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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
07.18.1947	the unhappy hijacker	+ This Is Your FBI. July 18, 1947. "The Unhappy Hijacker". Sponsored by: The Equitable Life Assura...
10.28.1949	the unhappy firebug
11.30.1951	the unhappy embezzler	+ This Is Your FBI. November 30, 1951. "The Unhappy Embezzler". Sponsored by: The Equitable Life A...
04.25.1947	the unfortunate daughter
12.07.1951	the unamerican patriot	+ This Is Your FBI. December 7, 1951. "The Un-American Patriot". Sponsored by: The Equitable Life ...
11.05.1948	the two wise men	+ This Is Your FBI. November 5, 1948. "The Two Wise Men". Sponsored by: The Equitable Life Assuran...
05.06.1949	the tropical shakedown	+ This Is Your FBI. May 6, 1949. "The Tropical Shakedown". Sponsored by: The Equitable Life Assura...
10.12.1951	the tropical frame up	+ This Is Your FBI. October 12, 1951. "The Tropical Frame-Up". Sponsored by: The Equitable Life As...
07.13.1951	the tribal shakedown	+ This Is Your FBI. May 6, 1949. "The Tropical Shakedown". Sponsored by: The Equitable Life Assura...
08.29.1952	the traveling swindle
11.09.1951	the traveling bride	+ This Is Your FBI. November 9, 1951. "The Traveling Bride". Sponsored by: The Equitable Life Assu...
07.08.1949	the trans atlantic shakedown
06.22.1951	the traitor	+ This Is Your FBI. June 22, 1951. "The Traitor". Sponsored by: The Equitable Life Assurance Socie...
11.28.1947	the trail of terror	+ This Is Your FBI. November 28, 1947. "The Trail Of Terror". Sponsored by: The Equitable Life Ass...
01.04.1952	the toy bandits	+ This Is Your FBI. January 4, 1952. "The Toy Bandit". Sponsored by: The Equitable Life Assurance ...
06.27.1952	the toll tale camera	+ This Is Your FBI. June 27, 1952. "The Tell-Tale Camera". Sponsored by: The Equitable Life Assura...
03.02.1951	the tin can killing	+ This Is Your FBI. March 2, 1951. "The Tin Can Killing". Sponsored by: The Equitable Life Assuran...
08.06.1948	the three way frame up	+ This Is Your FBI. August 6, 1948. "The Three-Way Frame-Up". Sponsored by: The Equitable Life Ass...
02.18.1949	the three fathom hold up	+ This Is Your FBI. February 18, 1949. "The Three Fathom Frameup". Sponsored by: The Equitable Lif...
06.20.1952	the three a day fugitive	+ This Is Your FBI. June 20, 1952. "The Three-A-Day Fugitive". Sponsored by: The Equitable Life As...
12.29.1950	the temporary father
02.24.1950	the telltale calendar
03.11.1949	the tell tale ransom	+ This Is Your FBI. March 11, 1949. "The Tell-Tale Ransom". Sponsored by: The Equitable Life Assur...
09.21.1951	the tell tale cargo	+ This Is Your FBI. September 21, 1951. Program #337. "The Tell-Tale Cargo". Sponsored by: The Equ...
08.27.1948	the tell tail bracelet	+ This Is Your FBI. August 27, 1948. "The Tell-Tale Bracelet". Sponsored by: The Equitable Life As...

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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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