Season 10

1973

Feb 6, 1973 · 60m

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".

E2. The Herring

Feb 13, 1973 · 60m

When a suburban housewife is shot, the evidence points to her husband. Then the Homicide team find too much evidence.

E3. Fool's Gold

Feb 20, 1973 · 60m

A bookmaker returning home from the trots is shot dead. First indications are that the murder motive was robbery.

E4. Nightmare

Feb 27, 1973 · 60m

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.

E5. Black Sheep

Mar 6, 1973 · 60m

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.

E6. Born Loser

Mar 13, 1973 · 60m

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.

E7. A Good Investment

Mar 20, 1973 · 60m

The attractive wife of a business executive is reported missing, and her body is discovered some time later. An abandoned car provides vital clues.

E8. They Clear Them Every Thursday

Mar 27, 1973 · 60m

A retired elderly gentleman, who likes a game of chess, returns home one night to find his wife brutally murdered.

E9. Shotgun Wedding

Apr 3, 1973 · 60m

Homicide detectives investigate a murder that leads to a dramatic abduction and a shotgun wedding by the killer.

E10. Only a Matter of Time

Apr 10, 1973 · 60m

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.

E11. The Pursuit

May 1, 1973 · 60m

A young man runs in panic when his girlfriend's father is murdered, and few people believe he is innocent of the crime.

E12. I Killed Amanda Clarke

Aug 28, 1973 · 60m

When a young waitress is found dead in her flat, the Homicide detectives face a most unusual case.

E13. Yes, That's Sandra

May 15, 1973 · 60m

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.

E14. We'll Both Remember Angie

May 22, 1973 · 60m

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.

E15. Initiation

May 29, 1973 · 60m

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.

E16. Mother Superior

Jun 5, 1973 · 60m

The discovery of a body leads to a reunion for Inspector Fox.

E17. Suddenly They've All Stopped Talking

Jun 12, 1973 · 60m

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.

E18. The Last Way Out

Jun 19, 1973 · 60m

Two prison escapees kill a guard and police are involved in a desperate race to apprehend them before they can kill again.

E19. Leopold Alexander Hamilton, Esquire

Jun 26, 1973 · 60m

The death of an heiress begins a case with startling developments.

E20. A Mother's Love

Jul 3, 1973 · 60m

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.

E21. The Other Man

Jul 10, 1973 · 60m

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.

E22. Assassin

Jul 17, 1973 · 60m

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.

E23. The Kooranda Killing

Jul 24, 1973 · 60m

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.

E24. The Friendly Fellow

Jul 31, 1973 · 60m

The moving story of retired safe cracker Buddy Rand, who, although having gone straight, finds himself breaking the law to help a mate.

E25. April Fool

Aug 7, 1973 · 60m

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.

E26. Squealer

Aug 14, 1973 · 60m

Both the Homicide detectives and some criminals want a man to tell what he knows about a $100,000 opal robbery.

E27. Flight 484

Aug 21, 1973 · 60m

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.

E28. Matchmaker

Aug 28, 1973 · 60m

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.

E29. Thommo

Sep 4, 1973 · 60m

Four ex-national servicemen meet for a birthday reunion which ends in disaster when unpleasant memories of an incident in Vietnam are rekindled.

E30. To Tell You the Truth

Sep 11, 1973 · 60m

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.