This is Your FBI


(4 stars; 15 reviews)

The 1945-53 officially backed radio series (the first episode includes an appearance by FBI director J. Edgar Hoover) detailing real life cases from the files of the FBI.

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

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Chapters

TIYFBI 450406 001 Espionage 29:42
TIYFBI 450420 003 Kidnapping Shotgun Hadley 29:53
TIYFBI 450427 004 Escaped Pows Paul Turner 30:17
TIYFBI 450504 005 Confidence Game William Roscoe 29:10
TIYFBI 450511 006 War Fraud Andrew Rockland War Profiteer 28:33
TIYFBI 450518 007 Grand Larceny Daniel Holly Thief 28:38
TIYFBI 450525 008 Draft Dodgers Dr Woodbury 27:28
TIYFBI 450601 009 Bank Robbery Phil Bardo Arthur Clinton 28:27
TIYFBI 450608 010 Espionage Cora Lee Williamson 28:09
TIYFBI 450615 011 Confidence Game British Farm Equipment 28:51
TIYFBI 450622 012 Auto Theft Charles Meade 29:03
TIYFBI 450702 014 Espionage 29:07
TIYFBI 450713 015 Misery Chiseling 29:18
TIYFBI 450803 018 Extortion 29:08
TIYFBI 450810 019 Impersonation Robert Perry 28:32
TIYFBI 450817 020 Bank Robbery Philip Houston 28:54
TIYFBI 450921 021 Scientific Conviction 27:29
TIYFBI 451005 027The Strange Extortion 28:57
TIYFBI 451012 028 House on 92Nd Street 28:17
TIYFBI 451019 029 The Marriage Racket 28:42
TIYFBI 451026 030 Servicemans Fraud 28:42
TIYFBI 451102 031 Desert Dictator 28:41
TIYFBI 451109 032 Bogus Bankruptcy 30:22
TIYFBI 451116 033 Allotment Swindle 28:26
TIYFBI 451123 034 Bobby Sox Bandits 29:14
TIYFBI 451130 035 The Big Breakout 28:52
TIYFBI 451207 036 Pearl Harbor 28:45
TIYFBI 451214 037 The Highway Hi-Jacker 29:31
TIYFBI 451221 038 The Sorrowful Swindler 28:58
TIYFBI 451228 039 Murder on the High Seas 28:57
TIYFBI 460104 040 Crime in the Roaring 20s 28:57
TIYFBI 460111 041 The Innocent Killer 29:11
TIYFBI 460118 042 The Cold Blooded Kidnapper 29:36
TIYFBI 460125 043 The Unwelcome Guest 29:02
TIYFBI 460201 044 The Sinister Souvenir 28:58
TIYFBI 460208 045 The Cautious Killer 28:44
TIYFBI 460215 046 The Corrupt Killer 28:49
TIYFBI 460222 047 The Pan American Patriots 29:09
TIYFBI 460301 048 The Castaway Killer 29:07
TIYFBI 460308 049 The Skyway Swindle 24:52
TIYFBI 460315 050 The Paroled Killer 29:23
TIYFBI 460322 051 Wastland Hideout 28:25
TIYFBI 460329 052 Bogus War Bride 29:24
TIYFBI 460405 053 The Delinquent Parents 29:27
TIYFBI 460412 054 The Nylon Hijacker 29:08
TIYFBI 460419 055 Swampland Kidnapping 28:53
TIYFBI 460426 056 Salesman of Espionage 28:52
TIYFBI 460503 057 The Singing Swindler 29:08
TIYFBI 460510 058 The Carnival Killer 29:10
TIYFBI 460517 059 The Fugitive Horse Player 29:22
TIYFBI 460524 060 Homecide Hideout 29:30
TIYFBI 460531 061 The Slaughterhouse Swindlers 29:25
TIYFBI 460607 062 Sinister Lighthouse 29:21
TIYFBI 460614 063 Flowers for a Corpse 29:27
TIYFBI 460621 064 The Friendly Killer 29:02
TIYFBI 460628 065 Surplus Swindle 29:09
TIYFBI 460705 066 Sinister Shakedown 29:35
TIYFBI 460712 067 Death in the Tropics 29:14
TIYFBI 460719 068 The Walkie-Talkie Stick-Up 29:20
TIYFBI 460726 069 The Sinister Witness 29:14
TIYFBI 460802 070 The Would Be Movie Star 29:02
TIYFBI 460809 071 Lady of Larceny 29:14
TIYFBI 460816 072 The Friendly Hitchhiker 29:32
TIYFBI 460823 073 The Careless Kidnapper 29:30
TIYFBI 460830 074 The Return to the Mob 29:21
TIYFBI 460906 075 Murder on the Range 29:22
TIYFBI 460913 076 Death of a Draft Dodger 29:31
TIYFBI 460920 077 The Diamond Studded Double-Cross 29:27
TIYFBI 460927 078 The Night of Tedrror 29:55
TIYFBI 461004 079 The Curious Coin Collector 29:12
TIYFBI 461011 080 The Sugar Swindler 29:21
TIYFBI 461018 081 The Big Shakedown 29:04
TIYFBI 461025 082 The Honest Embezzler 29:07
TIYFBI 461101 083 Blueprint For Murder 28:58
TIYFBI 461108 084 The Frightened Fugitive 28:57
TIYFBI 461115 085 Murder By Accident 28:46
TIYFBI 461122 086 Return Of The Killer 29:16
TIYFBI 461129 087 Danger In The Jury Box 28:58
TIYFBI 461206 088 Operation Rhumba 28:53
TIYFBI 461213 089 The Swampland Killer 28:55
TIYFBI 461220 090 The Swindling Swami 28:55
TIYFBI 461227 091 Little Tough Guy 29:02
TIYFBI 470103 092 The Fugitive Guest 29:30
TIYFBI 470110 092 The Fugitive Guest 29:19
TIYFBI 470117 094 The Sunshine Swindlers 28:47
TIYFBI 470124 095 The Bow Tie Murders 28:46
TIYFBI 470131 096 The Baby Big Shot 29:06
TIYFBI 470207 097 Hijackers Incorporated 29:04
TIYFBI 470214 098 Death In The Desert 28:23
TIYFBI 470221 099 Old Lady Larceny 29:02
TIYFBI 470228 100 The Innocent Thief 28:57
TIYFBI 470307 101 The Divorced Child 28:24
TIYFBI 470314 102 The Fugitive Pirate 28:42
TIYFBI 470321 103 The Vicious Shakedown 28:38
TIYFBI 470328 104 The Henpecked Thief 28:41
TIYFBI 470404 105 The Used Baby Racket 28:38
TIYFBI 470418 107 The Juvenile Shakedown 28:17
TIYFBI 470425 108 The Unfortunate Daughter 28:21
TIYFBI 470502 109 The Henpecked Swindler 28:09
TIYFBI 470509 110 The Wayward Brothers 28:43
TIYFBI 470516 111 The Professional Killer 28:35
TIYFBI 470523 112 The Reluctant Thief 30:47
TIYFBI 470530 113 The Frustrated Mice 28:32
TIYFBI 470606 114 The Fugitive Traveler 28:15
TIYFBI 470613 115 Curious Camerman 30:12
TIYFBI 470620 116 The Horoscope Homicide 30:25
TIYFBI 470627 117 The Mysterious Fugitive 28:24
TIYFBI 480514 163 Big Guy 29:47
TIYFBI 480611 167 The Student of Violence 29:15
TIYFBI 480618 168 The Hollywood Horseman 29:00
TIYFBI 480625 169 The Curious Cargo 28:44
Return Of St Nick 29:31
TIYFBI 490701 222 The Runaway Guest 30:50
TIYFBI 490708 223 The Trans-Atlantic Shake Dow 28:56
TIYFBI 490715 224 Merchant Of Death 29:03
TIYFBI 490722 225 Threes A Crime 28:58
TIYFBI 490923 234 The Flying Thieves 28:52
TIYFBI 490930 235 Dead Mans Tale 28:58
TIYFBI 491007 236 The Meticulous Mobster 28:53
TIYFBI 491014 237 Friendly Stowaway 28:48
TIYFBI 491021 238 Helpful Hobo 28:44
TIYFBI 491028 239 The Unhappy Firebug 29:18
TIYFBI 491111 241 The Big Caseout 28:38
TIYFBI 491118 242 Gentlemen Prefer Widows 28:44
TIYFBI 491125 243 The Blundering Felon 30:41
TIYFBI 491202 244 The Waterfront Felons 28:25
TIYFBI 491209 245 Frozen Frame Up 28:34
TIYFBI 491216 246 The Innocent Hostage 28:56
TIYFBI 491223 247 The Return Of Saint Nick 28:45
TIYFBI 491230 248 Bank Robbery Incorporated 28:52
Yesterday's Killers 1-6-50 22:44
TIYFBI 500113 250 The Delinquent Doctor 28:20
TIYFBI 500120 251 A License To Kill 28:32
TIYFBI 500127 252 Larceny Goes To Sea 28:32
TIYFBI 500203 253 Ladies Of Larceny 28:31
TIYFBI 500210 254 The Hollywood Frame Up 28:23
TIYFBI 500217 255 Package Of Death 28:33
TIYFBI 500224 256 The Telltale Calender 28:42
TIYFBI 500303 257 Voice From The River 28:32
TIYFBI 500310 258 The Surplus Safe Crackers 28:25
TIYFBI 500317 259 The Firey Fugitives 28:48
TIYFBI 500324 260 The Honeymoon Homecide 28:43
TIYFBI 500331 261 Campus Shakedown 29:31
TIYFBI 500407 262 The Mercy Manhunt 28:30
TIYFBI 500414 263 The Perilous Secret 28:31
TIYFBI 500421 264 The Muscle Factory 28:44
TIYFBI 500428 265 The Handsome Heel 29:45
TIYFBI 500811 280 The Agent Apprentice 28:16
TIYFBI 500818 281 Vanishing Witness The 28:49
TIYFBI 500825 282 Black Market Hijacking 28:44
TIYFBI 500901 283 The Musical Stick-Up 28:55
TIYFBI 500908 284 The Swing Shift Racketeers 29:05
TIYFBI 500915 285 Flop House Frame-Up 29:23
TIYFBI 500922 286 Draft Dodging 29:33
TIYFBI 500929 287 Gold Rush Stick-Up 29:02
TIYFBI 501006 288 Prisoner of War 29:21
TIYFBI 501013 289 The Phantom Bandit 28:35
TIYFBI 501020 290 The Dark Journey 29:21
TIYFBI 501027 291 The International Heist 28:56
TIYFBI 501103 292 The Baffled Book Keeper 28:30
501201 Backstage Shakedown.mp3 28:48
TIYFBI 501117 294 The Prodigal Hoodlem 29:30
TIYFBI 501124 295 Quartet in Crime 29:26
TIYFBI 501201 296 Communist Agent 28:13
TIYFBI 501208 297 The Floating Stickup 24:14
TIYFBI 501215 298 The Jungle Killer 29:12
TIYFBI 501222 299 The Return of Saint Nick 28:59
TIYFBI 501229 300 The Temporary Father 29:27
TIYFBI 510105 301 The Helpful Corpse 29:11
TIYFBI 510112 302 The Criminal Caravan 25:26
TIYFBI 510119 303 The Selective Service Swindle 28:51
TIYFBI 510126 304 The Continental Killer 28:58
TIYFBI 510202 305 The Innocent Hijacker 29:21
TIYFBI 510209 306 The Island Fugitive 29:30
TIYFBI 510216 307 The Penny Lender 29:36
TIYFBI 510223 308 The Canvas-Backed Frame-up 29:39
510302 The Tin Can Killing.mp3 29:09
TIYFBI 510309 310 Captain Larceny 30:17
The Hollywood Shakedown 26:10
TIYFBI 510323 312 Success Story 29:51
TIYFBI 510330 313 The Saboteurs 29:04
TIYFBI 510406 314 The Soybean Shakedown 29:03
TIYFBI 510413 315 The Runaway Sister 29:07
TIYFBI 510420 316 The Big Fix 29:58
TIYFBI 510427 317 The Wild Ride 28:41
TIYFBI 510504 318 The Profiteers 30:04
TIYFBI 510511 319 The Corruptors 29:40
TIYFBI 510518 320 The Straw Hat Shakedown 29:39
TIYFBI 510525 321 Old Mother Larceny 28:46
TIYFBI 510601 322 The Night Rider 29:01
TIYFBI 510608 323 The Return Of Father Crime 28:36
TIYFBI 510615 324 The Mountain Murder 29:30
TIYFBI 510622 325 The Traitor 28:49
TIYFBI 510629 326 The Fraudulent Healer 29:52
TIYFBI 510706 327 The Runaway Corpse 29:50
TIYFBI 510713 328 The Tribal Shakedown 29:49
TIYFBI 510720 329 The Roaring Twenties 29:15
TIYFBI 510727 330 The Connoisseurs of Crime 28:34
TIYFBI 510803 331 Post Time Stick-Up 29:09
TIYFBI 510810 332 The Adopted Theif 28:41
TIYFBI 510817 333 The Bogus Hijacking 29:42
TIYFBI 510824 334 The Bad Samaritan 28:31
TIYFBI 510831 335 Ghost Town 29:35
TIYFBI 510907 336 The Curious Fisherman 29:22
TIYFBI 510914 337 The Interupted Journey 29:30
TIYFBI 510921 338 The Tell-Tale Cargo 29:48
TIYFBI 510928 339 The Harvest 29:33
TIYFBI 511005 340 The Hostage 30:10
TIYFBI 511012 341 The Tropical Frame-Up 29:47
TIYFBI 511019 342 The Stranger 29:28
TIYFBI 511026 343 Citizen Caldwell 28:19
TIYFBI 511102 344 The Million Dollar Question 29:36
TIYFBI 511109 345 The Traveling Bride 29:32
TIYFBI 511116 346 The Unwilling Host 29:52
TIYFBI 511123 347 The Flying Felon 29:40
TIYFBI 511130 348 The Unhappy Embezzler 29:52
TIYFBI 511207 349 The Un-American Patriot 29:37
TIYFBI 511214 350 Crime for Sale 26:45
TIYFBI 511221 351 The Innocent Santa Claus 29:24
TIYFBI 511228 352 The Intruder 29:21
TIYFBI 520104 353 The Toy Bandits 25:19
TIYFBI 520111 354 The Protection Peddlers 24:49
TIYFBI 520118 355 The Knock Out 25:44
TIYFBI 520125 356 Fiestra Fugitives 24:40
TIYFBI 520201 357 The Campus Crime Wave 25:05
TIYFBI 520208 358 The Face 25:51
TIYFBI 520215 359 The Old Hat 25:59
TIYFBI 520222 360 The Unwelcome Fugitive 26:15
TIYFBI 520229 361 The Pay Off 24:58
TIYFBI 520307 362 The Skyway Man 24:52
TIYFBI 520314 363 The Cross Contry Fugitive 25:48
TIYFBI 520321 364 The Corruptors 29:12
TIYFBI 520328 365 The Phantom Hitchhiker 26:14
TIYFBI 520404 366 The Hollywood Shakedown 26:08
TIYFBI 520411 367 The Fast Ball Frame Up 28:51
TIYFBI 520418 368 The Masquerader 26:32
TIYFBI 520425 369 The Loner 25:39
TIYFBI 520502 370 The Courier.Mp3 29:19
TIYFBI 520509 371 The Punch and Judy Shakedown 29:15
TIYFBI 520516 372 Man Hunt 25:50
TIYFBI 520523 373 Hot Ice 28:54
TIYFBI 520530 374 The Larceny Express 29:09
TIYFBI 520606 375 Jackpot 29:59
TIYFBI 520613 376 The Respectable Felon 30:02
TIYFBI 520620 377 The Three-A-Day Fugitive 25:30
TIYFBI 520627 378 The Toll Tale Camera 29:42
TIYFBI 520704 379 The Five Fathom Stick-Up 30:35
TIYFBI 520711 380 Killer For Hire 29:16
Bridal Shakedown 24:42
TIYFBI 520725 382 The Sixteen Millimeter Stick 29:10
TIYFBI 520801 383 The Death Cruise 29:51
TIYFBI 520808 384 Astrological Breakout 30:00
TIYFBI 520815 385 The Dime-A-Dance Stickup 30:09
TIYFBI 520822 386 The Jolly Widow 29:49
TIYFBI 520829 387 The Traveling Swindle 29:53
TIYFBI 520905 388 The Seagull Shakedown 28:16
TIYFBI 520912 389 His Brothers Keeper 30:07
520919 (390) The Comic Strip B 29:38
TIYFBI 520926 391 The Little Tin Box 28:50
521003 (392) The Sightseeing K 29:02
TIYFBI 521010 393 The Roundup 29:41
TIYFBI 521017 394 The Hot Sedan 30:24
TIYFBI 521024 395 The Wayward Brother 27:57
TIYFBI 521031 396 The Evil Samaritan.Mp3 30:37
TIYFBI 521107 397 The Frivolous Cousins 29:51
521114 (398) Wide Open City.mp 29:32
521121 (399) The Swamp Killer. 29:12
TIYFBI 521128 400 The Baby Peddler 29:24
TIYFBI 521205 401 Mamas Boy 29:56
TIYFBI 521212 402 Pickup 30:10
521219 (403) Snow Screen.mp3 29:32
521226 (404) The Sunshine Synd 29:49
TIYFBI 530102 405 Mr Big Shot 29:37
TIYFBI 530109 406 The Divorced Child 29:31
TIYFBI 530123 408 Death In The Desert 28:26
530130 (409) The Red-Headed Bl 29:45

Reviews

These are awesome


(4 stars)

Put on your earbuds, start This Is Your FBI and do your homework, ride the train or even listen to it in bed. Good audio on the episodes Ive heard so far.

Shotgun equals maching gun


(3 stars)

Just started listening to the series. Shotgun Kelly is an alias for Machinegun Kelly. The story, with some obvious modification, parallels the lore behind the "G-men" title. As the myth goes, Kelly was captured in the same way and uttered the same phrase when captured. Is it true? Who knows but it makes a great story. Three stars so far. Might rate again later. My rating hasn't changed but I noticed a few of their cases involved counterfeiting. Isn't that something the Secret Service handle?

Its about time that The FBI comes to Archive.org's OTR!!


(5 stars)

This really is a great crime show, and in my opinion is just as effective as Dragnet. Thanks against Adamelijah for uppin' this fantastic show to this fantastic website. Long live Archive.org's OTR Section.


(5 stars)

Great stories but sad when you remind yourself that they actually happened. Personally, I could do without the propaganda though I appreciate that it comes on the heels of WWII. I really like how Harris plays his role.

A Great Series, except . . .


(4 stars)

A truly enjoyable series, except for one thing: EVERY episode ends with the FBI agents arriving just in time to save the day! That's pushing credulity just a little too far.

Missing Episode


(5 stars)

In "Honest Embezzler" they say next week's episode is "The Fixed Election". However, that episode doesn't show up in the OTRR inventory. Perhaps it is on YouTube.

JEdgar


(3 stars)

He was prissy, and feared in DC for what he knew of the politicos—people hated him; but I've never heard anyone say he was stupid