October 17, 1948

Dan receives a book of poems by Sir Walter Scott that leads him to investigate a deadly arson he covered ten years ago when working for the Star-Times.

Sunday, November 14, 1948A man kills the woman he loves, for an unusual reason.

Sunday, October 10, 1948

Dan gets an anonymous note asking him to go to a park bench in the middle of the night, where he finds a little girl abandoned by her "mothers".

Friday, February 29, 1952 

In a bar in Cristobal along the Panama Canal, Harry Lime becomes involved in a rivalry between two men, Dolan and Nugent. Dolan is in love with Nugent's girl. He talks Lime into helping prove Nugent is a traitor to America so Dolan can have a chance with the girl.

Friday, February 7, 1947

The reading of the deceased Professor Lucifer Nicolai’s diary in which he sends young appropriately named Alice off to Shadowland. According to Professor Nicolai every act in history has been permanently photographed on light waves. The Professor had experimented with electrical impulses that separated the mind from the body and discovered a way to send Alice’s mind back through time. When Professor Nicolai’s machine malfunctions things don’t go exactly as planned.

Thursday, July 17, 1947

The Queen sails near "Muninjima," Japan, where Karney and Gallagher encounter treacherous Laskar pirates and a mysterious Spaniard, leading to a confrontation filled with suspense and maritime action.

Sunday, October 3, 1948 Walter Flit, a detective as short in nerve as he is in stature, asks Dan for help when one of his cases gets dangerous.

Wednesday, February 4, 1948

Sunday, September 26, 1948 Suzy warns Dan about being shanghaied when he receives an anonymous letter daring him to go to Bay City Pier that night. He soon wishes he hadn't laughed off her warning.

Tuesday, January 7, 1947

Blackie goes to collect a debt on Shorty's behalf and is told that the man he came to see was killed in a quarry accident. The man, Jack Small, alias Bill Bigalow, was under police surveillance at the time. When Small'sroom mate pays the money owed to Shorty, Blackie gets suspicious.