The Eighty Nine Men

The Eighty Nine Men is a 1942 Australian radio serial by Max Afford. It was inspired by a photograph of the "89" butterfly in National Geographic magazine.

Premise
A gang of Fifth Columnists, with headquarters in Costa Rica, who take the "89" butterfly as their symbol. A serious young butterfly-hunter becomes unwittingly mixed up with them.

Cast

 * Lloyd Lamble as Charles Entwistle
 * Neva Carr Glyn
 * Atholl Fleming
 * Iris Moore as Eve Hemminway
 * Vivian Edwards
 * Reginald Collins as Alan Grant

Episodes

 * Episode 1 - "The Thing in the Museum"
 * Episode 2 - "The Curious Mr. McGonigal" - We meet the strange family which inhabits the Hemminway mansion, near the museum.
 * Episode 3 - "Mystery After Midnight"
 * Episode 4 - "The Four Traitors"
 * Episode 5 - "The Fourth Heir " - After the reading of Sir Rupert Hemminway's will, his daughter Eve is now wealthy. But there is a codicil to the will, regarding a mysterious fourth heir. Lysander McGonigal delivers Eve a warning, which is echoed by the witch-like Aunt Rose. Entwhistle and Larry set out on a search for the missing Sally Campbell.
 * Episode 6 - "Introducing Dr. Gresham" - Lucius Hemminway's over confidence leads him to make a mistake
 * Episode 7 - "Terror at East Wynch" - The scene of the Hemminway murders and the trail of the Eighty-Nine Men moves from the Hemminway home to the nursing home of Dr. Graham.
 * Episode 8 - "Death in the Shadows"
 * Episode 9 - "Evidence from Costa Rica"
 * Final episode - "The Face of Murder"