The Big Story — 1950
52 episodes broadcast in 1950.
United Press reporter Sam Melnick of Kansas City supplies this week's true story.
Frank McCulloch of the Reno Gazette reported the real case dramatized here.
January 18, 1950
Swamp Trap for a Killer (story to Save a Life)
January 25, 1950
Love, Trust, Friendship and Murder
February 1, 1950
A Kilter's Deadly Prescription
February 8, 1950
A Sucker to Catch a Slicker (reporter Arrested)
February 15, 1950
Madman Threatens Murder Caught by Reporter
February 22, 1950
A Warm Sun, a Hot Rod and a Cold Stiff
Ralph Goll of the Detroit Free Press uncovered new facts in a 26-year-old frame-up -- his own reporting, staged here.
March 8, 1950
A Hitchhiker Named Death
March 15, 1950
Little Boy's Nightmare
March 22, 1950
Looked For, Questioned and Bagged a Killer
March 29, 1950
A Reporter Whose Biggest Story He Couldn't Write
April 5, 1950
A Small Boy, a Fierce Dog and a Murder
April 12, 1950
A Senseless Minder
April 19, 1950
Two Birds with One Stone (innocent Picture Leads to Murder)
April 26, 1950
An Out of Tune Piano Leads to Murder
May 3, 1950
Death and the Dentist (murder Can't Be Washed Away)
May 10, 1950
The Truth Can Be a Shot in the Arm (wedding Ceremony & Murder)
May 17, 1950
A Triple Murder with Dynamite
May 24, 1950
An Innocent Letter, a Death Certificate and Murder
May 31, 1950
Nine Dollars and Two Pieces of Cardboard Equal Murder
June 7, 1950
The Corpse in the Shallow Grave (kids in the Swimming Pool)
June 14, 1950
Insurance Can Lead to Murder (murder for Profit)
Walter T. Nobel of the Lapeer, Michigan Press is the reporter behind this week's true case.
June 28, 1950
Honest Conviction Can Defeat Corruption and Evil
July 5, 1950
The Pool Room Murder Clue (petty Crook with Big Ideas)
Bill Griffith of the Youngstown, Ohio Vindicator followed a hunch to the truth -- his own story, dramatized here.
July 19, 1950
A Truck Driver, a Beautiful Girl and Death
July 26, 1950
The Boy Who Was Too Good to Be True
August 2, 1950
Death and Double Indemnity (monkey Wrench Hits Killer)
August 9, 1950
Murder in the Garbage
Chester Potter of the Pittsburgh Press supplies the true story behind this underworld case.
August 23, 1950
A Dead Man Solves a Murder
August 30, 1950
Enough Rope for the Killer
September 6, 1950
Obstinacy Is a Virtue (accident Becomes Murder)
September 13, 1950
The Tattooed Blonde
September 20, 1950
All the Evidence of Murder Except a Body
September 27, 1950
The Killer Everyone Saw but Nobody Knew
October 4, 1950
The Nearly Perfect Crime (phony Check Cashing)
October 11, 1950
Eel Fishing and Murder
Albert I. Prince of the Hartford Times reported the real case dramatized here.
October 25, 1950
A Battered Hat and Death
November 1, 1950
Trial Witness for the Prosecution
Paul Schoenstein of the New York Journal-American broke the vice-and-gangs story staged this week.
Detroit Free Press reporter Kenneth McCormick cracked the Highland Park murder on a dropped-pencil clue.
November 22, 1950
One and One Sometimes Makes Four (robbery & Emily Post)
T. R. Johnson of the Salt Lake City Tribune is the reporter behind this week's true case.
Bernard Beckwith of the Denver Post traced a killer through a dictionary and a phone line -- his own reporting.
December 13, 1950
A Too Perfect Alibi Is a Set Up for Murder (open a Closed Case)
December 20, 1950
A Holiday with Murder
December 27, 1950
Tracking a Killer in the Snow
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