August 5: A bomb-laden B-29 Superfortress crashes into a residential area in California; 17 are killed, 68 injured.
August 6: Monarchist demonstrations lead to a riot in Brussels.
August 8: Florence Chadwick swims across the English Channel in 13 hours, 22 minutes. - Winston Churchill supports idea of a pan-European army allied with Canada and the U.S.
August 12: Korean War: Bloody Gulch massacre. - In his encyclical Humani Generis, Pope Pius XII declares evolution to be a serious hypothesis that did not contradict essential Catholic teachings.
August 15: 1950 Assam: Tibet earthquake: An earthquake in the Assam state of India kills 780 people and causes the Subansiri River to be dammed. Eight days later, the dam bursts, drowning another 536 people. The twin disasters leave 5,000,000 homeless.
August 17: Korean War: In the Hill 303 massacre, 39 U.S. soldiers are executed after being captured in battle by North Korea.
August 22: The Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary is founded in Tagbilaran City, Philippines.
August 23: Legendary singer-actor Paul Robeson, whose passport had recently been revoked because of his alleged Communist affiliations, meets with U.S. officials in an effort to get it reinstated. He is unsuccessful, and it is not reinstated until 1958. (source: Wikipedia)
Chandu the Magician 1950-08-02 8 - Clever Jeff Adams | |||||||||||||
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Richard Diamond, Private Detective 58 - The Fixed Fight Case | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Diamond's fight promoter-friend Frank Bowers gets Max Farmer knocked out ... very far out. In fact, he seems to have taken a dive. The next day, it's Frank's turn to take the dive ... right off a bridge! Dick Powell sings, "I'm Young and Healthy." |
The Lineup 5 - Two Young Girls Killed by Hit and Run Driver | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Two young girls have been killed by a hit-and-run driver. What did they have in common? |
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 60 - Blood River Matter | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Max Kolburne has been shot to death. Everybody liked Max, so who killed him? |
Philip Marlowe 95 - The Parrot's Bed | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Marlowe is paid $500 to find Lash Lauterback and walks into a bad situation, and a fabulous bed of black pearls. |
Dimension X 18 - Perigis Wonderful Dolls | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A doll maker sells a father an unusual doll which seems capable of responding to people, presumably by recording voices and replaying them in its own voice. Is it just a bit of technical wizardry, or is there something more to this doll than meets the eye? ... |
Escape 122 - Two Came Back | |||||||||||||
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The Lone Ranger 2738 - Broken Shoe Trail | |||||||||||||
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Tales of the Texas Rangers 5 - Quick Silver | |||||||||||||
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Description: | The story is based on the events of May 22, 1947. The Rangers track down the killer of a ranch family, starting with a clue in the hog feed! |
Cloak and Dagger 13 - Recommendation from Rommel | |||||||||||||
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Description: | spy for the O. S. S. in northern Italy has the misfortune to find himself in the train compartment of Field Marshal Rommel himself! |
Comic Weekly Man 172 - Very Hot, First Comic - Snookums | |||||||||||||
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Hopalong Cassidy 32 - Blood Money | |||||||||||||
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Jeff Regan, Investigator 68 - There's Nothing Like a Pork Chop When Supper Rolls Around | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A dictaphone tells too much and a leggy blonde tells too little. |
Rocky Jordan 92 - The Broken Wing | |||||||||||||
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Description: | There's a saying around Cairo that all a man needs for happiness is good food and good companions. ' Rocky adds 'sleep' to the requirements. Ben Abram interrupts Rocky's sleep to ask him to guard his treasure ... his daughter. |
The Saint 135 - The Corpse Said Ouch | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Frances Blake visits "The Saint" in the middle of the night. It seems she's dead! At least, there's a dead woman that closely resembles her who's wearing her coat. aka "Dead Girl's Diamonds". |
The Whistler 427 - Double Exposure | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A story about an architect who kills his wife, but then sees her face in a photograph. More murders must follow. |
Crime Does Not Pay 44 - Giddyup Horsey | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A jockey is blackmailed in order to fix a race. When that doesn't work, the jockey is murdered and the horse if framed! |
Let George Do It 204 - Sweet Are the Uses of Publicity | |||||||||||||
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Night Beat 27 - Old Blind Pop | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A blind street-fiddler swaps his violin for a gun in a story swiped from Damon Runyon. |
Chandu the Magician 1950-08-09 9 - The Dress Designer | |||||||||||||
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The Lone Ranger 2740 - The Spiked Gun | |||||||||||||
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Richard Diamond, Private Detective 59 - Edna Wolfe Case | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Edna Wolf hires Diamond to get the goods on her husband for a divorce. Diamond comes up with a frame for murder. Dick Powell sings, 'You Made Me Love You' after solving the case. |
Dr Kildare 29 - Buffalo Barnie McClure | |||||||||||||
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The Lineup 6 - Man Dies of Poisoning | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A man dies of poisoning right after an appearance in a line-up; the clues lead to a doctor's office. |
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 61 - Hartford Alliance Matter | |||||||||||||
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Description: | There's been a fire at the Hartford Alliance Loan Company; and it's definitely arson. The crying young arsonist refuses to talk. |
Philip Marlowe 96 - The Quiet Magpie | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Vincent Calloway is standing trial for the murder of his father, Coleman, which he did not commit. Marlowe is hired to prove his innocence. |
Dimension X 19 - The Castaways | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Just prior to an atom bomb test on an island, the natives have refused to be moved off the island, and instead, put a curse on the commander and then commit mass suicide. When the bomb test mysteriously fails, a secret of the natives is revealed. Alternative: ... |
Escape 123 - The Red Forest (Ben Wright) | |||||||||||||
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The Lone Ranger 2741 - Ranchers in Arms | |||||||||||||
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Tales of the Texas Rangers 6 - The Broken Spur | |||||||||||||
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Description: | The story is based on the events of June 5, 1948. A dead man found in a burned out house, a broken spur and a fat man with small feet! |
Cloak and Dagger 14 - The Roof of the World | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A husband and wife team of archeologists are asked by the O. S. S. to travel to Tibet and visit the Dalai Lama. The journey is complicated by Nazis on the same mission. |
Comic Weekly Man 173 - Man With Bread in His Mouth, First Comic - Snookums | |||||||||||||
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Hopalong Cassidy 33 - Disappearing Deputy | |||||||||||||
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Rocky Jordan 93 - City of Baksheesh | |||||||||||||
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Description: | One of Rocky's customer's is poisoned in the Cafe Tambourine. |
The Saint 136 - Reflection on Murder | |||||||||||||
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Description: | An actress gets into a cab with Simon Templar, right after a publisher is murdered. |
Crime Does Not Pay 45 - The Gangster Was a Lady | |||||||||||||
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Description: | The lady has guts and brains. She sells juke boxes, protection and brass knuckles when she encounters sales resistance. She murders the competition ... and his dog! The dog survives and is a witness against this very tough lady. |
Let George Do It 205 - The High Price of a Penny | |||||||||||||
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The Lone Ranger 2742 - The Smiling Caballero | |||||||||||||
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Night Beat 28 - Gunner's Last Fight | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Randy helps Gunner Evans, a prize fighter who's roughed up for refusing to take a dive. His wife is helping the crooks! |
Bobby Benson & The B Bar B Riders 1950-08-15 - Three Wise Monkeys | |||||||||||||
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Chandu the Magician 1950-08-16 10 - Black Market Hijackers | |||||||||||||
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The Lone Ranger 2743 - San Pedro Boss | |||||||||||||
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Richard Diamond, Private Detective 60 - The Carnival Case | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Richard and Helen visit a carnival and find murder on the midway. Was the killer the clown, the hula dancer or the strong man? Dick Powell sings, 'Sweet and Lovely' after solving the case. |
Dr Kildare 30 - Appendicitis Operation at Sea | |||||||||||||
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Description: | There's an emergency aboard a freighter during a storm at sea. One of the sailors has appendicitis and can't wait for an operation. |
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 62 - Mickey McQueen Matter | |||||||||||||
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Description: | An old friend of Johnny's calls to say that he needs help. Mickey's a Hartford cop who is found hanged the next day. |
Philip Marlowe 97 - The Dark Tunnel | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A beautiful girl and a disfiguring fire, and it only starts with a guy getting beat up in an alley. |
Dimension X 20 - The Martian Chronicals | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A compilation of several of Ray Bradbury's Martian Chronicles stories, weaved into a single story line. Includes abbreviated versions of 'There Will Come Soft Rains' and 'And the Moon Be Still As Bright'. Story by: Ray Bradbury |
Escape 124 - The Footprint | |||||||||||||
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The Lone Ranger 2744 - Traitor in the Fold | |||||||||||||
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Tales of the Texas Rangers 7 - Fool's Gold | |||||||||||||
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Description: | The story is based on the events of September, 1946. Producer/director Stacy Keach appears in one of the Wheaties commercials. A gold tooth is the clue needed to track down a botched bank robbery and a killing. |
Cloak and Dagger 15 - Norwegian Incident | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Two O. S. S. agents are sent into Norway with instructions to blow up a bridge. A Gestapo officer complicates the plans, but not for long. |
Comic Weekly Man 174 - Anxious about Flash Gordon, First Comic - Snookums | |||||||||||||
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Hopalong Cassidy 34 - Whistling Ghosts | |||||||||||||
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The Saint 137 - Dossier on a Damsel in Distress | |||||||||||||
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Description: | The Saint solves a theatrical and literary triple murder when a beautiful actress jumps into his taxi. |
The Whistler 429 - Finale | |||||||||||||
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Description: | An actress being blackmailed for her indiscretion of eight years ago, carries out a double murder to end her problems. |
Crime Does Not Pay 46 - Murder Makes Book | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Red Thompson and his two pals decide to go into the bookmaking business. |
Let George Do It 206 - The Treasure Of Millie's Wharf | |||||||||||||
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The Lone Ranger 2745 - Special Delivery | |||||||||||||
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Night Beat 29 - Doctor's Secret | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Sent to Joliet to cover an execution, Randy Stone meets Dr. Graham, an alcoholic who's more guilty than the convict about to be executed. |
2000 Plus 24 - The Flying Saucers | |||||||||||||
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Description: | An alien spacecraft appears over an Air Force base; in a dazzling display of military logic, the local general decides the wisest response is to shoot at it—igniting a series of rather unfortunate consequences. Story by: Pierre Gerson |
The Falcon 295 - Larcenous Lark | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A composer doesn't care much about business details. His manager does, and embezzles $5,000 just before the composer is murdered. |
Chandu the Magician 1950-08-23 11 - Coleman Alias Dr Bauer | |||||||||||||
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Harold Peary - Audition Show | |||||||||||||
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The Lone Ranger 2746 - Feud on the Range | |||||||||||||
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Richard Diamond, Private Detective 61 - The Evans Farmer Case | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Dr. Williams Evans offers Diamond $1200 to solve the mysterious death of George Farmer, but the doctor takes a dive from a high window shortly thereafter. aka The Insurance Matter |
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 63 - Trans-Pacific Import Export Company Matter | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Johnny travels to Hong Kong to investigate a suspicious fire in the company's South China Branch. The murder of a beautiful girl in Johnny's room complicates the case. |
Philip Marlowe 98 - The Collector's Item | |||||||||||||
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Description: | An 1864 Confederate half dollar is the only clue to the murder of Leon Reati. No wonder, the coin is worth $37,000! |
Dimension X 21 - The Parade | |||||||||||||
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Description: | An ad agency is hired by a man insisting he is from Mars to promote an upcoming parade marking the arrival of Martians on Earth. Of course, he must be lying, or simply crazy. This episode may have been later rebroadcast on X Minus One. Also, a version appeared ... |
Escape 125 - Crossing Paris | |||||||||||||
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Tales of the Texas Rangers 8 - The Open Range | |||||||||||||
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Description: | The story is based on the events of August 4, 1948. Modern-day cattle rustlers murder a rancher who catches them in the act. The writer of the show (Joel Murcott) appears in a Wheaties commercial and urges listeners to buy the cereal, "just to show us you like ... |
Cloak and Dagger 16 - The Black Radio | |||||||||||||
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Description: | An O. S. S. operative parachutes behind the enemy lines to rendezvous with 'Lucille' and set up a 'black radio. ' When the Gestapo closes in, the plan is saved by a 'Hedy Lamarr. ' |
Comic Weekly Man 175 - Riddle about Chimney, First Comic - Snookums | |||||||||||||
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Hopalong Cassidy 35 - An Old Spanish Custom | |||||||||||||
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Jeff Regan, Investigator 70 - Gentlemen Prefer Horses | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Boots Crenshaw is a former jockey that needs help ... $100 worth of help. Boots sells tips on the horses that are guaranteed to win. |
Rocky Jordan 95 - Dr Markoff's Discovery | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Paulette Martin has disappeared, leaving behind two X-Ray plates of the recently deceased Dr. Markov. |
The Saint 138 - Cupid and the Corpse | |||||||||||||
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Description: | "Tony The Bookmaker" has been shot and murdered. Gangster Duke Raymond is trying to take over the Streater warehouses. The Saint gets wet on his way to, "The Black Deuce". |
The Whistler 430 - Undercurrent | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Mayhem on the high seas. A man is murdered, but there's another to take his place. |
Crime Does Not Pay 47 - Father's Boy | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A boy is forced to grow up in a bad neighborhood. He finds himself driving a getaway car and getting into deeper trouble. The story is told in flashback. |
Let George Do It 207 - High Card | |||||||||||||
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The Lone Ranger 2748 - Homer with Two Guns | |||||||||||||
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Candy Matson 60 - The Movie Company | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Candy finds a real body hanging among the props on a movie set. |
2000 Plus 25 - The Robot Killer | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A suburban couple win a robotic house servant in a contest; sounds ideal, except that wifey is mentally unstable, with a taste for homicide. |
The Falcon 296 - Disappearing Doll | |||||||||||||
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Description: | After three guys rob an $80,000 payroll, they're double-crossed by their moll. One of the robbers hires "The Falcon" to find Janet Halsey (and the money). |
Chandu the Magician 1950-08-30 12 - Naval Drug Fraud | |||||||||||||
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The Lone Ranger 2749 - The Marriage of Ma Hank | |||||||||||||
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Richard Diamond, Private Detective 62 - The Big Foot Grafton Case | |||||||||||||
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Description: | The body of "Big Foot Grafton" has been fished out of the river, while the second baseman of the "Ducklings" ladies' softball team turns up missing. Dick Powell sings, "I Hadn't Anyone "Til You," after solving the case. |
Suspense 392 - True Report | |||||||||||||
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Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 64 - Virginia Beach Matter | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Johnny is hired to protect a beautiful woman from her husband, who is getting out of prison. The husband turns out to be a homicidal maniac. |