Hands of Mystery

Seasons

1949

5.2

Hands of Murder (also known as Hands of Mystery and Hands of Destiny) was an American mystery/anthology series that aired on the DuMont Television Network.; seen on Friday nights.

Episode List

S1 • E1

Hands of Murder

S1 • E1

Episode #1.1

S1 • E2

The Richest Man in the Cemetery

S1 • E3

Secret Life of a Killer

S1 • E4

Memo to a Killer

S1 • E5

Street Gang

S1 • E6

Murder Market

S1 • E7

The Man Who Killed Hitler

A World War II refugee runs into a man on the street who looks like Adolph Hitler.

S1 • E8

Jealous Murder

S1 • E9

The Man Who Licked the City

S1 • E10

Stranger with a Knife

S1 • E11

A Time to Die

S1 • E12

A Room Full of Water

S1 • E13

The Man Who Refused to Die

S1 • E14

One of Us Must Die

S1 • E15

The Fetish

S1 • E16

Stool Pigeon

S1 • E17

The Man Who Killed Hitler

S1 • E18

The Valley of Shadows

S1 • E19

Episode #1.19

S1 • E20

Death of a Stranger

S1 • E21

The Man in the Mirror

A former French Marquis sees the face of a dead compatriot reflected in every mirror, and hears the dead man's voice accusing him of betrayal and vowing vengeance.

S1 • E22

Professional Gunman

S1 • E23

Woman Crazy

A spurious talent scout and an idealistic young actress are the principal characters in this killer thriller.

S1 • E24

The Giant Cat

S1 • E25

The Hiroshima Ghost

The tale of an American educated Japanese who is killed in the famed bombing and comes back as a ghost to contact a scientist and discuss the effects of the blast.

S1 • E26

The Human Motive

The story of an unmotivated crime wherein a man is murdered by another whom he has never seen.

S1 • E27

The Sleepwalker

An unhappy woman walks in her sleep while haunted by the imagined cries of a baby that exists only in her tortured mind.

S1 • E28

Of Crime and Loyalty

A falsely imprisoned young garage mechanic is ultimately vindicated.

S1 • E29

The Man Who Was Bored to Death

S1 • E30

The Invisible Dancer

S1 • E31

The Flying Saucers

A professor is contacted thru telepathy by aliens traveling in space crafts made of light. Unfortunately everyone believes the professor has lost his mind.

S1 • E32

Flirting with Fate

A cop masquerades as a criminal to trap a vicious gang and is nearly caught himself.

S1 • E33

Cop Hater

A teenage boy gets involved with petty racketeers through the lure of quick and easy money and finds himself wrapped up in a murder.

S1 • E34

Displaced Person

S1 • E35

Purpose of Hate

Story of an eccentric genius who causes the death of one person, attempts stealing the affection of his best friend's wife, and is finally trapped by a detective.

S1 • E36

Speak No Evil

When a young girl is falsely accused of murder, the neighbors hold their own mental trial and find her guilty, making her life miserable in the process.

S1 • E37

Murder by Adoption

A young mother, in a moment of panic and insecurity, releases her child to an illegal adoption agency; then, on realizing her folly, tries to reclaim the youth.