Season 1 (1959)
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Episodes 39
The Taste of Ashes
A New Orleans private eye searches for the killers of his partner and turns to a local police officer for help bringing the murderers to justice.
Read MoreThe Mourning Cloak
Rex and Melody Lee go to the decrepit Cavanagh plantation to investigate ghostly appearances that are driving a woman insane.
Read MoreTorch Song for Trumpet
Cal takes on a murder case to prove a hot-tempered ex-con didn't beat his boss to death with a trumpet.
Read MoreWoman in the River
Rex and Cal investigate a disappearance in a wealthy New Orleans family.
Read MoreGirl in Trouble
Cal sets out to prove a friend is innocent of murder and investigates a gangland killing.
Read MoreThe Tiger Moth
The investigators look into the apparent suicide of a jazz musician.
Read MoreSecret of Hyacinth Bayou
Cal becomes entangled in a blackmail/murder plot when he is savagely beaten and framed for murder by an old swamp-dweller hiding a secret.
Read MoreInvitation to a Murder
Rex is invited to witness a murder by an enigmatic killer who switches victims and leaves the detectives trying to sort out a houseful of straying wives, night club operators, newsmen, and other New Orleans characters, each with a motive for the murder.
Read MoreMrs. Viner Vanishes
Hired to find a missing wife, Cal soon becomes caught up in a deadly game of hide-and-seek.
Read MoreLight Touch of Terror
Kenny is convinced that a notorius New Orleans killer, the Axeman, has returned when a similar killing occurs.
Read MoreThe Golden Beetle
A missing man, a stolen talisman and some vanished letters are all connected as the detectives search for answers and find pirate treasure.
Read MoreThe Black Magnolia
Cal uncovers a family's skeletons when he searches for a missing fortune and a secret killer.
Read MorePortrait of Lenore
Rex searches for a stolen painting, becoming involved in a missing persons case and a murder.
Read MoreKill with Kindness
Cal poses as a handyman at a mansion to discover who's trying to poison a humanitarian.
Read MoreInside Man
Rex goes undercover in a prison gang and joins a prison break.
Read MoreFind My Face
Rex and Cal try to identify an accident victim, who refuses to accept his wife and doctor's assurances that he's a wealthy executive and instead claims to be someone else entirely.
Read MoreKnock on Any Tombstone
Rex tangles with voodoo when he searches for the person using the New Orleans religion against a client's father.
Read MoreKey to the City
Cal and Kenny search for killers aboard a riverboat bound for New Orleans.
Read MoreThe 10% Blues
Cal and Rex go up against imported killers to find the elusive power behind a talent agency using gangster tactics to get clients.
Read MoreMelody in Diamonds
Melody is targeted by a con artist when she borrows a valuable necklace for Mardi Gras.
Read MoreThe House of Ledezan
Rex is hired to prove an heiress innocent of her father's murder.
Read MoreTarget of Hate
An assassin uses Rex and Cal's office to set up a political killing. Trapped, the detectives try to goad the killer into a confession that could turn his crony against him.
Read MoreThe Missing Queen
Cal searches for a missing beauty contestant.
Read MoreNeon Nightmare
Cal is hired to break up a political gang with a stranglehold on a small town, but must end his partnership with Rex to avoid suspicion.
Read MoreWall of Silence
Investigating a client's suspicious suicide leads Rex to a strange island under the sway of a mysterious blackmailer.
Read MoreTwice Betrayed
Set up by a crooked cop, Cal loses his investigator's license.
Read MoreSwamp Fire
Cal and Rex are hired by an oil company to find the truth behind eerie swamp fire images that are driving Cajun workmen to quit en masse.
Read MoreSix Hours to Midnight
Cal has six hours to uncover evidence that a condemned man is innocent of murder.
Read MoreDeadly Persuasion
Cal is hired to help investigate a boys' reformatory and is taken hostage by three desperate youths during an uprising.
Read MoreSuitable for Framing
A beautiful woman hires Rex when she suspects her husband of trying to kill her, but when he goes to check out her mansion he finds himself at the wrong end of a murder investigation.
Read MoreFalse Identity
Cal is hired to find a missing husband and uncovers a strange murder plot.
Read MoreGreen Hell
Rex gets caught between two power-mongering revolutionaries when a tropical nation hires him to recover vital information.
Read MoreFerry to Algiers
Rex and Cal go off on a fishing trip, leaving Kenny Madison in charge of the office. Kenny's first assignment is to guard an elderly shopkeeper.
Read MoreWagon Show
A circus owner hires Cal to recover an escaped chimp, but while he's searching for the beast he uncovers a tense love triangle that leads to murder.
Read MoreInterrupted Wedding
Rex helps a lovely young private eye investigate a bomb discovered at a society wedding and ends up in the clutches of a pair of siblings intent on avenging their parents' long-ago deaths at the hands of a trucking magnate.
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