1961

S2.E1 ∙ In Close Pursuit

Tue, Jun 12, 1962

The murderess of an alcoholic husband skillfully shifts the blame to the waitress he'd been secretly seeing.

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Marge Gardner and her little girl Ann have waited for her runaway husband, Bill only to learn on his return, that he had become a thief. Criminals arrive and terrorize the family while searching for $120,000 in stolen money.

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S2.E3 ∙ Perilous

Tue, Jun 26, 1962

A librarian's job is a cover for activities in the anti-Nazi underground in Berlin.

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S2.E4 ∙ Dead on Nine

Tue, Jul 03, 1962

A couple who have tired of their marriage, have decided that murder is the quickest way to freedom. The man shows his secretary how to use a gun.

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S2.E5 ∙ Two Counts of Murder

Tue, Jul 10, 1962

A DA's political career is placed in jeopardy after the grandson of a wealthy influential Southern family is arrested and charged with murder.

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S2.E6 ∙ Night Panic

Tue, Jul 17, 1962

A woman (Cloris Leachman) is driven to hysteria by threats from an anonymous telephone caller.

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S2.E7 ∙ Murder Is a Private Affair

Tue, Jul 24, 1962

A gambler goes straight in an effort to help the daughter of an old friend.

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S2.E8 ∙ Sound of Murder

Tue, Jul 31, 1962

Blackmail threatens a young student's brilliant future when he resorts to violence to win a highly prized scholarship.

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S2.E9 ∙ Chez Rouge

Tue, Aug 07, 1962

The proprietor of a Panama City cafe known as the redhead has troubles when her ex-husband tries to blackmail her.

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S2.E10 ∙ Cry Ruin

Tue, Aug 14, 1962

A powerful politician's neglect of his son leads the boy to violence.

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S2.E11 ∙ Thunder in the Night

Tue, Aug 21, 1962

The owner of a North African gambling casino refuses to help in breaking up a passport counterfeit ring.

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S2.E12 ∙ The Problem in Cell Block 13

Tue, Aug 28, 1962

A famous scientist (Prof. S.F.X. Van Dusen, a.k.a. The Thinking Machine, the creation of early 20th century writer Jacques Futrelle) & savant wagers with acquaintances that he can escape from any jail cell within a week. He is locked in with only the clothes on his back (after a few seemingly benign & readily acceded-to requests) & immediately proceeds to contact a local reporter & to drive the prison warden to the brink of madness.

Futrelle's story was tailor made for live TV broadcast, but as far as I know, Cell 13 was the only one that made it to prime time, on the fine anthology series, Kraft Mystery Theater. Futrelle himself, a native of Georgia, perished in 1912 aboard the Titanic.

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