"The Big Story" (Fort Worth 1950)

"The Big Story" TV series dramatized crimes as reported by American newspaper reporters. This episode was based on a crime spree by Lawrence Edward Byrom in 1950 as reported by Fort Worth "Star-Telegram" reporter Tony Slaughter. (From the blog post "'If You Can't Do the Time, . . .' (Part 1): 'Lights! Camera! Robbery!'" at Hometown by Handlebar hometownbyhandl...)

[@hankgrover3430]

Thanks for posting this! My father, William O. Grover, was one of the newspapermen featured on this show. The episode was called "Banner of Innocence," which aired on June 21, 1957. My father's work saved an innocent man from serving a life sentence in prison.

[@joaomontesinos]

This is awesome.

[@Herodotus3]

How did you find this episode? We are looking for a 1957 episode called Checkmate which features a story about photographer Bob Bryant from the San Francisco Examiner. Any help would be truly appreciated! Thanks for posting this!! Love the style and the host!