Newspaper 
Headline: SHRINK SAYS: “The Mind Is The Final Frontier”
Desk: Patrol
Case: “Upon Reflection”
Description
In the alley of the first crime scene, on a crate along the right wall before you reach the bloody door. Pick up the paper and press the button indicated onscreen to trigger a cinematic sequence that reveals more story details.
Newspaper 
Headline: ALIENIST FONTAINE. Provides Help To Troubled Vets
Desk: Traffic
Case: “The Driver’s Seat”
Description
On the Black’s Residence dining room table in “The Driver’s Seat.” Headline provides another important piece of background information.
Newspaper 
Headline: SHRINK TO THE STARS. Promises Mental Breakthrough
Desk: Traffic
Case: “A Marriage Made In Heaven”
Description
In Ray’s Café, on the bar in front of Dudley Lynch. Once again, you get a snippet of interaction between Dr. Harlan J. Fontaine and Courtney Sheldon, the USC medical student.
Newspaper 
Headline: DOPE FLOODS STREETS. Cops Chase War Surplus Contraband
Desk: Traffic
Case: “The Fallen Idol”
Description
On the workbench in the storage alley of Silver Screen Props. Examining the story behind the headline triggers the scene of a meeting between Courtney Sheldon, the young medical student at USC, and the infamous mob boss Mickey Cohen.
Newspaper 
Headline: FAMILY BURNT TO DEATH. Cops Say House Fire Deaths Are Suspicious
Desk: Homicide
Case: “The Red Lipstick Murder”
Description
Just inside the front door of the Henry Residence, on the floor. Once again Harlan Fontaine plays a prominent role as he discusses a house fire with a very disturbed man calling from a payphone.
Newspaper 
Headline: MISSING MORPHINE. Cops Say: Goons Fighting Dope War
Desk: Homicide
Case: “The White Shoe Slaying”
Description
Inside Stuart Ackerman’s shack at the Hobo Camp. In the cinematic, Courtney Sheldon, the medical student we’ve seen earlier, pleads for help from Jack Kelso, his platoon sergeant during the war and now an insurance investigator.
Newspaper 
Headline: MICKEY COHEN. Heir Apparent To Bugsy Siegel
Desk: Vice
Case: “The Black Caesar”
Description
On the desk directly across from the one with the ledger in the Ramez Removals warehouse. The story behind the headlines fills in another important part of the backstory.
Newspaper 
Headline: ALIENIST FONTAINE. Working Selflessly To Help The Infirm
Desk: Vice
Case: “The Set Up”
Description
On the training table in the American Legion Stadium. Cinematic shows another meeting between Dr. Fontaine and Courtney Sheldon, the medical student at USC.
Newspaper 
Headline: L.A.P.D. VICE SCANDAL. Could Go All The Way To The Top
Desk: Vice
Case: “Manifest Destiny”
Description
In the shootout alley at Haskell’s Finest Men’s Wear, near the first fallen shooter. It triggers a peek behind the scenes at some of the city’s most powerful men, including the mayor, the district attorney, and the police chief. The Vice squad’s Chief Detective also makes an appearance.
Newspaper 
Headline: HOUSING DEVELOPMENT BURNS. Ex Servicemen Irate As G.I. Houses Razed
Desk: Arson
Case: “A Walk in Elysian Fields”
Description
At the Morelli house fire, in the right corner of the front lawn, near the end of the privacy fence. You learn a little more about the persons responsible for these fires.
Newspaper 
Headline: SUBURBAN REDEVELOPMENT. Fund Promises 10,000 New Homes
Desk: Arson
Case: “A Polite Invitation”
Description
On Leland Monroe’s desk when you raid his mansion and have him on the floor bleeding. Headline reveals an argument between Sheldon and Fontaine that ends in murder.
Newspaper 
Headline: CRUSADE AGAINST CORRUPTION. Petersen Pledges To Clean Up L.A.P.D.
Desk: Arson
Case: “A Different Kind of War”
Description
At Rapid Exterminators. It’s on the front counter in “A Different Kind of War.” The cinematic reveals the event when Cole loses an old war buddy.
Newspaper 
Headline: “THE FACE OF PROGRESS” Says Mayor Of Developer Leland Monroe
Desk: Arson
Case: “A Different Kind of War”
Description
On Harlan Fontaine’s desk at the crime scene in Dr. Fontaine’s Surgery center. Important story details are revealed in a conversation between Fontaine and Monroe.