Burke's Law: Season 1
Episodes
Who Killed Holly Howard?
Sep 20, 1963 · 60 min
A top fashion model is found at a construction site, apparently shot to death. When it is discovered that she was drowned before she was shot, Burke tracks the case back to her di
Who Killed Mr. X?
Sep 27, 1963 · 60 min
When a body is discovered dumped alongside the merry-go-round at an amusement park, clues (including a phone number on an old matchbook cover) lead back to the elusive millionaire
Who Killed Cable Roberts?
Oct 4, 1963 · 60 min
When big-game hunter Cable Roberts is found shot by one of his own rifles and ""mounted"" in his trophy room, the suspects include both Roberts' current wife (a predatory animal he
Who Killed Harris Crown?
Oct 11, 1963 · 60 min
Promoter Harris Crown is killed when the car he is driving goes off a cliff. Burke soon discovers that all the brake fluid had been drained and that the car belonged to Crown's wi
Who Killed Julian Buck?
Oct 18, 1963 · 60 min
Hemingwayesque novelist Julian Buck is found dead and Burke checks out the guests at his funeral: his publisher, a former boxer, an ex-lover (who he ""traded"" for a plot), a bart
Who Killed Alex Debbs?
Oct 25, 1963 · 60 min
At the opening of The Debonair Key Club, a Playboy-like nightclub/restaurant, Debonair Magazine founder Alex Debbs is found stabbed. The suspects are all connected in some way wit
Who Killed Sweet Betsy?
Nov 1, 1963 · 60 min
Betsy Richards drinks a lethal martini and Burke investigates the Richards mansion, Betsy's three identical sisters (who may look alike, but who have decidedly different personalit
Who Killed Billy Jo?
Nov 8, 1963 · 60 min
Pop recording star Billy Jo Tate is slain in front of all his guests at a party celebrating his latest hit. A ""good-ol' boy"", Billy Jo is surrounded by users and people he used
Who Killed Wade Walker?
Nov 15, 1963 · 60 min
When millionaire Wade Walker's plane explodes mid-air, Burke confronts Walker's business partner, secretary (whom Tim has an eye for), and the four women in his life (a model and b
Who Killed the Kind Doctor?
Nov 29, 1963 · 60 min
Psychiatrist Eric Techman calls Burke to report that he fears one of his patients is a homicidal maniac who plans to kill him. Before he can identify the person in question, he is
Who Killed Purity Mather?
Dec 6, 1963 · 60 min
A self-proclaimed witch sends Burke a record predicting her murder, along with a list of suspects. When her body is discovered after a fire, she has been disfigured by acid, leavi
Who Killed Cynthia Royal?
Dec 13, 1963 · 60 min
A missing Siamese cat named Deborah is Burke's prime clue to the killing of Cynthia Royal. The murder victim had just arrived in town from Chicago trying to reunite with her estra
Who Killed Eleanora Davis?
Dec 20, 1963 · 60 min
When an unidentified brunette is discovered in a fake electric chair at a run-down amusement park/sideshow run by ""Professor"" Kingston, Burke has to track several elusive clues b
Who Killed Beau Sparrow?
Dec 27, 1963 · 60 min
Burke is attending a pool party at tycoon Victor Haggerty's mansion when dashing Beau Sparrow is thrown into the pool by a faulty diving apparatus and dies. The apparatus doesn't
Who Killed Jason Shaw?
Jan 3, 1964 · 60 min
When a shady businessman is found dead, fully clothed, in a hotel shower, surrounded by burned thousand dollar bills, Burke is confronted with a group of men who seem to have absol
Who Killed Snookie Martinelli?
Jan 10, 1964 · 60 min
At a jet-set party, it appears to Tim and Les that the victim of a fatal shooting is - - - - Burke! Was Burke really the victim and who was the shooter among the party guests: a
Who Killed What's His Name?
Jan 17, 1964 · 60 min
When the president of a bank is shot during a robbery, the only description Burke can get of the killer is that he was ""just ordinary"". Burke interviews a man who passed out dur
Who Killed Madison Cooper?
Jan 24, 1964 · 60 min
Hotshot lawyer Madison Cooper calls Burke as he dies in a seedy part of town of stab wounds inflicted elsewhere. He had just put a large amount of cash into a newspaper vending bo
Who Killed April?
Jan 31, 1964 · 60 min
Tim's mother is in town for a visit and provides several vital clues that solve the murder of April Adams. Tracking the victim to a carhop-style restaurant, Burke narrows the susp
Who Killed Carrie Cornell?
Feb 14, 1964 · 60 min
A group of ""junior cadets"" discover the body of a bikini-clad girl wrapped in chains, lying in the surf. The victim, a singer and sometime ""model"", has been linked to a oil ty
Who Killed His Royal Highness?
Feb 21, 1964 · 60 min
The Grand Duke, Maximilian Karol Alexandrei Kadarian, collapses at a banquet. The Grand Duke was famous locally as phony royalty, who owned a fabulous emerald necklace, now missin
Who Killed Marty Kelso?
Feb 28, 1964 · 60 min
After a party celebrating his marriage to an Italian movie starlet, producer Marty Kelso falls down a flight of stairs and gets a letter opener stuck in his neck. His bodyguard/ma
Who Killed Avery Lord?
Mar 6, 1964 · 60 min
Burke follows a mournful song, an odd-looking key and an elusive young girl in white, after industrial designer Avery Lord is stabbed to death. The suspects are all his current cl
Who Killed Andy Zygmunt?
Mar 13, 1964 · 60 min
When pop artist Andy Zygmunt is discovered impaled on one of his works, Burke finds that several of Zygmunt's paintings contain materials used in a blackmail scheme. A vicious pra
Who Killed the Paper Dragon?
Mar 20, 1964 · 60 min
During Chinese New Year celebrations, a car crashes into a street full of revelers. After the Chinese woman behind the wheel flees the scene with a little girl, leaving behind her
Who Killed Molly?
Mar 27, 1964 · 60 min
A rose-covered cottage is the scene for the death of a seemingly ordinary housewife. Burke and Tim (who is contemplating settling down with his current girlfriend) soon discover t
Who Killed WHO IV?
Apr 3, 1964 · 60 min
One of the riders at a fashionable fox hunt must have bludgeoned wealthy W. H. O. IV (pronounced ""Who Four"") to death with a horseshoe. The suspects in the Hunt Club include an
Who Killed Annie Foran?
Apr 10, 1964 · 60 min
When Annie Foran's body is discovered in the back seat of a car parked at a fashionable night spot, suspicion falls on baseball star Eddie Dineen. As evidence mounts against the m
Who Killed My Girl?
Apr 17, 1964 · 60 min
When an old flame of Burke's is gunned down, he uncovers the darker side of her relationship with several men. The former chauffeur for the victim's father, an old friend of the f
Who Killed the Eleventh Best Dressed Woman in the World?
Apr 24, 1964 · 60 min
A notorious homewrecker is discovered dead in a mud bath at a fashionable spa. Burke soon learns that every other guest at the spa, including the owner, had a strong motive for mu
Who Killed Don Pablo?
May 1, 1964 · 60 min
Don Pablo Ortega's skewered corpse replaces the wax figure in a museum during a Spanish festival. The historic plaza is in danger of being demolished for ""progress"" and suspects
Who Killed 1/2 of Glory Lee?
May 8, 1964 · 60 min
The co-owner of a fashion house is killed in an elevator collapse that may not have been an accident. Les is convinced that it is the work of a madman, since no one could have det