“If you like the stealth of intrigue, come with me.

“If you like blood and thunder, come with me.”

Adventures by Morse was an action & adventure series produced, written and directed by Carlton E. Morse, who created the eponymous series after NBC canceled his popular series I Love a Mystery.

The 30-minute series aired 1944 to 1945, and told the adventures of Captain Bart Friday, San Francisco private investigator, and his able-bodied, Southern sidekick, Skip Turner.

Friday and Turner travel across the world solving crimes and mysteries, and occasionally freelancing for U.S. intelligence services. Their adventures touch upon the paranormal, horror, intrigue, espionage, abductions, murder, and outwitting Nazis.

Captain Friday was played on various shows by Elliott Lewis (Jack Benny Show, The Phil Harris and Alice Faye Show, The Voyage of the Scarlet Queen), David Ellis (Road of Life, Suspense, Escape) and Russell Thorson (I Love A Mystery, One Man’s Family, The Detectives). Jack Edwards (Escape) played Texan Skip Turner.

Adventures by Morse Series’ Log

44/01/08 1 The City of the Dead 1 (The Adventure Begins)
44/01/15 2 The City of the Dead 2 (I’ve Dug Up Something Ghastly)
44/01/22 3 The City of the Dead 3 (The Body That Walked Off)
44/01/29 4 The City of the Dead 4 (Old Clawfoot Again)
44/02/05 5 The City of the Dead 5 (The Skeleton Walks In)
44/02/12 6 The City of the Dead 6 (The Ghoul in the Grave)
44/02/19 7 The City of the Dead 7 (Captain Friday Vanishes)
44/02/26 8 The City of the Dead 8 (The Kidnapping of Clawfoot)
44/03/04 9 The City of the Dead 9 (Trail of the Phantom Church Bell)
44/03/11 10 The City of the Dead 10 (Where the Pearls Were Hidden)
44/03/18 11 A Coffin for the Lady 1 (The Adventure Begins)
44/03/25 12 A Coffin for the Lady 2 (Conversation in the Casket)
44/04/01 13 A Coffin for the Lady 3 (Deepest Grave in the World)
44/04/08 14 Cobra King Strikes Back 1 (The Adventure Begins)
44/04/15 15 Cobra King Strikes Back 2 (The Adventure Continues)
44/04/22 16 Cobra King Strikes Back 3 (The Mad King of Ankar)
44/04/29 17 Cobra King Strikes Back 4 (Temple of the Gorillas)
44/05/06 18 Cobra King Strikes Back 5 (The Living Image of Cambodia)
44/05/13 19 Cobra King Strikes Back 6 (Terrors Of The Hollow Mountain)
44/05/20 20 Cobra King Strikes Back 7 (The Face of the Beast)
44/05/27 21 Cobra King Strikes Back 8 (It Was Not Cannibalism)
44/06/03 22 Cobra King Strikes Back 9 (Fangs and Teeth of the Enemy)
44/06/10 23 Cobra King Strikes Back 10 (Amazing End of an Expedition)
44/06/17 24 Girl on Shipwreck Island 1 (The Adventure Begins)
44/06/24 25 Girl on Shipwreck Island 2 (The Pirate Is a Fighting Man)
44/07/01 26 Girl on Shipwreck Island 3 (More About Gracie Than Meets the Eye)
44/07/08 27 Dead Men Prowl 1 (The Adventure Begins)
44/07/15 28 Dead Men Prowl 2 (The Prowler at Work)
44/07/22 29 Dead Men Prowl 3 (The Dead Do Walk at Night)
44/07/29 30 Dead Men Prowl 4 (Conversation with the Walking Dead)
44/08/05 31 Dead Men Prowl 5 (The Walking Dead Captured)
44/08/12 32 Dead Men Prowl 6 (Life History of Prowlers)
44/08/19 33 Dead Men Prowl 7 (Four Go to Join the Prowling Dead)
44/08/26 34 Dead Men Prowl 8 (Prowler with the Rope Around His Neck)
44/09/02 35 Dead Men Prowl 9 (Prowling Dead Walk Again)
44/09/09 36 Dead Men Prowl 10 (The Prowling Dead Introduces Himself)
44/09/16 37 You’ll Be Dead in a Week 1 (The Adventure Begins)
44/09/23 38 You’ll Be Dead in a Week 2 (Twenty Thousand Dollars to Lose)
44/09/30 39 You’ll Be Dead in a Week 3 (The Conclusion)
44/10/07 40 Land of the Living Dead 1 (The Adventure Begins)
44/10/14 41 Land of the Living Dead 2 (The Adventure Continues)
44/10/21 42 Land of the Living Dead 3 (The Green-Eyed Murderess Again)
44/10/28 43 Land of the Living Dead 4 (The Tree That Eats Flesh)
44/11/04 44 Land of the Living Dead 5 (The Adventure Continues)
44/11/11 45 Land of the Living Dead 6 (The Adventure Continues)
44/11/18 46 Land of the Living Dead 7 (The Adventure Continues)
44/11/25 47 Land of the Living Dead 8 (The Adventure Continues)
44/12/02 48 Land of the Living Dead 9 (The Adventure Continues)
44/12/09 49 Land of the Living Dead 10 (The Conclusion)
44/12/16 50 It’s Dismal to Die 1 (The Adventure Begins)
44/12/23 51 It’s Dismal to Die 2 (The Adventure Continues)
44/12/30 52 It’s Dismal to Die 3 (Bad Medicine for the Doctor)