Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum

Steve McBirney, sentenced to death for murder, makes a daring escape from a New York City courthouse and vows revenge against the chief witness against him, Charlie Chan. McBirney and a confederate hide out at a local wax museum run by Dr. Cream, who makes a lucrative side income from performing plastic surgery on fugitive criminals. The museum is also the site for a weekly radio show on notorious crimes. When Charlie accepts the challenge of noted criminologist Dr. Otto Von Brom to debate him on a controversial cold case involving the infamous Butcher Dagen, currently presumed dead, McBirney now has the perfect opportunity to strike at his nemesis.