Radio Memories

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