Season 1

Episodes • 1973

Buddy Ebsen
Lee Meriwether
Requiem for a Son

1. Requiem for a Son

46 min

Detective Barnaby Jones comes out of retirement to solve his son's murder with some help from fellow detective Frank Cannon.

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To Catch a Dead Man

2. To Catch a Dead Man

46 min

A sportsman's plans for a new life begin with murder.

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Sunday: Doomsday

3. Sunday: Doomsday

46 min

Barnaby engages in a game of cat-and-mouse with a murderer who blames him for his jail time

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The Murdering Class

4. The Murdering Class

46 min

Barnaby investigates a murder at a prep-school.

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Perchance to Kill

5. Perchance to Kill

46 min

An affair leads to an accidental murder.

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The Loose Connection

6. The Loose Connection

46 min

What's the perfect heroin-smuggling plot? Hide it in the radiator of a car owned by a tourist above suspicion--Barnaby Jones. When the shipment is replaced by sugar, Barnaby finds himself being threatened by both shipper and receiver, desperately trying to find the truth.

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Murder in the Doll's House

7. Murder in the Doll's House

46 min

An author whose novels feature his hometown disappears; the publisher hires Barnaby to find the last chapter of the newest novel. A senile aunt introduces Barnaby to the "family" in her dollhouse, providing the clue to more than one murder.

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Sing a Song of Murder

8. Sing a Song of Murder

46 min

"Rock star found with head smashed in empty pool" That headline would end the gravy train so his managers fake a kidnapping to salvage something, but they are unaware of a witness.

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See Some Evil... Do Some Evil

9. See Some Evil... Do Some Evil

46 min

A blind pianist whose sight has been restored kills his blackmail victim just before Barnaby arrives. Barnaby suspects him but must prove he can see.

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Murder-Go-Round

10. Murder-Go-Round

46 min

A suspicious hit and run brings Barnaby to a little town where sudden riches are obvious. "Town council meetings" are a cover for plotting murder, and Barnaby is in their sights.

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To Denise, with Love and Murder

11. To Denise, with Love and Murder

46 min

A murdered mistress and a missing wife bring Barnaby Jones onto the case. The problem? Two weeks have passed, and the killer has covered his tracks.

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A Little Glory, a Little Death

12. A Little Glory, a Little Death

46 min

Barnaby investigates the death of a woman who was killed in a car accident after the woman's daughter claims that it was no accident. An aging movie star with something to hide is Barnaby's number one suspect.

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Twenty Million Alibis

13. Twenty Million Alibis

46 min

Barnaby investigates the theft of a million dollar necklace and the murder of the butler who unwittingly walked in on the thief. The leading suspect is a retired jewel thief with a rock solid alibi-he was on TV at the time of the theft.

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