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The Secrets of Scotland Yard was a successful crime drama series, initially airing internationally between 1949 and 1951. Selected episodes finally came to a US radio network for a brief run much later in 1957 over the Mutual Broadcasting System. The series boasted well over 100 episodes, one of which, "The Bone From A Voice Box", apparently served as the prototype for another well remembered Towers Of London dramatic series, The Black Museum. In both series, well known actors were employed as host / narrator, Orson Welles in The Black Museum and Clive Brook here. In fact, the shows were so similar that some of the same actual Scotland Yard cases were dramatized for both series (with totally…
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Secrets Of Scotland Yard xx-xx-xx_xxx Smoke Clings to the Hair
Hidden gemThe Secrets of Scotland Yard episode "Smoke Clings to the Hair" follows Sidney Fox, his mother Mrs.
Jun 27, 2020·28m·2 clips - 2
Secrets Of Scotland Yard xx-xx-xx_xxx _Witchcraft Law
Hidden gemThis episode recounts the 1944 trial of four people accused under the Witchcraft Act, focusing on a spiritualist couple and their fraudulent seances.
Jun 27, 2020·24m·1 clip - 3
Secrets Of Scotland Yard xx-xx-xx_xxx Root of All Evil Money
Hidden gemAlfred Leach matches Cameron’s letter to Carrington and Company, and William Smith says it was written by the same hand.
Jun 27, 2020·26m·1 clip - 4
Secrets Of Scotland Yard xx-xx-xx_xxx Fence
Hidden gemA classic crime drama episode where the host introduces underworld slang and the role of a fence (receiver of stolen goods).
Jun 27, 2020·23m·1 clip - 5
Secrets Of Scotland Yard xx-xx-xx_xxx Black Market Murder
Hidden gemA scripted crime drama set in post-WWII London, focusing on the criminal underworld and black market activities.
Jun 27, 2020·25m·1 clip - 6
Secrets Of Scotland Yard xx-xx-xx_xxx Scales of Justice aka Robert Wood
Jun 27, 2020·27m - 7
Secrets Of Scotland Yard xx-xx-xx_xxx Servant Problem
Jun 27, 2020·29m - 8
Secrets Of Scotland Yard xx-xx-xx_xxx Saved By A Piece Of Paper aka Identifications
Hidden gemWarner’s alibi turns on a pawn ticket dated October 15 in Antwerp.
Jun 27, 2020·28m·1 clip - 9
Secrets Of Scotland Yard xx-xx-xx_xxx Story of Walter Miller
Hidden gemWalter Miller, a bricklayer and plasterer, says he was meant for "the bright lights" and talks openly about living off a "well-built purse." The story follows his work for Reverend Elias Hewlin in Wharton, Wales, where a purse of sovereigns becomes the motive for violence.
Jun 27, 2020·27m·1 clip - 10
Secrets Of Scotland Yard xx-xx-xx_xxx Ronald Vivian Light
Hidden gemThe Secrets of Scotland Yard episode on Ronald Vivian Light follows the 1919 killing of Bella Wright after she leaves her uncle’s house near Galby and is found dead about 20 minutes later beside a lane.
Jun 27, 2020·23m·1 clip - 11
Secrets Of Scotland Yard xx-xx-xx_xxx Theft of the British Crown Jewels
Hidden gem["The Secrets of Scotland Yard follows Colonel Thomas Blood's attempt to use the British Crown Jewels at the Tower of London as leverage for his seized Irish estates and \u00a3500 a year income.", "Clyde Brooks opens with Napoleon's line about audacity and frames Blood as a man driven by grievance, planning, and stubborn self-justification.", "The story tracks the parson disguise, Talbot Edwards's tour of the crown, orb, and scepter, and the trust the visitors build inside the jewel room.", "It then moves to the planned 9 May 1671 return visit, the confederates' objections about guards and concealment, and the moment the scepter becomes too awkward to move."]
Jun 27, 2020·27m·2 clips - 12
Secrets Of Scotland Yard xx-xx-xx_xxx_ Greeneyed Monster
A classic crime drama episode exploring jealousy in women, set in the 20th century.
Jun 7, 2020·28m - 13
Secrets Of Scotland Yard xx-xx-xx_xxx_ Poisoner
Jun 7, 2020·19m - 14
Secrets Of Scotland Yard xx-xx-xx_xxx_ Charles Piece
Jun 7, 2020·18m - 15
Secrets Of Scotland Yard xx-xx-xx_xxx_ Liverpool Bank Fraud
A narrator introduces a true crime case about a Liverpool bank fraud involving a gambling addict who could not afford his losses.
Jun 7, 2020·28m - 16
Secrets Of Scotland Yard xx-xx-xx_xxx_ Jack the Ripper
A narrator introduces a story about a brutish murderer in 1888 London, contrasting him with Jack the Ripper.
Jun 7, 2020·28m - 17
Secrets Of Scotland Yard xx-xx-xx_ 011_ Murder At Moat House Farm
This episode recounts the true story of the murder at Moat House Farm, a case investigated by Scotland Yard 50 years ago.
Jun 7, 2020·25m - 18
Secrets Of Scotland Yard xx-xx-xx_xxx_ Blodie Belgium
Jun 7, 2020·18m