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.
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1 Kidnapping - Shotgun Hadley - 29:38
2 Escaped POWs - Paul Tanner - 29:33
3 The Confidence Game - William Roscoe - 29:31
4 War Fraud - Andrew Rockland, War Profiteer - 29:32
5 Grand Larceny - Daniel Holly, Thief - 29:29
6 Draft Dodging - Dr Woodbury - 29:33
7 Bank Robbery - Phil Bardo, Arthur Clinton - 29:31
8 Espionage - Cora Lee Williamson, Spy - 29:33
9 The Confidence Game - British Farm Equipment, Ltd - 29:46
10 Auto Theft - Charles Meade - 29:43
11 Murder - John Dixon - 29:30
12 Espionage - File on Cajunko - 29:42
13 Extortion - 29:33
14 Robert Perry, Impersonator - 25:13
15 Robert Perry, Impersonator - 29:45
16 Bank Robbery - 29:50
17 Fugitive Killer - The Scientific Conviction - 29:31
18 The Strange Extortion - 29:32
19 The House on 92nd Street - 29:43
20 The Marriage Racket - 29:31
21 The Serviceman's Fraud - 29:33
22 The Desert Dictator - 29:31
23 The Bogus Bankruptcy - 29:32
24 The Allotment Swindle - 29:33
25 The Bobby Sox Bandit - 29:31
26 The Big Breakout - 29:33
27 Pearl Harbor - 29:31
28 The Highway Hi-Jacker - 29:33
29 The Sorrowful Swindler - 29:31
30 Murder on the High Seas - 29:33
31 Crime in the Roaring 20's - 29:31
32 The Innocent Killer - 29:33
33 The Cold Blooded Kidnapper - 29:31
34 The Unwelcome Guest - 29:33
35 The Sinister Souvenir - 29:31
36 The Cautious Killer - 29:30
37 The Corrupt City - 29:00
38 The Pan American Patriots - 29:02
39 The Castaway Killer - 29:34
40 The Skyway Swindle - 29:35
41 The Paroled Killer - 29:02
42 The Wasteland Hideout - 29:43
43 The Bogus War Bride - 29:38
44 The Delinquent Parents - 28:59
45 The Nylon Hijacker - 29:02
46 The Swampland Kidnapping - 29:33
47 Salesman of Espionage - 29:25
48 The Singing Swindler - 29:26
49 The Carnival Killing - 29:02
50 The Fugitive Horse Player - 29:02
51 The Homicide Hideout - 29:02
52 The Slaughterhouse Swindlers - 29:01
53 The Sinister Lighthouse - 29:47
54 Flowers for the Corpse - 29:47
55 The Friendly Killers - 29:43
56 The Surplus Swindle - 29:52
57 The Sinister Shakedown - 29:02
58 Death in the Tropics - 29:19
59 The Walkie-Talkie Stick-Up - 29:02
60 The Sinister Witness - 29:02
61 The Would Be Movie Star - 29:02
62 Lady of Larceny - 29:26
63 The Friendly Hitchhiker - 29:26
64 The Careless Kidnapper - 29:45
65 The Return of the Mob - 29:02
66 Murder on the Range - 29:50
67 Death for a Draft Dodger - 29:01
68 The Diamond Studded Double-Cross - 29:49
69 The Night of Terror - 29:52
70 The Curious Coin Collector - 29:46
71 The Sugar Swindler - 29:46
72 The Big Shakedown - 29:44
73 The Honest Embezzler - 29:44
74 Blueprint for Murder - 29:02
75 The Frightened Fugitive - 29:02
76 Murder by Accident - 29:02
77 The Return of the Killer - 29:02
78 Danger in the Jury Box - 29:02
79 Operation Rhumba - 29:02
80 The Swampland Killer - 29:02
81 The Swindling Swami - 29:02
82 Little Tough Guy - 29:00
83 The Fugitive Guest - 29:02
84 The Souvenir Gun - 29:02
85 The Sunshine Swindlers - 29:02
86 The Bow Tie Murders - 29:02
87 The Baby Big Shot - 29:02
88 Hijackers Incorporated - 29:00
89 Death in the Desert - 29:00
90 Old Lady Larceny - 29:34
91 The Innocent Thief - 29:15
92 The Divorced Child - 29:00
93 The Fugitive Pirate - 30:01
94 The Vicious Shakedown - 29:02
95 The Henpecked Thief - 29:45
96 The Used Baby Racket - 29:40
97 The Curious Patient - 29:36
98 The Juvenile Shakedown - 29:02
99 The Unfortunate Daughter - 29:02
100 The Henpecked Swindler - 29:35
101 The Wayward Brothers - 29:02
102 The Professional Killer - 29:02
103 The Reluctant Thief - 29:02
104 The Frustrated Mice - 29:02
105 The Fugitive Traveler - 29:02
106 The Curious Cameraman - 29:02
107 The Horoscope Homicide - 29:02
108 The Mysterious Fugitive - 29:02
109 The Careless Killer - 29:02
110 The Unhappy Hijacker - 29:02
111 The Benevolent Hijacker - 29:02
112 The Uninvited Partner - 29:02
113 The Big Buildup - 29:02
114 The Ambitious Widow - 29:02
115 The Benevolent Corpse - 29:33
116 The Innocent Witness - 29:02
117 The Melancholy Mind Reader - 29:02
118 The Half-Pint Horse Players - 29:05
119 The Friendly Frame-up - 29:02
120 Merchants of Arson - 29:02
121 The Gullible Groom - 29:05
122 The Runaway Dancer - 29:02
123 The Trail of Terror - 29:02
124 The Indifferent Mother - 29:03
125 Lady Luck's Husband - 29:02
126 The Happy Honeymooners - 29:02
127 The Sorrowful Safecracker - 29:02
128 The Unwilling Hostess - 29:02
129 The Mercenary Mother - 29:02
130 The Round-Trip Murder - 29:13
131 The Plastic Profile - 29:02
132 The Jewel Laden Jockey - 29:02
133 The Henpecked Hijacker - 29:37
134 Operation Ransom - 28:43
135 The Unwilling Partner - 29:02
136 The Runaway Racketeers - 29:02
137 The Lonesome Lamister - 28:57
138 The Big Guy - 29:47
139 The Curious Prospectors - 28:59
140 The Unhappy Medium - 30:32
141 The Student of Violence - 29:41
142 The Hollywood Horseman - 29:46
143 The Curious Cargo - 29:34
144 The Respectable Thief - 28:52
145 The Three-way Frame Up - 29:24
146 The Remorseful Runaway - 29:02
147 The Wrong-Way Shakedown - 29:02
148 The Telltale Bracelet - 29:02
149 The Great Deception - 29:03
150 Deadlier Than The Male - 29:12
151 The Innocent Fugitive - 29:00
152 The Unknown Voice - 29:02
153 The Phantom Mine - 29:15
154 The Two Wise Men - 29:32
155 The Gridiron Swindle - 29:32
156 The Man Who Died Twice - 28:40
157 The Unwilling Draft Dodger - 29:32
158 Two Tickets To Nowhere - 29:56
159 The Voyage of Terror - 28:47
160 The Prodigal Brother - 29:32
161 The Return of St. Nick - 29:24
162 The Friendly Forgers - 29:32
163 The Out-of-Date Killer - 29:32
164 The Skid Row Shakedown - 29:32
165 The Slapstick Holdup - 29:31
166 The Fugitive Bridegroom - 29:19
167 The Cut Rate Caravan - 29:14
168 The Mother-in-law Racket - 29:54
169 The Three-Fathom Frameup - 29:32
170 Murder on the Midway - 29:33
171 The Telltale Ransom - 29:32
172 The Baby Rental Racket - 29:32
173 The Comeback Kid - 29:32
174 The Bogus Healer - 29:30
175 The Larcenous Landlady - 29:31
176 The Lonely Hearts Racket - 28:26
177 The Tropical Shakedown - 29:52
178 Apprentice of Larceny - 29:59
179 The Swampland Fugitive - 29:48
180 The Bogus Bankrupt - 29:47
181 The Hungry Wrestler - 30:00
182 The Gentle Killer - 29:56
183 The Rocking Chair Shakedown - 28:32
184 The Runaway Guest - 29:44
185 The Trans-Atlantic Shakedown - 29:52
186 The Merchant of Death - 29:48
187 Three's a Crime - 29:49
188 The Sentimental Doublecross - 28:50
189 Out of the Storm - 29:56
190 The Larcenous Bride - 29:17
191 The Hapless Hijackers - 29:53
192 The Delinquent Father - 28:40
193 Larceny Will Out - 29:51
194 The Chinatown Shakedown - 29:43
195 The Flying Thieves - 29:27
196 Dead Man's Tale - 29:34
197 The Meticulous Mobster - 29:28
198 Friendly Stowaway - 29:40
199 Helpful Hobo - 29:36
200 The Unhappy Firebug - 29:39
201 The Musical Frame Up - 29:30
202 The Big Caseout - 29:30
203 Gentlemen Prefer Widows - 29:35
204 The Blundering Felon - 29:46
205 The Waterfront Felons - 29:33
206 Frozen Frame Up - 29:24
207 The Innocent Hostage - 29:40
208 The Return of St. Nick - 29:37
209 Bank Robbery Incorporated - 29:26
210 Yesterday's Killers (syndicated) - 23:30
211 Yesterday's Killers - 29:36
212 The Delinquent Doctor - 29:28
213 A License to Kill - 29:24
214 Larceny Goes to Sea - 29:23
215 Ladies of Larceny - 29:39
216 The Hollywood Frame Up - 29:34
217 Package of Death - 29:25
218 The Telltale Calendar - 29:34
219 Voice from the River - 29:24
220 The Surplus Safe Crackers - 29:33
221 The Fiery Fugitives - 29:23
222 The Honeymoon Homicide - 29:35
223 The Campus Shakedown - 29:10
224 The Mercy Manhunt - 29:39
225 The Perilous Secret - 29:23
226 The Muscle Factory - 29:36
227 The Handsome Heel - 29:19
228 The Aged Apprentice - 29:33
229 The Vanishing Witness - 29:31
230 The Black Market Hijacking - 29:32
231 The Musical Stick-Up - 29:30
232 The Swing Shift Racketeers - 29:32
233 The Flop House Frame-Up - 29:30
234 Draft Dodging, Inc - 29:32
235 The Gold Rush Stick-Up - 29:31
236 Prisoner of War - 29:32
237 The Phantom Bandit - 29:31
238 The Dark Journey - 29:33
239 The International Heist - 29:31
240 The Baffled Bookkeeper - 29:41
241 The Backstage Shakedown - 29:33
242 The Prodigal Hoodlum - 29:51
243 Quartet for Crime - 29:30
244 Communist Agent - 29:44
245 The Floating Stickup - 29:37
246 The Jungle Killer - 29:47
247 The Return of St. Nick - 29:25
248 The Temporary Father - 29:50
249 The Helpful Corpse - 29:31
250 The Criminal Caravan - 29:24
251 The Selective Service Swindle - 29:33
252 The Continental Killer - 29:39
253 The Innocent Hijacker - 29:48
254 The Island Fugitive - 29:37
255 The Penny Lender - 29:39
256 The Canvas-Backed Frame-Up - 29:47
257 The Tin Can Killing - 29:31
258 Captain Larceny - 29:33
259 Hollywood Shakedown - 26:46
260 Hollywood Shakedown - 29:30
261 Success Story - 29:51
262 The Saboteurs - 25:49
263 The Saboteurs - 29:31
264 The Soybean Shakedown - 29:39
265 The Runaway Sister - 29:46
266 The Big Fix - 29:29
267 The Wild Pitch - 29:42
268 The Profiteers - 29:36
269 The Corruptors - 29:55
270 The Straw Hat Shakedown - 29:31
271 Old Mother Larceny - 29:33
272 The Night Rider - 29:32
273 The Return of Father Crime - 29:37
274 The Mountain Murder - 29:41
275 The Traitor - 29:52
276 The Fraudulent Healer - 29:37
277 The Runaway Corpse - 29:38
278 The Tribal Shakedown - 29:45
279 The Roaring Twenties - 29:27
280 The Connoisseurs of Crime - 29:31
281 The Post Time Stick-Up - 29:36
282 The Adopted Thief - 24:59
283 The Adopted Thief - 29:46
284 The Bogus Hijacking - 29:36
285 The Bad Samaritan - 29:38
286 Ghost Town - 29:55
287 The Curious Fisherman - 29:45
288 The Interrupted Journey - 29:40
289 The Telltale Cargo - 29:44
290 The Harvest - 29:48
291 The Hostage - 29:37
292 The Tropical Frame-Up - 24:12
293 The Tropical Frame-Up - 29:37
294 The Stranger - 29:21
295 Citizen Caldwell - 29:15
296 The Million Dollar Question - 29:27
297 The Traveling Bride - 29:27
298 The Unwilling Host - 29:26
299 The Flying Felon - 29:27
300 The Unhappy Embezzler - 29:44
301 The Un-American Patriot - 29:32
302 Crime for Sale - 26:30
303 Crime for Sale - 29:30
304 The Innocent Santa Claus - 29:31
305 The Intruder - 29:30
306 The Toy Bandits - 25:34
307 The Toy Bandits - 29:31
308 The Protection Peddlers - 25:18
309 The Protection Peddlers - 29:30
310 The Knock Out - 29:33
311 Fiesta Fugitives - 25:46
312 The Campus Crime Wave - 25:47
313 The Campus Crime Wave - 29:15
314 The Face - 30:21
315 The Old Hat - 30:22
316 The Unwelcome Fugitive - 26:40
317 The Unwelcome Fugitive - 28:59
318 The Pay Off - 26:08
319 The Pay Off - 28:49
320 The Skyway Man - 25:24
321 The Skyway Man - 28:55
322 The Cross Country Fugitive - 26:21
323 The Cross Country Fugitive - 29:01
324 The Phantom Hitchhiker - 26:54
325 The Phantom Hitchhiker - 29:26
326 The Hollywood Shakedown - 29:27
327 The Fast Ball Frame Up - 29:51
328 The Masquerader - 27:05
329 The Loner - 29:27
330 The Courier - 30:04
331 The Punch and Judy Shakedown - 29:26
332 Man Hunt - 29:32
333 Hot Ice - 29:50
334 The Larceny Express - 29:30
335 Jackpot - 29:32
336 The Respectable Felon - 29:30
337 The Three-A-Day Fugitive - 29:42
338 The Telltale Camera - 29:50
339 The Five Fathom Stick-Up - 29:54
340 Killer for Hire - 29:32
341 The Bridal Shakedown - 29:51
342 The Sixteen Millimeter Stickup - 29:35
343 The Death Cruise - 29:27
344 The Astrological Breakout - 29:26
345 The Dime-A-Dance Stickup - 25:25
346 The Jolly Widow - 29:26
347 The Traveling Swindle - 29:26
348 The Seagull Shakedown - 29:26
349 His Brother's Keeper - 29:19
350 The Comic Strip Bandits - 29:22
351 The Little Tin Box - 29:35
352 The Sight Seeing Killer - 29:32
353 The Roundup - 29:35
354 The Hot Sedan - 29:32
355 The Wayward Brother - 29:38
356 The Evil Samaritan - 29:25
357 The Frivolous Cousins - 29:26
358 Wide Open City - 29:15
359 The Swamp Killer - 29:30
360 The Baby Peddler - 29:34
361 Mama's Boy - 29:30
362 Pickup - 29:45
363 Snow Screen - 29:31
364 The Sunshine Syndicate - 29:32
365 Mr Big Shot - 29:31
366 The Divorced Child - 29:38
367 Death in the Desert - 29:25
368 The Redheaded Blackmailer - 29:45
369 Espionage - 29:28
370 Misery Chiseling - 29:31
371 The Harvest - 25:33
372 The Knock Out - 26:15
373 Fiesta Fugitives - 29:31
374 The Corruptors - 29:31
375 The Masquerader - 29:27
376 The Loner - 26:10
377 Man Hunt - 26:29
378 The Three-A-Day Fugitive - 26:07
379 The Bridal Shakedown - 24:41
380 The Dime-A-Dance Stickup - 29:26
381 The Traveling Swindle - 25:47
382 The Comic Strip Bandits - 24:06
