Re-Imagined Radio

Episode Inventory

Total episodes: 51
Surviving episodes: 51

A listing of known episodes of The Black Museum.

Because episodes were broadcast in different countries at different times over several years, a definitive numbering of episodes may be impossible. This inventory follows the chronology established by The Digital Deli Too website, The Definitive The Black Museum→

AFRTS (American Forces Radio and Television Services) Electrical Transcription (E.T.) numbers are included where known.

"A Tan Shoe, Left Foot"
E.T. #14, 15 January 1952
A murder aboard a train and a missing payroll.

"The Gas Receipt"
E.T. #39, 29 January 1952
A receipt for ten gallons of petrol is the clue to a murder of a police constable, shot to death by four bullets.

"A Wooden Mallet"
E.T. #unknown, 5 February 1952
On Guy Fawkes day, a man's body is found inside a burning car.

"A Jack Handle"
E. T. #36, 12 February 1952
An American soldier and a British pub singer in wartime London have a go at robbery and murder.

"The [Small] White Boxes"
E.T. #28, 19 February 1952

"The [Spotted] Bed Sheet"
E.T. #19, 26 February 1952
Natalie Parson disappears while on a cruise ship.

"A Telegram"
E.T. #unknown, 4 March 1952
A chauffeur with a taste for murder and a poor ability to spell is tripped up by a telegram and a long string of co-incidences.

"The .32 Calibre Centre-Fire Bullet"
E.T. #unknown, 11 March 1952
Three "youngish" men hold up a jewelry store, and commit a murder while doing it.

"The Bathtub"
E.T. #25, 1 April 1952
Edward Jones is married. Very married. He has wives all over the place.

"A Can of Weed Killer"
E.T. #unknown, 8 April 1952

"A Leather Bag"
E.T. #unknown, 15 April 1952
Warren King's body is found on a train with five bullets in his head!

"A [Doctor's] Prescription [for Morphia]"
E.T. #unknown, 22 April 1952
June Dawson is paralyzed and depressed. She leaves all her fortune to her nurse in a new will.

"A Bit of Frosted Glass"
E.T. #unknown, 29 April 1952
AKA "The Glass Shards." A man and his son find an intruder in their apartment. The older man is shot by a small man.

"A French-English Dictionary"
E.T. #unknown, 6 May 1952
A British pub owner has been poisoned. Could it have been his wife and her French-speaking lover?

"A Claw Hammer"
E.T. #unknown, 13 May 1952
An old lady's handyman demands fifty pounds and kills her when he doesn't get it.

"Four Small Bottles"
E.T. #unknown, 20 May 1952
Oscar Stone, an old man with a young wife, is poisoned with chloroform.

"A Pair of Spectacles"
E.T. #unknown, 27 May 1952
Miss Daisy Oliver has disappeared en route to visit Mr. Smith, a strange chicken farmer. Her dismembered body is found buried on the chicken farm.

"A Letter"
E.T. #unknown, 3 June 1952
A clever forger uses ingenious methods to swindle banks. The unknown criminal seems educated, perhaps too well educated!

"A Black Gladstone Bag"
E.T. #unknown, 10 June 1952

"The Pigskin Glove"
E.T. #unknown, 24 June 1952
Three women are found shot, each killed with only one bullet. A woman's glove leads to the trail of a beautiful woman and a single shot rifle.

"A Champagne Glass"
E.T. #26, 30 September 1952

"A Khaki Handkerchief"
E.T. #unknown, 14 October 1952
Kate Hart and Doris Lyons are found dead in a wood. The handkerchief leads to a member of the army.

"A Straight Razor"
E.T. #unknown, 14 December 1952
The chilling story of a little man with a foreign accent who might have been "Jack The Ripper."

"A Brass Button"
E.T. #8, 10 May 1953
Janet Morgan, the "Swamp Girl" is found murdered.

"A Piece of Iron Chain"
E.T. #unknown, 17 May 1953
A woman has been hearing ghosts, dragging a chain.

"A Door Key"
E.T. #1, 18 September 1974
A key is found beside a dead body.

"A Car Tyre"
E.T. #2, 25 September 1974
A policeman is murdered when he stops a stolen car.

"A Brickbat"
E.T. #3, 2 October 1974
A handyman fancies his employer's wife. The husband is soon found dead.

"A Jacket [Sleeveless, Unstitched Baby Jacket]"
E.T. #4, 9 October 1974
Trevor Moon falls in love and proposes to Evie Rose. Shortly after Evie pays an unannounced visit to Trevor's chicken farm, she disappears.

"A Scarf [Torn and Ragged]"
E.T. #5, 16 October 1974
AKA "The Yellow Scarf." A man named Pike likes to use his scarf to strangle his victims.

"A .22 Calibre Pistol"
E.T. #6, 23 October 1974
AKA "Little Blue 22." Vivian is a woman scorned, and she has a little blue pistol.

"A Canvas Bag"
E.T. #9, 13 November 1974
A young lady is swindled by an evil gentleman.

"An Open End Wrench"
E.T. #10, 20 November 1974
A woman found dead in a car leads Scotland Yard to uncover a wrench-wielding murderer.

"A Mandolin String"
E.T. #11, 27 November 1974
A woman marries twice, and both times her husband falls down a flight of stairs and breaks his neck.

"A Pink Powder Puff"
E.T. #unknown, 4 December 1974
Richard William Heisen, a rogue and murderer, tells his criminal history while waiting to be hanged.

"A [Length of] Sash Cord"
E.T. #13, 11 December 1974
In Brighton, a man if found murdered near a theatre.

"Two Scribble Notes"
E.T. #16, date unknown
AKA "Kilroy Was Here." The famous slogan is found on two notes and a butcher block near murder victims.

"A Lady's Shoe"
E.T. #22, date unknown
Elizabeth Marlowe marries a man who is soon revealed as a fortune hunter . . . and a murderer!

"A Hammerhead"
E.T. #38, date unknown
Twenty-three women have been murdered and dismembered around the country.

"A Shopping Bag"
E.T. #unknown, date unknown
Stanley Haines has murdered five times, but is finally caught because of his faded green shopping bag.

"A Shilling"
E.T. #unknown, date unknown
Joey Bart gets out of prison and visits his brother to get his nightclub back. When Dave Bart is found murdered, a coin paves the way to the gallows!

"A Silencer"
E.T. #unknown, date unknown
A man moving into a new house is shot and killed by a gun with a silencer. Other murders follow.

"The Acid Jar"
E.T. #unknown, date unknown
Mrs. Regan has disappeared. She had an appointment with the charming Mr. Hart, but never kept it. Mr. Hart is a research chemist.

"An Auto Service Card"
E.T. #unknown, date unknown
A murderer is trapped by the odometer reading on his victim's car.

"An Old-Fashioned Leather Trunk"
E.T. #unknown, date unknown
A trunk is checked at a railroad station containing a dissected body.

"A Pint Bottle Labeled Meat Juice"
E.T. #unknown, date unknown
A two-timing woman has almost certainly poisoned her hypochondriacal husband.

"The Postcard"
E.T. #unknown, date unknown
A woman named Alice Cortland is found in Alfie Vines' room. Alice was secretly married to Alfie, and her head has been removed!

"The Sheath Knife"
E.T. #unknown, date unknown

"A Walking Stick"
E.T. #unknown, date unknown
The walking stick, once used by Garibaldi, is the clue to the murder of a doctor's wife.

"Twin Messengers of Death"
AFRTS #21, date unknown
AKA "Two Bullets". The story of two young punks in wartime London.

"A Raincoat"
AFRTS #34, date unknown
A man's wife is found murdered. The husband is suspected and found guilty, but reasonable doubt spares him from the death penalty.