Theater of the Mind
Challenge of the Yukon
613 episodes · 1943–1955 · ABC, WXYZ Detroit, Mutual · Adventure
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After The Lone Ranger and The Green Hornet, WXYZ owner George W. Trendle wanted an adventure show with a dog as the hero. Challenge of the Yukon began in Detroit on January 3, 1939: Sergeant William Preston of the North-West Mounted Police and his lead sled dog, Yukon King. Once Quaker Oats signed on, it became a half hour on ABC in June 1947, then moved to Mutual in 1950, where it ran until June 1955. The theme was the overture to Reznicek's opera Donna Diana. In September 1950 it was renamed Sergeant Preston of the Yukon, and it went to television in 1955.
Sources: Challenge of the Yukon, Wikipedia
Episodes
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194322 episodes
- Meeting the Terms of a Contract
Sergeant Preston finds a cave full of stolen pelts and is wounded by the thieves. - Till a Man's Proved Dead
A man is shot from ambush, and Preston says he can identify the attackers. - A Swindler Swindled
A couple buys the Last Chance Claim. Has it been salted? - A Footprint in Leather
Big footprints near a body point to one man. - Caught by a Button
Preston follows footprints in the snow to a cafe, where he orders milk, and uses a ruse to trap the killer. - The Last Days of a Freight Line
Preston trails a gang of fur thieves. - A Swill O' Gunpowder
Three men rob the Prospect City bank of $22,000, and Preston sets off after them. - King's Ransom
A badman with a week to live before his hanging pressures his partners to break him out. - Murder on Train Time
A man is shot through the heart in the town of Train Junction. - Attempted Manslaughter
A couple is pressured to sell their mine. - Lantern Rock
An old trapper is shot, and six months later his lantern is still seen burning. - The Ring on His Finger
Two badmen kill a miner for his gold dust, and his ring leads Preston to the killer. - The Tell-Tale Bullet
A bank manager who stole $15,000 hires two men to rob the bank before the auditor arrives. - A Date to Remember
A man dies in a mine cave-in, and a crooked lawyer and a niece suddenly turn up to claim the mine. - Belated Revenge
A miner is murdered by his partners. - Return to the Crime
A man is shot for his gold dust, and King sniffs out the killer. - King Spots Murder
Who's watching Preston and King, and why? A miner is shot in the back and robbed. - Self Defense or Murder
A man is shot in a Dawson saloon after calling a card game crooked. - By Hook or by Crook
A man who used to sweep the floors wants to buy the cafe for $15,000 cash. - The Eleventh Hour
After a bank robbery, Preston sets a trap using a dummy. - Murder in ABC's
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs doesn't list this date, but lists the same title on November 5, 1943. - No Escape for a Murderer
The bank is robbed, and the banker blames the missing cashier.
194449 episodes
- Revenge in the Yukon
A meeting at the Black Crow Cafe, and a man who wants another dead. - Forgery and Murder
A gambler deep in debt is talked into getting hold of a mine, and its owner turns up dead. - MacBeth's Bloody Knife
A banker is stabbed, and a loud man demands justice. Whodunit? - Wolf Pack
A gang throws a couple out of their cabin into the cold with few supplies. - Cabin on the Trail
A well-liked writer about the Yukon is found murdered. - Lady Luck Claim
A clerk is accused of stealing $15,000 to buy stock in a Yukon mine. - As a Man Thinketh
King gets a nose full of porcupine quills, and murderous claim jumpers bring back the bad memory. - The Hannigan Brothers
Two brothers, one who loves dogs and one who doesn't. - The Great Dog King
King takes on a wolf pack to save a trader's life. - The Vallera Diamond
A son carries his late mother's famous diamond to the Yukon, and King foils a theft. - King Meets Soapy Smith
The con man Soapy Smith arrives in Skagway and seems very generous to a minister building a church. - A Pack of Bacon
A prisoner overpowers a Mountie corporal and leaves him on the trail without supplies. - Edward Carson
A man takes the blame for his father-in-law's embezzlement and leaves town, and years later comes a tearful reunion. - The Plaid Coat
A man is murdered, a handsome plaid coat is the clue, and King almost makes a serious mistake. - Belle Brady's Gesture
A Dawson cafe owner wants to help feed the people of the Yukon, and has a soft spot for Preston. - Preston's Right Hand Man
Preston is sent after the leader of a gang of killers and robbers, with only King to help. - A Woman Scorned
A cafe owner loves a man who only wants her money. - Outlaw Dog
A man loses his poke, his claim and even his dog in a poker game. - The Outlaw's Nemesis
Preston goes in disguise to arrest a man who tried to break his brother out of jail. - The Idol
An idol given to the Indians long ago by a Russian is stolen. - A Joke Led to the Gallows
A man makes the mistake of trying to give King a bath. - Reverend Jim
At a funeral, Preston hears how a tribe came to be Christian. - The Man from Missouri
A man who brags about his aim disappears with his gold. - Design for Murder
Two badmen rob a bank and kill the teller. - The Duke Bows to a King
A half-mad old man decides to go prospecting, and his daughter goes along to look after him. - The Lady's Locket
Years after a man's wife was killed and his child taken in a raid, a locket worn by a young woman tells him something surprising. - Lucky Walters
A prospector strikes it rich, and his partner steals the claim. - Of Dogs and Horses
One man likes horses, another loves dogs, and a young woman looks after her father. - Maintiens Le Droit
A man follows his accuser to the Yukon. - The Plan That Failed
Two men have a secret map. The question is how to get there. - King Breaks the Wheel of Fortune
King breaks the crookedest gambling saloon in the Yukon. - A Rendezvous
Two crooks pull a job even though Preston is in town. - Smokey
A man who whips his dogs learns a lesson. - A Frame-Up That Failed
Two crooks get away with a ton of gold, until Preston takes the trail. - Death and the Flickering Eye
A gunman with a blinking eye comes to the Yukon. - A Masquerade
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date. - Eyes for the Blind
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date. - King Saves the Day
- Susan Verrill
- The Case History of a Mountie
- Seahorse City's Editor
A crusading editor takes on the town's corruption, and the boss is his fiancee's father. - King Found the Clue
A woman looks down on an Indian who has found placer gold. - Florabelle's Adventure
A dancing bear comes to town, and while she dances, the bank is robbed. - Paula Buchanan
A young woman and a cheap gambler deceive Preston, which doesn't sit well with King. - King Meets a Grizzly
Two brothers open a cafe in a mining town, and an offer of a share in a mine brings trouble. - Trial by Fire
A guide leads a mining engineer and his daughter, and King stands up to a lynx. Jay Michael's last show as Sergeant Preston. - One Went to the Gallows
A prisoner says he'll never hang, and that night he breaks jail and kills the guard. - How Connelly Paid the Law
Preston suspects a captured robber is the man who robbed a bank seven years ago. - Preston's Dilemma
Gunmen plan to kill Preston, who is trapped in an old Scotsman's cabin.
194548 episodes
- Trap for a Mountie
The bank is robbed, and the suspect is waiting at his cabin. - Murder on the Trail
The richest and least-liked man in town is found shot in the back in the snow. - The Fugitives
Preston is sure a man pulled three robberies, but where's the loot? - King Led the Way
A trapper is ambushed on the trail. Who's the killer? - An Unlucky Gambler
A gambler, and an unlucky one, asks for a young woman's hand. - Guilty by Proxy
Preston falls into a ravine and sends King for help, and a wanted killer finds him. - Wilderness Girl
After a blizzard, Preston drives off a wolf pack and finds a girl alone in the wild. - Glynn's Canyon
A trapper with a valuable ermine catch, and Preston fears the worst. - The Dog-Head Nugget
King saves a man from a frozen lake, but his big gold nugget is missing. - Silver Point Renegades
Renegades given liquor by crooked white men attack a couple, and King finds a way into a mine. - Avalanche
A man disarms a dangerous Indian, who later nearly kills his wife and baby, and an avalanche brings justice. - Blizzard in the Yukon
A miner who just struck it rich is found murdered on the trail. - Back Door of the Mountain
A killer robs a priest, and a chance meeting with Preston nearly gets King executed. - Her Weight in Gold
A rich prospector gives a dance-hall girl her weight in gold, and she disappears overnight. - The Spawn of the North
A man has trained his dog to kill and uses it to steal claims. - The Dog Team Race
During the big dog-team race, King finds an injured boy on the trail. - God of the Mountain
A young Indian is frightened from his gold mine by strange noises from the god of the mountain. - A Boy and a Dog
A boy's mother keeps him away from dogs, but when a wolf corners him on the trail, King saves the day. - Ambush
Preston trails a murderer and thief and is shot, and King saves him. - Trap Robber
A lead sled dog is accused of robbing traps, and Preston believes a dog deserves a fair trial. - Medicine Man
Three men are murdered with a hatchet, and a dying man asks for a new medicine man. - Trade Post
A dog mistreated by a killer has a long memory. - Recovered Claim
Claim jumpers pick on an old man with a broken leg and his granddaughter. - Old Tom
An old man was cheated out of $10,000 for a worthless mine. Or is it worthless? - The Brass Button
A fifteen-year-old girl and two escaped convicts. - Escape
Two prisoners set the jail on fire and escape. - Skipper
A sea captain panning for gold has a talking parrot that saves a tribe from smallpox. - The Chase
A gang heads for Dawson City. - The Map
Gamblers try to take a map of a rich claim from a young man and his sister. - Arctic Chase
Preston is shot and saved by a boy and an Inuit couple. - Maw Baker's Pies
Maw is rich now but still runs her restaurant, and when danger comes, there's more than blackbirds in the pie. - Magnanimous Ghost
Crazy Pete's cabin is haunted by a ghost that takes beads and leaves gold nuggets. - Bear Trap
The Mounties travel to the far North after a killer. - Alibi
A man was seen running from a murder, but his alibi is solid: he was with Preston. - Big Bill
Big Bill can't stand cruelty to animals but is shy with Annie, and a bullet in the leg helps Cupid. - The Red Mitten
A man is murdered, and a pair of red mittens and a new trick of King's lead to the killer. - Chechako
An English greenhorn comes to the Yukon to claim his half of a mine. - The Black Bear
A boy's pet bear is stolen, and a medicine-show man has a bear. - Scorpion Sam's Gold
A girl comes to Forty Mile to join her grandfather, who is held up, and she nearly freezes. - Dynamite Provides
Dynamite is a cat, not an explosive, and she finds a load of stolen furs. - The Trail
A Mountie corporal is killed by a former Mountie. - The Last Laugh
A mean, greedy woman inherits $200,000 in gold. - The Irish Wolf Hound
An Irish couple comes to find the family gold mine, with their wolfhound Tara. - Father Donovan
A killer kidnaps the padre, steals his $30,000 and takes his place in town. - Long Fall Canyon
Preston, his friends and his prisoner are trapped on a ledge in a storm. - The Bonanza Belle
A steamboat ruins two badmen's freight business, and they plan sabotage. - The Dachshund
A miner from Milwaukee is robbed of his nuggets, and his dachshund goes for help. - Christmas Present
A grouchy old moneylender is won over by a little girl.
194640 episodes
- The Mail Team
After a robbery, a storekeeper learns that dogs are the best friends in the world. - Preston Takes Over
A spoiled rich boy shoves a miner's son and his dog into an abandoned mine. - Jane Gets Her Man
A millionaire's missing daughter is in the Yukon looking for her fiance. - The Cure
An incurable practical joker meets two men with a lit stick of dynamite. - Mabel
A puppy chews everything in sight while two crooks plan to cheat its owner. - The Shameness
A woman said to be a witch is blamed for a death. - Mad Wolf
A case of rabies leads Preston to a village and to white men selling liquor. - The Bully
A bully tries to push Preston around and even steals his dog team. - Hold-Up
Father Donovan helps a man who says he was shot and robbed. - The Rivals
Two old miners court the same widow, and one is robbed, by Preston. - The Return of Peter Hill
A killer breaks jail, meets his girl and heads north for revenge on Preston. - Ned's Wife
A mail-order bride marries a man shortly before his murder. Is there a connection? - Rex
Preston borrows a miner's dog to help catch two claim jumpers. - Torn Parka
Hurt in an avalanche after a mail robbery, Preston gets a clue from King: a scrap of a parka. - Balmy Bill
Embezzlers use a simple man to steal gold, but all he wants is a puppy. - Eskimo Justice
Preston is sent far north after a killer and ends up at his mercy. - Chap
A boy forced to sell his dog loses him to bank robbers who need him for their getaway. - The Mitten
A man just cleared of an old crime has $50,000 in gold hidden away. - Annie Jones
A widow plans to work the family claim, and two badmen plan an accident. - The Great Dane
After his father's death, a boy's only protection is his dog. - How Preston Got King
Preston tells a young admirer how he got King. - The Sharp Shooter
A young woman is a crack shot, and she has a secret. - The Pup Who Ate Too Much
A robber is shot on the trail, but where's the gold? Maybe a greedy puppy can help. - Flash
A boy and his father rescue a puppy from a man beating it. - The Silver Fox
A rare silver fox may be the only way to pay off a loan shark. - The Mute Speaks
Five robberies and two killings in Moose Jaw. - Grizzly Martin
A big, dim man tries to kill Preston to get his dog back. - Preston Goes to Jail
Preston is thrown in jail, and King with him. - The Epidemic
Diphtheria strikes the Yukon, even Preston is sick, and King must bring the antitoxin from Dawson. - Preston Sells King
Friends' dog is poisoned before the big race, so Preston lends them King. - Blind Man's Claim
Preston buys a new dog, not knowing it belongs to a blind man. - The Wooden Case
Two boys and their dog find a fortune in furs in a cave. - Trap in the Mountains
Preston takes an Inuit guide to track the outlaws. - The Choice
Two men break jail. One wants to go back for a new trial; the other commits murder. - The Cat Collar
Two heirs each get half a gold mine and half a map, and a cat's collar matters. - Thanksgiving in the Wilderness
A Thanksgiving flashback: a priest is kidnapped with the church funds, and his dog helps Preston. - The Watch Dog
Bags of gold vanish though an unwanted watchdog is on guard. We learn Preston's first name is William. - The Dog Fight
Everyone is interested in a dog fight, and no one in building a schoolhouse. - Christmas Presents
A poor boy wants a dog, and a rich boy's mistreated dog escapes while expecting a litter. - The Man Who Limped
A man's uncle is murdered by a big, lame man, who is then murdered himself.
194745 episodes
- The False Beard
A man is suspected of mail robbery, so Preston puts on a false beard and carries the mail himself. - Zeb
Old Zeb has struck it rich and turned into a miser who no longer trusts his partner. - The Black Dog
A Mountie is killed and his dog wounded, and the killer and his partner pose as the dead Mountie. - A Question of Ethics
Preston tracks two dog thieves and teaches two children when a promise should and shouldn't be kept. - The Gold Fang
A man takes his dog to have a gold tooth put in, and the dentist turns out to be a killer. - Pet Bear
The story of Brownie, a pet bear. - The Substitution
A miner blinded in an accident sends for his nephew, and an impostor arrives to steal the gold. - The Red Parka
A man tries twice to shoot King, and a forced switch of coats uncovers a murder plot. - The Hermit of Nugget Hill
A miner is murdered and his eight-year-old daughter kidnapped, and she turns up living with a hermit. - The Coffin
A killer who murdered a Mountie swears he'll never be taken alive. - Sunshine Stones
Gold nuggets worn as a necklace lead to murder in an Inuit village. - The Birthday Present
A poor fourteen-year-old gets a dog for his mother's birthday. - The Big Store House
How King saved a young Indian boy from being hanged. - The Dancing Bear
Two crooks steal a friendly bear and plan a scam pitting it against a dog. - The Story of Big John
The time Big John was double-crossed by his own brother. - The Torn Sleeve
A bank cashier is murdered and the gold stolen, and a dog spots a torn sleeve. - The Mad Trapper
An old trapper catches an albino lynx and is killed by two other trappers, who claim self-defense. - The Red Setter
A gambler with a diamond pin is murdered after being accused of cheating, and the wrong man is blamed. - The Usurpers
Two crooks take over a miner's claim and plan to kill his young son. - Lost Mitten
A man is murdered, and the killer left a red mitten behind. The last fifteen-minute show and the last as a regional program. - The Wolf Cub
A trapper adopts a nearly dead wolf cub, and years later the wolf returns the favor. The first half-hour show and the first on a national network. - Grizzly
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date. - The Puppy
- Sam's Gold
A crazy old man who shoots at visitors dies in a fire, leaving a fortune in gold that finally finds a good home. - The Man in the Fur Cap
A wanted killer missing part of an ear is a former circus sharpshooter, and a pretty young woman is quite a shot too. - A Dog Named Mabel
A pup with a habit of making things disappear helps solve the case of two miners out to steal a grubstake. - Messenger of Mercy
A murder and robbery, complicated by a diphtheria epidemic. - Derelict Dog
A man's death is reported just before his partner strikes it rich, and a birthday puppy helps solve the mystery. - The Revenge of Steve Carleton
A crooked miner kills a man who catches him salting a mine, then escapes and vows to kill Preston. - Clue to a Killer
The only witness to a murder is a puppy, which tears a piece from the killer's red parka. - The Stolen Pups
Embezzlers use a simple man to steal gold, but all he wants is a puppy. The half-hour version of Balmy Bill. - The Northern Pursuit
A miner who struck it rich loses his gold after an evening with an old friend. - The Fraud
Money is raised for a priest's mission, and the priest who arrives isn't the real one. - Reprisal
A man steals a settler's food, burns his cabin and nearly kills his wife, and the settler swears revenge. - Stolen Gold
Two robbers kill a trader and switch clothes with Preston so he'll be blamed. - The Malamute Pup
Preston gives the runt of a litter to a poor boy in Dawson. When the boy has to sell his grown dog to help his sick mother, bank robbers steal it. - The Last Cabin
A dance-hall girl is courted by a big man with a limp, a murdering thief. - Sam's Wife
A dying miner asks Preston to put a sealed envelope in his coffin, and a woman is determined to get his gold. - King's Escape
A gang expels its weakest member after a priest is murdered, and King is kidnapped. - The Limping Dog
A trapper wants to run a gold mine, and two con men have just the mine for him. - King Gets His Man
A man finally gets his piano shipped to Dawson City, and a bully isn't a music lover. - Tara
An Irish couple and their wolfhound come to work their uncle's mine, and two crooks plan to kill them all. - The Marked Cards
The big winner of a poker game is murdered for his gold, and a deck of marked cards is the clue. - White Man's Law
An Inuit man who hates white men rescues Preston and comes to accept the Mounties. - The Shepherd Dog
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
194863 episodes
- The Silent One
A newcomer arrives in the Yukon with his grandmother, and robberies start whenever there's a big poker game in town. - Tago, the Half-Breed
A trap robber beats a puppy and kidnaps a boy. - The Bridge
- The Loyalty of Chief
- The Pamphlet
- The Red Herring
- The Klondike Palace
A young woman needs a job at the Klondike Palace. - Aunt Em
A woman arrives in Dawson to meet her nephew, and Preston has to tell her he's dead. - Silvertip
- The Debt
- Witness for the Crown
- King Comes Home
- The Wire-Haired Terrier
- Rusty
On his way to Dawson, a prospector loses his grubstake to a riverboat gambler. - Breakup
A man robbed of $25,000 in gold dust is framed for the robbery, with a finale on the ice floes of the Yukon River. - Shots in the Dark
A man is gunned down, and another asks his sister for help before leaving town in a hurry. The show moves to three nights a week. - Winner by Proxy
A man's dog and daughter are kidnapped before the big race, and Preston switches dogs. - Trader Muldoon
A trader plans to open a store, though the last three men who tried met with accidents. - The Showdown
A doctor is forced to operate while a gambler from his past bets against him. - Lost Indian Mine
Claim jumpers plan to steal a dead man's claim from his widow, and only her son stands in the way. - Icebound
A whaling captain's strange behavior endangers his crew. - Old Ben's Gold
After an old friend and his grandson are robbed, Preston asks his help in trapping the robbers. - Pot Luck Killers
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date. - Ghost Town
- Find the Body
- The Extra Uniform
Preston is shot, loses his memory and is accused of murder. - The Record Run
- Parson Shorty Meadows
- The Red Ace
- The Mine of Good Hope
- White Hawk
- Underground Ambush
- The False Trail
- The Poisoner of Chilliwaw
- Samaritan of the Trail
A rich woman decides to give her money to a priest called the Samaritan of the Trail, who has a strange secret. - Preston Turns the Tables
Preston is hurt when dynamite collapses a cabin, and the doctor who helps him was cheated of $10,000. - The Phantom Gang
A mysterious gang robs the Yukon's mines, and Preston and King take on all four. - The Call of Duty
A Mountie must choose between the woman he loves and arresting her brother. - The Man with the Red Hair
Why King is in the doghouse: Preston was shot by a red-haired man. - Death on the Trail
A little man married to a big woman is framed for murder, and she nearly takes the town apart. - The Wilderness Uprising
Preston trails two robbers and is trapped during an uprising, and King goes for help. - Ben Yancy's Legacy
A crooked lawyer tries to cheat a young couple out of their gold mine. - Shadow
A constable is murdered and his dog wounded, and Preston and King track the killers. - The Second Chance
A man is suing the other miners to force them to sell cheap, and one of them plans to rob him. - Manhunt
A boy is drawn to King, but his father robbed a bank. - The St. Bernard Dog
Preston finds a St. Bernard living in the wild with a blind wolf, while a bank robber is loose. - Mutiny on the Penguin
Preston brings the mail to an icebound ship, and the crew mutinies when it hears of the Klondike strike. - Old Moby's Cairn
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date. - Lost River Roundup
A trading-post owner has a heart attack, and the furs are missing. - Strike at Pelican Creak
A ne'er-do-well and his sister arrive in Dawson, and he goes manhunting instead of mining. - The Black Husky
Two men, one a kindly-seeming uncle, are secretly trying to kill a young miner. - The Sergeant's Right
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date. - Timber
A father and son plan a sawmill, a rival wants the timber rights, and a saloon girl is really a schoolteacher. - The Dawson Fire
A famous opera singer comes to Dawson to find three people, there's been a swindle, and King pulls the fuse from a lit stick of dynamite. - The Trap in Cabin Four
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date. - Escape to the North
- Marlow's Gang
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date. - Faith in a Mountie
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date. - The Emerald in the Nugget
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date. - The Man with the Red Coat
A little girl mistakes Preston's red Mountie coat for Santa's. A Christmas show. - Injun Devil
An old sled dog that can't earn its keep, and a vicious wolverine plaguing a trapper. - Arrowhead Frame-Up
A wounded man is framed for murder, and the woman he loves reveals his hiding place to Preston. - The Case of Frank Weaver
A poor miner is refused credit for food, then framed for robbery and murder.
1949125 episodes
- King Takes Over (January 1949)
Two desperate convicts break out of jail, burn it and nearly kill old Zeke, then steal Preston's dog team, and King goes after the killer alone. - King Proves His Worth
Robbers hit the Foster gold mine and shoot two guards, and King rescues a kidnapped boy and helps recover the money. - Lem Bailey's Pet Bear
The Baileys raise an orphan bear named Rudy, and two crooks who break into their cabin come to regret it. - White Water
A San Francisco paper sends a husband-and-wife reporting team to the Yukon, and a murderer has reason to come after them a second time. - Jimmy's Birthday Cake
An ex-convict working in a bank is blackmailed into cracking a café safe. - Skagway Patrol
Disguised as Forty Mile Bill, Preston crosses into Skagway and, after a fistfight, ends up working for Soapy Smith himself. - Mystery in the Cave
Three Mounties have died near a strange deserted beach, and the locals say the Devil got them. - The Moose River Murder
A fur trader's son takes his mother's money for a Klondike grubstake, with two killers on his trail. - Lost River Ambush
A murdered prospector is found with a knife in his back, an initial carved in its handle. - The Mongrel
Two badmen tie up a boy and his grandfather, burn their cabin and steal their gold, and the boy's mongrel pup brings Preston. - On One Condition
A crooked lawyer plans to pass off a gambler as the son a rich miner hasn't seen in twenty years. - The Trail of Grizzley Grayson
- Rogue's Progress
A big black dog mistreated as a pup grows up mean, until Preston and King show him he was born to pull a sled. - Preston Faces Death
Preston grows a beard and goes undercover to break up a gang of fur thieves. - Ambush (1949)
Preston is shot and left in a canyon with one of the gang, and King digs up the stolen money. A remake of a 1945 script. - The Coward
A coward who saw his friend murdered is afraid to tell what he knows. - Doublecross Creek
After a bank robbery, Preston and two others spend the night in an abandoned dance hall at Doublecross Creek. - The Dog with the Gold Tooth
A dentist fixes a prospector's dog, and the dentist is a wanted killer who kills again and uses the dog's gold tooth as a false clue. - The Magic Light
Trouble at Gopher Rapids as plans are made to bring electricity to Dawson. The first show to offer the secret signal flashlight premium. - Signal Is Green
Three men await trial for murder, and Preston uses a two-way signal flashlight to catch a gang of kidnappers. - Danger Signal
The murderers fall out, a banker empties his bank and disappears, and a friend of Preston's goes undercover with a signal flashlight. - River Pirates
A river pilot turned lighthouse keeper learns a gang plans to wreck a riverboat for its gold, with his wife aboard. - Ambush at Forty Mile
A gang robs the bank, the express office and a prospector, and nothing seems to stop them. - The Music Hall Murder
A famous sharpshooter comes to town, and young Desmond is framed for murder. - Trail Mates
Preston rides into Selkirk in the company of two bank robbers. - Bulldog Charm
Lucky's good-luck charm gets him framed for murder. - The Meal That Convicted
An escaped bank robber takes shelter in the cabin of a stingy Scotsman who has just been murdered. - The White Huskie
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date. - The Caribou Case
King runs away from a fight with another dog. Is he a coward? - The Black and White Pup
A stolen sled dog has a litter, and two crooks plan to leave the pups to freeze. - The Devil Dog
The two men hired to guard a gold shipment are crooks, and their dog Thug is a killer. - Letters to a Killer (end cut)
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date. - Conover's Crime
Two fur thieves shoot a lawman, and King disobeys orders to save Preston from a burning warehouse. - Crumpled Handbill
An older couple strike it so rich they can pay $100 for an egg, and Preston finds his own wanted poster floating in the river. - The Killer
Two grifters plan a rigged dog fight, and a twelve-year-old helps Preston stop it. - The Remittance Man
An English nobleman's weak son works at a Yukon mine and builds up the strength to face a bully and kidnapper again. - Dead Man's Map
A boy lets slip about a map to a gold mine, and King ends up ordered to jail. - The Knife Throwers
A bully is found with a knife in his back, and a carnival knife thrower is accused. - The Lucky Shirt
A geologist's wife takes in laundry while he hunts for gold, and King is chloroformed while $100,000 in gold certificates is stolen. - The Trail of the Werewolf
A young woman says she's seen a werewolf, and her uncle threatens to have her locked away. - Trouble at Forty-Mile
Strange, supernatural doings at a mysterious cabin. - The Luck of the Newtons
While a prospector goes to register his strike, two crooks tie up his wife and his ten-year-old son flees into the frozen wilderness. - The Empty Coffin
Red Bannister is shot after an argument over a loan, and Bob Clark confesses. But did he do it? - The Doomed Witness
A crooked lawyer and his henchman are determined to stop the only witness in a murder trial from testifying. - The Bear Trap
King is wounded fighting off a pack of wolves, then shot saving a little girl from a bear trap. - The Perfect Crime
Freed after fifteen years, a convict confronts the man who framed him and is framed again, and a small boy and his dog come to the rescue. - Fire in the Sky
Tex and Pierre help a mine owner protect her rights against a crooked neighbor. - Escape to the North (1949)
Shot, starved and wounded by an arrow, Preston is determined to bring back his man. - The Sparrow
Traveling in plain clothes on a riverboat, Preston hunts a killer called the Sparrow, and King saves him when he's thrown overboard. - Case of the Case-Hardened Hermit
Two bank robbers threaten an old hermit and his granddaughter, and the girl is lost in a blizzard. - Race to Twenty Mile
A woman dog trainer organizes a twenty-mile race, and her rival has a dirty trick planned. - The Million Dollar Deadline
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date. - The Skagway Mail
The Royal Mail is held up as part of a plot to take a gold mine from its owner. - The Counter-Plan
Kirk Franklin's gang terrorizes the Forked River country, and Preston has a plan. So do the crooks. - The Bad Penny
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date. - Adventure in Selkirk
The Selkirk constable is lured out of town while the bank is robbed, and the robbers escape upriver on a barge. - The Duel
A woman's brother forbids her to marry a miner, and a challenge to a duel is accepted. - Death and the Lucky Seven
A man is killed for his half of a mine map, and the man with the other half disappears. - The Skull in the Stone
Preston leads a rescue expedition into the far North. - The Case of the Turncoat Mountie
Did a Mountie commit a robbery, or was it a bearded hermit? Twin brothers and an avalanche complicate things. - The Case of the Frightened Child
A prospector's little girl is found crying by the Klondike River: her father has been kidnapped. - The Case of the Canyon Hold-Up
Ann Conway is robbed on the trail to her brother's mine, and a mysterious stranger comes to her aid. - The Missing Code
A miner is kidnapped for refusing to read a code his late father left. The answer to where the gold is lies in the Bible. - The Case of the Yellow Ribbon
Competition for a lumber contract leads to foul play and a charge of cowardice. - A Boy and His Dog
A rich banker's son wants a poor miner's boy's dog, Whitey, and the banker threatens to foreclose on the miner's claim to get it. - The Uphill Sled
A woman running her uncle's mine sets out to prove a bully wrong about women in the Yukon, and King paws out a burning fuse. - King Takes Over (June 1949)
A miner's best friend jumps his claim and shoots him, then rides with Preston to hunt the killer. - The Case of the Beautiful Swindler
A miner falls in love with a scheming dance-hall girl. - The Case of the Crown Fire
A forest fire complicates a murder investigation. - Trickery on the River
Jack McGraw's gang robs without fear of the Mounties, so Preston makes use of a saloon blabbermouth. - The Case of the Kind-Hearted Killer
- The Case of the Unwilling Guardian
- The Renegade Huskie
- What Price King
- The Case of the Friendly Enemies
- The Yellow Kitten
- The Minister's Missing Money
A minister arriving in Dawson is killed for his money, but a publisher's son had switched suitcases with him by mistake. - The Case of the Detective Who Liked Excitement
Preston helps recapture a killer on San Francisco's Barbary Coast, then trails the Black Count in the Yukon with an Irish policeman along. - The Fan-Tan Gold Robbery
- The Boy Who Feared Dogs
- The Case of the Wishbone
- Fire on the Trail
- King and the Baxter Gang
- The Case of the River Pirates
- Ambush Near Selkirk
- The Case of the Sourdough's Dog
- The Phantom Witness
- The Scent of Blood
- Murder on the Mountain
- The Generous Hobo
- Allen McRae's Birthday Present
- The Burning Cabin
- The Great Charlotta
- The Doctor Disappears
- Hazel Crest Decision
- Rescue in the Forest
- The Missing Money
- Bad Boy
- The Last Will
- Nipper Moves Himself
- Bear Trap (1949)
- Dr. Blake's Surrender
- The Miser and the Mob
- The Old Timer
- The Senator Finds a Treasure
- Note of Evidence
- The Brothers' Promise
- The King Emperor
- The Stolen Box
- The Barbary Gang
- Grubstake for Vickers
- Forty-Eight Hours to Pay
- Outlaw's Twin
- Dance at Caribou Creek
- The Return of Tom Becket
- Swindler's Luck (December 9, 1949)
- Copper Gulch Patrol
- The Wainwright Cache
- The Black Bag
- Missing Gold
- The Shanghaied Sergeant
- The Sergeant's Present
- Journey for Revenge
- Swindler's Luck (December 28, 1949)
- The Prodigal Father
195094 episodes
- Rainbow's End
- Jeff Marco's Gang
- The Battle at Bradley's
- Barry Jeffer's Trust
- Red Devil
- The Miners' Meeting
- The Diamond Collar
- The Long Trail
- No Epitaph for Tombstone
- The Ten Thousand Dollar Rewards
- The Trap That Failed
- The Ghost Raider
- Casper Mott's Adventure
- Circumstantial Evidence
- Jailbreak
- Flaming Valley
- The Haunted Mine
- The Black Cat
- The Murdered Witness
- Trail's End
- Uncle Joe's Luck
- Guardian for Jimmy
- When Thief Catches Thief
- The Innocent Criminal
- Wolf Creek
- Restitution
- The Lost Lady
- Hidden Evidence
- Secret Orders
- The Man Who Fled
- The Cascade Case
- The Fugitive Bride
- The Wolf Cub (1950)
- The Canyon Cache
- Mystery of the Ridge
- Twenty Little Indians
- The Unfinished Note
- The Two Bullets
- The Ward Diamond
A thirty-carat diamond is stolen from Carteret's, and the story begins in a San Francisco private detective's office. - The Notorious Chet Craig
- The Deadman's Trail
- The Angel of Death
- Six-Gun Clue
- Jose's Return
- Revenge from Beyond
- The Bag of Gold
- The Race of the Riverboats
- The Diamond Solitaire (1950)
- Stolen Gold (1950)
- The Spread Eagle Raid
- The Beaverton Legacy
- A Change of Mind
- Ten Thousand in Counterfeit
- The Branded Pelts
- Logan's Luck
- Cal Dorset's Hair
Calvin Dorset dies and leaves his mine to his nine-year-old grandson, and a crook soon turns up claiming to be the boy's father. - The Gold Behind the Waterfall
The show announces the winner of a contest for a trip to Alaska and the Yukon. - The Polar Quest
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date. - Left to Die
- The Sack of Sand
Maisie Vail's gang holds up an express agent carrying gold dust to a departing boat, and the agent's son supplies a key clue. - The Malemute Express
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date. - The Torn Map
- Diagram of Danger
- The Red Raiders
- Dog Crazy
- The Malaca Cane
- The Vagabond
- The Criminal Collie
- The Blue Paper
- Harper's Castle
- A Dog Called Sparky
- The Fugitive from Bald Rock
- The Masked Gunman
- Out of the Night
- Heart of a Killer
A police whistle figures in the story. - Dead Man's Whistle
- A Call to Action
- Undercover
- Contention
- Whistling in the Dark
The whistle offered as a premium is used in the story. - A Friend in Need
- The Ghost Riders
- The Clue of the Silver Pup
- Passport to Death
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date. - The Tell-Tale Knife
- The Wrong Map
- The Rebel Yell
- Death Waits on the River
- The Man in the Canyon
- Gold Fever
- Spider Burke's Daughter
- Wild Dog
- The Indian Sign
- The Notorious Hawk Cooper
Announced as Quaker Oats' last show; the series went off the air until January 20, 1951.
195175 episodes
- Danger at Devil's Gorge
- Murder on Fox Run
- Escape by Night:
- White Fox for Marie
- Storm the Pass
- The King of Keena Creek
- The Trail Robbers
- Wrong Trail
- Honest Young Man
- Blackmailer's Payoff
- Vanished Loot
- A Job for Jim Lackey
- The Russian Rubles
- The Secret of the Closed Room
- Doctor Redcoat
- The Third Strike
- Never Be Missed
- The Counterfeit Heiress
- Old Faithful
- Cabin 102
- The Blue Scarf
- Trapper's Trail
- Take It Easy
- The Blind Husky
- Team-Mates
- Rowdy's Choice
- Indian Dream
- Number One Challenger
- The Stuffed Shirt
- Murder at the Flood
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date. - A Boy Called Jack
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date. - Thieves Progress
A crooks' gathering, and King opens a window, jumps into a room and tries the doorknob, all in sound effects. - Tom Barry's Return
Tom Barry is in a hurry to reach Dawson, with Preston on his trail to arrest him for murder. - The Trail's End
Three crooks plan to rob the hotel and trading post at Selkirk, and Preston is sent to stop them. - The Innocent Fugitives
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date. - And Far Away
After a saloon shooting, the man left standing makes a run for it. - The Widow's Son
- The Man Who Feared Dogs
- Ambush in Bellamy Flats
- Against Time
- The Red Parka (1951)
Sam Baxter keeps his gold in his cabin, a dog-hating crook plans to tangle with King, and Sam is found shot. - The Scent of Death
- Bullets for Preston
- Red Coated Crook
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date. - Boy Alone
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date. - Junior Partner
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date. - Dividend on Murder
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date. - The Landlady
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date. - The Killer Cree
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date. - Chance Meeting
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date. - Trapper's Gold
Big Bill Martin is shot at Nugget Crossing and his $10,000 in gold stolen. - Uncle Ben
A young woman travels to the Yukon to live with her Uncle Ben, not knowing a murderer has killed him and taken his place. - Open and Shut
A man who lost a valuable claim is found shot in his cabin, Preston fights the killers aboard a steamboat, and ends the case as best man at a wedding. - Fire in the Forest
A rival tries to keep Bert McQue from filling his lumber contract, and then a forest fire breaks out. - Man in Hiding
At Lost Pine, where whiskey is sold to the Native people, a huge American called Rawhide has been robbing and has shot a Mountie, and Preston takes a bullet bringing him in. - Double Indemnity
Three crooks shoot a pursuing Mountie, and when he wakes with amnesia they convince him he must kill Preston. - The Mutiny's Survivor
The apparent lone survivor of a shipwreck and mutiny is knifed on a pier, and King fetches Preston in time to save him. - Claim 22
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date. - Reward for Shiloh
Benedict Yates schemes to cheat Sally Norris out of her gold mine, and when that fails he ties her up until she signs it over. - Trail to Trouble
- The Diamond Solitaire (1951)
- Forbidden Ground
- Si Adkin's Gold
- The Forgetful Killer
- Sneak Gun
- The Trail of Gold
- Nell Holton's Vow
- Rainbow Gold
- King Proves His Worth (1951)
- Sins of the Father
- White Water (1951)
- McAllister's Bonanza
- The Christmas Mite
- Arms and the Girl
- The Little Mountie
195247 episodes
- The Return of Red Gruver
- Mystery Boy
- Treacherous Journey
- White Doctor
- Man on the Trail
- Ex-Partner
- The Streets Are Guarded
- Downriver Adventure
- One Man's Meat
- Ordeal at Fort Promise
- The Hidden Cabin
- Dead Man's Gold
- Bread Upon the Waters
- The Case That Was Not Closed
- Brotherhood of Man
A man with no use for the Inuit is rescued by one. - Killers Live to Die
Two newcomers steal from and cheat the Native people, then go too far and kill a Mountie. - The Missing Heir
Lord Demming leaves his estate to his son, who has settled among the Native people of the Yukon, and a greedy nephew hires a killer. - Laurie and the New Recruits
A prospector's murder is made to look like an avalanche, and the partner Preston arrests breaks out of jail. - Thunderbird
Part 1 of 5. Aboard a sailing ship, Preston meets an amnesiac who turns out to be Ted Sheridan, searching for his missing father. - The Land Otter's Totem
Part 2 of 5. The search for Professor Sheridan goes on; the Klawock people had shunned him for desecrating a sacred totem pole. - The Burial Totem Case
Part 3 of 5. Preston and Ted Sheridan keep searching, and King finds they're being followed. - The Killer Whale
Part 4 of 5. Captain Bradford plans to steal the treasure Professor Sheridan has been seeking. - The Sun and Raven
Part 5 of 5. A wounded Irish setter named Mike leads Preston to Professor Sheridan. - The Prisoner
Burley Cain kills a bank teller in a holdup, and Preston and King set out after him. - The Boy from Seattle
A ten-year-old troublemaker bound for a boys' home helps Preston rescue his robbed and kidnapped aunt. - The Death Card
Ross Brady and the other players in a card game are murdered, and Preston suspects a nightclub singer, though her brother was among the dead. - Hard Luck
Hard Luck Hastings robs a bank and kills, then is killed himself by two other crooks. - The Ice Trail
Pierre Dumont is kidnapped right after selling his furs, and the trail leads Preston and King to a frozen river. - Arctic Odyssey
Bad weather and a curse beset a whaling ship, and both the captain and first mate fall victim. - Out of the Past
Two old cellmates blackmail an ex-convict working for a mining company, then try to frame him for their crime. - Stand-In for Cheeka
- The Two Shots
- The Haunting Fear
- Brave Death
- The Fugitive
- Partners in Crime
- Gold Legacy
- Strange Treasure
- The Pack-Rat Nest
- The Young Camper
- Guard of Honor
- Mistaken Identity
- The Shelf-Ridge Incident
- Caw River Camp
- Death by Proxy
- Man from Missouri
- Murder on the Mountain (1952)
19534 episodes
- The Queen's Parlor
- S.O.S. from Panamint
Panamint Pringle uses a clever trick and a model wagon to catch two bank robbers. - The Death Dart
- The Rag Doll