When J. Edgar Hoover was chosen to lead the Bureau of Investigation, it was
the beginning a legendary 48-year tenure. He is credited with building the FBI
into the crime fighting agency it is today. Hoover remained director until his
death in 1972. Late in life, and after his death, J. Edgar Hoover became an
increasingly controversial figure
(Official mug shot)
Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone (January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947) was a prohibition-era gangster who led a crime syndicate known as the "Capones". Bureau of Prohibition agent Eliot Ness began an investigation of Capone in 1929. However, it was Frank J. Wilson, an agent of the Treasury Department, who conducted an investigation into Capone’s income tax violations that led to a indictment for income tax evasion in
1931. Following a long trial, Capone was found guilty and given an 11-year sentence along with stiff fines and liens on his various properties. After an appeal was denied, Capone was sent to Atlanta U.S. Penitentiary where he was later transferred to
Alcatraz on August 11, 1934.
This Is Your FBI was a radio crime drama which aired on ABC from April
6, 1945 to January 30, 1953 for a total of 409 shows. FBI chief J. Edgar
Hoover gave it his endorsement, calling it "the finest dramatic program
on the air". Stacy Harris (shown below) played the lead role of fictional
Special Agent Jim Taylor. Others in the cast included William Conrad.
Stacy Harris
William Conrad
