Colonel March of Scotland Yard


Based on a character in John Dickson Carr’s The Department of Queer Complaints, Boris Karloff plays detective Colonel March. In this 26 episode television series we find Colonel March solve “unsolvable” mysteries. Being only 30 minutes long the mysteries don’t go very deep and in in the case of at least one episode, had a very “Scooby Doo” vibe to it. As of this writing it is available on TUBI


The role of Colonel March allowed Boris, then age 65, to go back to England to go into semi-retirement and visit old friends.

Millions in Gold, 1916

MILLIONS IN GOLD LIE AT BOTTOMS OF SEAS
FINANCIERS BACK ENGINEERS TO MAKE SEARCH

New York, June 12 – Would you believe that big business men financiers and stock market operators of the super-wise Wall street clan would put up $125,000 to finance an expedition to search the bottom of the five oceans for lost treasure trove?

They have.

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