The Mysterious Traveler Log

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The Mysterious Traveler

This anthology dramatic series was heard over the Mutual network for nine years, starting in 1943. CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT arrived by airplane, THE WHISTLER from out of the night. THE MYSTERIOUS TRAVELER arrived each week by train. A strange story was told during our train trip until “we” reached our destination.


Each of the following broadcasts are 30 minutes in length.

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Broadcast History:
Network: Mutual
12/05/43 to 09/02/52
Directors / Producers:
Robert A. Arthur, David Kogan
Writers:
Robert A. Arthur, David Kogan
Sponsor:
Sustained by the network
Cast:
Maurice Tarplin as The Mysterious Traveler
Also heard:
Lon Clark, Jackson Beck, Ann Shepherd, Frank Readick, Jan Miner, Bill Johnstone,
Santos Ortega, Wendell Holmes, Lawson Zerbe

AUDIENCE RATINGS:
(First Season) C.E. Hooper -- (1943 to 1944)
(Second Season) C.E. Hooper -- (1944 to 1945)
(Third Season) C.E. Hooper 10.2 (1946 to 1947)
(Fourth Season) C.E. Hooper -- (1947 to 1948)
(Fifth Season) C.E. Hooper -- (1948 to 1949)
(Sixth Season) C.E. Hooper -- (1949 to 1950)
(Seventh Season) A.C. Nielsen -- (1950 to 1951)
(Eighth Season) A.C. Nielsen -- (1951 to 1952)



Sunday - 7:00 p.m.

12/05/43 # 1 The Hands That Killed
12/12/43 # 2 Death At Storm House
12/19/43 # 3 King Of The World
12/26/43 # 4 Devil Island
01/02/44 # 5 The Clock Struck Midnight
01/09/44 # 6 The Visiting Corpse
01/16/44 # 7 The Strange Journal Of Professor Drake
01/23/44 # 8 Murderer Unknown
01/30/44 # 9 The House Of Death
02/06/44 # 10 The Man Who Knew Too Much
02/13/44 # 11 To Have And To Hold
02/20/44 # 12 Ugliest Woman Alive
02/27/44 # 13 The Good Die Young
03/05/44 # 14 Design For Death
03/12/44 # 15 Statement By The Accused
03/19/44 # 16 Welcome Home
03/26/44 # 17 Stranger In The House
04/02/44 # 18 Out Of The Past
04/09/44 # 19 Beware Of Tomorrow
04/16/44 # 20 The Accusing Corpse
04/23/44 # 21 Escape By Death

Sunday - 3:30 p.m.

04/30/44 # 22 Murder Spins The Plot
05/07/44 # 23 I'll Die Laughing
05/14/44 # 24 Ghost Makers
05/21/44 # 25 The Man Who Could Vanish
05/28/44 # 26 In Loving Memory
06/04/44 # 27 Murder Must Be Paid For
06/11/44 # 28 Death Spins A Web
06/18/44 # 29 The Man With The Stolen Face
06/25/44 # 30 Blood On The Moon
07/02/44 # 31 The Queen Of The Cats
07/09/44 # 32 Broadway, Here I Come
07/16/44 # 33 Death Brings Down The Curtain
07/23/44 # 34 The Man Who Couldn't Die
07/30/44 # 35 Till Death Do Us Part
08/06/44 # 36 My Beloved Must Die
08/13/44 # 37 Flight From Fear
08/20/44 # 38 Time On My Hands
08/27/44 # 39 The Unknown Enemy
09/03/44 NO BROADCAST
09/10/44 # 40 The Bell Of Life
09/17/44 # 41 A Dream Of Death
09/24/44 # 42 Death Laughs Last

Saturday - 9:30 p.m.

10/07/44 # 43 The Man The Insects Hated
10/14/44 # 44 Mind Over Murder
10/21/44 # 45 Voice Of The Dead
10/28/44 # 46 Invitation To Death
11/04/44 NO BROADCAST
11/11/44 # 47 She Shall Have Music
11/18/44 # 48 Journey With Death
11/25/44 # 49 Footsteps Of Fate
12/02/44 # 50 The Cat And The Mouse
12/09/44 # 51 Murder Without Crime
12/16/44 # 52 You Only Die Once
12/23/44 # 53 Christmas Present
12/30/44 # 54 Embarrassing Corpse
01/06/45 # 55 They Who Sleep
01/13/45 # 56 Escape Through Time
01/20/45 # 57 Letter From The Dead
01/27/45 # 58 Death Needs A Witness
02/03/45 # 59 Farewell Appearance
02/10/45 # 60 Murder Is So Fatal
02/17/45 # 61 Wanted For Murder
02/24/45 # 62 Concerto For Death
03/03/45 # 63 Murder Is No Accident
03/10/45 # 64 Case Of Charles Foster
03/17/45 # 65 Blood Money
03/24/45 # 66 Death Comes For Adolf Hitler
03/31/45 # 67 Murder Goes Free

Sunday - 4:00 p.m.

07/14/46 # 68 Seven Years To Wait
07/21/46 # 69 It Might Be You
07/28/46 # 70 Summer Heat
08/04/46 # 71 Death Is My Companion
08/11/46 # 72 Mortal Clay
08/18/46 # 73 Dynasty Of Death
08/25/46 # 74 Death Is The Visitor (Repeat of 01/09/44)
09/01/46 # 75 No One On The Line
09/08/46 # 76 The Symphony Of Death
09/15/46 # 77 As I Lie Dying
09/22/46 # 78 The Strange Death Of Charles DuVal
09/29/46 # 79 Death Plays The Tune

Sunday - 7:00 p.m.

12/01/46 # 80 Friend Of The Dead
12/08/46 # 81 Death Is In The Wind
12/15/46 # 82 Death Is A Dream
12/22/46 # 83 Between Two Worlds
12/29/46 # 84 If You Believe
01/05/47 # 85 New Year's Nightmare
01/12/47 # 86 No Grave Can Hold Me
01/19/47 # 87 Death Is The Dealer
01/26/47 # 88 You Won't Escape Me
02/02/47 # 89 Voice From Tomorrow
02/09/47 # 90 Five Miles Down
02/16/47 # 91 Murder In Masquerade
02/23/47 # 92 The Cat Died Twice
03/02/47 # 93 Dig My Grave Deep
03/09/47 # 94 The Woman In Black
03/16/47 # 95 Death Wears My Face
03/23/47 # 96 Voice Of Murder
03/30/47 # 97 Death Is My Pursuer
04/06/47 # 98 You Only Hang Once
04/13/47 # 99 Dark, Dark Destiny
04/20/47 #100 Flight From Fear
04/27/47 #101 House Of Silence
05/04/47 #102 Destination Death
05/11/47 #103 Design For Death
05/18/47 #104 Die She Must
05/25/47 #105 Mind Over Murder
06/01/47 #106 She Walks With Death
06/08/47 #107 I Died Last Night
06/15/47 #108 Death Is The Judge
06/22/47 #109 Meet Me At The Morgue
06/29/47 #110 Murder Without Crime
07/06/47 #111 The Locomotive Ghost
07/13/47 #112 Dark Is The Night
07/20/47 #113 Their Cold Companion
07/27/47 #114 The Man The Insects Hated (Repeat of 10/07/44)
08/03/47 #115 I Dreamed Of Dying
08/10/47 #116 Nightmare
08/17/47 NO BROADCAST
08/24/47 #117 Murder Goes Free
08/31/47 #118 Murder At Their Heels
09/07/47 #119 Vacation From Life
09/14/47 #120 The Big Payoff
09/21/47 #121 Island Of Fear
09/28/47 #122 Deep Is My Grave

Tuesday - 8:00 p.m.

10/07/47 #123 Death Rides The Storm
10/14/47 #124 Death Is My Host
10/21/47 #125 Death Is My Caller
10/28/47 #126 Invitation To Death
11/04/47 #127 Murder At The Dawn Of Time
11/11/47 #128 My Date Is With Death
11/18/47 NO BROADCAST
11/25/47 #129 Death Guides My Hand
12/02/47 #130 Death Cancels All Debts
12/09/47 #131 Death Must Have Revenge
12/16/47 #132 Christmas Present
12/23/47 #133 Mr. Trimble's Xmas
12/30/47 #134 Escape To 2480
01/06/48 #135 Death Is At The Throttle
01/13/48 #136 Death Must Wait
01/20/48 #137 The Man In The Black Derby
01/27/48 #138 Death Has A Vacancy
02/03/48 #139 Life Is But A Dream
02/10/48 #140 I'll Dance On Your Coffin
02/17/48 #141 Chance Of A Lifetime
02/24/48 #142 The Man Who Died Twice
03/02/48 #143 The Ivory Elephant
03/09/48 #144 Alibi For Murder
03/16/48 #145 They Struck It Rich
03/23/48 #146 Seven Years To Wait
03/30/48 #147 Death Is A Dream
04/06/48 #148 When Killers Meet
04/13/48 #149 They'll Never Believe Me
04/20/48 #150 Murder In Jazz Time
04/27/48 #151 The Little Man Who Wasn't There
05/04/48 #152 They Who Sleep
05/11/48 #153 I Won't Die Alone
05/18/48 #154 Death Writes A Letter
05/25/48 #155 Death Is My Co-Pilot
06/01/48 #156 Strange Voyage
06/08/48 #157 Murder Is My Business
06/15/48 #158 The Queen Of The Cats
06/22/48 #159 Zero Hour
06/29/48 #160 You Only Die Once (repeat 12/16/44)
07/06/48 #161 The Man Who Vanished
07/13/48 #162 Bury Her Deep
07/20/48 #163 The Chase
07/27/48 #164 The Unexpected
08/03/48 #165 Terror By Night
08/10/48 #166 The Visiting Corpse
08/17/48 NO BROADCAST
08/24/48 #167 Murder By Proxy
08/31/48 #168 Murder Has A Price
09/07/48 #169 Unsolved
09/14/48 #170 Dance Of Death
09/21/48 #171 Death Has A Thousand Faces
09/28/48 #172 Hideout For A Friend
10/05/48 #173 Death Rings Down The Curtain
10/12/48 #174 Broadway Here I Come
10/19/48 #175 Death Has A Voice
10/26/48 #176 Welcome Home

Thursday - 9:30 p.m.

11/11/48 #177 Till Death Do Us Part
11/18/48 #178 Death Wears A False Face
11/25/48 #179 Agreement To Die
12/02/48 #180 Farewell Appearance
12/09/48 #181 Signed In Blood
12/16/48 #182 House Of Death
12/23/48 #183 A Town Named Christmas
12/30/48 #184 It's Later Than You Think
01/06/49 #185 The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
01/13/49 #186 The Accusing Corpse (repeat 04/16/44)
01/20/49 #187 Death Is My Partner
01/27/49 #188 The Ghost Makers
02/03/49 #189 Death Spins A Web (repeat 06/11/44)
02/10/49 #190 Tonight I Die
02/17/49 #191 Collector's Item
02/24/49 #192 Time Is Running Out
03/03/49 #193 Murder At The Mardi Gras
03/10/49 #194 The Dead Can't Testify
03/17/49 #195 Murder Points A Finger
03/24/49 #196 I'll Die Laughing

Tuesday - 9:30 p.m.
(In New York on Wednesday 03/07/51 - 09/19/51; Fridays from 09/28/51 - 12/07/51.)

03/29/49 #197 Death Has A Cold Breath
04/05/49 #198 Murder Makes Music
04/12/49 #199 They Died Screaming
04/19/49 #200 Out Of The Past
04/26/49 #201 The Hot Seat
05/03/49 #202 Murder Begins At Home
05/10/49 #203 Escape Into The Future
05/17/49 #204 The Corpse Comes Home
05/24/49 #205 Behind The Locked Door
05/31/49 #206 Meet Me At The Morgue (Repeat of 06/22/47)
06/07/49 #207 Die Once, Die Twice
06/14/49 #208 No Grave Can Hold Me
06/21/49 #209 Murder Has A Voice
06/28/49 #210 She Walks With Death
07/05/49 #211 The Case Of Charles Foster (Repeat of 03/10/45)
07/12/49 #212 The Locomotive Ghost (Repeat of 07/06/47)
07/19/49 #213 Murder Is So Fatal
07/26/49 #214 Voice From Tomorrow (Repeat of 02/02/47)
08/02/49 #215 Planet Zevivs
08/09/49 #216 Brain Guy
08/16/49 #217 Murder Spins The Plot (Repeat of 04/30/44)
08/23/49 #218 Why Don't You Die?
08/30/49 #219 The Treasure Of Superstition Mountain
09/06/49 #220 Flight From Fear
09/13/49 #221 The Cat Died Twice (Repeat of 02/23/47)
09/20/49 #222 Destination Death (Repeat of 05/04/47)
09/27/49 #223 You Only Hang Once (Repeat of 04/06/47)
10/04/49 #224 The Knife
10/11/49 #225 The Last Survivor
10/18/49 #226 Nightmare House
10/25/49 #227 No One On The Line (Repeat of 09/01/46)
11/01/49 #228 The Witness
11/08/49 #229 Appointment With Death
11/15/49 #230 Mirror Of Count Cagliostro
11/22/49 #231 Mortal Clay
11/29/49 NO BROADCAST
12/06/49 #232 Why Don't You Stay Dead?
12/13/49 #233 The Man No One Knew
12/20/49 #234 Luck Of The Irish
12/27/49 #235 Death Comes At Night
01/03/50 #236 Golden Future
01/10/50 #237 Survival Of The Fittest
01/17/50 #238 Shadows In The Night
01/24/50 #239 A Dead Man's Story
01/31/50 #240 Extra! Extra!
02/07/50 #241 The Man Who Tried To Save Lincoln
02/14/50 #242 The Big Hand
02/21/50 #243 Double Sixes
02/28/50 #244 Journey Into The Unknown
03/07/50 #245 Death Rides The Wind
03/14/50 #246 The Big Brain
03/21/50 #247 Dark Underworld
03/28/50 #248 No Grave So Deep
04/04/50 #249 The Man From Singapore
04/11/50 #250 Operation Tomorrow (a.k.a. Flight From Tomorrow)
04/18/50 #251 Death At Fifty Fathoms (a.k.a. Death Comes To Adolph Hitler)
04/25/50 #252 I Died Last Night (Repeat of 06/08/47)
05/02/50 #253 S.O.S.
05/09/50 #254 The Big Drive
05/16/50 #255 Voices At Midnight
05/23/50 #256 The Lady In Red
05/30/50 #257 Beyond The Law
06/06/50 #258 Killer At Large (a.k.a. Murder Without Crime) (Repeat of 06/29/47)
06/13/50 #259 Death Has Two Faces
06/20/50 #260 Die She Must (Repeat of 05/18/47)
06/27/50 #261 Journey Through Time
07/04/50 #262 Five Miles Down (Repeat of 02/09/47)
07/11/50 #263 Ring Twice For Death
07/18/50 #264 Killer Come Home
07/25/50 #265 Gun For Hire
08/01/50 #266 Footsteps Behind You
08/08/50 #267 Blood Money (Repeat of 03/17/45)
08/15/50 #268 Vacation From Life (Repeat of 09/07/47)
08/22/50 #269 Nightmare (Repeat of 08/10/47)
08/29/50 #270 Murder Has A Price (Repeat of 08/31/48)
09/05/50 #271 Mind Over Murder (Repeat of 10/14/44)
09/12/50 #272 Tomorrow Is Forever
09/19/50 #273 Design For Death (Repeat of 05/11/47)
09/26/50 #274 Into The Unknown
10/03/50 #275 What's In It For Me?
10/10/50 #276 The Final Hour
10/17/50 #277 The Cat's Paw
10/24/50 #278 House Of Silence
10/31/50 #279 Their Cold Companion
11/07/50 NO BROADCAST
11/14/50 #280 The Big Money
11/21/50 #281 Escape To 2480 (Repeat of 12/30/47)
11/28/50 #282 Thirteen Steps To Death
12/05/50 #283 Two Lethal Ladies
12/12/50 #284 Present For Santa
12/19/50 #285 The Survivors
12/26/50 #286 Between Two World (Repeat of 12/22/46)
01/02/51 #287 Never Say Die
01/09/51 #288 Death Cancels All Debts (Repeat of 12/02/47)
01/16/51 #289 Diamond Fever
01/23/51 #290 Easy, Easy Money
01/30/51 #291 I'll Dance On Your Grave
02/06/51 #292 Death Is But A Dream
02/13/51 #293 Money In The Bank
02/20/51 #294 When Killers Meet (Repeat of 04/06/48)
02/27/51 #295 The Ivory Elephant (Repeat of 03/02/48)
03/06/51 #296 World Of Tomorrow
03/13/51 #297 The Knives Of Death
03/20/51 #298 A Coffin For Charley
03/27/51 #299 The Man Who Died Twice (Repeat of 02/24/48)
04/03/51 #300 X Marks The Spot
04/10/51 #301 Fifty Thousand, B.C.
04/17/51 #302 The Little Man Who Wasn't There (Repeat of 04/27/48)
04/24/51 #303 Chance Of A Lifetime
05/01/51 #304 The Planet Zevius (Repeat of 08/02/49)
05/08/51 NO BROADCAST
05/15/51 #305 Death In The Swamps
05/22/51 #306 Judgment Day
05/29/51 #307 Fatal Mistake
06/05/51 #308 The Unexpected
06/12/51 #309 Big Jackpot
06/19/51 #310 Another Man's Murder
06/26/51 #311 I Won't Walk Alone
07/03/51 #312 Restless Skeleton
07/10/51 #313 Death Writes A Letter
07/17/51 #314 They'll Never Believe Me (Repeat of 04/13/48)
07/24/51 #315 Visitors From Infinity
07/31/51 NO BROADCAST
08/07/51 #316 Terror By Night
08/14/51 #317 The Chase (Repeat of 07/20/48)
08/21/51 #318 When The Dead Return
08/28/51 #319 Fire In The Sky
09/04/51 #320 Death Has A Thousand Faces (Repeat of 09/21/48)
09/11/51 #321 Strange Destiny
09/18/51 #322 Some Only Sleep
09/25/51 #323 Four Fatal Callers
10/02/51 #324 What Happened Last Night?
10/09/51 #325 The Man Who Knew Everything
10/16/51 #326 Death Needs A Substitute
10/23/51 #327 This Is Murder Calling
10/30/51 #328 Miracle On 10th Avenue
11/06/51 #329 Behind The Locked Door (Repeat of 05/24/49)
11/13/51 #330 Speak Of The Devil
11/20/51 #331 The Most Famous Man In The World
11/27/51 #332 Murder Has A Price (Repeat of 08/31/48)
12/04/51 #333 Token Of Friendship
12/11/51 #334 Hideout
12/18/51 #335 Make Mine Murder
12/25/51 #336 Christmas Story
01/01/52 #337 Stamps From Eldorado
01/08/52 #338 It's Only Money
01/15/52 #339 Key Witness
01/22/52 #340 Change Of Address
01/29/52 #341 Stranger In The House (Repeat of 03/26/44)
02/05/52 #342 The Man Who Frightened Himself
02/12/52 #343 Death Plays The Tune
02/19/52 #344 Strange New World
02/26/52 #345 Appointment To Die
03/04/52 #346 The Betrayer
03/11/52 #347 Man Of Destiny
03/18/52 #348 The Black Door
03/25/52 #349 Two Of A Kind
04/01/52 #350 April Fool
04/08/52 #351 Money Isn't Everything
04/15/52 #352 Murder In Haste
04/22/52 #353 The Fourth Dimension
04/29/52 #354 Murder In 2952
05/06/52 #355 The Gun Fighter
05/13/52 #356 Death Rides The Storm
05/20/52 #357 In The Depths
05/27/52 #358 Wheels Of Murder
06/03/52 #359 The Haunted Trailer
06/10/52 NO BROADCAST
06/17/52 #360 The Green Death
06/24/52 #361 When Dead Men Speak
07/01/52 #362 Bird Of Prey
07/08/52 NO BROADCAST
07/15/52 #363 Sands Of Death
07/22/52 #364 Time Is Running Out
07/29/52 #365 The Big Fog
08/05/52 #366 Death Points A Finger
08/12/52 #367 Temporary Corpse
08/19/52 #368 Day Of Reckoning
08/26/52 #369 The Big One
09/02/52 #370 The Treasure Of Superstition Mountain (Repeat of 08/30/49)

(Final Broadcast)


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