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The Big Story
In “The Loneliest Man on Earth,” reporter Ray Sprigle investigates the wrongful conviction of Paul Boggs, who was imprisoned for a robbery a…
The Big Story
This surviving portion of The Big Story dramatizes the case of Paul Refoule, a French citizen suspected of murdering his wife, Margaret. Aft…
The Big Story
The Big Story presents dramatized crime stories drawn from newspaper reporting, bringing the work of journalists and the events they uncover…
The Big Story
A mistaken identity case becomes a fight to correct a grave injustice in this episode of The Big Story. In 1932, Albert Finny was accused of…
The Big Story
This episode of The Big Story recounts the disappearance of Dr. Ernest Watzl, a chemist specializing in water purification. In 1929, Watzl l…
The Big Story
In this episode of The Big Story, reporter Joseph Wirges of the Arkansas Gazette brings listeners the story of a killing that began with an …
The Big Story
The Big Story dramatizes real-life newspaper reporting, bringing stories from the press to radio through acted scenes and narration. This ep…
The Big Story
This episode of The Big Story recounts the case of Martin Sullivan, a 73-year-old Duquesne, Pennsylvania police officer charged with molesti…
The Big Story
In this episode of The Big Story, reporter Keeler McCartney investigates an illegal numbers racket operating in Georgia. The games were ofte…
The Big Story
Only part 2 of this episode is known to have survived. It recounts the case of Tulsa women Nell Willetta Horner and Virginia Evans, who were…
The Big Story
Only part one of this episode is known to have survived. William Kappen’s body is found in a patch of poison ivy, in what police suspect is …
The Big Story
In this episode of The Big Story, reporter Rolf K. Mills of the Minneapolis Morning Tribune recounts a murder case that unfolded over just e…
The Big Story
In this episode of The Big Story, reporter Robert Early of the Indianapolis Star recounts a case involving a calculated attempt to fake a de…
The Big Story
In 1933, Frank Basey was convicted of robbing a dry goods store, despite insisting that he had been at home with his mother. He volunteered …
The Big Story
In this episode of The Big Story, crime reporter Ted Prager recounts a robbery he witnessed at the Actor’s Inn, a Manhattan restaurant that …
The Big Story
A young garage mechanic, John LeClair, is shot in 1935, and his body is found beside a road. When his widow and mother persuade Iowa’s gover…
The Big Story
In this dramatization of a true crime investigation, reporter Aubrey Maddock of the Hartford Daily Courant investigates a series of poisonin…
The Big Story
A bank guard is killed in 1924, but the man convicted of the crime insists he is innocent. Thirteen years later, John Kosinski—now living un…
The Big Story
This episode recounts the case of Gladys MacKnight, a 17-year-old from Bayonne, New Jersey, who killed her mother, Helen, in August 1936 wit…
The Big Story
The Big Story dramatizes the work of newspaper reporters whose investigations uncover consequential stories. Each broadcast draws on a real …