Eloise Hardt

Spinster Ruth Lytton, curator of the financially troubled, family-owned Lytton Museum, blackmails security guard Milton Shaeffer into helping her carry out a plan to rob the museum for needed insurance money. But the clever woman, harboring feelings of hostility toward her family, carries the plan one step further to the surprise of Shaeffer and her brother, Edward. Ruth offers an innocent façade while finalizing the plan - revenge against her sister, Phyllis, by implicating the latter’s daughter, Janie.

When convicted embezzler Fred Swan returns to his hometown it means trouble for Iris McKay, a former client of private investigator Paul Drake.

Babs Fenton has an overactive imagination. She believes that her new neighbor Charles Blanchard has killed his wife. Later, Mrs. Blanchard shows up at her door and introduces herself. That night, however, Babs sees Charles Blanchard carrying something from the house. Babs again becomes convinced that Mrs. Blanchard has been murdered. Again, however, she is proved wrong when Mrs. Blanchard shows up at her door. Mrs. Blanchard informs Babs that Charles has taken some belongings and left because of a fight. Mrs. Blanchard then leaves. Will Babs ever get to have her mystery?

John Thornwood is a con man that makes phony marriage proposals to scam women for their money. An undercover Kris befriends Thornwood, and tricks him into a real marriage that he has to stick with.