Candy Matson, Yukon 2-8209 — 1951
20 episodes broadcast in 1951.
January 1, 1951
Palm Springs Vacation
Candy's doctor insists she take a desert vacation, but rest is the last thing she gets when a killer follows her to open water.
January 8, 1951
Homicide on Ice
An ice-skating outing with Hi Waters turns lethal when murder shows up on the rink and Candy has to lace up as a detective.
January 15, 1951
Crime on the Waterfront
Called in to investigate a string of yacht burglaries, Candy barely gets started before a corpse complicates the case considerably.
January 22, 1951
Moon of Madness
Mallard's jealousy over Candy's dinner date with Hi Waters boils over, and Candy tells Hi about the movie-set murder that launched her career.
January 29, 1951
Sea Cliff Mystery
An eccentric elderly woman's seaside mansion has been hit by burglars more than once, and Candy is called in to end the pattern.
February 5, 1951
Death at the Drive-in
A night at the drive-in movies turns sinister when Candy and Mallard discover the couple in the next car are not watching the picture.
February 18, 1951
Death Drives Dangerously
Rembrandt brings Candy to an auto race for a photo assignment, and the crash that kills a driver is more than a tragic accident.
February 26, 1951
Case of the Missing Brother
A slippery businessman hires Candy to find his brother, but his motives for wanting the man located are far from brotherly.
March 5, 1951
Mystery at the Morgue
The morgue receives a Jane Doe whose purse contents identify her as Candy Matson -- and the real Candy has some urgent questions about that.
March 12, 1951
Money in the Mattress
Fifty thousand dollars vanishes from a woman's mattress and her husband is the prime suspect, leaving Candy to count the evidence.
March 19, 1951
Ghost of Grogan's Gulch
A Sierra Nevada ghost town is the setting for a very real killing that only Candy can sort from the legend and local folklore.
March 26, 1951
Murder at 10,000 Feet
On the flight home from Reno, Candy is asked to investigate the death of a fellow passenger before the plane touches down.
April 2, 1951
The Stinson Beach Mystery
A device that claims to harness the ocean's power is the motive behind three murders, and Candy must figure out who wants the technology badly enough to kill for it.
April 9, 1951
Jolly Jailbirds
After Candy and Rembrandt end up in a paddy wagon with two singing drunks, she pivots to solving a series of murders tied to gambling winnings.
April 16, 1951
Roller Coaster Mystery
A woman under the influence of post-hypnotic suggestion plunges from a roller coaster, and Candy must trace the chain of command behind the lethal suggestion.
April 23, 1951
Novel Approach to Burglary
A mystery writer who ought to know how crimes work hires Candy to prevent the theft of her own jewels before fiction becomes biography.
April 30, 1951
Murder on the Mound
A pitcher dies on the mound under circumstances that do not add up, and Candy steps up to the plate to get the real answer.
May 7, 1951
Voltaire is Where?
An elderly woman's beloved spaniel has gone missing and she turns to Candy, whose cases rarely stay as simple as a lost dog.
May 14, 1951
The Gang's All Here
Mallard talks Candy into going undercover as a junior pickpocket to crack a gang of thieves operating across San Francisco.
A double murder and a missing diamond set the stage for Candy's final investigation -- one that ends with a proposal she didn't see coming.
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