Gang Busters

Seasons

1952

USA

6.8

True crime stories and their investigations are dramatized.

Episode List

S1 • E1

The Boilat-Fiaschetti Case

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.

S1 • E2

Charles Mendoro

Charles Mendoro, an erstwhile family man, and his partner use poison gas to rob currency exchanges in Chicago.

S1 • E3

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 step of the FBI. The G-men play their trump card and, knowing that the gangster loves fishing, manage to track their quarry to popular pier.

S1 • E4

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.

S1 • E5

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 accidentally saw while applying for a gun license.

S1 • E6

The Paul Hilton Case

S1 • E7

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.

S1 • E8

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.

S1 • E9

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.

S1 • E10

The Blonde Tigress

A policewoman goes undercover to infiltrate a gang of armed and dangerous criminals led by a vicious but beautiful blonde.

S1 • E12

The Case of Willie Sutton

S1 • E13

The Curry McGuire Case

S1 • E14

The Durable Mike Malloy Case

S1 • E15

The Tri-State Gang Case, pt. 2

S1 • E16

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.