GANG BUSTERS

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     First heard over the NBC-Blue network under the title G-Men starting 07/20/35, and sponsored by Chevrolet, this Phillips H. Lord series became one of the best crime dramas.  With the okay from J. Edgar Hoover, using closed FBI cases, the title was changed to Gang Busters beginning on 01/15/36 along with a network change to CBS.  The sponsor was changed to Palmolive until 06/28/39.  From 10/21/39 to 06/15/40 the sponsor was Cue Magazine.  The series moved back to the Blue (ABC) network starting 10/11/40 and was sustained until 09/18/42 when Sloans began sponsorship which lasted to 04/06/45.  From 09/15/45 until 02/29/48, Waterman sponsored the program with a few sustained broadcasts in between.  Tide sponsored from 03/13/48 to 12/25/48, then the series moved back to CBS with Grape Nuts from 01/08/49 to

06/12/54, Wrigley for most of the 07/05/54 to 06/25/55 period and final broadcasts on CBS.  The series was last heard over Mutual with multiple sponsors from 10/05/55 until the last program on 11/27/57.

 

C06044 The Twenty-Four Hour Twins

              The Red Hot Readers

 

C06045 The Case Of John K. Giles

              The Case Of The Throneberry Brothers

 

C06046 The Rumbold Vault Robbery

              The Park Avenue Pilferers

 

C06047 The New York Narcotics King

              The Case Of Fierst-Lewis

 

C06048 The Case Of Billanski-Tillotson

              The Supersonic Safecrackers

 

C06049 The Tennessee Valley Killer

              The Case Of The Date With Death

 

C06050 The Three Safecrackers

              The Costume Killer

 

C06051 The Alcatraz Prison Riot

              The New Jersey Trio

 

C06052 The Metropolitan Motor Mob

              The Golf Course Murder

 

C16082 1940's Appointment With Death

              1940's The Case Of the Jersey Butcher Bandits

 

C06053 11/01/40 The Case Of The Ape Bandit

              10/23/42 The Case Of The Ghostly Prisoners

 

C06054 06/09/44 The Case Of The Unknown Killers

              00/00/44 The Case Of The Nickel And Dime Bandits

 

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C18926 09/15/45 Harry Red Beaver

              00/00/00 Dakota Bad Man

              00/00/00 Collector Who Robbed Supermarkets

 

C06055 09/22/45 The Case Of The Red Dress

              11/24/45 The Case Of Matthew Cazzera

 

C16633 12/22/45 Al Simoni

              12/29/45 The King Of The Big Thicket

 

C16634 01/05/46 Winston Irving - Robbery

              01/12/46 The Texas Killer

 

C16635 12/14/46 The Oklahoma Kid

              12/21/46 The Illusive Killer, Part 1

 

C06056 03/23/46 The Case Of The Westside Gang

              08/16/52 Nicky Small

 

C06057 06/15/53 The Soldier And Carlos