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- A series of short whodunnits with enough clues to enable viewers to solve the crime.
- A four-part thriller. In the second episode there was a dope peddler named Dr. Mordaunt, while Mary Patton played a woman trying to save her husband from the electric chair by finding the real killer of a murdered actress.
- A film noir drama-dey cop & crime show, Public Prosecutor was created for one major networks but they gave up on the series and another early TV network called DuMont picked it up.
- Private detective who gets himself involved in various adventures.
- Mike Barnett is the title character, a bright and tough private detective in New York. This very violent show was broadcast live until 1952.
- Private detective Martin Kane works in New York solving crimes. Depending on the year, Kane was either smooth and suave or hard bitten and the cooperation he received from the police depended on the year. The only constant was Happy McMann's tobacco shop where Kane hung out.
- A crime program, with a twist - The Lieutenant (Ken Lynch) was never seen on camera, as the program used the subjective first-person camera technique as did the 1947 film "Lady in the Lake".
- A series in which actual court cases were re-enacted, with a jury panel, selected from the studio audience, that was asked to issue a verdict.
- A dramatized courtroom drama, with flashbacks.
- Intrepid detective Dick Tracy tangles with a bizarre rogue's gallery of villains. But as always our stoic officer of the law, virtuous to a fault, proves himself up to the task of putting the criminals behind bars.
- This series dramatizes confidence games which fall under the jurisdiction of Captain John Braddock.
- Ellery Queen was a mystery writer who assisted his father, a detective with the New York Police Department, in solving murders. Queen's methods were arcane and intellectual rather than action oriented, and he always astounded his father by arriving at a correct solution by purely deductive reasoning.
- At the end of each show, Rocky King (Roscoe Karns) calls his wife, Mabel, and says, "Case is closed Mabel, I'm coming home".
- A squad of Treasury Department agents, headed by "The Chief", go after counterfeiters and other criminals who commit crimes that fall under the Treasure Department's jurisdiction.
- A half-hour private-eye crime show set in New York.
- Sgt. Joe Friday and his partners methodically investigate crimes in Los Angeles.
- Blackie and gal pal Mary, and their dog Whitey, solve lots of Los Angeles crimes before the cops can do it.
- The experiences of Robert Cannon and Helen Davis, foreign correspondents for "Consolidated News". Stories relate to their attempts to infiltrate and expose espionage rings.
- A newspaper columnist who helps police solve especially difficult mysteries. The title derived from a popular mystery magazine of the same name.
- Based on the John Malone series of mystery novels by Craig Rice, and on the radio series of the same name. John J. Malone, socialite and ladies man, is a brilliant criminal lawyer taking up a new case in every episode. Using his finely-honed deductive and persuasive skills, he never gives up until justice is done.
- Collins is an investigative reporter for the New York Ledger in this dramatic series.
- "Mr. District Attorney! Champion of the people! Guardian of our fundamental rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." The opening lines to a TV adaptation of a radio serial about a D.A., his investigator, and secretary.
- Documented cases of local police, the FBI and the U.S. Senate Crime Investigating Committee were dramatized on this filmed show.
- The Man of Steel fights crime with help from his friends at the "Daily Planet."
- This show featured four rotating stars, Charles Boyer, David Niven, Ida Lupino, and Dick Powell in individual episodes consisting of everything from comedy to drama.
- True crime stories and their investigations are dramatized.
- Craig Kennedy is a prominent scientist at a prestigious university. He uses his knowledge of chemistry plus newer devices such as lie detectors to solve difficult cases.
- A filmed half-hour detective series, nine episodes of which were originally produced in 1949 by CBS but never aired on that network. DuMont bought the films and produced four more episodes in 1952, at which point the character of criminal psychologist Karen Gayle was added.
- This live program consisted of dramatic incidents drawn from actual police files around the country.
- Law school student and former G.I. Jeffrey Jones works as a private investigator in Los Angeles, California. Being broke, he hangs out at the Golden Bubble, getting advice from Joe the bartender. Michelle is his girlfriend and Lieutenant Doyle his police contact.
- Actual parolees discuss their crimes and rehabilitation.
- Stories taken from the files of various law-enforcement agencies, including city, county and state police, park rangers, military police, etc.
- Lieutenant George Kirby is a New York City detective whose jurisdiction appears to cover a wide area. Whether it's murderers or thieves, he approaches every situation prepared to deal violently with the criminals.
- Jimmy Hughes, a Korean War veteran now on the New York Police force, seeks the killer of his father, also a policeman.
- The adventures of master detective Sherlock Holmes as he and his assistant, Dr. Watson--and, somewhat reluctantly, the bumbling Inspector Lestrade--battle criminals in London.
- Colonel March of The Department of Queer Complaints investigates unusual cases, locked-room murders, and mysteries concerning the supernatural.
- John Herrick was the Captain of the tug "Cheryl Ann" in Los Angeles harbor. His family consisted of wife May, Police Detective son Jim, and the crew of the tug, his son Carl, Tip, and Willie. Carl was engaged to Terry. The stories revolved around the family and various criminals encountered around the harbor.
- Bart Matthews defends the poor and others who cannot afford an attorney. All episodes are based on actual cases from across the country.
- This British production featured lesser-known actors in filmed plays showing people caught in "the vise" of fate created by their own deeds.
- Dramatization of murder investigations and other criminal cases that Detective Superintendent Robert Fabian, a real-life Scotland Yard Inspector and the host of the show, worked on.