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1 :01x01 - The Mystery of the Haunted House
Writer: Glen A. Larson
Director: Glen A. Larson
Guest star: George Murdock (Officer Harlen), Jim Antonio (Rigby), Edith Atwater (Gertrude), Lew Brown (2nd Officer), Lisa Eilbacher (Callie Shaw), Simon Scott (Commander), Roger Davis (Sonny/Will), Bonnie Ebsen (Madge), Reggie Nalder (The Man), John Kerry (Stratton), Dick Ryal (Head in Crystal Ball), Richard Kiel (Manager of Haunted House)
Joe and Frank Hardy follow their father on a "fishing trip" and end up helping him solve the case of a former soldier who is being chased by killers.
2 :01x02 - The Mystery of Pirate's Cove
Guest star: Jean Rasey (George Fayne), William Schallert (Carson Drew), Arthur Peterson (Jensen), George O'Hanlon (Ned Nickerson), Joe Penny (Brandon), Monte Markham (Professor Wall)
Nancy Drew and her friends spot light coming from an abandoned lighthouse. Though she is told the lighthouse is haunted, and others believe she is making things up, Nancy decides to see the lighthouse for herself.
3 :01x03 - The Mystery of Witches' Hollow
Writer: Michael Sloan
Director: Ron Satlof
Guest star: Andres Saenz-Hudson (Bill Quinn), Marc Vahanian (Simon), Bert Kramer (Steve Donner), Sandy Ward (Captain Maguire), Brad Trumbull (Sherriff Houghton), Gary Springer (Chet Morton), Lisa Eilbacher (Callie Shaw), Dimitra Arliss (Hazel Thompson)
Frank and Joe Hardy search for Captain Maguire who was last seen in the mysterious Witches' Hollow.
4 :01x04 - The Mystery of the Diamond Triangle
Director: Noel Black
Guest star: Robert Karnes (Sherriff), Jean Rasey (George Fayne), Gordon Jump (Officer Hoover), Len Lesser (Unknown), Brian Byers (Morgan), Phillip Richard Allen (Everett), George O'Hanlon, Jr. (Ned Nickerson)
Nancy Drew and George witness an automobile accident. However, the sheriff denies an accident ever took place and claims the road has been closed for a long time.
5 :01x05 - The Disappearing Floor
Writer: Larry Alexander
Director: Fernando Lamas
Guest star: Lisa Eilbacher (Callie Shaw), Marj Dusay (Dr. Janice Cradic), Michael Salcido (Unknown), Howard Platt (Unknown), David Opatoshu (Unknown), Michael Swan (Unknown), Henry G. Sanders (Unknown), Sam Gilman (Unknown), Alex Rodine (Unknown), Jack Shultz (Unknown), Robin Chesler (Marcia Collins), Edith Atwater (Gertrude)
Frank and Joe help their father on a case about a missing Russian scientist. As they do so, they spot a UFO.
6 :01x06 - The Secret of the Whispering Walls
Director: Michael Caffey
Guest star: William Schallert (Carson Drew), Queenie Smith (Lela), Jean Rasey (George Fayne), Irene Tedrow (Ruby), Arch Johnson (Dinko), John Carter (Walter), George O'Hanlon (Ned Nickerson)
Nancy Drew looks into her aunt's attempts to sell the family farm, a place that folks are trying to convince her aunt that it is haunted.
7 :01x07 - The Flickering Torch Mystery
Writer: James Henerson
Director: Ivan Dixon
Guest star: Lisa Eilbacher (Callie Shaw), Geoff Parks (Ticket Taker), Deirdre Berthrong (Leslie Johnson), Rick Nelson (Tony Eagle), Herb Voland (Chief Collig), John Pleshette (Carl Fry), Edith Atwater (Gertrude), Ned Van Zandt (Richard Johnston), Robert Sampson (Lou Haskell)
While working for their father, Frank and Joe believe they have uncovered a murder conspiracy.
8 :01x08 - A Haunting We Will Go
Guest star: Carl Betz (Alex), Robert Karnes (Sherriff), Dina Merrill (Thelma March), Pippa Scott (Janet), George O'Hanlon (Ned Nickerson), Jean Rasey (George Fayne), Victor Buono (Seth Taylor), William Schallert (Carson Drew), Bob Crane (Danny), Bob Goldin (Reporter)
Nancy and her friends put on a play as a fund raiser for a youth center. However, the theatre they perform in is said to be haunted.
9 :01x09 - The Mystery of the Flying Courier
Writer: Gregory S. Dinallo
Director: Michael Caffey
Guest star: Lisa Eilbacher (Callie Shaw), Penny Peyser (Suzy Wilkens), Walt Davis (Eric Litton), Paul Tulley (Unknown), Janet Lynn Curtis (Marisa (as Janet Curtis)), Dick Gautier (Tail Gunner), Judith Doty (Administrator), Edith Atwater (Aunt Gertrude (Credit Only)), Josh Taylor (Quentin Miles), Ken Swofford (Captain Phelps), Gary Springer (Chet Morton)
Frank and Joe look into the mystery of a disc jockey who is pirating stolen records.
9 :01x10 - The Mystery of the Fallen Angels
Director: Noel Black
Guest star: Jamie Lee Curtis (Mary), Robert Alda (Robert Jordan), A. Martinez (Henry Salazar), Susan Pratt (Ann), Beverly Garland (Thelma), George O'Hanlon, Jr. (Ned Nickerson), Robert Englund (Gar), William Schallert (Carson Drew), Craig Littler (Vince)
Nancy Drew and her friends work at a carnival where they see a jewel robbery in action. To expose the heist, Nancy goes undercover.
11 :01x11 - Wipe Out
Director: Steven Hilliard Stern
Guest star: Roger Bowen (Mr Engals), Fred Hemmings (Announcer), Shelly Novack (Wally Siebert), Jim Ishida (Hank), Debra Clinger (Liz), Titus Napoleon (Lew), Frank Michael Liu (Lt. Kirk), James Shigeta (Kapala), Lisa Eilbacher (Callie Shaw), Vladimir (Pomo), Lisa Reeves (Becky), Patch MacKenzie (Girl), Lynne Randall (Mrs. Engals), Richard Narita (Desk Clerk), Bruce Gordon (McGuire)
Frank and Joe are in Hawaii for a surfing contest when their hotel room is broken in to. When they learn that they were not the only targets, they work with the Hawaiian police to catch the crooks.
12 :01x12 - The Mystery of the Ghostwriter's Cruise
Director: Alvin Ganzer
Guest star: Reb Brown (Tony Rosselli), David Wayne (John Addams), Dane Clark (Captain Powers), Derek Murcott (First Mate), George O'Hanlon, Jr. (Ned Nickerson), Joan Prather (Adriane), H. M. Wynant (Unknown), Jean Rasey (George Fayne), Les Lannom (George Tompkins), Susan Woollen (Cathy), Leonne James (Unknown), John Sistrunk (Seaman)
When Nancy goes on a cruise, she must use her instincts to find the person who is sending threatening letters to a mystery writer who is on board.
13 :01x13 - The Mystery of Jade Kwan Yin
Writer: Robert Pirosh
Director: Stuart Margolin
Guest star: Rosalind Chao (Lily), Richard Loo (Chen), Brendan Burns (Haverman), Herb Voland (Chief Collig), Richard Lee Sung (Chu), Lisa Eilbacher (Callie Shaw), David Chow (Wang), Edith Atwater (Gertrude), Bill Saito (Chao)
Frank and Joe come across a mysterious box at the beach. Inside is a jade statue, which leads them on a trail of smuggling and extortion in a Chinese-American community.
14 :01x14 - The Mystery of the Solid Gold Kicker
Guest star: Mark Harmon (Chip Garvey), Jillian Kesner (Paula Clark), Val Avery (Skipper), Marc Alaimo (Masked Man), Michael Pataki (Deputy Foley), Martin Kove (Pete Miller)
Nancy and a friend attend a party where they witness a star football player standing over a dead body holding a murder weapon.
15 :02x01 - The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Meet Dracula (1)
Writer: Glen A. Larson, Michael Sloan
Director: Joseph Pevney
Guest star: Albert Carrier (Hotel Clerk), Fritz Feld (Fritz), Lorne Greene (Inspector Stavlin), Paul Williams (Alison Troy), Ruth Cox (Bess Marvin)
Frank and Joe go to Transylvania to find their father who went missing while in Europe. The two team up with Nancy Drew, who they run into while she is attending a festival at Dracula's castle.
16 :02x02 - The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Meet Dracula (2)
Writer: Glen A. Larson, Michael Sloan
Director: Joseph Pevney
Guest star: Lorne Greene (Inspector Stavlin), Ruth Cox (Bess Marvin), Paul Williams (Alison Troy), Albert Carrier (Hotel Clerk), Fritz Feld (Fritz)
Frank, Joe and Nancy meet up with a band of musicians and Joe asks them to play at the festival so that they can sneak backstage into the castle in order to find Frank and Joe's father.
17 :02x03 - The Mystery of King Tut's Tomb
Writer: Robert C. Dennis
Director: Alvin Ganzer
Guest star: Taryn Power (Helene Holstead), Janet Curtis-Larson (Blonde), Jeff David (Rashid), Cesare Danova (Moustapha)
Frank and Joe are in Egypt where they look into the claim made by a young woman that Frank is carrying a golden idol stolen from a pyramid.
18 :02x04 - The Mystery of the Hollywood Phantom (1)
Writer: Glen A. Larson, Michael Sloan
Director: Steve Stern
Guest star: James Wainwright (Arlo Weatherly), Robert Wagner (Himself), J. D. Cannon (Jason Fox), Jaclyn Smith (Herself), Dennis Weaver (Himself), Casey Kasem (Phil Hamilton), Lou Antonio (the Director), Clive Revill (Phil Bronson), Ruth Cox (Bess Marvin)
The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew team up to investigate the disappearance of people from a Hollywood film studio tour.
19 :02x05 - The Mystery of the Hollywood Phantom (2)
When lead detectives, as well as Frank and Joe's father, are kidnapped, the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew must solve the mystery behind the Hollywood Phantom.
20 :02x06 - The Mystery of the African Safari
Writer: Cliff Osmond
Director: Joseph Pevney
Guest star: Albert Popwell (Keino), Brandyn Artis (Operator), Parley Baer (Doc Wilson), Harold Sylvester (Ngotu), Peter Bromilow (Saunders), Anne Lockhart (Sarah Masters), Percy Rodriguez (Minister), Alyscia Maxwell (Secretary), Stuart Whitman (Trevor Masters)
Frank and Joe go with their father to Kenya where they look in to poachers.
21 :02x07 - The Creatures Who Came on Sunday
Writer: David H. Balkan
Director: Winrich Kolbe
Guest star: Victor Holshak (Unknown), Dan Goodman (Unknown), Bonnie Ebsen (Sharon Anderson), Robert Miano (Roth), John Quade (Unknown), John Brandon (Unknown), Hunter Von Leer (Unknown), Tony Dow (Mason), Britt Leach (Unknown)
While in Nevada, the Hardy Boys help a girl who claims to have been abducted by aliens.
22 :02x08 - The Strange Fate of Flight 608
Writer: C. R. O'Christopher
Director: Ron Satlof
Guest star: Rozelle Gayle (1st Twin), Gina Ardito (2nd Newsman), Robin Mattson (Unknown), Frank Parker (Unknown), Elena Frank (Lisa Lindsay), Katherine Moffat (Unknown), Dennis Levine (Radar Operator), Warren Munson (Controller), Thayer David (Unknown), Herb Braha (Unknown), John Clavin (Unknown), William Sylvester (Unknown), Susan Woollen (Unknown)
Frank and Joe must crash land an airplane when the pilots are mysteriously knocked out.
23 :02x09 - Acapulco Spies
Writer: Michael Sloan
Director: Keith Atkinson
Guest star: Nico Stevens (Bartender), Jorge Cervera, Jr (Ramone), Dante D'Andre (Maitre D'), Deborah Ryan (Jackie), Rudy Diaz (Carlos), Craig Stevens (Alexander Cartel), Kimberly Beck (Sue), Julio Medina (Clerk)
Frank and Joe head to Mexico with their father in order to deliver important documents. However, Frank and Joe deliver the documents to the wrong people.
24 :02x10 - Nancy Drew's Love Match
Director: Joseph Pevney
Guest star: Eugene Peterson (unknown), Stephen McNally (Mr. Phillips), Jack Colvin (unknown), Christopher Connelly (Sandy Castelli), Maureen McCormick (Karen Phillips), Nico Minardos (Paco), Charles Robinson (unknown), Roger C. Carmel (Bender), Phillip Richard Allen (John Bender)
Nancy goes undercover at a tennis tournament in order to help a kleptomaniac friend. There, Nancy meets a handsome tennis player.
25 :02x11 - The Mystery of the Silent Scream
Director: John J. Dumas
Guest star: Val Avery (Tracy), Larry Storch (Unknown), Elizabeth Stack (Sally Kline), Martha Garrett (Alicia Peterson), John Dresden (Brock), Kenneth Tobey (Philip Chandler), Norman Bartolo (Bradshaw), Norman Howell (Bellhop)
Frank and Joe look for a deaf girl who is in danger because she accidentally came across a bomb plot.
26 :02x12 - Will the Real Santa Claus..?
Writer: Michael Sloan
Director: Michael Pataki
Guest star: Missy Gold (Grace), William Campbell (Markham), John Ericson (Captain Rogers), Dan O'Herlihy (Griffin), Walt Davis (Stuart), John Roper (Lockhart), Peter MacLean (Haviland), Antony Carbone (Harry Champion), Sparky Marcus (Charles), Rick Springfield (Ned Nickerson), Jorge Moreno (Cortez)
Nancy tries to prove that a man who believes he is Santa Claus is innocent of the crimes he is said to have committed.
27 :02x13 - The Lady on Thursday at Ten
Writer: Christopher Crowe
Director: Joseph Pevney
Guest star: Simon Oakland (Eghan), Nicholas Hammond (Burke), John Karlen (Rocky)
While in New York City, Nancy Drew teams up with a boxer to uncover a plot to assassinate the visiting prime minister of Britain.
28 :02x14 - Oh Say Can You Sing?
Writer: Chris Conkling
Director: Dennis Donnelly
Guest star: Paul Regina (Steve), Skip Ward (Cop), Brett Williams (Officer Shelley), Alex Sheafe (Dr. Freedman), Nancy Stephens (Mrs. Morgan), Debra Clinger (Harriett Alexander), Sonny La Rocca (Eddie)
It's the 4th of July and the Hardy Boys are in a small town for a concert. However, they soon have to look into a hit-and-run that was committed by a friend who was acting strangely before the accident.
29 :02x15 - The House on Possessed Hill
Writer: Michael Sloan
Director: Daniel Haller
Guest star: Melanie Griffith (Stacey Blain), Dorothy Malone (Mrs. Blain), Jack Scalici (hotel clerk), Royal Dano (Grant), Edmund Gilbert (Fenton Hardy), Lloyd Bochner (Dr. Mann), Wayde Preston (Sheriff), Robert Ball (hotel man), Ed Crick (Jefferson), Penelope Gillette (hotel woman)
Joe helps a woman whose psychic abilities draw her to a haunted house.
30 :02x16 - Sole Survivor
Writer: Christopher Crowe
Director: Christian I. Nyby, II
Guest star: Barry Primus (Unknown), Michael Jackson (Newscaster), Luling Dixon (Unknown), Diana Muldaur (Leta Manheim), Robert Horton (Unknown), Chao-Li Chi (Professor Chang), Jean Marie Hon (Unknown), James Hong (Dr. Lo)
Joe comes out of a coma to find that he's been out for a year. However, nothing is as is seems.
31 :02x17 - Voodoo Doll (1)
Director: Joseph Pevney
Guest star: Kim Cattrall (Marie Claire), Peter Forster (Desk Clerk), Madeline Taylor (Unknown), James T. Callahan (Haggarty), Bobby Troup (Unknown), Julius Harris (Mr. Dove), Linda Dano (Josette), Ray Milland (Dr. Orin Thatcher), Howard Duff (Lt. Martinelle), Angelo Rossitto (Hawker), Hal Frederick (Matobu), Johnny Sekka (Unknown), Janet Julian (Nancy), George Dunn (Unknown), Larry Watson (Skeleton), Al Berry (Unknown), Jack Frey (Unknown)
While in New Orleans for Mardi Gras, Frank and Joe's wallets are stolen. Nancy Drew, who is working undercover as a magician comes to their aid.
32 :02x18 - Voodoo Doll (2)
Director: Joseph Pevney
Guest star: Bobby Troup (Unknown), Madeline Taylor (Unknown), Johnny Sekka (Unknown), Ray Milland (Dr. Orin Thatcher), George Dunn (Unknown), Kim Cattrall (Marie Claire), Linda Dano (Josette), James T. Callahan (Haggarty), Larry Watson (Skeleton), Al Berry (Unknown), Howard Duff (Lt. Martinelle), Hal Frederick (Matobu), Peter Forster (Desk Clerk), Angelo Rossitto (Hawker), Julius Harris (Mr. Dove), Jack Frey (Unknown), Janet Julian (Nancy)
Upon returning to their hotel room, Frank and Joe find that someone has left voodoo dolls for them. However, this proves to be the least of their worries.
33 :02x19 - Mystery of the Avalanche Express
Director: Christian I. Nyby, II
Guest star: Shepherd Sanders (Unknown), Vic Damone (Unknown), Troy Donahue (Unknown), Fabian (Paul), Tommy Sands (Unknown), Deborah Walley (Gina Bartelli), Edd Byrnes (Hans Mocton), Gary Crosby (Unknown)
The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew are thrust in the middle of a woman fleeing from a band of thugs when the woman's bags are switched with Nancy's baggage.
34 :02x20 - Death Surf
Director: Ray Danton
Guest star: Gary Wood (Unknown), Tara Buckman (Bernie), Jack Hogan (Unknown), John Mark Robinson (Unknown), Donna Lynn Adrian (Unknown), Tony Scott (Unknown), Jack Jones (Unknown), Maren Jensen (Maryann Dalton/Teri Turner)
In Hawaii, Frank rescues a girl who later disappears and is thought to be dead. He then becomes overcome with the need to figure out what has happened to her.
35 :02x21 - Arson and Old Lace
Writer: Christopher Crowe, Michael Sloan
Director: Christian I. Nyby, II
Guest star: Zina Bethune (Janice Cutler), Vince Howard (Lieutenant), Joseph Cotten (Rathbone), Robert Sampson (Unknown), Regis Cordic (Paul Chase), Amy Smika (Sally), Eric Server (Robert Coleman), Cathy Rigby (Greta's Daughter), Janet Julian (Nancy Drew), Jack Kelly (Unknown), Colby Chester (McCall), Pernell Roberts (Chief Madison), Brian Cutler (Unknown)
Frank and Joe learn that Nancy is being held against her will by a former movie star.
36 :02x22 - The Campus Terror
Director: Jack Arnold
Guest star: Derek Murcott (Dr. David Llewellyn), Anthony De Longis (Sergio Morse), Valerie Bertinelli (Wendy Chase/Gwynn), Jack Ging (Unknown), Kim Lankford (Unknown), Walter Klenhard (Officer), Stepfanie Kramer (Unknown), Beth Nufer (Gym Girl), Elissa Leeds (Trudy), Kario Salem (Unknown), Richard Collier (Kaplan), Diane Markoff (2nd Girl)
In New England, Joe receives a call that students have gone missing at the local Eastlake University.
37 :03x01 - The Last Kiss of Summer (1)
Writer: Glen A. Larson, Michael Sloan
Director: Vince Edwards
Guest star: Kristie Welsch (Jaimie), Sandy Charles (2nd Girl), Kevin Brophy (Jocco Halsey), Kevin Tighe (Steve), Vince Howard (Unknown), Mills Watson (Unknown), Anne Lockhart (Jess), Liberty Godshall (1st Girl)
Joe's fiancee is killed in a hit-and-run accident, but the police refuse to arrest the man for murder until another case is closed. Upon learning this, Joe goes undercover as a surfer to help solve the open case.
38 :03x02 - The Last Kiss of Summer (2)
Director: Vince Edwards
Guest star: Vince Howard (Unknown), Kevin Tighe (Steve), Sandy Charles (2nd Girl), Kristie Welsch (Jaimie), Mills Watson (Unknown), Liberty Godshall (1st Girl), Kevin Brophy (Jocco Halsey), Anne Lockhart (Jess)
Despite being haunted by memories of his fiancee, Joe continues to investigate while undercover. Frank tries to help Joe with the case by going undercover as well, but he ends up cornered in a shark-infested part of the ocean.
39 :03x03 - Assult on the Tower
Writer: Michael Sloan, Christopher Crowe
Director: Winrich Kolbe
Guest star: James Booth (Unknown), Shepherd Sanders (Unknown), Joi Staton (Unknown), Leon Ames (Messenger), Peter Ashton (Wakefield), Cort Brackett (Unknown), Dana Andrews (Unknown), Victor Holchak (Unknown), Ian Abercrombie (Sgt. Lander), Patrick Macnee (S.), Pernell Roberts (Detective Superintendant Molly)
When the Hardy Boys' father goes missing, Frank and Joe head to London. But when Frank goes missing again, Joe has to team up with British Intelligence to locate both Frank and his father.
40 :03x04 - Search for Atlantis
Writer: Steven E. De Souza
Director: Edward M. Abroms, Don McDougall
Guest star: Peter Weiss (Vittorio), Kopi Sotiropulos (Miklos), Pamela Bryant (Jeanette), Tanya L. George (Greek Dancer), Duncan Gamble (Unknown), Lloyd Nolan (Unknown), Gino Conforti (Desk Clerk), Darleen Carr (Helena Martin), John Colicos (Lt. Morbius)
The Hardy Boys are in Greece to investigate a drug smuggling ring.
41 :03x05 - Dangerous Waters
Writer: Lee Sheldon
Director: Richard Benedict
Guest star: T. J. Castronova (Regis), June Lockhart (Mrs. Migley), Robert Loggia (Unknown), Frank Marth (Unknown), Tom Newman (Phillipe), Rebecca York (Ria Thomas), Dane Clark (Unknown), Austin Stoker (Perfect)
Frank and Joe head to France in order to follow the trail of a girl who disappeared while on a treasure hunt.
42 :03x06 - Scorpion's Sting
Writer: Michael Sloan, Christopher Crowe
Director: Dennis Donnelly
Guest star: Nina Axelrod (Unknown), Robin Mattson (Catherine Martin), Joseph Ruskin (Unknown), Walter Klenhard (Smith), Don Diamond (Lt. Rogers), Craig Stevens (Scorpion), Macdonald Carey (Unknown)
Frank and Joe are sent to Puerto Rico to look after a senator's daughter.
43 :03x07 - Defection to Paradise (1)
Writer: Michael Sloan, Glen A. Larson
Director: Ray Austin
Guest star: Bobby Van (Unknown), Pamela Franklin (Marla), David Gates (Himself), Robert Feero (Kellgyn), Nehemiah Persoff (Unknown), Eric Lawrence (Vince Carrol), Lloyd Kino (Lt. Andy Ho), Douglas Heyes, Jr. (Jerry)
The Hardy Boys are sent to locate the the daughter of a Russian official.
44 :03x08 - Defection to Paradise (2)
Writer: Glen A. Larson, Michael Sloan
Director: Ray Austin
Guest star: Douglas Heyes, Jr. (Jerry), Eric Lawrence (Vince Carrol), Lloyd Kino (Lt. Andy Ho), Pamela Franklin (Marla), David Gates (Himself), Robert Feero (Kellgyn), Bobby Van (Unknown), Nehemiah Persoff (Unknown)
The Hardy Boys must find the daughter of a Russian official before the KGB does; however, Soviet Officials are getting closer and closer to her.
45 :03x09 - Game Plan
Writer: Steven E. De Souza
Director: John J. Dumas
Guest star: Jim Raymond (Hank Colby), Nancy Morgan (Unknown), Mary Louise Weller (Unknown), Joseph La Cava (Unknown), Patch MacKenzie (Charlene), Eric Lawrence (Unknown), John DeRose (Unknown), Dennis Holahan (Unknown), Robert E. Oram (Unknown)
A woman tries to exact revenge when her family is killed in a devastating accident.
46 :03x10 - Life on the Line
Director: Sidney Hayers
Guest star: Leonard Stone (Unknown), Ana Alicia (Suzanne Clifford), Marvin Walters (Fields), Karen Lamm (Debbie Lawford), Ben Hammer (Unknown), Paul Coufos (Unknown), Adam Roarke (Unknown), Wally Crowder (Thompson)
Joe and Frank are asked to protect a motocross racer, who is the daughter of a mob informant.