The Eighty Nine Men

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

The Eighty Nine Men is a 1942 Australian radio serial by Max Afford.[1][2] It was inspired by a photograph of the "89" butterfly in National Geographic magazine.[3]

Premise

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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.

Episodes

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  • Episode 1 - "The Thing in the Museum"[5]
  • Episode 2 - "The Curious Mr. McGonigal" - We meet the strange family which inhabits the Hemminway mansion, near the museum.[6]
  • Episode 3 - "Mystery After Midnight"[7]
  • 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 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 .[8]
  • 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.[9]
  • Episode 8 - "Death in the Shadows"
  • Episode 9 - "Evidence from Costa Rica"[10]
  • Final episode - "The Face of Murder"

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