The series aired locally in the Dallas, Texas, area beginning early in 1957 and nationally on ABC during the summer of 1958 and the 1958–1959 television season.
In each episode, host Jack Wyatt interviews a convicted criminal who has been vetted and approved by local police officials, discussing his or her crimes and reasons for committing them.
[3] Patrick Fay directed Confession,[3] which began as a live local program in Dallas, Texas, broadcast from the studios of WFAA.
[1][3] Although its live local broadcasts in Dallas prior to its ABC run commonly prompted a flood of telephoned complaints to WFAA after each episode,[3] the little-watched series managed to avoid some of the strict censorship that constrained the content of most other television shows of the 1950s.
[3] This allowed it to cover a variety of topics rarely permitted on the air by censors and sponsors of the era, including the crimes of drug addicts, prostitutes, sex offenders, and murderers.