Rogue's Gallery — 1945

An elderly woman asks Rogue to look after her granddaughter; he goes to the girl's apartment and finds a body. (Note: the source assigns this account to 11 October, a date the Digital Deli log disputes -- see the show's ISSUES.)

Mrs. Eccle reminds Rogue of his own grandmother, so he takes her worried request about her granddaughter -- and walks into the girl's silent apartment to find her dead. (Note: the same source carries this account on its 11 October page as well, and this date's title is disputed -- see the show's ISSUES.)

Joe Layton is killed over his share of a map valued at twenty-five thousand dollars, and Rogue is waiting on the matching piece. Notable for one thing above all: nobody knocks Rogue out this week.

A wealthy wife hires Rogue to confirm that her husband is meeting his secretary at a friend's house. Rogue arrives to find the husband dead, and the rain-soaked tire tracks outside turn out to be the whole case.

The Somaliland diamond vanishes from a reclusive collector's country mansion. The insurance company sends Rogue; the collector refuses to discuss it; and Rogue gets as far as the lawn before somebody puts him out.

Conchita Morales wants her old love letters recovered. A sweet old woman offers Rogue a cup of tea. Only one of those two things is what it appears to be.

Rogue goes to the L7 Dude Ranch intending to take a vacation. He gets a murder instead.

Down to his last dime, Rogue is offered proof that a fur warehouse fire was arson -- a thousand dollars for the story, ten thousand from the insurer for a conviction. His informant is shot dead on the way out of the building, leaving Rogue to work it out alone.