Episode list

Barnaby Jones

Death Beat

Wed, Sep 14, 1977
A TV reporter fakes a news story by hiring a stuntman to fake a suicide by jumping from a bridge. After a bystander is killed things spin out of control when the jumper's girlfriend hires Barnaby to find out what really happened.
7.8 /10
The Mercenaries

Wed, Sep 21, 1977
One of the men that J.R. served with in Vietnam has come up missing after he joined a mercenary group. At the request of his Vietnam buddies wife, J.R. and Barnaby investigate the group in hopes of finding him.
6.8 /10
The Wife Beater

Wed, Sep 28, 1977
One of Betty's friends comes to her when her alcoholic husband goes off the deep end and becomes physically abusive. Barnaby and J.R. become involved when he becomes a suspect in the murder of the woman's boss.
7.3 /10
Yesterday's Terror
A woman trying to hide her sordid past from her well-to-do husband is blackmailed into stealing thousands in bonds from her husbands company. Investigating on behalf of the insurance company Barnaby unearths the details.
7.7 /10
The Damocles Gun
After a man is injured in a hit-and-run accident, his sister runs for help. But when she comes back a few minutes later, he's vanished without a trace. She then hires Barnaby and J.R. to find him, and they discover that the brother has been involved with some very bad people.
8 /10
Gang War

Wed, Oct 26, 1977
A gang leader sends two of his men to bring Barnaby to him but he's not around so they get J.R. and bring him to him. He tells J.R. that his friend and lieutenant was shot and killed. Most of his gang are inclined to believe that someone from a rival gang may have been the one who killed him and would like to start a war. But the leader doesn't think so. So he wants J.R. to find who it is before a war breaks out. Barnaby upon learning of what happened to J.R. and what he is doing is doing some digging of his own.
6 /10
Daughter of Evil
After a security guard is murdered during the theft of a valuable emerald collection Barnaby and J.R. are hired to investigate. What they unearth is a madam, her low-life boyfriend, and a call girl carrying out her part in a scheme to rip-off unsuspecting men of their valuables.
7.9 /10
The Captives

Wed, Nov 09, 1977
Barnaby travels to the small town of Las Mesas looking for a missing woman. He finds her, but he's taken captive along with her and several town residents by a group of men waiting to steal $250,000 from an armored car that is going to come through town. Their only hope to escape lies with J.R.
7.3 /10
The Reincarnation
With the help of his biological mother a young man tries to claim his birthright into wealth by posing as the reincarnation of his late father. Barnaby and J.R. see through the facade and try to prevent another murder.
6.9 /10
Shadow of Fear

Wed, Nov 23, 1977
While spending time at her cabin in a small town in California, Betty comes between a doctor who's hiding his real identity and the three men who want to kill him because of an incident that happened during the Vietnam War.
7.6 /10
The Devil's Handmaiden
Barnaby investigates the deaths of two people that were predicted by a twelve year old girl. Barnaby discovers that what's behind her premonitions is more sinister than psychic.
8.3 /10
Prisoner of Deceit
Barnaby and J.R. investigate the murder of a man's brother and discover that the ugly truth behind his death lies in a mentally ill young woman and the delusions that she's held onto since her own fathers death.
6.9 /10
Deadly Homecoming
Barnaby and J.R. look into the deaths of two brothers who were murdered just days apart. Their investigation leads them to believe that their deaths are somehow tied a local woman's return after being in a sanitarium for three years.
7.1 /10
Child of Danger
Betty has no choice but to look after the son of an old college friend she hadn't seen in years after he walks out in the middle of a lunch date. What she doesn't immediately realize is that he's involved with two men planning a big heist.
7.7 /10
The Scapegoat

Wed, Jan 04, 1978
J.R. enlists the help of Barnaby after a friend of his is being blamed for the murder of his girlfriend, and his friends lawyer mysteriously seems to want to undermine a case for his innocence.
7.3 /10
Prime Target

Wed, Jan 18, 1978
Barnaby asks a woman who has just been paroled for information on the man she was involved with so he can recover money he stole. She refuses, so J.R. goes undercover to get the info and discovers her life is in danger by this same man..
7.7 /10
Final Judgment: Part 1
After a distraught and depressed woman attempts suicide, Barnaby Jones is compelled to re-investigate a case in which he may have helped wrongly convict her ex-husband of kidnapping a little boy four years earlier.
8 /10
Final Judgment: Part 2
Barnaby continues to re-investigate an old kidnapping case in which he firmly believes the wrong man has been put into prison for the crime. But as the investigation deepens, and the murders pile up, Barnaby knows he is close to the truth.
8.1 /10
Uninvited Peril
Betty gets more than she bargained for when she helps a couple find their deranged son. After finding him she quickly discovers that they're even more deranged than he is-and that they'll kill anyone who gets in their way, including her.
6.8 /10
Terror on a Quiet Afternoon
J.R. tries to protect a beautiful young woman from a dangerous stalker and his two cronies, but they get trapped in a deadly situation with them. Barnaby gets suspicious that they are in trouble comes to their aid.
7.5 /10
The Coronado Triangle
Barnaby and J.R. investigate a string of yacht disappearances in the waters off the coast of California and Mexico. Eyewitness reports say they were taken down by a mysterious whirlpool, but Barnaby suspects a hijacking operation is really behind the mystery.
7 /10

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Yvonne und der Tod

Yvonne und der Tod

Yvonne Gaspers, 37 Jahre alt und ledig, ist seit zehn Tagen verschwunden. Sie arbeitet als Steuerprüferin beim Finanzamt, auch dort wundert man sich, wo sie steckt. Ihre Schwester alarmiert die Polizei Mönchengladbach. Lee Sooyoung von der Vermisstenstelle nimmt sich der Meldung an. Überraschenderweise findet sie Ingo Thiels Visitenkarte in der Manteltasche der Vermissten. Sooyoung zögert nicht lange und ruft den Kollegen hinzu. Er kenne sie, sagt Thiel, aber nur flüchtig. Er sei mit Yvonne auf ein Date gegangen, es sei jedoch bei nur einem Treffen geblieben. Als Thiel in der Wohnung der Vermissten steht, bemerkt er einen flüchtigen, aber dennoch unverwechselbaren Geruch. Sofort ruft er die Spurensicherung hinzu. Und sein Instinkt trügt keineswegs: Hier wurde akribisch und mit Hilfe von Chemikalien geputzt. Für Thiel scheint klar, dass hier jemand die Spuren eines Verbrechens verwischt hat. Trotzdem: Ohne Leiche und entsprechende Indizien fehlen die Voraussetzungen, eine Ermittlungsgruppe zusammenzustellen. Das sehen auch Thiels Kollegen so und werfen ihm vor, in diesem Fall keine emotionale Distanz zu haben. Offensichtlich hat es mindestens ein Abendessen zwischen Thiel und der Vermissten gegeben. Sie haben das Gefühl, ihr Chef verheimliche ihnen etwas, und warnen ihn, sich nicht zu verrennen. Doch er lässt nicht locker, vielleicht ist Yvonne noch am Leben. Entgegen den Mahnungen seines Teams nimmt Thiel die Ermittlungen auf eigene Faust auf. Für ihn ist es längst ein Fall. Und zwar einer, der ihn bis ans Mittelmeer treibt, um Antworten zu finden.

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