Citizenship-Insurance Racket (aka-Political Racket)
Ward boss Joe Desmond preys on new immigrants by selling them expensive life-insurance policies as if they were fast-track citizenship papers, then uses a city official to place the victims…
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Ward boss Joe Desmond preys on new immigrants by selling them expensive life-insurance policies as if they were fast-track citizenship papers, then uses a city official to place the victims…
Grand-jury investigator James Conway is ready to expose a protected gambling ring when the mob kidnaps his daughter Paula and demands his evidence. The Hornet poses as one of the…
Duke and Webster pose as independent insurance advisers and persuade policyholders to replace sound policies with arrangements that benefit the racketeers while costing victims more in the long run. When…
Grand-jury investigator James Conway returns with evidence capable of smashing a protected gambling ring, only to reverse himself after his daughter Polly is kidnapped and held as leverage. The Green…
An illness outbreak is used to frighten the city into buying an expensive new water-filtration system, while city chemist Fox produces tests that seem to prove the water is contaminated…
The Green Hornet targets a bogus spiritualist who exploits grieving clients while steering them into a fraudulent investment scheme.
The Green Hornet goes after a nationwide music-publishing swindle and forces the racketeers to make restitution to the people they cheated.
The Green Hornet investigates a welfare-fund theft scheme in which crooked insiders exploit pre-signed charity checks to siphon money from the city’s needy.
Britt Reid, acting as the Green Hornet, uncovers a businessman’s scheme to sabotage public transportation for his own profit.
The Green Hornet devises a trap to break a powerful gas-station protection racket and bring its violent leader down.
A judge is pressured by a racketeer through blackmail, and the Green Hornet intervenes before corruption can dictate the outcome.
The Green Hornet moves against bookmaking interests trying to buy legislative support for a bill legalizing horse-race gambling.
A protection racket preys on circuses and other traveling shows, using hired toughs to cause damage unless owners pay Fenders for protection. Britt frames three of Fenders's muscle men for…
After a corrupt construction job collapses, Britt deliberately plants a false Sentinel story about missing fire-sprinkler equipment to identify the newspaper leak feeding information to the rival Clarion and to…
Contractor Brande Meyer lets a street-paving strike drag on while merchants lose business and face financial ruin, positioning himself to profit from the distressed property. The Green Hornet obtains evidence…
The Green Hornet investigates and exposes a plan to sabotage a meatpacking business and ruin its owner.
A rigged poker game aboard a train ends in murder, drawing the Green Hornet into a case built on deception and false accusations.
After an accident on the Devil’s Dipper roller coaster, the Green Hornet works to expose the contractors hiding evidence that the dangerous ride was knowingly left unsafe.
Shipowner Jensen's loading operation is crippled by suspicious accidents and a strike while someone demands $5,000 to make the trouble stop. Although union leader Trask appears responsible, the Green Hornet…
A deadly fire draws attention to unsafe tenements owned by Macklin, but a corrupt building inspector keeps the slum properties from being condemned. When ordinary legal pressure fails, the Green…
Promoters of a fraudulent old-age pension campaign skim most of the contributions, and when collector Hurley threatens to expose them they have him killed and the death staged as an…
Respected philanthropist Gilmore is secretly the 'big shot' behind a burglary ring, using fence Crocker to move stolen property. Britt turns his own apartment and valuables into bait, and a…
Struggling fighter Danny Cannon is drawn into a crooked boxing scheme in which his manager disguises him as the supposedly foreign 'Pampas Panther' and manipulates betting around the match. The…
Crooked attorney Sturgis repeatedly keeps racketeer Moroni beyond the reach of the law by manufacturing alibis and manipulating evidence. The Green Hornet turns the criminals' own murder weapon and distrust…
Political operator Fargo secretly causes power failures so he can attack the private light company, promote a city takeover and shake down company president Porter. The Green Hornet traces the…
Wakeman controls the city's taxi business through inflated charges, finance-company traps, blacklisting and intimidation of independent drivers. The Green Hornet uses threatened cabbie Potsy as bait, arranging for police to…
A child-actress publicity machine built around Honey Bancroft becomes entangled in a staged disappearance and a manager's exploitative contracts. The Green Hornet returns the child safely, turns the supposed kidnapping…
Employment agent Croll collects ten-dollar deposits from desperate job seekers, while employer Quentin briefly hires and then fires them so the two men can split a steady stream of fees.…
Builders are being forced to pay protection to Carlotti's organization, which uses fires and bombs against anyone who refuses. The Green Hornet infiltrates the racket, empties the explosive from a…
Numbers boss Tobin has Dootcher murdered and uses innocent cab driver Potsie as the fall guy, while the racket continues behind layers of intimidation. Britt proves the cab was manipulated,…
Franklin's Farm by Proxy scheme sells worthless rocky acreage as future apple orchards and locks victims into years of maintenance charges. The Green Hornet plants a fake geological report suggesting…
Court official Cole decides to expose Robertson's racket of forcing state court employees to kick back part of their salaries, but Robertson intercepts him before he can reach the Sentinel.…
The Sentinel investigates politician Murchison's control of state institutions and the ease with which people can be confined without meaningful review. Undercover reporter Sherman obtains records of graft at Rock…
The Green Hornet sets a calculated trap for operators of a parking-lot protection racket and turns their own methods against them.
A bogus testing laboratory sells its approval while pressuring manufacturers and allowing unsafe products to carry reassuring test labels. After bad tires and appliances expose the danger, the Green Hornet…
Joe Desmond runs a fraud that takes money from immigrants by promising citizenship papers and instead saddling them with costly insurance, while corrupt associates provide alibis for his other crimes.…
The Green Hornet uncovers a smuggling operation that hides behind diplomatic privilege to move illicit goods.
An honest waiter leading a revolt against corrupt union boss Catra is fatally struck down just as the membership begins to challenge the racket. The Sentinel keeps pressure on the…
WPA official Davidson extorts kickbacks from men desperate for relief jobs, while politician Finney discovers the scheme and demands a fifty-percent cut. When anonymous Sentinel informant Meekon is murdered to…
Court official Cole decides to expose Robertson's racket of forcing state court employees to kick back part of their salaries, but Robertson intercepts him before he can reach the Sentinel.…
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