| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | 1937-01-02 | "Ceiling zero, ceiling zero, ceiling zero, ceiling zero!" (FX up) Airplane motor drone and mysterious music. Speed is the 15-year-old nephew of Clint Barlow, of the International Secret Police. Orphaned, Speed is a "Typical American boy" who looks upon crime as the height of weakness and cowardice. Barney Dunlap, is his none-too-bright sidekick who helps out, with his favorite expression being, "Suffering Whang-Doodles!" "The Octopus" gang, whom nobody has ever seen, has struck again. The syndication company might be National Radio Attraction-Hollywood Recorded Features. Speed captures "Blackie," the first member of the Octopus gang ever caught. Programs numbered 1 to 100 are about the battle against the evil "Octopus," During program #100, "The Octopus" jumps out of an airplane to avoid capture and is presumed to be dead. Episodes #101 to 178 is about the Octopus (who must have 9 lives in addition to his eight tentacles) and his gang and the search mythical land of Atlantis. The program was usually aired 3 times a week, sometimes 4 times a week (for example: KROW, Oakland/San Francisco); it's possible that some stations ran the show 5 times a week. Not every performer listed below was heard on every episode. The date above is the date of the first known broadcast of episode #1. The subsequent episodes were broadcast on a schedule set by each station locally, so exact broadcast dates are not given. On November 11, 1937, the series was reported to have been sold to Grace Gibson for Australian syndication. The credits given are subject to correction, and the actors do not appear each of the episodes. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Aboard the two engine amphibian en route to Bermuda...Speed smells trouble! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | The Octopus tells lies about Clint and Speed to the Amir of Karno, who promptly arrests them as soon as they land. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Clint plans to have doubles remain in jail in Karno to fool The Octopus, while he, Speed and Barney continue on to the Belgian Congo! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Barney is trapped in the Robot Plane of The Octopus, and is heading for certain doom. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Rescued by the police...the stranger in the closet! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Marsha is smuggled onto a river boat inside a large box, while Speed is nearly drowned trying to save her. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Clint and Speed find the secret crime laboratory on fire, while Splinters disobeys The Octopus' orders to kill Bob Gilmore! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | The Octopus' dynamite trap is foiled. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | While his men raid Dr. Kingley's house through a secret passage, Speed Gibson and The Octopus meet face to face! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Follow the Dragon...Speed Gibson, follow the Dragon! Forty seconds have been deleted from the start of the program. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Clint and Speed decide to pay an unannounced visit to "The Castle In The Pass Of The Iron Dagger." |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | In the torture chamber of The Octopus. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Trapped in the torture chamber, with the Octopus' men closing in! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | There is good news from a llama in Lhasa, Marsha Winfield's in prison...and don't forget the incense. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | As Bob Gilmore joins forces with The International Secret Police, another warning is received from The Octopus! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Clint's unusual method to obtain a guard from the French Foreign Legion. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | The Riders Of The Desert...who are they? |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Smiley is trapped in a cafe by a beautiful woman. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Rescued from the cave and farewell to Madiera. Hello to a beautiful stowaway. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | While Speed and his friends give the Amir his first airplane ride, a plane belonging to The Octopus tries to shoot them down! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Two shepherds in "The Pass Of The Iron Dagger"...with a photographic mission! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | The Octopus escapes to Lake Kivu in the gorilla country...and the Secret Police plan to follow. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Splinters is murdered as The Octopus prepares for all-out war on the Secret Police and all of Tibet! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | The jungle battle begins. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | A fight in a Bermuda cafe. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Speed is attacked by a leopard in the jungle. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Speed is sworn into the Secret Police. Trouble starts as Speed, Clint, and Barlow board the China Clipper for the Orient. The prgram was also syndicated on transcriptions labeled, "National Radio Advertising Agency Inc." |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Speed rescues a young girl from drowning at the beach at Waikiki and discovers a traveling companion to Hong Kong and fellow fighter against The Octopus. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | A midnight visitor...with a gun! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | The Octopus orders his henchmen "Splinters" (Hanley Stafford) to kidnap Speed. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Plans to kidnap Speed are hatched, as a typhoon approaches. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Speed is captured by Splinters...as the typhoon strikes! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Speed has knocked out and captured Splinters. Clint has convinced him to talk...when the Octopus strikes! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | A radio message from The Octopus, but his "Bullet Plane" is now in possession of Clint, Barney, and Speed. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | The Octopus plans more mayhem for Speed and his friends when they get to Manila. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | "Welcome To Hong Kong"...from The Octopus! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | An invitation to dinner and a "Dragon Knife" thrown in the night! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | The doctor's house is surrounded! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | A Chinese tea shop visited...Marsha has been kidnapped! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Marsha Winfield meets The Octopus! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Disguised as Chinamen on the smuggler's dock. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Clint and Barney are attacked in the air by a plane of The Octopus, trying to machine gun them out of the air. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Clint and Barney make a forced landing and are helped by a friendly American, but Speed has disappeared. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Bob Gilmore joins the fight against the Octopus. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Prisoners aboard the flower boat in the heart of China. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Clint and Speed travel on, Speed receives Carlos' voodoo ring...never to be removed! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | A new Secret Police operative, and an Octopus agent surfaces. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | The radio goes dead, before Speed and his friends can learn the location of the Octopus hideout. Has he struck again? |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | A showdown with The Octopus is scheduled tomorrow on the docks. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Trapped in a tunnel under the docks by the Octopus, with the water slowly rising. Is this the end? |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Trapped in the tunnel with water still rising...a mocking message from the Octopus. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | The Octopus dynamites Speed and his friends, just as they are about to drown! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Rescue from the tunnel at last...but where's Speed Gibson? |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | The rescue complete...and Marsha Winfield located! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | A race between the Secret Police and The Octopus to the hiding place of Marsha Winfield. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Barney foils Splinters' attempt to murder Bob Gilmore, but Marsha is taken away to Tibet! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Clint and Speed approach the rock tunnel door that's booby trapped to explode when opened. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | The Octopus plans to jungle warfare. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | The Octopus spurns Clint's plea for mercy for Speed and Jean, while Bob Gilmore staggers to the police to get reinforcements. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | The police rescue everybody at the last minute, but The Octopus escapes through the secret passage. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | The Octopus remains in the hidden room, waiting for the night so he can strike again! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | The Octopus is captured...but he drops a poison gas bomb! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | On the trail of the secret hangar of the Octopus' squadron. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | The Secret Police start their attack on the Octopus' hangar, The Octopus answers with machine gun bullets. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | The Octopus' hangar has been captured, but a lone sentry is sneaking up upon Speed! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Chang, a Chinese coolie threatened with torture, reveals the Tibetan destination of The Octopus. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | "The Spirit Of The Expanse Of Great Fear"...Chang escapes! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Ying Lee has been knocked unconscious, Chang has been ordered to stow away and crash the plane! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Airborne sabotage to Tibet. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Under arrest, and accused of spying! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | An avalanche in Dar-Shen-Lu, gateway to Tibet! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | A sudden departure for the Black Pass, to escape another Octopus trap. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Speed and his friends have caught up with The Octopus in Na Chuka! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Left in a Tibetan jail while The Octopus escapes! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Speed and his friends convince the Police Chief that they're not spies, while the Octopus arrives at his new hideout. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | The sentence of death is given by The Octopus! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Paul Munez is really The Octopus, and The International Secret Police are closing in! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Paul Munez convinces everyone (except Speed, Clint, and Barney) that he is not The Octopus. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Plans to capture Barney Dunlap. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Barney is in the clutches of The Octopus...and his thought-reading machine! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Clint and Speed pay a visit to The Octopus, searching for Barney. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | An Octopus hunt in lion country. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Barney Dunlap has returned...after being hypnotized by The Octopus! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | The house and garden of La Sho Tse Ring. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | A Tibetan feast in honor of Speed Gibson, while Paul Munez waits without. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | After the feast, a meeting with a surprised Dr. Munez. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Speed and Dar Wah, disguised as shepherds, are in "The Pass Of The Iron Dagger." |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | During the murderous hail storm...shelter in the home of The Octopus! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Rescued from The Octopus...with his photograph! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | A much preparation and a reunion, Speed and Clint take off on their mission to rescue Marsha Winfield. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Speed and Clint arrive at a remote Tibetan lake to rescue Marsha and her brother, but The Octopus' men are close on their heels! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Marsha and her brother are found at last...but they're under the influence of "The Vapors Of Sleep." |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Speed and Clint get the drop on Kwang Wu and Splinters...but not for long! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Back with Marsha, Larry, and the prisoners, but a sniper strikes! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Splinters reveals the secret slave caravan being assembled by The Octopus. Approximately one minute has been deleted from the middle of the program. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | During an unexpected visit by "The Octopus" (Paul Munez), shouts are heard from the next room. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Marsha Winfield tells her story, Chief Ty Po decides to arrest The Octopus. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | A shootout at The Black Pass. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Barney Dunlap must never return from the Black Pass. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | The airship of The Octopus attacks...with blazing machine guns! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Open warfare...and Larry Winfield's story. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | There'll be a hot time in the old pass tonight! The Octopus is determined to fight it out. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | The Octopus has been captured...or has he? |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | The Octopus has been recaptured...but still another battle erupts! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | The end of The Octopus and the conclusion of Speed Gibson's first case! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Leeds the mechanic is caught sabotaging the airplane, and comes up with a time bomb! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Leeds admits he's working for The Octopus! He hints that the arch-fiend is still alive, and then poisons himself! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | A sniper in Madeira, and a slide for life! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Strangers in "The Whispering Cave." |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | The Octopus is alive! Speed is in trouble. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | A landing party from The Octopus' boat forces the Secret Police back into the cave. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | A radio confrontation with The Octopus, and his gunboat opens fire! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Clint questions the stowaway and discovers a connection to the Atlantean Syndicate! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | A deserted home in Casablanca, and evidence that foul play has befallen Smiley. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Smiley Preston has been murdered by The Octopus! (and written out of the script). Clint swears revenge. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Speed and Clint fall for two Octopus traps and Clint finds himself imprisoned in a secret corridor while Speed is attacked. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | A visit to "Spinny's Garden" and plenty of trouble. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Mazagan and Carlos Del Valle, and The Octopus is up to no good as usual! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Plans to chase The Octopus into the Sahara Desert, but first...born the plans! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | An explosion is planned for "The Bastion of the Angels." |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | A powder magazine that nearly explodes and a bluff lead to the location of The Octopus! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | A warm welcome is planned for the Secret Police in Marakesh. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Kiri the Pygmy strikes, and a traitor to The Octopus is no more! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Speed is in trouble in the cellar! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Plans are made for crossing the desert...and are overheard by The Octopus! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | The Octopus attacks, at a Foreign Legion post in the Sahara! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | A warning from The Octopus, a desert tribesman is questioned. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Clint, Speed and Carlos run out of gas in a blinding sandstorm, and are forced to attempt a blind landing. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Trapped in the desert after the sandstorm, and stealthily approaching shadows! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Barney Dunlap returns! He convinces the Amir of Karno who the real Clint Barlow is! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Caught in the rapids of the Congo. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | The Octopus plans to kill Mrs. Buchanan before the Secret Police can arrive...but Clint has a plan. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Clint saves Mrs. Buchanan's life, but The Octopus warns she will never see her husband alive if she helps the Secret Police. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Barney's mission to Tanura, the half-breed. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Barney is victimized by a large jungle moth, Kinka comes down with Black Water fever. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | A safari through the jungle begins, with an unusual hazard for Barney. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Treachery from a jungle chieftain...and a horrible doom on its way. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Escape from the cannibal ants through the "Forest Of Death." |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | After nearly being trampled by a herd of elephants, the secret jungle hideout of The Octopus is found at last! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Trapped in The Octopus' lair...and a death ray in the hands of the master of evil! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | The jungle gods are kind, a rescue with the aid of termites! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | The Octopus plans to test out his death ray on...guess who? |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | The Octopus plans to test out his death ray on the local gorillas! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | The elephant grass is aflame, while The Octopus plans a warm welcome! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Tear gas and perfumed soap are needed to get out of a tight spot. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Barney's encounter with the strangest jungle creature...a "nandy bear." |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | The men of The Octopus gang attack. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Doomed to the death ray machine! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | The attack of the gorillas! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | While The Octopus escapes into the Sahara, the Secret Police make monkeys of themselves...literally! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | The haunted jungle hut! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | John Buchanan has been discovered at last! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Pygmy head-hunters in the Zareba! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | The Buchanans are re-united at last, but Speed Gibson is missing! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | The Octopus is captured and the death ray machine is destroyed. About four minutes are missing from the middle of the show, the plot and continuity are not seriously affected. The end of the adventure. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | A warning to keep away from the docks, but Speed finds the secret passage to headquarters of "The Octopus." |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Speed and Jean become trapped in the tunnel leading to the hideout of "The Octopus." |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | A crash in the wildest part of Africa! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | The Octopus will rule the world in only one month! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | The Octopus rehearses his ultimatum to all governments to turn over their powers to him! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | An auto wreck...involving the Amir of Karno! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | An assassin is questioned! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Clint plays a hunch. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | The airplane of the Secret Police is afire...is it the fault of deceitful Saari? |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | The plane is ruined, but The Octopus' agent is brought to justice! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Desert raiders attack! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | In the desert camp of The Octopus. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Hand grenades in the room of the death ray machine. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | A mysterious gunman appears after a flat tire on Guam. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Clint and Barney take off in the Bullet Plane in search of Marsha, while another plane of The Octopus follows behind. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Mr. Wu is cross-examined, Speed spots a clue. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | The telephone line has been cut, the entire Octopus gang is planning an assault on Dr. Kingsley's home. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | The thought-recording machine shows Barney's mind to be perfectly blank! |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Plans are made to rescue Marsha Winfield. "The Octopus" plans to kill Marsha and dump her body in a deep lake. A mysterious fire approaches. |
| Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police | | | Enroute to the Azores, the plane's water tanks are discovered to have been sabotaged! |
| The Atlantian Expedition | | | Back in New York and reporting to Chief Reiley. Barney Dunlap is replaced by Smiley Preston as Clint's assistant. "The Atlantean Syndicate" claims to have discovered the sunken continent...in the Sahara desert! Off to Africa! A new story begins and runs until episode #178. |
| The Pass of the Iron Dagger | | | Paul Munez is at "The Pass Of The Iron Dagger." |
