Tag: extortion

San Francisco Final (Encore) (EP4591)

Jeff Chandler

Today’s Mystery: Reporter Mike Rivera investigates mass extortion in Chinatown.

Recorded: July 26, 1954

Originating in Hollywood

Starring Jeff Chandler as Mike Rivera

 

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EP3714: Philo Vance: The Butler Murder Case

A dentist is threatened with death by an extortion and is then murdered.

Original Air Date: October 28, 1948

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EP3045: Box 13: Damsel in Distress

A teenage girl has received extortion notes threatening to kidnap her if she doesn’t provide a $1,000 ransom.

Original Air Date: January 9, 1948

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Video Theater 153: Dragnet: The Big Fraud

Friday and Smith search for men who extort visiting businessmen by pretending to be police officers.

Season 4, Episode 2

Original Air Date: September 2, 1954

EP2766: Boston Blackie: The William Larson Extortion Murder Case

Richard Kollmar

A wealthy man who provides for his niece, nephew, and late father’s elderly servant (and lords it over them) is apparently murdered by men who were extorting him.

Original Air Date: March 17, 1948
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EP2594: Dragnet: The Big Fraud

Jack Webb
Friday and Smith investigate a case of extortion by con men pretending to be police officers.

Original Air Date: October 27, 1953

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