Victor Reisel

S01 E01 • Thursday, Sep 17, 1959 • Sep 17 • 30m

As labor reporter on the New York Daily Mirror, Riesel fights against racketeers by exposing them to the public.

State Scandal

S01 E02 • Thursday, Sep 24, 1959 • Sep 24 • 30m

Reporter George Thiem's dilemma: loyalty to a friend or respect for the law.

Pickup

S01 E03 • Thursday, Oct 1, 1959 • Oct 1 • 30m

A persistent newsman tries to prove that a mild-mannered salesman is the murderer of two women.

The Neon Touch

S01 E04 • Thursday, Oct 8, 1959 • Oct 8 • 30m

Two teen-agers scheme to get rich quick by passing bad checks.

Extortion

S01 E05 • Thursday, Oct 15, 1959 • Oct 15 • 30m

A respected doctor becomes the victim of an extortionist.

The accusing finger

S01 E06 • Thursday, Oct 22, 1959 • Oct 22 • 30m

Reporter Ed Mowery, certain that a convicted murderer is innocent, tries to have the case reopened.

Mass Murder

S01 E07 • Thursday, Oct 29, 1959 • Oct 29 • 30m

A plane explodes in mid-flight, killing everyone on board.

The Case Of The Stranger

S01 E08 • Thursday, Nov 5, 1959 • Nov 5 • 30m

Newsman Harry Romanoff tries to unmask a phony hero: he believes that the man committed a double murder.

Charm Boy

S01 E09 • Thursday, Nov 12, 1959 • Nov 12 • 30m

A sorority meeting and a missed bus spell death for a coed and her killer has an airtight alibi.

Old Man Lost

S01 E10 • Thursday, Nov 19, 1959 • Nov 19 • 30m

Don Hogan of the Boston Post tries to help an amnesic regain the will to live.

The Human Storm

S01 E11 • Thursday, Nov 26, 1959 • Nov 26 • 30m

It takes a violent prison riot and a crusading reporter to alert the authorities to the inhuman conditions at a penal institution.

Hot Stuff

S01 E12 • Thursday, Dec 3, 1959 • Dec 3 • 30m

To expose a shoplifting racket, fashion editor Trudy Prokop infiltrates the gang.

The Face of a Thief

S01 E13 • Thursday, Dec 10, 1959 • Dec 10 • 30m

A brilliant detective matches wits with a reporter trying to clear a man caught in a web of circumstantial evidence.

Murderess

S01 E14 • Thursday, Dec 17, 1959 • Dec 17 • 30m

A beautiful murderer proves true her claim that no jail built could hold her.

Chain Reaction

S01 E15 • Thursday, Dec 24, 1959 • Dec 24 • 30m

A pilot becomes mentally ill after he takes part in the bombing of Hiroshima.

Clean Kill

S01 E16 • Thursday, Dec 31, 1959 • Dec 31 • 30m

An unusual clue helps Gene Lindsey of the Phoenix (Ariz.) Gazette solve a murder.

Lonely Hearts Killer

S01 E17 • Thursday, Jan 7, 1960 • Jan 7 • 30m

Two newsmen track a lonely-hearts killer who has claimed three victims.

Return to Murder

S01 E18 • Thursday, Jan 14, 1960 • Jan 14 • 30m

Two teen-age gangs are on the verge of declaring peace when a boy returns from prison and stirs up fury anew.

Scramble

S01 E19 • Thursday, Jan 21, 1960 • Jan 21 • 30m

Reporter Matt Conklin tries to foster good feelings between a quiet Texas town and a new Air Force base.

Massacre

S01 E20 • Thursday, Jan 28, 1960 • Jan 28 • 30m

A berserk killer is on the loose in California.

The Blue Dahlia

S01 E21 • Thursday, Feb 4, 1960 • Feb 4 • 30m

A soldier confesses to the murder of a beautiful girl but a stubborn reporter refuses to believe him.

Checkmate

S01 E22 • Thursday, Feb 11, 1960 • Feb 11 • 30m

Police and reporters try to break a man suspected of having murdered a 15-year-old girl.

Jailbreak

S01 E23 • Thursday, Feb 18, 1960 • Feb 18 • 30m

Three convicts escape from a maximum-security prison by forging the warden's signature on pardons.

Mad Bomber

S01 E24 • Thursday, Feb 25, 1960 • Feb 25 • 30m

It's Christmas week in New York, and a mad bomber is stalking the city.

Character Witness

S01 E25 • Thursday, Mar 3, 1960 • Mar 3 • 30m

Reporter Leo Sheridan is called in as a character witness at the murder trial of his best friend.

Dumb Kid

S01 E26 • Thursday, Mar 10, 1960 • Mar 10 • 30m

A cub reporter stumbles onto two bandits.

A Story for Christmas

S01 E27 • Thursday, Mar 17, 1960 • Mar 17 • 30m

William Key helps a despondent young girl on Christmas Eve.

Birthday Present

S01 E28 • Thursday, Mar 24, 1960 • Mar 24 • 30m

A father and his son are hunting for a lost ball that rolled under their porch and discover a woman's body.

Suspicion of Murder

S01 E29 • Thursday, Mar 31, 1960 • Mar 31 • 30m

Bernice Freeman stands by her friend when he is accused of murder.

Thesis for Murder

S01 E30 • Thursday, Apr 7, 1960 • Apr 7 • 30m

A brilliant, but deranged, college student tries to carry out the perfect crime

Exposure

S01 E31 • Thursday, Apr 14, 1960 • Apr 14 • 30m

A photo studio is the cover for a racket swindling the citizens of Columbus, Ohio, to the tune of a quarter of a million dollars a year.

Pig Woman

S01 E32 • Thursday, Apr 21, 1960 • Apr 21 • 30m

A woman brutally murders a handy man after being named the beneficiary of his life-insurance policy.

To Move a Mountain

S01 E33 • Thursday, Apr 28, 1960 • Apr 28 • 30m

A reporter, nursed by two Burmese women during the war, fights to keep them from being forced back to Burma and certain death.

One Tall, One Short

S01 E34 • Thursday, May 5, 1960 • May 5 • 30m

A wild hunch helps reporter Clayton Darrah trap two phantom bandits. The only available description is "one short, one tall."

The Cave

S01 E35 • Thursday, May 12, 1960 • May 12 • 30m

A car parked outside an uncharted cave convinces a reporter that someone is lost inside.

The Two Ounce Trap

S01 E36 • Thursday, May 19, 1960 • May 19 • 30m

A rest home for alcoholics, scene of five deaths within a brief period, is investigated by newsman Paul Quick.

The Last Knockout

S01 E37 • Thursday, May 26, 1960 • May 26 • 30m

Reporter Ed Reid encounters an ex-fight manager, a singer and a boxer in his search for a missing sea captain.

Episode 38

S01 E38 • Wednesday, Feb 1, 1961 • Feb 1 • 30m

Smoke Screen

S01 E39 • Saturday, Feb 4, 1961 • Feb 4 • 30m

The Erie, Pa., fire department is looking for the arsonist terrorizing the town.