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This Is Your FBI, as the title suggests, was a crime drama that featured true cases from FBI, and told from an agent’s viewpoint. The show’s producer and director, Jerry Devine, has previously worked on the radio program of the same genre, Mr. District Attorney. Devine once worked for the FBI, so having him for the show would allow each story to be told the best way possible. Then-FBI chief Edgar Hoover gave him access to the FBI files for the stories used in the show.

The show’s main character was Agent Jim Taylor, who handled crime cases on the West Coast. The basic format of the show was that, 30 minutes were allowed for the presentation of the criminal’s actions, which will be followed up with Taylor’s investigation of the crime. This long-running series starred Frank Lovejoy (and later Dean Carlton and William Woodson) as the narrator, Betty White, and Stacy Harris as Agent Jim Taylor.

The show was heard on ABC for over a decade, from 1945 to 1953, airing a total of 409 episodes. The main sponsor throughout the show’s run was the Equitable Life Assurance Society of USA, which is now called the AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company.

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Air Date	Title	Synopsis
11.03.1950	the baffled book keeper
11.10.1950	the backstage shakedown	+ This Is Your FBI. November 10, 1950. "The Backstage Shakedown". Sponsored by: The Equitable Life...
11.17.1950	the prodigal hoodlum	+ This Is Your FBI. November 17, 1950. Program #293. "The Prodigal Hoodlum". Sponsored by: The Equ...
11.24.1950	quartet in crime	+ This Is Your FBI. November 24, 1950. Program #294. "Quartet For Crime". Sponsored by: The Equita...
12.08.1950	the floating stickup	+ This Is Your FBI. December 8, 1950. "The Floating Stick-Up". Sponsored by: The Equitable Life As...
12.15.1950	the jungle killer	+ nThis Is Your FBI. December 15, 1950. "The Jungle Killer". Sponsored by: The Equitable Life Assu...
12.22.1950	the return of saint nick	+ This Is Your FBI. December 19, 1947. "The Return Of St. Nick". Sponsored by: The Equitable Life ...
12.29.1950	the temporary father
01.05.1951	the helpful corpse
01.12.1951	the criminal caravan
01.19.1951	the selective service swindle	+ This Is Your FBI. January 19, 1951. Program #302. "The Selective Service Swindle". Sponsored by:...
01.26.1951	the continental killer	+ This Is Your FBI. January 26, 1951. Program #303. "The Continental Killer". Sponsored by: The Eq...
01.26.1951	continental killer	+ This Is Your FBI. January 26, 1951. Program #303. "The Continental Killer". Sponsored by: The Eq...
02.02.1951	the innocent hijacker	+ This Is Your FBI. February 2, 1951. Program #304. "The Innocent Highjacker". Sponsored by: The E...
02.09.1951	the island fugitive	+ This Is Your FBI. February 9, 1951. Program #305. "The Island Fugitive". Sponsored by: The Equit...
02.16.1951	the penny lender	+ This Is Your FBI. February 16, 1951. Program #306. "The Penny Lender". Sponsored by: The Equitab...
02.23.1951	the canvass backed frame up	+ This Is Your FBI. February 23, 1951. "The Canvas-Backed Frame-Up". Sponsored by: The Equitable L...
03.02.1951	the tin can killing	+ This Is Your FBI. March 2, 1951. "The Tin Can Killing". Sponsored by: The Equitable Life Assuran...
03.09.1951	captain larceny	+ This Is Your FBI. March 9, 1951. "Captain Larceny". Sponsored by: The Equitable Life Assurance S...
03.16.1951	hollywood shakedown	+ This Is Your FBI. March 16, 1951. Program #310. "The Hollywood Shakedown". Sponsored by: The Equ...
03.23.1951	success story	+ This Is Your FBI. March 23, 1951. Program #311. "Success Story". Sponsored by: The Equitable Lif...
03.30.1951	the saboteurs	+ This Is Your FBI. March 30, 1951. Program #312. "The Saboteurs". Sponsored by: The Equitable Lif...
04.06.1951	the soybean shakedown	+ This Is Your FBI. April 6, 1951. "The Soybean Shakedown". Sponsored by: The Equitable Life Assur...
04.13.1951	the runaway sister	+ This Is Your FBI. April 13, 1951. "The Runaway Sister". Sponsored by: The Equitable Life Assuran...
04.20.1951	the big fix	+ This Is Your FBI. April 20, 1951. "The Big Fix". Sponsored by: The Equitable Life Assurance Soci...

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I like this show

Debra

Always enjoyed the show, though for some reason a lot of the ones I've heard have lower than average volume.

Michael

I have all the shows with the commercials and listen to them

Margaret

This is Your FBI was re-syndicated in 1974-75 by Jay M. Kholos (Rod Serling's Zero Hour). I got to hear a bunch of TIYF episodes that way and they were quite exceptional.

Eric

great crime series.

Christina

I've always enjoyed that series, although the first few episodes of it that I heard were plagued by unusually low volume levels, to the point where I opened some of them in Audacity and increased the volume so I could hear the dialogue.

Michael

Frank Lovejoy "The Pan American Patriots"

Jhon

This series was broadcast on ABC-Radio from 1945 to 1953, always sponsored by Equitable Life Insurance. It featured dramatized stories of true FBI cases. All aspects of the program was approved, and checked by J. Edgar Hoover, who was the head of the FBI. Hoover also appeared on the program many times.

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