On Trial

E1 Episode 1: The Trial of Edward Pritchard

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• 30m
• Sep 14, 1956

At the turn of the century in Glasgow, Scotland, an eminent physician is charged with poisoning his wife.

E2 Episode 2: We Who Love Her

• 30m
• Sep 21, 1956

E3 Episode 3: The Nevada Nightingale

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• Sep 28, 1956

E4 Episode 4: Twice in Peril

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• Oct 19, 1956

The rope is cut while a young trapeze artist is doing her act, and she is killed. The other members of the act suspect one another of the murder.

E5 Episode 5: The De Santre Affair

• 30m
• Oct 26, 1956

E6 Episode 6: The Law is for Lovers

• 30m
• Nov 9, 1956

E7 Episode 7: Death in the Snow

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• Nov 16, 1956

E8 Episode 8: The Trial of Mary Surratt

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• Nov 23, 1956

An ex-cavalry officer of the U.S. Army returns to his law practice after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. He is convinced of Mary Surratt's guilt in the conspiracy, but friends persuade him to talk to Mary and possibly defend her.

E9 Episode 9: The Person and Property of Margery Hay

• 30m
• Dec 7, 1956

E10 Episode 10: The Jameson Case

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• Dec 14, 1956

E11 Episode 11: The Fourth Witness

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• Dec 21, 1956

E12 Episode 12: The Trial of Colonel Blood

• 30m
• Jan 4, 1957

E13 Episode 13: Dog Versus Biddeford

• 30m
• Jan 11, 1957

E14 Episode 14: Libel in the Wax Museum

• 30m
• Jan 18, 1957

E15 Episode 15: The Tichbourne Claimant

• 30m
• Feb 1, 1957

E16 Episode 16: The Lie Detector Game

• 30m
• Feb 8, 1957

E17 Episode 17: The Case of the Forgotten Man

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• Feb 15, 1957

E18 Episode 18: The Case of the Double Trouble

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• Mar 1, 1957

E19 Episode 19: The Case of the Panicky Man

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• Mar 8, 1957

A man is accused of murdering his wife on the basis of his unusual behavior on the day she died. He was seen scrubbing traces of blood off the porch and burning her clothes.

E20 Episode 20: The Freeman Case

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• Mar 15, 1957

Attorney William Seward accepts the case of a man who murdered five members of the same family. In this case, Seward, who later became Lincoln's secretary of state, set a legal precedent in American courts.

E21 Episode 21: The Ghost at Devil's Island

• 30m
• Mar 29, 1957

E22 Episode 22: The Case of the Jealous Bomber

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• Apr 5, 1957

An insanely jealous man suspects his wife of secretly meeting his business partner. He decides to murder his rival and works on an ingenious scheme.

E23 Episode 23: The Case of the Abandoned Horse

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• Apr 12, 1957

E24 Episode 24: Alibi for Murder

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• Apr 26, 1957

E25 Episode 25: The Case of the Absent Man

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• May 3, 1957

After a man has been missing for seven years, his wife seeks to have the court declare him legally dead. Coincidentally her missing husband's business partner also wants the court to pass the official ruling.

E26 Episode 26: The Case of the Sudden Death

• 30m
• May 10, 1957

E27 Episode 27: The Gentle Voice of Murder

• 30m
• May 24, 1957

E28 Episode 28: The Secret of Polanta

• 30m
• May 31, 1957

A successful young junior partner in a law firm is accused by an Italian village of stealing valuables from townsfolk during military action in World War 2.

E29 Episode 29: The Deadly Chain

• 30m
• Jun 7, 1957

E30 Episode 30: The Case of the Girl on the Elsewhere

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• Jun 14, 1957

Her prison record comes back to threaten Felicity O'Brien's future when she is suspected of murder.

E31 Episode 31: Fatal Charm

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• Jun 28, 1957