The Search

S02 E01 • Monday, Oct 8, 1956 • Oct 8 • 28m

After an elderly couple inadvertently help a murderous bank robber slip through a police road block, a restaurant manager spots the fugitive who uses the old folks to keep from getting caught.

Kidnap Copter

S02 E02 • Monday, Oct 15, 1956 • Oct 15 • 28m

Jerry Watts is the son of a millionaire and he's just been kidnapped and taken to an old shack high in the mountains. After a tip from a game warden brings the Highway Patrol, Jerry tries to escape to the officers, only to fall into a canyon severely injuring himself. The only way out is straight up.

Trailer Story

S02 E03 • Monday, Oct 22, 1956 • Oct 22 • 28m

Steve Talbot is a jewel thief who likes nice automobiles, and the Highway Patrol knows this. So Talbot flees capture after a job in an old junker. This gets him past the roadblocks but he soon is stranded on the side of the road. He hijacks a newly married couple pulling a trailer and Dan passes the trio through, not wanting harm to come to the civilians. But in passing the blockade, they unknowingly pick up a new rider.

Fisherman's Luck

S02 E04 • Monday, Oct 29, 1956 • Oct 29 • 28m

A car that was involved in an accident is stolen and later found again, and just happens to match the description of one used in a bank holdup. Putting two and two together, Dan speculates that this was the getaway car and it's occupants must have escaped on foot, which is near a posh resort.

Magazine Writer

S02 E05 • Monday, Nov 5, 1956 • Nov 5 • 28m

Reporter Sam Dalquist has gone missing. Dan has been looking for him because a two bit hood was found dead after getting a traffic citation driving Dalquist's car. The only lead Mathews has is that Dalquist was working on an exposé about a hood named Matlock and that may be where the writer will be found...dead or alive.

Typhoid Carrier

S02 E06 • Monday, Nov 12, 1956 • Nov 12 • 28m

Hank Dooley's daughter has just died from typhoid fever, and Dooley is now searching for his farm hand Len Frazier who is the one who infected her, complete with rifle in hand.

Hot Rod

S02 E07 • Monday, Nov 19, 1956 • Nov 19 • 28m

Dan enlists the help of the leader of a local hot rod car club to assist in finding two robbers who use a souped-up car to get away from the Highway Patrol after each job.

Hot Cargo

S02 E08 • Monday, Nov 26, 1956 • Nov 26 • 28m

Several criminals conspire to stage highway accidents prompting truck drivers to stop and help victims only to be assaulted and have their cargoes stolen. After discovering the hijackers are being tipped off by the owner of a roadside diner favored by truckers, Chief Mathews creates a ruse to force the crime ring into action with the hopes of capturing them.

Oil Lease

S02 E09 • Monday, Dec 3, 1956 • Dec 3 • 28m

An Army bazooka is stolen by two men who use it to capture the payroll from an oil drilling company.

Ex Con

S02 E10 • Monday, Dec 10, 1956 • Dec 10 • 28m

The life of an ex-con is never easy, especially when cellmates show up expecting favors. Al Baldwin is a reformed criminal but suddenly has unexpected guests who hide out at his house while plotting their next crime. When that holdup goes bad, the cons hold Al's wife hostage until Dan and the Highway Patrol come to the rescue.

Motel Robbery

S02 E11 • Monday, Dec 17, 1956 • Dec 17 • 28m

Stolen Car Ring

S02 E12 • Monday, Dec 24, 1956 • Dec 24 • 28m

Escaped Mental Patient

S02 E13 • Tuesday, Jan 1, 1957 • Jan 1 • 28m

Armored Car

S02 E14 • Monday, Jan 7, 1957 • Jan 7 • 28m

Migrant Workers

S02 E15 • Monday, Jan 14, 1957 • Jan 14 • 28m

Ranch Copter

S02 E16 • Monday, Jan 21, 1957 • Jan 21 • 28m

A woman suspects her husband is trying to kill her. Iris: Virginia Dale. George: Douglas Henderson. Mathews: Broderick Crawford. Ted: Robert Cavendish.

Amnesia

S02 E17 • Monday, Jan 28, 1957 • Jan 28 • 28m

Statute of Limitations

S02 E18 • Monday, Feb 4, 1957 • Feb 4 • 28m

Mathews tries to prove the guilt of three holdup men---before the statute of limitations runs out. Mathews: Broderick Crawford. Eddie: Bing Russell. Wyatt: Mike Regan.

Resident Officer

S02 E19 • Monday, Feb 11, 1957 • Feb 11 • 28m

Psycho

S02 E20 • Monday, Feb 18, 1957 • Feb 18 • 28m

Counterfeit

S02 E21 • Monday, Feb 25, 1957 • Feb 25 • 28m

Mathews and the Highway Patrol investigate a rash of forged payroll-check cashings affecting merchants in and around Los Angeles.

Suspected Cop

S02 E22 • Tuesday, Mar 5, 1957 • Mar 5 • 28m

Trojan Horse

S02 E23 • Tuesday, Mar 12, 1957 • Mar 12 • 28m

Female Hitchhiker

S02 E24 • Monday, Mar 18, 1957 • Mar 18 • 28m

Nitro

S02 E25 • Monday, Mar 25, 1957 • Mar 25 • 28m

Motorcycle B

S02 E26 • Monday, Apr 1, 1957 • Apr 1 • 28m

Officer's Wife

S02 E27 • Monday, Apr 8, 1957 • Apr 8 • 28m

Stripped Cars

S02 E28 • Monday, Apr 15, 1957 • Apr 15 • 28m

Two brothers hijack a new-car carrier, planning to sell the cars to get cash to purchase a farm. When the driver dies from injuries sustained in the hijacking, they make a panic-stricken attempt to dispose of the evidence.

Convict's Wife

S02 E29 • Monday, Apr 22, 1957 • Apr 22 • 28m

Reformation

S02 E30 • Monday, Apr 29, 1957 • Apr 29 • 28m

An ex-con wants to return money stolen in an armed robbery, but his erstwhile partner has other ideas.

Stolen Plane Copter

S02 E31 • Monday, May 6, 1957 • May 6 • 28m

Two convicts steal an airplane to escape from prison.

Gem Robbery

S02 E32 • Monday, May 13, 1957 • May 13 • 28m

Wounded

S02 E33 • Monday, May 20, 1957 • May 20 • 28m

Fake Cop

S02 E34 • Monday, May 27, 1957 • May 27 • 28m

One member of a three-person holdup team impersonates a Highway Patrol officer in order to deceive robbery victims into thinking that they need not notify the Patrol themselves.

Double Cross

S02 E35 • Monday, Jun 3, 1957 • Jun 3 • 28m

Narcotics

S02 E36 • Monday, Jun 10, 1957 • Jun 10 • 28m

Hired Killer

S02 E37 • Monday, Jun 17, 1957 • Jun 17 • 28m

Hostage Copter

S02 E38 • Monday, Jun 24, 1957 • Jun 24 • 28m

Rabies

S02 E39 • Monday, Jul 1, 1957 • Jul 1 • 28m