Find the blackmailer. Smiling ghost. Sh! The octopus. Hidden hand. Mystery house. Patient in room 18. Patient in room eighteen.
Notes:
Find the blackmailer based on a story by G.T. Fleming-Roberts, The smiling ghost based on a story by Stuart Palmer. The smiling ghost was originally released as motion pictures in 1941; Find the blackmailer in 1943; Sh! The Octopus in 1937; The hidden hand in 1942; Mystery house and The patient in room 18 in 1937.
Contents:
Disc 1. Find the blackmailer / directed by D. Ross Lederman -- The smiling ghost / directed by Lewis Seiler -- disc 2. Sh! The octopus / directed by William McGann -- The hidden hand / directed by Ben Stoloff -- disc 3. Mystery house / directed by Noel Smith -- The patient in room 18 / directed by Bobby Connolly and Crane Wilbur.
Summary:
Disc 1. Find the Blackmailer: Private eye, D.L. Trees, is hired by mayoral candidate, John M. Rhodes, to prevent adverse publicity. Somewhere in town, there's a talking blackbird who insists that Rhodes will commit a murder. When the killing occurs, Rhodes is implicated, and Trees is off on pursuit of the bird and the murderer. The Smiling ghost: An heiress seems to be cursed as each of her intended grooms meets with a horrible end. Disc 2. Sh! the octopus: Detectives Kelly and Dempsey trapped in a deserted lighthouse with a group of strangers who are being terrorized by a killer octopus. The hidden hand: An escaped maniac from a mental institution helps his mentally unstable sister kill off the greedy members of their family, who want the "hidden treasure". Disc 3. Mystery House: Detective Lance O' Leary investigates the murder of a banker, in the midst of his investigation two more murders occur that may be connected to the first murder. The patient in room 18: Lance is sent to the hospital to recuperate from a nervous breakdown. While in the hospital a murder occurs. Everyone has a motive except for Sara and Lance as they were locked in his room during the murder. As the bodies pile up, Sara and Lance try to solve the case as Foley is clueless.
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