Episode list

Homicide

Skeleton Key

Mon, Feb 05, 1973
A skeleton found in a lonely grave provides the Homicide team with a puzzling case. The only clues are literally "a rag, a bone and a hank of hair".
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The Herring

Mon, Feb 12, 1973
When a suburban housewife is shot, the evidence points to her husband. Then the Homicide team find too much evidence.
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Fool's Gold

Mon, Feb 19, 1973
A bookmaker returning home from the trots is shot dead. First indications are that the murder motive was robbery.
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Nightmare

Mon, Feb 26, 1973
Misfortune strikes the Carter family, and neurotic mother Valerie Carter is suspected of having beaten her daughter Jeanie to death because of a nightmare in witch she sees spiders crawling all over the girl.
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Black Sheep

Mon, Mar 05, 1973
It is said there is a black sheep in every family. Detectives uncover an interesting family situation when there is a murder in the building business.
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Born Loser

Mon, Mar 12, 1973
A compulsive gambler is murdered and robbed in a secluded factory area. Detectives interview the victim's estranged wife and son, his employees and a bookmaker.
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A Good Investment
The attractive wife of a business executive is reported missing, and her body is discovered some time later. An abandoned car provides vital clues.
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Shotgun Wedding
Homicide detectives investigate a murder that leads to a dramatic abduction and a shotgun wedding by the killer.
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Only a Matter of Time
Two schoolboys studying the stars with a telescope in a park on a dark night become part of one of the Homicide squad's most baffling cases.
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The Pursuit

Mon, Apr 30, 1973
A young man runs in panic when his girlfriend's father is murdered, and few people believe he is innocent of the crime.
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Yes, That's Sandra
On a deserted beach, an elderly couple discover the body of Mrs. Sandra Martin. This makes for a great deal of work for the Homicide squad, and Sen. Det. Barnes in particular, when they discover that Sandra had many lovers.
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We'll Both Remember Angie
A letter bomb is put into Joe Maloney's letter box to kill him, but Det. Sgt. Bob Delaney picks up the bomb and takes it and Maloney's 6 year old daughter inside the house. The bomb explodes killing them both.
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Initiation

Mon, May 28, 1973
A well planned bank robbery linked with a double murder in a country farm house provides a gruelling initiation into the Homicide squad for Sen. Det. Phil Redford.
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Suddenly They've All Stopped Talking
When a feud ends in murder, Homicide detectives are confronted by a wall of silence. They have an unexpected encounter with a determined woman reporter, Hilda Schultz, who wants to be a professional reporter but lacks the talent.
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The Last Way Out
Two prison escapees kill a guard and police are involved in a desperate race to apprehend them before they can kill again.
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A Mother's Love
When small time criminal Johnny Doyle is stabbed to death, his 'big time' brother Bert takes the law into his own hands. Detectives race against time to save the lives of a mother and her teenage daughter.
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The Other Man

Mon, Jul 09, 1973
Derek Johnston, a sawmill owner, bullies his family and causes his teenage children to rebel. When the body of their mother is discovered, it appears at first to be a case of suicide, but a very unusual piece of evidence points to murder.
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Assassin

Mon, Jul 16, 1973
Mackay is promoted to Inspector and preparing for a transfer to Ballarat when a threat is made against his life. Carl Warren Lee, who made the threat, is a psychopath who lies in wait with a rifle, but shoots dead Fox by mistake.
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The Kooranda Killing
Insp. Lawson is recalled from London to head the Homicide squad. Barnes is promoted to Det. Sgt. and Sen. Det. Pat Kelly joins the squad. The first case for the new team is a killing in a small country town that reveals an unusual motive.
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The Friendly Fellow
The moving story of retired safe cracker Buddy Rand, who, although having gone straight, finds himself breaking the law to help a mate.
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April Fool

Mon, Aug 06, 1973
When an early morning payroll robbery leads to murder, detectives find they have a difficult job on their hands. A window cleaner casts new light on the case by giving police a valuable lead which changes the theme of their investigations.
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Squealer

Mon, Aug 13, 1973
Both the Homicide detectives and some criminals want a man to tell what he knows about a $100,000 opal robbery.
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Flight 484

Mon, Aug 20, 1973
The shooting of a man at Spencer Street railway station seems a simple case, but becomes more involved as inquiries continue, and leads to a powerful man who takes a carefully calculated risk - and loses everything.
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Matchmaker

Mon, Aug 27, 1973
Following the discovery of a body in a lake, detectives investigate a computerised dating service. Policewoman Helen Murray risks her life by acting as a decoy.
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Thommo

Mon, Sep 03, 1973
Four ex-national servicemen meet for a birthday reunion which ends in disaster when unpleasant memories of an incident in Vietnam are rekindled.
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To Tell You the Truth
An irresponsible young man, Vincent Mason, is an only child of wealthy parents. Mason has a charm all of his own, but he is also a fanciful liar and his many and varied stories cause a lot of trouble for the Homicide detectives.
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They Frighten Even Me
A burglar discovers a dead body in a house, and investigations lead to a bizarre couple and the solution to several unsolved murders.
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Follow the Leader
A drug company truck driver is murdered on a lonely stretch of road. More lives are at stake as the police follow a trail of double-crosses which lead to a boat, the head of an organised hijack gang, a major drug runner and a cache of stolen drugs, culminating in one double-cross that surprises even the Homicide squad.
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Patterns and Stripes Don't Mix
June Higgins nags her husband and lover to distraction, and is run down. A witness describes the driver with strange results. The case is a trial for Det. Kelly, who is involved in a long chase, car crash and reprimand from Insp. Lawson.
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One Too Many

Mon, Oct 08, 1973
A 21st birthday party with a tragic ending has a profound effect on a number of people - including Det. Sgt Barnes, who resigns after "cracking" under pressure.
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El Dorado

Mon, Oct 15, 1973
New member of the Homicide squad, Det. Sgt. Harry White, has his hands full when two young boys abscond from an orphanage and set off to seek their fortune.
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The Jackson File
George Jackson has just served 15 years for murder, a crime he always claimed he did not commit. Unexpected parole for him means much more than adjusting to the outside world - he is determined to prove his innocence regardless of the cost, which spells trouble for his family, friends and the Homicide squad.
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Mad Dog Kelly

Mon, Oct 29, 1973
An incident in the cells of the city watch-house leads to an inquiry which threatens the career of Sen. Det. Kelly.
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Noriega: God's Favorite

Noriega: God's Favorite

The story of Panamanian general Manuel Antonio 'Tony' Noriega, whose meteoric career, from utter poverty, as a soldier and CIA informant who also served as source to various other powers and even the Colombian drug mafia he claims to fight valiantly to please CIA director and later U.S. president Bush Sr., starts when he confesses to a priest, reminiscing how he has experienced such luck that he believes himself to be God's favorite- each time he takes more risks people tell him he went too far, but always seems to get away with it. In his marriage, he is constantly unfaithful to Felicidad 'Fela', notably with his mistress Vicky Amador. After public opinion, domestic and U.S., was scandalize by the brutal torture, rape and decapitation of generally respected Dr. Hugo Spadafora, he sees to it that the blame goes to President Nicky Barletta, only one year in office. When he feels forced to destroy a drug lab of the Medellin cartel he accepted payment from, even Fidel Castro tells him a Latino in power can offend anyone, even Washington to a point, but never the grimly serious Colombians. Next Noriega wants his military adviser Colonel Roberto Diaz-Herrera as the next stooge, but refuses him the ambassadorship in Japan -promised to a cousin of his mistress who teaches judo- so Roberto starts his own sect and talks about their sale of visas and favors to the Colombian drug lords. It gets worse when US Colonel Oliver North tells him Irangate has pulled the plug on the whole Nicaraguan Contra-program, and a Florida prosecutor is pressing charges against Noriega for his part in the drugs trades. After Noriega ordered Major Moises Giroldi to forge the presidential elections by force under the eyes of observer Jimmy Carter, and once in office plays the nationalist card to get the people behind him against Washington, Giroldi offers his services to the Yankee gringos, and mounts a military coup, but allows Noriega to gain time till the loyal Mountain Division turns up, and surrenders because the coup leaders's families are taken hostage by Noriega's police chief, only to be tortured and sodomized themselves. Finally Bush orders a U.S. military invasion: military resistance is impossible, so Noriega seeks sanctuary at the papal nunciature...

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