44/02/19    1 This Man Was Poisoned (PREMIERE - Saturday @ 930pm on WGN)
  44/02/26    2 The Incinerator Clew
* 44/03/04    3 Murder Makes Page One
  44/03/11    4 The Curse of the Camel Back
  44/03/18    5 Murder Goes to College
  44/03/25    6 Death Ain't So Funny
  44/04/01    7 Cemetary Park
  44/04/08    8 Detective, Name Unknown
  44/04/15    9 The Pin-Up Murder
  44/04/22   10 One Coffin Reserved
  44/04/29   11 Death On Schedule
  44/05/06   12 The Corpse Wore Diamonds
  44/05/13   13 The Closed Season Killing
  44/05/20   14 Candidate for a Corpse
  44/05/27   15 The Light Brings Darkness
  44/06/03   16 The Bride Was Missing
  44/06/10   17 Murder Knocks Three Times
  44/06/17   18 Death Laughing Back
  44/06/24   19 Challenge to the Force
  44/07/01   20 If Looks Could Kill
  44/07/08   21 Murder Needs Managing
  44/07/15   22 I Hate People
  44/07/22   23 Murder Off the Reservation
  44/07/29   24 The Blind Shall See
  44/08/05   25 One Drop Kills You
  44/08/12   26 Death on a Dude Ranch
  44/08/19   27 Murder Is Bad for Business
  44/08/26   28 A Notch for Riordan's Gun
  44/09/02   29 Submerged Murder
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  44/09/16   31 Death Strikes a Happy Medium
  44/09/23   32 The Unconvincing Killer
  44/09/30   33 The Quiz Show Killing
  44/10/07   34 Cupid Packs A Gat
  44/10/14   35 The Long Odds Murder
  44/10/21   36 Unnecessary Roughness
  44/10/28   37 One Extra Body
  44/11/05   38 Priority on a Coffin --- (show moves to Sundays)
  44/11/12   39 Wanted - One Body
  44/11/19   40 Death In Two Parts
  44/11/26   41 Murder At Random
  44/12/03   42 The Jitterbug Corpse
  44/12/10   43 Death With Reservations
  44/12/17   44 Murder On The Swing Shift
  44/12/24   45 Another Wise Man
  44/12/31   46 The Party Was Deadly
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  45/01/14   48 Phantoms of the Lower Level
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  45/02/18   53 
  45/02/25   54 Too Old To Die
  45/03/04   55 Choose Your Partner
  45/03/11   56 Death at a Distance
  45/03/18   57 Hotter Than Hades
  45/03/25   58 Find the Body
  45/04/01   59 The Easter Story
  45/04/08   60 Always Leave 'Em Smiling
  45/04/15   61 Death After Dark
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  45/04/29   63 
  45/05/06   64 She's Mine, All Mine
  45/05/13   65 
  45/05/20   66 
  45/05/27   67 Murder With Affidavits
  45/06/03   68 Fear Is My Foe
  45/06/10   69 Murder of Mystery for a Killer
  45/06/17   70 The Corpse Gets the Point
  45/06/24   71 Murder In The Gentle Manner
  45/07/01   72 The Quiet Guest
  45/07/08   73 A Call To Dr Lin
  45/07/15   74 She Was Horrid
  45/07/22   75 
  45/07/29   76 
  45/08/05   77 Crazy To Kill
  45/08/12   78 
* 45/08/19   79 A New Lease On Death
* 45/08/26   80 Death at Deadline
* 45/09/02   81 A Short Life for Mary
* 45/09/09   82 Malice in Wonderland
* 45/09/16   83 Complete with Quartet
* 45/09/23   84 Well, Well Another Body
* 45/09/30   85 Sauce for the Goose
* 45/10/07   86 Death House Blues
* 45/10/14   87 Danger--Man at Bay
  45/10/21   88 
  45/10/28   89 
* 45/11/04   90 Murder for Laughs
  45/11/11   91 Death Plays For Keeps
* 45/11/18   92 Murder in Paradise
  45/11/25   93 The Subconcious Murder
  45/12/02   94 Dead Man's Thumb
  45/12/09   95 
  45/12/16   96 His Head in His Hands
  45/12/23   97 
  45/12/30   98 The Impossible Murder
  46/01/06   99 Death Pulls No Punches
  46/01/13  100 Meek, Mild Murder
  46/01/20  101 End of Sentence (program's 100th case)
* 46/01/27  102 Nothing but the Proof
  46/02/03  103 Plot And Counterplot
  46/02/10  104 Right Fence, Wrong Side
  46/02/17  105 Murder On West Madison
  46/02/24  106 A Coffen Coffin Coming
  46/03/03  107 The Body Beautiful
  46/03/10  108 The Too Perfect Murder
  46/03/17  109 Murder Fluffs A Cue
  46/03/24  110 This'll Knock You Dead
* 46/03/31  111 Death Passed by My Window
* 46/04/07  112 Sub-rosa Justice
* 46/04/14  113 Laugh - I Thought I'd Die
* 46/04/21  114 Murder Takes Practice
* 46/04/28  115 Death With a Punch
* 46/05/05  116 The Composite Killer
* 46/05/12  117 Murder Me Gently
  46/05/19  118 Murder Is An Accident
* 46/05/26  119 Bury Me Not
* 46/05/31  120 A Killing In The Market
* 46/06/07  121 Murder Hires A Hall
* 46/06/14  122 Bases Loaded
* 46/06/21  123 Time To Kill
  46/06/28  124 Make Mine Murder
* 46/07/05  125 Dagger in the Dark
* 46/07/12  126 A Vacation From Murder
  46/07/19  127 I Thought I'd Die
* 46/07/26  128 Drop Me A Line
* 46/08/02  129 Operation Murder
* 46/08/09  130 Murder Is An Art
  46/08/16  131 
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  46/08/30  132 Whereabouts Unknown
  46/09/06  133 
  46/09/13  134 Our Best Murder
  46/09/20  135 Proof Positive
  46/09/27  136 Death With A Homey Touch (LAST 'ORIGINAL' episode)
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  47/11/02      A New Lease on Death (repeat of 45/08/19   #79)
  47/11/09      Death at Deadline (repeat of 45/08/26  #80)
  47/11/16      A Short Life for Mary (repeat of 45/09/02  #81)
  47/11/23      Malice in Wonderland (repeat of 45/09/09  #82)
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  47/12/07      Well, Well Another Body (repeat of 45/09/23  #84)
  47/12/14      Sauce for the Goose
  47/12/21      Deathhouse Blues (repeat of 45/10/23  #86)
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* xx/xx/xx      A Case of Homicide
* xx/xx/xx      Death in the Saddle