The Trap

Episode 1

Puzzle for Fiends

Sat, Apr 29, 1950

A man wakes up from a car wreck suffering from amnesia. He's in a strange house surrounded by people claiming to be his family. They try to coax him into signing documents that, they say, will make him and them heirs to a fortune. Meanwhile, there's a suicide and some murders.

Episode 2

Lonely Boy

Sat, May 6, 1950

Episode 3

The Last Thing I Do

Sat, May 13, 1950

Twenty years earlier, a librarian had written a thesis claiming Cervantes had composed a sequel Don Quixote. A college professor ripped this theory to shreds. After harboring two decades of resentment, the librarian locks that professor in a book vault and shuts off the air.

Episode 4

Stan, the Killer

Sat, May 20, 1950

Episode 5

Sentence of Death

Sat, May 27, 1950

Detective Cochran and his partner investigate a murder and arrest a man generally well-identified by witnesses. But as the man's execution for the crime approaches, one of the witnesses comes forward to say she's seen the real killer and it's someone else. Cochran now must track down this new suspect before the convicted man can be put to death.

Episode 6

Chocolate Cobweb

Sat, Jun 3, 1950

Episode 7

The Man They Acquitted

Sat, Jun 10, 1950

Episode 8

Three Blind Mice

Sat, Jun 17, 1950

Episode 9

The Dark Corner

Sat, Jun 24, 1950