CRIME CLASSICS

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     One of the best anthology series ever broadcast over radio, and heard over the CBS radio network as a sustaining program Monday evenings at 8:00 p.m.  Starring Lou Merrill as the fictitious host Thomas Hyland, the series ran from 06/15/53 until 06/30/54.Elliott Lewis created, produced and directed this series.  Ken McMannus directed some episodes, Bernard Herrmann was responsible for the music.  Scripts were written by Morton Fine and David Friekin.  Bob Leomond, Roy Rowen, and Larry Thor shared the spotlight as announcers.  The program aired on Monday night at 8:00 p.m. until 09/30/53 when it switched to Wednesday nights at 9:30 p.m.

 

C04530 12/03/52 Bathsheba Spooner, The  First Woman To Be Tried For

                                Murder In The United States - Audition w/Lou Merrill

              06/29/53 # 3 The Checkered Life & Sudden Death Of Colonel James Fisk, Jr.

 

C20053 06/15/53 # 1 The Crime Of Bathsheba Spooner

              11/25/53 #22 Killing Story Of William Corder

 

C13668 06/22/53 # 2 Thomas Edwin Barlett

              06/30/54 #51 Good Evening, My Name Is Jack The Ripper

 

C04531 07/06/53 # 4 The Schrapneled Body Of Charles Drew, Sr.

              07/13/53 # 5 The Terrible Deed Of Dr. John White Webster

 

C04532 07/20/53 # 6 The Death Of A Picture Hanger

              08/03/53 # 8 Mr. Thrower's Hammer

 

C20013 07/27/53 # 7 Final Day Of Gen. Ketchum & How He Died

              08/17/53 #10 Incredible Trial Of Laura D Fair

 

C04533 08/10/53 # 9 The Ax And The Drutt Family, How They Faired

              09/30/53 #15 The Bloody, Bloody Banks Of Fall River

 

C20014 08/24/53 #11 The Alsop Family

              08/31/53 #12 Your Loving Son, Nero

 

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C20015 09/07/53 #13 The Orment Of Henrietta Robinson

              11/04/53 #19 Raschi Among The Crocodiles

              11/18/53 #21 The Triangle On The Round Table

 

C04534 10/07/53 #16 The Hangman And William Palmer - Who Won?

              10/21/53 #18 Billy Bonnie, Blood Letter--  Also Known As The Kid

 

C04535 10/28/53 #19 John Hayes, His Head, And How They Were Parted

              11/11/53 #21 Blackbeard's Fourteenth Wife - Why She Was No Good For Him

 

C14187 11/25/53 #22 William Corder & The Farmer's Daughter

              02/17/54 #33 Jean Baptiste Troppman, Killer Of Many

 

C16073 12/02/53 #23 If a Body Need a Body, Just Call Burke & Hare

              12/16/53 #25 John & Judith, Their Crime They Didn't Enjoy

 

C04536 12/09/53 #24 The Assassination Of Abraham Lincoln

              12/30/53 #28 Coyle And Richardson--  Why They Hung In A Spanking Breeze

 

C04537 01/06/54 #29 The Younger Brothers--  Why Some Of Them Grew No Older

              01/13/54 #30 How Supan Got The Hook Outside Bombay

 

C04538 01/20/54 #31 Madeleine Smith, Maid Or Murderess--  Which?

              01/27/54 #32 The Boorn Brothers And The Hangman--  A Study In Nip And Tuck

 

C04539 02/03/54 #33 The Incredible History Of John Shepard

              02/10/54 #34 Twenty Three Knives Against Caesar

 

C20054 02/17/54 Jean Baptiste Troppman

              03/10/54 New Nampshire, The Tiger & Brad Ferguson (VG)

 

C20016 03/03/54 #35 Roger Nems

              04/21/54 #42 Caesar Borgia: His Most Difficult Murder (VG-)

 

C04540 02/24/54 #36 The Good Ship Jane -- Why She Became Flotsam

              03/17/54 #39 Old Six Toes -- How He Stopped Construction On The B.B.C. & I.

 

C19178 03/31/54 Robby-Boy Balfour

              06/09/54 Assassination Of Leon Trotsky

 

C04541 04/07/54 #42 The General's Daughter, The Czar's Lieutenant, And

                                       The Linen Closet--  A Russian Tragedy

              04/14/54 #43 James Evans, Fireman -- How He Extinguished A Human Torch

 

C04542 04/28/54 #45 Widow MaGee And The Three Gypsies -- A Vermont Fandango

 

C20017 05/05/54 #44 Bunny Baumier (VG; Skips)

              05/12/54 #45 Mr. Clarke's Skeleton In Mr. Aram's Closet (VG)

 

C20018 05/26/54 #46 Lethal Habit Of Marquise de Brinvilliers

              06/02/54 #47 Mr. Jonathan Jewett

 

C20019 06/16/54 #49 Death Of A Baltimore Birdie & Friend

              06/23/54 #50 Ali Pasha; A Turkish Delight