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Episode 130 min1959-09-17

Victor Reisel

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

Episode 230 min1959-09-24

State Scandal

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

Episode 330 min1959-10-01

Pickup

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

Episode 430 min1959-10-08

The Neon Touch

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

Episode 530 min1959-10-15

Extortion

A respected doctor becomes the victim of an extortionist.

Episode 630 min1959-10-22

The accusing finger

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

Episode 730 min1959-10-29

Mass Murder

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

Episode 830 min1959-11-05

The Case Of The Stranger

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

Episode 930 min1959-11-12

Charm Boy

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

Episode 1030 min1959-11-19

Old Man Lost

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

Episode 1130 min1959-11-26

The Human Storm

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

Episode 1230 min1959-12-03

Hot Stuff

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

Episode 1330 min1959-12-10

The Face of a Thief

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

Episode 1430 min1959-12-17

Murderess

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

Episode 1530 min1959-12-24

Chain Reaction

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

Episode 1630 min1959-12-31

Clean Kill

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

Episode 1730 min1960-01-07

Lonely Hearts Killer

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

Episode 1830 min1960-01-14

Return to Murder

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

Episode 1930 min1960-01-21

Scramble

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

Episode 2030 min1960-01-28

Massacre

A berserk killer is on the loose in California.

Episode 2130 min1960-02-04

The Blue Dahlia

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

Episode 2230 min1960-02-11

Checkmate

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

Episode 2330 min1960-02-18

Jailbreak

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

Episode 2430 min1960-02-25

Mad Bomber

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

Episode 2530 min1960-03-03

Character Witness

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

Episode 2630 min1960-03-10

Dumb Kid

A cub reporter stumbles onto two bandits.

Episode 2730 min1960-03-17

A Story for Christmas

William Key helps a despondent young girl on Christmas Eve.

Episode 2830 min1960-03-24

Birthday Present

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

Episode 2930 min1960-03-31

Suspicion of Murder

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

Episode 3030 min1960-04-07

Thesis for Murder

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

Episode 3130 min1960-04-14

Exposure

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.

Episode 3230 min1960-04-21

Pig Woman

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

Episode 3330 min1960-04-28

To Move a Mountain

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

Episode 3430 min1960-05-05

One Tall, One Short

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

Episode 3530 min1960-05-12

The Cave

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

Episode 3630 min1960-05-19

The Two Ounce Trap

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

Episode 3730 min1960-05-26

The Last Knockout

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

Episode 3830 min1961-02-01

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Episode 3930 min1961-02-04

Smoke Screen

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

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