GANG BUSTERS "Safe Crackers And Vault Makers"

Episode 90 aired October 13, 1937 on CBS Radio. This "best remembered" of all the crime stoppers shows was billed as "the only national program that brings you authentic police case histories." Producer-director Phillips H. Lord. Gang Busters, debuted in mid-January, 1936. If anything, the opening sound effects became even more elaborate and aggressive. The show opened with a barrage of blaring sound effects – a shrill police whistle, convicts marching in formation, police siren wailing, machine guns firing, and tires squealing. Then, an authoritative voice would announce the title of that night's program: "Tonight, Gang Busters presents the Case of the —." Finally, the opening would end with more blasts from a police whistle. This intrusive introduction led to the popular catch phrase "came on like Gangbusters."