Tag Archives: based on actual cases from the files of the FBI

This Date in THE FBI History: John Colicos, Harold Gould, Robert Foxworth, and Barbara Babcock star in “The Test,” airing Feb. 20, 1972. THE FBI DOSSIER is now available from Black Pawn Press

Posted on February 20, 2026 by admin

THE TEST Original Airdate: Feb. 20, 1972 Synopsis. In Portland, Oregon, former lumberyard owner John Logan (played John Colicos) kidnaps George Hale (played by Harold Gould), the prominent businessman whom Logan blames for his financial ruin. Logan demands a ransom … Continue reading →

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This Date in THE FBI History: Edward Mulhare, Diana Hyland, David Frankham, and Paul Lukas star in “The Hostage,” airing Feb. 19, 1967. THE FBI DOSSIER is now available from Black Pawn Press

Posted on February 19, 2026 by admin

THE HOSTAGE Original Airdate: Feb. 19, 1967 Synopsis. A trio of overseas Communist operatives, led by elite World War II army commander Major Damian Sava (played by Edward Mulhare), arrive in the United States for the sole purpose of kidnapping … Continue reading →

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This Date in THE FBI History: John Ericson, Roy Poole, and Laraine Stephens star in “The Phone Call,” airing Feb. 18, 1968. THE FBI DOSSIER is now available from Black Pawn Press

Posted on February 18, 2026 by admin

THE PHONE CALL Original Airdate: Feb. 18, 1968 Synopsis. Curtis Stone (played by Roy Poole), a mentally imbalanced former actor who once served time for check forgery, extorts money from the wives of U.S. servicemen in Vietnam in a desperate … Continue reading →

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This Date in THE FBI History: “The Animal,” the second of two ninth-season episodes featuring William Reynolds as Tom Colby (and the second episode in the FBI series with the title “The Animal”), airs Feb. 17, 1974. Gary Lockwood, Meg Foster, Peter Mark Richman, and Roger Perry also star. THE FBI DOSSIER is now available from Black Pawn Press

Posted on February 17, 2026 by admin

THE ANIMAL Original Airdate: Feb. 17, 1974 Synopsis. Notorious mob hitman Benjamin Sillman (played by Gary Lockwood) flees a federal prison in Arizona and arrives in Los Angeles, where he blackmails a former Newark mob associate, Steve Lathan (played by … Continue reading →

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This Date in THE FBI History: Ed Asner, Linden Chiles, Arthur Hill, Tim O’Connor, Louise Latham, and Dawn Wells star in “The Attorney,” airing Feb. 16, 1969. THE FBI DOSSIER is now available from Black Pawn Press

Posted on February 16, 2026 by admin

THE ATTORNEY Original Airdate: Feb. 16, 1969 Synopsis. After a five-year investigation, the Bureau arrests Manhattan crime kingpin Arnold Toby (played by Linden Chiles) on federal racketeering charges. To make sure the case against Toby sticks, power plant worker Pete … Continue reading →

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This Date in THE FBI History: Diane Keaton, Richard Jaeckel, Glenn Corbett, and Solomon Sturges star in “Death Watch,” airing Feb. 14, 1971. THE FBI DOSSIER is now available through Black Pawn Press

Posted on February 14, 2026 by admin

DEATH WATCH Original Airdate: Feb. 14, 1971 Synopsis. In Northern California, the attack on a U.S. Marine Corps armory sergeant (played by Richard Jaeckel) puts Erskine on the trail of Stan Mayberry (played by Glenn Corbett), an arms dealer who … Continue reading →

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This Date in THE FBI History: Jessica Tandy, Gerald S. O’Loughlin, Robert Pine, and Sian Barbara Allen star in “The Set-Up,” airing Feb. 13, 1972. THE FBI DOSSIER is now available from Black Pawn Press

Posted on February 13, 2026 by admin

THE SET-UP Original Airdate: Feb. 13, 1972 Synopsis. After assaulting two police officers in Nebraska, bank robber Lawrence Kulhane (played by Gerald S. O’Loughlin) and his cohorts head for South Carolina, where they plan to rob and murder Ardyth Nolan … Continue reading →

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This Date in THE FBI History: Colleen Dewhurst, Collin Wilcox, and Janet Waldo star in “The Baby-Sitter,” airing Feb. 13, 1966. THE FBI DOSSIER is now available through Black Pawn Press

Posted on February 13, 2026 by admin

THE BABY-SITTER Original Airdate: Feb. 13, 1966 Synopsis. Tony Award-winning and Emmy Award-winning actress Colleen Dewhurst stars as Amy Doucette, a mentally imbalanced middle-aged woman who kidnaps the infant daughter of a young couple that had hired her as a … Continue reading →

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This Date in THE FBI History: Louis Jourdan, Jessica Walter, William Smithers, and Peter Graves star in “Rope of Gold,” airing Feb. 12, 1967. THE FBI DOSSIER is now available from Black Pawn Press

Posted on February 12, 2026 by admin

ROPE OF GOLD Original Airdate: Feb. 12, 1967 Synopsis. Erskine believes that the theft of a $250,000 shipment of precision tool and die equipment thirty miles outside Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is related to four other trucking thefts with similar M.O.s. In … Continue reading →

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This Date in THE FBI History: Richard Kiley, John Lasell, David Opatoshu, and Stuart Margolin star in “The Homecoming,” airing Feb. 11, 1968. THE FBI DOSSIER is now available from Black Pawn Press

Posted on February 11, 2026 by admin

THE HOMECOMING Original Airdate: Feb. 11, 1968 Synopsis. In New York City, Assistant Director Ward joins Erskine and Colby in the search for John Streyer (played by Richard Kiley), a disgraced atomic scientist who returns to the United States fifteen … Continue reading →

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