Ellery Queen: Season 1
Episodes
The Adventure of Auld Lang Syne
Sep 11, 1975 · 60 min
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-
The Adventure of the Lover's Leap
Sep 18, 1975 · 60 min
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 myst
The Adventure of the Chinese Dog
Sep 25, 1975 · 60 min
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
The Adventure of the Comic Book Crusader
Oct 2, 1975 · 60 min
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 l
The Adventure of the 12th Floor Express
Oct 9, 1975 · 60 min
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' siste
The Adventure of Miss Aggie's Farewell Performance
Oct 23, 1975 · 60 min
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 take
The Adventure of Colonel Niven's Memoirs
Oct 23, 1975 · 60 min
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, Je
The Adventure of the Mad Tea Party
Oct 30, 1975 · 60 min
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 pla
The Adventure of Veronica's Veils
Nov 13, 1975 · 60 min
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
The Adventure of the Pharaoh's Curse
Dec 11, 1975 · 60 min
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 owne
The Adventure of the Blunt Instrument
Dec 18, 1975 · 60 min
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
The Adventure of the Black Falcon
Jan 4, 1976 · 60 min
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
The Adventure of the Sunday Punch
Jan 11, 1976 · 60 min
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
The Adventure of the Eccentric Engineer
Jan 18, 1976 · 60 min
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
The Adventure of the Wary Witness
Feb 1, 1976 · 60 min
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
The Adventure of the Judas Tree
Feb 1, 1976 · 60 min
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 wi
The Adventure of the Sinister Scenario
Feb 8, 1976 · 60 min
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
The Adventure of the Two-Faced Woman
Feb 29, 1976 · 60 min
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 t
The Adventure of the Tyrant of Tin Pan Alley
Mar 7, 1976 · 60 min
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 murde
The Adventure of Caesar's Last Sleep
Mar 14, 1976 · 60 min
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 Adventure of the Hard Hearted Huckster
Mar 21, 1976 · 60 min
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 exe
The Adventure of the Disappearing Dagger
Apr 4, 1976 · 60 min
In the series' finale, Ellery probes the murder of a retired detective who was killed while investigating a five year old unsolved murder case.