Season 1

1956–1957

Oct 3, 1956 · 25m

A mild-mannered newspaper proofreader saves his publisher from a disastrous libel suit when he finds a misplaced comma; the grateful publisher rewards Hiram with an around-the-world tour.

E2. Lapidary Wheel

Oct 10, 1956 · 25m

On the first leg of their around-the-world tour Hiram and Ainslie make landfall in England prior to traveling to Scotland; on a train the two men become involved with a murder, a stolen gem and a poisonous snake.

E3. False Monarch

Oct 17, 1956 · 25m

During his visit to Scotland, Hiram is convinced to impersonate the King of Rovaki, who looks exactly like the American tourist; Hiram discovers the reason for the identity change after someone attempts to kill him.

E4. The Hollow Umbrella

Oct 24, 1956 · 25m

After finding a message in the hollow handle of his umbrella, Hiram finds himself chased by foreign spies and the Paris police; Hiram performs in a circus as a trapeze artist and an exotic dancer to throw his pursuers off his trail.

E5. The Sea Cucumber

Oct 31, 1956 · 25m

Foreign agents are convinced that Hiram's search for an underwater plant is a cover for espionage. Sebastian Cabot.

E6. Gibraltar Road

Nov 7, 1956 · 25m

Hiram's efforts to study the wildlife on the Rock of Gibraltar are interrupted by Romani, Scotland Yard and the British army.

E7. Monaco Hermit Crab

Nov 14, 1956 · 25m

While visiting Monte Carlo, Hiram uses his surefire system to win a yacht in a roulette game, which leads to the discovery of a plot to flood the United States with counterfeit currency.

E8. Hawaiian Hamzah

Nov 21, 1956 · 25m

Hiram uncovers foreign agents' plan to freeze the Pacific fleet in Pearl Harbor with their diabolical weapon.

E9. Swiss Titmouse

Nov 28, 1956 · 25m

Hiram's efforts to record the mating call of the elusive Swiss titmouse are put on hold when he discovers a young king's life is in danger.

E10. Wrong Rembrandt

Dec 5, 1956 · 25m

Hiram's skill as a painter gets him in trouble when his copies of the old masters are mistaken for the real paintings which have been stolen from the Louvre.

E11. Dancing Mouse

Dec 12, 1956 · 25m

Hiram visits a carnival in Genoa, Italy, to take a picture of a rare type of mouse; unfortunately, his photograph captures a pair of camera-shy revolutionaries that are on the lam from the French authorities. Tor Johnson.

E12. Christmas Fruchtbrod Day

Dec 19, 1956 · 25m

Hiram's plans to spend a quiet Christmas in Vienna are disrupted when King Peter is kidnapped.

E13. Romantic Pigeon

Dec 26, 1956 · 25m

Hiram learns that spies have kidnapped a scientist's daughter to wrest atomic secrets from the old man.

E14. Sturmzig Cunieform

Jan 2, 1957 · 25m

Holliday is in Sturmzig, a strategically important nation in which a new king is to be chosen. Holliday thwarts the nefarious schemes of the evil Baron; but is inadvertantly chosen king. After he defeats the Baron and his henchman, he abdicates.

E15. Moroccan Hawk Moth

Jan 9, 1957 · 25m

While searching for a new species of moth in the Moroccan desert, Hiram uncovers a plot to assassinate four world

E16. Unkissed Bride

Jan 16, 1957 · 25m

Hiram gets in trouble when he innocently agrees to enter into a phony marriage and carry stolen gems across the U.S. border.

E17. Shipwrecked Ancestor

Jan 30, 1957 · 25m

While searching for evidence of one of his ancestors, Hiram is shipwrecked on the African coast; Hiram meets an evil Berber sheik and a lot of men who look remarkably like the globetrotting proofreader.

E18. Ersatz Joel

Feb 13, 1957 · 25m

As part of a plot to earn Hiram's trust, a foreign spy undergoes plastic surgery to look like his friend Joel.

E19. Hiram's Holiday

Feb 20, 1957 · 25m

Hiram becomes involved in Scotland Yard's investigation into the theft of engraving plates used to print the British pound notes.

E20. Misguided Missile

Feb 27, 1957 · 25m

Hiram switches identities with a French scientist in an attempt to keep the secret of the first Earth satellite from foreign agents.

E21. The Surplus General

Dec 11, 1959 · 25m

Hiram dons a disguise to rescue a Balkan King from captivity.

E22. Amontillado

25m

E23. The Invisible Man

25m