The Big Story — 1953
39 episodes broadcast in 1953.
January 7, 1953
Three Kids Who Swore an Oath in Their Own Blood Joplin
January 14, 1953
A Beautiful Woman, a Lovesick Man and a Canvas Sack
January 21, 1953
Death Can Be Both an End and a Beginning
January 28, 1953
Thirteen Years Equals a Lifetime of Good Luck
Donald Morrissey of the Elkhorn, Wisconsin Independent is the reporter behind 'The Biggest Catch.'
February 15, 1953
The Woman Who Took Nineteen Years to Make Up Her Mind
February 18, 1953
A Race Against Time and Death
February 25, 1953
The Man Who Gave Up Before He Started
March 4, 1953
The Criminal Who Wanted to See His Name in Me Paper
March 11, 1953
A Sordid Tragedy and a Pathetic Killer Trapped Columbus
March 18, 1953
The Hit and Run Killer
March 25, 1953
Lost Identity to a Criminal and Found the Answer to a Crime
Dorothy Patterson of the Paterson, N.J. Morning Call reported the true story dramatized here.
April 8, 1953
Collecting Crime Stories as a Hobby
April 15, 1953
Trial by Fire and a Lesson Not to Be Forgotten
April 22, 1953
The Kid Who Couldn't Stop Running Was Steered Down a One-Way St
April 29, 1953
A Mystery Man Found and a Mystery Solved
May 6, 1953
Worrying Is a Front Page Story
May 13, 1953
Lies That Were Not Believed from Criminal Who Couldn't Tell The
May 20, 1953
A Worried Judge and a Grateful Criminal
May 27, 1953
Killer Trapped by a Woman Talking (sunday School Lesson)
June 3, 1953
A Sensational Headline Brings Much More Than Anticipated
June 10, 1953
Death Can Be Both an End and a Beginning
June 17, 1953
A Missing Man, a Missing Car and Missing Murder
September 23, 1953
A 22 Year Search and a Dream Come True
Joseph P. Brown of the Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph supplies this week's true case.
October 7, 1953
An Anonymous Phone Call Becomes a Conversation of Murder
October 14, 1953
A Summer Romance and a Best Man to a Corpse
October 21, 1953
An Unknown Woman, an Unknown Fear and the Truth
October 28, 1953
Playing a Hunch to Win a Voice from the Grave
November 4, 1953
A Miracle in the Wilderness
November 11, 1953
A Home for the Sick Is a House of Horror
November 18, 1953
Goading a Killer to Return to the Scene of the Crime
November 25, 1953
A Small Boy and a Roll of Red Tape
December 2, 1953
Putting Pieces of Puzzle Together Meant Death
December 9, 1953
A Single Hour Becomes a Lifetime
December 16, 1953
A Killer Who Didn't Think and a Reporter Who DID
December 23, 1953
Speaking to the Heart of the City Which Responds with Heart
December 30, 1953
A Reporter Lives Another Woman's Life Endangering Her Own
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