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Stand by for crime. Hi, Chuck Morgan talking, KOP newscaster. You know, people who live in Los Angeles sooner or later find their way down into old Mexico. Well, Carol Curtis, my blonde secretary and I took a day off last week and drove down into Tijuana to have a look around. It was dark when we got started back. At Customs, it turned out that one of the officers was a friend of mine, so we were waved ahead with no more than a cursory glance inside the jalopy. Well, we're b…

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In The Wetback Murders, Chuck Morgan, a KOP newscaster, and his secretary, Carol Curtis, take a leisurely trip to Tijuana, Mexico. Their return journey is abruptly interrupted when they encounter a roadblock at the U.S. border. Initially, it seems like a routine check, but the situation escalates dramatically when customs officers discover a dead body in the trunk of their car. The body is identified as Jose Gonzalez, a wetback who had crossed the border illegally.

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Stand By for Crime, Episode 18

The Wetback Murders

Thursday, April 30, 1953 · 47:39

Stand By for Crime, Episode 18

The Wetback Murders

Thursday, April 30, 1953 · 47:39

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Chuck Morgan and his secretary, Carol Curtis, return from a trip to Tijuana only to find themselves embroiled in a murder investigation when a dead body is discovered in their car's trunk at a border checkpoint.

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