The Mysterious Mr. Lynch Explained

The Mysterious Mr Lynch
Format:	serial drama
Runtime:	30 mins
Start Time:	8pm
End Time:	8.30pm
Country:	Australia
Language:	English
Syndicates:	ABC
Starring:	Peter Finch
Director:	Laurence H. Cecil
Num Series:	1
Num Episodes:	11

The Mysterious Mr. Lynch is a 1939 Australian radio serial by Max Afford. It starred Peter Finch as its detective hero, Jeffrey Blackburn.

It was one of several serials written by Afford. The serial is a sequel to Afford's popular Fly By Night. The Mysterious Mr Lynch also did well and led to a sequel, Greyface.

The ABC produced the scripts again in 1946, once more starring Finch, directed by Frank Harvey.

Premise

Jeffrey Blackburn investigates a series of killings by Mr Lynch.

Cast

• Vivien Edwards as Chief-Inspector Read
• Peter Finch as Jeff Blackburn
• Neva Crry Glynn as Beth

Episodes

• One (9 October 1939) – "The Running Noose"
• Two (16 October 1939) – "The Barred Door"^[1]
• Three (24 October 1939) – "Death Moves at Midnight"
• Four (31 October 1949) – "The Black Executioner"
• Five (7 November 1939) – "Shadows from the Past"
• Six (14 November 1939) – "The Man from the Moor"
• Seven (21 November 1939) – "The Playdelle Inheritance"
• Eight (28 November 1939) – "Dawn of Reason"
• Nine (4 December 1939) – "The Opening of the Door"
• Ten (11 December 1939) – "Gathering of the Threads"
• Eleven (18 December 1939) – "Murder Unmasked"

Reception

The Wireless Weekly said "the play moved ahead in rattling good style. Anonymous telephone calls, mysterious pieces of rope, blood-curdling legends about a locked door, kept popping up... There is no doubt that Max Afford, who wrote the play, can be afraid of nothing, least of all his own vivid imagination "

Notes and References

1. News: "THE MYSTERIOUS MR. LYNCH" . . 8734 . New South Wales, Australia . 10 October 1939 . 12 September 2023 . 6 . National Library of Australia.