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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

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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

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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: Christopher George, Lynda Day George, and Peter Mark Richman star in “Return to Power,” airing Feb. 15, 1970. THE FBI DOSSIER is now available through Black Pawn Press

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RETURN TO POWER Original Airdate: Feb. 15, 1970 Synopsis. The shooting of a U.S. border patrol inspector near the U.S./Canadian border in Idaho puts Erskine on the trail of Frank Di Mirjian (played by Richard Devon), a onetime courier on … 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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This Date in THE FBI History: Penny Fuller, John Ericson, and Erin Moran star in “The Wedding Gift,” airing Feb. 11, 1973. THE FBI DOSSIER is now available from Black Pawn Press

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THE WEDDING GIFT Original Airdate: Feb. 11, 1973 Synopsis. Bloodstains, latent fingerprints found in the abandoned getaway vehicle, and strands of hair from a wig put Erskine on the trail of the leading suspects of a bank robbery in Baton … Continue reading →

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This Date in THE FBI History: Simon Oakland delivers a tour de force performance in “The Maze,” airing Feb. 9, 1969. This episode also stars Steve Ihnat, Ina Balin, and Joan Van Ark. THE FBI DOSSIER is now available from Black Pawn Press

Posted on February 9, 2026 by admin

THE MAZE Original Airdate: Feb. 9, 1969 Synopsis. Convicted of a federal bombing charge, and facing a mafia hit because he knows too much about their drug trafficking operation, FBI Ten Most Wanted fugitive Frank Welles (played by Steve Ihnat) … Continue reading →

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