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So Shall Ye Reap

Drama

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May 27, 1960

Casey urges Herb to help a young man who's charged with murdering his future father-in-law. Most people say the dead man was a wonderful guy, but those who knew him privately paint him as an obnoxious wife-beating jerk.

Full Episodes

Season 2, 21 episodes

A former trial witness is murdered in Weston's hunting cabin and the local sheriff charges the lieutenant with the crime. Maris figures the lieutenant is being framed by someone nursing a huge grudge.

24m Apr 29, 1960

Mind Over Murder,

University researcher Nina Whitehead drops dead after being injected with the new "wonder tranquilizer" she's been working on. The syringe was filled with curare and research student Brian Clark is charged with her murder.

26m May 20, 1960

So Shall Ye Reap,

Casey urges Herb to help a young man who's charged with murdering his future father-in-law. Most people say the dead man was a wonderful guy, but those who knew him privately paint him as an obnoxious wife-beating jerk.

26m May 27, 1960

The Case of Joe Slate,

Maris and Lt. Weston visit a fishing lodge where their regular guide, Joe Slate, has just been arrested for murdering his wife Esther. They interview Sheriff Jeremy Davies, his nephew Frank Davies, and others to find the real killer.

26m Sep 1, 1960

The investigation of a murdered stewardess implicates one of her two roommates, Jean Davis. Maris uncovers romantic jealousies between two of the women who had dated the same pilot.

26m Oct 16, 1960

Ex-convict Jimmy Dennis is accused of murdering a gangster who's found shot dead in his gift shop. Maris and Lt. Weston had helped rehabilitate Jimmy and believe he's being framed.

26m Oct 28, 1960

The Seventh Hour,

Maris and Weston race the clock to clear an innocent handyman who's set to be executed in the morning. The pair learns that the man Nicolo Donadi was convicted of murdering was a racketeer making a power play within the mob.

26m Nov 4, 1960

Physicist Alan Decker is held for the murder of a fellow scientist with whom he worked. Maris is in the awkward position of clearing him without revealing to Lt. Weston that his client is also a secret agent of the government.

26m Nov 18, 1960

Society Doctor,

Dr. William Stanhope, Maris' physician, is charged with murdering his wealthy wife. The couple had feuded over his self-centered behavior, her refusal to fund his research center, and his personal assistant.

26m Nov 25, 1960

Compulsive Killer,

Professor Hastings wants to convince his wife not to be so cavalier towards criminals, so when she walks across campus one night, he jumps out of the bushes and pretends to choke her. Lt. Weston doesn't treat it as just a foolish stunt.

26m Dec 23, 1960

Maid Angela Valez is charged with killing the woman she works for. She was placed by an employment agency that brings young women to America as domestics before forcing them into the escort business.

26m Dec 30, 1960

His Brother's Keeper,

An elderly couple is brazenly attacked and robbed in broad daylight. The thief escapes, and a young police officer with a spotless record is fired, and later thrown in jail, for complicity in letting the robber escape.

26m Jan 13, 1961

Precocious Jennifer Vaughn wants Maris to reopen the year-old case that got her stepmother convicted of killing her father. The junior sleuth comes armed with new "evidence." Lt. Weston, who investigated the case, is sick of the pushy, know-it-all kid.

26m Jan 27, 1961

A French Affair,

Herb Maris travels to Paris to close a merger deal with a corporate client and Lt. Weston goes along to learn from Interpol. When his client can't be found, Herb suspects foul play and notifies the French police.

26m Feb 10, 1961

Like Father, Like Son,

A grandfather accuses his grandson of breaking into his safe a stealing money and jewels. The old man administers the teenager's trust fund with an iron grip, convinced the hot rod-racing boy is too immature to manage his money wisely.

26m Mar 10, 1961

A spree of hit and runs targeting elderly drivers bewilders the police department. A piece of red confetti leads Maris and Lt. Weston to a dance studio where all of the victims were members.

26m Mar 17, 1961

Planter's Death,

Maris and Weston's vacation in the Caribbean is interrupted when the wife of plantation owner Henry Gibbons is charged with murdering her husband. After one of their frequent fights, Louise Gibbons says she tossed their gun off the pier.

26m Mar 24, 1961

Mr. Sobel's Birthday Party,

The oddballs attending Mr. Sobel's office birthday party are found passed out on the floor; someone poisoned their lemonade & stole the payroll. The screwy nephew of the company owner confesses, but there are other eccentrics for Maris to consider.

26m Apr 7, 1961

The Wildcatter,

A masked, armed robber holds up an oil executive and his secretary and takes a quarter of a million dollars in securities. Based on a cuff-link, the secretary identifies the robber as an employee. Maris believes the young engineer is innocent.

25m Apr 21, 1961

Face of innocence,

A man involved in a deadly liquor store holdup barges into Marianne Kelly's apartment and promptly drops dead. Weston wants to know if she was in on the robbery or just unlucky, & he wants to know who sent him almost $1000 to act as her attorney.

26m Jun 2, 1961

The Case of Nan Havens,

A young woman is charged with espionage when a microfilm of government missile tests is found in her car. Nan Havens seems far too naive to be a spy, so Herb quizzes her on her contacts, and concludes she is too naïve to be a spy.

26m Jun 9, 1961