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Justice Traps the Guilty #37
This issue is an anthology featuring multiple crime stories adapted from true police and FBI cases. The main story "Wired for Sound" depicts an FBI investigation into a church extortion scheme in Los Angeles where a wealthy businesswoman receives threatening notes demanding money, leading agents to set a trap using a wired name plaque that ultimately catches the female extortionist. Additional stories in the "Closeups" section include "Loud Enough," where a grocery store owner's careless remark tips off a burglar; "Keys to Crime," about a woman who posed as an artist's model and used borrowed house keys to commit burglaries; and "Footprints" and "Narrow Escape," which explain investigative techniques and document other criminal cases. The issue is noted as adapted from True Police and FBI cases.