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- The ghosts of various murder victims tell their terrifying and haunting stories.
- "Lights Out" was a US narrated horror short story series.
- A film noir drama-dey cop & crime show, Public Prosecutor was created for one major networks but they gave up on the series and another early TV network called DuMont picked it up.
- Live plays featuring people who were in dangerous and threatening situations.
- A crime show with a twist. The viewers saw a murder and the police investigating. But before the murderer was revealed, the audience was invited to call in their solutions. Celebrities also appeared and offered their guesses as to who the culprit was.
- Suspense/Anthology series based on an ABC radio series which ran from 1946-48. The half-hour series mostly consisted of original dramas concerning murder, mayhem or insanity. Series narrator Larry Semon was the only regular; each week a new set of actors were featured. The title of the series was derived from a clock which was major plot element in each story. The show's musical theme was "The Sands of Time."
- Short lived (six weeks) show featuring horror and suspense stories.
- Hands of Murder (also known as Hands of Mystery and Hands of Destiny) was an American mystery/anthology series that aired on the DuMont Television Network.; seen on Friday nights.
- A dramatized courtroom drama, with flashbacks.
- A crime program, with a twist - The Lieutenant (Ken Lynch) was never seen on camera, as the program used the subjective first-person camera technique as did the 1947 film "Lady in the Lake".
- At the end of each show, Rocky King (Roscoe Karns) calls his wife, Mabel, and says, "Case is closed Mabel, I'm coming home".
- A hosted horror and thriller movie show with Allen Harvey and later Art Hern as "Drana Badour the Swami" who presented movies on WBKB-4, Chicago, Illinois from 1950 till 1953.
- "Stage 13" was a thirty minute USA anthology television series produced, directed, and written by Wyllis Cooper. It aired on CBS from 19 April 1950, until 28 June 1950.
- Ellery Queen was a mystery writer who assisted his father, a detective with the New York Police Department, in solving murders. Queen's methods were arcane and intellectual rather than action oriented, and he always astounded his father by arriving at a correct solution by purely deductive reasoning.
- A newspaper columnist who helps police solve especially difficult mysteries. The title derived from a popular mystery magazine of the same name.
- Collins is an investigative reporter for the New York Ledger in this dramatic series.
- Peter House was an agent for International Security Intelligence in this live spy series.
- "Tales of Tomorrow" was a hosted science fiction anthology series running from 1951 until 1953.
- Madame Liu-Tsong owned an art gallery, from which adventure and mystery emanated.
- The experiences of Robert Cannon and Helen Davis, foreign correspondents for "Consolidated News". Stories relate to their attempts to infiltrate and expose espionage rings.
- The brilliant detective Sherlock Holmes investigate crimes in Victorian London with the help of his friend Dr. John Watson.
- Sgt. Joe Friday and his partners methodically investigate crimes in Los Angeles.
- News Gal was a TV series produced by the DuMont Television Network, and shown on both DuMont and ABC.
- Mystery anthology sponsored by Chesterfield cigarettes.
- A dramatic anthology series, one of many on television at the time. Lee Marvin made his television debut on this program.
- Mystery program that was an adaptation of a radio series which was heard on WOR in the early 1940's.
- The host, Burton Turkus, was the New York State Prosecutor of the infamous Murder, Inc. Gang. Mr. Turkus hosted this program and gave information on current political persons and gangsters.
- Jerry and Pamela North live in Greenwich Village in New York City. Jerry is a mystery magazine publisher who thinks he is a good amateur detective. He and his wife investigate various crimes and solve them before the police do.
- Bud and Lou are unemployed actors living in Mr. Fields' boarding house. Lou's girlfriend Hillary lives across the hall. Any premise would lead to slapstick, puns, lots of gimmicks from their movies.
- Craig Kennedy is a prominent scientist at a prestigious university. He uses his knowledge of chemistry plus newer devices such as lie detectors to solve difficult cases.
- Jimmy Hughes, a Korean War veteran now on the New York Police force, seeks the killer of his father, also a policeman.
- "Tales of the Black Cat" was a hosted horror / thriller television series by CBS with Bob Dalton that was aired on WTOP-TP, Channel 9 Washington, D.C., in 1953.
- "Inner Sanctum" was a hosted horror and mystery anthology series hosted by Paul McGrath, and later by House Jameson as "Your Host".
- Lynn Sherwood is a New York dress designer who has arrived in town with her daughter, Diane, and a terrible secret. This secret, that Diane was illegitimate, becomes her worst nightmare, as it is ruthlessly used by Sylvia Rockwell to keep Lynn from beginning a relationship with her husband, Steve.
- The Vampira Show was a hosted horror movie show, with Vampira played by Maila Nurmi; aired on KABC-TV Channel 7, Los Angeles, California (USA) between 30 April 1954 till 2 April 1955.
- Crime anthology series with twist endings; based on the popular radio drama and several B-movies.
- "Cauldron of Horrors" was a hosted horror movie show with "The Witch" presenting movies on WNBW Channel 4, Detroit, Michigan from 23 July 1954.
- "The Doldrum" was a hosted horror/mystery movie show with "Doldrum" presenting movies on Thursday nights at 9:00pm for WTTG Channel 5, Detroit, Michigan from 5 August 1954 until 16 September 1954.
- The adventures of master detective Sherlock Holmes as he and his assistant, Dr. Watson--and, somewhat reluctantly, the bumbling Inspector Lestrade--battle criminals in London.