The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries

Episode 01

The Bat

Mar 31, 1960 · 45 min

Cornelia Van Gorder and guests spend a stormy night at her rented summer home, searching for stolen money they believe is hidden in the house, while being stalked by a masked criminal known as 'The Bat'.

Episode 02

The Burning Court

Apr 24, 1960 · 45 min

Editor Edward Stevens investigates the suspicious death of his neighbor's uncle, which seems to involve witchcraft and a vanishing corpse from a sealed tomb.

Episode 03

The Woman in White

May 23, 1960 · 45 min

Drawing master Walter Hartright becomes entangled in a sinister plot involving a mysterious woman in white, identity theft, and a sinister conspiracy led by the wicked Count Fosco and Sir Percival Glyde.

Episode 04

The Datchet Diamonds

Sep 20, 1960 · 45 min

Cyril Paxton loses his fortune and accidentally comes into possession of stolen jewels, leading him to be pursued by both police and the real thieves.

Episode 05

The Cat and the Canary

Sep 27, 1960 · 45 min

Relatives gather at a haunted mansion for a will reading where the sole heir is threatened by a clause that could disinherit her if she goes mad, all while a homicidal maniac escapes nearby.

Episode 06

The Inn of the Flying Dragon

Oct 18, 1960 · 45 min

In Napoleonic-era France, a young Englishman falls into a dangerous web of deception after taking a room at a sinister, haunted inn to be near a mysterious Countess.

Episode 07

The Great Impersonation

Nov 15, 1960 · 45 min

German spy Baron Leopold von Ragastein murders Sir Everard Dominey, his English doppelgänger, in Africa and assumes his identity to infiltrate English high society before World War I.