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26 Episodes 1955 - 1955
Episode 1
Episode 2
A rising success is about to marry to his employer's daughter when his wife turns up one evening. She was registered as having been killed in an air raid, being dead, the problems of the marriage don't have to be discussed with the new fiancé. 10 years later, after discovering news of the marriage, the wife wants money. Her visit leads to a struggle, she falls and appears to be injured. In comes Butler, Christopher Lee who agrees to take her to hospital. Butler Lee, then takes over the blackmail, telling the husband, John Bentley his wife's dead and then makes his pitch. But the wife is in a racket with Lee and wants to take over, so Lee makes sure she's genuinely a goner, then dumps her body in local woods, where she's found.
Episode 3
A wealthy gentleman checks into a hotel and ends up dead. In financial desperation, the hotelier makes a series of bad decisions.
Episode 4
Episode 5
A gunman bursts into the home of Julia Benton, the widow of a judge. He is waiting for Harry Christie. When Christie arrives he has just received a pardon from prison and blames her for his wife's death. He now intends to retry the case.
Episode 6
When Donald Clifton enlists the help of his attractive wife to secure information from a business associate, he's surprised by the deal on offer.

Episode 7
Geraldine Munsen is a nasty person who wants to have the perfect wedding to Peter Granger. The night before he is sent a bunch of old love letters but she threatens to expose his secrets if he doesn't show. Geraldine is later found dead.
Episode 8
Two business partners receive a letter from a client threatening prosecution. To avoid prison they come up with a murder plan.
Episode 9
Crime boss Vince Menotti has never been convicted of a crime and thought he was invincible. When Tom Duggan escapes jail, during thick fog, Menotti is unable to flee the country. Still recovering from a broken leg he is now a sitting duck.
Episode 10
An ever- quarreling, long married couple take a holiday in the mountains, where the wife seeks to take revenge on her husband, whom she believes cut short her concert career.
Episode 11
Episode 12
Businessman Tom Walker is angry his young wife Claire is friendly with Barney Todd rather than new contact. Tom wants a divorce. So he pretends to go to Paris but instead sneaks back to murder Claire and makes it look like it was Barney.
Episode 13
Fred Harris is distraught when his wife Martha fails to return from an outing. When the church roof money is stolen it looks like Martha has taken it. Next Mabel Scott is found murdered. The common denominator appears to be Fred Harris.
Episode 14
Deception and fraud are Steve Mannix's bedfellows. But his life is changed forever when murder is added to his list of crimes.

Episode 15
Episode 16
Ellen Colman finds herself alone in Paris. Charles Kleber offers to show her the sights. When Kleber visits. the pair they plan to murder her husband and marry. Back in Paris she learns she is his next victim so needs to kill him first.
Episode 17
Episode 18
Fri, Nov 4, 1955
Blackmail and greed turn grave when Dick notices a secret affair. Things all change when a fight ends in manslaughter.
Episode 19
Episode 20
Episode 21
Episode 22
Episode 23
Bill Kent stumbles on a package of diamonds from an air wreckage and tries to sell them illegally through his wife's lover.
Episode 24
Episode 25
Episode 26
A hot day and an even hotter argument between Stella and Martin, after Martin suggests that they see each other less.