Scene of the Crime
Two half-hour series were combined to make this series. Host Orson Welles provided narration and clues for the home viewer. In the first half hour, the viewer was presented a mystery and asked to solve it, with Welles explaining the clues at the end. The second half hour was generally a suspense tale with a surprise ending.
- 1984-1985
- 1 season
- NBC
- Horror, Suspense
Two half-hour series were combined to make this series. Host Orson Welles provided narration and clues for the home viewer. In the first half hour, the viewer was presented a mystery and asked to solve it, with Welles explaining the clues at the end. The second half hour was generally a suspense tale with a surprise ending.
Season 1 Episode Guide
5 Episodes 1984 - 1985
Episode 0
Pilot/The Babysitter
Sun, Sep 30, 1984 60 mins
A teenage girl tries to scare the little girl she's babysitting.
Episode 0
Pilot/The Babysitter
Sun, Sep 30, 1984 60 mins
A teenage girl tries to scare the little girl she's babysitting.
Episode 1
An Education in Murder/The Memory Game
Sun, Apr 14, 1985
Orson Welles hosts two murder mysteries. In "Education In.Murder," a blackmailing coed Is slain. In "Memory Lane," a timid man plots the death of his shrewish wife.
Episode 2
Murder on the Rocks/A Very Practical Joke
Sun, Apr 21, 1985
Implicated in a model's murder: a jealous rival, an angry husband and two competing agents.
Episode 3
Murder on the Half Shell/Dead Wrong
Sun, Apr 28, 1985
A fitness queen is murdered after selling her famous health spa; and a young woman becomes a murder target after she stumbles into a reclusive billionaire while vacationing on a tropical island.
Episode 4
A Vote for Murder/The Medium is the Murder
Sun, May 26, 1985 60 mins
A newly-elected Senator is murdered at his victory party; and a young wife's plot to convince her middle-aged husband that he is going crazy falls through when she is double-crossed by her boyfriend. Hosted by Orson Welles.