This is Your FBI


(3.9 stars; 25 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

Espionage 29:42
Kidnapping Shotgun Hadley 29:53
Escaped Pows 30:17
Confidence Game 29:10
War Fraud Andrew Rockland War Profiteer 28:33
Grand Larceny 28:38
Draft Dodgers 27:28
Bank Robbery 28:27
Espionage 28:09
Confidence Game 28:51
Auto Theft 29:03
Espionage 29:07
Misery Chiseling 29:18
Extortion 29:08
Impersonation Robert Perry 28:32
Bank Robbery 28:54
Scientific Conviction 27:29
The Strange Extortion 28:57
House on 92Nd Street 28:17
The Marriage Racket 28:42
Serviceman's Fraud 28:42
Desert Dictator 28:41
Bogus Bankruptcy 30:22
Allotment Swindle 28:26
Bobby Sox Bandits 29:14
The Big Breakout 28:52
Pearl Harbor 28:45
The Highway Hi-Jacker 29:31
The Sorrowful Swindler 28:58
Murder on the High Seas 28:57
Crime in the Roaring 20s 28:57
The Innocent Killer 29:11
The Cold Blooded Kidnapper 29:36
The Unwelcome Guest 29:02
The Sinister Souvenir 28:58
The Cautious Killer 28:44
The Corrupt Killer 28:49
The Pan American Patriots 29:09
The Castaway Killer 29:07
The Skyway Swindle 24:52
The Paroled Killer 29:23
Wasteland Hideout 28:25
Bogus War Bride 29:24
The Delinquent Parents 29:27
The Nylon Hijacker 29:08
Swampland Kidnapping 28:53
Salesman of Espionage 28:52
The Singing Swindler 29:08
The Carnival Killer 29:10
The Fugitive Horse Player 29:22
Homicide Hideout 29:30
The Slaughterhouse Swindlers 29:25
Sinister Lighthouse 29:21
Flowers for a Corpse 29:27
The Friendly Killer 29:02
Surplus Swindle 29:09
Sinister Shakedown 29:35
Death in the Tropics 29:14
The Walkie-Talkie Stick-Up 29:20
The Sinister Witness 29:14
The Would Be Movie Star 29:02
Lady of Larceny 29:14
The Friendly Hitchhiker 29:32
The Careless Kidnapper 29:30
The Return to the Mob 29:21
Murder on the Range 29:22
Death of a Draft Dodger 29:31
The Diamond Studded Double-Cross 29:27
The Night of Terror 29:55
The Curious Coin Collector 29:12
The Sugar Swindler 29:21
The Big Shakedown 29:04
The Honest Embezzler 29:07
Blueprint For Murder 28:58
The Frightened Fugitive 28:57
Murder By Accident 28:46
Return Of The Killer 29:16
Danger In The Jury Box 28:58
Operation Rhumba 28:53
The Swampland Killer 28:55
The Swindling Swami 28:55
Little Tough Guy 29:02
The Fugitive Guest 29:30
The Fugitive Guest 29:19
The Sunshine Swindlers 28:47
The Bow Tie Murders 28:46
The Baby Big Shot 29:06
Hijackers Incorporated 29:04
Death In The Desert 28:23
Old Lady Larceny 29:02
The Innocent Thief 28:57
The Divorced Child 28:24
The Fugitive Pirate 28:42
The Vicious Shakedown 28:38
The Henpecked Thief 28:41
The Used Baby Racket 28:38
The Juvenile Shakedown 28:17
The Unfortunate Daughter 28:21
The Henpecked Swindler 28:09
The Wayward Brothers 28:43
The Professional Killer 28:35
The Reluctant Thief 30:47
The Frustrated Mice 28:32
The Fugitive Traveler 28:15
Curious Cameraman 30:12
The Horoscope Homicide 30:25
The Mysterious Fugitive 28:24
Big Guy 29:47
The Student of Violence 29:15
The Hollywood Horseman 29:00
The Curious Cargo 28:44
Return Of St Nick 29:31
The Runaway Guest 30:50
The Trans-Atlantic Shake Dow 28:56
Merchant Of Death 29:03
Threes A Crime 28:58
The Flying Thieves 28:52
Dead Man's Tale 28:58
The Meticulous Mobster 28:53
Friendly Stowaway 28:48
Helpful Hobo 28:44
The Unhappy Firebug 29:18
The Big Caseout 28:38
Gentlemen Prefer Widows 28:44
The Blundering Felon 30:41
The Waterfront Felons 28:25
Frozen Frame Up 28:34
The Innocent Hostage 28:56
The Return Of Saint Nick 28:45
Bank Robbery Incorporated 28:52
Yesterday's Killers 22:44
The Delinquent Doctor 28:20
A License To Kill 28:32
Larceny Goes To Sea 28:32
Ladies Of Larceny 28:31
The Hollywood Frame Up 28:23
Package Of Death 28:33
The Telltale Calendar 28:42
Voice From The River 28:32
The Surplus Safe Crackers 28:25
The Firey Fugitives 28:48
The Honeymoon Homicide 28:43
Campus Shakedown 29:31
The Mercy Manhunt 28:30
The Perilous Secret 28:31
The Muscle Factory 28:44
The Handsome Heel 29:45
The Agent Apprentice 28:16
Vanishing Witness 28:49
Black Market Hijacking 28:44
The Musical Stick-Up 28:55
The Swing Shift Racketeers 29:05
Flop House Frame-Up 29:23
Draft Dodging 29:33
Gold Rush Stick-Up 29:02
Prisoner of War 29:21
The Phantom Bandit 28:35
The Dark Journey 29:21
The International Heist 28:56
The Baffled Book Keeper 28:30
Backstage Shakedown 28:48
The Prodigal Hoodlem 29:30
Quartet in Crime 29:26
Communist Agent 28:13
The Floating Stickup 24:14
The Jungle Killer 29:12
The Return of Saint Nick 28:59
The Temporary Father 29:27
The Helpful Corpse 29:11
The Criminal Caravan 25:26
The Selective Service Swindle 28:51
The Continental Killer 28:58
The Innocent Hijacker 29:21
The Island Fugitive 29:30
The Penny Lender 29:36
The Canvas-Backed Frame-up 29:39
The Tin Can Killing 29:09
Captain Larceny 30:17
The Hollywood Shakedown 26:10
Success Story 29:51
The Saboteurs 29:04
The Soybean Shakedown 29:03
The Runaway Sister 29:07
The Big Fix 29:58
The Wild Ride 28:41
The Profiteers 30:04
The Corruptors 29:40
The Straw Hat Shakedown 29:39
Old Mother Larceny 28:46
The Night Rider 29:01
The Return Of Father Crime 28:36
The Mountain Murder 29:30
The Traitor 28:49
The Fraudulent Healer 29:52
The Runaway Corpse 29:50
The Tribal Shakedown 29:49
The Roaring Twenties 29:15
The Connoisseurs of Crime 28:34
Post Time Stick-Up 29:09
The Adopted Thief 28:41
The Bogus Hijacking 29:42
The Bad Samaritan 28:31
Ghost Town 29:35
The Curious Fisherman 29:22
The Interrupted Journey 29:30
The Tell-Tale Cargo 29:48
The Harvest 29:33
The Hostage 30:10
The Tropical Frame-Up 29:47
The Stranger 29:28
Citizen Caldwell 28:19
The Million Dollar Question 29:36
The Traveling Bride 29:32
The Unwilling Host 29:52
The Flying Felon 29:40
The Unhappy Embezzler 29:52
The Un-American Patriot 29:37
Crime for Sale 26:45
The Innocent Santa Claus 29:24
The Intruder 29:21
The Toy Bandits 25:19
The Protection Peddlers 24:49
The Knock Out 25:44
Fiestra Fugitives 24:40
The Campus Crime Wave 25:05
The Face 25:51
The Old Hat 25:59
The Unwelcome Fugitive 26:15
The Pay Off 24:58
The Skyway Man 24:52
The Cross Country Fugitive 25:48
The Corruptors 29:12
The Phantom Hitchhiker 26:14
The Hollywood Shakedown 26:08
The Fast Ball Frame Up 28:51
The Masquerader 26:32
The Loner 25:39
The Courier 29:19
The Punch and Judy Shakedown 29:15
Man Hunt 25:50
Hot Ice 28:54
The Larceny Express 29:09
Jackpot 29:59
The Respectable Felon 30:02
The Three-A-Day Fugitive 25:30
The Toll Tale Camera 29:42
The Five Fathom Stick-Up 30:35
Killer For Hire 29:16
Bridal Shakedown 24:42
The Sixteen Millimeter Stick 29:10
The Death Cruise 29:51
Astrological Breakout 30:00
The Dime-A-Dance Stickup 30:09
The Jolly Widow 29:49
The Traveling Swindle 29:53
The Seagull Shakedown 28:16
His Brothers Keeper 30:07
The Comic Strip B 29:38
The Little Tin Box 28:50
The Sightseeing K 29:02
The Roundup 29:41
The Hot Sedan 30:24
The Wayward Brother 27:57
The Evil Samaritan 30:37
The Frivolous Cousins 29:51
Wide Open City 29:32
The Swamp Killer 29:12
The Baby Peddler 29:24
Mama's Boy 29:56
Pickup 30:10
Snow Screen 29:32
The Sunshine Synd 29:49
Mr Big Shot 29:37
The Divorced Child 29:31
Death In The Desert 28:26
The Red-Headed Bl 29:45

Reviews

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?


(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.

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.

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

Hilarious Propaganda


(3 stars)

The writers for this show didn't have to do much to turn out these episodes and you can tell. They are great for a laugh and the commercial segways are a thing of beauty

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.