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Season 1

  • S01E01 The Taste of Ashes

    • October 5, 1959
    • ABC (US)

    A New Orleans private eye searches for the killers of his partner and turns to a local police officer for help bringing the murderers to justice.

  • S01E02 The Mourning Cloak

    • October 12, 1959
    • ABC (US)

    Rex and Melody Lee go to the decrepit Cavanagh plantation to investigate ghostly appearances that are driving a woman insane.

  • S01E03 Torch Song for Trumpet

    • October 19, 1959
    • ABC (US)

    Cal takes on a murder case to prove a hot-tempered ex-con didn't beat his boss to death with a trumpet.

  • S01E04 Woman in the River

    • October 26, 1959
    • ABC (US)

    Rex and Cal investigate a disappearance in a wealthy New Orleans family.

  • S01E05 Girl in Trouble

    • November 2, 1959
    • ABC (US)

    Cal sets out to prove a friend is innocent of murder and investigates a gangland killing.

  • S01E06 The Tiger Moth

    • November 9, 1959
    • ABC (US)

    The investigators look into the apparent suicide of a jazz musician.

  • S01E07 Secret of Hyacinth Bayou

    • November 16, 1959
    • ABC (US)

    Cal becomes entangled in a blackmail/murder plot when he is savagely beaten and framed for murder by an old swamp-dweller hiding a secret.

  • S01E08 Invitation to a Murder

    • November 23, 1959
    • ABC (US)

    Rex is invited to witness a murder by an enigmatic killer who switches victims and leaves the detectives trying to sort out a houseful of straying wives, night club operators, newsmen, and other New Orleans characters, each with a motive for the murder.

  • S01E09 Mrs. Viner Vanishes

    • November 30, 1959
    • ABC (US)

    Hired to find a missing wife, Cal soon becomes caught up in a deadly game of hide-and-seek.

  • S01E10 Light Touch of Terror

    • December 7, 1959
    • ABC (US)

    Kenny is convinced that a notorius New Orleans killer, the Axeman, has returned when a similar killing occurs.

  • S01E11 The Golden Beetle

    • December 14, 1959
    • ABC (US)

    A missing man, a stolen talisman and some vanished letters are all connected as the detectives search for answers and find pirate treasure.

  • S01E12 The Black Magnolia

    • December 21, 1959
    • ABC (US)

    Cal uncovers a family's skeletons when he searches for a missing fortune and a secret killer.

  • S01E13 Portrait of Lenore

    • December 28, 1959
    • ABC (US)

    Rex searches for a stolen painting, becoming involved in a missing persons case and a murder.

  • S01E14 Kill with Kindness

    • January 4, 1960
    • ABC (US)

    Cal poses as a handyman at a mansion to discover who's trying to poison a humanitarian.

  • S01E15 Inside Man

    • January 11, 1960
    • ABC (US)

    Rex goes undercover in a prison gang and joins a prison break.

  • S01E16 Find My Face

    • January 18, 1960
    • ABC (US)

    Rex and Cal try to identify an accident victim, who refuses to accept his wife and doctor's assurances that he's a wealthy executive and instead claims to be someone else entirely.

  • S01E17 Knock on Any Tombstone

    • January 25, 1960
    • ABC (US)

    Rex tangles with voodoo when he searches for the person using the New Orleans religion against a client's father.

  • S01E18 Key to the City

    • February 1, 1960
    • ABC (US)

    Cal and Kenny search for killers aboard a riverboat bound for New Orleans.

  • S01E19 The 10 Percent Blues

    • February 8, 1960
    • ABC (US)

    Cal and Rex go up against imported killers to find the elusive power behind a talent agency using gangster tactics to get clients.

  • S01E20 Melody in Diamonds

    • February 15, 1960
    • ABC (US)

    Melody is targeted by a con artist when she borrows a valuable necklace for Mardi Gras.

  • S01E21 The House of Ledezan

    • February 22, 1960
    • ABC (US)

    Rex is hired to prove an heiress innocent of her father's murder.

  • S01E22 Target of Hate

    • March 7, 1960
    • ABC (US)

    An assassin uses Rex and Cal's office to set up a political killing. Trapped, the detectives try to goad the killer into a confession that could turn his crony against him.

  • S01E23 The Missing Queen

    • March 14, 1960
    • ABC (US)

    Cal searches for a missing beauty contestant.

  • S01E24 Neon Nightmare

    • March 21, 1960
    • ABC (US)

    Cal is hired to break up a political gang with a stranglehold on a small town, but must end his partnership with Rex to avoid suspicion.

  • S01E25 Wall of Silence

    • March 28, 1960
    • ABC (US)

    Investigating a client's suspicious suicide leads Rex to a strange island under the sway of a mysterious blackmailer.

  • S01E26 Twice Betrayed

    • April 4, 1960
    • ABC (US)

    Set up by a crooked cop, Cal loses his investigator's license.

  • S01E27 Swamp Fire

    • April 11, 1960
    • ABC (US)

    Cal and Rex are hired by an oil company to find the truth behind eerie swamp fire images that are driving Cajun workmen to quit en masse.

  • S01E28 If A Body

    • April 18, 1960
    • ABC (US)

    Cal uncovers a diamond-smuggling ring—but his sleuthing threatens to send him to the bottom of the Mississippi.

  • S01E29 Six Hours to Midnight

    • April 25, 1960
    • ABC (US)

    Cal has six hours to uncover evidence that a condemned man is innocent of murder.

  • S01E30 Last Exit

    • May 2, 1960
    • ABC (US)

    Rex flies to the Caribbean to find a client's missing daughter and the man he believes killed his son.

  • S01E31 Deadly Persuasion

    • May 9, 1960
    • ABC (US)

    Cal is hired to help investigate a boys' reformatory and is taken hostage by three desperate youths during an uprising.

  • S01E32 Suitable for Framing

    • May 16, 1960
    • ABC (US)

    A beautiful woman hires Rex when she suspects her husband of trying to kill her, but when he goes to check out her mansion he finds himself at the wrong end of a murder investigation.

  • S01E33 False Identity

    • May 23, 1960
    • ABC (US)

    Cal is hired to find a missing husband and uncovers a strange murder plot.

  • S01E34 Green Hell

    • May 30, 1960
    • ABC (US)

    Rex gets caught between two power-mongering revolutionaries when a tropical nation hires him to recover vital information.

  • S01E35 Ferry to Algiers

    • June 6, 1960
    • ABC (US)

    Rex and Cal go off on a fishing trip, leaving Kenny Madison in charge of the office. Kenny's first assignment is to guard an elderly shopkeeper.

  • S01E36 Wagon Show

    • June 13, 1960
    • ABC (US)

    A circus owner hires Cal to recover an escaped chimp, but while he's searching for the beast he uncovers a tense love triangle that leads to murder.

  • S01E37 Interrupted Wedding

    • June 20, 1960
    • ABC (US)

    Rex helps a lovely young private eye investigate a bomb discovered at a society wedding and ends up in the clutches of a pair of siblings intent on avenging their parents' long-ago deaths at the hands of a trucking magnate.

  • S01E38 Reunion

    • June 27, 1960
    • ABC (US)

    Cal races to locate a runaway teen before quarreling crimelords can get to her.

  • S01E39 Teresa

    • July 4, 1960
    • ABC (US)

    Rex runs into gangsters and a hurricane while searching for a missing playboy at an island casino.