| | | | Part I |
| 1 | | | I Saw You Once |
| | Milton | Schwartz | A lawyer. |
| | Jean | Plaidy | An English author Eleanor Alice Hibbert's penname. |
| | Victoria | Holt | A name also used by Eleanor Alice Hibbert. |
| | Latetia | Tomkins | Cloe's friend. |
| | Jacqueline | Kennedy | Former First Lady of the United States. |
| | Mr. | Schwartz | Milton's father. |
| | Helen | | Mythical character. Aka: Helen of Troy. |
| | Cleo | Sherwood | Worked at the Flamingo Club. |
| | Madeline | Schwartz | Milton Schwartz 's wife. aka: Maddie |
| 2 | | | October 1965 |
| | Wallace | Wright | A TV host. Former Wally Weiss. |
| | Jack | Jones | An American jazz singer. |
| | Harvey | Patterson | Canadian politician. |
| | Seth | | Maddie's child. |
| | Julia | Child | An American chef. |
| | Eleanor | Rosengren | Maddie's friend. |
| | Allan | Durst Jr. | Maddie's ex-boyfriend. |
| | Tattie | Morgenstern | Maddie's mother. |
| | Elijah | | Prophet. |
| 3 | | | The Classmate |
| | Edward R. | Murrow | American broadcaster. |
| | Jack | Benny | American comedian. |
| | Fred | Astaire | American dancer. |
| | Queen Esther | | Jewish queen. |
| | Alice | Faye | American actress. |
| | Bettina | | Wally's ex-wife. |
| | Spiro | Agnew | Former Vice President of the United States. |
| 4 | | | January 1966 |
| | Paul | Klee | A Swiss-born artist. |
| | Elizabeth | Taylor | American-British actress. |
| | Jack | Weinstein | Owner of a jewelry store. |
| | Judith | Weinstein | A jeweler. |
| | Bambi | Brewer | Designer, roboticist. |
| | Ferdinand | Platt | A patrolman. aka: Ferdie |
| 5 | | | The Clerk |
| | Donald | | Judith's favorite brother. |
| | Nathan | | Judith's brother. |
| | Barbara | Stanwyck | American actress. |
| 6 | | | February 1966 |
| | Jane | Addams | American activist. |
| | Amelia | Earhart | American aviator. |
| | Betsy | Ross | American upholsterer. |
| | Juliette | Low | The founder of Girl Scouts of the USA. |
| | Nancy | Hanks | Abraham Lincoln's mother. |
| | Dorothy | Parker | American poet. |
| 7 | | | My family ate black-eyed peas for the New Year. |
| | Merva | | Cloe's mother. |
| | Thomas | Ludlow | A bartender. Aka: Tommy; Spike. |
| | Tessie | Fine | A missing girl. |
| 8 | | | The Schoolgirl |
| | Rabbi | | Tessie's friend. |
| | Mrs. | Finkelstein | A pet store owner. |
| 9 | | | March 1966 |
| | Bobby | Fine | Tessie's father. |
| | Twiggy | | Model. |
| 10 | | | The Patrolman |
| | Paul | | A patrolman. |
| | Sophia | | Paul's wife. |
| | Jack | Diller | A cop reporter. |
| 11 | | | March 1966 |
| | Bob | Bauer | A columnist. |
| 12 | | | The columnist |
| | H.L. | Mencken | A reporter. |
| | Jim | Bready | A journalist. |
| | Russell | Baker | American journalist. |
| | Betty | | Bauer's wife. |
| | Lucille | Ball | An American actress. |
| | Ricky | Ricardo | Lucille's husband. |
| 13 | | | When I Was Eleven Years Old |
| | Shell | Gordon | Ferdie's friend. |
| | Ella | Fitzgerald | American jazz singer. |
| | Jerome | Kern | American composer. |
| 14 | | | April 1966 |
| | Stephen | Corwin | The pet shop clerk. |
| | Betty | Cooke | American designer. |
| 16 | | | May 1966 |
| | Enoch | Pratt | American businessman and philanthropist. |
| | Noel Darleen | | American actress. She is known for playing Lois Lane. |
| | Nellie | Bly | American journalist. |
| | Don | Heath | A columnist. |
| 17 | | | Mr. Helpline |
| | Ned | Brown | A creative director and writer. |
| 18 | | | June 1966 |
| | Calvin | Weeks | The assistant city editor. Aka: Cal. |
| | Violet | Whyte | A woman cop. |
| | Oscar | Hammerstein | American lyricist. |
| | Marlon | Brando | American actor. |
| 20 | | | So You Met Lady Law |
| | Eunetta | | Real name of Cleo Sherlock. |
| | Uncle Box | | Cleo's acquaintance. |
| | Walker | | Cleo's cousin. |
| | | | Part II |
| 1 | | | June 1966 |
| | Honor | Livingstone | The features editor. |
| | Mr. | Marshall | Paper's top editor. |
| | Bob | Jones Jr. | The second president and chancellor of Bob Jones University. |
| | Edna | Sperry | The labor reporter. |
| 2 | | | The Battle-Axe |
| | Diana | Vreeland | Columnist and editor in the field of fashion. |
| | Martha | Graham | American modern dancer and choreographer. |
| 3 | | | June 1966 |
| | Margaret | Bourke-White | An American documentary photographer. |
| | Martha | Ellis Gellhorn | An American novelist, travel writer, and journalist. |
| 4 | | | The Waitress |
| | Glenn | Martin | American aviation pioneer. |
| | Sammy | | A fourteen year old honor student at Hamilton Junior High. |
| 5 | | | June 1966 |
| | Phyllis | Basquette | A female cop reporter. |
| | Babe | Ruth | American professional baseball player. |
| | Marilyn | Monroe | American actress, model, and singer. |
| 6 | | | The Cop Reporter |
| | Jonathan | Diller | John Diller's father. Aka: Jonny. |
| | Partick | Mahoney | Armed force officer. |
| 7 | | | What did you think when you saw the body? |
| | Henry VIII | | Former King of England. |
| | Anne | Boleyn | Queen of England. |
| 8 | | | June 1966 |
| | Madame Claire | | A psychic. |
| | Orpheus | | A musician, poet and prophet in Greek mythology. |
| | Euridice | | The wife of Orpheus. |
| 9 | | | The Medium |
| | Suzanne | | Real name of Madame Claire. |
| 10 | | | Green and yellow, huh? |
| | Catherine | Howard | Queen consort of England. |
| | Mary | Boleyn | Anne's sister. |
| 11 | | | June 1966 |
| | Willie | Adams | American football player. |
| | Richard | Burton | A Welsh actor. |
| 12 | | | The Moviegoer |
| | Sheila | | The Moviegoer's wife. |
| 14 | | | Little Man |
| | Theodore | | Eunette's son. Aka: Teddy. |
| | Alice | | Teddy's aunt. |
| 15 | | | You deserved every bit of it, Maddie Schwartz |
| | Lionel | | Eunette's son. |
| 16 | | | July 1966 |
| | Brooks | Robinson | An American professional baseball player. |
| | Craig | Claiborne | An American restaurant critic, food journalist. |
| 17 | | | Number Six |
| | | Lopez | A baseball player. |
| | Andy | Etchebarren | American professional baseball player. |
| | Frank | Brooks | A baseball player. |
| | Willie | Mays | Baseball center fielder. |
| | Tony | Blair | Former British Prime Minister. |
| 18 | | | July 1966 |
| | Fang | | A dog. |
| 19 | | | The Bartender |
| | Maguire | | Spike's former boss. |
| | Ezekiel | Taylor | Mr. Gordon's favorite guest. Aka: EZ. |
| | Ray | Parks | Filipino-American professional basketball player. |
| | Hazel | Taylor | Ezekiel Taylor's wife. |
| 21 | | | July 1966 |
| | Patrick | Monaghan | Judith's new boyfriend. |
| 22 | | | The B'hoy |
| | Verda | Welcome | First black city councilwoman. |
| | Jerry | Pollock | Research scientist. |
| | Lee Harvey | Oswald | Former U.S. Marine who assassinated U.S. President J.F.K. |
| | Warren | Harding | 29th U.S. President. |
| | Harry | McGuirk | One of Maryland's last old-time Democratic machine leaders. |
| | Ron | | One of Tommy's friends. |
| | Bill | | One of Tommy's friends. |
| 24 | | | The Wife |
| | Douglas | Frederick | One of Taylor's helpers. |
| | Claudia | Frederick | One of Taylor's helpers. |
| | | | Part III |
| 1 | | | August 1966 |
| | George | Mahoney | The long-shot Democratic candidate for governor. |
| | Allan | Durst Sr. | Allan Durst Jr.'s father. |
| 2 | | | August 1966 |
| | Paul | Revere | American silversmith, engraver, early industrialist. |
| | Edward R. | Murrow | American broadcast journalist and war correspondent. |
| | Mr. | Sherwood | Cleo's father. |
| 3 | | | August 1966 |
| | Victor Charles | Buono | American actor, comic and briefly a recording artist. |
| 4 | | | September 1966 |
| | Grandma | Moses | American folk artist. |
| 5 | | | September 1966 |
| | Clarence | Mitchell III | American politician. |
| | Deborah | Wasserman | American politician . Aka: Debbie. |
| 7 | | | October 1966 |
| | Ali | | Milton's new love. |
| 11 | | | November 1966 |
| | Sidney | Poitier | American-Bahamian actor. |
| | Andrew | Young | Former United States Ambassador to the United Nations. |
| | Harry | Belafonte Jr. | American singer. |
| 12 | | | The Woman's Club of Roland Park, October 1985 |
| | Peter | Forrester | Editor of Beacon's newspaper. |
| | Ronald | Reagan | 40th U.S. President. |
| | E. M. | Forster | An English novelist. |