Front Page Detective

E1 Episode 1: Honey for Your Tea

• Now playing
• 30m
• Jul 6, 1951

David Chase, newspaperman and amateur sleuth, writes a column on famed dramatic coach, Allan Rubio, who is disabled and has a side hobby of beekeeping. When the fiance of one of the coach's students is murdered, Chase uncovers a solution.

E2 Episode 2: The TV Murder Mystery

• 30m
• Jul 13, 1951

A perfect crime is committed during the filming of a television drama about a murder taking place. David Chase witnesses the occurrence and using his reporter skills uncovers the person who is responsible.

E3 Episode 3: Alibi for Suicide

• Jul 20, 1951

Don Lawton needs to spend the night with David and Sharon to establish an alibi. He needs the alibi because he says someone is going to die and he knows he will be a suspect. He is serious enough to hold them at gunpoint.

E4 Episode 4: The Other Face

• 30m
• Jul 27, 1951

E5 Episode 5: Man with the Lisp

• 30m
• Aug 3, 1951

E6 Episode 6: The Triangle

• 30m
• Aug 10, 1951

E7 Episode 7: A Friend of the Corpse

• 30m
• Aug 17, 1951

E8 Episode 8: The Devil's Bible

• 30m
• Aug 24, 1951

E9 Episode 9: Death of a Hero

• 30m
• Aug 31, 1951

Chase tries to convince a hero-worshiping youth that the life of a flamboyant gangster isn't as much fun as it appears.

E10 Episode 10: Gold Venom

• 30m
• Sep 7, 1951

Dave is trying to deliver a golden cobra to a museum but several people try to get it for themselves.

E11 Episode 11: Frame for Murder

• 30m
• Sep 14, 1951

E12 Episode 12: Seven Seas to Danger

• 30m
• Sep 21, 1951

While researching a human interest story on the waterfront, David Chase stumbles upon a smuggling operation and is shot for his troubles.

E13 Episode 13: Echo from the Dead

• 30m
• Sep 28, 1951

David Chase tries to find the real murderer before a family exacts vengeance upon the man's wife.

E14 Episode 14: Murder Rides the Night Train

• 30m
• Oct 5, 1951

When a notorious gangster is subpoenaed to testify before a Congressional committee, reporter David Chase takes the same train to get an exclusive interview and discovers that other criminals don't want the crook to appear

E15 Episode 15: Ringside Seat for Murder

• 30m
• Oct 12, 1951

E16 Episode 16: Little Miss Fortune

• 30m
• Oct 19, 1951

E17 Episode 17: Napoleon's Obituary

• 30m
• Oct 26, 1951

E18 Episode 18: The Intruder

• 30m
• Nov 2, 1951

E19 Episode 19: The Deadly Curio

• 30m
• Nov 9, 1951

David Chase learns of a jade figurine that seems to bring death to those who possess it. The intrepid reporter seeks to find the reason behind the cursed object.

E20 Episode 20: Recipe for Murder

• 30m
• Nov 16, 1951

E21 Episode 21: Shadow Over Hollywood

• 30m
• Nov 23, 1951

E22 Episode 22: Murder Can't Win

• 30m
• Nov 30, 1951

When a bookie is murdered, his innocent young female employee is framed for the crime.

E23 Episode 23: Dead Wrong

• 30m
• Dec 7, 1951

E24 Episode 24: Clean Sweep

• 30m
• Dec 14, 1951

E25 Episode 25: The Murderer Is Anonymous

• 30m
• Dec 21, 1951

A debutante, a fight promoter, and a producer are all suspects in a threatened murder. The potential victim is David.

E26 Episode 26: The Invisible Hand

• 30m
• Dec 28, 1951

E27 Episode 27: The Deadly Root

• 30m
• Jan 4, 1952

A fellow columnist, Eddie Kinetti is killed, and David Chase almost meets a like fate when he investigates the blackmail schemes of a socialite.

E28 Episode 28: The Lonely One

• 30m
• Jan 11, 1952

Chase receives a mysterious package containing a glass ball and corny love poem. 2 murder victims receive similar gifts, but Chase has no connection to them. A big break comes when Chase recalls hearing similar poetry at the barber shop,

E30 Episode 30: The Little Black Book

• 30m
• Jan 18, 1952

Upon returning from two weeks of investigative reporting in Washington, David Chase discovers his room ransacked and a dead body lying in his closet. Before he can investigate, two thugs try to force Chase to reveal the location of a mysterious 'little black book' that Chase had no previous knowledge of. With the help of his intrepid secretary, Dorabelle, and a timely assist from Lieutenant Andrews, Chase manages to bring the killers to justice.

E31 Episode 31: The Case of the Perfect Secretary

• 30m
• Jan 25, 1952

Newsman David Chase is angry when Dr. Owens, the inventor of synthetic cortisone, fails to show up for a lecture. Seeking Owens, he finds only a deserted laboratory and a strong smell of formaldehyde.

E32 Episode 32: Worth a Plugged Nickel

• 30m
• Feb 1, 1952

Newspaper columnist David Chase investigates when a gangster rushes out of a night club into a machine gun ambush, just moments after receiving a mysterious call.

E33 Episode 33: Galahad

• 30m
• Feb 8, 1952

David Chase investigates a blackmail scheme perpetrated by a former newspaper photographer

E34 Episode 34: You Kill Me

• 30m
• Feb 15, 1952

While on vacation David reads in the newspaper that he has been killed. He must now masquerade as his brother in order to solve his own murder.

E35 Episode 35: Toying with Murder

• 30m
• Feb 22, 1952

E36 Episode 36: Penthouse Jungle

• 30m
• Feb 29, 1952

In pursuit of a story reporter David Chase encounters a native princess who is adept at using poison darts.

E37 Episode 37: Troubles with Doubles

• 30m
• Mar 7, 1952