Captain David Grief

Episode 1

The Little White Church on Goboto

Sun, Sep 20, 1959 30 mins

Boley asks the Captain for an advance on his pay so he can gamble at the island casino. The Captain doesn't want to because he knows the crooked casino owner will rip Boley off.

Episode 2

The Blackbirder

Sun, Sep 27, 1959

Episode 3

Escape

Sun, Oct 4, 1959

Episode 4

Dangerous Search

Sun, Oct 11, 1959

Episode 5

The Return of Blackbeard

Sun, Oct 18, 1959 30 mins

Episode 6

Shanghaied

Sun, Nov 1, 1959

In the Solomon Islands, a plantation is about to be visited by the owner's arrogant but naïve college boy son. The overseer wants to send him back immediately, but his old friend Captain Greif and the owner's daughter plan a sham native uprising to scare him away.

Episode 7

Eye of the Octopus

Sun, Nov 8, 1959

Grief and his crew are diving on a sunken schooner that is supposed to have a chest full of gold. However it seems to be guarded by a monstrous, killer octopus called Evil Eye.

Episode 8

The Devil's Handmaiden

Sun, Nov 15, 1959

While visiting Havaana, Captain Grief is framed for murder by a smuggler.

Episode 9

Gunrunners

Sun, Nov 29, 1959 30 mins

The Captain is suspicious when he's hired to haul a cargo for double the going rate. His suspicions are well founded when the shipment of "sugar cane machinery" turns out to be guns.

Episode 10

Port of Rogues

Sun, Dec 27, 1959

Episode 11

Nanigo

Sun, Jan 17, 1960 30 mins

Episode 12

Everybody's Boy

Sun, Jan 24, 1960

Episode 13

Captain Grief, Pirate

Sun, Jan 31, 1960

Episode 14

Deadly Cargo

Sun, Feb 7, 1960

Two ships from Loomis Shipping have gone missing since the owner's recent death. The company has been inherited by his daughter and her surly husband and is operated by a long-time employee. Captain Grief investigates.

Episode 15

The Raiders

Sun, Feb 14, 1960 30 mins

A band of oyster bed raiders damages the Rattler. In lieu of jail time, Captain Grief takes the leader, Tomas, aboard the Rattler as a crewman. Boley takes an instant dislike to Tomas.

Episode 16

In This Corner

Sun, Feb 21, 1960

Episode 17

Warning from the Sea

Sun, Feb 28, 1960

Episode 18

The Terrible Solomons

Sun, Mar 6, 1960 30 mins

In the Solomon Islands, a plantation is about to be visited by the owner's arrogant but naïve college boy son. The overseer wants to send him back immediately, but his old friend Captain Grief and the owner's daughter plan a sham native uprising to scare him away.

Episode 19

Cafe, End of the Line

Sun, Mar 13, 1960

Episode 20

A Hand at Showdown

Sun, Mar 20, 1960