A 1941 air raid uncovered a firewatcher’s strangled wife. During an argument over maintenance money after their divorce Drayton strangles her. Her body is discovered in a school cellar, and the search begins. Her dental records identify her as Mrs Drayton, and her ex-husband eventually confesses to the murder.
Upon their arrival in London, a retired vicar and his wife are disturbed to find that their son, Gerald Neil, who they had planned to visit, has, without notice, sold all his belongings and gone to live in Paris. Eager for news and an explanation, the two send word to Paris and, when no reply is received for several weeks, Reverend Neil decides to travel to Paris and find his son. The search proves fruitless and, when Scotland Yard exhaust every avenue of enquiry, Mr. Gerald Neil is filed away under "Missing Person" seemingly having vanished into thin air. A few days later the Reverend's wife is woken in the middle of the night by a vision of her son's murder - can the grisly dream find the key to finding her son?
An Inspector investigates the murder of an old hermit.
A perfect murder requires the culprit to escape detection and capture, a complicated task when the full force of Scotland Yard is determined to bring you to justice. When a body is found beneath a burning caravan, the question is - has the murderer been clever enough?
A blind man is the only witness to a murder on a darkened stairway .
A lorry is stolen and the only witness, a crippled newspaper seller, has gone missing...
A happily married husband living in an isolated location returns home to find his wife collapsed on the floor.
Why does a murderous blonde cat burglar keep moving location? Scotland Yard think they know where the answer lies,,,
A self-confessed killer almost escapes the full weight of the Law
A highly unusual operation helps track down the killer of a wealthy woman murdered and sent to Tokyo in a trunk.
The case of a murder which baffled the police of two countries.
A late night crime in London’s Docklands baffles the Police.
A ballistics expert traces the killer of a widow's fiancé
A Scotland Yard detective investigates the murder of a man who was the lover of a blind man's wife.
A Scotland Yard detective investigates the death of a man who died on an amusement park ride
The Police are summoned when a dead body is stolen from the morgue.
The discovery of a dead man at London Airport, a postcard photograph and a flask containing not only brandy, but poison, leads Scotland Yard to Lisbon and a giant currency smuggling ring.
A Polish spy changes places with a would-be assassin.
Scotland Yard investigates a dating agency where the clients have a high mortality rate.
An Inspector solves a 27-year-old murder whilst investigating the shooting of an Insurance Agent.
A murder hunt is launched the morning after Bonfire Night, when it emerges that a real body was used as the ‘Guy’
A combination of chance and hard work by the police lead them to question the circumstances of an apparent suicide.
Supt. Hammond tracks down the boss of a gang who stole a mail van.
The quiet of an idyllic port town is shattered when a body is found on the beach.
Supt. Reynolds intends to proves that a lawyer drowned a widow for the insurance money.
A dead rocket engineer is being blackmailed. But Why - and by whom?
A Scotland Yard detective in pursuit of payroll thieves suspects that the criminals are using a dead man's fingerprints to throw him off the trail.
A Thames Estuary dredger drags a man’s body from the bed of the river.
A farmer discovers caravaners have been trespassing on his land- when he attempts to disturb the occupants he finds dead bodies inside.
A night worker returning home through a sleeping London street sees smoke and flames coming from a building.
Scotland Yard detectives pursue the murderers of a Hungarian girl found dead on an amusement park ride. Their inquiries lead them to a rooming house full of shoplifters.
A Ford Consul has been stolen and is used in a bank robbery. Unknownto the police, the car has been tuned up to go faster. When it is spotted and chased by the police, it is too fast for the squad car.
Inspector Duggan investigates a murder in the London Underground
A young girl is found dead off a busy motorway. A car accident seems to be the cause - until the police make an unexpected discovery.
Scotland Yard detectives investigate the murder of a woman whose dismembered body is found floating in a canal. The only clue to the woman's identity is an usual "Edelweiss" tattoo.
Scotland Yard detectives investigate homicide and race-fixing at a dog track.
Scotland Yard detectives investigate the murder of a woman found in a wrecked building.
When a travel agency is burgled by a safebreaker, Superintendent Hicks is brought in to solve the case.
Scotland Yard detectives investigate the murder of a pilot found in the wreckage of his own plane. Their investigations focus on a passenger who apparently survived the crash, but was injured when the plane came to grief.