1950
April 13, 1950
Just a Number
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July 15, 1950
The White Elephant
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July 22, 1950
Apache Peak
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A hitchhiker murders a New Yorker for his car and clothes, and Pearson traces the stolen identity to its end.
July 29, 1950
The Trigger Man
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August 5, 1950
Quicksilver
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A ranch family is wiped out, and the Rangers work back from an odd clue in the hog feed to the killer.
August 12, 1950
The Broken Spur
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A dead man in a burned-out ranch house, a broken spur and a heavy man with small feet give Pearson his trail.
August 19, 1950
Fool's Gold
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A gold tooth is the clue that lets Pearson trace a botched bank robbery and the killing it left behind.
August 26, 1950
The Open Range
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Modern-day cattle rustlers murder the rancher who catches them in the act, and the Rangers close in.
September 2, 1950
Play for Keeps
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Pearson runs down a crooked constable whose racket has cost a man his life.
September 9, 1950
Dead or Alive
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The Texas City disaster forms the backdrop as Pearson pursues a killer amid the chaos.
September 16, 1950
Candy Man
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An escaped convict unwittingly marks his route with discarded candy wrappers, and the Rangers follow.
September 23, 1950
Open and Shut
September 30, 1950
Clean Up
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A murder in the oil fields proves to be only the surface of a much dirtier operation.
October 8, 1950
Living Death
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Narcotics smuggling and murder along the Tex-Mex border draw Pearson into a night-time chase.
October 15, 1950
Dead Give Away
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October 29, 1950
Soft Touch
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An elderly farm couple is beaten to death by an assailant Pearson must identify from thin evidence.
November 5, 1950
The White Suit
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A convict breaks out of a small jail, and a single distinctive clue turns the manhunt.
November 12, 1950
Blood Relative
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A young ex-convict returns to town threatening a relative's life, and Pearson races to stop a killing.
November 26, 1950
Hanging by a Thread
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A death ruled suicide looks less certain the closer Pearson examines it.
December 3, 1950
Room 114
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A body in a motel room is tied back to a decades-old killing and the ranch owner behind it.
December 10, 1950
The Lucky Dollar
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A shopkeeper is murdered by a robber who cut the power first, and Pearson works from the darkness back to the man.
December 17, 1950
The Cactus Pear
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A cowboy is shotgunned to death, and a spent shell plus a cast of a horseshoe print give Pearson his trail.
December 24, 1950
Christmas Present
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The "Santa Claus stickup" is a holiday crime story that ends, unusually, on a hopeful note.
December 31, 1950
The Devil's Share
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A man's homecoming brother brings violence with him, and Pearson pieces together the night's killing.
1951
January 7, 1951
Deadhead Freight
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A body stuffed in a duffel bag turns up in an empty freight car, and the Rangers ride the rails after the truth.
January 14, 1951
Death in the Cards
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A double murder is pinned on a red-haired gambler, but Pearson doubts the easy answer.
January 21, 1951
Blood Harvest
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Two thieves rustle stolen hay rather than cattle, and murder the farmer who catches them.
February 4, 1951
Logger's Larceny
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Two lumber-company loggers are marked for a scheme that turns to killing in the timber country.
February 11, 1951
The Hatchet
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The murder of a high-school teacher leads Pearson down an unexpected trail.
February 18, 1951
Sweet Revenge
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A sugar bowl is the small, telling clue that leads Pearson to a killer.
February 25, 1951
The Trap
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Hijackers kill the drivers of a truckload of car radios, and Pearson lays a trap of his own.
March 11, 1951
Blind Justice
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A seeing-eye dog puts Pearson onto a curious case of murder and deception.
March 18, 1951
Death by Adoption
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A man posing as the father of a used-car dealer's adopted child turns out to be his killer.
March 25, 1951
Breakdown
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Pearson and the Rangers close in on Rex Lang, a young killer they mean to take alive.
April 1, 1951
Pressure
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A man called "Lucifer" confesses to a murder, but Pearson isn't convinced he did it.
April 8, 1951
Bad Blood
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A brutal killing done with a frying pan sets Pearson on the trail of the true culprit.
April 15, 1951
Conspiracy
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A Ranger captain's decades-old case resurfaces as Pearson works a tangled conspiracy.
April 22, 1951
Canned Death
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A family is poisoned by tainted sausage, and the trial that follows opens a darker story.
May 6, 1951
No Living Witnesses
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A doctor is murdered in his office and a cowboy turns up dead, with no witnesses to either.
May 13, 1951
Paid in Full
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A man is shot in the back with a shotgun, and Pearson works a killing rooted in an old score.
May 20, 1951
Square Dance
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A man is knifed to death in the parking lot of a square dance, and Pearson sifts the crowd for a killer.
May 27, 1951
Joy Ride
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September 30, 1951
Death Shaft
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A skeleton with a bashed-in skull is found in an abandoned mine, and Pearson reopens a buried crime.
October 7, 1951
The Wheelchair Killing
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October 14, 1951
Play for Keeps
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Pearson again runs down a crooked constable whose racket turned deadly (a restaging of the 1950 case).
October 21, 1951
Fugitive's Trail
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October 28, 1951
The White Elephant
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A deserted motel hides stolen goods and the crime behind them.
November 4, 1951
Helping Hand
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November 11, 1951
Open and Shut
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A young Mexican looks like the obvious killer of an accountant in a lovers'-lane shooting -- but the case is less open-and-shut than it appears.
November 18, 1951
Wild Crop
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A cowboy is found beaten to death, and the scent of marijuana points Pearson toward the man responsible.
November 25, 1951
The Blow Off
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A gas-station attendant is murdered in a robbery, and one small clue cracks the case.
December 2, 1951
The Dead Give Away
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A woman and her infant are both murdered, and the grieving husband is the prime suspect.
December 9, 1951
Death Plant
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A homemade time bomb kills a woman and wounds her husband, and Pearson hunts the bomber.
December 16, 1951
Pick Up
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Two hoboes toss a body from a boxcar, and two bullet holes turn a nuisance into a murder case.
December 23, 1951
Christmas Payoff
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A doctor is shot dead in his office on Christmas Eve, and the killer's bandaged hand becomes the clue.
December 30, 1951
Killer's Crop
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The murder of a narcotics user sends the Rangers south across the Mexican border after her killer.
1952
January 6, 1952
Birds of a Feather
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A dying robber names his shooter, drawing Pearson into a kidnapping and a hunt.
January 13, 1952
Clip Job
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A practiced swindler cheats a poor widow out of her savings, and Pearson works to make it right.
January 20, 1952
Blood Trail
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January 27, 1952
Night Chase
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Cattle rustlers are caught in the act and one is killed, launching a night-long pursuit.
February 3, 1952
The Rub Out
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A prizefighter loses a bout and then dies of poisoning -- or so it seems -- with his manager in the frame.
February 10, 1952
Hitchhiker
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February 17, 1952
Cold Blood
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A poor field hand is framed for murder and nearly lynched, saved only by an improbable break.
February 24, 1952
Bright Boy
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Breaking a stolen-car ring, the Rangers corner a youth whose skill with a knife makes him lethal.
March 2, 1952
The Ice Man
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A strange burglar who eats before robbing a house and wields a mean ice pick is finally run to ground by the Rangers.
March 9, 1952
Dream Farm
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A traveling farm family stops to help a stranger who repays them with murder.
March 16, 1952
Prelude to Felony
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A girl rustles her own father's herd and pins the theft on a neighboring rancher, until Pearson unwinds it.
March 30, 1952
Nighthawk
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April 6, 1952
Troop Train
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An Army deserter kills his fellow runaway and then stands accused of beating a rancher, leaving Pearson to sort the guilt.
April 13, 1952
Uncertain Death
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A death outside a small town proves anything but simple as Pearson works the night's events.
April 20, 1952
Illusion
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A woman thought mad and a poisoning that may be neither what they seem test Pearson's judgment.
April 27, 1952
Address Unknown
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After a woman is murdered and her small son orphaned, a reluctant witness named Pedro is drawn into helping the Rangers.
May 4, 1952
Little Sister
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A young woman comes home to draw her kid sister into crime, beginning with a holdup at a movie theater.
May 11, 1952
Unleashed Fury
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Escaped mental patient Charlie Brock stays a cunning step ahead of the manhunt closing around him.
May 18, 1952
Smart Kill
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A body in a burning building leads Pearson to a killer who thought he'd been clever.
May 25, 1952
Jailbird
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A lifer escapes a state prison, and Pearson tracks the fugitive's violent run.
June 1, 1952
Sell Out
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A clerk who watched her boss robbed and shot feeds the Rangers a misleading account of the crime.
June 8, 1952
Illegal Entry
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A knifing and a kidnapping send Pearson onto a livestock train after a fleeing killer.
June 15, 1952
Travesty
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A deputy falls under suspicion of tire theft in a case built from the record.
June 22, 1952
Knockout
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June 29, 1952
Ex Con
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An ex-convict is hired to kill for a thousand dollars, and Pearson works to head off the murder.
July 6, 1952
The Boomerang
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A murder and a body in a lake lead the Rangers to a livestock auction -- and to a killer whose guilt isn't quite settled.
July 13, 1952
Finger Man
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After a deputy dies in a prison break, the Rangers work the surviving convicts for the evidence to convict.
July 20, 1952
Round Trip
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When a well-liked newspaper carrier is murdered, the Rangers run the killer's trail all the way to Brazil.
July 27, 1952
Stick Up
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An ex-convict is suspected of a robbery-murder despite an alibi that looks airtight.
August 3, 1952
Double Edge
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A man with a mole beside his eye is the thread that ties a bank robbery to a killing.
August 10, 1952
Last Stop
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A train wreck caused by a tie laid across the rails proves to be no accident.
August 17, 1952
Cover Up
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A man found scrubbing a pool of blood in a missing man's house draws Pearson into a cover-up.
August 24, 1952
Three Victims
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A man is identified as the suspect in a robbery and double murder, but the identification may be wrong.
August 31, 1952
Misplaced Person
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A dead woman is traced to a psychiatrist who falls under suspicion in a twisting case.
September 7, 1952
Alibi
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"The Deacon" is badly beaten and loses his memory, complicating a case that turns on his account.
September 14, 1952
Drive In
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