This Date in THE FBI History: Dina Merrill, Richard Anderson, and Daniel J. Travanti star in “The Franklin Papers,” airing Oct. 8, 1972. THE FBI DOSSIER is now available through Black Pawn Press

Posted on October 8, 2023 by admin

THE FRANKLIN PAPERS
Original Air Date: Oct. 8, 1972
Synopsis. Latent fingerprints found in a getaway vehicle put Erskine and Colby on the trail of Alice Hobbs, a notorious interstate grifter and convicted forger who also suffers from a heart condition. After fleecing an Arizona rancher out of an $85,000 jewelry collection, Alice wants to lay low and rest for a while, but her partner in crime, convicted forger Harry Cando, prods her into pulling off one last con—this time involving a set of letters and drawings dated 1776 that were allegedly written by Benjamin Franklin.

LEARN MORE about this episode in THE FBI DOSSIER, everything you wanted to know—and more— about the long-running ABC-TV series produced by Quinn Martin and starring Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. THE FBI DOSSIER is available through Black Pawn Press, Amazon.com, and wherever books are sold online.

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