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This Date in THE FBI History: James Olson and J.D. Cannon star in “Conspiracy of Corruption,” one of the few episodes of the series that is an outright whodunit, airing Jan. 11, 1970. THE FBI DOSSIER is now available from Black Pawn Press

CONSPIRACY OF CORRUPTION Original Airdate: Jan. 11, 1970 Synopsis. In Las Mantas County, Erskine oversees the investigation of the shooting of a ranch foreman by an unknown assailant—a matter that escalates into a possible civil rights violation when the county … Continue reading

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This Date in THE FBI History: Steve Forrest, Diana Hyland, Lawrence Pressman, and Harold Gould star in “The Stalking Horse,” airing Jan. 10, 1971. THE FBI DOSSIER is now available from Black Pawn Press

THE STALKING HORSE Original Airdate: Jan. 10, 1971 Synopsis. In Dallas, Erskine poses as a quality control specialist as part of his investigation of a security leak at Millard Industries and the possibility of espionage involving The Cronus Project, a … Continue reading

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This Date in THE FBI History: James Daly, Margaret Leighton, and Lloyd Gough star in “The Chameleon,” airing Jan. 9, 1966. THE FBI DOSSIER is now available from Black Pawn Press

THE CHAMELEON Original Airdate: Jan. 9, 1966 Synopsis. In Greenfield, Nebraska, Erskine and Rhodes search for a murderous psychopath who seduces wealthy women, marries them for their money before killing them, then hides their bodies in secret vaults that he … Continue reading

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This Date in THE FBI History: Martin Sheen, Meg Foster, and John Sylvester-White star in “A Second Life,” the second of two episodes this season that were filmed in Northern California, airing Jan. 9, 1972. THE FBI DOSSIER is now available from Black Pawn Press

A SECOND LIFE Original Airdate: Jan. 9, 1972 Synopsis. After shooting a police commissioner in Portland, Oregon, gunman Steven Chandler (played by Martin Sheen) surfaces in San Francisco, California, where where he falls in love with Marcy Brandon (played by … Continue reading

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This Week in THE FBI History: Collin Wilcox, James Callahan, Ford Rainey, Virginia Christine, and Henry Corden star in the thriller “Passage into Fear,” airing Jan. 8, 1967. THE FBI DOSSIER is now available from Black Pawn Press

PASSAGE INTO FEAR Original Airdate: Jan. 8, 1967 Synopsis. Originally considered a minor witness in an upcoming federal court case against the operations chief of Red Espionage West, Hanna Crandall (played by Collin Wilcox) was actually a courier who provided … Continue reading

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This Date in THE FBI History: Ed Asner, Martin Sheen, Russell Johnson, and Ian Wolfe star in “The Dynasty,” airing Jan. 7, 1968. THE FBI DOSSIER is now available from Black Pawn Press

THE DYNASTY Original Airdate: Jan. 7, 1968 Synopsis. Two men (played by Ed Asner and Martin Sheen) kidnap the youngest son of industrialist Marshall Graham and demand $300,000 for his release. With Marshall Graham out of the country, Erskine meets … Continue reading

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This Date in THE FBI History: Robert Drivas, Stephen McNally, and Scott Marlowe star in “The Rap-Taker,” airing Jan. 7, 1973. THE FBI DOSSIER is now available from Black Pawn Press

THE RAP-TAKER Original Airdate: Jan. 7, 1973 LEARN MORE about “The Rap-Taker” 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 … Continue reading

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This Date in THE FBI History: Charles Cioffi, George DiCenzo, and Joan Hotchkis star in “A Piece of the Action,” airing Jan. 6, 1974. THE FBI DOSSIER is now available from Black Pawn Press

A PIECE OF THE ACTION Original Airdate: Jan. 6, 1974 Synopsis. Victor Lamport (played by Charles Cioffi) uses his trucking company to front a syndicate operation that targets his competitors. Twenty-seven hijackings have occurred over the past six months, forcing … Continue reading

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This Date in THE FBI History: Billy Dee Williams, Denise Nicholas, Moses Gunn, and Ketty Lester star in “Eye of the Storm,” airing Jan. 5, 1969. THE FBI DOSSIER is now available from Black Pawn Press

EYE OF THE STORM Original Airdate: Jan. 5, 1969 Synopsis. Moses Gunn stars as newspaper publisher John Sheppard, an outspoken leader in the African-American community who is known to rile “both black and white.” When his infant daughter, Mary Louise, … Continue reading

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This Date in THE FBI History: Gerald S. O’Loughlin, David Cassidy, and Mary Fickett star in “Fatal Impostor,” airing Jan. 4, 1970. THE FBI DOSSIER is now available from Black Pawn Press

FATAL IMPOSTOR Original Airdate: Jan. 4, 1970 Synopsis. At a farm in Clarion, North Dakota, Victor Kiley (played by Gerald S. O’Loughlin), an interstate fugitive wounded in a shootout with sheriff’s deputies, kidnaps a mother and her teenage son and … Continue reading

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