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39 episodes
1. Hypo Bandit

1. Hypo Bandit
When Dan Mathews of the Highway Patrol learns that a vicious bandit is on the loose with a "killer-drug", there's roaring excitement in store.
26min
Oct 6, 1957
2. Efficiency Secretary

2. Efficiency Secretary
The unusual case of a cunning female thief - a woman who tricks 38 unsuspecting men and robs them of a fortune is this weeks topic. Only Dan Mathews can outwit her.
26min
Oct 13, 1957
3. Temptation

3. Temptation
Dan Mathews clears an innocent boy of a grand larceny charge at the risk of his own life.
26min
Oct 20, 1957
4. Safecracker

4. Safecracker
When a talented "cracksman" (a master safecracker), runs afoul of the Highway Patrol, there's action-packed adventure in store.
26min
Oct 27, 1957
5. Mistaken Identity

5. Mistaken Identity
Dan Mathews rigs an ingenious trap to snare a kidnapper - using a beautiful young girl as bait.
26min
Nov 3, 1957
6. Hostage Family Copter

6. Hostage Family Copter
Dan Mathews finds a trigger happy madman holding a terrified family at gunpoint.
26min
Nov 10, 1957
7. The Sniper

7. The Sniper
When a man-hunting gunman, secluded near the highway, takes pot-shots at cars and knocks off human beings like pigeons, Dan Mathews springs a "man-hunt" of his own.
26min
Nov 17, 1957
8. Hot Dust

8. Hot Dust
When a young laboratory worker accidentally exposes himself to radioactive isotopes, he panics. Then his mind snaps and he flees out of town. News of the freak accident reaches the public. Hysteria mounts. How Dan Mathews hunts the terror-stricken-and now homicidal- fugitive makes a strange, suspenseful climax.
26min
Nov 24, 1957
9. Witness Wife

9. Witness Wife
Martin Jensen sees two men bury a body near his farm. Alarmed, he barely has seconds to phone the police before the two men burst into the farmhouse, brandishing revolvers.
26min
Dec 1, 1957
10. Dead Hunter

10. Dead Hunter
On a hunting expedition, William Foster shoots down his business partner to gain control of their company. Dan Mathews detects a false note in Foster's explanation of the "accident". The crime lab supports Mathews' theory. Dan and the officers corner the murderer on the very scene of the crime.
26min
Dec 8, 1957
11. Convicted Innocent

11. Convicted Innocent
Mathews discovers an innocent man serving a prison term for murder. Mathews obtains his release. The exonerated man is bitter. He hunts the witness whose mistaken testimony led to the conviction...and attacks the witness with intent to kill.
26min
Dec 15, 1957
12. Chain Store

12. Chain Store
A masked gunman holds up several supermarkets and makes a clean getaway. Chief Mathews ferrets out the bandits' mysterious method of operation and sets an unusual trap to catch him red-handed.
26min
Dec 22, 1957
13. Double Death

13. Double Death
U.S. law states that no man can be tried for the same crime more than once. When a maddened ex-convict tries to twist this law to commit "legal" murder, Dan Mathews swings into action.
26min
Dec 29, 1957
14. Hideout

14. Hideout
Highway Patrol Chief Dan Mathews receives a phone call - a young woman hysterically tells him she has killed a man. Rushing to the scene, Dan learns the woman has struck her victim - a "wanted" thief- down in self-defense.
26min
Jan 5, 1958
15. Mother's March

15. Mother's March
A hospital charity Committee collects over $10,000. On the way to the bank the Committee Chairman is attacked and robbed. Dan learns that only three people knew the committeeman's route - the victim, his wife and a local businesswoman.
26min
Jan 12, 1958
16. Slain Cabby

16. Slain Cabby
Using a squad of taxicab drivers as "bait", Dan Mathews, lures two hold-up men out of hiding.
26min
Jan 19, 1958
17. Insulin

17. Insulin
Panicked by a government investigating committee, a notorious crime syndicate makes a fatal mistake.
26min
Jan 26, 1958
18. The 7th Green

18. The 7th Green
A "wanted" criminal needs shelter at any cost. The Highway Patrol exposes one man more ruthless than his boarders who operates a professional hideout for criminals.
26min
Feb 2, 1958
19. Foster Child

19. Foster Child
Dan puts out an All Points Bulletin to catch an armed fugitive. Description: Male- 10 years old.
26min
Feb 9, 1958
20. Lady Bandits

20. Lady Bandits
Disguised as men, two girls stage a series of armed robberies. After each foray, they change to normal dress and slip undetected through Highway Patrol roadblocks.
26min
Feb 16, 1958
21. Revenge

21. Revenge
Ex-convict Gerald Gray swears to kill Dan Mathews for sending him to prison. Released, Gray challenges an innocent farmer to a gun battle and as Gray anticipated, Dan Mathews rushes in to stop the fight.
26min
Feb 23, 1958
22. Tear Gas Copter

22. Tear Gas Copter
Three gunmen flee to a sparsely populated farm area where they slug the Highway Patrol Officer on duty and take a panic-stricken housewife as hostage. Dan swoops out of the sky in a helicopter to attack the criminals with tear gas.
26min
Mar 2, 1958
23. Deaf Mute

23. Deaf Mute
12-year-old Susie Haskell can't hear or speak. When two thieves attack her father, rob his safe and take her as hostage, Susie is petrified with fear - unable to cry for help. Dan uses his well-trained knowledge of the criminal mind to track down the fugitives and return the helpless child to her parents.
26min
Mar 9, 1958
24. Hit And Run

24. Hit And Run
A panic-stricken hit and run driver, two thieves and a disappearing body create a unique mystery.
26min
Mar 16, 1958















