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- S01E01Return to New OrleansOctober 2, 1958—Yancy wins enough money playing poker to pay for his return home to New Orleans. The losing players decide to rob him of his winnings, but h
- S01E02Gallatin StreetOctober 9, 1958—Yancy helps a sea captain who was cheated out of his money in a dive on notorious Gallatin Street.
- S01E03Ticket to NatchezOctober 23, 1958—City administrator Colton entrusts Yancy with an army payroll that is to be taken to Natchez on Yancy's riverboat, the Sultana, but robbers
- S01E04An Ace Called SpadeOctober 30, 1958—Yancy is relieved to find that a newspaper story about administrator Colton's death is premature, but fears that Colton will be the victim o
- S01E05A Bullet for BridgetNovember 6, 1958—An Irish girl visitng New Orleans decides that Yancy is to be her future husband.
- S01E06The Belle from BostonNovember 13, 1958—After administrator Colton hangs a member of an outlaw gang, the others decide to take revenge on his visiting sister.
- S01E07The Loot from RichmondNovember 20, 1958—A messenger is sent to New Orleans by a former general in the Civil War, but is killed before he can reveal what happened to a fortune that
- S01E08The Saga of Lonesome JacksonNovember 27, 1958—A wealthy but lonely man who has come to New Orleans looking for a wife asks Yancy to help him.
- S01E09Memo to a Firing SquadDecember 4, 1958—An army officer with vengeance on his mind tries to stop a presidential pardon from reaching a man who is scheduled to die before a firing s
- S01E10Three Knaves from New HavenDecember 11, 1958—Shop owners receive threats of violence if they refuse to sell their property to three strangers.
- S01E11Marble FingersDecember 18, 1958—Yancy tries to find out who's responsible for recent grave robberies.
- S01E12Old DixieDecember 25, 1958—Villains go after Yancy's dog after Yancy's father dies leaving a note that only the dog knows where the family pre-war fortune is buried.
- S01E13Two of a KindJanuary 1, 1959—Yancy and Pahoo are framed for a series of crimes, and now face execution.
- S01E14Nightmare on Bourbon StreetJanuary 8, 1959—A mysterious mad bomber steals explosives and threatens to blow up the entire city of New Orleans.
- S01E15The Fair FreebooterJanuary 15, 1959—Yancy must deal with a female pirate whose gang has stolen a valuable necklace from representatives of the Mexican government.
- S01E16Mayhem at the MarketJanuary 22, 1959—Merchants are in such fear for their lives that Yancy gets no cooperation in his attempt to break a new protection racket.
- S01E17The Night the Russians LandedJanuary 29, 1959—A visiting Russian noble appears to have become a target for murder.
- S01E18A Game of ChanceFebruary 5, 1959—Yancy suspects foul play when a lottery winner dies before she can collect.
- S01E19Panic in TownFebruary 12, 1959—With a serial killer loose in New Orleans and the authorities seemingly powerless, a group of vigilantes decides to take action before any m
- S01E20Hell and High WaterFebruary 19, 1959—A landowner comes up with a risky scheme to protect her property when it is threatened by flood waters.
- S01E21The Louisiana DudeFebruary 26, 1959—Winning a half interest in a silver mine while visiting Virginia City, Yancy discovers that his new partner is a beautiful woman.
- S01E22LonghairMarch 5, 1959—When famed General George Armstrong Custer visits New Orleans, Yancy discovers that he is being stalked by an Indian seeking revenge for a p
- S01E23Thunder on the RiverMarch 12, 1959—Yancy decides to help a fellow riverboat owner whose fleet is being sabotaged by rivals trying to corner the market on river traffic.
- S01E24The Gun That Murdered LincolnMarch 19, 1959—Yancy is arrested on a charge of high treason. His crime: selling John Wilkes Booth the gun that killed President Abraham Lincoln. While Der
- S01E25Collector's ItemMarch 26, 1959—To assist a woman in her crusade to provide a home for the city's orphans, Yancy comes up with a scheme that requires the aid of photography
- S01E26Fire on the FrontierApril 2, 1959—Yancy's Indian friend Pahoo becomes an important element in efforts to prevent a war with the Pawnee tribes.
- S01E27Duel at the OaksApril 9, 1959—Yancy is sentenced to hang for killing a man in a duel.
- S01E28The Wayward WarriorApril 16, 1959—Trying to stop some gun smugglers, Yancy has a run-in with a boxing champion and a re-match with a female river pirate.
- S01E29A State of CrisisApril 30, 1959—With the city of New Orleans plagued by counterfeit money, General Hugh Morgan arrives in New Orleans with orders promoting John Colton to a
- S01E30Outlaw at LibertyMay 7, 1959—Yancy is at a loss to figure out what's going on when a marshal he knows charges an old wartime friend with murder.
- S01E31V as in VoodooMay 14, 1959—Yancy tries to combat superstition when the city is terrorized by a mysterious voodoo priestess.
- S01E32The Quiet FirecrackerMay 21, 1959—Yancy's good friend, Miss Mandarin, is accused of smuggling opium into the city inside firecrackers.
- S01E33Gone But Not ForgottenMay 28, 1959—A friend of Yancy's comes to visit from Virginia City, with news that his silver mine is doing well, but that there is a gravestone in the c
- S01E34Two Tickets to PromontoryJune 4, 1959—On a train trip to a celebration of the completion of the transcontinental railroad, Yancy discovers a saboteur.
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