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<li>Crime</li>
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<label>Crime Classics</label>
<aside>
<span>50 episodes</span>
<span>Aired 1953-1954</span>
</aside>
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</section>
<div class='detail'>
<ol><li class='episode' title='The Crime of Bathsheba Spooner'
data-cover='/cover/sm/crime-classics.jpg'
data-series='Crime Classics'
data-file='otr/crime-classics/00001.mp3'>
<label>The Crime of Bathsheba Spooner</label>
<aside>
<span>30mins</span>
<span>Aired 1953-06-15</span>
</aside>
</li><li class='episode' title='The Shockingly Peaceful Passing of Thomas Edwin Bartlett, Greengrocer'
data-cover='/cover/sm/crime-classics.jpg'
data-series='Crime Classics'
data-file='otr/crime-classics/00002.mp3'>
<label>The Shockingly Peaceful Passing of Thomas Edwin Bartlett, Greengrocer</label>
<aside>
<span>30mins</span>
<span>Aired 1953-06-22</span>
</aside>
</li><li class='episode' title='The Checkered Life and Sudden Death of Colonel James Fisk, Jr'
data-cover='/cover/sm/crime-classics.jpg'
data-series='Crime Classics'
data-file='otr/crime-classics/00003.mp3'>
<label>The Checkered Life and Sudden Death of Colonel James Fisk, Jr</label>
<aside>
<span>30mins</span>
<span>Aired 1953-06-29</span>
</aside>
</li><li class='episode' title='The Shrapnelled Body of Charles Drew, Sr'
data-cover='/cover/sm/crime-classics.jpg'
data-series='Crime Classics'
data-file='otr/crime-classics/00004.mp3'>
<label>The Shrapnelled Body of Charles Drew, Sr</label>
<aside>
<span>30mins</span>
<span>Aired 1953-07-06</span>
</aside>
</li><li class='episode' title='The Terrible Deed of John White Webster'
data-cover='/cover/sm/crime-classics.jpg'
data-series='Crime Classics'
data-file='otr/crime-classics/00005.mp3'>
<label>The Terrible Deed of John White Webster</label>
<aside>
<span>30mins</span>
<span>Aired 1953-07-13</span>
</aside>
</li><li class='episode' title='The Death of a Picture Hanger'
data-cover='/cover/sm/crime-classics.jpg'
data-series='Crime Classics'
data-file='otr/crime-classics/00006.mp3'>
<label>The Death of a Picture Hanger</label>
<aside>
<span>30mins</span>
<span>Aired 1953-07-20</span>
</aside>
</li><li class='episode' title='The Final Day of General Ketchum, And How He Died'
data-cover='/cover/sm/crime-classics.jpg'
data-series='Crime Classics'
data-file='otr/crime-classics/00007.mp3'>
<label>The Final Day of General Ketchum, And How He Died</label>
<aside>
<span>30mins</span>
<span>Aired 1953-07-27</span>
</aside>
</li><li class='episode' title='Mr Thrower&#39;s Hammer'
data-cover='/cover/sm/crime-classics.jpg'
data-series='Crime Classics'
data-file='otr/crime-classics/00008.mp3'>
<label>Mr Thrower&#39;s Hammer</label>
<aside>
<span>30mins</span>
<span>Aired 1953-08-03</span>
</aside>
</li><li class='episode' title='The Axe and the Droot Family, How They Fared'
data-cover='/cover/sm/crime-classics.jpg'
data-series='Crime Classics'
data-file='otr/crime-classics/00009.mp3'>
<label>The Axe and the Droot Family, How They Fared</label>
<aside>
<span>30mins</span>
<span>Aired 1953-08-10</span>
</aside>
</li><li class='episode' title='The Incredible Trial of Laura D Fair'
data-cover='/cover/sm/crime-classics.jpg'
data-series='Crime Classics'
data-file='otr/crime-classics/00010.mp3'>
<label>The Incredible Trial of Laura D Fair</label>
<aside>
<span>30mins</span>
<span>Aired 1953-08-17</span>
</aside>
</li><li class='episode' title='The Alsop Family, How It Diminished And Grew Again'
data-cover='/cover/sm/crime-classics.jpg'
data-series='Crime Classics'
data-file='otr/crime-classics/00011.mp3'>
<label>The Alsop Family, How It Diminished And Grew Again</label>
<aside>
<span>30mins</span>
<span>Aired 1953-08-24</span>
</aside>
</li><li class='episode' title='Your Loving Son, Nero'
data-cover='/cover/sm/crime-classics.jpg'
data-series='Crime Classics'
data-file='otr/crime-classics/00012.mp3'>
<label>Your Loving Son, Nero</label>
<aside>
<span>30mins</span>
<span>Aired 1953-08-31</span>
</aside>
</li><li class='episode' title='The Torment of Henrietta Robinson, And Why She Killed'
data-cover='/cover/sm/crime-classics.jpg'
data-series='Crime Classics'
data-file='otr/crime-classics/00013.mp3'>
<label>The Torment of Henrietta Robinson, And Why She Killed</label>
<aside>
<span>30mins</span>
<span>Aired 1953-09-07</span>
</aside>
</li><li class='episode' title='The Bloody, Bloody Banks of Fall River'
data-cover='/cover/sm/crime-classics.jpg'
data-series='Crime Classics'
data-file='otr/crime-classics/00014.mp3'>
<label>The Bloody, Bloody Banks of Fall River</label>
<aside>
<span>30mins</span>
<span>Aired 1953-09-30</span>
</aside>
</li><li class='episode' title='The Hangman and William Palmer, Who Won'
data-cover='/cover/sm/crime-classics.jpg'
data-series='Crime Classics'
data-file='otr/crime-classics/00015.mp3'>
<label>The Hangman and William Palmer, Who Won</label>
<aside>
<span>30mins</span>
<span>Aired 1953-10-07</span>
</aside>
</li><li class='episode' title='The Seven-layered Arsenic Cake of Madame Lafarge'
data-cover='/cover/sm/crime-classics.jpg'
data-series='Crime Classics'
data-file='otr/crime-classics/00016.mp3'>
<label>The Seven-layered Arsenic Cake of Madame Lafarge</label>
<aside>
<span>30mins</span>
<span>Aired 1953-10-14</span>
</aside>
</li><li class='episode' title='Billy Bonny Bloodletter, Also Known As &#39;The Kid&#39;'
data-cover='/cover/sm/crime-classics.jpg'
data-series='Crime Classics'
data-file='otr/crime-classics/00017.mp3'>
<label>Billy Bonny Bloodletter, Also Known As &#39;The Kid&#39;</label>
<aside>
<span>30mins</span>
<span>Aired 1953-10-21</span>
</aside>
</li><li class='episode' title='John Hayes, His Head And How They Were Parted'
data-cover='/cover/sm/crime-classics.jpg'
data-series='Crime Classics'
data-file='otr/crime-classics/00018.mp3'>
<label>John Hayes, His Head And How They Were Parted</label>
<aside>
<span>30mins</span>
<span>Aired 1953-10-28</span>
</aside>
</li><li class='episode' title='Raschi Among the Crocodiles, And The Prank He Played'
data-cover='/cover/sm/crime-classics.jpg'
data-series='Crime Classics'
data-file='otr/crime-classics/00019.mp3'>
<label>Raschi Among the Crocodiles, And The Prank He Played</label>
<aside>
<span>30mins</span>
<span>Aired 1953-11-04</span>
</aside>
</li><li class='episode' title='Blackbeard&#39;s Fourteenth Wife, Why She Was Not Good For Him'
data-cover='/cover/sm/crime-classics.jpg'
data-series='Crime Classics'
data-file='otr/crime-classics/00020.mp3'>
<label>Blackbeard&#39;s Fourteenth Wife, Why She Was Not Good For Him</label>
<aside>
<span>29mins</span>
<span>Aired 1953-11-11</span>
</aside>
</li><li class='episode' title='The Triangle on the Round Table'
data-cover='/cover/sm/crime-classics.jpg'
data-series='Crime Classics'
data-file='otr/crime-classics/00021.mp3'>
<label>The Triangle on the Round Table</label>
<aside>
<span>29mins</span>
<span>Aired 1953-11-18</span>
</aside>
</li><li class='episode' title='The Killing Story of William Corder and the Farmer&#39;s Daughter'
data-cover='/cover/sm/crime-classics.jpg'
data-series='Crime Classics'
data-file='otr/crime-classics/00022.mp3'>
<label>The Killing Story of William Corder and the Farmer&#39;s Daughter</label>
<aside>
<span>28mins</span>
<span>Aired 1953-11-25</span>
</aside>
</li><li class='episode' title='If a Body Need a Body, Just Call Burke and Hare'
data-cover='/cover/sm/crime-classics.jpg'
data-series='Crime Classics'
data-file='otr/crime-classics/00023.mp3'>
<label>If a Body Need a Body, Just Call Burke and Hare</label>
<aside>
<span>29mins</span>
<span>Aired 1953-12-02</span>
</aside>
</li><li class='episode' title='The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln'
data-cover='/cover/sm/crime-classics.jpg'
data-series='Crime Classics'
data-file='otr/crime-classics/00024.mp3'>
<label>The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln</label>
<aside>
<span>29mins</span>
<span>Aired 1953-12-09</span>
</aside>
</li><li class='episode' title='John and Judith, Their Crime And Why They Didn&#39;t Get To Enjoy It'
data-cover='/cover/sm/crime-classics.jpg'
data-series='Crime Classics'
data-file='otr/crime-classics/00025.mp3'>
<label>John and Judith, Their Crime And Why They Didn&#39;t Get To Enjoy It</label>
<aside>
<span>32mins</span>
<span>Aired 1953-12-16</span>
</aside>
</li><li class='episode' title='Coyle and Richardson, Why They Hung In A Spanking Breeze'
data-cover='/cover/sm/crime-classics.jpg'
data-series='Crime Classics'
data-file='otr/crime-classics/00026.mp3'>
<label>Coyle and Richardson, Why They Hung In A Spanking Breeze</label>
<aside>
<span>30mins</span>
<span>Aired 1953-12-30</span>
</aside>
</li><li class='episode' title='The Younger Brothers, Why Some Of Them Grew No Older'
data-cover='/cover/sm/crime-classics.jpg'
data-series='Crime Classics'
data-file='otr/crime-classics/00027.mp3'>
<label>The Younger Brothers, Why Some Of Them Grew No Older</label>
<aside>
<span>30mins</span>
<span>Aired 1954-01-06</span>
</aside>
</li><li class='episode' title='How Supan Got the Hook Outside Bombay'
data-cover='/cover/sm/crime-classics.jpg'
data-series='Crime Classics'
data-file='otr/crime-classics/00028.mp3'>
<label>How Supan Got the Hook Outside Bombay</label>
<aside>
<span>30mins</span>
<span>Aired 1954-01-13</span>
</aside>
</li><li class='episode' title='Madeline Smith, Maid Or Murderess - Which'
data-cover='/cover/sm/crime-classics.jpg'
data-series='Crime Classics'
data-file='otr/crime-classics/00029.mp3'>
<label>Madeline Smith, Maid Or Murderess - Which</label>
<aside>
<span>29mins</span>
<span>Aired 1954-01-20</span>
</aside>
</li><li class='episode' title='The Boorn Brothers and the Hangman, A Study In Nip And Tuck'
data-cover='/cover/sm/crime-classics.jpg'
data-series='Crime Classics'
data-file='otr/crime-classics/00030.mp3'>
<label>The Boorn Brothers and the Hangman, A Study In Nip And Tuck</label>
<aside>
<span>30mins</span>
<span>Aired 1954-01-27</span>
</aside>
</li><li class='episode' title='The Incredible History of John Shepard'
data-cover='/cover/sm/crime-classics.jpg'
data-series='Crime Classics'
data-file='otr/crime-classics/00031.mp3'>
<label>The Incredible History of John Shepard</label>
<aside>
<span>30mins</span>
<span>Aired 1954-02-03</span>
</aside>
</li><li class='episode' title='Twenty-Three Knives Against Caesar'
data-cover='/cover/sm/crime-classics.jpg'
data-series='Crime Classics'
data-file='otr/crime-classics/00032.mp3'>
<label>Twenty-Three Knives Against Caesar</label>
<aside>
<span>30mins</span>
<span>Aired 1954-02-10</span>
</aside>
</li><li class='episode' title='Jean Baptiste Troppmann, Killer Of Many'
data-cover='/cover/sm/crime-classics.jpg'
data-series='Crime Classics'
data-file='otr/crime-classics/00033.mp3'>
<label>Jean Baptiste Troppmann, Killer Of Many</label>
<aside>
<span>28mins</span>
<span>Aired 1954-02-17</span>
</aside>
</li><li class='episode' title='The Good Ship Jane, Why She Became Flotsam'
data-cover='/cover/sm/crime-classics.jpg'
data-series='Crime Classics'
data-file='otr/crime-classics/00034.mp3'>
<label>The Good Ship Jane, Why She Became Flotsam</label>
<aside>
<span>29mins</span>
<span>Aired 1954-02-24</span>
</aside>
</li><li class='episode' title='Roger Nems, How He, Though Dead, Won The Game'
data-cover='/cover/sm/crime-classics.jpg'
data-series='Crime Classics'
data-file='otr/crime-classics/00035.mp3'>
<label>Roger Nems, How He, Though Dead, Won The Game</label>
<aside>
<span>27mins</span>
<span>Aired 1954-03-03</span>
</aside>
</li><li class='episode' title='New Hampshire, The Tiger and Brad Ferguson; What Happened Then'
data-cover='/cover/sm/crime-classics.jpg'
data-series='Crime Classics'
data-file='otr/crime-classics/00036.mp3'>
<label>New Hampshire, The Tiger and Brad Ferguson; What Happened Then</label>
<aside>
<span>31mins</span>
<span>Aired 1954-03-10</span>
</aside>
</li><li class='episode' title='Old Sixtoes, How He Stopped Construction On The B. B. C. and I'
data-cover='/cover/sm/crime-classics.jpg'
data-series='Crime Classics'
data-file='otr/crime-classics/00037.mp3'>
<label>Old Sixtoes, How He Stopped Construction On The B. B. C. and I</label>
<aside>
<span>30mins</span>
<span>Aired 1954-03-17</span>
</aside>
</li><li class='episode' title='Robby-Boy Balfour, How He Wrecked A Big Prison&#39;s Reputation'
data-cover='/cover/sm/crime-classics.jpg'
data-series='Crime Classics'
data-file='otr/crime-classics/00039.mp3'>
<label>Robby-Boy Balfour, How He Wrecked A Big Prison&#39;s Reputation</label>
<aside>
<span>28mins</span>
<span>Aired 1954-03-31</span>
</aside>
</li><li class='episode' title='The General&#39;s Daughter, the Czar&#39;s Lieutenant and the Linen Closet'
data-cover='/cover/sm/crime-classics.jpg'
data-series='Crime Classics'
data-file='otr/crime-classics/00040.mp3'>
<label>The General&#39;s Daughter, the Czar&#39;s Lieutenant and the Linen Closet</label>
<aside>
<span>30mins</span>
<span>Aired 1954-04-07</span>
</aside>
</li><li class='episode' title='James Evans, Fireman, How He Extinguished A Human Torch'
data-cover='/cover/sm/crime-classics.jpg'
data-series='Crime Classics'
data-file='otr/crime-classics/00041.mp3'>
<label>James Evans, Fireman, How He Extinguished A Human Torch</label>
<aside>
<span>30mins</span>
<span>Aired 1954-04-14</span>
</aside>
</li><li class='episode' title='Cesare Borgia - His Most Difficult Murder'
data-cover='/cover/sm/crime-classics.jpg'
data-series='Crime Classics'
data-file='otr/crime-classics/00042.mp3'>
<label>Cesare Borgia - His Most Difficult Murder</label>
<aside>
<span>29mins</span>
<span>Aired 1954-04-21</span>
</aside>
</li><li class='episode' title='Widow Magee and the Three Gypsies, A Vermont Fandango'
data-cover='/cover/sm/crime-classics.jpg'
data-series='Crime Classics'
data-file='otr/crime-classics/00043.mp3'>
<label>Widow Magee and the Three Gypsies, A Vermont Fandango</label>
<aside>
<span>30mins</span>
<span>Aired 1954-04-28</span>
</aside>
</li><li class='episode' title='Bunny Baumler, His Close Brush With Fame'
data-cover='/cover/sm/crime-classics.jpg'
data-series='Crime Classics'
data-file='otr/crime-classics/00044.mp3'>
<label>Bunny Baumler, His Close Brush With Fame</label>
<aside>
<span>29mins</span>
<span>Aired 1954-05-05</span>
</aside>
</li><li class='episode' title='Mr Clarke&#39;s Skeleton in Mr Aram&#39;s Closet, The Noise It Made'
data-cover='/cover/sm/crime-classics.jpg'
data-series='Crime Classics'
data-file='otr/crime-classics/00045.mp3'>
<label>Mr Clarke&#39;s Skeleton in Mr Aram&#39;s Closet, The Noise It Made</label>
<aside>
<span>30mins</span>
<span>Aired 1954-05-12</span>
</aside>
</li><li class='episode' title='The Lethal Habit of The Marquise De Brinvilliers'
data-cover='/cover/sm/crime-classics.jpg'
data-series='Crime Classics'
data-file='otr/crime-classics/00046.mp3'>
<label>The Lethal Habit of The Marquise De Brinvilliers</label>
<aside>
<span>30mins</span>
<span>Aired 1954-05-26</span>
</aside>
</li><li class='episode' title='Mr Jonathon Jewett, How Most Peculiarly He Cheated The Hangman'
data-cover='/cover/sm/crime-classics.jpg'
data-series='Crime Classics'
data-file='otr/crime-classics/00047.mp3'>
<label>Mr Jonathon Jewett, How Most Peculiarly He Cheated The Hangman</label>
<aside>
<span>30mins</span>
<span>Aired 1954-06-02</span>
</aside>
</li><li class='episode' title='The Assassination of Leon Trotsky'
data-cover='/cover/sm/crime-classics.jpg'
data-series='Crime Classics'
data-file='otr/crime-classics/00048.mp3'>
<label>The Assassination of Leon Trotsky</label>
<aside>
<span>29mins</span>
<span>Aired 1954-06-09</span>
</aside>
</li><li class='episode' title='The Death of a Baltimore Birdie and Friend'
data-cover='/cover/sm/crime-classics.jpg'
data-series='Crime Classics'
data-file='otr/crime-classics/00049.mp3'>
<label>The Death of a Baltimore Birdie and Friend</label>
<aside>
<span>30mins</span>
<span>Aired 1954-06-16</span>
</aside>
</li><li class='episode' title='Ali Pasha - A Turkish Delight'
data-cover='/cover/sm/crime-classics.jpg'
data-series='Crime Classics'
data-file='otr/crime-classics/00050.mp3'>
<label>Ali Pasha - A Turkish Delight</label>
<aside>
<span>30mins</span>
<span>Aired 1954-06-23</span>
</aside>
</li><li class='episode' title='Good Evening, My Name Is Jack the Ripper'
data-cover='/cover/sm/crime-classics.jpg'
data-series='Crime Classics'
data-file='otr/crime-classics/00051.mp3'>
<label>Good Evening, My Name Is Jack the Ripper</label>
<aside>
<span>29mins</span>
<span>Aired 1954-06-30</span>
</aside>
</li></ol>
<article><p>
Crime Classics was a radio series that delved into true crime stories from the records and newspapers of various lands and times. The show&#39;s host, Mr. Thomas Hyland, was played by Lou Merrill, who portrayed the character as a measured and mild-mannered lecturer. Each episode was based on a true story that was meticulously researched and presented with sophistication and mood, supported by sensitive orchestral scores composed by Bernard Herrmann and tasteful sound effects. The show stood out for its wry, cool-blooded tone and its ability to bring out interesting background details in historical crimes.</p><p>The show aired from September 30, 1953, to June 30, 1954, on CBS Radio, with a total of 52 episodes. Crime Classics was produced and directed by Elliott Lewis, a prolific actor, producer, and director known for his work on Suspense, Broadway is My Beat, and On Stage. Writers Morton Fine and David Friedkin were responsible for the show&#39;s well-researched scripts. The show is considered a good companion to other historically-oriented radio shows such as Cavalcade of America, You Are There, and The American Trail.
</p><p>Sources:
<a href='https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles' target='_blank'>archive.org</a>, <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_Classics' target='_blank'>wikipedia.org</a>, <a href='https://www.otrcat.com/p/crime-classics' target='_blank'>otrcat.com</a>
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