This creation of Phillips H. Lord was the first nationally broadcast true crime show (Calling All Cars came two years earlier, but was restricted to the West Coast). Unlike many true crime shows, there was no recurring character heading the investigation (I believe they didn't even bother to change the names of the persons involved). The show ran 1935-1957. During the first few months, it went under the title G-Men and dramatized the careers of nationally notorious criminals like Machine Gun Kelly and Dutch Schultz. Afterwards, it featured crimes and criminals that weren't so well known.
A Date with Death
A man who has been holding up taxis runs out of luck when he gets caught in the act and kills the policeman who tries to apprehend him. He then holes up at the house of his girlfriend who isn’t aware of his profession.
Al Simioni
Los Angeles is being victimized by a robber who is notable for the almost casual manner in which he kills people during his holdups.
The Alcatraz Prison Riot
A mass breakout, the spontaneity of which is uncertain, is attempted at the notorious paranoid security prison.
The Ape Bandit
A former college athlete makes use of his incredible physical prowess in a life of crime that ranges from burglaries to murder.
Appointment with Death
The Billanski-Tillotson Gang
Two robbers case high-class establishments by getting friendly with society girls to gain access to the places.
The Carnival Caper
A carnival barker is intimidated into providing information for a gang so that they can steal the carnival's cash box.
The Case of Carlos LaJoya
The police get a new line on a payroll theft where a security guard was killed when they find that the bullet that killed a petty hood had come from the same gun that had killed the guard.
The Case of Fierst-Lewis
The Case of Joe McCann and the West Side Syndicate
A gang that robbed a shipment of money getting sent back to D.C. get a nasty surprise when they find that the bills have been already mutilated.
The Case of John K. Giles
The Case of Medos-Carter-Henderson
The Case of Nicky Small
A robber who had been operating in Los Angeles heads back to his old stomping grounds in Chicago when things get too hot Out West.
The Case of the Broadway Bandits
A pair of robbers who have been hitting establishments in New York's Upper West Side start to have a falling out when one of them has doubts about the wisdom of his current career.
The Case of the Butcher Bandits
The Case of the Cincinnati Narcotics Ring
A Canadian heroin supplier decides to use a sneak thief who had been going through his hotel room to assist in smuggling some of his product across the border.
The Case of the Cumerland Safecracker
The Case of the Devil and the Syndicate
In Prohibition-era Chicago, the gangs are all playing nice concerning where they operate their rackets until one side gets greedy and the other gangs respond with violence.
The Case of the Four Feathers
An Oakland safecracker has managed to evade the police for some time. But his abusive treatment of his girlfriend may be his undoing.
The Case of the Golden Touch
A man who had previously been convicted for hijacking is contacted to help out in taking a liquor shipment. Not too keen on seeing the inside of a hoosegow again, he instead goes to the police with his story.
The Case of the Jersey Butcher Bandits
A trio of robbers who have been fleecing the homes of butchers start to develop tension when one of them develops cold feet over the whole scheme.
The Case of the Kidnapped Paymaster
The Case of the Mound City Safecrackers
A gunman gets an alcoholic burglar to teach him the tricks of the trade to expand his repertoire and starts hitting a string of small towns.
The Case of the Quincy Killers
A father and son team of criminals rob and kill the owner of a campground, though the son balks at the latter.
The Case of the Tennessee Triggermen
A pair of robbers travelling across the South pulling jobs have a complicated time due to one of them insisting on bringing along his naïve girlfriend and at the same time keep her clueless about what they actually do.
The Case of the Three Safecrakers
A police detective is suspicious that a recently paroled safecracker is planning to start up again, so he makes sure that he’s followed.
The Case of the Throneberry
The Collector Who Robbed Supermarkets
A robber manages to convince a gang of safecrackers to hit all the chain supermarkets in St. Louis so that when the store managers start to thwart such attempts by taking the receipts home instead, he's ready for them.
The Costume Killer
Counterfeit Combine
The Dakota Badmen
The Danville Bank Job
A bank is robbed just as it is opened and the only lead the police have is a laundry truck that was reported to have been near the bank at the time of the crime.
The Elusive Leader
The Los Angeles police attempt to get a solid case against a brutal gangster who never has anyone testify against him thanks to the fear he inspires in both citizens and his underlings.
The Golf Course Murder
High School Hot Shots
Two teenagers travel around the South committing robberies and eventually wind up killing the driver of an armored car.
Horserace Hijackers
A gang of robbers are hijacking the money collectors of some bookies, figuring this way they'll be safe from the police. But they're not safe from the hired guns of the bookies.
The Incorrigible Killer
After breaking out and killing the man who squealed on him, a trigger-happy robber heads back to the prison he broke out of to get two partners to assist him in a robbing spree in Reno.
Jewel Robbery
The St. Louis police get a line on a gang of robbers when an indiscrete petty crook joins them as a getaway car driver.
The Metropolitan Motor Mob
A car theft ring that had been operating successfully for some time may be about to fall apart when the brains of the outfit considers keeping all the loot for himself.
The New Jersey Trio
The New York Narcotics King
The Nickel and Dime Bandits
A robber puts into action a theory of his that it’s better to hit several small targets rather than a few big ones because he believes that he can make just as much with it being less likely to be actively hunted by the police.
The Notorious Bugs Moran Part 1
The once feared gangster Bugs Moran returns to Chicago and muscles his way into a racket dealing with forged money orders.
The Notorious Bugs Moran Part 2
After have served a fairly short prison term for the crimes committed in the previous episode, Bugs Moran is back in business, this time concentrating on bank robberies.
The Park Avenue Pilferers
The Red Hot Readers
The Rumbold Vault Robbery
A gang has little trouble in planning and executing the robbery of several safe deposit boxes. But the seven figure haul generates much distrust on who will get how much.
Sledge Hammer Handicap
The Supersonic Safecrackers
A gang of safecrackers is using military surplus technology to beat the new "silent" safes.
The Tennessee Valley Killer
The Three Safecrackers
Triple Threat Bandits
The Twenty-Four Hour Twins