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Whitehall 1212

43 episodes · 1951–1952 · NBC · Detective

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Cases from Scotland Yard, each told through an exhibit in its Black Museum, written and directed by Wyllis Cooper with Percy Hoskins of the Daily Express as researcher. Heard on NBC from November 1951 to September 1952.

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Episodes

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1951

• The Blitz Murder Case November 18, 1951 · NBC · 30 min
  The first show. Fragments of a teacup in the Black Museum, and two women killed with a shotgun.
• The Fonier Case December 2, 1951 · NBC · 30 min
  A woman's body is found in a trunk in the baggage room at Charing Cross station.
• The Murder of Duncan Frazier December 9, 1951 · NBC · 30 min
  A body is found in a burning building, shot in the back, and the dead man isn't who he seemed. The teeth tell the story.
• The Man Who Murdered His Wife December 16, 1951 · NBC · 30 min
  A woman's body is found under quicklime, and her husband seems to be the killer, but he died in an air raid.
• The Heathrow Affair December 23, 1951 · NBC · 28 min
  A clever criminal plans to steal a gold shipment at Heathrow. Beware the poisoned tea.

1952

• The Murder of Charles Brooks January 6, 1952 · NBC · 28 min
  A silver cigarette case leads to two murders and an American-style gangster and his girlfriend.
• Murder in the Black Market January 13, 1952 · NBC · 29 min
  A foreigner is found shot in his car, and a police informer is found drowned with a bullet in his heart.
• The Case of Donald Simms January 20, 1952 · NBC · 29 min
  A brass cartridge case is the clue to a woman's murder.
• The Murder of Little Philip Avery January 27, 1952 · NBC · 29 min
  A schoolboy is murdered. The clues: an oil-stained handkerchief and a torn corner of a pound note.
• The Pete Williams Case February 3, 1952 · NBC · 29 min
  A woman's body is found, but she seems to be very much alive. A killer is caught by his bad spelling.
• Case of Arthur Freeman February 10, 1952 · NBC · 29 min
  A jewel-shop robber in a black raincoat kills a woman during the holdup.
• Case of the Late Mrs. Harvey February 17, 1952 · NBC · 29 min
  A bloodstained pajama top and a man's suit, relics of a 1910 murder.
• Murder of Peter Amory February 24, 1952 · NBC · 29 min
  A rusty knife, souvenir of a 1922 murder.
• The Case of Air Cadet Gordon March 2, 1952 · NBC · 29 min
  A smudged fingerprint on a mirror leads to the killer of a strangled woman in 1942.
• Case of Dr. Duncan Allen March 9, 1952 · NBC · 29 min
  A bottle of whisky and a case of stolen uranium.
• Case of Thomas Applebee March 16, 1952 · NBC · 30 min
  A man is murdered; his wife is arrested, but her young lover confesses.
• Case of the Black Gladstone Bag March 23, 1952 · NBC · 29 min
  A bloodstained Gladstone bag leads to a cottage in Eastbourne and a dapper salesman.
• Murder of a Bloody Belgian March 30, 1952 · NBC · 30 min
  A woman's earring and a headless body solve a baffling case.
• Case of the Fatal Bath April 13, 1952 · NBC · 30 min
  A man's wife drowns in the bath, just as his earlier wife did.
• Case of Mrs. Minerva Bannamon April 20, 1952 · NBC · 30 min
  A purse handle leads to a missing woman and a bath of acid.
• Case of Francesca Nicholson April 27, 1952 · NBC · 30 min
  A bloodstained shirt leads to a filthy chicken farm and a seeming madman.
• Case of William George Greenly May 4, 1952 · NBC · 30 min
  A car's running board helps solve the murder of a policeman.
• The Case of Margery Tate May 11, 1952 · NBC · 30 min
  An artificial pearl helps catch the killer of a woman beaten to death in a hotel room.
• The Case of Sydney Wolfe May 18, 1952 · NBC · 29 min
  False teeth and a small bottle of petrol help solve a mother's murder.
• The Case of Maggie Ralenson May 25, 1952 · NBC · 30 min
  A doctor's instrument case and a child's rompers lead to the man behind parcels of remains found in Scotland.
• Case of Winifred Hogg June 1, 1952 · NBC · 30 min
  A woman dies, her landlord acts strangely, and arsenic-soaked flypaper is the clue.
• Case of the Strange Bonfire June 8, 1952 · NBC · 29 min
  A burned car near Guy Fawkes Day, and a hatless man seen running from it.
• Case of the Homemade Handbag June 15, 1952 · NBC · 30 min
  A woman's body in the countryside, found near a naive boy scout and a bird photographer.
• The Murder of Mrs. Ann Battersbye June 22, 1952 · NBC · 30 min
  A string of plastic beads, and a body found when a man tries to sell the story to a newspaper.
• Case of the Weed Eradication June 29, 1952 · NBC · 30 min
  Poisoned chocolates in Wales, and suspicion falls on a gardener who uses arsenic on weeds.
• Murder of Mr. Street July 6, 1952 · NBC · 30 min
  A hammer mistaken for a gun: the wounds looked like bullet holes.
• The Case of the Mahout's Ankush July 13, 1952 · NBC · 30 min
  An elephant hook is the clue to a murder at the zoo.
• Case of the Unidentified Woman July 20, 1952 · NBC · 30 min
  A woman seemingly hit by a car was really seen getting into a green van with a shoe painted on the side.
• The Case of the Magenta Blotting Pad July 27, 1952 · NBC · 30 min
  A magenta blotting pad and a murder in Oxford.
• The Case of Nora Brady August 3, 1952 · NBC · 30 min
  A rubber boot is the key to the only British case where a man was tried twice for the same murder.
• Case of the Missing Clarinet August 10, 1952 · NBC · 30 min
  A clarinet, a bottle of gin and a knife from a Greek restaurant lead to a killer.
• Case of Dougall Henry August 17, 1952 · NBC · 30 min
  A scarred cigarette case, and a military man who blames a burglar for a murder.
• Murder of Lady Madge Johnson August 24, 1952 · NBC · 30 min
  A bloodstained handkerchief and a philanthropist found dead in her hotel room beside a box of cash.
• Case of the Madden Family August 31, 1952 · NBC · 30 min
  An inspector's badge: an unsolved child murder costs a Scotland Yard man his job.
• Case of the Eaton Brothers September 7, 1952 · NBC · 30 min
  A woman's body in an old wine shop, and a killer who confesses to a newspaper for five hundred pounds.
• Case of the Winchester Bottles September 14, 1952 · NBC · 30 min
  Unidentified fingerprints on a bottle lead Scotland Yard to fingerprint a whole town.
• Case of the Inoperative Wireless September 21, 1952 · NBC · 30 min
  A radio that was never meant to work and a bartender poisoned with strychnine.
• The Case of the Electric Torch September 28, 1952 · NBC · 30 min
  The last show. A flashlight makes an effective weapon in the killing of a drunkard.