Season 1

01 The Long Beach Story (a.k.a. The Smuggling Story) Episode 19th April 1954 Sharing a taxicab with a ballet dancer leads Lanyard to smuggled rubies and a confrontation with hijackers. 02 The Avalanche Story (a.k.a. The Reno Story) Episode 216th April 1954 Visiting Reno to find a woman who supposedly died during the war, Mike is implicated in the death of two government couriers and ends up on a stalled train looking for stolen explosives. 03 The Chinese Story Episode 323rd April 1954 In San Francisco's Chinatown, Mike helps an old friend stop a campaign of intimidation and murder. 04 The Carnival Story Episode 430th April 1954 In London, Lanyard is investigating threats against the life of a world-famous ballet dancer when she apparently commits suicide. 05 The Blue Lantern Story Episode 514th May 1954 Lanyard is recruited by the Govt. to find out where all the top criminals have been disappearing to. He is to contact an agent named Anson is New York. Upon contact Anson is killed and the only lead he leaves Lanyard is key to the Blue Lantern dance hall. The attempt to infiltrate fails and his next gamble takes him to the Blue Lantern in New Orleans where he is more successful and the final key to the puzzle leads him to the Copper Mountain Lodge in Nevada. 06 The Ski Story Episode 614th May 1954 Mike's vacation at a Sun Valley ski lodge is interrupted by murder. 07 Plantation Story Episode 721st May 1954 Mike is summoned to a sugar plantation in Manila to investigate illegal dumping by a competitor. 08 Pursuit Episode 828th May 1954 In San Francisco, Mike follows a lead on the man who double-crossed him and murdered his business partner five years ago. 09 The Malibu Story (a.k.a. Malibu-Laguna) Episode 94th June 1954 A weekend party in Malibu takes an ominous turn when the host's diamonds are stolen and the dead body of his wife washes up on the beach. 10 The Murder Story Episode 1011th June 1954 Mike is asked by a psychiatrist to investigate a patient who claims to have committed a murder but can't remember the details. 11 The Honolulu Story Episode 1118th June 1954 Lanyard goes from New Orleans to Hawaii to discover how rubies and opium are being smuggled in from Hong Kong. 12 Skid Row Episode 122nd July 1954 Lanyard gets a request from Father Picard to make a last-ditch effort to save the life of a prisoner on death row with 36 hours to live. 13 The Arena Episode 139th July 1954 Mike tries to help an estranged brother and sister, each of whom believes that the other caused the death of their father in a supposedly accidental cave-in. 14 The Karachi Story Episode 149th July 1954 Mike finds a surprise waiting for him when he goes to Pakistan to protect a religious leader's son whose life has been threatened. 15 The Las Vegas Story Episode 1516th July 1954 In this first episode of the series Lanyard arrives in Las Vegas on vacation, where he gets involved with a cop and his brother who is wanted for murder. 16 The Italian Story Episode 1623rd July 1954 Lanyard travels to Chicago when he receives an urgent note from Joey Crocetti. A war time buddy who saved Lanyard in Italy during the war. Lanyard discovers Joey is on the run from the police, and he sets out to try to prove his friend innocent. 17 The Hunt Episode 1730th July 1954 Lanyard leaves Mexico but once he arrives back the US he is immediately arrested by the police and put into hospital quarantine. To Lanyards shock he discovers he's been in contact with people who are dying of cholera. 18 The Oil Story Episode 186th August 1954 Lanyard searches through the oil fields of Oklahoma for a boy kidnapped by his father from his mother's home. 19 The Boy Story Episode 1913th August 1954 Lanyard takes a vacation. While enjoying his boat a young boy tries to sell him a gun. Before he knows it he is in a life and death struggle against forces he didn't even realize were active. 20 The Emerald Ring Episode 2020th August 1954 Mike searches the waterfront for Helen Calder, a missing heiress who can be identified by an emerald ring. 21 The Department Store Story Episode 2127th August 1954 Discovering that a recently deceased man's greedy children are looking for a fortune that he hid before he died, Mike decides to make sure that the money goes to his beloved housekeeper instead. 22 The Planetarium Story Episode 223rd September 1954 In Mexico, the death of an archaeologist sends Lanyard in search of a treasure in Aztec gold coins. 23 The Art Story Episode 2310th September 1954 Lanyard flies to Los Angeles to clear the name of an old friend, a journalist accused of stealing a priceless Van Gogh painting. 24 The Carlsbad Big Lie Story Episode 2417th September 1954 In New Mexico, Lanyard is worried about an old friend who claims to have seen a flying saucer and that it's not just one of his tall tales. 25 The Last Ballet Story Episode 2524th September 1954 Michael Lanyard comes to the aid of a ballerina who is frightened of threatening letters. Instead of helping her he must solve her death...an apparent suicide. 26 The Beverly Hills Story Episode 261st October 1954 Mike registers at his favorite Beverly Hills hotel only to find that a con artist posing as his wife has already checked in, but goes along with the gag to find out what her game is. 27 The Jet Story Episode 278th October 1954 Mike challenges an aircraft designer plagued by accidents to pilot one of his own planes. 28 The San Francisco Story Episode 2815th October 1954 A woman asks Mike to find out if her husband and their daughter, supposedly killed in a boating accidnet, are still alive. 29 The Savage Episode 2922nd October 1954 Mike visits a South Pacific island to find out why an old friend has apparently resurrected a barbaric native ritual involving fire-walking, shrunken heads, and murder. 30 Deep Sea Diving Episode 3029th October 1954 Mike is asked to help an old friend, a deep sea diver accused of helping pirates steal the silver that was about to be salvaged from a sunken wreck. 31 The Werewolf Story Episode 315th November 1954 A lawyer asks Lanyard to protect his client's interests at a castle in the Balkans that seems to be threatened by werewolves. 32 The Stamp Story Episode 3212th November 1954 Mike is hired to locate a stolen rare stamp and return it to its rightful owner. 33 The Minister Story Episode 3319th November 1954 Lanyard comes to the assistance of an old friend, a minister whose life has been threatened. 34 The Robbery Story (a.k.a. Memo: Robbery) Episode 3426th November 1954 A big heist prompts Lanyard to track down an infamous jewel thief. 35 The Wife Story Episode 353rd December 1954 A crazed husband holds Lanyard hostage in a country cottage. 36 The Planetarium Story Episode 368th January 1955 Lanyard must recover top-secret microfilm that could sabotage a peace conference if it gets into the wrong hands. 37 The San Pedro Story Episode 3715th January 1955 Mike is given a ticket on a cruise ship returning from the Orient to determine the truth behind rumors that a playboy king is smuggling a fortune in jewels from his country into the U.S. 38 The Runaway Story (a.k.a. Death of a Lawyer) Episode 3822nd January 1955 Lanyard suspects that a hit-and-run accident was murder. 39 The Newhall Story (a.k.a. Phoenix-Newhall) Episode 3929th January 1955 When Mike's millionaire friend, a witness to a judge's murder, is killed right in front of him, Mike determines to find the culprits.