hunter Galloway Next Week: Unknown - Show #335 UNKNOWN - Show #336 UNKNOWN - Show #337 UNKNOWN - Show #338 UNKNOWN - Show #339 UNKNOWN - Show #330 UNKNOWN - Show #341 UNKNOWN - Show #342 UNKNOWN - Show #343 UNKNOWN - Show #344 UNKNOWN - Show #345 UNKNOWN - Show #346 UNKNOWN - Show #347 UNKNOWN - Show #348 UNKNOWN - Show #349 UNKNOWN - Show #350 UNKNOWN ================================================================================= Unnumbered Episodes begin here: ================================================================================= Show #XXX / “Pam Goes It Alone”, Mr. and Mrs. North episode / Date: Aug. 2, 1944 (Wed) Plot: With Jerry out of town, Pam tries to help Gloria Crane’s fiancé, Jimmy, who is accused of killing a man named Corsey. Host: Sgt. X Next week: The Whistler episode, “Not If I Kill You First”: Two jewel robbers, one named Easley, argue about splitting a take of $30,000, and one vows to get even, “not if I kill you first”. Note: Fits in sequence between episodes #020 - #040. Show #XXX / “Not If I Kill You First”, The Whistler episode / Date: Oct. 2, 1944 (Mon.) Plot: Two jewel robbers argue about splitting a take of $30,000; a fool-proof alibi depends on a double – an actor who looks just like the killer. Host: Howard Duff Next week: Unknown Note: Fits in sequence between episodes #020 - #040 following "Pam Goes it Alone", Mr. and Mrs. North episode. Show #XXX / "Deadline at Dawn", Mollé Mystery Theater / Date: Jan. 30, 1945 Plot: Quinn Williams meets a red-haired girl from his hometown and they work together to get him out of a jam. Host: Howard Duff (Sgt. X?) Next week: Unknown Note: Fits in sequence in the vicinity of episodes #070 - #090. Show #XXX / “Death Marks the Double Cross”, The Whistler / Date: March 12, 1945 Plot: Perry and Mack think they have a set up for the perfect crime, unless partner Joe double crosses them. Host: Sgt. X Next week: Lamont Cranston (The Shadow) investigates the mysterious case of the flaming skull. The Shadow visits Dr. Harrison, who is murdered before he can answer the Shadow's questions. A flaming skeleton is seen fleeing the scene of the murder. Note: Fits in sequence in the vicinity of episodes #085 - #100. Show #xxx / "The Case of the Flaming Skull", The Shadow episode / Date: March 18, 1945 Plot: The Shadow visits Dr. Harrison, who is murdered before he can answer the Shadow's questions. A flaming skeleton is seen fleeing the scene of the murder. Host: Unknown Next week: Unknown Note: Fits in sequence in the vicinity of episodes #085 - #100 following "The Case of the Flaming Skull", The Shadow episode. Show #XXX / “The Cask of Amontillado”, Mollé Mystery Theater episode / Date: Apr. 24, 1945 (Tues) Plot: Based on the Poe story; a man kills to protect his family’s honor. Host: PL Next week: “The Perfect Crime”, Mollé Mystery Theater episode: Dr. Trevor, an expert criminologist, claims he never makes a mistake, then kills the one man who knows that he did make a mistake; with Bud Collyer. Note: Fits in sequence in the vicinity of episodes #085 - #100. Show #XXX / “The Perfect Crime”, Mollé Mystery Theater / Date: Apr. 17, 1945 (Tues) Plot: Dr. Trevor, an expert criminologist, claims he never makes a mistake, then kills the one man who knows that he did make a mistake. Host: Unknown Next week: Unknown Note: Fits in sequence in the vicinity of episodes #085 - #100 following “The Cask of Amontillado”, Mollé Mystery Theater episode. Show #XXX / "title Unknown", Mr. District Attorney episode / Date: Feb. 7, 1945 (Wed) Plot: Mr. D.A. and his staff (Harrington and Miss Miller) run down a series of fuel-oil hijackings and a murder. Host: PL Next week: Mollé Mystery Theater, “Lady in the Morgue” Note: Fits in sequence in the vicinity of episodes #085 - #100. Show #XXX / “Lady in the Morgue”, Mollé Mystery Theatre episode / Date: May 15, 1945 (Tues.) Plot: Private detectives Crane and O’Malley solve the mystery of a murdered woman’s body stolen from the morgue. Host: PL Next week: No “Green Room” visit. Note: Fits in sequence in the vicinity of episodes #085 - #100 following Mr. District Attorney episode. Show #XXX / “The Level Crossing”, Mollé Mystery Theatre episode / Date: May 22, 1945 Plot: A husband is being blackmailed at work and is lying to his wife about where the money is going. Trouble is not far behind. Host: T4Y, who says he’s “opening the doors of the MP for Peter Lorre” Next week: Unknown Note: Fits in sequence in the vicinity of episodes #085 - #105. Show #XXX / “The Murder Dilemma”, unknown series / Date: June 12, 1945 (Tues) Plot: Husband Maurice plans to murder his lover Vera and frame his wife Muriel. Host: T4Y Next week: No “Green Room” visit, but “T4Y” greets listeners with “Hello, Creeps!” Note: Fits in sequence in the vicinity of episodes #100 - #120. Show #XXX / “Leg Man”, Mollé Mystery Theater / Date: Oct. 19, 1945 (Fri) Plot: A bartender is shot behind the bar, but a reporter is determined to solve the case. Host: T4Y Next week: “Green Room” visit cut (by person taping?) Note: Fits in sequence in the vicinity of episodes #125 - #140. Show #XXX / "The Confession", Inner Sanctum Mysteries / Date: Jan. 22, 1946 Plot: Lex Sturgess (Santos Ortega) has a deathbed confession to make about the $78,000 that dropped into his lap one day. Host: Hunter Galloway Next week: No “Green Room” visit. Note: Fits in sequence in the vicinity of episodes #156 - #175. Show #XXX / "Death is a Double-Crosser", Inner Sanctum Mysteries / Date: March 26, 1946 Plot: Harry Smith, recently released from prison, is ensnared by the evil surrounding the "King Midas Diamond". Host: Hunter Galloway Next week: No “Green Room” visit. Note: Fits in sequence in the vicinity of episodes #170 - #190. Show #XXX / "Murder Comes at Midnight", Inner Sanctum Mysteries / Date: Sept. 9, 1946 Plot: Having rented a small country house, Ethel rushes to the front door shortly before midnight to greet her husband, Harry. Instead of finding her husband, she is greeted by a wounded killer, who makes himself unwelcome. Host: Hunter Galloway Next week: No “Green Room” visit. Note: Fits in sequence in the vicinity of episodes #230 - #260. Show #XXX / "The Dead Laugh", Inner Sanctum Mysteries / Date: Sept. 23, 1946 Plot: Is John Spencer's ghost haunting the judge who sentenced him to death? Host: Hunter Galloway Next week: No “Green Room” visit. Note: Fits in sequence in the vicinity of episodes #235 - #265. Show #XXX / “Two Men in a Furnished Room”, Mollé Mystery Theatre episode / Date: Sept. 27, 1946 Plot: It all began with the housing shortage. Red and Dixon share a room. When Dixon needs an alibi, will Red lie for him? Host: Hunter Galloway Next week: No “Green Room” visit. Note: Fits in sequence in the vicinity of episodes #235 - #265. Show #XXX / "Don't Dance on My Grave", Inner Sanctum Mysteries / Date: May 5, 1947 Plot: Julia dreams that her husband Steven and her sister-in-law Caroline are planning to murder her. Julia awakes, only to find that Steven and Caroline are digging a grave in the garden in the middle of the night. Host: Hunter Galloway? Next week: No “Green Room” visit. Note: Fits in sequence after episode #335. Show #XXX / “Challenge to the Listener”, Mollé Mystery Theater / Date: July 4, 1947 Plot: Radio actress Nancy Bradford is murdered. A 2-voice drama between a cop and a murderer, but which is which? With Richard Widmark and Everett Sloan Host: Hunter Galloway Next week: No “Green Room” visit. Note: Fits in sequence after episode #335. Show #XXX / “Dead Ringer”, series unknown / Date: Unknown Plot: Unknown Host: PL Next week: Unknown Show #XXX / “The Boarder", Dark Venture / Date: Unknown Plot: Mr. Jordan is unemployed and bored with his wife. The wife wants to rent out a room to help make ends meet. That's when old Mr. Hawkins moves in. Host: Hunter Galloway Next week: No “Green Room” visit. Show #XXX / “Turnabout", Dark Venture / Date: Unknown Plot: $50,000 is missing and needs to be replaced, or Marvin Rice will blow the whistle on Dick Barnes. Dick finds out that stealing $50,000 was a lot easier than raising $50,000. Perhaps murdering Marvin is the solution, if he can figure out to frame for the job. (Elliot Lewis stars as Dick Barnes.) Host: Hunter Galloway Next week: No “Green Room” visit.