M Squad (Season 2)

More Deadly (Episode 1)

Writer: Sidney Marshall

Air date: 1958-09-19

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: 2 innocent men are iced by a currency exchange bookkeeper, to disguise her embezzlement. The sultry femme fatale's yarn that it was a heist gone bad makes sense at first, because of a wave of such robberies on Chicago's Far East Side. But the murdered customer Halper checks out as a solid working stiff, plus the other stick-ups were solo jobs while this was supposedly a 2 hood hold-up, so M Squad's debonair Lt. Ballinger's sic-ed on the case to soften up hard boiled Ora Kane.

Dead or Alive (Episode 2)

Air date: 1958-09-26

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: A pair of gun crazy kids are loose in Chicago-- and a young reporter is defending them in the press against Ballinger and "police brutality".

The Missing Claimant (Episode 3)

Air date: 1958-10-03

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: A shady lawyer protects a false heir to a fortune-- by killing the real relative! Ballinger is called in to set everything straight.

The Refugee (Episode 4)

Air date: 1958-10-10

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Ballinger goes undercover as an immigrant worker to help break an extortion ring targeting foreigners.

The Trap (Episode 5)

Air date: 1958-10-24

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Danny Mitchell is trying to find an engagement ring for his girl when he mistaken for a thief by the store owner. A fight convinces him he has killed the old man-- as such Danny's on the run! Ballinger is called in to find the kid before he gets into real trouble.

Force of Habit (Episode 6)

Air date: 1958-10-31

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Val Mooney, hiding out from the cops, sees the perfect opportunity to evade them. When his wife's brother is killed in a massive warehouse fire, he forces her to identify the body as-- VAL MOONEY.

The Phantom Raiders (Episode 7)

Air date: 1958-11-07

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: A pair of high-speed motorcycle thugs are robbing gas stations across Chicago. When one attendant gets shot, Ballinger goes undercover as a biker to crack the case.

The Merits of the Case (Episode 8)

Air date: 1958-11-14

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: A famous defense attorney is gunned down in his house. Now Ballinger must piece together the clues to find the kille

The Big Kill (Episode 9)

Writer: Sidney Marshall

Air date: 1958-11-21

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Larry Princeton is the master of bank heists-- he plans then sits back while his thugs pull off the job. Except for the last one-- which resulted in a bank teller's murder! Now Ballinger's after him.

The Sitters (Episode 10)

Air date: 1958-11-28

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Unsuspecting women allow bookmakers to use their telephones in return for payment of $50 per week, but they later learn that their lives will be in danger if they try to get out of the agreement.

The Executioner (Episode 11)

Air date: 1958-12-05

Runtime: 30 min

The Widows (Episode 12)

Air date: 1958-12-12

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Widows have something in common. All their husbands were murdered, and all had life insurance policies with double indemnity. And the widows have the same crooked lawyer. Lt. Frank Ballinger suspects a murder for hire scheme.

Contraband (Episode 13)

Air date: 1958-12-19

Runtime: 30 min

Prescription for Murder (Episode 14)

Air date: 1958-12-26

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: The wife of a brain surgeon is abducted and threatened with death if the surgeon goes ahead with an emergency operation to save a critically injured police witness that can implicate a loan shark in two murders.

The Teacher (aka Trade School) (Episode 15)

Air date: 1959-01-02

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Young hoodlums use a trade school for criminal purposes.

The Third Shadow (Episode 16)

Air date: 1959-01-09

Runtime: 30 min

One Man's Life (Episode 17)

Air date: 1959-01-23

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: An innocent man will be executed in 48 hours unless Lieutenant Ballinger can convince a socially prominent woman to recant the false testimony that she gave as a result of a ruthless blackmailer's threats.

The Jumper (Episode 18)

Air date: 1959-01-30

Runtime: 30 min

The Last Act (Episode 19)

Air date: 1959-02-06

Runtime: 30 min

Mugger Murder (Episode 20)

Air date: 1959-02-13

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Frank must solve several connected homicides wherein convicted muggers are being strangled to death.

The Star Witness (Episode 21)

Air date: 1959-02-20

Runtime: 30 min

The Take Over (Episode 22)

Air date: 1959-02-27

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Racketeers try to steal profits from a new entertainment establishment run by an old friend of Ballinger.

Voluntary Surrender (Episode 23)

Air date: 1959-03-06

Runtime: 30 min

Death Threat (Episode 24)

Air date: 1959-03-13

Runtime: 30 min

The Harpies (Episode 25)

Air date: 1959-03-20

Runtime: 30 min

Ghost Town (Episode 26)

Air date: 1959-03-27

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Lieutenant Ballinger and the FBI have few leads and little time to find a kidnapped socialite with a predilection for visiting jazz clubs. Bound, unattended, and hidden in a condemned building during a cruel Chicago winter, the young woman is in grave danger of dying from injury or exposure before she can be rescued.

The Vanishing Lady (Episode 27)

Air date: 1959-04-03

Runtime: 30 min

The Crush Out (Episode 28)

Air date: 1959-04-10

Runtime: 30 min

The Fire Makers (Episode 29)

Air date: 1959-04-17

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Detective Ballinger helps investigate a series of arson crimes that are being used to cover up insurance scams.

The Terror on Dark Street (Episode 30)

Air date: 1959-04-24

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Lieutenant Ballinger investigates a possible link between a series of Dark Street purse snatchings and the disappearance of a successful but unhappily married architect.

Robber's Roost (Episode 31)

Air date: 1959-05-01

Runtime: 30 min

The Baited Hook (Episode 32)

Air date: 1959-05-08

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: A former convict and his daughter are being harassed by an old inmate.

Model in the Lake (Episode 33)

Air date: 1959-05-15

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: A swimsuit model is found dead in Lake Michigan, but physical evidence indicates the she may not have drowned while swimming. Lieutenant Ballinger becomes convinced that she was murdered after he learns that she was a strong swimmer and an iniquitous individual with a large number of unexplained bank deposits.

The Outsider (Episode 34)

Air date: 1959-05-22

Runtime: 30 min

High School Bride (Episode 35)

Air date: 1959-05-29

Runtime: 30 min

The Dangerous Game (Episode 36)

Air date: 1959-06-05

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: The M squad is called in after a brutal robbery at the Leslie Fur Salon leaves a man clinging to death. As the investigation progresses, the situation faced by M Squad becomes more and more complex.

Decoy in White (Episode 37)

Air date: 1959-06-12

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: The M Squad become involved when a bank manager laundering illegal money is killed. The situation becomes tangled when a young lady accompanying the bank manager comes forward.

Mr. Grim's Rabbits (Episode 38)

Air date: 1959-06-19

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: A seemingly random dockside shooting leads M Squad on a strange investigation involving fur skins and ancient Inca artifacts.

Platter Pirates (Episode 39)

Air date: 1959-06-26

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: A D.J threatens to reveal the influence of racketeers in the music industry. Before he can go to air with the information he is gunned down. M squad are brought in to solve the mystery of the death as well as the validity of the information he was going to reveal.

Death Is a Clock (Episode 40)

Air date: 1959-07-03

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: LT. Frank Ballinger takes a personal interest in a case when the wife of convicted murderer Paul Danzig approaches him for help. Danzig has only 20 hours to live and his wife talks openly of stopping the clock. Ballinger has to figure out what she means, and ensure the right man pays for the crime of murder.