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Season 1

Season 2

  • S02E01 Kite High

    • September 6, 1951
    • CBS

    A private Las Vegas casino operator alters his customers' checks before they are deposited.

  • S02E02 Sick Old Man

    • September 13, 1951
    • CBS

  • S02E03 The Case of the Miracle Mud

    • September 20, 1951
    • CBS

    Jim Edwards' supposedly crippled leg heals after he begins soaking it in a mineral spring located on a run-down property that he bought for a bargain price.

  • S02E04 Skin Game

    • September 27, 1951
    • CBS

  • S02E05 Racoon Hunt

    • October 4, 1951
    • CBS

    A local businessman is blackmailed after he is convinced that he accidentally shot and killed a man.

  • S02E06 The Case of the Old Flame

    • October 11, 1951
    • CBS

  • S02E07 Big Secret

    • October 18, 1951
    • CBS

  • S02E08 The Perfect Match

    • October 25, 1951
    • CBS

  • S02E09 Two for One

    • November 1, 1951
    • CBS

  • S02E10 Babies for Sale

    • November 8, 1951
    • CBS

  • S02E11 The Salted Mine

    • November 15, 1951
    • CBS

    An old mining engineer swindles a mining company by lacing its samples with gold chloride. Just how he pulled it off is a mystery. The police set up a sting and the friendly old guy takes the bait.

  • S02E12 The Vain Woman

    • November 22, 1951
    • CBS

  • S02E13 The Bill of Sale Racket

    • November 29, 1951
    • CBS

    A young couple who own a gas station get taken in by an escrow scam that resells their station and leaves them with nothing.

  • S02E14 Five Star Swindle

    • December 6, 1951
    • CBS

  • S02E15 The Case of the Widow's Mite

    • December 13, 1951
    • CBS

  • S02E16 The Case of the Condemned Cattle

    • December 20, 1951
    • CBS

  • S02E17 The Knockout

    • December 27, 1951
    • CBS

  • S02E18 Accidentally on Purpose

    • January 3, 1952
    • CBS

    A young couple buys a used car from a slick salesman, but soon afterwards the car's brakes fail, and the resulting accident nearly causes their death. Capt. Braddock begins to suspect that this "accident" was more the result of criminal negligence than happenstance, and sets out to prove it.

  • S02E19 Romance Market

    • January 10, 1952
    • CBS

  • S02E20 Big Trap

    • January 17, 1952
    • CBS

  • S02E21 Desperate Money

    • January 24, 1952
    • CBS

    Captain Braddock investigates a ruthless loanshark harassing an immigrant tailor.

  • S02E22 Three Ring Circus

    • January 31, 1952
    • CBS

  • S02E23 One Angel Too Many

    • February 7, 1952
    • CBS

  • S02E24 Fair Exchange

    • February 14, 1952
    • CBS

  • S02E25 title unknown

    • February 21, 1952
    • CBS

  • S02E26 The Case of the Hearse Chasers

    • February 28, 1952
    • CBS

    Capt. Braddock tries to locate a pair of swindlers who are trying to fleece a recently widowed lady out of three thousand dollars for a worthless portrait of her late husband.

  • S02E27 Accidentally on Purpose

    • January 3, 1952
    • CBS

  • S02E28 The Home Wreckers

    • March 13, 1952
    • CBS

    A phony lawyer takes advantage of bickering couples by encouraging divorce and then charging exorbitant fees to arrange things.

  • S02E29 The Case of the Matchmaker

    • March 25, 1952
    • CBS

    A widow is conned out of a huge sum of money by a suave playboy and his henchmen.

  • S02E30 Staff of Life

    • March 27, 1952
    • CBS

    The Racket Squad aids farmers who were swindled.

  • S02E35 The Soft Touch

    • May 1, 1952
    • CBS

    What happens when con men try to out-con a con woman.

  • S02E41 A Place for Grandma

    • June 12, 1952
    • CBS

    An elderly woman is conned out of her life savings by a dishonest rooming house lady.

  • S02E44 The Long Shot

    • July 3, 1952
    • CBS

    Reed Hadley, as Captain Joh Braddock, reminds us that lotteries of any kind are illegal in America.

  • S02E46 Anyone Can Be a Sucker

    • July 31, 1952
    • CBS

    A small time crook squeals on a gangster who runs a gambling ring.

  • S02E47 Strange Case of James Doyle

    • August 7, 1952
    • CBS

    A confidence man pretends to be a fire marshall to collect fees from unsupecting businessmen.

  • S02E48 Pick a Number

    • August 14, 1952
    • CBS

  • S02E49 The Family Tree

    • August 21, 1952
    • CBS

    A husband thinks his wife is being taken by a genealogical professional but is really being set up as the mark of a con game.

  • S02E50 One More Dream

    • August 2, 1952
    • CBS

    A phony scientist who invents a "machine" bilks a greedy investor.

Season 3

  • S03E01 Check and Double Check

    • September 4, 1952
    • CBS

    A con woman uses children to cash stolen checks at neighborhood businesses.

  • S03E02 Heartbreak for Sale

    • September 11, 1952
    • CBS

    A self-proclaimed "medium" sees a chance to take advantage of a man's grief over the death of his daughter.

  • S03E05 The Expensive Tumble

    • October 2, 1952
    • CBS

    An insurance fraud case is referred to the squad for investigation.

  • S03E06 Beauty for Hire

    • October 9, 1952
    • CBS

    A scam operation that involves the Lost & Found department of the bus station is investigated by Capt. Braddock and the squad.

  • S03E07 The Suit Club

    • October 23, 1952
    • CBS

    Capt. Braddock sets out to bust up an illegal gambling operation.

  • S03E11 Blessed Expense

    • November 20, 1952
    • CBS

    A struggling service station owner who has recently learned his wife is pregnant is conned into buying cut-rate health insurance from a pair bunko artists.

  • S03E13 Elephant in Stockings

    • December 12, 1952
    • CBS

    A confidence man sets up a pyramid sales scheme with high school teens.

  • S03E14 The Christmas Caper

    • December 25, 1952
    • CBS

    Gangsters hire unsuspecting Santa's to collect money for them.

  • S03E15 The Case of the Dancing Lady

    • February 12, 1953
    • CBS

    A dance instruction business blackmails its clients.

  • S03E16 The System

    • January 1, 1953
    • CBS

    Using his smokin' hot daughter as bait, a con man sells a system for betting on horses to a man who has the hots for the daughter.

  • S03E19 His Brother's Keeper

    • February 26, 1953
    • CBS

    Braddock starts a crackdown on an organized begging racket.

  • S03E25 Take a Little, Leave a Little

    • July 2, 1953
    • CBS

    Several businessmen get conned into participating in a phony oil deal.

  • S03E26 The Case of Lady Luck

    • July 6, 1953
    • CBS

    Captain Braddock is asked to discreetly investigate when the new wife of an influential member becomes conspicuously and profitably successful in bridge games at an exclusive country club.

  • S03E28 Sale Value

    • July 20, 1953
    • CBS

    A con man uses an ex-convict accountant to swindle small town banks and businesses.

  • S03E32 Impatient Heir

    • August 17, 1953
    • CBS

    Capt. Braddock investigates the case of a man who is suspected of faking his own death to collect the life insurance money.

  • S03E34 Sting of Fate

    • August 31, 1953
    • CBS

    A man and woman team of confidence operators fake injuries in hotels in order to extort money. They use wasp stings to simulate the swelling of a real sprain, but a hotel employee helps Braddock expose the con and break the case.

  • S03E35 The Case of the Sure Thing

    • September 7, 1953
    • CBS

    Braddock looks into a possible bookmaking swindle.

  • S03E99 The Case of Sweet Charity

    • CBS

    Braddock investigates a suspicious charity organization.