Deadline

1. Victor Reisel

Air Date: 1959-09-17

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

2. State Scandal

Air Date: 1959-09-24

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

3. Pickup

Air Date: 1959-10-01

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

4. The Neon Touch

Air Date: 1959-10-08

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

5. Extortion

Air Date: 1959-10-15

A respected doctor becomes the victim of an extortionist.

6. The accusing finger

Air Date: 1959-10-22

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

7. Mass Murder

Air Date: 1959-10-29

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

8. The Case Of The Stranger

Air Date: 1959-11-05

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

9. Charm Boy

Air Date: 1959-11-12

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

10. Old Man Lost

Air Date: 1959-11-19

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

11. The Human Storm

Air Date: 1959-11-26

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

12. Hot Stuff

Air Date: 1959-12-03

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

13. The Face of a Thief

Air Date: 1959-12-10

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

14. Murderess

Air Date: 1959-12-17

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

15. Chain Reaction

Air Date: 1959-12-24

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

16. Clean Kill

Air Date: 1959-12-31

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

17. Lonely Hearts Killer

Air Date: 1960-01-07

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

18. Return to Murder

Air Date: 1960-01-14

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

19. Scramble

Air Date: 1960-01-21

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

20. Massacre

Air Date: 1960-01-28

A berserk killer is on the loose in California.

21. The Blue Dahlia

Air Date: 1960-02-04

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

22. Checkmate

Air Date: 1960-02-11

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

23. Jailbreak

Air Date: 1960-02-18

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

24. Mad Bomber

Air Date: 1960-02-25

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

25. Character Witness

Air Date: 1960-03-03

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

26. Dumb Kid

Air Date: 1960-03-10

A cub reporter stumbles onto two bandits.

27. A Story for Christmas

Air Date: 1960-03-17

William Key helps a despondent young girl on Christmas Eve.

28. Birthday Present

Air Date: 1960-03-24

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

29. Suspicion of Murder

Air Date: 1960-03-31

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

30. Thesis for Murder

Air Date: 1960-04-07

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

31. Exposure

Air Date: 1960-04-14

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.

32. Pig Woman

Air Date: 1960-04-21

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

33. To Move a Mountain

Air Date: 1960-04-28

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

34. One Tall, One Short

Air Date: 1960-05-05

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

35. The Cave

Air Date: 1960-05-12

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

36. The Two Ounce Trap

Air Date: 1960-05-19

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

37. The Last Knockout

Air Date: 1960-05-26

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

38. Episode 38

Air Date: 1961-02-01

39. Smoke Screen

Air Date: 1961-02-04

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