among the 52 episodes in the series were such mystery adventures as "the sad night", "hot box", "last will and nursery rhyme", "hare and hounds", "hunt and peck", "death is a doll", "tempest in a casserole", and "mexican maze". the dramas featured music by rudy schrager. russell hughes, who had previously hired ladd as a radio actor in 1935 at a $19 weekly salary, wrote most of the scripts, sometimes in collaboration with ladd. the partners in mayfair productions were ladd and bernie joslin, who had previously run the chain of mayfair restaurants.