The Big Story — 1954
39 episodes broadcast in 1954.
January 6, 1954
Self Made Prison from Which There Is No Escape
January 13, 1954
A Deadly Game with a Killer Who Couldn't Bear to Lose
January 20, 1954
A Midnight Appointment with a Suspected Killer
Arthur Mielke of the Washington Times-Herald broke the real case dramatized here.
February 3, 1954
The Life of a Reporter Against the Death of a Machine
Chicago Sun-Times reporters Virginia Marmaduke and Joseph Kordi supply the true story dramatized here.
February 17, 1954
Murder Is Never an Accident
February 24, 1954
The Man Who Lost Nine Years of His Life
March 3, 1954
A Near Tragedy Becomes a Triumph
March 10, 1954
A Killer's Worst Enemy Is Himself
March 17, 1954
A Forgotten Debt, a Debt of Life
John F. Cahlan of the Las Vegas Review-Journal is the reporter behind this week's true story.
March 31, 1954
Unknown Title
April 7, 1954
The Killer Who Could Escape the Gas Chamber but Not Death
April 14, 1954
Working a Miracle on Easter Day
April 21, 1954
A Reporter's Future Is Bet Against a Convict's Past
April 28, 1954
A One Man Crusade and Courage Breaks a Con Man Racket
May 5, 1954
An Old Tradition Solves a Cold Blooded Murder
May 12, 1954
Dark Corner of America Ruled by the Law of the Whip
May 19, 1954
A Little Man in a Big Crime
May 26, 1954
A Boy Who Made a Mistake and a Reporter Who Didn't
June 2, 1954
The Killer Who Was Afraid to Live or Die
September 8, 1954
Nickels, Dimes and Quarters Are Paid Off Wife a Plugged Half-Do
September 15, 1954
A Reporter Gambles His Life for a Story That Shook the Nation
September 22, 1954
The Connection Between Crime and Politics Exposed, Reporter Ind
September 29, 1954
A Man Who Gave Up His Life and a Reporter Who Returned It
Charles Gleason of the Willows, California Journal supplies the true story staged this week.
October 13, 1954
Murderer Who Hated Newspapermen and the Reporter Who Rode With
Los Angeles Examiner reporter Sid Hughes set himself as bait to trap a killer -- his own case, dramatized here.
October 27, 1954
Inquiry Into Accident Leads to Two Murders
November 3, 1954
Trading a Headline for a Woman's Life
November 10, 1954
Proof That a Lie Detector Was Wrong
November 17, 1954
A Strange Peace Treaty That Stopped a One Man War
November 24, 1954
The Reporter Who Opened a Golden Door
December 1, 1954
A Murder Suspect Found in a Police Station
December 8, 1954
An Unmarried Reporter Got a Divorce That Made Headlines
December 15, 1954
The Reporter Who Found His Next Door Neighbor Murdered
December 22, 1954
The Reporter Who Returned Thirteen Years of a Man's Life
December 29, 1954
Looking for Laughs at Circus. Found Tragedy Instead
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