Molle Mystery Theatre — 1944
48 episodes broadcast in 1944.
January 4, 1944
The Mystery of the Seven Keys
January 18, 1944
Most Dangerous Game
January 25, 1944
Thursday Turkey Murders
February 1, 1944
Talent for Murder
February 8, 1944
The Crimson Circle
February 15, 1944
You Only Hang Once
February 22, 1944
The Gorgeous Ghoul Murder Case
February 29, 1944
Farewell, My Lovely
March 7, 1944
Cat and the Canary
March 14, 1944
The Monkey's Paw
March 21, 1944
Going, Going, Gone
March 28, 1944
The Dead Don't Care
April 4, 1944
Affair of the Splintered Heart
A mad strangler stalks the streets in this chiller adapted from Edgar Wallace.
April 18, 1944
If I Die Before I Wake
April 25, 1944
Love from a Stranger
May 2, 1944
Murder Masks Miami
May 9, 1944
Sister of Cain
May 16, 1944
The Dain Curse
May 23, 1944
Home Sweet Homicide
May 30, 1944
Great Impersonation
June 13, 1944
Agony Column
In wartime Washington, an Army officer and his strong-willed wife expose a nest of enemy agents.
June 27, 1944
The Cat Saw Murder
July 4, 1944
Bunches of Knuckles
July 11, 1944
Murder Ad Lib
July 18, 1944
Goldfish
A hard-dealing businessman is stabbed to death, leaving five likely suspects and a puzzle for armchair sleuths -- from the creator of Charlie Chan.
August 1, 1944
Death in the Doghouse
August 8, 1944
The Mark of Gregory
August 15, 1944
Murder in Havana
August 22, 1944
The Case of the Talking Pillow
August 29, 1944
Crime Without Passion
September 5, 1944
Murder Through the Looking Glass
September 12, 1944
Give the Guy Rope
September 19, 1944
Murder in the City Hall
Young police lieutenant Sam Delaguerra suspects the local political machine murdered his old friend, in a story drawn from Raymond Chandler's "Spanish Blood."
September 26, 1944
Death Rose
October 3, 1944
Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu
October 10, 1944
The Wheel Spins
October 17, 1944
Murder Without Crime
A cartoonist writes his unfaithful wife into his daily strip, and the whole town waits to see whether the drawn heroine -- and the real one -- survives.
November 14, 1944
The Interruption
A man dreams he has committed murder, then wakes fearing it was real, while a brutal detective brother-in-law senses hypnosis behind it.
An antique dealer with a sleuth's instincts untangles a case of blackmail and murder.
A bottle grants any wish, but its owner must resell it for less than he paid or be damned -- and the price is down to a single penny.
A reporter notices the same black-hatted figure at death after death, touching off public panic -- until the truth turns back on him.
A woman claims she killed in self-defense, but a letter surfaces suggesting she lured her lover to his death.
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