This Is Your FBI - Death in the Desert
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This Is Your FBI - Death in the Desert
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- Death in the Desert is the 408th episode of the radio drama series This Is Your FBI, which aired on ABC from 1945 to 1953. - It was originally...
show more- Death in the Desert is the 408th episode of the radio drama series This Is Your FBI, which aired on ABC from 1945 to 1953.
- It was originally broadcast on January 23, 1953.
- The episode is based on a true story about the FBI's investigation into the 1952 murder of William H. Moore, a wealthy businessman from El Paso, Texas.
- Moore was found shot to death in his car in the desert outside of El Paso.
- The FBI's investigation led them to a group of Mexican nationals who had been working for Moore.
- The episode stars Stacy Harris as FBI Agent Jim Taylor and William Woodson as FBI Agent John Trent.
- It was written by Jerry Devine and directed by John Dunning.
- William H. Moore, a wealthy businessman from El Paso, Texas, is found shot to death in his car in the desert outside of El Paso.
- The FBI is called in to investigate the murder.
- FBI Agents Jim Taylor and John Trent interview Moore's family and friends, but they are unable to find any leads.
- The agents then turn their attention to Moore's business associates.
- They learn that Moore had been having financial problems and that he had recently borrowed a large sum of money from a Mexican national named Carlos Ramirez.
- The agents track Ramirez down to Mexico City and arrest him.
- Ramirez confesses to the murder and tells the agents that he killed Moore because he owed him money.
- The agents return Ramirez to El Paso and he is put on trial for murder.
- Ramirez is found guilty and sentenced to death.
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