E1 - The Search

Aired: October 08, 1956

After an elderly couple inadvertently help a murderous bank robber slip through a police road block, a restaurant manager spots the fugitive who uses the old folks to keep from getting caught.

E2 - Kidnap Copter

Aired: October 15, 1956

Jerry Watts is the son of a millionaire and he's just been kidnapped and taken to an old shack high in the mountains. After a tip from a game warden brings the Highway Patrol, Jerry tries to escape to the officers, only to fall into a canyon severely injuring himself. The only way out is straight up.

E3 - Trailer Story

Aired: October 22, 1956

Steve Talbot is a jewel thief who likes nice automobiles, and the Highway Patrol knows this. So Talbot flees capture after a job in an old junker. This gets him past the roadblocks but he soon is stranded on the side of the road. He hijacks a newly married couple pulling a trailer and Dan passes the trio through, not wanting harm to come to the civilians. But in passing the blockade, they unknowingly pick up a new rider.

E4 - Fisherman's Luck

Aired: October 29, 1956

A car that was involved in an accident is stolen and later found again, and just happens to match the description of one used in a bank holdup. Putting two and two together, Dan speculates that this was the getaway car and it's occupants must have escaped on foot, which is near a posh resort.

E5 - Magazine Writer

Aired: November 05, 1956

Reporter Sam Dalquist has gone missing. Dan has been looking for him because a two bit hood was found dead after getting a traffic citation driving Dalquist's car. The only lead Mathews has is that Dalquist was working on an exposé about a hood named Matlock and that may be where the writer will be found...dead or alive.

E6 - Typhoid Carrier

Aired: November 12, 1956

Hank Dooley's daughter has just died from typhoid fever, and Dooley is now searching for his farm hand Len Frazier who is the one who infected her, complete with rifle in hand.

E7 - Hot Rod

Aired: November 19, 1956

Dan enlists the help of the leader of a local hot rod car club to assist in finding two robbers who use a souped-up car to get away from the Highway Patrol after each job.

E8 - Hot Cargo

Aired: November 26, 1956

Several criminals conspire to stage highway accidents prompting truck drivers to stop and help victims only to be assaulted and have their cargoes stolen. After discovering the hijackers are being tipped off by the owner of a roadside diner favored by truckers, Chief Mathews creates a ruse to force the crime ring into action with the hopes of capturing them.

E9 - Oil Lease

Aired: December 03, 1956

An Army bazooka is stolen by two men who use it to capture the payroll from an oil drilling company.

E10 - Ex Con

Aired: December 10, 1956

The life of an ex-con is never easy, especially when cellmates show up expecting favors. Al Baldwin is a reformed criminal but suddenly has unexpected guests who hide out at his house while plotting their next crime. When that holdup goes bad, the cons hold Al's wife hostage until Dan and the Highway Patrol come to the rescue.

E11 - Motel Robbery

Aired: December 17, 1956

E12 - Stolen Car Ring

Aired: December 24, 1956

E13 - Escaped Mental Patient

Aired: January 01, 1957

E14 - Armored Car

Aired: January 07, 1957

E15 - Migrant Workers

Aired: January 14, 1957

E16 - Ranch Copter

Aired: January 21, 1957

A woman suspects her husband is trying to kill her. Iris: Virginia Dale. George: Douglas Henderson. Mathews: Broderick Crawford. Ted: Robert Cavendish.

E17 - Amnesia

Aired: January 28, 1957

E18 - Statute of Limitations

Aired: February 04, 1957

Mathews tries to prove the guilt of three holdup men---before the statute of limitations runs out. Mathews: Broderick Crawford. Eddie: Bing Russell. Wyatt: Mike Regan.

E19 - Resident Officer

Aired: February 11, 1957

E20 - Psycho

Aired: February 18, 1957

E21 - Counterfeit

Aired: February 25, 1957

Mathews and the Highway Patrol investigate a rash of forged payroll-check cashings affecting merchants in and around Los Angeles.

E22 - Suspected Cop

Aired: March 05, 1957

E23 - Trojan Horse

Aired: March 12, 1957

E24 - Female Hitchhiker

Aired: March 18, 1957

E25 - Nitro

Aired: March 25, 1957

E26 - Motorcycle B

Aired: April 01, 1957

E27 - Officer's Wife

Aired: April 08, 1957

E28 - Stripped Cars

Aired: April 15, 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.

E29 - Convict's Wife

Aired: April 22, 1957

E30 - Reformation

Aired: April 29, 1957

An ex-con wants to return money stolen in an armed robbery, but his erstwhile partner has other ideas.

E31 - Stolen Plane Copter

Aired: May 06, 1957

Two convicts steal an airplane to escape from prison.

E32 - Gem Robbery

Aired: May 13, 1957

E33 - Wounded

Aired: May 20, 1957

E34 - Fake Cop

Aired: May 27, 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.

E35 - Double Cross

Aired: June 03, 1957

E36 - Narcotics

Aired: June 10, 1957

E37 - Hired Killer

Aired: June 17, 1957

E38 - Hostage Copter

Aired: June 24, 1957

E39 - Rabies

Aired: July 01, 1957