Ed Barron from Tri-state Life and Casualty Insurance of New York calls Johnny to tell him his friend, Tommy Hargrave, has died in a car accident near his summer lodge. He had a significant amount of insurance, and his wife was the beneficiary. Johnny asks "did Tommy and his wife get along alright?" Ed says "no, not really, however, I'm sure that th…

On a particularly hot evening in Cairo, Rocky made his way toward the Nile river lagoon, hoping to catch a cool breeze. As he drew near, he heard the muezzin call the Muslim faithful to prayer from the minaret of the mosque. Not wanting to interfere, he hid in a small passageway that led to the winding stairs of the minaret. He waited until the sou…

At 8:30 in the morning, before the 10:00 AM opening of the First National Bank, two robbers named Willie and Patterson encounter the bank manager, J. T. Barnes, as he is stepping out for some breakfast. They tell him to go back into the bank and call everyone out to the lobby. They announce that this is a robbery and tell everyone to line up agains…

A man named Austin is knocking at Mrs. Grace Bradley's door in the Metropolitan Hotel. A bellboy is bringing a pitcher of ice water and some glasses to her room. Mr. Austin says "is that ice water for Mrs. Bradley? I don't think she is in. I have been knocking on her door for the past five minutes, with no answer. I have an appointment with her". T…

In the Arizona desert, two older gentleman and a girl are sitting around a campfire, watching the sun go down until dark. Doctor Harold is an archeologist, Miss Larrie, is his niece, and Mason is their guide. They are in the desert to study ancient Indian culture. The three soon hear a wolf howling somewhere nearby, as their horses start to become …

At 3:00 AM, on the outskirts of Houston, Texas, at the Palace Grove Modern Tourist Camp, a man crept by the all-night clerk, headed to Cabin 4. Upon entering, he woke Kitty, his girlfriend, who was asleep. She said "Jack, what are you doing here? His name was John Frederick Benson, but she calls him "Jack". He said "They were taking me to the Feder…

Jeff was called in to Mr. Lyon's office to meet the client, Mr. Carter, who was telling them about his daughter, Patrice. Carter says "she left about five years ago and, since then, I have never heard from her. I can understand, in a way, because ever since her mother died I sent her away to boarding schools. I haven't been the best companion for h…

Sergeant Barnes of the Dewhurst Police is relaying the facts of the case to Inspector Carr. He says "A farmer named Tom Ferguson was shot last night when he was returning from a party in the company of a Mr. Flynn, who called for an ambulance. However, Ferguson was deceased by the time the ambulance arrived at the hospital. He lived at Greystone Fa…

A young lady named Miss Wonderly walks into the offices of Spade and Archer, Private Detectives. Miss Wonderly had just told Sam Spade why she needed to employ his services, when Miles Archer enters the room. Sam says "Miss Wonderly just told me her sister Corrine ran away with a guy named Floyd Thursby, and they are here in San Francisco. She want…

A man named Donald Stryker pays a visit to Sam. He tells Sam that a somewhat reliable source has told him that he is a marked man. Stryker tells Sam that a wild-eyed man named George Strutt came to his door last night, and showed him a picture of a pretty girl cut out from a newspaper, with no name or identification. He said "you can still save you…

Mr. Wolfe is generally not too fond of traveling anywhere, but when he gets a call from Mr. Zabro saying that he has a new shipment orchids in his flower shop, he changes his mind. Shortly after the phone call, Mr. Hansen appears at Zabro's Flower Shop wanting his money. Hansen says "I don't like the way you have been avoiding me, Zabro. You have 2…

Dan Holiday accepts a dinner invitation from the wealthy Mr. Charles Winthrop. After the dinner, Mr. Winthrop has a proposition for Dan. He says "somewhere in this city I have hidden a packet containing 100 one thousand dollar bills. There will be three other individuals also looking for the money. At midnight tonight, I will drop four identical le…

Slate Shannon has a passenger on his boat named Mi Long, who Sam Chu desperately wanted to see. When they arrived in Havana, they are met by two armed men named Jeffery and Micky. Jeffery says that they are looking for the Kuan Yin statue that Mi Long brought with her from China. She says that she has brought no statue, only a suitcase of clothes. …

Inspector Black, while at the Regents Bar, catches a vendor with a case of American made nylon stockings, worth about 500 pounds on the black market. Unfortunately, the source of these goods was not caught. The next morning, Inspector Black is in to the Home Secretary's office. He says "the Prime Minister is very concerned and takes a serious view …

Larry Barker is meeting with Private Investigator Frank Polanski. Barker shows Polanski a picture of Sheila Barker, his wife, and says "I want her followed, day and night, and I want to know everyone she sees". Polanski says "I can do the job, but I need a retainer". Barker says "no retainer, I only pay for results". Polanski says "then we are both…

Jonathan Kegg's secretary, Miss Rogers, opens a letter from the Alumni Secretary of the University. He wants Jonathan to come for visit. Meanwhile, at the same university, Dr. Alanby and Professor Barlow are listening to Barlow's recording of Alanby's speech about his discovery of the Kalara Temple in the Yucatan, and his future plans to lead an ex…

At 3 o'clock in the morning, four men on a duck hunting trip are traveling on the highway toward Topanga Canyon. Suddenly, a car coming the opposite direction stops in the middle of the road, blocking their way. The hunters watch as a man steps out of the car yelling "please help, robbery, they shot my wife!" The hunters care for them as best as th…

Private Investigator Johnny Eaton and Police Lieutenant Jorgenson are in the city morgue to identify Hank Williams, Eaton's former partner in their Private Investigation business. Hank had been killed because he had discovered "something big", meaning some important information that was very valuable to someone. The problem was that Hank normally k…

Bill Griffith, a reporter for the Youngstown Vindicator, a newspaper based in Ohio, is being sent by his boss to the Hodge Mansion. It seems Mr. Clive Hodge, the mining millionaire, has shot and killed his wife, Mrs. Amy Hodge. The police are currently at the scene. The boss says "when you arrive, have the secretary show you into the library. There…

Mrs. Nicky Kane is at a funeral parlor looking at coffins. She tells the mortician that she wants to buy one for her husband, but with a few stipulations. She does not want the coffin to be sealed shut. It should have some air holes cut in the lid. Also, her husband is not to be embalmed, just placed into the coffin as he is. She says that she will…

Lieutenant Lou Dana and Sergeant Dave are at the morgue, looking a the latest victim of a gunshot to the head, "Wee" Willie Baines. Dave says "a couple of 18 year old kids found him in the park tonight about 11:00 PM. The time of death was about 7:00 PM". Lou asks Dave "who was he?" Dave says "forty years ago he was born in the slums. Ten years lat…

Peter is being paid to take care of the three finalists in the Miss Universe Beauty Contest. Making the arrangements is Miss Matilda Cragg, who is representing Mr. Byron Thorndyke, of the Thorndyke Modeling Agency. The winner will receive 50 thousand dollars in cash and a Hollywood contract. Mr. Thorndyke will be the sole judge, and I am here as th…

He chose his position well, on a grassy slope at the edge of a cliff, about 550 yards from the his target. When the target appeared on the terrace facing him, the sight was aimed at the "V" of his waistcoat. He said to himself "he would have never known what happened, if I had really meant to fire". Suddenly, two soldiers yelled "Stop!" and wrestle…

The Room Service Waiter of the Wigmore Hotel is bringing breakfast to Lady Portlock's room. He mistakenly goes into Room 24, which is actually Baroness Beauville's room. Believing the lady is still asleep, he sets down the tray, draws the curtains, and takes another look at who he believes to be Lady Portlock. He is shocked to discover that she is …

Randy reluctantly goes to Joliet Prison during a rainstorm to cover an execution. He arrives at the prison, shows his press credentials, and is escorted to the warden's office. The warden says "sorry, someone should have notified you. The Governor granted the prisoner a stay of execution about an hour ago." Just as Randy was getting up to leave, th…

In London, at the Hamden's Hotel on Norfolk Street, a young couple named Bill and Brenda Leslie have checked into their room for their week long stay. Bill answers a telephone call from the reception desk telling him that a police officer from Scotland Yard insists on seeing you, and is on his way up the stairs. Chief Inspector Redford soon finds h…

Detective Sergeant Joe Friday and Captain Bryson are going over the criminal record of a confidence man named Charles Wallace, that has been in and out of jail for the past 35 years. His latest con job involved two used car lot salesmen. On a Saturday, he bought a used car from a salesman, and wrote a check for 1,500 dollars as down payment. About …

Frank Race is getting ready for a date, when Marcus walks in with some news. He says that Mr. Daniel Paulson of Pacific Insurance needs to see you at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California early tomorrow morning. When Frank arrives for the meeting, Mr. Paulson says " we have to move fast on this one, it is an embezzlement job, for 100 thousa…

Steve Mitchell is in the Commissioner's office. He tells Steve that two days ago, a document containing information regarding troop movements in Europe was stolen from our consulate in Vienna, Austria. The troops have already embarked, and with these unidentified submarines around, we cannot take chances. The document was originally stolen by a jan…

It is Sunday afternoon in New York, and Rog Saunders has just come out of his apartment building accompanied by his bodyguard Jocko Quinn. As they approach his foreign racing car, they see Macy looking at it. Saunders says "Well, what is on your mind, Macy? What are you doing here?" Macy says "you know the answer to both of those questions. You bor…

Richard is on a date with Miss Betty Callahan at the Club Cuba. While they are having their after dinner coffee, an unwelcome gentleman pulls up a chair and sits at their table. He says "I'm told you are Richard Rogue the investigator. I understand my wife has retained your services to spy on me." Richard says "I don't know your wife or care anythi…

Chuck Morgan and his secretary Carol Curtis are on their way to see Fred Michaels. Fred called earlier and said he was in trouble, but would not elaborate on the phone. Fred and his wife Elsie owned a jewelry store and had done well for themselves. When Chuck and Carol arrive, Fred tells them that his son Ricky has been kidnapped from school. The k…

Detective Danny Clover is urgently called to Dion Hartley's apartment. Mr. Hartley is a collector of many exquisite pieces of priceless art, but has grown tired of this hobby. He now likes to influence others to do his bidding. He said he has influenced others to try and murder him, and now wants the Detective in his game to try to protect him. He …

A passenger hails Shorty's taxi cab for himself and another passenger. He tells the driver to go through the park and he will let him know where to turn. The second passenger says that it is on West 54th Street. The first passenger then proceeds to shut the partition between the front and back seats. Once out of the park, the first passenger opens …

Pam and Jerry North are visiting the Cafe Emil, an expensive French restaurant for their first time. They are waiting for their table in the bar when Sam Zachary, the newspaper columnist arrives. Sam tells Emil that he would like to talk to Miss Nan Coleman, the singer, when her number is finished. Pam asks Jerry if he read Sam Zachary's story abou…

Captain Jim Scott receives a call from Officer Harry Gavin. Gavin tells him that he is at Madame Cherini's. Jim says "Great, aren't you supposed to be on duty?" Gavin says "I am on duty. I'm sitting up with a corpse". Jim then asks "does the corpse has a name?" Gavin says "yes, he is Jerome K. Wade, the gun manufacturer that used to be partners wit…

Stage actress Christina Bancroft hires Michael for protection for three days, until the play ends in New Orleans. She says someone is trying to kill her, but she does not know who, or why. After the interview, Michael stood in the wings of the theater watching the play. Near the end, two men walked over to Michael and introduced themselves; Hamilto…

Mr. George Brophy and his daughter Anita are involved in a fatal car accident. They are unharmed, but the other driver is not so lucky. Witnesses at the scene of the accident identify the other driver as the son of Johnny Michaelis, one of the biggest gangsters in London. The next day, the story of the accident makes the newspaper headlines, but Ge…

Matt Cvetic is in a meeting with Comrade Rivchenko, who asks if he knows anything about an "electronic brain", or a man named Duane Fleming. Matt says "the electronic brain is supposed to be a super calculating machine for mathematics, but I do not know anyone named Duane Fleming". Rivchenko says "Duane Fleming knows everything about electronic cal…

A con-artist named Joe Crane is trying to sell Mrs. Willoughby a "money making machine". He tells her to put a blank piece of paper into it, turn the crank, and out comes a new one dollar bill. He visited her yesterday, and gave her some one dollar bills to put in the bank. He says "The bank accepted them so they must be real. You give me 10 thousa…

Gregor, having learned that the authorities are closely watching his human smuggling enterprise, radios his pilot named Eagan, who is currently in the air carrying eight illegal passengers into Miami from Cuba. Eagan is ordered to force the passengers out of the plane by gunpoint in midair over the Caribbean Sea, activate the automatic pilot and se…

Inspector Costello at the West End Central Police Station calls Scotland Yard for help in finding a murderer that, not only strangled his victim, but beat her severely after her death. Three days later, it happened again, only this time it was much more terrible. The killer seemed to be copying the infamous Jack the Ripper murders. However, in the …

Bob Morgan and June Cordell are sitting in his car, parked at Lookout Point. They have been seeing each other for quite a while, almost a year. June wants to be married, but Bob has been saying that his wife will not give him a divorce. June tells him that she has decided that she will meet with his wife, and try to make her understand about their …

Inspector Christopher McKee was in his office at the Center Street Police Headquarters, when the telephone rings. A strange man tells him he can find a corpse at 1142 West 16th Street, Gilbert Shannon's apartment, and hangs up the phone. A few seconds later, a young woman named Julie calls and tells the Inspector that she just found her father, Gil…

Colonel Palmer arrives from London to meet with OSS Agents Captain Daggett and Lance Corporal Barnes at the dock before starting their mission. The Colonel says "your torpedo boat shall depart in twenty minutes. You should reach Saint-Nazaire in occupied France just before dawn. Once you have landed, you will move inland exactly six kilometers. The…

The Blaine Brothers, Paul and John, are having a small argument over the profits of their jointly-owned pawn shop, when Blackie calls on the phone and asked to speak to Paul. Paul wants him to pay a visit to the pawn shop about 3 o'clock this afternoon. Blackie and Mary Weston show up for the meeting, and Paul tells them that he made a thousand dol…

During World War 1, just before the Battle of the Marne, Holmes and Watson were sent to the front lines on a secret mission. They soon found themselves sitting in the front seat of a staff car being driven by a sergeant, sloshing their way through the muddy roads toward the sounds of gunfire in the battlefield. There are also two civilians riding i…

Dr. Harvey receives a call from the Floor Nurse in Ward 8 saying that Edward Kirk is being escorted to your office. "Also," she says, "Dr. Benson asked me to advise you against being alone with the patient for any length of time. It may be dangerous, sir." Dr. Harvey replies "Well, Kirk's behavior has been exemplary for the past three months, and t…

In 1944, the war was at its height, but some nations were still neutral, among them, Turkey. One evening in March, an attaché of the German Embassy in Ankara, a man named Moesch, was about to enter his quarters when a stranger appeared from out of the shadows. The stranger says "don't raise your voice. Meet me in your office". Moesch says "who are …

During a rainstorm, Louie the taxi driver is taking Simon Templar to a dinner party on Long Island. The taxi starts having engine problems and Louie has to pull over on the road. Suddenly, a man is seen running toward the taxi. He stops and asks about a ride back to Glenville, Simon tells him "we would be glad to, but we are stuck here ourselves. H…