Nightmare In Gilette Castle
Episode 1102
Original Air Date: July 14, 1980
A couple visit the castle home of the greatest actor to play Sherlock Holmes on the silver screen. They find themselves trapped in the castle overnight as a real life murder mystery plays itself out with them and the real Sherlock Holmes at its center.
Cast: Kevin McCarthey, Jada Rowland, Russell Horton, Carol Teitel
Writer: Elizabeth Pinnel
Rating: **1/2
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Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Thursday, March 22, 2012
1071 Conspiracy
Conspiracy
Episode 1071
Original Air Date: March 26, 1980
Recounts the conspiracy by John Wilkes Booth and his followers to kill Abraham Lincoln, Vice President Johnson, and his cabinet.
Cast: Kevin McCarthy, Russell Horton, Arnold Moss, Cort Benson
Writer: G. Frederick Lewis
Rating: **
Episode 1071
Original Air Date: March 26, 1980
Recounts the conspiracy by John Wilkes Booth and his followers to kill Abraham Lincoln, Vice President Johnson, and his cabinet.
Cast: Kevin McCarthy, Russell Horton, Arnold Moss, Cort Benson
Writer: G. Frederick Lewis
Rating: **
Friday, March 2, 2012
0990 The Spaces On The Wall
The Spaces On The Wall
Episode 0990
Original Air Date: June 20, 1979
A private investigator is hired by an art broker to investigate the swindling of a business associate.
Cast: Kevin McCarthy, Marian Seldes
Writer: Sam Dann
Rating: **
Recorded from WJAX, Jacksonville, FL
NEEDS REPLACED, slow tape speed, final thought cut off by the station,
Episode 0990
Original Air Date: June 20, 1979
A private investigator is hired by an art broker to investigate the swindling of a business associate.
Cast: Kevin McCarthy, Marian Seldes
Writer: Sam Dann
Rating: **
Recorded from WJAX, Jacksonville, FL
NEEDS REPLACED, slow tape speed, final thought cut off by the station,
Saturday, February 4, 2012
0887 Flash Point
Flash Point
Episode 0887
Original Air Date: September 1, 1978
A photographer shooting a steel mill has an affair with the wife of a steelworker. When the steelworker takes him on a tour of the mill, trouble begins.
Cast: Kevin McCarthy, Felicia Farr, Cort Benson
Writer: H.G. Wells adapted by Gerald Keane
Rating: **
Recorded from KXXO, Tulsa
News: Walter Mondale to take over White House business during Mid-East Summit
Commercials: Oklahoma Green Country, Underwriters Laboratory PSA, Forest Service PSA, Olympic Paint, Army Recruiting, Project HOPE, Shout!, Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints, Royce CB radios, Ben Franklin Stores, Give to the College of Your Choice,
Episode 0887
Original Air Date: September 1, 1978
A photographer shooting a steel mill has an affair with the wife of a steelworker. When the steelworker takes him on a tour of the mill, trouble begins.
Cast: Kevin McCarthy, Felicia Farr, Cort Benson
Writer: H.G. Wells adapted by Gerald Keane
Rating: **
Recorded from KXXO, Tulsa
News: Walter Mondale to take over White House business during Mid-East Summit
Commercials: Oklahoma Green Country, Underwriters Laboratory PSA, Forest Service PSA, Olympic Paint, Army Recruiting, Project HOPE, Shout!, Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints, Royce CB radios, Ben Franklin Stores, Give to the College of Your Choice,
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
0854 The Black Door
The Black Door
Episode 0854
Original Air Date: June 19, 1978
A 21 year old man is made to stay in an ancient mansion in order to procure his inheritance. The key apparently is behind a strange black door on the topmost floor.
Cast: Russell Horton, Kevin McCarthy, Guy Sorel
Writer: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle adapted by G. Frederick Lewis
Rating: ***
No news
No commercials
Episode 0854
Original Air Date: June 19, 1978
A 21 year old man is made to stay in an ancient mansion in order to procure his inheritance. The key apparently is behind a strange black door on the topmost floor.
Cast: Russell Horton, Kevin McCarthy, Guy Sorel
Writer: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle adapted by G. Frederick Lewis
Rating: ***
No news
No commercials
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
0770 The Ranee Of Rajputana
The Ranee Of Rajputana
Episode 0770
Original Air Date: January 24, 1978
A stockbroker with a taste for playing the ponies finds his back against the wall when an investor demands the return of her investment. He is a prime victim for the subject of this drama who is the Queen of Thieves. She promises to help him plot another crime to cover his previous thefts.
Cast: Kevin McCarthy, Marian Seldes, Earl Hammond, Joan Shea
Writer: Sam Dann
Rating: **1/2
No news
No commercials
Episode 0770
Original Air Date: January 24, 1978
A stockbroker with a taste for playing the ponies finds his back against the wall when an investor demands the return of her investment. He is a prime victim for the subject of this drama who is the Queen of Thieves. She promises to help him plot another crime to cover his previous thefts.
Cast: Kevin McCarthy, Marian Seldes, Earl Hammond, Joan Shea
Writer: Sam Dann
Rating: **1/2
No news
No commercials
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
0740 The Gloria Scott
The Gloria Scott
Episode 0740
Original Air Date: November 14, 1977
Sherlock Holmes encouters a skeptic when he solves the case involving an ship's mutiny and a secretly coded message to one of its survivors.
Cast: Kevin McCarthy, Court Benson, Paul Hecht, William Griffis
Writer: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle adapted by Ralph Goodman
Rating: **1/2
No news
No commercials
Episode 0740
Original Air Date: November 14, 1977
Sherlock Holmes encouters a skeptic when he solves the case involving an ship's mutiny and a secretly coded message to one of its survivors.
Cast: Kevin McCarthy, Court Benson, Paul Hecht, William Griffis
Writer: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle adapted by Ralph Goodman
Rating: **1/2
No news
No commercials
Sunday, November 20, 2011
0688 The Adventure Of The Blue Carbuncle

The Adventure Of The Blue Carbuncle
Episode 0688
Original Air Date: July 25, 1977
The gift of a Christmas goose and an old hat send Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson on the hunt for the goose's owner.
Cast: Lloyd Batista, William Griffis, Cort Benson, Kevin McCarthy
Writer: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle adapted by Murray Burnett
Rating: **1/2
No news
No commercials
0680 A Scandal In Bohemia

A Scandal In Bohemia
Episode 0680
Original Air Date: July 11, 1977
The king of a Bohemian nation employs Sherlock Holmes to retrieve a scandalous photo from an old fling. Holmes finally meets his match in cunning and deduction.
Cast: Kevin McCarthy, Cort Benson, Marian Seldes, William Griffis
Writer: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle adapted by Murray Burnett
Rating: **1/2
No news
No commercials
Saturday, November 19, 2011
0673 The Adventure Of The Speckled Band

The Adventure Of The Speckled Band
Episode 0673
Original Air Date: June 28, 1977
Sherlock Holmes is hired by a young heiress to find out who killed her sister in a sealed room murder.
Cast: Kevin McCarthy, Cort Benson, Patricia Elliot, Jackson Beck
Writer: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle adapted by Murray Burnett
Rating: **
No news
No commercials
Saturday, November 12, 2011
0657 The Boscombe Pool Mystery

The Boscombe Pool Mystery
Episode 0657
Original Air Date: May 31, 1977
Sherlock Holmes solves the murder mystery of a young man who is accused of murdering his father. The evidence seems irrefutable, but Holmes dissects it.
Cast: Kevin McCarthy, Cort Benson, Patricia Elliot, Ian Martin, Dennis Coke
Writer: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle adapted by Murray Burnett
Rating: **
Commercials: CARE,
Saturday, October 8, 2011
0641 The Adventure Of The Red-Headed League

The Adventure Of The Red-Headed League
Episode 0641
Original Air Date: April 26, 1977
Sherlock Holmes helps a friend who has been swindled by a group of red-headed men. He uncovers a much larger scheme.
Cast: Kevin McCarthy, Cort Benson, Robert Dryden, Ian Martin
Writer: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle adapted by Murray Burnett
Rating: **1/2
Recorded from KIRO, Seattle
News:Israelis remain flexible on new peace talks as long as they don't include the PLO, two men charged with murder in Mobile, AL demand the death penalty, Weather hampers oil spill cleanup in North Sea, Attorney General Griffin Bell to hold hearings on medical marijuana, Government plans to ban flourocarbons in 1979, An unemployed man turns bald head into bilboard to make money, Thirteen congressmen aided a Korean lobbyist in exchange for money, Air Force given clearance 2 billion gallons of Agent Orange, Japanese organize all women riot squad,
Commercials: Ammana Touchmatic Radar Range, Ex-Lax, Sears Air Conditioning, Time-Life miniseries "Fight Against Series" on KFTW, "Islands in the Stream" movie, Buick Skyhawk, National Observer magazine, General Electric CBs, Pan Am, MOOG alignment service, Denny's Restaurant, ARM allergy relief medicine, Goodyear, "The Deadly Messiah" paperback book, Catholic Relief Services, Tacoma Chevrolet, Stock Dry Vermouth, Newsbreak radio program, Vantage Press,
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
0623 A Study In Scarlet

A Study In Scarlet
Episode 0623
Original Air Date: March 25, 1977
Holmes' and Watson's first case together involves a murder who leaves behind an engagement ring and the word "RACHE" scrawled in blood.
Cast: Kevin McCarthy, Cort Benson, Mary Jane Higby, Earl Hammond, Ian Martin
Writer: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle adapted by Murray Burnett
Rating: **1/2
No news
No commercials
0613 The Sign Of Four

The Sign Of Four
Episode 0613
Original Air Date: March 8, 1977
Adaptation of the Sherlock Holmes classic.
Cast: Kevin McCarthy, Cort Benson, Jackson Beck, Earl Hammond, Joan Shea
Writer: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle adapted by Murray Burnett
Rating: **
Commercials: Contac, Ex-Lax,
Monday, October 3, 2011
0609 The Hound Of The Baskervilles

The Hound Of The Baskervilles
Episode 0609
Original Air Date: March 1, 1977
Sherlock Holmes investigates the legend of a ghostly hound that haunts the moors that surround the Baskerville estate.
Cast: Kevin McCarthey, Lloyd Batista, Carol Teitel, Robert Dryden, Cort Benson
Writer: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle adapted by Murray Burnett
Rating: ***
Recorded from WOR, New York
News:Rescue operation underway in PA, President Carter wants to create cabinet level Department of Energy, Man goes to prison rather than testify against Puerto Rican terrorists, North Carolina rejects ERA,
Commercials: Buick LeSabre, Shop Rite Supermarkets, Kraft Singles, GE CBs, Contac, Kane for Governor (New Jersey), Greyhound,
Sunday, March 27, 2011
0476 The Serpent Of The Nile

The Serpent Of The Nile
Episode 0476
Original Air Date: April 25, 1976
Adaption of "Anthony and Cleopatra"
Cast: Lois Nettleton, Kevin McCarthy, Carol Teitel, Robert Dryden, Paul Hecht, Russell Horton
Writer: Ian Martin adaption of William Shakespeare
Rating: **
Recorded from WFAA, Dallas, TX
News: Socialists losing election in Portugal, Hubert Humphrey wins Minnesotal Democratic primary, Ford wins Republican primary, Henry Jackson digs on Rockefeller in Pennsylvania campaigning, Walter Mathau undergoes heart procedure, Aluminum screens in American embassies block microwave bombardment,
Commercials: 20/20 Eye Drops, 55 MPH speed limit PSA, U.S. Customs PSA, 1976 Buicks, Law Day PSA, American Cancer Society, Allied Van lines, American Library Association, Buick, National Leukemia Association, Better Business Bureau PSA, Time Magazine, American Society of Dentists for Children PSA,
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0470 Murder Most Foul

Murder Most Foul
Episode 0470
Original Air Date: April 19, 1976
adaptation of Shakespeare's "Macbeth".
Cast: Kevin McCarthy, Carol Teitel, Russell Horton, Cort Benson, William Redfield
Writer: Ian Martin adaptation of William Shakespeare
Rating: **1/2
Commercials: Better Business Bureau PSA on nursing home guidelines,
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Saturday, March 19, 2011
0411 A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court

A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court
Episode 0411
Original Air Date: January 8, 1976
A 19th century factory owner gets knocked out in a fight and wakes up in Camelot and is placed under arrest by King Arthur himself. HE exploits his knowledge of history to try to secure his release.
Cast: Kevin McCarthy, Robert Dryden, Russell Horton, Arnold Moss
Writer: Mark Twain adapted by Sam Dann
Rating: **1/2
Commercials: Metric System PSA, Luden's Cough Drops, United Nations PSA, Buick Elektra, Greyhound,
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
0309 Goodbye, Karl Erich

Goodbye, Karl Erich
Episode 0309
Original Air Date: July 16, 1975
A German doctor takes under his care a young boy who is shocked into silence by the death of his father in World War I. The Doctor teaches him to speak again, and then instills in him the confidence to confront the world. Little does he realize that he has created a Nazi monster.
Cast: Kevin McCarthy. Bryna Raeburn, Paul Hecht, Joan Shea, Sam Gray
Writer: Sam Dann
Rating: ***
Recorded from KOIN, Portland, OR
News: Military dissolves government of Portugal, Apollo spacecraft successfully launched in joint mission with Soviets, Kissinger to meet with Israeli counterpart, Northwest airline employees may strike, U of Maryland and military tested LSD on subjects, Texas says a mental health institution also performed LSD tests, Grain sale to Russia to go forward, Heir to Japanese throne escapes bombing attempt, City Hall in San Francisco runs out of money to buy paper towels,
Commercials: Quaker State Motor Oil, Vantage Press, Forest Fire PSA, Metric System PSA, Budweiser, AFS PSA, Sine Off, CARE PSA, Keep America Beautiful PSA, March of Dimes PSA, Hemmoraid, Mike Roy's Cooking Thing, Vantage Press,
Sunday, March 6, 2011
0279 Markheim: Man Or Monster?

Markheim: Man Or Monster?
Episode 0279
Original Air Date: May 23, 1975
Karl Markheim is the embodiment of evil, manipulating and conning those around him. Denied his inheritance from his uncle, he sets out to exploit his wife and father-in-law for their money. All the while, a mysterious figure watches him from behind the mirror.
Cast: Kevin McCarthy, Ian Martin, Grace Matthews, Guy Sorel, Rosemary Rice
Writer: Ian Martin inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson
Rating: **1/2
Commercials: State Farm Insurance, Campbells Chunky Soup, American Will Kit, Epilepsy Foundation,
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