This is Your FBI: The Careless Kidnapper

The Equitable Life Assurance Society presents This is your FBI. This is your FBI, an official broadcast from the files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, presented as a public service by the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, and the Equitable Society's representative in your community.

Are you one of the 50 million Americans covered by Social Security? If so, have you any clear idea of your rights and benefits under Social Security? Well, there may be a pleasant surprise in store for you.

For in a few minutes, you will learn from our sponsor, the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, how easy it is to build Social Security into full security. Tonight's FBI file, the careless kidnappers.

The business of crime in America is experiencing the greatest boom in the history of the nation. It has no problem of manpower for today one out of every 23 persons in America has an arrest record.

And it has no problem of raw materials for its raw materials or potential victims and money. and there's a population of 140 million people on hand who are making more money than ever before. Consequently, the wheels of every branch of crime, including that dealt with in tonight's case from the files of your FBI, are rolling in high gear and turning out an all-time high production volume

of a major crime every 17 seconds. In other words, since this program went on the air two and a half minutes ago, eight major crimes have been committed in this country. Earl Bedford was, you might say, one of the most even-tempered persons in all the world, unpleasant all the time.