Captain Bart Friday & Skip Turner

Captain Bart Friday
& Skip Turner
Created by Carlton E Morse

Adventures By Morse was a radio series that related the escapades of two San Francisco P.I.'s, CAPTAIN BART FRIDAY and SKIP TURNER Friday is no nonsense & stolid & was raised in the California, Turner has an eye for the ladies & a laconic Southern accent. They on occasion work for Military Intelligence & their cases take them across the globe. The stories are a mix of intrigue, adventure & mystery with a touch of horror thrown in.

Stories were in serial format, in 10-chapter installments, with 3-chapter divider. Adventures By Morse was another creation of old-time radio's mighty man Carlton E Morse, who was also responsible for I Love a Mystery and I Love Adventure.

RADIO

ADVENTURES BY MORSE
(1944-45)
Weekly
52 30-minute episodes
Created, written and directed by Carlton E Morse.

The City of the Dead
#1: The City of the Dead
#2: I've Dug Up Something Ghastly
#3: The Body That Walked Off
#4: Old Clawfoot Again
#5: The Skeleton Walks In
#6: The Ghoul in the Grave
#7: Captain Friday Vanishes
#8: The Kidnapping of Clawfoot
#9: Trail of the Phantom Church Bell
#10: Where the Pearls Are Hidden
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A Coffin For the Lady
#1: A Coffin For the Lady
#2: The Conversation in the Casket
#3: The Deepest Grave in the World
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The Cobra King Strikes Back
#1: The Cobra King Strikes Back
#2: Something About the Hooded Snake
#3: The Mad King of Angkor
#4: The Temple of the Gorillas
#5: The Living Image of Cambodia
#6: Terrors of Hollow Mountain
#7: The Face of a Beast
#8: It Was Not Cannibalism
#9: The Fangs & Teeth of the Enemy
#10: The Amazing End of an Expedition
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The Girl On Shipwreck Island
#1: The Girl On Shipwreck Island
#2: The Pirate Is a Fighting Man
#3: There Is More About Gracie Than Meets the Eye
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Dead Men Prowl
#1: Dead Men Prowl
#2: The Prowler At Work
#3: The Dead Do Work At Night
#4: Conversation With the Walking Dead
#5: The Walking Dead Captured
#6: Life History of the Prowlers
#7: Four Go To Join the Prowling Dead
#8: The Prowler With the Rope Around His Neck
#9: The Prowling Dead Walk Again
#10: The Prowling Dead Introduces Himself
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You'll Be Dead In A Week
#1: You'll Be Dead In A Week
#2: $200,000.00 To Lose
#3: (no title)
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The Land of the Living Dead
#1: The Land of the Living Dead
#2: (no title)
#3: The Green Eyed Murderers Again
#4: The Tree That Eats Flesh
#5: (no title)
#6: (no title)
#7: The Terror of the Sacred City
#8: (no title)
#9: (no title)
#10: (no title)
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It's Dismal To Die
#1: It's Dismal To Die
#2: (no title)
#3: Bad Medicine For the Doctor (last show in the series)

Contributed by Colin Clynes.

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