[3] Somebody Knows was created by Jimmy Saphier to fill the Thursday night slot normally held by the popular show Suspense, whilst it took it's summer break.
He was inspired by the Chicago Sun-Times[4] who had recently run a series appealing for information on cold cases.
Saphier was unable to find a sponsor, so he put up $40,000 of his own money for the reward fund for all eight episodes,[5] a fact that was widely used to promote the show leading up to its broadcast.
He was quoted saying: "I don't care if we only have one listener, as long as he's the guy who knows who did it - and will rat on his pal.
[2] Somebody knows was written by Sidney Marshall and It was directed by James Sasser and the prolific Jack Johnstone, who also narrated the show.