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| Original Air Date—3 October 1955
A vicious, unpredictable prison escapee abandons his injured partner, ambushes a highway patrolman, and uses the patrolman's uniform and gun to hijack a school bus in a daring attempt to escape his pursuers. |
| Original Air Date—10 October 1955
Two thieves steal a $100,000 computer and demand that amount as ransom in exchange for its safe return. |
| Original Air Date—17 October 1955
Tragedy results when an impatient traveling salesman refuses to heed numerous warnings concerning his predilection for speeding and taking chances while driving. |
| Season 1, Episode 4: LookoutOriginal Air Date—24 October 1955
An innocent man who unknowingly accompanies two acquaintances on an armed robbery flees and finds himself pursued by the Highway Patrol and by one of the revenge-seeking felons. |
| Season 1, Episode 5: GamblingOriginal Air Date—31 October 1955
Dan Mathews and his officers assist a county sheriff in closing down a club that offers illicit gambling. |
| Season 1, Episode 6: HitchhikerOriginal Air Date—7 November 1955
A series of fraudulent insurance claims is discovered after Dan Mathews and his officers learn that the "accidental" death of a migrant worker was actually a homicide. |
| Original Air Date—14 November 1955
Dan Mathews is determined to find out why the residents of a small town are behaving suspiciously and anxious to see him leave. |
| Original Air Date—1955
Dan Mathews and his officers race against time to find a stolen oil indicator device that contains potentially lethal radioactive pellets. |
| Original Air Date—December 1955
Dan Mathews has reason to suspect the worst when a courier with a criminal record disappears with $31,000 after an automobile accident. |
| Original Air Date—5 December 1955
A young man is put in the uncomfortable position of trying to cover up his father's theft of automobile accessories. |
| Original Air Date—December 1955
Dan Mathews personally takes on the task of protecting a former crime boss who is scheduled to testify before a grand jury. |
| Original Air Date—19 December 1955
A "transportation maintenance service" provided to trucking companies by an apparently legitimate businessman proves to be little more than a protection racket. |
| Season 1, Episode 13: EscortOriginal Air Date—January 1956
Dan Mathews escorts a crusading senator to the scene of his hearings after he receives information that a prominent racketeer plans to murder him. |
| Season 1, Episode 14: ResortOriginal Air Date—2 January 1956
A recovering addict gives Dan Mathews and a state narcotics agent information that helps them identify an exclusive resort as a front for the distribution of heroin. |
| Original Air Date—January 1956
Attractive but treacherous Laura Douglas convinces her husband (a bank messenger) to steal $53,000 and flee the country with her. She also convinces a truck driver to assault her husband and take the money so that HE flee the country with her. Dan Mathews' suspicions are aroused by Ms. Douglas' lack of genuine concern for her unconscious husband and he launches an all-out effort to apprehend her. She deserts the truck driver and steals a car from yet another would-be romantic interest to try to elude the Highway Patrol's unrelenting pursuit. |
| Original Air Date—January 1956
An injured felon discovered in a mountain cabin leads the Highway Patrol helicopter on a difficult chase in treacherous terrain. |
| Original Air Date—1956
Dan Mathews utilizes polygraph testing to identify the individuals who are responsible for the violent robbery of an elderly motel owner. |
| Season 1, Episode 18: Scared CopOriginal Air Date—February 1956
A highly regarded Highway Patrol officer tenders his resignation after he finds himself unable to subdue and arrest his brother (an escaped prisoner). |
| Original Air Date—1956
Three men rob a series of banks in coastal towns, then pose as fishermen in order to escape in a boat piloted by their leader. |
| Original Air Date—13 February 1956
Dan Mathews must cope with a family's effort to protect an emotionally fragile young woman who fled after striking a pedestrian with her car. |
| Season 1, Episode 21: Car TheftOriginal Air Date—????
Car thieves purchase wrecked vehicles and transfer the VIN plates to stolen ones in order to escape detection. |
| Season 1, Episode 22: Human BombOriginal Air Date—1955
A distraught engineer sets out on a suicide mission to destroy the chemical plant at which he was formerly employed. |
| Original Air Date—March 1956
A plane crash and a murdered forest ranger result in the discovery of a kidnapped girl. |
| Original Air Date—12 March 1956
The Highway Patrol helicopter pursues a smooth-talking but ruthless murder suspect who is trying to escape with a hostage over little-used desert roads. |
| Original Air Date—19 March 1956
Three thieves use a counterfeit armored car and stolen uniforms to steal $29,000 from a supermarket. The leader of the group becomes increasingly unpredictable and prone to violence as Dan Mathews and his men close in. |
| Original Air Date—1956
A patient parolee decides the time is finally right to attempt the recovery of $250,000 stolen in an armored car robbery. |
| Original Air Date—2 April 1956
A café owner's grudge against motorcyclists leads to the accidental death of a Highway Patrol officer. |
| Original Air Date—9 April 1956
An escapee from a mental hospital is the primary suspect in the violent death of a farmer. |
| Original Air Date—1956
An alert boy is able to give Dan Mathews information that provides a critical break in the pursuit of a recidivist thief. |
| Original Air Date—1956
A man who picks up a hitchhiker is accused of complicity in an armed robbery when coincidence and circumstantial evidence point strongly toward his guilt. |
| Original Air Date—1956
A gunman and his female hostage unwittingly wander into a designated blasting area. |
| Season 1, Episode 32: Anti-ToxinOriginal Air Date—May 1956
Dan Mathews and his officers attempt to ensure the delivery of life-saving gas gangrene serum to a 10-year-old victim. |
| Original Air Date—14 May 1956
A Highway Patrol officer is murdered while pursuing a car stolen from a lonely bookstore owner. |
| Original Air Date—21 May 1956
Two thieves attempt to steal valuable paintings and demand ransom of $500,000. but they are forced to commit murder when the plan goes awry. |
| Original Air Date—28 May 1956
Fearing an operation, a resourceful boy with damaged eyesight manages to stay just a step ahead of the Highway Patrol's efforts to return him safely to his parents. |
| Season 1, Episode 36: TaxiOriginal Air Date—1956
A botched gas station robbery results in the murder of a Highway Patrol officer and the abduction of a farmer and his wife. |
| Original Air Date—11 June 1956
A woman's ill-advised attempt to save her former fiancé from a murder conviction results in the realization that the actual killer may still be at large. |
| Season 1, Episode 38: ProspectorOriginal Air Date—18 June 1956
A poor prospector arouses suspicion when he suddenly begins paying off long-standing debts from a large roll of new $100 bills. |
| Original Air Date—25 June 1956
Dan Mathews and Sergeant Corey spend Christmas Eve searching for a lost six-year-old girl. |
| Season 2, Episode 1: The SearchOriginal Air Date—8 October 1956
A fleeing murderer's charm enables him to enlist the unwitting aid of several law-abiding citizens in his efforts to elude the Highway Patrol. |
| Original Air Date—15 October 1956
The Highway Patrol helicopter travels to a remote and mountainous area to airlift a critically injured kidnap victim and aid in the capture of the kidnappers. |
| Original Air Date—22 October 1956
A murderous fugitive hitches a ride with a newlywed couple who are pulling a travel trailer, then takes them as hostages when they learn his identity from a radio broadcast. |
| Original Air Date—1956
When two thieves who stole $50,000 are killed in an automobile accident, their other two partners scheme to recover the wreck and the stolen money. |
| Original Air Date—November 1956
The Highway Patrol conducts an intensive search for an endangered crime reporter who may know the identity of a murderer. |
| Original Air Date—12 November 1956
A known carrier of typhoid fever attempts to flee the area when the daughter of his employer dies from the disease. |
| Season 2, Episode 7: Hot RodOriginal Air Date—19 November 1956
A career felon and his mechanically-skilled younger brother stage a series of armed robberies using a supercharged roadster as their getaway car. |
| Season 2, Episode 8: Hot CargoOriginal Air Date—1956
Hijackers feign roadside accidents, knowing that unsuspecting truck drivers will stop and attempt to help. |
| Season 2, Episode 9: Oil LeaseOriginal Air Date—3 December 1956
Two men find themselves unable to flee as planned after they use a stolen bazooka to rob a $33,000 oil field payroll. |
| Season 2, Episode 10: Ex ConOriginal Air Date—December 1956
Three felons enlist the unwilling aid of a former cell-mate to steal a $12,000 cash shipment from a farmers' combine. |
| Original Air Date—1956
A man and two women who specialize in robbing roadside motels become increasingly confident and reckless. |
| Original Air Date—24 December 1956
A man and two female accomplices steal expensive cars, forge registration cards, and sell the cars upstate before their status as stolen cars can be disseminated. |
| Original Air Date—January 1957
Dan Mathews and his officers must work quickly to capture a delusional and unpredictable escapee from a mental hospital. |
| Original Air Date—7 January 1957
A trio of thieves threatens to murder the wife of an armored car guard in order to force him to surrender a $25,000 payroll secured inside the vehicle. |
| Original Air Date—14 January 1957
Inside information helps thieves rob a group of recently-paid itinerant fruit pickers, but murder results when one particularly desperate victim refuses to follow their orders. |
| Original Air Date—21 January 1957
After an accidental shooting occurs on a ranch, the Highway Patrol helicopter is used to prevent a revenge killing by the supposed shooter's angry brother-in-law. |
| Season 2, Episode 17: AmnesiaOriginal Air Date—28 January 1957
Dan Mathews and his officers must rely upon an uncommunicative amnesiac to find a seriously injured camper. |
| Original Air Date—4 February 1957
A trio of thieves will be able to abscond with $500,000 in stolen money at midnight unless Dan and Officer Garvey can prove their guilt quickly. |
| Original Air Date—11 February 1957
A Highway Patrol officer is murdered after he discovers a marijuana field while on a hunting trip. |
| Season 2, Episode 20: PsychoOriginal Air Date—1957
A writer having a bad reaction to medication takes potshots at several targets, including Dan Mathews and his officers. |
| Original Air Date—????
An apparently legitimate print shop is involved in the printing of counterfeit payroll checks used to bilk unsuspecting merchants. |
| Original Air Date—5 March 1957
The distraught daughter of a deceased gemologist accuses Officer Johnson of stealing valuable uncut jewels from her late father's car. |
| Original Air Date—12 March 1957
Two men conceal themselves in large crates on the back of a truck as part of a plan to get inside a manufacturing plant so they can steal a $27,000 payroll. |
| Original Air Date—18 March 1957
A man and two female accomplices who pose as hitchhikers rob several unsuspecting male motorists, but murder results when one victim tries to fight back. |
| Season 2, Episode 25: NitroOriginal Air Date—25 March 1957
A murderous hoodlum attempts to steal counterfeit currency plates that have been packed in nitroglycerin tubes for safekeeping. |
| Original Air Date—1957
Motorcycle-riding armed robbers elude Highway Patrol roadblocks by loading their two-wheelers into a closed truck driven by their leader. |
| Original Air Date—April 1957
Because of his wife's fears, Patrolman Ed Wylie resigns from the force after fellow officer Jerry March is killed in the line of duty. |
| Original Air Date—1957
Two brothers hijack a new-car carrier, planning to sell the cars to get cash to purchase a farm. When the driver dies from injuries sustained in the hijacking, they make a panic-stricken attempt to dispose of the evidence. |
| Original Air Date—????
An escaped convict abducts his estranged wife and forces her to help him elude the Highway Patrol. |
| Original Air Date—1957
An ex-con wants to return money stolen in an armed robbery, but his erstwhile partner has other ideas. |
| Original Air Date—1957
Two convicts steal an airplane to escape from prison. |
| Original Air Date—1957
A gemologist and his accomplice steal $300,000 in rough-cut gems from a courier, then attempt to smuggle them out of the country in a dog's collar. |
| Season 2, Episode 33: WoundedOriginal Air Date—1957
Two holdup men abduct a physician and compel him to extricate a bullet in a wooded area. |
| Season 2, Episode 34: Fake CopOriginal Air Date—27 May 1957
One member of a three-person holdup team impersonates a Highway Patrol officer in order to deceive robbery victims into thinking that they need not notify the Patrol themselves. |
| Original Air Date—3 June 1957
Treachery and murder result after a bonded bank messenger, his wife, and an accomplice steal a $20,000 payroll. |
| Season 2, Episode 36: NarcoticsOriginal Air Date—10 June 1957
The owner of a centrally-located roadside diner is murdered so that heroin sellers can use his business as a "front" for distributing the drug to pushers. |
| Original Air Date—17 June 1957
A professional killer from Chicago comes into Dan Mathews' jurisdiction to murder the Santell brothers before they can testify against a racketeer. |
| Original Air Date—1957
The Highway Patrol helicopter is ordered into action when the botched robbery of a roadside diner results in the shooting of the proprietor and the abduction of his daughter. |
| Season 2, Episode 39: RabiesOriginal Air Date—1 July 1957
Dan Mathews and a physician race against time to find an elusive little girl that was bitten on the cheek by a rabid dog. |
| Original Air Date—1957
A former nursing home employee turns to robbing luxury stores and uses a potentially lethal stolen drug to disable his victims. |
| Original Air Date—14 October 1957
A secretary with an impeccable reputation for trustworthiness and reliability colludes with her boyfriend to steal $50,000 from her employer. |
| Season 3, Episode 3: TemptationOriginal Air Date—1957
A construction foreman steals $12,000 from his employer's open safe, then attempts to frame a subcontractor for the crime. |
| Original Air Date—November 1957
A meticulous safe-cracker is certain that he can pull off a lucrative jewel theft despite the Highway Patrol's constant surveillance. |
| Original Air Date—1957
An unassuming cabinetmaker is abducted at gunpoint when coincidence causes a would-be thief to mistake him for a diamond merchant. |
| Original Air Date—11 November 1957
The Highway Patrol helicopter is ordered into action to follow a murderous fugitive that has taken three hostages. |
| Season 3, Episode 7: The SniperOriginal Air Date—18 November 1957
A series of apparently random potshots at moving cars turns out to be an attempt to conceal a carefully planned murder. |
| Season 3, Episode 8: Hot DustOriginal Air Date—25 November 1957
Lab worker Harry Wells panics and begins acting irrationally after he is accidentally exposed to dangerous radioactive material. |
| Original Air Date—December 1957
After a farmer witnesses the disposal of a murder victim's body, his wife unwittingly helps the perpetrators identify and locate her husband. |
| Original Air Date—9 December 1957
An apparent hunting accident becomes increasingly suspicious when it is discovered that the shooter benefited in several ways from the victim's death. |
| Original Air Date—16 December 1957
A wrongly-convicted recent parolee is determined to kill the bus driver whose mistaken testimony was responsible for his incarceration. |
| Original Air Date—23 December 1957
A delivery driver commits a series of armed robberies against individual stores that make up a small supermarket chain. |
| Original Air Date—30 December 1957
A wrongly-convicted parolee becomes coldly determined to murder the former business partner whose ruse was responsible for his conviction. |
| Season 3, Episode 14: HideoutOriginal Air Date—6 January 1958
A holdup man is murdered by the woman who planned his crime and sheltered him in the basement of her roadside diner. |
| Original Air Date—1957
A handyman robs a local businessman of $11,000 in charitable donations, then attempts to frame a local beautician for the crime. |
| Original Air Date—20 January 1958
Two men commit a series of armed robberies and escape by commandeering taxicabs for use as nondescript getaway cars. |
| Season 3, Episode 17: InsulinOriginal Air Date—27 January 1958
Two coldly calculating hoodlums attempt to murder their diabetic former cell-mate by depriving him of his insulin. |
| Original Air Date—3 February 1958
A country club grounds keeper who shelters notorious criminals comes under investigation after he is forced to kill one of his "clients". |
| Original Air Date—10 February 1958
An angry father pursues an orphan boy that he believes is responsible for the accidental shooting of his son. |
| Original Air Date—17 February 1958
Two women disguised as men commit a series of armed robberies, two of which result in murder. |
| Season 3, Episode 21: RevengeOriginal Air Date—24 February 1958
Felon Gerald Gray, who bears a personal grudge against Dan Mathews, is released from prison and uses everyone around him in his efforts to extract revenge. |
| Original Air Date—3 March 1958
Dan Mathews uses the Highway Patrol helicopter and tear gas in an effort to flush out two wanted fugitives who have taken a woman hostage inside her own house. |
| Season 3, Episode 23: Deaf MuteOriginal Air Date—10 March 1958
A botched robbery results in the abduction of the only witness - a 10-year-old girl who can neither hear nor speak. |
| Original Air Date—17 March 1958
A woman panics and flees after striking a "pedestrian" who was actually involved in an attempt to steal $70,000 from an industrial plant's safe. |
| Season 3, Episode 25: FearOriginal Air Date—24 March 1958
A family man is forced to commit murder when a would-be blackmailer discovers that he is actually the "Polka Dot Bandit". |
| Original Air Date—1957
A Highway Patrol officer is critically wounded after failing to properly frisk and handcuff a suspect during a routine traffic stop. |
| Original Air Date—1958
An out-of-state policewoman who has infiltrated a gambling syndicate finds herself in grave danger when her identity is discovered. |
| Original Air Date—April 1958
A husband and wife team rob pharmaceutical trucks after slipping the drivers pills that render them temporarily unconscious. |
| Original Air Date—May 1958
Two thieves target unsuspecting motorists for credit card theft, but they become targets themselves when a determined female victim manages to notify the Highway Patrol. |
| Original Air Date—28 April 1958
A mentally disturbed man murders women who seek husbands through "Lonely Hearts" clubs. |
| Season 3, Episode 31: SuicideOriginal Air Date—May 1958
A syndicate hit man kills his own brother, then is himself murdered in a manner that makes the killing appear to be a suicide. |
| Season 3, Episode 32: Phony CopOriginal Air Date—12 May 1958
A woman makes diversionary false crime reports so that her husband can rob businesses while wearing a Highway Patrolman's uniform. |
| Season 3, Episode 33: The JudgeOriginal Air Date—1958
A prison escapee is determined to murder the judge who gave him the maximum sentence. |
| Original Air Date—1958
Dan Mathews' vacation takes an unexpected turn when he finds that his favorite fishing lodge has become a front for a heroin distribution ring. |
| Season 3, Episode 35: ExplosivesOriginal Air Date—2 June 1958
A disgruntled truck driver abducts his estranged wife and threatens to detonate a truckload of unstable pure potassium while she remains trapped inside it. |
| Original Air Date—9 June 1958
A motorcycle accident enables two wanted felons to take a Highway Patrol officer as a hostage, but his radio's signal helps pinpoint their location. |
| Original Air Date—1958
A stolen helicopter enables a dangerous lifer to escape from a prison work detail. |
| Season 3, Episode 38: Dan SickOriginal Air Date—23 June 1958
Dan Mathews arrives at work feeling sick and weak from apparent food poisoning, and there is concern that a panic may break out if the mysterious cause of his illness is not found quickly. |
| Season 3, Episode 39: RewardOriginal Air Date—30 June 1958
Three farmers are stubbornly determined to risk their lives in order to collect a reward offered for the capture of a wounded fugitive. |
| Original Air Date—1958
Newlyweds Carl and Jennifer Stone find themselves pursued by the Highway Patrol and a would-be killer after they witness the murder of a diner counterman. |
| Season 4, Episode 2: HostageOriginal Air Date—13 October 1958
Desperate to avoid capture and extradition on first-degree murder charges, a wounded fugitive takes a young woman and her paraplegic mother as hostages. |
| Original Air Date—20 October 1958
With the help of her son, a woman plans and executes her husband's daring escape from police custody. |
| Original Air Date—1958
Two men steal dynamite and blasting caps for use in future crimes, unaware that any radio transmission signal could trigger the caps and set off a devastating explosion. |
| Original Air Date—November 1958
A racketeer's attempt to take over an illicit gambling house in a small town leads to murder. |
| Original Air Date—November 1958
The Highway Patrol helicopter is called into action to pursue a train carrying a bank robber and $35,000 in stolen money. |
| Original Air Date—November 1958
When a reclusive artist is murdered, Dan Mathews and Sergeant Williams are dubious that robbery was actually the motive for the killing. |
| Original Air Date—24 November 1958
Two men plan to cause a train wreck as part of a plot to steal $750,000 in government currency. |
| Original Air Date—December 1958
A man and his two accomplices use inside information to steal valuable gems from traveling jewelry salesmen. |
| Original Air Date—1958
A protection racket results in murder when a railroad yard worker refuses to continue making payments. |
| Original Air Date—15 December 1958
A desperate man confesses to a crime he did not commit in order to obtain a $5,000 reward for his family. |
| Original Air Date—22 December 1958
A con man assaults the elderly victim of a $5,000 swindle as a "warning", but his female partner becomes fearful of a murder charge when the old man dies of a heart attack immediately after the assault. |
| Original Air Date—January 1959
Two men rob a series of supermarkets by taking the market managers' wives as hostages. |
| Season 4, Episode 14: The TrapOriginal Air Date—????
Dan Mathews publicizes the Highway Patrol's plans for transporting a condemned crime boss to State Prison in an attempt to lure his henchmen into a trap. The condemned man's underlings are suspicious, but his wife insists that they proceed with a violent attempt to free her husband. |
| Season 4, Episode 15: ExposeOriginal Air Date—January 1959
A crusading newspaper reporter finds his life threatened when he becomes the target of a gang of ruthless extortionists. |
| Original Air Date—29 December 1958
Dan Mathews and Sergeant Williams race to find a sailor who was exposed to spinal meningitis while saving the life of an infant. |
| Original Air Date—26 January 1959
Dan Mathews and Sergeant Williams pursue two swindlers who pose as a corrupt narcotics agent and a heroin pusher in order to extort bribe money from their victims. |
| Original Air Date—February 1959
The Highway Patrol helicopter is used to pursue an escaped convict and rescue a prospector trapped in a cave-in caused by the escapee. |
| Original Air Date—1959
Thieves conspire with a trusted insider to steal $35,000 worth of diamonds from a gem importer. |
| Original Air Date—1959
Dan Mathews solicits assistance from his Mexican counterpart to capture three thieves who are stealing cars in the U. S. and selling them in Mexico. |
| Season 4, Episode 21: Framed CopOriginal Air Date—23 February 1959
A criminal attempts to avenge his younger brother's life sentence by executing a meticulously planned scheme that will make Sergeant Williams appear to be guilty of felony hit and run. |
| Original Air Date—1959
A wounded and frightened ex-con flees after accidentally killing a blackmailer. |
| Season 4, Episode 23: RevengeOriginal Air Date—16 February 1959
A bitter young man whose father was killed in an automobile accident is stubbornly determined to murder the man who was driving the other car. |
| Season 4, Episode 24: Brave BoyOriginal Air Date—1959
A small boy is the only witness to a botched burglary that results in the death of his father and serious injury to his mother. |
| Original Air Date—1959
Two men use explosions as a diversionary tactic to distract attention from the scenes of their holdups. |
| Original Air Date—1959
An "Import Company" warehouse is used as a front for storage of merchandise stolen in a series of truck hijackings. |
| Season 4, Episode 27: HitchhikerOriginal Air Date—6 April 1959
An armed robber wearing actors' makeup is able to obtain rides in the cars of his victims, but an unplanned murder results when one man fights back. |
| Original Air Date—12 April 1959
An extortionist smuggles Mexican workers into the U.S. illegally, then threatens them with exposure (and lengthy jail sentences) if they do not give him half their wages. |
| Original Air Date—1959
Les Curtis commits a murder to steal two counterfeit currency plates, then commits another while swindling the intended buyers out of $20,000. Appearing to be an innocuous insurance agent with a briefcase, he is able to hitch a ride with two middle-aged women. The ladies are unaware that the "nice young man" is a double murderer who is being hotly pursued by the Highway Patrol AND by a vengeful victim of his swindle. |
| Original Air Date—1959
Racketeer Jack Avery is stopped for speeding and detained by Sheriff Melton in the small town of Hartsdale. Determined to avoid extradition on a murder charge, he directs henchman Rick Herron to abduct the sheriff's wife Helen and offer to swap Helen's release for Avery's. Dan Mathews advises the sheriff to release Avery so that he can be followed using the Highway Patrol helicopter. Avery and Herron conceal their cars in a cave in a very remote area. They plan to escape later under cover of night, but Dan orders the helicopter pilot to cut the motors, sweep down, and blow dust into the cave so that he and Sergeant Williams can enter undetected for an attempt to capture the felons and rescue Helen Melton. |
| Original Air Date—4 May 1959
Dan Mathews offers himself as a hostage after a nervous gunman botches a diner robbery and critically wounds the proprietor. |
| Original Air Date—1959
Convicted murderers Lita Morgan and Caroline Craig make an unplanned escape from Rendell State Prison when a guard suffers a heart attack. They stop (and kill) a passing motorist and are able to use his car to get into a nearby town to steal clothes, money, and guns. They abandon the car and hijack a bus in a rural area in order to get through a Highway Patrol roadblock, but Dan Mathews and Sergeant Williams are suspicious of the bus's apparent paucity of passengers and follow it. The two women abandon the bus and make a desperate bid for freedom by separating, but they are physically and psychologically unable to cope with the rough terrain and the Highway Patrol's relentless pursuit. |
| Season 4, Episode 33: Auto PressOriginal Air Date—18 May 1959
The perpetrator of a robbery and murder attempts to dispose of the getaway car by convincing his brother to crush it beyond recognition in a large hydraulic press. |
| Original Air Date—1959
A thief abducts a gem courier and uses his identification in an attempt to steal a jewel collection worth $200,000. |
| Original Air Date—1 June 1959
Two fugitives get into the boiler room of a hospital and threaten to destroy the building by tying down the safety valve if they are not permitted to go free. |
| Season 4, Episode 36: ConfessionOriginal Air Date—1959
Paul Jordan is killed in broad daylight by his three accomplices in a bank robbery that resulted in the theft of $100,000. Jordan manages to kill one of the attackers, but the two survivors of the gun battle (Joe and Blake) deduce that his widow Gloria will know the money's whereabouts. Dan Mathews and Sergeant Williams come to the same conclusion and stake out Gloria Jordan's farm. Gloria attempts to flee to Chicago after mailing the money to her destination, but Joe intercepts her. She is treated roughly until Dan Mathews and Sergeant Williams utilize the element of surprise to capture the three and confirm that the package they recovered from Gloria's mailbox contains the stolen money. |
| Original Air Date—15 June 1959
Two men and a woman use phony police uniforms and a fake detour sign to lure potential victims into concealed areas. |
| Season 4, Episode 38: FireOriginal Air Date—1959
Pyromaniac Judd Patterson sets a warehouse ablaze and gets away in a stolen car. He abandons the car and hitches a ride with farmer Claude Norpel, who offers him temporary employment as a hired hand. An arson investigator gives Patterson's name as a possible suspect, and Dan Mathews and Sergeant Williams trace him to Norpel's farm. However, they arrive after he has already assaulted Norpel, knocked him unconscious, and is about to set the barn ablaze with Norpel still in it. Sergeant Williams distracts Patterson while Dan Mathews overpowers him, but the barn is set afire in the scuffle. The two Highway Patrol officers have only seconds to rescue Norpel and extinguish the blaze. |
| Original Air Date—29 June 1959
A husband and wife team rob couriers with large amounts of cash, then kill them so that there will be no witnesses. |
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