Deadline

Victor Reisel

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

Sep 17, 1959

State Scandal

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

Sep 24, 1959

Pickup

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

Oct 1, 1959

The Neon Touch

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

Oct 8, 1959

Extortion

A respected doctor becomes the victim of an extortionist.

Oct 15, 1959

The accusing finger

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

Oct 22, 1959

Mass Murder

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

Oct 29, 1959

The Case Of The Stranger

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

Nov 5, 1959

Charm Boy

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

Nov 12, 1959

Old Man Lost

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

Nov 19, 1959

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.

Nov 26, 1959

Hot Stuff

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

Dec 3, 1959

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.

Dec 10, 1959

Murderess

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

Dec 17, 1959

Chain Reaction

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

Dec 24, 1959

Clean Kill

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

Dec 31, 1959

Lonely Hearts Killer

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

Jan 7, 1960

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.

Jan 14, 1960

Scramble

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

Jan 21, 1960

Massacre

A berserk killer is on the loose in California.

Jan 28, 1960

The Blue Dahlia

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

Feb 4, 1960

Checkmate

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

Feb 11, 1960

Jailbreak

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

Feb 18, 1960

Mad Bomber

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

Feb 25, 1960

Character Witness

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

Mar 3, 1960

Dumb Kid

A cub reporter stumbles onto two bandits.

Mar 10, 1960

A Story for Christmas

William Key helps a despondent young girl on Christmas Eve.

Mar 17, 1960

Birthday Present

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

Mar 24, 1960

Suspicion of Murder

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

Mar 31, 1960

Thesis for Murder

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

Apr 7, 1960

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.

Apr 14, 1960

Pig Woman

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

Apr 21, 1960

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.

Apr 28, 1960

One Tall, One Short

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

May 5, 1960

The Cave

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

May 12, 1960

The Two Ounce Trap

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

May 19, 1960

The Last Knockout

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

May 26, 1960

Episode 38

Feb 1, 1961

Smoke Screen

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

Feb 4, 1961