Another Carlton Morse mystery serial… The identity of the murderer is an apparent variation on
the famous controversial solution to Agatha Christie’sThe Murder of Roger Ackroyd.
“The scene of this new serial is laid in Holman, a village on the Marin county coast… In this
serial Sergeant Long copes with a murder mystery and other criminal activities…”
may be that they did the ten-episode mystery serial of this name by Carlton E. Morse, then
followed it up with scripts from the 1933-34 NBC seriesGhost Stories.
Now seems very likely; have newspaper listing from January 2, 1934 with WBZ doing “The Witch
of Endor.”
DEAD MEN PROWL (KGO, SAN FRANCISCO—NBC PACIFIC COAST RED)
October 28, 1931
“Dead Men Prowl”
county coast… Three men die in a town which hasn’t had a death in 20
years. Their bodies are placed in the morgue, yet again and again they are
seen prowling round the beach terrifying women, choking them and
burying them alive. Investigation discloses their bodies are missing from
the morgue. Searchers find them, still dead, in fields, on the sand and in
other places, and when picked up they move but do not speak…”]
Bernice Berwin (Gail Stanley), Michael Raffetto (Andres Ruiz), J. Anthony
Smythe (Dr. Jamie Croft), Kathleen Wilson (Carmel Ruiz), Barton Yarborough
(Sergeant Jack Long), Carleton Young (Martin Stanley).
November 4, 1931
The Prowler at Work”
November 11, 1931
“The Dead Do Walk at Night”
November 18, 1931
Conversation with the Walking Dead”
November 25, 1931
“The Walking Dead Captured”
December 2, 1931
“Life History of Prowlers”
December 9, 1931
Four Go to Join the Prowling Dead”
December 16, 1931
The Prowler with the Rope Around His Neck”
December 23, 1931
The Prowler-Dead Walk Again”
corpses in a motorboat. Carmen Ruiz disappears, and a mysterious attack
is made on Dr. Croft…”]
December 30, 1931
The Prowling Dead Introduces Himself”
October 3, 1934
October 10, 1934
October 17, 1934
October 24, 1934
BostonEvening Transcript]
October 31, 1934
November 7, 1934
November 14, 1934
November 21, 1934
November 28, 1934
December 12, 1934
ADVENTURES BY MORSE (Transcription series)
Adventures by Morseare extant.]