Challenge of the Yukon — 1943
50 episodes broadcast in 1943.
May 28, 1943
Meeting the Terms of a Contract
June 4, 1943
Till a Man's Proved Dead
June 11, 1943
A Swindler Swindled
June 18, 1943
Dealing in Death
June 25, 1943
Footprint in Leather
July 2, 1943
Caught by a Button
July 9, 1943
Last Days of a Freight Line
July 16, 1943
When the Law Needs an Orphan
July 23, 1943
A Swill O' Gunpowder
July 30, 1943
King's Ransom
August 6, 1943
Murder on Train Time
August 13, 1943
Previewed Confession
Preston finds a trapper dead beside a cold, smokeless cabin and follows the footprints in the snow -- and one telltale button -- to the man who did it.
August 20, 1943
Attempted Manslaughter
August 27, 1943
Lantern Rock
September 3, 1943
The Ring on His Finger
September 10, 1943
Tell-Tale Bullet
September 17, 1943
A Date to Remember
September 24, 1943
Belated Revenge
October 1, 1943
Return to the Crime
October 8, 1943
King Spots Murder
October 15, 1943
Self Defense or Murder
October 22, 1943
By Hook or by Crook
A crooked bank manager stages a holdup to cover the money he has skimmed before the auditor arrives, but Preston reads the evidence a different way.
October 29, 1943
The Eleventh Hour
When a miner dies in a cave-in, a smooth lawyer and a sudden 'niece' appear to claim his mine -- and King takes an instant dislike to the pair.
November 5, 1943
Murder in Abc's
A prospector gasps a single word before he dies in the snow, so Preston spreads word that the man survived to draw his killers into the open.
November 13, 1943
No Escape as a Murderer
A miner is shot for his gold dust, and it is King's nose that leads Preston back to the scene and onto the trail of a coldly calculating killer.
A miner is shot in the back for his gold, but it is King's uncanny alertness on the trail that warns Preston they are being watched.
A card player is killed in a Dawson saloon moments after crying 'crooked game,' the scene dressed to look like self-defense -- and Preston must see through it.
After the bank at Dobie City is robbed, Preston baits a trap with a dummy to catch the raiders.
A lone old man is found dead in his cabin on Prospect Creek, and his nephew is very quick to accuse the neighbor.
In this surviving audition, a fur-grabbing boss corners a trapper, his daughter, Preston and King inside a small cabin.
December 28, 1943
Revenge in the Yukon
The Buckeye Bank is robbed and the banker blames his missing cashier, but Preston looks past the easy answer.
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