Gangbusters - Old Time Radio
Vintage Radio: Crime-Detective
 Gangbusters was a police/crime drama series broadcast from 1935 to 1957 on NBC and CBS. Sponsored by Chevrolet and debuted on July 20, 1935 as the G-Man, the program changed the name to Gangbusters the following year in 1936. Gangbusters was created, produced, and acted by Phillips H. Lord as the sheriff. Working with the Bureau's director J. Edgar Hoover, Lord dramatized FBI cases that had been closed. In the show's introduction, Gangbusters proclaimed itself as "the only national program that brings you authentic police case histories." With superb sound effects and its gritty realism, Gangbusters' vivid presentation of crime-beating police and their work became the best-remembered of all radio police dramas. |
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The cases presented in Gangbusters are nationally notorious crimes from the FBI's files. The show brings authentic police work behind the scenes to the airwaves. It portrays the violent, cruel, and the ugly aspects of the lives of criminals. Each episode opens with a loud siren joined by the announcer's deep and grave voice briefing the case on hand. At the end of each Gangbusters show, a national alert would be broadcast for actual criminals wanted by the police or the FBI. A description of the wanted would be given and radio fans would call in to help the authority by giving any tips they may have. |
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