This is Your FBI - Single Episodes


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THIS IS YOUR FBI This Is Your FBI was a radio crime drama which aired in the United States on ABC from April 6, 1945 to January 30, 1953 for a total of 409 shows. The show featured true cases from FBI, and told from an agent's viewpoint. FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover gave it his endorsement, considering it "Our Show" and calling it "the finest dramatic program on the air". The shows would involve everything from crackdowns on organized crime, or stories of individual lawbreakers. Some were well know crimes being worked on during that time period. The agents handled cases involving fraud, petty crime and professional crooks, as well as clearing those falsely accused. The stories shifted during the half-hour between the criminal's actions and the agent's account of the investigation follow-up. First appearing February of 1946, a fictitious agent, Jim Taylor played by Stacy Harris; however, he would not become the regular agent on air until the production moved from New York to Hollywood in 1948. Producer-director Jerry Devine was given access to FBI closed case files by Hoover, who would dramatize the stories. Devine would keep up to date on the latest methods with twice a year trips to the FBI. Narration was handled by Frank Lovejoy, Dean Carleton and William Woodson. Members of the cast along with Harris were Betty White, William Conrad, Herb Ellis, Michael Ann Barrett, Carleton Young, Georgia Ellis, Jay C. Flippen, and many other stars of the time. There were other shows which would dramatize crime investigations, such as Gangbusters , Mr. District Attorney , and The FBI in Peace and War ; however, the Peace and War stories were not always authentic. Later shows which would take the idea of authentic treatment of a true story and tell it well were Dragnet and Tales of The Texas Rangers . This Is Your FBI was sponsored during its entire run by the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States. Information for this synopsis was derived from numerous sources, including John Dunning's Encyclopedia of Old Time Radio , and from Wikipedia . From the Old Time Radio Researchers Group. See "Notes" Section below for more information on the OTRR.

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

Chapters

Kidnapping - Shotgun Hadley 29:38
Escaped POWs - Paul Tanner 29:33
The Confidence Game - William Roscoe 29:30
War Fraud - Andrew Rockland, War Profiteer 29:32
Grand Larceny - Daniel Holly, Thief 29:29
Draft Dodging - Dr Woodbury 29:33
Bank Robbery - Phil Bardo, Arthur Clinton 29:30
Espionage - Cora Lee Williamson, Spy 29:33
The Confidence Game - British Farm Equipment, Ltd 29:45
Auto Theft - Charles Meade 29:43
Murder - John Dixon 29:29
Espionage - File on Cajunko 29:42
Extortion 29:33
Robert Perry, Impersonator 25:13
Robert Perry, Impersonator 29:45
Bank Robbery 29:49
Fugitive Killer - The Scientific Conviction 29:30
The Strange Extortion 29:32
The House on 92nd Street 29:42
The Marriage Racket 29:30
The Serviceman's Fraud 29:33
The Desert Dictator 29:30
The Bogus Bankruptcy 29:31
The Allotment Swindle 29:33
The Bobby Sox Bandit 29:30
The Big Breakout 29:32
Pearl Harbor 29:30
The Highway Hi-Jacker 29:32
The Sorrowful Swindler 29:30
Murder on the High Seas 29:33
Crime in the Roaring 20's 29:31
The Innocent Killer 29:33
The Cold Blooded Kidnapper 29:30
The Unwelcome Guest 29:33
The Sinister Souvenir 29:30
The Cautious Killer 29:30
The Corrupt City 28:59
The Pan American Patriots 29:01
The Castaway Killer 29:34
The Skyway Swindle 29:34
The Paroled Killer 29:01
The Wasteland Hideout 29:43
The Bogus War Bride 29:37
The Delinquent Parents 28:59
The Nylon Hijacker 29:01
The Swampland Kidnapping 29:32
Salesman of Espionage 29:25
The Singing Swindler 29:26
The Carnival Killing 29:01
The Fugitive Horse Player 29:01
The Homicide Hideout 29:02
The Slaughterhouse Swindlers 29:01
The Sinister Lighthouse 29:47
Flowers for the Corpse 29:46
The Friendly Killers 29:42
The Surplus Swindle 29:51
The Sinister Shakedown 29:02
Death in the Tropics 29:19
The Walkie-Talkie Stick-Up 29:01
The Sinister Witness 29:02
The Would Be Movie Star 29:01
Lady of Larceny 29:26
The Friendly Hitchhiker 29:25
The Careless Kidnapper 29:44
The Return of the Mob 29:02
Murder on the Range 29:50
Death for a Draft Dodger 29:00
The Diamond Studded Double-Cross 29:49
The Night of Terror 29:52
The Curious Coin Collector 29:45
The Sugar Swindler 29:46
The Big Shakedown 29:43
The Honest Embezzler 29:43
Blueprint for Murder 29:02
The Frightened Fugitive 29:01
Murder by Accident 29:02
The Return of the Killer 29:01
Danger in the Jury Box 29:02
Operation Rhumba 29:01
The Swampland Killer 29:01
The Swindling Swami 29:01
Little Tough Guy 29:00
The Fugitive Guest 29:01
The Souvenir Gun 29:02
The Sunshine Swindlers 29:01
The Bow Tie Murders 29:01
The Baby Big Shot 29:01
Hijackers Incorporated 28:59
Death in the Desert 28:59
Old Lady Larceny 29:34
The Innocent Thief 29:15
The Divorced Child 29:00
The Fugitive Pirate 30:00
The Vicious Shakedown 29:02
The Henpecked Thief 29:44
The Used Baby Racket 29:40
The Curious Patient 29:35
The Juvenile Shakedown 29:02
The Unfortunate Daughter 29:02
The Henpecked Swindler 29:35
The Wayward Brothers 29:02
The Professional Killer 29:02
The Reluctant Thief 29:02
The Frustrated Mice 29:02
The Fugitive Traveler 29:02
The Curious Cameraman 29:02
The Horoscope Homicide 29:02
The Mysterious Fugitive 29:02
The Careless Killer 29:02
The Unhappy Hijacker 29:02
The Benevolent Hijacker 29:01
The Uninvited Partner 29:02
The Big Buildup 29:02
The Ambitious Widow 29:02
The Benevolent Corpse 29:32
The Innocent Witness 29:02
The Melancholy Mind Reader 29:02
The Half-Pint Horse Players 29:05
The Friendly Frame-up 29:02
Merchants of Arson 29:02
The Gullible Groom 29:04
The Runaway Dancer 29:02
The Trail of Terror 29:02
The Indifferent Mother 29:02
Lady Luck's Husband 29:02
The Happy Honeymooners 29:02
The Sorrowful Safecracker 29:02
The Unwilling Hostess 29:02
The Mercenary Mother 29:02
The Round-Trip Murder 29:13
The Plastic Profile 29:01
The Jewel Laden Jockey 29:02
The Henpecked Hijacker 29:37
Operation Ransom 28:43
The Unwilling Partner 29:01
The Runaway Racketeers 29:02
The Lonesome Lamister 28:57
The Big Guy 29:47
The Curious Prospectors 28:59
The Unhappy Medium 30:31
The Student of Violence 29:41
The Hollywood Horseman 29:46
The Curious Cargo 29:34
The Respectable Thief 28:52
The Three-way Frame Up 29:24
The Remorseful Runaway 29:02
The Wrong-Way Shakedown 29:01
The Telltale Bracelet 29:02
The Great Deception 29:03
Deadlier Than The Male 29:12
The Innocent Fugitive 28:59
The Unknown Voice 29:02
The Phantom Mine 29:14
The Two Wise Men 29:31
The Gridiron Swindle 29:32
The Man Who Died Twice 28:39
The Unwilling Draft Dodger 29:31
Two Tickets To Nowhere 29:56
The Voyage of Terror 28:46
The Prodigal Brother 29:31
The Return of St. Nick 29:23
The Friendly Forgers 29:32
The Out-of-Date Killer 29:32
The Skid Row Shakedown 29:31
The Slapstick Holdup 29:31
The Fugitive Bridegroom 29:18
The Cut Rate Caravan 29:14
The Mother-in-law Racket 29:53
The Three-Fathom Frameup 29:31
Murder on the Midway 29:32
The Telltale Ransom 29:31
The Baby Rental Racket 29:32
The Comeback Kid 29:32
The Bogus Healer 29:30
The Larcenous Landlady 29:31
The Lonely Hearts Racket 28:26
The Tropical Shakedown 29:52
Apprentice of Larceny 29:59
The Swampland Fugitive 29:48
The Bogus Bankrupt 29:46
The Hungry Wrestler 29:59
The Gentle Killer 29:56
The Rocking Chair Shakedown 28:32
The Runaway Guest 29:43
The Trans-Atlantic Shakedown 29:52
The Merchant of Death 29:47
Three's a Crime 29:48
The Sentimental Doublecross 28:49
Out of the Storm 29:56
The Larcenous Bride 29:16
The Hapless Hijackers 29:53
The Delinquent Father 28:39
Larceny Will Out 29:51
The Chinatown Shakedown 29:43
The Flying Thieves 29:27
Dead Man's Tale 29:33
The Meticulous Mobster 29:28
Friendly Stowaway 29:40
Helpful Hobo 29:35
The Unhappy Firebug 29:39
The Musical Frame Up 29:29
The Big Caseout 29:30
Gentlemen Prefer Widows 29:35
The Blundering Felon 29:46
The Waterfront Felons 29:33
Frozen Frame Up 29:24
The Innocent Hostage 29:39
The Return of St. Nick 29:36
Bank Robbery Incorporated 29:26
Yesterday's Killers (syndicated) 23:30
Yesterday's Killers 29:35
The Delinquent Doctor 29:28
A License to Kill 29:23
Larceny Goes to Sea 29:23
Ladies of Larceny 29:39
The Hollywood Frame Up 29:34
Package of Death 29:24
The Telltale Calendar 29:34
Voice from the River 29:23
The Surplus Safe Crackers 29:33
The Fiery Fugitives 29:22
The Honeymoon Homicide 29:35
The Campus Shakedown 29:10
The Mercy Manhunt 29:39
The Perilous Secret 29:22
The Muscle Factory 29:36
The Handsome Heel 29:19
The Aged Apprentice 29:33
The Vanishing Witness 29:30
The Black Market Hijacking 29:32
The Musical Stick-Up 29:30
The Swing Shift Racketeers 29:32
The Flop House Frame-Up 29:30
Draft Dodging, Inc 29:32
The Gold Rush Stick-Up 29:30
Prisoner of War 29:32
The Phantom Bandit 29:30
The Dark Journey 29:32
The International Heist 29:30
The Baffled Bookkeeper 29:41
The Backstage Shakedown 29:33
The Prodigal Hoodlum 29:50
Quartet for Crime 29:30
Communist Agent 29:43
The Floating Stickup 29:37
The Jungle Killer 29:47
The Return of St. Nick 29:24
The Temporary Father 29:49
The Helpful Corpse 29:30
The Criminal Caravan 29:23
The Selective Service Swindle 29:32
The Continental Killer 29:39
The Innocent Hijacker 29:47
The Island Fugitive 29:37
The Penny Lender 29:38
The Canvas-Backed Frame-Up 29:46
The Tin Can Killing 29:30
Captain Larceny 29:32
Hollywood Shakedown 26:46
Hollywood Shakedown 29:30
Success Story 29:50
The Saboteurs 25:49
The Saboteurs 29:30
The Soybean Shakedown 29:39
The Runaway Sister 29:45
The Big Fix 29:28
The Wild Pitch 29:41
The Profiteers 29:36
The Corruptors 29:55
The Straw Hat Shakedown 29:30
Old Mother Larceny 29:33
The Night Rider 29:32
The Return of Father Crime 29:37
The Mountain Murder 29:41
The Traitor 29:51
The Fraudulent Healer 29:37
The Runaway Corpse 29:37
The Tribal Shakedown 29:44
The Roaring Twenties 29:27
The Connoisseurs of Crime 29:31
The Post Time Stick-Up 29:36
The Adopted Thief 24:58
The Adopted Thief 29:45
The Bogus Hijacking 29:35
The Bad Samaritan 29:37
Ghost Town 29:54
The Curious Fisherman 29:45
The Interrupted Journey 29:40
The Telltale Cargo 29:43
The Harvest 29:48
The Hostage 29:37
The Tropical Frame-Up 24:11
The Tropical Frame-Up 29:36
The Stranger 29:21
Citizen Caldwell 29:15
The Million Dollar Question 29:26
The Traveling Bride 29:26
The Unwilling Host 29:26
The Flying Felon 29:26
The Unhappy Embezzler 29:44
The Un-American Patriot 29:31
Crime for Sale 26:30
Crime for Sale 29:29
The Innocent Santa Claus 29:31
The Intruder 29:29
The Toy Bandits 25:34
The Toy Bandits 29:30
The Protection Peddlers 25:18
The Protection Peddlers 29:29
The Knock Out 29:32
Fiesta Fugitives 25:45
The Campus Crime Wave 25:47
The Campus Crime Wave 29:14
The Face 30:21
The Old Hat 30:22
The Unwelcome Fugitive 26:40
The Unwelcome Fugitive 28:58
The Pay Off 26:08
The Pay Off 28:48
The Skyway Man 25:24
The Skyway Man 28:55
The Cross Country Fugitive 26:20
The Cross Country Fugitive 29:01
The Phantom Hitchhiker 26:53
The Phantom Hitchhiker 29:26
The Hollywood Shakedown 29:26
The Fast Ball Frame Up 29:50
The Masquerader 27:04
The Loner 29:26
The Courier 30:03
The Punch and Judy Shakedown 29:26
Man Hunt 29:32
Hot Ice 29:49
The Larceny Express 29:29
Jackpot 29:32
The Respectable Felon 29:30
The Three-A-Day Fugitive 29:42
The Telltale Camera 29:49
The Five Fathom Stick-Up 29:53
Killer for Hire 29:31
The Bridal Shakedown 29:50
The Sixteen Millimeter Stickup 29:35
The Death Cruise 29:27
The Astrological Breakout 29:26
The Dime-A-Dance Stickup 25:24
The Jolly Widow 29:26
The Traveling Swindle 29:26
The Seagull Shakedown 29:26
His Brother's Keeper 29:18
The Comic Strip Bandits 29:21
The Little Tin Box 29:35
The Sight Seeing Killer 29:32
The Roundup 29:34
The Hot Sedan 29:32
The Wayward Brother 29:38
The Evil Samaritan 29:24
The Frivolous Cousins 29:25
Wide Open City 29:15
The Swamp Killer 29:30
The Baby Peddler 29:33
Mama's Boy 29:29
Pickup 29:44
Snow Screen 29:30
The Sunshine Syndicate 29:32
Mr Big Shot 29:31
The Divorced Child 29:37
Death in the Desert 29:25
The Redheaded Blackmailer 29:45
Espionage 29:27
Misery Chiseling 29:30
The Harvest 25:32
The Knock Out 26:14
Fiesta Fugitives 29:30
The Corruptors 29:30
The Masquerader 29:26
The Loner 26:10
Man Hunt 26:28
The Three-A-Day Fugitive 26:06
The Bridal Shakedown 24:41
The Dime-A-Dance Stickup 29:26
The Traveling Swindle 25:46
The Comic Strip Bandits 24:06

Reviews

love it!


(5 stars)

Love these old WW2 propaganda shows - cracks me up! Bonds will save your life! Invest in war bonds and you will never be hungry again in your life! Fight those Japs and Krauts by buying WAR BONDS! And don't forget to buy a carton of Lucky Strikes!! ahahah

A real treat


(5 stars)

This is wonderful and dramatic series of real life crimes investigated by the FBI. Stacey Harris is exceptional in the lead role with terrific actors in supporting roles. I can't thank you enough for making this available.