Scotland Yard Season 1, Episode 7: Fatal Journey

The Drayton Case

A 1941 air raid uncovered a firewatchers strangled wife. During an argument over maintenance money after their divorce Drayton strangles her. Her body is discovered in a school cellar, and the search begins. Her dental records identify her as Mrs Drayton, and her ex-husband eventually confesses to the murder.

The Missing Man

Upon their arrival in London, a retired vicar and his wife are disturbed to find that their son, Gerald Neil, who they had planned to visit, has, without notice, sold all his belongings and gone to live in Paris. Eager for news and an explanation, the two send word to Paris and, when no reply is received for several weeks, Reverend Neil decides to travel to Paris and find his son. The search proves fruitless and, when Scotland Yard exhaust every avenue of enquiry, Mr. Gerald Neil is filed away under "Missing Person" seemingly having vanished into thin air. A few days later the Reverend's wife is woken in the middle of the night by a vision of her son's murder - can the grisly dream find the key to finding her son?

The Candlelight Murder

An Inspector unmasks a blacksmith as a killer of an old hermit.

The Blazing Caravan

A perfect murder requires the culprit to escape detection and capture, a complicated task when the full force of Scotland Yard is determined to bring you to justice. Arthur Cox has just won £30,000 on the football pools but his luck comes to a very sudden and sinister end when George Buxton decides to murder him and steal his identity and winnings. Buxton is no fool, planning the murder and his escape down to the very last detail but to accomplish the perfect murder requires nerves of steel and a little bit of luck.

The Dark Stairway

A blind man is pushed over on a darkened stairway during a murder. When questioned by the police the old man becomes frightened until his friend comes to the station. The Inspector holds an identity parade and the murderer is picked out by the smell of his after shave.

Late Night Final

A missing crippled witness turns out to be a drug smuggler's disguise.

The Strange Case of Blondie

Passenger to Tokyo

A rare operation helps track a killer of a rich woman sent to Tokyo in a trunk

Night Plane to Amsterdam

The Silent Witness

The Stateless Man

The Mysterious Bullet

Murder Anonymous

The Wall of Death

The Case of the River Morgue

Destination Death

The discovery of a dead man at London Airport, a postcard photograph and a flask containing not only brandy, but poison, leads Scotland Yard to Lisbon and a giant currency smuggling ring.

Person Unknown

The Lonely House

Bullet from the Past

The Case of the Smiling Widow

Inside Information

The Mail Van Murder

Night Crossing

The Tyburn Case

The White Cliffs Mystery

Print of Death

Supt.. Reynolds proves that payroll robbers dismembered an ex-convict and grafted his fingertips on to rubber gloves.

Crime of Honour

Cross Road Gallows

The Unseeing Eye

The Ghost Train Murder

The Dover Road Mystery

The Last Train

Evidence in Concrete

The Grand Junction Case

The Never Never Murder

The Silent Weapon

The Square Mile Murder

Wings of Death