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==Season 1: (1937 — 1938)==
 
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===Lost Episodes===
 
===Lost Episodes===
 
During the 1960's a fire destroyed the original masters of close to 90 episodes, leaving only 30 of the original show still available for the public. Slowly collectors of the program and network across the country are finding badly damaged copies of the missing episodes.
 
During the 1960's a fire destroyed the original masters of close to 90 episodes, leaving only 30 of the original show still available for the public. Slowly collectors of the program and network across the country are finding badly damaged copies of the missing episodes.

Revision as of 01:10, 30 June 2016

The Midnight Sleuth
Genre Comedy-drama
Running time 28 minutes
Country United States
Language(s) English
TV adaptations The New Adventures of The Midnight Sleuth (TV Show)
No. of series 10
No. of episodes 120 (90 missing)
Sponsor(s) Opul Brand Soap

The Midnight Sleuth was a radio show that aired from 1938 until 1948 and featured an absent-minded detective solving mysteries with his sidekick.

Origin of the Show

Characters

  • The Midnight Sleuth
  • Linda Talbot
  • Detective Davis
  • The Daybreak Gumshoe

Episodes

Season 1: (1937 — 1938)

11"The Formula is to Blame-ula"September 14, 1937 (1937-09-14)1–01 When Midnight and Linda are called in to investigate the apparent suicide of a Doctor, they soon realize his death might have been forced by a known gangster and his goons all in an attempt to acquire a mysterious formula.

Lost Episodes

During the 1960's a fire destroyed the original masters of close to 90 episodes, leaving only 30 of the original show still available for the public. Slowly collectors of the program and network across the country are finding badly damaged copies of the missing episodes.