The Eighty Nine Men

The Eighty Nine Men is a 1942 Australian radio serial by Max Afford.[1] It was inspired by a photograph of the "89" butterfly in National Geographic magazine.[2]

The Eighty Nine Men
Genreserial drama
Running time30 mins (8:00 pm 8:30 pm)
Country of originAustralia
Language(s)English
Home station2FC
StarringLloyd Lamble
Written byMax Afford
Produced byCharles Wheeler
Original releaseOctober 19, 1942 (1942-10-19)

Premise

A gang of Fifth Columnists, with headquarters in Costa Rica, who take the "89" butterfly as their symbol. A serious young butterfly-hunter becomes unwittingly mixed up with them.

Cast

Episodes

  • Episode 1 - "The Thing in the Museum"[4]
  • Episode 2 - "The Curious Mr. McGonigal" - We meet the strange family which inhabits the Hemminway mansion, near the museum.[5]
  • Episode 3 - "Mystery After Midnight"[6]
  • Episode 4 - "The Four Traitors"
  • Episode 5 - "The Fourth Heir " - After the reading of Sir Rupert Hemminway's will, his daughter Eve is now wealthy. But but there is a codicil to the will, regarding a mysterious fourth heir. Lysander McGonigal delivers Eve a warning, which is echoed by the witch-like Aunt Rose. Entwhistle and Larry set out on a search for the missing Sally Campbell .[7]
  • Episode 6 - "Introducing Dr. Gresham" - Lucius Hemminway's over confidence leads him to make a mistake
  • Episode 7 - "Terror at East Wynch" - The scene of the Hemminway murders and the trail of the Eighty-Nine Men moves from the Hemminway home to the nursing home of Dr. Graham.[8]
  • Episode 8 - "Death in the Shadows"
  • Episode 9 - "Evidence from Costa Rica"[9]
  • Final episode - "The Face of Murder"

References

  1. Australasian Radio Relay League., "Afford Writes New Thriller", The wireless weekly : the hundred per cent Australian radio journal, Sydney: Wireless Press (Vol. 37 No. 41 (October 17, 1942)), nla.obj-722565224, retrieved 5 September 2023 via Trove
  2. Australasian Radio Relay League., "Afford Writes New Thriller", The wireless weekly : the hundred per cent Australian radio journal, Sydney: Wireless Press (Vol. 37 No. 41 (October 17, 1942)), nla.obj-722565224, retrieved 5 September 2023 via Trove
  3. "A GIRL IN A THRILLER SERIAL". Bowen Independent. Vol. 39, no. 4011. Queensland, Australia. 27 October 1942. p. 3. Retrieved 5 September 2023 via National Library of Australia.
  4. Australian Broadcasting Commission. (1939), "ABC PROGRAMMES—MONMY, OCT. 19", ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC (Vol. 4 No. 42 (17 October 1942)), nla.obj-1329483008, retrieved 5 September 2023 via Trove
  5. Australian Broadcasting Commission. (1939), "ABC PROGRAMMES—MONDAY, OCT. 26", ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC (Vol. 4 No. 43 (24 October 1942)), nla.obj-1329538646, retrieved 5 September 2023 via Trove
  6. Australian Broadcasting Commission. (31 October 1942) [1939], "ABC PROGRAMMES—MONDAY, NOV. 2", v. : ill. ; 29cm., ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC, 4 (44), nla.obj-1329526765, retrieved 5 September 2023 via Trove
  7. Australian Broadcasting Commission. (1939), "ABC PROGRAMMES—MONDAY, NOV. 16", ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC (Vol. 4 No. 46 (14 November 1942)), nla.obj-1329631064, retrieved 5 September 2023 via Trove
  8. Australian Broadcasting Commission. (1939), "ABC PROGRAMMES—MONDAY, NOV. 30", ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC (Vol. 4 No. 48 (28 November 1942)), nla.obj-1329731102, retrieved 5 September 2023 via Trove
  9. Australian Broadcasting Commission. (1939), "ABC PROGRAMMES—MONDAY, DEC. 14", ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC (Vol. 4 No. 50 (12 December 1942)), nla.obj-1329899442, retrieved 5 September 2023 via Trove
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