Jerry Haendiges Vintage Radio Logs
*na* in the catalog number indicates the program is not available at this time
Post or Modify Date: April 29, 21
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Series: "THE BIG STORY"
NBC PALL MALL CIGARETTES Wednesdays 10:00 -10:30 pm
NARRATOR: Bob Sloan
ANNOUNCER: Ernest Chappell
DIRECTORS: Tom Victor and Harry Ingram
PRODUCER: Barnard J. Prockter SOUND EFFECTS: Al Scott
WRITERS: Gail Ingram, Arnold Pearl, Max Ehrlich
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*na* "THE KID AND THE BOX" 1 04-02-47 :30:00 Cincinnati Inquirer (Joseph Gerretsen)
*na* "THE BLACK THIRTY NINER" 2 04-09-47 :30:00 New Orleans Times Picayune (Melga
Frost)
*na* "THE STAIN ON THE SIDEWALK" 3 04-16-47 :30:00 Dallas News (Gene Cooper)
*na* "THE CASE OF THE COP KILLERS" 4 04-23-47 :30:00 Pittsburgh Post Gazette (Ray Springle)
*na* "THE MAN WITHOUT A NAME" 5 04-30-47 :30:00 Chicago Times (Jimmy McCaine)
*na* "THE WIDOW OF HAVRE DE GRACE" 6 05-07-47 :30:00 Baltimore News Post (Ed Freeman)
*na* "THE BLACK LEGION MURDERS" 7 05-14-47 :30:00 Detroit News (Ruth Montgomery)
*na* "THE TACTLESS TEXAN" 8 05-21-47 :30:00 Amarillo Globe (Gene Howe)
*na* "DOUBLE TROUBLE" 9 05-28-47 :30:00 Boston Post (Lawrence Goldberg &
Joseph Dineen)
51522 A "THE THIRTEENTH KEY" 10 06-04-47 :24:42 Columbus Citizen (James E.Fusco).
Introduction by the the 'Real' James
Fusco.
*na* "THE CASE OF THE TATTOOED 11 06-11-47 :30:00 Richmond Times Dispatch (Red McCalley)
CORPSE"
*na* "THE FORGER IN FLORAL PARK" 12 06-18-47 :30:00 New York World Telegram (Ed Mowery)
*na* "LITTLE BIG SHOT" 13 06-25-47 :30:00 Cleveland Plain Dealer (J. C.
Daschbach)
*na* "MUTINY IN THE BIG HOUSE" 14 07-02-47 :30:00 Atlanta Journal (Morgan Blake)
*na* "THE REPORTER AND THE BLOOD 15 07-09-47 :30:00 La Crosse Wisconsin Tribune (Robert
HOUND" C.Dunn)
*na* "A THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR ONE" 16 07-16-47 :30:00 St Paul Dispatch And Pioneer Press
(Johnny Johnson)
*na* "THE CASE OF THE IRON BOSS" 17 07-23-47 :30:00 Pittsburgh Sun Telegraph (Frank
Shenkel)
*na* "THE LOVELORN EXTORTIONER" 18 07-30-47 :30:00 Long Island Daily Star (Andrew
Vigietta)
*na* "THE LITTLE MAN WHO CHANGED 19 08-06-47 :30:00 New York Daily News (David Charney)
HIS NAME"
*na* "THE CLUBBER AND THE LADY" 20 08-13-47 :30:00 Toledo Blade (Margaret Daney)
*na* "THE CLEAN SWEEP" 21 08-20-47 :30:00 Waterbury Republican American (William
J. Pape)
*na* "THE MAN WHO LIKED THE 22 08-27-47 :30:00 Omaha World Herald (Alien Dowling)
KANGAROO"
*na* "THE LETHAL LADIES OF MUNHAIL" 23 09-03-47 :30:00 Pittsburgh Press (Edward J. Kason)
*na* "CHRISTMAS IN APRIL" 24 09-10-47 :30:00 Denver Post (Robert W. Fenwick)
111 "THE CASE OF THE CORNERED CAT" 25 09-17-47 :30:00 New York Mirror (Walter Winchell)
*na* "THE CASE OF THE LONELY HEART" 26 09-24-47 :30:00 Chicago Daily News (Guy Housely)
89547A "THE CASE OF THE COUNTERFEIT 27 10-01-47 :30:00 Los Angeles Examiner (Jack Adams)
COINS"
*na* "THE CASE OF THE LEERY 28 10-08-47 :30:00 Nashville Tennessian (Jack Setters)
LIBRARIANS"
89547B "THE BOBBY SOX KID FROM 29 10-15-47 :30:00 New York Evening Journal (Dorothy
BAYONNE" Kilgallen)
*na* "THE EAGER BEAVER FROM 30 10-22-47 :30:00 Buffalo Evening News (Eddie de Castro)
BUFFALO"
*na* "THE CASE OF THE BAFFLING 31 10-29-47 :30:00 Albany Knickerbocker News (Charles
BEAUTICIAN" Mooney & Mary Fuller)
*na* "THE CASE OF THE PECULIAR 32 11-05-47 :30:00 Houston Post (Paul Huchuli)
PAPERHANGER"
*na* "THE CASE OF THE SINISTER 33 11-12-47 :30:00 Chicago Herald American (Harry
STRANGER" Romanoff)
*na* "THE CASE OF THE LITERARY 34 11-19-47 :30:00 Chattanooga News (Nellie Kenyon)
LODGER"
89548A "THE CASE OF THE UNFINISHED 35 11-26-47 :30:30 Cleveland News (Howard Beaufait)
LOVE SONG"
*na* "THE CASE OF THE CARDBOARD 36 12-03-47 :30:00 Washington Evening Star (Jack Alien)
KILLER"
89548B "THE CASE OF THE FINAL 37 12-10-47 :30:30 Hartford Courant (Aubrey Maddock)
CURTAIN"
89549A "THE CASE OF THE AMBITIOUS 38 12-17-47 :30:00 Des Moines Tribune (Russell Wilson).
HOBO" Ralph Bell
*na* "MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM THE 39 12-24-47 :30:00 Nashville Banner (Marshall Morgan)
MAGI"
*na* "MURDER ON SEVENTY SEVEN" 40 12-31-47 :30:00 Chicago Daily Times (Frank Winge)
89549B "MANHUNT IN MANHATTAN" 41 01-07-48 :29:20 New York Daily News (Ted Prager)
*na* "THE CASE OF THE SOLID 42 01-14-48 :30:00 Pittsburgh Press (William A. White)
CITIZEN"
*na* "LADY LUCK AND THE LADY 43 01-21-48 :30:00 Washington Daily News (Martha Strayer)
REPORTER"
*na* "THE CASE OF THE IMPATIENT 44 01-28-48 :30:00 Columbia South Carolina State (George
PARTNER" A. Buchanan)
*na* "THE KID NAMED MICKEY" 45 02-04-48 :30:00 Boston Traveler (Virginia Bohvan)
*na* "THE CRIME THAT HAD TO HAPPEN" 46 02-11-48 :30:00 Memphis Tennessee Commercial Appeal
(Eugene Travis)
*na* "THE HURRICANE" 47 02-18-48 :30:00 Miami Daily News (Cecil Warren)
*na* "PAID IN FULL" 48 02-25-48 :30:00 Cincinnati Times Star (W. F
Carmichael)
*na* "THE STORY BEHIND THE STORY" 49 03-03-48 :30:00 Tulsa Oklahoma World (Peter Dixon)
*na* "CONCRETE EVIDENCE" 50 03-10-48 :30:00 Springfield Massachusetts Union (Roy
W. Dykstra & James Ga
111 "HUSH HUSH OPERATION" 51 03-17-48 :15:00* Kansas City Star (Paul W. Fisher)
(Disc 1 of 2) only
*na* "IN LINE OF DUTY" 52 03-24-48 :30:00 South Los Angeles Bulletin (Aaron
Dudley)
*na* "THE OTHER GUYS SHOES" 53 03-31-48 :30:00 Washington D. C. Evening Star (William
W. Chance Jr.)
*na* "A CASE FOR EDGAR ALLAN POE" 54 04-07-48 :30:00 Chicago Herald American (Harry
Reutlinger)
*na* "MURDER MAKES A PRETTY 55 04-14-48 :30:00 Syracuse Herald Journal (Edward
PICTURE" Griffin)
*na* "FOR BETTER, FOR WORSE" 56 04-21-48 :30:00 Erie PA, Daily Time (Charles Wells)
*na* "GUILTY WITH AN EXPLANATION" 57 04-28-48 :30:00 Norfolk Ledger Dispatch (Kathryn
Steffan)
89550A "PILLARS OF SOCIETY" 58 05-05-48 :30:10 Cleveland Press (William Miller)
111 "THE CASE OF THE LUCKY LONG 59 05-12-48 :15:00* Indianapolis Star (Robert Early)
SHOT" Incomplete (Disc 2 of 2)
89550B "MURDER VICTIM BURIED ALIVE" 60 05-19-48 :30:10 Minneapolis Morning Tribune (Rolf K.
Mills)
*na* "BANK ROBBERY, MURDER, ESCAPE, 61 05-26-48 :30:00 Mobile Press Register (George Cox)
MANHUNT, ARREST"
*na* "MURDER IS A BIG MISTAKE" 62 06-02-48 :30:00 Washington Times Herald (Ray Holgeson)
*na* "THE BOY WHO WAS LOST TO 63 06-09-48 :30:00 Denver Post (Jack Frank)
SOCIETY"
*na* "A KID WHO MET A KILLER" 64 06-16-48 :30:00 New York World (Jack Horns)
111 "BROTHER AND SISTER HATRED" 65 06-30-48 :30:00* St. Louis Globe Democrat (Albert B.
Hendry) Program of 6-23 Pre-empted
for Republician National Convention
111 "THE WOMAN WAS A WITCH" 66 07-07-48 :15:00* Tulsa Tribune (George Cleveland
Bullette). Incomplete (Disc 2 of 2)
89546B "REPORTER GAMBLES HIS LIFE TO 67 07-21-48 :30:30 Atlanta Constitution (Keeler
CLEAN UP LOTTERY" McCartney) Program of 7-14 Pre-empted
for Demotric National Convention
*na* "REPORTER WHO PUT TWO AND TWO 68 07-28-48 :30:00 Los Angeles Herald Express (Pat Foley)
TOGETHER AND GOT DEATH"
*na* "FIFTY YEARS OF LIFE BET ON 69 08-04-48 :30:00 Houston Post (Bill Gardner)
13TH JUROR"
*na* "BEAUTIFUL GIRL, BOTTLE OF 70 08-11-48 :30:00 San Diego Journal (Paul McCarthy)
DEATH AND A HEEL WORTH
$5,000.000"
*na* "SPEEDING TRAINS, BURIED 71 08-18-48 :30:00 Pensacola News & Journal (William
TREASURE, REPORTER WITH ONE Pinkney)
TRACK MIND"
*na* "PASSENGER LEAVES TRAIN AND 72 08-25-48 :30:00 Omaha World-Herald (Ella Fleishman)
DISAPPEARS WITH A MILLION
DOLLARS"
*na* "JACK THE GIANT AND LITTLE 73 09-01-48 :30:00 Waterbury Republican American (Dan
FRIEND, THE BRAIN" Parker)
*na* "LONELY MAN BEFRIENDS A 74 09-08-48 :30:00 Boston Traveler (Harry Friedenberg)
STRANGER NAMED DEATH"
*na* "MAD MOB SURROUNDS MURDERER 75 09-15-48 :30:00 Charlotte NC News (C. A. Paul) (Pgm.
HIDING IN SWAMP" 68)
111 "A BLIND DATE WITH MURDER" 76 09-22-48 :30:00 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Harry
Kodinsky)
*na* "JESSE JAMES: DEAD OR ALIVE?" 77 09-29-48 :30:00 Lawton Oklahoma Mail (Frank Hall &
Lindsey Wbitten)
*na* "BLUE DAHLIA" 78 10-06-48 :30:00 International News Service (Jack
Lotto)
*na* "APARTMENT HOUSE ROBBERY AND 79 10-13-48 :30:00 New York Herald Tribune (Roy
MURDER" Battersby)
*na* "LITTLE BLACK BAG WITH 80 10-20-48 :30:00 Los Angeles Times (A. M. Rochlen)
MOONLIGHT, MUSIC AND MURDER"
*na* "EXPLOSION AT SZABO FARM" 81 10-27-48 :30:00 Milwaukee Journal (Arville Schalenben)
*na* "HOUSE OWNERSHIP CAN BE 82 11-03-48 :30:00 Champaign Illinois News Gazette (Billy
MURDER" Hout)
*na* "HITCHHIKING INTO THE 83 11-10-48 :30:00 Dubuque Iowa Telegraph Herald (Helen
HEADLINES" Guertin)
*na* "LOOKING FOR A KILLER, LOOKING 84 11-17-48 :30:00 Houston Chronicle (Conrad H. Collier)
FOR A REPORTER"
*na* "HARD LUCK GUY WHO WANTED A 85 11-24-48 :30:00 Evansville Indiana Press (John Ellert)
BREAK AND GOT IT"
*na* "HONEYMOON LEADS TO DEATH" 86 12-01-48 :30:00 Chicago Herald American (Al Benziger)
*na* "AIR FORCE CAPTAIN BIDS WIFE 87 12-08-48 :30:00 Ashville, North Carolina Citizen
GOODBYE AND DISAPPEARS" (Hobart Holloway)
*na* "NEVER TO YOUNG OR OLD FOR 88 12-15-48 :30:00 Minneapolis Star Tribune (Max
MURDER" Schwartz)
*na* "THE NIGHT AFTER CHRISTMAS" 89 12-22-48 :30:00 Detroit Free Press (John Wagner)
*na* "GETTING YOUR PICTURE IN THE 90 12-29-48 :30:00 Pensacola News Journal (Wesley Chalk)
NEWSPAPER CAN BE MURDER"
89551A "16 YEAR OLD MISFIT KILLS OUT 91 01-05-49 :29:40 Louisville Courier Journal (Al
OF FEAR" Aronston)
*na* "AN ABANDONED SCHOOL, A WEIRD 92 01-12-49 :30:00 Jacksonville Journal (Leigh Culley)
OLD MAN AND A WITCH WHO WALKED
AT NIGHT"
*na* "WATCHING AND WANING FOR DEATH 93 01-19-49 :30:00 Oneonta NY Daily Star (Gerald
AND CONGRATULATIONS" Gunthrup)
111 "LIQUIDATING PARTNERSHIP BY 94 01-26-49 :30:00* Little Rock Gazette (Joseph B. Wirges)
LIQUIDATING PARTNER"
*na* "A LIVING DEATH HOUSE IN STATE 95 02-02-49 :30:00 Joliet IL Herald News (William M.
PRISON" Hart)
*na* "DYING MAN GETS REASON TO 96 02-09-49 :30:00 Atlanta Constitution (Celestine
LIVE" Sibley)
*na* "A CRAZY KILLER AND A CROOKED 97 02-16-49 :30:00 Memphis Commercial (Morgan Brassell)
CLUE"
*na* "REPORTER GOES TO JAIL TO GAIN 98 02-23-49 :30:00 Los Angeles Daily News (Joseph
HER FREEDOM" Saldena)
*na* "TWO KILLERS AND TWO COWARDS" 99 03-02-49 :30:00 Denver Post (Robert M Cour)
111 "SUICIDE BY A MAN WHO WANTED 100 03-09-49 :30:00 Cleveland News (Dee McAnally)
TO LIVE"
*na* "THREE TIME LOSER BECOMES A 101 03-16-49 :30:00 Seattle Times (Don Magrtuson)
WINNER"
*na* "PRETTY LEGS LEAD TO BODY AND 102 03-23-49 :30:00 Boston Post (Lester Alien)
KILLER"
*na* "GROOM IS DEAD MAN, REPORTER 103 03-30-49 :30:00 New York Daily News (Phil Clifford)
IS BEST MAN"
*na* "FANTASTIC JAIL BREAK" 104 04-06-49 :30:00 Houston Press (Harry McCormick)
*na* "THE SILENT KILLER" 105 04-13-49 :30:00 Omaha World Herald (B. F. Sylvester)
*na* "THE KILLER AT THE END OF A 106 04-20-49 :30:00 New Orleans Item (Herbert B. Mayer)
BLIND ALLEY"
*na* "LEGAL LYNCHING, OF OLD MAN 107 04-27-49 :30:00 Jackson Mississippi Daily News (James
WHO GIVES IN" Ewing)
*na* "AN INCREDIBLE FAMILY AND AN 108 05-04-49 :30:00 Philadelphia Inquirer (Joseph Clarke)
UNBELIEVABLE MURDER"
*na* "SOCIETY PAYS IT'S DEBT TO AN 109 05-11-49 :30:00 Portland Oregon Journal (Dudley
EX CONVICT" McLure)
*na* "HATE ENDS IN DEATH & LOVE 110 05-18-49 :30:00 St. Louis Globe Democrat (Charles
BETWEEN SILENT COUPLE" Clayton)
*na* "BOOTBLACK POLISHES OFF A 111 05-25-49 :30:00 New Yolk Daily News (Ted Prager)
KILLER & AVENGES DEAD MAN"
*na* "MERCILESS EGO AND GIRL WHO 112 06-01-49 :30:00 Washington Times Herald (Elizabeth
VANISHED" Oldfield)
51522 B "THE BITTEREST MAN ON EARTH" 113 06-08-49 :29:22 Richmond News Leader (Julien C.
Houseman). Canada Lee
*na* "REPORTER TOOK A LONG SHOT AND 114 06-15-49 :30:00 Columbus Dispatch (Bill Foley)
HIT A PHANTOM"
*na* "REPORTER TRIES TO STOP MURDER 115 06-22-49 :30:00 Des Monies Register & Tribune (Ray
IS ALMOST KILLED" Maxwell)
*na* "A REPORTER WHO NEVER FORGOT A 116 06-29-49 :30:00 Corsicana Texas Daily Sun (Paul Moore)
FACE"
*na* "EVERY BODY IS SOMEBODY (DUG 117 07-06-49 :30:00 Laurel Mississippi (Danny Dean)
UP CORPSE)"
*na* "FATEFUL PHONE CALK MEANING 118 07-13-49 :30:00 Detroit Tones (Ray Girard in)
DEATH AND LIFE"
89551B "DEATH AND HATE CAN BE 119 07-20-49 :25:30 Cincinnati Inquirer (Tom Mercer)
PARTNERS (MAN MURDERED BY
MISTAKE)"
*na* "MURDER IS A DEAD MAN'S DREAM" 120 07-27-49 :30:00 Chicago Sun Times (Peg Kennedy & Frank
Winged)
111 "BLIND JUSTICE ON TRIAL (DEAD 121 08-03-49 :15:00* Atlanta Journal (George Goodwin).
MAN ACQUITTED)" (Incomplete Disc 1 of 2 only)
*na* "CANYON CITY PRISON BREAK" 122 08-10-49 :30:00 Rocky Mountain Denver News (Jack
Foster)
*na* "TWO BANDITS TERRORIZE CITY" 123 08-17-49 :30:00 Boise Idaho Daily Statesman (C)ayton
Darrah)
*na* "A RED SEDAN, A WOMAN IN BLACK 124 08-24-49 :30:00 Memphis Commercial Appeal (Marie
AND SHOT IN THE DARK" Wathon)
*na* "THE ACE THAT BEAT THREE OF A 125 08-31-49 :30:00 Baltimore News Post (Edward Freeman)
KIND"
*na* "A KILTER'S CONSCIENCE" 126 09-07-49 :30:00 Cleveland Press (William Miller)
*na* "THE DOG LIVED WHILE THE 127 09-14-49 :30:00 Duluth News Tribune (Provost Coulter)
FACTORY DIED"
*na* "A BUNGALOW, A PARTY AND A 128 09-21-49 :30:00 Seattle Post Intelligence (Jack Heise)
HOUSE FULL OF PEOPLE"
*na* "A REPORTER WITH INTELLIGENCE 129 09-28-49 :30:00 Waterbury Republican (Harry Gaskett)
AND A CONSCIENCE"
*na* "THE STORY WRITTEN IN BLOOD" 130 10-05-49 :30:00 South Bend Tribune (Ralph Hennings)
111 "THE LONELIEST MAN ON EARTH 131 10-12-49 :30:00* Pittsburgh Post Gazette (Ray Springle)
(TWO PLACES AT ONCE?)"
*na* "MURDER AND THE MAN IN THE 132 10-19-49 :30:00 Los Angeles Examiner (Dan Green)
MOON"
*na* "THE CORN COB KILLER" 133 10-26-49 :30:00 Huntington West Virginia Advertiser
(Harold Falter)
*na* "TWO BODIES ARE BETTER THAN 134 11-02-49 :30:00 Clovis New Mexico News Journal (Jack
ONE" Hull)
*na* "LITTLE THINGS LEAD TA MURDER 135 11-09-49 :30:00 San Antonio Light (Walthail
(WANT AD CLUE)" Littlepage)
*na* "THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER 136 11-16-49 :30:00 Bismark Tribune (Frank Sturken)
(VICTIMS RETURNED TO LIFE)"
*na* "CRIMINAL VS. SOCIETY (TURKEY 137 11-23-49 :30:00 New York Journal American (Elizabeth
DRUMSTICK)" Beecher)
*na* "TOO MUCH SOUP (NEW RECIPE FOR 138 11-30-49 :30:00 Sioux City Journal (Norman Agathon)
MURDER)"
*na* "BULLETS, BLOOD AND TERRORISM" 139 12-07-49 :30:00 Trenton, NJ Trenonian (Joseph Henry)
111 "THREE GOLD COINS SPELL DEATH" 140 12-14-49 :30:00* Death Tulsa Tribune (Nolen BuIIoch)
*na* "THE MAN WHO MISSED THREE 141 12-21-49 :30:00 Boston Traveler (James A. Kelley)
CHRISTMASES"
*na* "DEAD MAN IN POST OFFICE (TWO 142 12-28-49 :30:00 Memphis Press Scimitar (Paul
STORIES AT ONCE)" Fairleigh)
111 "MURDER AND A FRUSTRATED 143 01-04-50 :30:00 United Press, Kansas City KS (Sam
FATHER" Melnick)
55479 A "GAMBLING AND DIVORCE CAN MEAN 144 01-11-50 :25:50* Reno Gazette (Frank McCuiloch)
MURDER"
*na* "SWAMP TRAP FOR A KILLER 145 01-18-50 :30:00 Richmond Times Dispatch (Maurice S.
(STORY TO SAVE A LIFE)" Dean)
*na* "LOVE, TRUST, FRIENDSHIP AND 146 01-25-50 :30:00 Wichita Ks Beacon (Ernest A. Warden)
MURDER"
*na* "A KILTER'S DEADLY 147 02-01-50 :30:00 Butte Standard (Clayton Maxwell)
PRESCRIPTION"
*na* "A SUCKER TO CATCH A SLICKER 148 02-08-50 :30:00 Binghamton Press (Sidney M. Cavanaugh)
(REPORTER ARRESTED)"
*na* "MADMAN THREATENS MURDER 149 02-15-50 :30:00 Ogden Utah Standard Examiner (Dorothy
CAUGHT BY REPORTER" Porter Pope)
*na* "A WARM SUN, A HOT ROD AND A 150 02-22-50 :30:00 St. Petersburg Times (Jerry Blizin)
COLD STIFF"
111 "NEW FACTS ABOUT A 26 YEAR OLD 151 03-01-50 :30:00* Detroit Free Press (Ralph Goll)
FRAME-UP"
*na* "A HITCHHIKER NAMED DEATH" 152 03-08-50 :30:00 Portland Oregonian (Edward M. Miller)
*na* "LITTLE BOY'S NIGHTMARE" 153 03-15-50 :30:00 Niagara Falls Gazette (Justin Riordea)
*na* "LOOKED FOR, QUESTIONED AND 154 03-22-50 :30:00 Omaha World Herald (Alien Kohan)
BAGGED A KILLER"
*na* "A REPORTER WHOSE BIGGEST 155 03-29-50 :30:00 Duluth News Tribune (Louis H. Gollop)
STORY HE COULDN'T WRITE"
*na* "A SMALL BOY, A FIERCE DOG AND 156 04-05-50 :30:00 Lumberton North Carolina Robesonian
A MURDER" (Ray Pittman)
*na* "A SENSELESS MINDER" 157 04-12-50 :30:00 Waco News Tribune (Woody Ban-on)
*na* "TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE 158 04-19-50 :30:00 Hartford Times (Skip Henderson)
(INNOCENT PICTURE LEADS TO
MURDER)"
*na* "AN OUT OF TUNE PIANO LEADS TO 159 04-26-50 :30:00 Columbus Georgia Ledger (Ken Hogg)
MURDER"
*na* "DEATH AND THE DENTIST (MURDER 160 05-03-50 :30:00 Philadelphia Inquirer (Joseph Schoen)
CAN'T BE WASHED AWAY)"
*na* "THE TRUTH CAN BE A SHOT IN 161 05-10-50 :30:00 Seattle Post Intelligencer (Charles
THE ARM (WEDDING CEREMONY & Russell)
MURDER)"
*na* "A TRIPLE MURDER WITH 162 05-17-50 :30:00 Bristol Virginia Herald Courier
DYNAMITE" (Robert Loving)
*na* "AN INNOCENT LETTER, A DEATH 163 05-24-50 :30:00 Birmingham Age Herald (Virgil E.
CERTIFICATE AND MURDER" Pierson)
*na* "NINE DOLLARS AND TWO PIECES 164 05-31-50 :30:00 Michigan City Indiana News Dispatch
OF CARDBOARD EQUAL MURDER" (Albert Spiers)
*na* "THE CORPSE IN THE SHALLOW 165 06-07-50 :30:00 Columbus Ohio Dispatch (Carl de Bloom)
GRAVE (KIDS IN THE SWIMMING
POOL)"
*na* "INSURANCE CAN LEAD TO MURDER 166 06-14-50 :30:00 Philadelphia Daily News (Frank
(MURDER FOR PROFIT)" Toughill)
111 "MOMMIE SHOT ME" 167 06-21-50 :30:00* Lapeer Michigan Press (Walter T.
Nobel)
*na* "HONEST CONVICTION CAN DEFEAT 168 06-28-50 :30:00 Alameda California Times Star (Ernest
CORRUPTION AND EVIL" Hood)
*na* "THE POOL ROOM MURDER CLUE 169 07-05-50 :30:00 Peoria Journal (O. F. Brinkman)
(PETTY CROOK WITH BIG IDEAS)"
111 "A SHOT GUN AND A FATAL 170 07-12-50 :30:00 Youngstown Ohio Vindicator (Bill
ACCIDENT (A HUNCH PAYS OFF)" Griffith)
*na* "A TRUCK DRIVER, A BEAUTIFUL 171 07-19-50 :30:00 Memphis Press Scimitar (Hal Wilson)
GIRL AND DEATH"
*na* "THE BOY WHO WAS TOO GOOD TO 172 07-26-50 :30:00 Boston herald American (Ruth
BE TRUE" Mugglebee)
*na* "DEATH AND DOUBLE INDEMNITY 173 08-02-50 :30:00 Springfield Missouri Leader & Press
(MONKEY WRENCH HITS KILLER)" (William A. Graves)
*na* "MURDER IN THE GARBAGE" 174 08-09-50 :30:00 Detroit Free Press (Ralph Nelson)
*na* "CORNERED RATS ALWAYS SQUEAL 175 08-16-50 :30:00 Pittsburgh Press (Chester Potter)
(THE CODE OF THE UNDERWORLD)"
*na* "A DEAD MAN SOLVES A MURDER" 176 08-23-50 :30:00 Tucson Daily Star (Jim Hart)
*na* "ENOUGH ROPE FOR THE KILLER" 177 08-30-50 :30:00 Atlanta Constitution (Lee Fuhrman)
*na* "OBSTINACY IS A VIRTUE 178 09-06-50 :30:00 St. Petersburg Evening Independent
(ACCIDENT BECOMES MURDER)" (Harold F. Ballew)
*na* "THE TATTOOED BLONDE" 179 09-13-50 :30:00 Ogden Utah Standard Examiner (Alfred
Gladweli)
*na* "ALL THE EVIDENCE OF MURDER 180 09-20-50 :30:00 Butte Daily Post (John Kamps)
EXCEPT A BODY"
*na* "THE KILLER EVERYONE SAW BUT 181 09-27-50 :30:00 Birmingham Post Herald (Gene Wortsman)
NOBODY KNEW"
*na* "THE NEARLY PERFECT CRIME 182 10-04-50 :30:00 New York Times (Joseph Haff)
(PHONY CHECK CASHING)"
*na* "EEL FISHING AND MURDER" 183 10-11-50 :30:00 Wildwood NJ Leader (Henry Lapidus)
111 "PURITAN MORALITY AND VIOLENT 184 10-18-50 :30:00* Hartford Tunes (Albert I Prince)
DEATH"
*na* "A BATTERED HAT AND DEATH" 185 10-25-50 :30:00 San Francisco Chronicle (Kenneth C.
Adams)
*na* "TRIAL WITNESS FOR THE 186 11-01-50 :30:00 Associated Press, Boise, Idaho (Walter
PROSECUTION" Beesley)
111 "BOBBY SOX HUSTLING, GIRL 187 11-08-50 :30:00* New York Journal American (Paul
GANGS AND VICE" Schoenstein)
89552A "THE HIGHLAND PARK MURDER 188 11-15-50 :25:40 Detroit Free Press (Kenneth McCormick)
(DROPPED PENCIL CLUE)"
*na* "ONE AND ONE SOMETIMES MAKES 189 11-22-50 :30:00 Portsmouth NH Herald (Richard J.
FOUR (ROBBERY & EMILY POST)" Connolly)
111 "A KILLER WITH THE MIND OF A 190 11-29-50 :30:00* Salt Lake City Tribune (T, R. Johnson)
LITTLE BOY"
55479 B "A DICTIONARY AND A TELEPHONE 191 12-06-50 :30:00 Denver Post (Bernard Beckwith)
LINE LEADS TO A KILLER"
*na* "A TOO PERFECT ALIBI IS A SET 192 12-13-50 :30:00 Harrington TX Morning Star (W. E.
UP FOR MURDER (OPEN A CLOSED Bailey)
CASE)"
*na* "A HOLIDAY WITH MURDER" 193 12-20-50 :30:00 Los Angeles Daily News (Joseph
Saldana)
*na* "TRACKING A KILLER IN THE 194 12-27-50 :30:00 Duluth News Tribune (Fred Weinberg)
SNOW"
*na* "A WISE FATHER KNOWS HIS OWN 195 01-03-51 :30:00 Cincinnati Times Star (Patricia
DAUGHTER" Carmichael)
*na* "A KILLER NEEDS A CHARACTER 196 01-10-51 :30:00 Shreveport Journal (Dolph Frantz)
REFERENCE (UGLY SOUND OF
MURDER)"
*na* "THE MOST DANGEROUS KILLER IS 197 01-17-51 :30:00 Portland Maine Press Herald (Lawrence
THE MOST OBVIOUS" Dame)
*na* "REDISCOVERY OF AN OLD FRIEND 198 01-24-51 :30:00 New Haven Journal Courier (Emile
AND HANGING HIM" Gavreau)
*na* "MURDER HAS FIVE COMPONENTS 199 01-31-51 :30:00 Phoenix Republic (Gene McClain)
(STUDENT'S FAVORITE SUBJECT IS
MURDE"
*na* "DEATH AT LOVER'S LANE (YOUTH 200 02-07-51 :30:00 Memphis Commercial Appeal (David
TERRORIZED BY CHAIN OF Bloom)
MURDER)"
*na* "INCIDENT ON THE FOURTH OF 201 02-14-51 :30:00 Jackson MS Daily News (Paul Tiblier)
JULY" Independence Day Program
*na* "GOING TO SLEEP AN HOUR BEFORE 202 02-21-51 :30:00 Butte Standard (George MeVey)
MIDNIGHT (MONTANA'S MOST
BRUTAL M"
*na* "BICYCLING TO THE SCENE OF THE 203 02-28-51 :30:00 Long Island Daily Press (Ed Gotlieb)
CRIME"
*na* "TWO MISSING PERSONS AND DEATH 204 03-07-51 :30:00 Columbus Georgia Ledger Enquirer
(LATE ARRIVAL HOME)" (Charles Ewing)
111 "CHALLENGE TO A CUB REPORTER 205 03-14-51 :30:00* Humboldt Times, Eureka CA (Ed Neumeir)
WHO WAS LIKED BY A MURDERER)"
*na* "A WEATHER REPORT LEADS TO THE 206 03-21-51 :30:00 Tulsa Tribune (John H. Booker)
DIGGING UP OF A CLUE"
*na* "THE MURDER WITH TOO MANY 207 03-28-51 :30:00 Boston Traveler (Eugene Moriarity)
SUSPECTS"
111 "THE POKER HAND THAT ENDED IN 208 04-04-51 :30:00* Chicago Sun Tunes (William Doherty)
DEATH"
*na* "A DRIVE IN THE COUNTRY LEADS 209 04-11-51 :30:00 Hoboken Observer (John G. Connolly)
TO DEATH"
*na* "THE CASE OF THE UPSIDE DOWN 210 04-18-51 :30:00 Miami Herald (Henry Reno)
CORPSE"
*na* "THERE ARE THINGS MORE TRAGIC 211 04-25-51 :30:00 Hiawatha Kansas Daily World (Virgil.
THAN MURDER" Hill)
*na* "A FLASHLIGHT AND A SMALL 212 05-02-51 :30:00 San Antonio Light (Peter Panfield)
BLACK HAT LEAD TO A KILLER"
*na* "A DAY OF HORROR (SEVENTEEN 213 05-09-51 :30:00 Oklahoma Herald (Margaret Eakin)
YEAR OLD REPORTER) SAPULPA"
*na* "THIRTEEN IS A KILLER'S 214 05-16-51 :30:00 Birmingham News (Hugh Sparrow)
UNLUCKY NUMBER"
*na* "A LOVE TO LAST FOREVER ENDED 215 05-23-51 :30:00 Cincinnati Times Star (Samuel Wilson)
IN DEATH"
*na* "A HALF FORGOTTEN MEMORY 216 05-30-51 :30:00 Minneapolis Star And Tribune (Paul
BECOMES A LONG REMEMBERED Presbery)
MANHUNT"
*na* "AN AD IN THE PERSONALS LEADS 217 06-06-51 :30:00 Philadelphia Inquirer (Theodore
TO DEATH" McFarland)
*na* "THE TOWN WHERE CHILDREN LIVED 218 06-13-51 :30:00 Boston Record American (Bob Court)
IN TERROR"
*na* "A QUOTE FROM SHAKESPEARE 219 06-20-51 :30:00 Port Dodge Iowa Messenger (Granger P.
TRAPS A KILLER" Mitchell)
*na* "HARD LUCK ENDS IN VIOLENCE 220 06-27-51 :30:00 Ogden Utah Standard Examiner (Glenn
AND DEATH" Perrins)
*na* "THE STUPID CRIMINAL WHO 221 07-04-51 :30:00 Fayetteville Arkansas Times (Floyd
BECAME DANGEROUSLY SMART" Carl Jr.)
*na* "THE DEVIL GETS HIS DUE OR THE 222 07-11-51 :30:00 Lancaster PA New Era (Herb Krone)
STORY TURNS TO ASHES"
*na* "A FIRE THAT SINGED MANY 223 07-18-51 :30:00 Fargo Forum (Sidney W. Hooper)
LIVES"
8672 C2 "FORTY MINUTES TO MEET A 224 07-25-51 :30:00 Cleveland Press (Bus Bergen)
DEADLINE"
*na* "A TROUBLED WOMAN'S SEARCH FOR 225 08-01-51 :30:00 Long Island NY Daily Press (Jack C.
EXCITEMENT" Sutphin)
*na* "THE KILLER IN A CONVERTIBLE 226 08-08-51 :30:00 Helena Independent (Al Gaskell)
WHO WAS DRIVEN TO THE END OF
HIS RO"
*na* "RECONSTRUCTION OF A FAMILY'S 227 08-15-51 :30:00 Jackson MS Daily News (Edward L.
LIFE LEADS TO DEATH" Blake)
*na* "A CRIMINAL TRAPPED IN MID AIR 228 08-22-51 :30:00 Boston Post (William C. Brennan)
VANISHES"
*na* "A REPORTER, A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG 229 08-29-51 :30:00 Bridgeport CT Herald (Harry Neigher)
GIRL AND A MURDER"
*na* "THE KILLER WHO TALKED HIS WAY 230 09-05-51 :30:00 Houston Chronicle (Jack Weeks)
TO DOOM"
*na* "DEATH IN A LONELY LAVA DESERT 231 09-12-51 :30:00 Blackfoot Idaho Daily Bulletin (Mike
COUNTRY" Forbes)
*na* "MURDER IN A KILLER'S RIGHT 232 09-19-51 :30:00 Woonsocket RI Call (Henry S. Pointon)
HAND (ANSWER TO PUZZLE IN A
DREAM)"
*na* "MURDERER TRAPPED BY OLD 233 09-26-51 :30:00 Chicago Sun Times (Edgar E. Frady)
TRICK"
*na* "TWO BRUTAL MURDERS AND TWO 234 10-03-51 :30:00 Cincinnati Inquirer (Albert J.
CONTRADICTORY THEORIES LEAD TO Shottelknotte)
KILLE"
*na* "MYSTERY AND MOTHER LOVE ADD 235 10-10-51 :30:00 Macon Georgia News (Paul M. Conaway)
UP TO MURDER"
*na* "THE KILLER WHO WAS NO GOOD AT 236 10-17-51 :30:00 Salem Mass. News (James Fuller)
ANYTHING"
*na* "THE OLD MAN ON THE HOUSEBOAT 237 10-24-51 :30:00 Natchez MS Democrat (Ned Smith)
AT DEAD MAN'S BEND"
*na* "TURNING TUNE BACK TO MURDER" 238 10-31-51 :30:00 Davenport Iowa Daily Times (Norman
Bergsma)
*na* "TWO KILLERS REGRET WIPING THE 239 11-07-51 :30:00 Kansas City Missouri Star (Bill
SMILE OFF ANOTHER MAN'S FACE" Moorhead)
111 "THE KILLER WHO WANTED WHAT HE 240 11-14-51 :30:00 Salt Lake City Tribune (Cluster M.
COULDN'T HAVE" Nillson)
*na* "JUSTICE FOR A MAN IMPRISONED 241 11-21-51 :30:00 Akron Beacon Journal (Clyde Mann)
FOR MURDER"
*na* "THE MURDERER WHO HAD CLAY 242 11-28-51 :30:00 Atlanta Journal Constitution (Rolfe
FEET" Edmondson)
*na* "THE KILLER WHO PAID A HIGH 243 12-05-51 :30:00 New Castle PA News (Bart Richards)
PRICE FOR BEING A CONNOISSEUR
OF BEA"
*na* "A SEARCH FOR HUMAN INTEREST 244 12-12-51 :30:00 Nampa Idaho Free Press (Marguerite
LEADS TO TRAGEDY" Brown)
*na* "A BANK ROBBERY AND A 245 12-19-51 :30:00 Lowell MASS Sun (Thomas C. Gallagher)
CHRISTMAS GIFT TO AN UNLUCKY
MAN"
*na* "THE REPORTER WHO BELIEVED A 246 12-26-51 :30:00 Pottstown PA Mercury (Sandy Hill)
CONVICT WAS INNOCENT"
*na* "THE BIG STORY THAT ALMOST 247 01-02-52 :30:00 Salt Lake City Tribune (Clark Cobb)
COST A REPORTER'S LIFE"
___________________________________________________________________________________________________
Total Number of Titles: 247 * running time is approximate only
Total Number of Programs: 247
Total Possible Episodes: 247 Missing Programs: 211 Total Programs in Collection: 36
===================================================================================================
Series: "THE BIG STORY"
NBC PALL MALL CIGARETTES Wednesdays 9:30 -10:00 pm
NARRATOR: Bob Sloan
ANNOUNCER: Ernest Chappell
DIRECTORS: Tom Victor and Harry Ingram
PRODUCER: Barnard J. Prockter SOUND EFFECTS: Al Scott
WRITERS: Gail Ingram, Arnold Pearl, Max Ehrlich
======================================================================================================
*na* "SHOPPING FOR A CLUE LEADS TO 248 01-09-52 :30:00 Seattle Herald (Stuart Whitehouse)
APPREHENSION OF A MURDERER"
*na* "THE MYSTERY OF A FAMILY'S 249 01-16-52 :30:00 Albuquerque Tribune (Wallace McCollum)
DISAPPEARANCE"
*na* "THE TEEN GANG WAR THAT 250 01-23-52 :30:00 Houston Chronicle (Orrie Collins)
BROUGHT TERROR TO THE CITY"
*na* "CHASING A PHANTOM TO A DEAD 251 01-30-52 :30:00 Pontiac MI Daily Press (Albert O.
END WITH WIFE AS PASSENGER" James)
*na* "AN ALMOST PERFECT MURDER" 252 02-06-52 :30:00 San Francisco Examiner (Rudy Haas Jr.)
*na* "THE TANGLED PATH OF CHANCE 253 02-13-52 :30:00 Orlando Reporter Star (Wilson McGee)
VIOLENCE AND DEATH"
*na* "REPORTER HOPED HE WAS WRONG 254 02-20-52 :30:00 Tulsa Tribune (Roy Hanna)
ABOUT HIS SUSPICIONS"
*na* "A STORY WRITTEN BY 255 02-27-52 :30:00 Caldwell Idaho News Tribune (Maury
SHAKESPEARE" Russell)
*na* "THE LESSON AS TO WHY MEN 256 03-05-52 :30:00 Memphis Commercial Appeal (Roy
MURDER BY FOLLOWING A CASE" Jennings)
*na* "THE UNEXPECTED DISCOVERED IN 257 03-12-52 :30:00 Detroit Tunes (J. Victor Bate)
AN ORDINARY CRIME"
111 "REPORTER RISKS HIS LIFE TO 258 03-19-52 :30:00* Helena Independent Record (Alien
AVENGE HIS FRIEND'S MURDER" Copperthwaite)
*na* "KEEPING A LIFE LONG PROMISE 259 03-26-52 :30:00 Johnstown PA Democrat (Leo W.
TO A FRIEND" Sheridan)
*na* "THUMBS DOWN ON A MEDICAL 260 04-02-52 :30:00 Bedford MASS Standard Tunes (John J.
REPORT AND UP WITH MURDER NEW" Flanagan)
*na* "THE PRINTED WORD CAN DESTROY 261 04-09-52 :30:00 Greensboro NC daily News (Charles
A HUMAN BEING AS EFFECTIVELY Manning)
AS A"
*na* "THE MAN WHOSE REAL NAME MIGHT 262 04-16-52 :30:00 Baltimore News post (Victorine
BE DEATH" Belanger)
*na* "A MURDER, A CONFESSION AND A 263 04-23-52 :30:00 Chicago Herald American (Willis
CHILD WHO WAS THE KEY TO THE O'Rourke)
TRUTH"
*na* "THE GIRL WHO TOOK A LONELY 264 04-30-52 :30:00 Columbus Ohio Dispatch (James O.
WALK ON A ONE WAY JOURNEY" Heyrock)
*na* "PLAYING A HAND IN ONE OF THE 265 05-07-52 :30:00 Los Angeles Daily News (Lucien C,
STRANGEST CASES HI CALIFORNIA Haas)
HIST"
*na* "A REPORTER WHO REMEMBERED A 266 05-14-52 :30:00 St. Paul MN Associated Press (Jack
FORGOTTEN MAN" Mackay)
*na* "A SHOT IN THE DARK THAT 267 05-21-52 :30:00 Houston Post (Tom Omstead)
ALMOST PROVED FATAL"
*na* "UNCOVERING THE TRUTH ABOUT A 268 05-28-52 :30:00 Boston Herald Traveler (Richard S,
STRANGE DEATH" Jacobson)
*na* "A KILLER FOUND ON A LIBRARY 269 06-04-52 :30:00 Washington DC Post (Richard Morris)
BOOKSHELF"
*na* "WAITING, KNOWING THAT 270 06-11-52 :30:00 KS Sun (Eugene Parker)
VIOLENCE AND MURDER WERE
INEVITABLE PARSO"
*na* "SOLUTION TO A TRIPLE MURDER 271 06-18-52 :30:00 Aurora IL Beacon News (John A.
FROM A DYING MAN'S CONFESSION" Corkery)
*na* "UNTANGLING THE KNOT ON A 272 06-25-52 :30:00 Memphis Press Scimitar (Null Adams)
VIOLENT CASE"
*na* "THE FAMILY THAT WAS SHATTERED 273 07-02-52 :30:00 Philadelphia Evening Bulletin (Jean
BY DEATH" Barrett)
*na* "A MAN IN THE PERSON OF A 274 08-27-52 :30:00 Detroit Free Press (James S. Pooler)
SMALL BOY"
*na* "THE GIRL WHO MADE UP A STORY 275 09-03-52 :30:00 Houston Chronicle (Eddie Krell)
ABOUT A MURDER THAT TURNED OUT
TO"
*na* "THE MAN WHO GAMBLED FOR HIS 276 09-10-52 :30:00 Chicago Sun Tunes (Frank Doherty)
LIFE AND LOST (BLACK HEADLINES
ON J"
*na* "THE CORPSE IN A BIRTHDAY 277 09-17-52 :30:00 Wichita KS Beacon (Bill Gagnon)
PRESENT (PORCH STEPS LEAD TO A
KILLER)"
*na* "THE PRISONER WHO WISHED TO 278 09-24-52 :30:00 New York World Telegram And Sun
TURN A LIVING DEATH INTO A (Edward J. Mowery)
LIFE OR D"
*na* "THE SILENT KILLER WHO WAS 279 10-01-52 :30:00 Albany NY Knickerbocker News (Jerome
MADE TO SPEAK" L. Smith)
111 "A HOT LEAD CATCHES A COLD 280 10-08-52 :30:00* Miami Herald (William H. Adams)
BLOODED KILLER (THE
EVERGLADES)"
*na* "A CLASSIC BOOK THAT LED TO A 281 10-15-52 :30:00 Pittsburgh Press (Sam Hood)
CONFESSION"
*na* "A LOST MAN, A DESPERATE WOMAN 282 10-22-52 :30:00 Utica NY Observer Dispatch (Arthur C.
AND A REPORTER WHO WOULDN'T Pflanz)
GIVE"
*na* "A LONG SHOT NAMED JUSTICE" 283 10-29-52 :30:00 Bloomington IN Daily Telephone (Grady
Bennett)
*na* "THE KILLER WHO NO ONE 284 11-05-52 :30:00 Williamson WV Daily News (William K.
BELIEVED EXISTED" Gamett)
*na* "SILENT WITNESSES SPEAK LOUDER 285 11-12-52 :30:00 Baltimore News Post (Jack Cosgrove)
THAN WORDS"
*na* "A RACE AGAINST DEATH" 286 11-19-52 :30:00 Philadelphia Inquirer (Ralph Cropper)
*na* "A SMALL BOY AND A FULL SIZED 287 11-26-52 :30:00 New York Journal American (Marvin
MIRACLE" Sleeper)
*na* "THE KILLER WHO DIDN'T KNOW 288 12-03-52 :30:00 Boston Record American (Alfred D.
THE LAW" Whelton)
*na* "CONFIDENT KILLERS FEAR THE 289 12-10-52 :30:00 San Francisco Call Bulletin (Robert z.
UNSEEN WITNESS" Hall)
*na* "A MODERN DR. JEKYLL AND MR. 290 12-17-52 :30:00 Moline 1L Daily Dispatch (Art Shinske)
HYDE"
*na* "A BUS RIDE, A BOAT RIDE AND A 291 12-24-52 :30:00 Washington Times Herald (William O
REPORTER WHO PLAYED SANTA" Keys Jr.)
*na* "KILLERS TRAPPED BECAUSE ONE 292 12-31-52 :30:00 St. Joseph Missouri Gazette (Harold
OF THEM COULDN'T HOLD ON TO Mills)
HIS MON"
*na* "THREE KIDS WHO SWORE AN OATH 293 01-07-53 :30:00 Missouri Globe News (Rex T. Newman)
IN THEIR OWN BLOOD JOPLIN"
*na* "A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN, A LOVESICK 294 01-14-53 :30:00 New York Times (Alfred E. Clark)
MAN AND A CANVAS SACK"
*na* "DEATH CAN BE BOTH AN END AND 295 01-21-53 :30:00 Chicago Sun Times (Arthur Petacque)
A BEGINNING"
*na* "THIRTEEN YEARS EQUALS A 296 01-28-53 :30:00 Los Angeles Daily News (Bert Murray)
LIFETIME OF GOOD LUCK"
111 "THE BIGGEST CATCH" 297 02-04-53 :30:00 Elkhom WI Independent (Donald
Morrissey)
*na* "THE WOMAN WHO TOOK NINETEEN 298 02-15-53 :30:00 Rocky Mountain News, Denver (Robert L.
YEARS TO MAKE UP HER MIND" Chase)
*na* "A RACE AGAINST TIME AND 299 02-18-53 :30:00 Portland OR Journal (J. Edward Reid)
DEATH"
*na* "THE MAN WHO GAVE UP BEFORE HE 300 02-25-53 :30:00 Savannah Morning News (Pat Kelly)
STARTED"
*na* "THE CRIMINAL WHO WANTED TO 301 03-04-53 :30:00 Yonkers NY Herald Statesman (Douglas
SEE HIS NAME IN ME PAPER" Wildway)
*na* "A SORDID TRAGEDY AND A 302 03-11-53 :30:00 Ohio Dispatch (Jack G. Shough)
PATHETIC KILLER TRAPPED
COLUMBUS"
*na* "THE HIT AND RUN KILLER" 303 03-18-53 :30:00 Waterbury CT American (Niver W,
Beaman)
*na* "LOST IDENTITY TO A CRIMINAL 304 03-25-53 :30:00 Garden City Long Island NY Newsday
AND FOUND THE ANSWER TO A (Don Kellerman)
CRIME"
*na* "A PHONE CALL THAT WAS TURNED 305 04-01-53 :30:00 Paterson N J Morning Call (Dorothy
INTO A MIRACLE" Patterson)
*na* "COLLECTING CRIME STORIES AS A 306 04-08-53 :30:00 Denver Post (Gene Lowell)
HOBBY"
*na* "TRIAL BY FIRE AND A LESSON 307 04-15-53 :30:00 Helena Independent Record (C. J.
NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN" Hensen)
*na* "THE KID WHO COULDN'T STOP 308 04-22-53 :30:00 Newton Kansan (Thayne Smith)
RUNNING WAS STEERED DOWN A
ONE-WAY ST"
*na* "A MYSTERY MAN FOUND AND A 309 04-29-53 :30:00 Worcester MASS Telegram (A. Alfred
MYSTERY SOLVED" Marcello)
*na* "WORRYING IS A FRONT PAGE 310 05-06-53 :30:00 Pendleton Tunes, Franklin WV (Robert
STORY" J. Billeter)
*na* "LIES THAT WERE NOT BELIEVED 311 05-13-53 :30:00 Chicago Tribune (Patricia Leeds)
FROM CRIMINAL WHO COULDN'T
TELL THE"
*na* "A WORRIED JUDGE AND A 312 05-20-53 :30:00 Scranton PA Times (J. Harold Brislin)
GRATEFUL CRIMINAL"
*na* "KILLER TRAPPED BY A WOMAN 313 05-27-53 :30:00 North Hollywood Valley Times (John M.
TALKING (SUNDAY SCHOOL McGuire)
LESSON)"
*na* "A SENSATIONAL HEADLINE BRINGS 314 06-03-53 :30:00 International News Service (Sam Jaffe)
MUCH MORE THAN ANTICIPATED"
*na* "DEATH CAN BE BOTH AN END AND 315 06-10-53 :30:00 Indianapolis Times (Bob Bourne)
A BEGINNING"
*na* "A MISSING MAN, A MISSING CAR 316 06-17-53 :30:00 Kansas City Missouri Star (John
AND MISSING MURDER" DeMott)
*na* "A 22 YEAR SEARCH AND A DREAM 317 09-23-53 :30:00 Chicago Daily News (Edan Wright)
COME TRUE"
111 "A MURDERER BROUGHT BACK FROM 318 09-30-53 :30:00 Pittsburgh Sun Telegraph (Joseph P.
THE DEAD" Brown)
*na* "AN ANONYMOUS PHONE CALL 319 10-07-53 :30:00 Savannah Morning News (Al Lanier)
BECOMES A CONVERSATION OF
MURDER"
*na* "A SUMMER ROMANCE AND A BEST 320 10-14-53 :30:00 Danbury CT News Times (Colin W.
MAN TO A CORPSE" McCallister)
*na* "AN UNKNOWN WOMAN, AN UNKNOWN 321 10-21-53 :30:00 Lamesa TX Daily Reporter (Ed Engledow)
FEAR AND THE TRUTH"
*na* "PLAYING A HUNCH TO WIN A 322 10-28-53 :30:00 Phoenix Republic (Gene McClain)
VOICE FROM THE GRAVE"
*na* "A MIRACLE IN THE WILDERNESS" 323 11-04-53 :30:00 Miami Herald (Jane Reno)
*na* "A HOME FOR THE SICK IS A 324 11-11-53 :30:00 Columbus Ohio Citizen (Paul D. Quick)
HOUSE OF HORROR"
*na* "GOADING A KILLER TO RETURN TO 325 11-18-53 :30:00 Tulsa World (Charles McKinney)
THE SCENE OF THE CRIME"
*na* "A SMALL BOY AND A ROLL OF RED 326 11-25-53 :30:00 Santa Barbara CA News Press (Chet
TAPE" Holcombe)
*na* "PUTTING PIECES OF PUZZLE 327 12-02-53 :30:00 Cheyenne WY Eagle (Vern Lechliter)
TOGETHER MEANT DEATH"
*na* "A SINGLE HOUR BECOMES A 328 12-09-53 :30:00 Trenton Trentonian (Emil Slaboda)
LIFETIME"
*na* "A KILLER WHO DIDN'T THINK AND 329 12-16-53 :30:00 Las Vegas NM Sun News (O. E. "Bud"
A REPORTER WHO DID" Rouse)
111 "SPEAKING TO THE HEART OF THE 330 12-23-53 :30:00 Atlantic City Press Union (John
CITY WHICH RESPONDS WITH Boucher)
HEART"
*na* "A REPORTER LIVES ANOTHER 331 12-30-53 :30:00 Philadelphia Daily News (Trudy Prokop)
WOMAN'S LIFE ENDANGERING HER
OWN"
*na* "SELF MADE PRISON FROM WHICH 332 01-06-54 :30:00 Alexandria LA daily Town Talk (Wallace
THERE IS NO ESCAPE" Beene)
*na* "A DEADLY GAME WITH A KILLER 333 01-13-54 :30:00 San Francisco Examiner (Stuart L.
WHO COULDN'T BEAR TO LOSE" McClure)
*na* "A MIDNIGHT APPOINTMENT WITH A 334 01-20-54 :30:00 Oregon Statesman (James Burr Miller)
SUSPECTED KILLER"
111 "UNCOVERING THE PAST TO WRITE 335 01-27-54 :30:00* Washington Times Herald (Arthur
THE FUTURE" Mielke)
*na* "THE LIFE OF A REPORTER 336 02-03-54 :30:00 Denver Post (Willard C. Hasselbush)
AGAINST THE DEATH OF A
MACHINE"
*na* "A SEARCH THAT SAVED A LIFE 337 02-10-54 :30:00 Chicago Sun Times (Virginia Marmaduke
(THE KISS)" And Joseph Kordi
*na* "MURDER IS NEVER AN ACCIDENT" 338 02-17-54 :30:00 El Paso Times (William P. Montgomery)
*na* "THE MAN WHO LOST NINE YEARS 339 02-24-54 :30:00 Detroit Free Press (Ken McCormick)
OF HIS LIFE"
*na* "A NEAR TRAGEDY BECOMES A 340 03-03-54 :30:00 Miami Daily News (Milt Sosin)
TRIUMPH"
*na* "A KILLER'S WORST ENEMY IS 341 03-10-54 :30:00 Chattanooga News Free Press (Thomas F.
HIMSELF" Gilliland)
*na* "A FORGOTTEN DEBT, A DEBT OF 342 03-17-54 :30:00 Newark Star Ledger (John R, McDowell)
LIFE"
111 "WITNESS TO A DRAMA OF 343 03-24-54 :30:00* Las Vegas Review Journal (John F
VIOLENCE AND DEATH" Cahlan)
*na* "UNKNOWN TITLE" 344 03-31-54 :30:00
*na* "THE KILLER WHO COULD ESCAPE 345 04-07-54 :30:00 Portland Oregonian (George Spagna)
THE GAS CHAMBER BUT NOT DEATH"
*na* "WORKING A MIRACLE ON EASTER 346 04-14-54 :30:00 Hartford Courant (Roger Dove) Easter
DAY" Program
*na* "A REPORTER'S FUTURE IS BET 347 04-21-54 :30:00 Kansas City Ks Beacon (Del Came)
AGAINST A CONVICT'S PAST"
*na* "A ONE MAN CRUSADE AND COURAGE 348 04-28-54 :30:00 Winston Salem Twin City Sentinel (Bill
BREAKS A CON MAN RACKET" Mcllwain)
*na* "AN OLD TRADITION SOLVES A 349 05-05-54 :30:00 Salt Lake City Tribune Telegraph
COLD BLOODED MURDER" (Katherine McLaughlin)
*na* "DARK CORNER OF AMERICA RULED 350 05-12-54 :30:00 Atlanta Journal (Hugh Park)
BY THE LAW OF THE WHIP"
*na* "A LITTLE MAN IN A BIG CRIME" 351 05-19-54 :30:00 Pittsburgh Sun Telegraph (Matty Rumin)
*na* "A BOY WHO MADE A MISTAKE AND 352 05-26-54 :30:00 Houston Chronicle (Martin Dreyer)
A REPORTER WHO DIDN'T"
*na* "THE KILLER WHO WAS AFRAID TO 353 06-02-54 :30:00 Indianapolis News (Donna Mikel)
LIVE OR DIE"
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Total Number of Titles: 106 * running time is approximate only
Total Number of Programs: 106
Total Possible Episodes: 106 Missing Programs: 99 Total Programs in Collection: 7
===================================================================================================
Series: "THE BIG STORY"
NBC LUCKY STRIKE CIGARETTES Wednesdays 9:30 -10:00 pm
NARRATOR: Bob Sloan
ANNOUNCER: Ernest Chappell
DIRECTORS: Tom Victor and Harry Ingram
PRODUCER: Barnard J. Prockter SOUND EFFECTS: Al Scott
WRITERS: Gail Ingram, Arnold Pearl, Max Ehrlich
======================================================================================================
*na* "NICKELS, DIMES AND QUARTERS 354 09-08-54 :30:00 Phoenix Gazette (Gene Lindsey)
ARE PAID OFF WIFE A PLUGGED
HALF-DO"
*na* "A REPORTER GAMBLES HIS LIFE 355 09-15-54 :30:00 Detroit Times (Al Kaufinan)
FOR A STORY THAT SHOOK THE
NATION"
*na* "THE CONNECTION BETWEEN CRIME 356 09-22-54 :30:00 St. Louis Post Dispatch (Theodore C.
AND POLITICS EXPOSED, REPORTER Link)
IND"
*na* "A MAN WHO GAVE UP HIS LIFE 357 09-29-54 :30:00 Southern Pines NC Pilot (Valerie
AND A REPORTER WHO RETURNED Nicholson)
IT"
*na* "AN UGLY CATASTROPHE OF NATURE 358 10-06-54 :30:00 Willows CA Journal (Charles Gleason)
AND SOMETHING UGLIER ABOUT
MAN"
*na* "MURDERER WHO HATED 359 10-13-54 :30:00 Huntington WV Advertiser (Jack Hardin)
NEWSPAPERMEN AND THE REPORTER
WHO RODE WITH"
111 "A TRAP FOR A KILLER WITH 360 10-20-54 :30:00* Los Angeles Examiner (Sid Hughes)
REPORTER AS BAH"
*na* "INQUIRY INTO ACCIDENT LEADS 361 10-27-54 :30:00 Philadelphia Inquirer (Harry Karafin)
TO TWO MURDERS"
*na* "TRADING A HEADLINE FOR A 362 11-03-54 :30:00 San Francisco Call Bulletin (Bernard
WOMAN'S LIFE" Averbuch)
*na* "PROOF THAT A LIE DETECTOR WAS 363 11-10-54 :30:00 Lubbock TX Avalanche Journal (Jack
WRONG" Coats)
*na* "A STRANGE PEACE TREATY THAT 364 11-17-54 :30:00 Omaha World Herald (Tom Alien)
STOPPED A ONE MAN WAR"
*na* "THE REPORTER WHO OPENED A 365 11-24-54 :30:00 Minneapolis Tribune (Victor Conn)
GOLDEN DOOR"
*na* "A MURDER SUSPECT FOUND IN A 366 12-01-54 :30:00 Denver Post (Bernard Kelly)
POLICE STATION"
*na* "AN UNMARRIED REPORTER GOT A 367 12-08-54 :30:00 New Orleans Item (Jane Holder)
DIVORCE THAT MADE HEADLINES"
*na* "THE REPORTER WHO FOUND HIS 368 12-15-54 :30:00 New Haven Register (Thomas J. Loomis
NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR MURDERED" Jr.)
*na* "THE REPORTER WHO RETURNED 369 12-22-54 :30:00 Chicago Daily News (Eugene V. Moran)
THIRTEEN YEARS OF A MAN'S
LIFE"
*na* "LOOKING FOR LAUGHS AT CIRCUS. 370 12-29-54 :30:00 St. Petersburg FL Times (Jack Thale)
FOUND TRAGEDY INSTEAD"
*na* "TRAPPING A CRIMINAL WHO WAS 371 01-05-55 :30:00 Erie PA Dispatch (Arthur E. Brooks)
PLAYING WITH FIRE"
*na* "THE UGLIEST MAN IN THE WORLD 372 01-12-55 :30:00 Oregon City Enterprise Courier (Dave
SEES TRAGEDY TURNING TO Churchman)
JUSTICE"
*na* "A STRANGE ROAD, A HITCHHIKER 373 01-19-55 :30:00 Scranton Times (Ned Gerrity)
AND MURDER"
*na* "THE ARMY'S LOST MAN IS FOUND" 374 01-26-55 :30:00 Jersey Journal (Ned Berg)
*na* "A WOMAN WHO TERRIFIED A TOWN 375 02-02-55 :30:00 Detroit Free Press (Charles Manos)
(REPORTER NOT FRIGHTENED)"
*na* "FEAR IS USED TO FIND A 376 02-09-55 :30:00 Santa Rosa CA Press Democrat (Denne
MURDERER NOT SEEN BEFORE" Petitclerc)
*na* "AN INNOCENT PAWN IN A 377 02-16-55 :30:00 Montgomery AL Advertiser (Joe Azbell)
STRUGGLE FOR LIFE OR DEATH"
*na* "A WITNESS THE POLICE DIDN'T 378 02-23-55 :30:00 Harrisburg PA Patriot News (Joseph R.
MISS" Bianco)
*na* "QUESTIONS ASKED FOR A WHOLE 379 03-02-55 :30:00 Memphis Press Scimitar (Clark
CITY TO ANSWER" Porteous)
*na* "A MAN WHO TRIES TO LEAD TWO 380 03-09-55 :30:00 Indianapolis Star (Charles G. Griffo)
LIVES ENDS UP WITH NONE"
*na* "A REPORTER SOLVES A MURDER 381 03-16-55 :30:00 Chicago Sun Tunes (James McGuire)
THAT TWO POLICE DEPARTMENTS
FAILED T"
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Total Number of Titles: 28 * running time is approximate only
Total Number of Programs: 28
Total Possible Episodes: 28 Missing Programs: 27 Total Programs in Collection: 1
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Overall Series Totals
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Total Number of Titles: 381
Total Number of Programs: 381
Total Possible Episodes: 381 Missing Programs: 337 Total Programs in Collection: 44
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