List of episodes of the series «Orson Welles' Great Mysteries»

Captain Rogers

• Episode number: 1
• Episode duration: 25 min.
• Episode description:
  The respectable owner of a quiet inn in 18th century England is blackmailed by a grubby stranger, who knows he is secretly the notorious pirate Captain Rogers.

The Leather Funnel

• Episode number: 2
• Episode duration: 25 min.
• Episode description:
  When a young man discovers a curious funnel made of leather, he has a presentiment that it was once used as an instrument of torture

A Terribly Strange Bed

• Episode number: 3
• Episode duration: 25 min.
• Episode description:
  Charles Faulkner, a young American gambler in Paris, should have left the casino after striking it lucky. Why the devil did he accept to sleep in the casino's guest bed? This was to be the most horrible night he had ever lived.

La Grande Breteche

• Episode number: 4
• Episode duration: 25 min.
• Episode description:
  A Spanish officer, captured by the French during the Peninsular War, is imprisoned at the country house of an elderly aristocrat with a bored young wife - whose lover he becomes, with deadly consequences.

The Dinner Party

• Episode number: 5
• Episode duration: 25 min.
• Episode description:
  Blake is a brilliant accountant, but does he deserve a promotion to the board of directors? It all depends on the suitability of his wife. His bosses attend a small dinner party given by the Blakes to check her out.

Money to Burn

• Episode number: 6
• Episode duration: 25 min.
• Episode description:
  A French girl in London finds herself in the awkward position of owing money to a Soho crime boss. But when she pays him off, he contemptuously sets fire to the money. Why?

In the Confessional

• Episode number: 7
• Episode duration: 25 min.
• Episode description:
  An old tramp takes refuge in a church, and, concealed within the confessional, overhears things of great interest.

Unseen Alibi

• Episode number: 8
• Episode duration: 25 min.
• Episode description:
  Dean Stockwell stars as the victim of an elaborately staged murder frame centering around a lover's rendezvous.

Battle of Wits

• Episode number: 9
• Episode duration: 25 min.

A Point of Law

• Episode number: 10
• Episode duration: 25 min.
• Episode description:
  A lawyer cannot stop a middle-aged spinster from making a fool of herself with a young fortune-hunter, but he can stop the fellow from getting his hands on her money.

The Monkey's Paw

• Episode number: 11
• Episode duration: 25 min.
• Episode description:
  An old army sergeant, back in England after long service in India, shows some old friends a strange possession he's acquired - a monkey's paw which can make wishes come true.

The Ingenious Reporter

• Episode number: 12
• Episode description:
  Reporter Harry Langley pretends to be the murderer of unidentified women to boost sales with a special report from prison. But once arrested, the authorities seem to be convinced that he is indeed the killer.

Death of an Old-Fashioned Girl

• Episode number: 13

For Sale - Silence

• Episode number: 14
• Episode description:
  Businessman Pennington is bribed by a Mr. Briggs due to an extramarital affair. But it seems that Briggs has underestimated his opponent and the tables might be turning.

The Inspiration Of Mr. Budd

• Episode number: 15
• Episode description:
  How did Mr. Budd become a top-class West End hairdresser after such humble origins in a suburban barbershop? Well, one day, a stranger came in for a shave and a haircut.

An Affair of Honour

• Episode number: 16
• Episode description:
  India: After secret plans for the defence of a harbour are secretly copied, British General Sanderson tasks officers Bruce and Rolfe with convincing the apparent traitor Fanshaw to "save his honour" by committing suicide.

Farewell to the Faulkners

• Episode number: 17
• Episode description:
  The masquerade is over when a murdered man turns up alive in the guise of his wife.

The Power of Fear

• Episode number: 18
• Episode description:
  A handyman, finding that a number of middle-aged housewives require him for rather more than his professional services, turns to blackmail.

Where There's a Will

• Episode number: 19
• Episode description:
  A letter opened in error provides rather dangerous knowledge concerning a murder case.

A Time to Remember

• Episode number: 20
• Episode description:
  Zigorin, a top Russian spy, has defected to the West. But is he really Zigorin or an impostor?

Ice Storm

• Episode number: 21
• Episode description:
  An "Ice Storm" traps a woman with a potential thief masquerading as one of three experts invited to view a collection of valuable manuscripts.

Come Into My Parlour

• Episode number: 22

Compliments of the Season

• Episode number: 23
• Episode description:
  A penniless man tries to claim a reward from a millionaire at Christmas, and finds it's not as easy as he thought it would be.

Under Suspicion

• Episode number: 24
• Episode description:
  A pianist on an international tour is forced to spy for the secret police to avoid being detained.

Trial for Murder

• Episode number: 25
• Episode description:
  During a murder trial in 19th-century England, one of the jurors begins to have mysterious hallucinations - has he seen a ghost?

The Furnished Room

• Episode number: 26
• Episode description:
  A young man's month-long search for a missing girl ends in a haunted room of a boarding house.