The Big Story — 1949
52 episodes broadcast in 1949.
Al Aronson of the Louisville Courier-Journal supplies this week's true story.
January 12, 1949
An Abandoned School, a Weird Old Man and a Witch Who Walked at Night
January 19, 1949
Watching and Waning for Death and Congratulations
Joseph B. Wirges of the Little Rock Gazette broke the real case behind this darkly punning title.
February 2, 1949
A Living Death House in State Prison
February 9, 1949
Dying Man Gets Reason to Live
February 16, 1949
A Crazy Killer and a Crooked Clue
February 23, 1949
Reporter Goes to Jail to Gain Her Freedom
March 2, 1949
Two Killers and Two Cowards
A true story from Dee McAnally of the Cleveland News.
March 16, 1949
Three Time Loser Becomes a Winner
March 23, 1949
Pretty Legs Lead to Body and Killer
March 30, 1949
Groom Is Dead Man, Reporter Is Best Man
April 6, 1949
Fantastic Jail Break
April 13, 1949
The Silent Killer
April 20, 1949
The Killer at the End of a Blind Alley
April 27, 1949
Legal Lynching, of Old Man Who Gives In
May 4, 1949
An Incredible Family and an Unbelievable Murder
May 11, 1949
Society Pays It's Debt to an Ex Convict
May 18, 1949
Hate Ends in Death & Love Between Silent Couple
May 25, 1949
Bootblack Polishes Off a Killer & Avenges Dead Man
June 1, 1949
Merciless Ego and Girl Who Vanished
Julien C. Houseman of the Richmond News Leader is the reporter whose case is dramatized here.
June 15, 1949
Reporter Took a Long Shot and Hit a Phantom
June 22, 1949
Reporter Tries to Stop Murder Is Almost Killed
June 29, 1949
A Reporter Who Never Forgot a Face
July 6, 1949
Every Body Is Somebody (dug Up Corpse)
July 13, 1949
Fateful Phone Calk Meaning Death and Life
Tom Mercer of the Cincinnati Enquirer reported the real case of a man murdered by mistake.
July 27, 1949
Murder Is a Dead Man's Dream
August 3, 1949
Blind Justice on Trial (dead Man Acquitted)
August 10, 1949
Canyon City Prison Break
August 17, 1949
Two Bandits Terrorize City
August 24, 1949
A Red Sedan, a Woman in Black and Shot in the Dark
August 31, 1949
The Ace That Beat Three of a Kind
September 7, 1949
A Kilter's Conscience
September 14, 1949
The Dog Lived While the Factory Died
September 21, 1949
A Bungalow, a Party and a House Full of People
September 28, 1949
A Reporter with Intelligence and a Conscience
October 5, 1949
The Story Written in Blood
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reporter Ray Springle supplies the true story behind this week's drama.
October 19, 1949
Murder and the Man in the Moon
Harold Falter of the Huntington, West Virginia Advertiser broke the case that became 'The Corn Cob Killer.'
November 2, 1949
Two Bodies Are Better Than One
November 9, 1949
Little Things Lead Ta Murder (want Ad Clue)
November 16, 1949
The Farmer's Daughter (victims Returned to Life)
November 23, 1949
Criminal Vs. Society (turkey Drumstick)
November 30, 1949
Too Much Soup (new Recipe for Murder)
December 7, 1949
Bullets, Blood and Terrorism
Nolen Bulloch of the Tulsa Tribune is the reporter behind 'Three Gold Coins Spell Death.'
December 21, 1949
The Man Who Missed Three Christmases
December 28, 1949
Dead Man in Post Office (two Stories at Once)
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