1x1 - Victor Reisel

September 17, 1959

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

1x2 - State Scandal

September 24, 1959

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

1x3 - Pickup

October 1, 1959

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

1x4 - The Neon Touch

October 8, 1959

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

1x5 - Extortion

October 15, 1959

A respected doctor becomes the victim of an extortionist.

1x6 - The accusing finger

October 22, 1959

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

1x7 - Mass Murder

October 29, 1959

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

1x9 - Charm Boy

November 12, 1959

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

1x10 - Old Man Lost

November 19, 1959

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

1x11 - The Human Storm

November 26, 1959

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

1x12 - Hot Stuff

December 3, 1959

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

1x13 - The Face of a Thief

December 10, 1959

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

1x14 - Murderess

December 17, 1959

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

1x15 - Chain Reaction

December 24, 1959

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

1x16 - Clean Kill

December 31, 1959

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

1x17 - Lonely Hearts Killer

January 7, 1960

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

1x18 - Return to Murder

January 14, 1960

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

1x19 - Scramble

January 21, 1960

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

1x20 - Massacre

January 28, 1960

A berserk killer is on the loose in California.

1x21 - The Blue Dahlia

February 4, 1960

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

1x22 - Checkmate

February 11, 1960

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

1x23 - Jailbreak

February 18, 1960

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

1x24 - Mad Bomber

February 25, 1960

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

1x25 - Character Witness

March 3, 1960

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

1x26 - Dumb Kid

March 10, 1960

A cub reporter stumbles onto two bandits.

1x27 - A Story for Christmas

March 17, 1960

William Key helps a despondent young girl on Christmas Eve.

1x28 - Birthday Present

March 24, 1960

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

1x29 - Suspicion of Murder

March 31, 1960

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

1x30 - Thesis for Murder

April 7, 1960

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

1x31 - Exposure

April 14, 1960

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.

1x32 - Pig Woman

April 21, 1960

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

1x33 - To Move a Mountain

April 28, 1960

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

1x34 - One Tall, One Short

May 5, 1960

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

1x35 - The Cave

May 12, 1960

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

1x36 - The Two Ounce Trap

May 19, 1960

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

1x37 - The Last Knockout

May 26, 1960

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

1x38 - Episode 38

February 1, 1961

1x39 - Smoke Screen

February 4, 1961

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