Bubble Gum And Baby (Aired March 10, 1955)


Before the "Reality TV", there was "Reality Radio" and Night Watch was there. This show is a straight crime documentary with no music, sound effects, or actors. Police reporter Don Reid rode in a prowl car on the night shift with officers from the Culver City, California police department. While wearing a hidden microphone, he captures the sounds and voices of real life drama. From the worried child to the hardened criminal, their stories come through loud and clear. The names were changed to protect identities, but everything else in this gripping series is real.

THIS EPISODE:

March 10, 1955. "Bubble Gum And Baby" - CBS network. Sustaining. 8:30 P. M. A man is apprehended taking flash pictures at a bus station. He sounds like a crackpot. An eight month old baby seems to have been assaulted. His seventeen-year old mother has beaten him up. Fascinating listening! Jim Ross (detective), Sterling Tracy (producer, director), Jim Headlock (producer), W. N. Hildebrand (Chief of Police), Donn Reed (police recorder), Ron Perkins (technical advisor). 26:59. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.