WHITEHALL 1 2, 1 2 Tweaked Jan. 12, 2006 This series was very similar to the Black Museum that was hosted by Orson Welles. Both the Black Museum and Whitehall 1212 drew their material from the files of Scotland Yard. The stories were true in every respect except that the names were changed to protect the innocent, as they say. The Whitehall 1212 series boasted that for the first time Scotland Yard opened its files and the producers promised to bring to the public authentic true stories of some of the most celebrated cases. Permission for these records came from Sir Harold Scott, Commissioner of the yard at that time. There is actually a Black Museum. This area is located on the lower ground floor of Scotland Yard and it does indeed contain articles that are closely associated with the solving of a crime. And "Whitehall 1212" was the actual emergency phone number for the yard at the time. The research for the shows was done by Percy Hoskins, chief crime reporter for the London Daily Express. For the benefit of American audiences, Wyllis Cooper of Quiet Please fame was hired as script writer. Interestingly enough both the Black Museum and Whitehall 1212 had all-British casts; both ran concurrently. Whereby Mutual Broadcasting System aired the Orson Welles version, NBC offered the Wyllis Cooper one. There were 44 episodes in the series and all but one are in circulation. None of the prorgrams were titled and as they appeared on the scene, were given names by those who collected them. For that reason there are variations of titles, some with incorrect spellings; an attempt has been made to correct this. Some of the shows had "case numbers" and when they were announced, are noted below. For further information you can contact the author of this log at: dickjudge@juno.com. The information from this log came from the author's personal collection. ************************************************************************* WHITEHALL 1212 DATE NO. MURDER WEAPON; CASE # STORY LINE/TITLE ------------------------------------------ ------------------------ Nov 18, 1951 01 Tea cup shards; Blitz murder case Case #302MR651 Nov 25, 1951 02 Show is missing Dec 2, 1951 03 Black luggage trunk; Fournier case Case #498MR381 Dec 9, 1951 04 Man's tooth & charred Murder of Duncan Fraser office stool; Case #201MR340 Dec 16, 1951 05 Human remains; Mrs Hope Russell murder Case #397MR381 Dec 23, 1951 06 Iron bar & license Heathrow affair plate Dec 30, 1951 - No show aired Jan 6, 1952 07 Silver cigarette case; Murder of Charles Brooks Case #108131 Jan 13, 1952 08 Top of mechanical pen; Kashmir murdered Case #604MR530 Jan 20, 1952 09 Brass cartridge case & Case of Donald Simms photo micrographs; Case #505MR074 Jan 27, 1952 10 Gas mask cover; Murder of little Philip Avery Case #693MR966 Feb 3, 1952 11 Potato sacks; Jessie Williams case Case #921MR421 Feb 10, 1952 12 Cheap raincoat; Anthony DeBrun killed Case #160MR277 Feb 17, 1952 13 Pajama top & men's suit; Case of the late Mrs. Harvey Case #133MR123 Feb 29, 1952 14 Blood-stained knife; Peter J. Amory killed Case #140MR519 Mar 2, 1952 15 Gilt-framed mirror; Air cadet Gordon Case #202MR124 Mar 9, 1952 16 Partially filled Scotch Russian code clerk in bottle; Case #1098002; Ottawa defects Mar 16, 1952 17 Carpenter's mallet; Thomas Applebee Case #330220 Mar 23, 1952 18 Black Gladstone bag; Black bag Case #381379 Mar 30, 1952 19 Woman's earring; Earring Case #504MR701 Apr 6, 1952 - No show aired Apr 13, 1952 20 Cheap wedding ring; A fatal bath; bride drowns Case #50MR242 Apr 20, 1952 21 Handle of a woman's Mrs. Minerva Bannerman purse; Case #604MR804 Apr 27, 1952 22 Dark gray shirt; Florence Nicholson Case #270809 May 4, 1952 23 Running board of motor William George Greenley car; Case #899MR952 May 11, 1952 24 Artificial pearl from Margery Tate necklace; Case #630612; May 18, 1952 25 Set of false teeth; Sidney B. Wolfe accused of murder Case #914029 May 25, 1952 26 Doctor's instrument bag Madge Rowlinson & child's rompers; Case #202131 Jun 1, 1952 27 Flypaper soaked in Winifred Hogg arsenic Jun 8, 1952 28 Rusted lock from a motor Strange bonfire. car; Case #198920 Jun 15, 1952 29 Woman's home-made hand bag Jun 22, 1952 30 String of plastic beads; Anne Battersbee murdered Case #696966 Jun 29, 1952 31 Weed eradictor Flit gun Case #87300 Jul 6, 1952 32 Hammer Rafe Sweet Jul 13, 1952 33 Ankush Tapir House murder Jul 20, 1952 34 Woman's right stocking Woman's stocking Jul 27, 1952 35 Magenta blotting pad Murder in Oxford Aug 3, 1952 36 Wellington boot; Nora Brady, 10, murdered Case #3431198 Aug 10, 1952 37 Clarinet Rowena, band singer, killed Aug 17, 1952 38 Cigarette case Capt. Henry shot Aug 24, 1952 39 Bloody men's handerchief; Murder of Lady Madge Johnston Case #H42426 Aug 31, 1952 40 CID inspector's badge Madden killing Sep 7, 1952 41 Letter of confession Eaton Brothers Sep 14, 1952 42 Winchester bottle 4 year old girl murdered Sep 21, 1952 43 Inoperative wireless set Wireless set Sep 28, 1952 44 Electric torch Wimbledon burglary murder (last show)