This Date in THE FBI History: Jeffrey Hunter and Dina Merrill star in “The Monster,” the premiere episode of The FBI, airing Sept. 19, 1965

  1. THE MONSTER
    Original Air Date:
    Sept. 19, 1965
    Synopsis. In Castle City, Wisconsin, Inspector Lewis Erskine and Special Agent Jim Rhodes track down Francis Jerome, an escaped convict who murders a young couple in Philadelphia before surfacing in his hometown of Castle City. The female victim in Philadelphia was found strangled with her own hair—a peculiar M.O. that Jerome repeats when he attempts to kill Castle City resident Jean Davis. Erskine must prevent Jerome from attacking Jean again.

    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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