This CBS anthology series debuted on 18 September 1951, aired biweekly – alternating with City Hospital – and ran until 23 June 1953.
The series presented dramatisations of actual organised crime cases – involving narcotics, gambling, robbery, bootleg liquor etc – from the FBI and local law enforcement agencies.
The series was initially hosted by Rudolph Halley, the former Chief Counsel to the United States Senate Special Committee to Investigate Crime in Interstate Commerce – better known as the Kefauver committee.
When he became president of the New York City Council in 1951, he alternated hosting with Maryland senator Herbert R. O’Conor.
Narrator/Host
Rudolph Halley (1)
Herbert O’Conor (2)
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The series presented dramatisations of actual organised crime cases – involving narcotics, gambling, robbery, bootleg liquor etc – from the FBI and local law enforcement agencies.
