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This Is Your FBI

354 episodes · 1945–1953 · ABC, Blue Network, Armed Forces Radio Service, Mutual · Detective

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Cases dramatized from FBI files, with the cooperation of J. Edgar Hoover, who appeared on the first show in April 1945. The Equitable Life Assurance Society sponsored it on the Blue Network and ABC until the end of 1952. Its stories ranged from wartime spies and draft dodgers to postwar swindlers, hijackers and Communist agents.

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194531 episodes
  • Espionage (April 1945) April 6, 1945 · Blue Network · 29 min
    The first show: the case of Willie Sebring, spy. J. Edgar Hoover appears, as does the president of Equitable Life.
  • The Case of Shotgun Hadley April 20, 1945 · Blue Network · 30 min
    A crime against the home: kidnapping.
  • The Case of the Escaped Nazi Prisoners of War April 27, 1945 · Blue Network · 30 min
    Escaped Nazi prisoners of war: a peril to the nation.
  • The Confidence Game - William Roscoe May 4, 1945 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • War Fraud May 11, 1945 · Blue Network · 30 min
    The FBI suspects Andrew Rockland of making defective hand grenades for the troops.
  • Grand Larceny May 18, 1945 · Blue Network · 29 min
    A mild salesman by day is a notorious safecracker by night.
  • Draft Dodger May 25, 1945 · Blue Network · 30 min
    A quack doctor sells dangerous pills to young men hoping to fail their Army physicals.
  • Bank Robbery June 1, 1945 · Blue Network · 30 min
    Bank robber Arthur Clinton and his friend Betsy, a box full of explosives.
  • Espionage (June 1945) June 8, 1945 · Blue Network · 30 min
    A doll shop and three letters returned to senders who never wrote them lead the FBI to a woman spying for Japan.
  • Confidence Game June 15, 1945 · ABC · 30 min
    A Chicago businessman is taken in by a horse-racing sting run by professionals.
  • Auto Theft June 22, 1945 · ABC · 30 min
    The FBI tracks an expert car thief at a time when any car was hard to get.
  • Murder June 29, 1945 · ABC · 30 min
    Burglar, car thief and killer John Dixon leads the FBI on a cross-country chase that ends in Omaha.
  • Espionage - File on Cajunko July 20, 1945 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Misery Chiseling July 27, 1945 · 30 min
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  • Extortion August 3, 1945 · 30 min
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  • Robert Peary, Impersonator August 10, 1945 · Armed Forces Radio Service · 30 min
    The FBI tracks down a phony chicken inspector.
  • Bank Robbery Philip Houston August 17, 1945 · 29 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Fugitive Killer September 21, 1945 · ABC · 30 min
    A stranger with a suitcase and a violent secret visits an isolated house where an old woman lives with her granddaughter.
  • The Strange Extortion October 5, 1945 · 30 min
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  • The House on 92nd Street October 12, 1945 · 30 min
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  • The Marriage Racket October 19, 1945 · 30 min
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  • The Serviceman's Fraud October 26, 1945 · 30 min
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  • The Desert Dictator November 2, 1945 · 30 min
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  • The Bogus Bankruptcy November 9, 1945 · 30 min
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  • The Allotment Swindle November 16, 1945 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Bobby Sox Bandit November 23, 1945 · 30 min
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  • The Big Breakout November 30, 1945 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Pearl Harbor December 7, 1945 · ABC · 30 min
    On the fourth anniversary of Pearl Harbor, how the FBI guarded the country's security before and after the attack.
  • The Highway Hi-Jacker December 14, 1945 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Sorrowful Swindler December 21, 1945 · ABC · 30 min
  • Murder on the High Seas December 28, 1945 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
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  • Crime in the Roaring 20's January 4, 1946 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Innocent Killer January 11, 1946 · ABC · 30 min
  • The Cold-Blooded Kidnapper January 18, 1946 · ABC · 30 min
  • The Unwelcome Guest January 25, 1946 · ABC · 30 min
  • The Sinister Souvenir February 1, 1946 · ABC · 30 min
  • The Cautious Killer February 8, 1946 · ABC · 30 min
  • The Corrupt City February 15, 1946 · ABC · 29 min
  • The Pan-American Patriots February 22, 1946 · ABC · 29 min
  • The Castaway Killer March 1, 1946 · ABC · 30 min
    Nick Corona, escaping deportation, is picked up at sea by a fishing trawler.
  • The Skyway Swindle March 8, 1946 · ABC · 30 min
    Bill Renton uncovers a plan to cheat investors with airports and flying schools that don't exist.
  • The Paroled Killer March 15, 1946 · ABC · 29 min
  • The Wasteland Hideout March 22, 1946 · ABC · 30 min
  • The Bogus War Brides March 29, 1946 · ABC · 30 min
  • The Delinquent Parents April 5, 1946 · ABC · 29 min
  • The Nylon Hijacker April 12, 1946 · ABC · 29 min
  • The Swampland Kidnapping April 19, 1946 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Salesman of Espionage April 26, 1946 · 29 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Singing Swindler May 3, 1946 · ABC · 29 min
  • The Carnival Killing May 10, 1946 · ABC · 29 min
  • The Fugitive Horseplayer May 17, 1946 · ABC · 29 min
  • The Homicide Hideout May 24, 1946 · 29 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Slaughterhouse Swindlers May 31, 1946 · 29 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Sinister Lighthouse June 7, 1946 · 30 min
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  • Flowers for the Corpse June 14, 1946 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Friendly Killers June 21, 1946 · ABC · 30 min
    A husband and wife are professional murderers, and they do it with a smile.
  • The Surplus Swindle June 28, 1946 · ABC · 30 min
    A phony Army officer and his girlfriend offer a not-so-honest storekeeper two hundred radios that belong to the Army.
  • The Sinister Shakedown July 5, 1946 · ABC · 29 min
    A blackmailer threatens a dead businessman's wealthy family and murders the private detective on the case.
  • Death in the Tropics July 12, 1946 · ABC · 29 min
    A hijacker's partner leaves him for dead in a burning truck, and a Puerto Rican banana plantation becomes the scene of a murder.
  • The Walkie-Talkie Stickups July 19, 1946 · ABC · 29 min
    Two young delinquents start a life of crime with a stolen pair of walkie-talkies.
  • The Sinister Witness July 26, 1946 · ABC · 29 min
    A witness to a hit-and-run blackmails a candidate for mayor. A salute to the FBI's thirty-fifth anniversary.
  • The Would-Be Movie Star August 2, 1946 · ABC · 29 min
    Two women and a baby hold up a grocery store and cross a state line in their getaway.
  • Lady of Larceny August 9, 1946 · ABC · 29 min
    A little old lady helps her son break out of prison with a book of matches and a red Packard ambulance.
  • The Friendly Hitchhiker August 16, 1946 · ABC · 29 min
    A man in a sailor suit robs the jewelry salesman who gave him a ride, and the robber's partner is found murdered.
  • The Careless Kidnapper August 23, 1946 · ABC · 30 min
    An amateur trumpeter and his partner kidnap a famous trumpeter for $25,000 ransom.
  • Return of the Mob August 30, 1946 · ABC · 29 min
    Old-time gangster King Brown is paroled from a life sentence and given a chance to start over.
  • Murder on the Range September 6, 1946 · ABC · 30 min
    Cattle rustling and murder in the modern West.
  • Death for a Draft Dodger September 13, 1946 · ABC · 29 min
    A phony doctor treats young men to keep them out of the Army, with deadly results.
  • The Diamond-Studded Double-Cross September 20, 1946 · ABC · 30 min
    A rotten young man kills his stepfather, robs a stranger with amnesia and informs on his own mother.
  • The Night of Terror September 27, 1946 · ABC · 30 min
    Two working girls on vacation stumble into an evening of gangsters, murder and a high-speed chase.
  • The Curious Coin Collector October 4, 1946 · ABC · 30 min
    An escaped German prisoner of war uses an Indian-head penny to get help from friends in the Bund.
  • The Sugar Swindler October 11, 1946 · ABC · 30 min
    A slippery con man plans to cheat his victim and the victim's young assistant, and a recipe-collecting wife smells a rat.
  • The Big Shakedown October 18, 1946 · ABC · 30 min
    An extortionist uses an admiring ex-convict to blackmail a politician.
  • The Honest Embezzler October 25, 1946 · ABC · 30 min
    An elderly bank embezzler is on the run with a cheap traveling carnival.
  • Blueprint for Murder November 1, 1946 · ABC · 29 min
    A crooked builder turns to arson and kidnapping when a building inspector won't take a bribe.
  • The Frightened Fugitive November 8, 1946 · ABC · 29 min
    Two boys commit a hit-and-run. The first show with a studio audience, from Atlantic City.
  • Murder by Accident November 15, 1946 · ABC · 29 min
    A kindly old farm couple aren't as innocent as they seem.
  • The Return of the Killer November 22, 1946 · ABC · 29 min
    Chicago Thompson breaks out of prison and heads for Cleveland with his double-crossing girlfriend.
  • Danger in the Jury Box November 29, 1946 · ABC · 29 min
    A juror who refuses a $5,000 bribe has his daughter kidnapped.
  • Operation Rhumba December 6, 1946 · 29 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Swampland Killer December 13, 1946 · 29 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Swindling Swami December 20, 1946 · 29 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Little Tough Guy December 27, 1946 · 29 min
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194742 episodes
194836 episodes
194947 episodes
195038 episodes
  • Yesterday's Killers January 6, 1950 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Delinquent Doctor January 13, 1950 · 29 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • A License to Kill January 20, 1950 · 29 min
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  • Larceny Goes to Sea January 27, 1950 · 29 min
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  • Ladies of Larceny February 3, 1950 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Hollywood Frame Up February 10, 1950 · 30 min
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  • Package of Death February 17, 1950 · 29 min
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  • The Telltale Calendar February 24, 1950 · 30 min
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  • Voice from the River March 3, 1950 · 29 min
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  • The Surplus Safe Crackers March 10, 1950 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Fiery Fugitives March 17, 1950 · 29 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Honeymoon Homicide March 24, 1950 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Campus Shakedown March 31, 1950 · 29 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Mercy Manhunt April 7, 1950 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Perilous Secret April 14, 1950 · 29 min
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  • The Muscle Factory April 21, 1950 · 30 min
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  • The Handsome Heel April 28, 1950 · 29 min
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  • The Agent Apprentice August 11, 1950 · ABC · 30 min
    Phony stock certificates, forged certified checks, false leads and double-crosses.
  • The Vanishing Witness August 18, 1950 · ABC · 30 min
    The FBI must get a kidnapped witness before the grand jury in time.
  • The Black Market Hijacking August 25, 1950 · ABC · 30 min
    A barge of government coffee is stolen.
  • The Musical Stickup September 1, 1950 · ABC · 30 min
    Two musicians pull an unconscious man from a wrecked car and become prisoners of an armed robber.
  • The Swing-Shift Racketeers September 8, 1950 · ABC · 30 min
    A factory gambling ring turns to murder, and the FBI tracks the gang through a safe-deposit box.
  • The Flop-House Frame-Up September 15, 1950 · ABC · 30 min
    A body in an alley leads the FBI to an $11,000 embezzler.
  • Draft Dodging, Inc September 22, 1950 · ABC · 30 min
    A wartime con man sells wealthy young men draft exemptions, for a fee.
  • The Gold Rush Stickup September 29, 1950 · ABC · 30 min
    The Duke tunnels into another bank vault during a small town's Gold Rush Days.
  • Prisoner of War October 6, 1950 · ABC · 30 min
    The FBI tracks down a wartime fifth column planning to blow up a Navy ship for the Nazis.
  • The Phantom Bandit October 13, 1950 · ABC · 30 min
    A man spots a bank robber in a roadhouse and sends his wife for the police; when she returns, both men are gone.
  • The Dark Journey October 20, 1950 · ABC · 30 min
    Two escaped convicts get unexpected help from a greedy farmer's wife.
  • The International Heist October 27, 1950 · ABC · 30 min
    A gang smuggling stolen cars into Mexico kills twice to protect the racket.
  • The Baffled Bookkeeper November 3, 1950 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Backstage Shakedown November 10, 1950 · ABC · 30 min
    A former stripper, now respectably married, disappears after an extortion threat.
  • The Prodigal Hoodlum November 17, 1950 · ABC · 30 min
    A tough kid grows into a tougher hoodlum, and good intentions end badly.
  • Quartet for Crime November 24, 1950 · ABC · 30 min
    A gang of bank robbers recruits through the Chicago want ads and rehearses every job.
  • Communist Agent December 1, 1950 · ABC · 30 min
    A steamship-company employee is pressured into helping a Communist agent flee the country.
  • The Floating Stick-Up December 8, 1950 · ABC · 30 min
    A fugitive hides out on a larcenous showboat.
  • The Jungle Killer December 15, 1950 · ABC · 30 min
    An FBI agent poses as a hobo to catch a killer.
  • The Return of St. Nick (1950) December 22, 1950 · ABC · 29 min
    The program's holiday story: Santa Claus disappears from a big-city settlement house, and the FBI reunites an elderly brother and sister.
  • The Temporary Father December 29, 1950 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
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  • The Helpful Corpse January 5, 1951 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Criminal Caravan January 12, 1951 · 29 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Selective Service Swindle January 19, 1951 · ABC · 30 min
    Swindlers sell mothers fake draft cards to keep their sons out of the Army.
  • The Continental Killer January 26, 1951 · ABC · 30 min
    A policewoman helps trap a deported killer who has slipped back in on a freighter.
  • The Innocent Highjacker February 2, 1951 · ABC · 30 min
    A paroled convict is forced back into his old gang and shot by the police.
  • The Island Fugitive February 9, 1951 · ABC · 30 min
    A wanted murderer hides on an isolated island during a winter storm.
  • The Penny Lender February 16, 1951 · ABC · 30 min
    A Skid Row murder leads to the loot from a $37,000 bank job.
  • The Canvas-Backed Frame-Up February 23, 1951 · ABC · 30 min
    A $50,000 jewel theft is traced to a has-been boxer who doesn't mind losing for a price.
  • The Tin Can Killing March 2, 1951 · ABC · 30 min
    A plane crash on an Indian reservation leads to murder, and a bullet and a tin can are the clues.
  • Captain Larceny March 9, 1951 · ABC · 30 min
    A drunken sea captain is holding a load of stolen merchandise.
  • The Hollywood Shakedown (1951) March 16, 1951 · ABC · 30 min
    A movie actor is blackmailed while on location.
  • Success Story March 23, 1951 · ABC · 30 min
    Two tough kids go from bootlegging to gangland to respectable business.
  • The Saboteurs March 30, 1951 · ABC · 30 min
    Four Nazi saboteurs land in America from a U-boat, with four more on the way.
  • The Soybean Shakedown April 6, 1951 · ABC · 30 min
    Two children from broken homes grow up to run a protection racket on farmers that ends in kidnapping.
  • The Runaway Sister April 13, 1951 · ABC · 30 min
    A woman's younger sister is forced into a robbery by her boyfriend, and a policeman is killed.
  • The Big Fix April 20, 1951 · ABC · 29 min
    A slot-machine racketeer runs much more with the help of crooked politicians.
  • The Wild Pitch April 27, 1951 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Profiteers May 4, 1951 · ABC · 30 min
    A manufacturer's inferior telephone wire for the Army costs American soldiers their lives.
  • The Corruptors (1951) May 11, 1951 · ABC · 30 min
    A gambling house has been paying off the police commissioner, and then the bagman needs protection. A message from J. Edgar Hoover follows.
  • The Straw Hat Shakedown May 18, 1951 · ABC · 30 min
    An actor turns to blackmail, and a suicide brings down the curtain.
  • Old Mother Larceny May 25, 1951 · ABC · 30 min
    The fun-loving Berian brothers, and their mother, deal in stolen wristwatches and binoculars.
  • The Night Rider June 1, 1951 · 30 min
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  • The Return of Father Crime June 8, 1951 · 30 min
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  • The Mountain Murder June 15, 1951 · 30 min
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  • The Traitor June 22, 1951 · ABC · 30 min
    An American maps European ports for a foreign government.
  • The Fraudulent Healer June 29, 1951 · ABC · 30 min
    Two con artists keep a young girl isolated by astral control, until a beekeeper named Bruce steps in.
  • The Runaway Corpse July 6, 1951 · ABC · 30 min
    A con man who marries women for their money needs a hearse to get at a buried $20,000 inheritance.
  • The Tribal Shakedown July 13, 1951 · 30 min
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  • The Roaring Twenties July 20, 1951 · ABC · 29 min
    A warehouse robbery nets hundreds of cases of bourbon.
  • The Connoisseurs of Crime July 27, 1951 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Post Time Stick-Up August 3, 1951 · ABC · 30 min
    A jockey saving to send his daughter to a good school is blamed for a racetrack robbery.
  • The Adopted Thief August 10, 1951 · 30 min
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  • The Bogus Highjacking August 17, 1951 · ABC · 30 min
    An undercover agent waits in a seedy hotel for a gang of hijackers.
  • The Bad Samaritan August 24, 1951 · Mutual · 30 min
    A phony Army officer tells families of dead soldiers that their sons are alive and need money to bribe their guards.
  • Ghost Town August 31, 1951 · ABC · 30 min
    Bank robbers hide out in a Western ghost town, and a couple from a movie company complicate things.
  • The Curious Fisherman September 7, 1951 · ABC · 30 min
    A yacht is robbed and its skipper murdered.
  • The Interrupted Journey September 14, 1951 · ABC · 30 min
    Four saboteurs enter the country on false papers.
  • The Tell-Tale Cargo September 21, 1951 · ABC · 30 min
    The FBI suspects a sunken barge loaded with aspirin was scuttled for fraud.
  • The Harvest September 28, 1951 · ABC · 30 min
    A bank messenger is robbed and murdered, and the trail leads to a camp of migrant farm workers.
  • The Hostage October 5, 1951 · ABC · 30 min
    A young bank teller flees with an old hobo after what he thinks was a murder, and $12,000 is missing from his accounts.
  • The Tropical Frame-Up October 12, 1951 · ABC · 30 min
    A gang of truck hijackers leads the FBI south of the border to a banana plantation.
  • The Stranger October 19, 1951 · ABC · 29 min
    Henry W. Monroe, a mild-mannered hitchhiker who kills.
  • Citizen Caldwell October 26, 1951 · ABC · 29 min
    An anonymous accusation brings a loyalty investigation of Thomas Caldwell.
  • The Million Dollar Question November 2, 1951 · ABC · 29 min
    The rise and fall of Curly, a criminal who flourished because no one would testify.
  • The Traveling Bride November 9, 1951 · ABC · 29 min
    Two women run a racket marrying servicemen to collect their allotment checks.
  • The Unwilling Host November 16, 1951 · ABC · 29 min
    An escaped convict moves in on his old cellmate, and on the cellmate's wife.
  • The Flying Felon November 23, 1951 · ABC · 29 min
    A gang uses a teenager to pass counterfeit traveler's checks, with tragic results.
  • The Unhappy Embezzler November 30, 1951 · ABC · 30 min
    A meek, flower-loving bank teller of eighteen years decides to embezzle $8,000.
  • The Un-American Patriot December 7, 1951 · ABC · 30 min
    A loyal secretary, born in Russia, helps the FBI against Communist agents.
  • Crime for Sale December 14, 1951 · ABC · 30 min
    A gang of burglars uses a manicurist to learn about their victims.
  • The Innocent Santa Claus December 21, 1951 · ABC · 30 min
    A washed-up vaudevillian finally lands a job as a children's party Santa Claus and is accused of a crime.
  • The Intruder December 28, 1951 · ABC · 30 min
    A young woman learns the truth about her exciting boyfriend the hard way.
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  • The Toy Bandit January 4, 1952 · ABC · 30 min
    A speech-loving carpenter with a drinking problem robs a bank with a toy gun.
  • The Protection Peddlers January 11, 1952 · ABC · 30 min
    Production drops at an aircraft plant until it hires a new guard firm: the protection racket on a federal scale.
  • Knockout January 18, 1952 · ABC · 30 min
    Fight promoters who fix bouts dabble in bank robbery too.
  • Fiesta Fugitives January 25, 1952 · ABC · 30 min
    A couple hold up a savings and loan during carnival in New Orleans and then settle down in town.
  • The Campus Crime Wave February 1, 1952 · ABC · 29 min
    A pair of college bank robbers, and a basketball schedule that gives them away.
  • The Face February 8, 1952 · ABC · 30 min
    A young man rejected because of his looks turns to a life of crime.
  • The Old Hat February 15, 1952 · ABC · 30 min
    A blood-pressure prescription helps the FBI climb a mountain after stolen government blueprints.
  • The Unwelcome Fugitive February 22, 1952 · ABC · 29 min
    A gangster decides to return to America, and a loyal friend quietly tells the FBI.
  • The Pay Off February 29, 1952 · ABC · 29 min
    A businessman is kidnapped, and a typewriter, a camera and a newspaper in a photograph are the clues.
  • The Skyway Man March 7, 1952 · ABC · 29 min
    To crack a carnival safe and get away, hire a beat-up stunt pilot.
  • The Cross Country Fugitive March 14, 1952 · ABC · 29 min
    An agent drives a horse-drawn buggy over a snowy pass to keep a payoff man from meeting a fugitive.
  • The Corruptors (1952) March 21, 1952 · ABC · 30 min
    An honest official won't take a bribe from a crooked bridge builder, which leads to arson and kidnapping.
  • The Phantom Hitch-Hiker March 28, 1952 · ABC · 29 min
    A hitchhiker returns to a small restaurant near a national park with a lot of money and a possible murder.
  • The Hollywood Shakedown (1952) April 4, 1952 · ABC · 29 min
    Extortion at a Hollywood studio leads to a bar and a movie extra.
  • The Fast Ball Frame Up April 11, 1952 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Masquerader April 18, 1952 · ABC · 29 min
    An impostor leaves bad checks across the country and even sells a farmer a toll booth.
  • The Loner April 25, 1952 · ABC · 29 min
    A paroled makeup expert robs a bank to finance his system for beating the horses.
  • The Courier May 2, 1952 · ABC · 30 min
    Secrets of nuclear fission are stolen. George Murphy guest-stars in a story based on the film Walk East on Beacon.
  • The Punch and Judy Shakedown May 9, 1952 · 29 min
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  • Man Hunt May 16, 1952 · ABC · 30 min
    The FBI suspects a wholesale grocer's bankruptcy is a fraud.
  • Hot Ice May 23, 1952 · 30 min
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  • The Larceny Express May 30, 1952 · ABC · 30 min
    Watches and nylons are stolen from a train, and a sheriff is killed investigating.
  • Jackpot June 6, 1952 · ABC · 30 min
    The FBI goes after the interstate shipping of slot machines.
  • The Respectable Felon June 13, 1952 · ABC · 30 min
    A ring sells stolen cars to honest buyers, and the FBI lab analyzes a lump of red clay.
  • The Three-A-Day Fugitive June 20, 1952 · ABC · 30 min
    A vaudeville comic helps track an escaped killer who kidnaps two showgirls.
  • The Tell-Tale Camera June 27, 1952 · ABC · 30 min
    A newsreel puts jewel thieves on the trail of Willie, who has their loot.
  • The Five Fathom Stick-Up July 4, 1952 · ABC · 30 min
    A robber tricks a deep-sea diver and his wife into recovering loot from a sunken ship.
  • Killer for Hire July 11, 1952 · ABC · 30 min
    $78,000 in missing bank loot and double-crosses everywhere.
  • The Bridal Shakedown July 18, 1952 · ABC · 30 min
    A scheming couple convince their victim he's married, then make a bad mistake.
  • The Sixteen Millimeter Stickup July 25, 1952 · 30 min
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  • The Death Cruise August 1, 1952 · 29 min
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  • The Astrological Breakout August 8, 1952 · 29 min
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  • The Dime-A-Dance Stickup August 15, 1952 · 29 min
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  • The Jolly Widow August 22, 1952 · 29 min
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  • The Traveling Swindle August 29, 1952 · 29 min
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  • The Seagull Shakedown September 5, 1952 · ABC · 29 min
    A typewriter helps the FBI catch a blackmailer who dabbles in murder.
  • His Brother's Keeper September 12, 1952 · 29 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Comic Strip Bandits September 19, 1952 · ABC · 29 min
    An alcoholic cartoonist sketches a truck full of government property being pushed off a pier.
  • The Little Tin Box September 26, 1952 · ABC · 30 min
    Bank robbers blackmail a prominent socialite into hiding them while the heat is on.
  • Sight-Seeing Killer October 3, 1952 · ABC · 30 min
    A desperate man kidnaps two elderly sisters who run the Echo Cave Lodge.
  • The Roundup October 10, 1952 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Hot Sedan October 17, 1952 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Wayward Brother October 24, 1952 · ABC · 30 min
    A soldier brings home a gun from Korea, and his younger brother uses it to kill a watchman.
  • The Evil Samaritan October 31, 1952 · ABC · 29 min
    A rich couple crash their small plane and are held prisoner by two killers.
  • The Frivolous Cousins November 7, 1952 · 29 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Wide Open City November 14, 1952 · ABC · 29 min
    Riverdale is a boom town, and so is its crime, kidnapping included.
  • The Swamp Killer November 21, 1952 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Baby Peddler November 28, 1952 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Mama's Boy December 5, 1952 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Pickup December 12, 1952 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Snow Screen December 19, 1952 · ABC · 30 min
    A bank robber hides from the FBI in the far north and finds romance.
  • The Sunshine Syndicate December 26, 1952 · ABC · 30 min
    A practical joker in a gang of jewel thieves leaves clues for the FBI.
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  • Mr. Big-Shot January 2, 1953 · ABC · 30 min
    Gordon Drake: the biography of a louse.
  • The Divorced Child January 9, 1953 · ABC · 30 min
    Learning her parents are divorcing, a girl falls in with delinquents who steal cars and rob a gas station.
  • Death in the Desert January 23, 1953 · ABC · 29 min
    The Wallace brothers hide in the desert after a bank robbery, one of them badly wounded.
  • The Redheaded Blackmailer January 30, 1953 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.