PODCAST · fiction
Gangbusters 1952
Gang Busters was an American dramatic radio program heralded as "the only national program that brings you authentic police case histories."
Episodes
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Dillinger
John Dillinger, a notorious 1930s bank robber, escapes from the state penitentiary using a wooden gun, but makes a critical error when he crosses the state line in a stolen car. That act violated a U.S. law, causing the FBI to take up the hunt. Although Dillinger manages to escape from several...
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Homer Van Meter
Police pursue John Dillinger and his henchman, Homer Van Meter across the Midwest. On the run, Van Meter digs up loot hidden in glass jars, but is double-crossed by one of his underlings.
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The Unholy Three
Three vicious hoods on a crime rampage take over a church mission as their headquarters, figuring the cops would never look for them there.
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The Scissors Case
State police attempt to apprehend the brutal Scissors Gang, who have committed over 50 armed robberies across Connecticut.
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The Herbert Noble Case
Herbert Noble survives many attempts on his life made as a result of his failure to pay protection money to the syndicate for his gambling enterprises.
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The Blonde Tigress
A policewoman goes undercover to infiltrate a gang of armed and dangerous criminals led by a vicious but beautiful blonde.
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The Bayless Case
The work of an observant bank president, a creative flight attendant and state of the art forensics for the time result in the quick apprehension of a bank robber.
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The Phantom
A masked phantom and his gang commit a series of payroll robberies, and the police can't seem to find a trace of them.
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The O'Dell-Griffin Case
Police in Buffalo, NY, mount a search for a ring of deadly jewel thieves believed to be hiding across the border in Canada.
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The Dennis Case
A Canadian-born cat burglar tries to maintain his blissful domestic life while stealing guests jewelry at parties on both coasts and selling them to unwitting gem merchants in other major cities. Police begin to close in when one of the merchants recognizes the man from a wanted poster he...
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The Quirley Gang
Federal agents set off on the trail of a family of bank robbers who have stolen more than $50,000 from an Oregon bank.
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Alvin Karpis
Federal Bureau of Investigation special agents are called in to capture the notorious bank robber and kidnapper Alvin Karpis, the machine gun blasting thug who provides the muscle for the infamous Karpis-Barker gang. Federal heat forces Karpis from hideout to hideout but Karpis always stays one...
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Charles Mendoro
Charles Mendoro, an erstwhile family man, and his partner use poison gas to rob currency exchanges in Chicago.
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The Boilat-Fiaschetti Case S1E1
Detectives set out to track down a gang of international jewel thieves who have just stolen more than a million dollars worth of valuables from an estate in New York.
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