Murder by Experts — 1949
29 episodes broadcast in 1949.
A newly minted lawyer wakes to find a corpse in his bed, and spends a sweltering night trying to be rid of it.
June 20, 1949
Triangle of Death
June 27, 1949
Night Ride
A husband schemes to kill his wealthy wife, only to watch every step of the plan turn back on him.
A doctor lies dead, killed by an escaped convict who now moves through the world in the dead man's name. Circulates as "Murder by Prescription."
A killer stalks and strangles red-haired women as the hunt for the madman tightens.
An ex-convict falls in with two schemers angling to hijack a seven-million-dollar estate, with a sting in the tail.
August 1, 1949
Five Bullets for Baldwin
Newly wed and living on her father's remote island, a woman comes to fear that the writer she married is the killer the papers call the Scalpel.
A wife plays decoy for her husband's affair, then hands him the very idea that leads to murder.
August 22, 1949
Heavy Hangs the Head
A woman is dead and her $75,000 gone; a drifter stumbles onto the claim check that could make -- or bury -- him.
A busload of passengers, sealed in by an avalanche, share the dark with an escaped homicidal maniac.
Mrs. Kraft's nightmare -- her husband pressing a pillow over her face -- refuses to stay a dream.
September 19, 1949
Double Cross
After the owner of the Pelican Club is found murdered, Johnny and the Duchess set out to crack a killing sealed inside a locked room.
October 3, 1949
The Last Detail
October 10, 1949
First Act of Murder
October 17, 1949
Brain Guy
October 24, 1949
Zero Hour
October 31, 1949
Three of a Kind
November 7, 1949
The Great Mellagio
November 14, 1949
The Elephant's Tail
November 21, 1949
The Betrayer
November 28, 1949
Four Time Loser
December 5, 1949
Beautiful Silence
December 12, 1949
The Big Payoff
December 19, 1949
The Sound of Fish
A lighter turn: a Broadway character is driven to the brink by the mysterious "Mr. Aladdin."
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