An updated version will be issued if more episodes or better sounding ones become available. It contains the most complete and accurate version of this series in the best sound possible at the time of creation.

This is a production of the Old Time Radio Researchers Group located at Old Time Radio Researchers Website and the Old Time Radio Researchers Group. There are 26 shows in the distribution and they are digitized directly from a set of original transcription discs. There was a detailed newspaper article from the Aurora Beacon News about the murder. The series uses real names, dates and locations, so it's easy to track down information on the real cases dramatized on many of the programs. The program includes an announcement that this is the first program of the series. It's the Lincoln murder case, which occurred in Aurora, Illinois in 1923. A neighbor calls the police, thinking something may be wrong. Program 1 of the series is about a man who has been missing for four days. So, 'The Police Reporter' pre-dates the more famous network show by a couple of years - if not the first, it could be one of the earliest true crime shows on the air. 'Gangbusters', the pioneering 'true crime' series of the period, premiered in July 1935 on NBC as 'G-Men' according to Wikipedia. What makes the series unique is that all the stories featured are true.

'The Police Reporter' is a quarter hour drama that might remind you a bit of 'Front Page Drama' in its sensationalism and melodrama. The company is also listed in the 1935 edition of 'Broadcasting: Yearbook-Marketbook Issue' on page 122. The company that produced the series, Radio Release Limited is listed in the 1934 edition of 'The Writer's Market', noting that they're 'looking for anything with commercial value and will consider good scripts carefully. There are also several listings in the 'Los Angeles Times' in February and March 1936 for a fifteen minute 'Police Reporter' program on KGPJ at 8:00 pm. The earliest listing found for it was in the Decemissue of the 'New York Times' where it showed up on WEAF's program grid on Friday, Decemat 10:00 pm. Based on true crime stories, 'The Police Reporter' was a fifteen minute dramatic series syndicated by Radio Release Limited.

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