Prosecutor: Doug Selby |
Adversary: A.B. Carr
A dead man in a Madison City hotel room looks like a suicide until newly elected D.A. Doug Selby and Sheriff Rex Brandon discover a counterfeit passport and traces of rare poison. Sleazy defense lawyer A.B. Carr arrives to represent the prime suspect.
Forensic Clue: Selby proves the suicide note was typed on an electric typewriter with a distinct ribbon shift mechanism.
Prosecutor: Doug Selby |
Adversary: A.B. Carr
An automobile accident on a lonely country road leaves an unidentified hitchhiker dead. The victim carried thousands of dollars in cash sewn into his coat, leading Doug into county political corruption.
Forensic Clue: Selby matches highway skid marks and headlight bulb filament fractures to prove the hit-and-run was premeditated murder.
Prosecutor: Doug Selby |
Adversary: A.B. Carr
A body riddled with bullet holes is found dumped in an orange grove outside Madison City. A mysterious man with a deformed finger becomes the focal point of a tangled inheritance scheme.
Forensic Clue: Doug reconstructs the ballistic angles using orange grove irrigation ditches and surveyor stakes.
Prosecutor: Doug Selby |
Adversary: A.B. Carr
A tramp found dead on the railroad tracks was not killed by the freight train; his skull was fractured hours before being placed on the rails. Doug takes the case to a sensational jury trial against A.B. Carr.
Forensic Clue: Selby demonstrates train locomotive cowcatcher impact dynamics and blood coagulation timing in front of the jury.
Prosecutor: Doug Selby |
Adversary: A.B. Carr
An abandoned newborn baby in a local hospital and an elderly woman killed in a traffic collision draw Selby into a high-stakes estate fraud and fraudulent adoption syndicate.
Forensic Clue: Selby traces hospital nursery foot-printing ink and birth certificate watermarks.
Prosecutor: Doug Selby |
Adversary: A.B. Carr
A car wreck involving an apparently intoxicated driver turns out to conceal a man who was already dead from poison before the car went over the embankment.
Forensic Clue: Doug uses automobile speedometer freeze mechanisms and carbon monoxide testing to dismantle the defense story.
Prosecutor: Doug Selby |
Adversary: A.B. Carr
Doug Selby, home on brief military leave from the Army during World War II, helps Rex Brandon investigate the death of an eccentric millionaire who died drinking coffee in a local restaurant.
Forensic Clue: Doug analyzes sugar grain crystalline size and coffee cup residue to expose the poisoned sweetener.
Prosecutor: Doug Selby |
Adversary: A.B. Carr
A Hollywood actress, a crooked gambling casino operator, and a body found in an irrigation canal bring big-city vice into peaceful Madison County.
Forensic Clue: Doug uses agricultural canal water flow velocity and gate lock logs to pinpoint where the body was dumped.
Prosecutor: Doug Selby |
Adversary: A.B. Carr
A burglary at a local jewelry store leads to a homicide at a motor court and an apparent suicide. A broken egg found on the kitchen floor holds the secret to an airtight alibi.
Forensic Clue: Selby calculates the drying rate of egg yolk protein under ambient desert temperatures to demolish A.B. Carr's timeline.