Episode guide
Ellery Queen: Season 1
22 episodes · premiered Sep 11, 1975
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- Episode 1: The Adventure of Auld Lang Syne Sep 11, 1975 · 1h The time: 10:00 pm, New Year's Eve, 1947. The place: The ballroom of the Hotel Astor. The victim: Mr. Marcus Halliday. And the suspects (all the usual ones): the son (and his gold-digging…
- Episode 2: The Adventure of the Lover's Leap Sep 18, 1975 · 1h A wealthy heiress dies. She jumped off the balcony of her elegant home (or did she?). Was it suicide... or was it murder? The twist: she was reading one of Ellery's own murder mysteries at…
- Episode 3: The Adventure of the Chinese Dog Sep 25, 1975 · 1h On a fishing trip to the town of Wrightsville, Ellery and Inspector Queen are dragged into the case of the murder of a wealthy man who was whacked over the head with an ornamental dog…
- Episode 4: The Adventure of the Comic Book Crusader Oct 2, 1975 · 1h Ellery himself is a leading suspect in the murder of a comic book publisher with whom he'd clashed over how he was portrayed in the publisher's comics. It seems as though the man left a…
- Episode 5: The Adventure of the 12th Floor Express Oct 9, 1975 · 1h News mogul Henry Manners is murdered in an express elevator to the 12th floor of his building with nobody inside the elevator except the victim. The suspects include Manners' sister who…
- Episode 6: The Adventure of Miss Aggie's Farewell Performance Oct 23, 1975 · 1h Beloved Vera Bethune stars as Miss Aggie in a radio soap opera, but is about to be written out. One day she drinks water from a jug and is poisoned in a murder attempt. She is taken to the…
- Episode 7: The Adventure of Colonel Niven's Memoirs Oct 23, 1975 · 1h A WW II spy, Colonel Alec Nivin, is on a book tour in New York concerning his memoirs in which he accuses a variety of people of war crimes and treasonous acts. Ellery's galpal, Jenny…
- Episode 8: The Adventure of the Mad Tea Party Oct 30, 1975 · 1h Ellery and his agent, Howard Biggers, travel to the estate of the wealthy and eccentric Spencer Lockridge. It seems as though Biggers wants to turn one of Ellery's books into a play and is…
- Episode 9: The Adventure of Veronica's Veils Nov 13, 1975 · 1h Burlesque producer Sam Packer is found dead of an apparent heart attack but he leaves behind a video to be shown at his funeral in which he states that no matter what it looks like, he…
- Episode 10: The Adventure of the Pharaoh's Curse Dec 11, 1975 · 1h Norris Wentworth buys and brings an Egyptian sarcophagus to display at the world famous Tremane Museum. Wouldn't you know it, there's curse on the darn thing. The six previous owners have…
- Episode 11: The Adventure of the Blunt Instrument Dec 18, 1975 · 1h An awards dinner sponsored by the Crime Writers of America is being held at the residence of writer Edgar Manning who is the recipient of the Blunt Instrument Award. Ellery is not present…
- Episode 12: The Adventure of the Black Falcon Jan 4, 1976 · 1h Simon Brimmer arrives at a restaurant where he is to give a live-remote broadcast of his highly rated mystery radio program. Ellery and the Inspector are invited to attend. As you would…
- Episode 13: The Adventure of the Sunday Punch Jan 11, 1976 · 1h A boxer is killed while training for a championship bout and the finger points towards his sparring partner, Joe Adams. Joe's girlfriend, Corrinne Ogden, seeks out Ellery for help in…
- Episode 14: The Adventure of the Eccentric Engineer Jan 18, 1976 · 1h Heeeeeeeeeeere's Ed. Ed McMahon, that is, who plays a once brilliant but now seemingly senile inventor who is murdered in his electric train workshop. This one's a toughie because it…
- Episode 15: The Adventure of the Wary Witness Feb 1, 1976 · 1h Ellery's old college chum, Linville Hagen, is accused of murdering mobster Nick Danello and Ellery must find a missing witness who can prove his innocence. This missing witness was a woman…
- Episode 16: The Adventure of the Judas Tree Feb 1, 1976 · 1h The Queens investigate when a wealthy industrialist and war profiteer is stabbed to death with a Chinese ceremonial dagger and then dragged out of his house and hung from a tree with a…
- Episode 17: The Adventure of the Sinister Scenario Feb 8, 1976 · 1h Ellery and the Inspector travel to Hollywood in order to watch the filming of an adaptation of one of Ellery's novels into a movie. At the studio, they meet the actors who will be…
- Episode 18: The Adventure of the Two-Faced Woman Feb 29, 1976 · 1h Simon Brimmer once again fingers the wrong culprit in this tale about the murder of a socialite who was apparently leading a double life. The case has its underpinnings in events that…
- Episode 19: The Adventure of the Tyrant of Tin Pan Alley Mar 7, 1976 · 1h The radio payola scandals of the 1940's and 50's are recalled in this episode. Simon Brimmer once again tries to best Ellery and once again falls short. The plot concerns the murder of…
- Episode 20: The Adventure of Caesar's Last Sleep Mar 14, 1976 · 1h Inspector Queen is in charge of protecting a mob witness but the witness is murdered before he can testify. Wouldn't you know it, the evidence points to none other than Sgt. Velie. The…
- Episode 21: The Adventure of the Hard Hearted Huckster Mar 21, 1976 · 1h Frank Flannigan probably wishes he'd taken a vacation as he's made to look foolish on the infant medium known as television. The plot concerns the murder of a nasty advertising executive…
- Episode 22: The Adventure of the Disappearing Dagger Apr 4, 1976 · 1h In the series' finale, Ellery probes the murder of a retired detective who was killed while investigating a five year old unsolved murder case.