Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. stars in this anthology series where he plays a different special agent of the Federal Government in a series that explores the vital work done by little known agents and officials. Host Adam Graham is your guide and provides his commentary on each episode.
A federal agent searches for the source of counterfeit money. Original Air Date: May 28, 1952 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at
A special agent working undercover as a waiter during World War II stumbles onto a scheme for a second Pearl Harbor. Original Air Date: May 21, 1952 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
A USPS special agent investigates fraudulent mail severely ill people living rural areas that their cancer can be cured by worthless powders. Original Air Date: May 14, 1952 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
An American agent partners with the French surete to find a stolen masterpiece. Original Air Date: May 7, 1952 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
America's reputation is threatened when CARE packages to Italy are intercepted and delivered empty. Original Air Date: April 23, 1952 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
 A special investigator is called in when a military officer is murdered and severely burned. Original Air Date: April 16, 1952  Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
A federal agent goes undercover as a lecturer at a campus in hopes of breaking up a dope-pedalling ring. Original Air Date: April 9, 1952 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
A special agent has got top secret microfilm, but is on his own to figure out how to get them to the U.S. consulate. Original Air Date: April 2, 1952 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
A U.S. special agent is killed in Vienna in the Soviet zone before he can reveal what he knows about a smuggling operation. Original Air Date: March 26, 1952 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
A reporter friend of a special agent disappears in Eastern Europe and the agent goes behind the Iron Curtain to retrieve it. Original Air Date: March 19, 1952 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
A Special Agent travels to the Philippines to stop the shipment of stolen American weapons to Marxist guerillas. Original Air Date: February 17, 1952 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
A special agent is called in when an entire warehouse of blood bound for Korea was stolen. Original Air Date: February 10, 1952 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
An investigator for the Civil Aviation Administration gets a call warning of a bomb on a plane. Original Air Date: February 3, 1952 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
A secret agent searches for two missing weapons designer who may have been kidnapped…or defected. Original Air Date: January 20, 1952 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
A Federal Agent tries to find out how a wealthy merchant is smuggling jewels into the country. Original AIr Date: January 13, 1952 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
An immigration agent goes undercover to break a ring that's smuggling illegal aliens cross the Southern Border. Original Air Date: January 6, 1952 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
An ATF agent tries to investigate a ring that's illegally selling confiscated German guns. Original Air Date: December 23, 1951 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
A Department of Defense Agent enlists the help of a mother of a soldier killed in action to capture the gang that conned her out of her life savings. Original Air Date: December 16, 1951 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more…
A CIA special agent sets out to find Japanese gold stolen by airpirates. Original Air Date; December 9, 1951 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
A Treasury Agent goes undercover to try and find proof that a racketeer is evading taxes and then ends up a real spot when he finds out how he's doing it. Original Air Date: December 2, 1951 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.…
A federal agent sets out to trap a printer and engraver who is suspected of counterfeiting. Original Air Date: November 25, 1951 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
A Narcotics Bureau special agent travels to Turkey to find a source of heroin coming to the U.S. Original Air Date: November 18, 1951 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Two treasury agents head Europe to bust a criminal who took the life savings of a Holocaust survivor and exchanged it for counterfeit U.S. currency. Original Air Date: November 11, 1951 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
A special agent for the post office journeys to Mexico to uncover the sources of a bomb sent in the mail to Washington, DC. Original Air Date: November 4, 1951 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
A suspicious shipment of rubber gloves to a Spanish firm triggers a Commerce Department investigation. Original Air Date: October 28, 1951 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
A narcotics agent goes undercover to bust a West Coast drug kingpin. Original Air Date: October 21, 1951 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
An immigration agent travels to Sicily to prevent a deported mobster from re-entering the country. Original Air Date: October 14, 1951 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...