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Crime Classics was a U. S. radio docudrama which aired over CBS from June 15, 1953, to June 30, 1954. Created, produced, and directed by radio actor/director Elliott Lewis, the program was a historical true crime series, examining crimes and murders from the past. It grew out of Lewis' personal interest in famous murder cases and took a documentary-like approach to the subject, carefully recreating the facts, personages and feel of the time period.

Crime Classics was a U. S. radio docudrama which aired over CBS from June 15, 1953, to June 30, 1954. Created, produced, and directed by radio actor/director Elliott Lewis, the program was a historical true crime series, examining crimes and murders from the past. It grew out of Lewis' personal interest in famous murder cases and took a documentary-like approach to the subject, carefully recreating the facts, personages and feel of the time period.

Location:

Washington, DC

Description:

Crime Classics was a U. S. radio docudrama which aired over CBS from June 15, 1953, to June 30, 1954. Created, produced, and directed by radio actor/director Elliott Lewis, the program was a historical true crime series, examining crimes and murders from the past. It grew out of Lewis' personal interest in famous murder cases and took a documentary-like approach to the subject, carefully recreating the facts, personages and feel of the time period.

Language:

English

Episodes

my name is jack the ripper 06/30/1954

5/8/2009
A bizarre Ottoman tale of murder and mayhem.

Duration:00:29:18

cesare borgia 04/21/1954

3/6/2009
True love conquers all, starting with a human torch.

old sixtoes 03/17/1954

2/6/2009
An old man and a young wife is old India. A recipe for murder most foul.

tiger and brad ferguson 03/10/1954

1/30/2009
New Hampshire, the Tiger and Brad Ferguson What Happened Then.

good ship jane 02/24/1954

1/16/2009
Episode 34. A well written story of piracy and murder.

jean baptiste troppmann 02/17/1954

1/9/2009
Episode 33. In 1865 France, a mere youth devises a way to fame and fortune through murder and mayhem.

boorn brothers and the hangman 01/27/1954

12/19/2008
Episode 30. A story set in Rutland, Vermont, 1817. A man dances in the moonlight with the little people.

madeline smith maid or murderess 01/20/1954

12/12/2008
Episode 29. A lovely lady is also a liberal user of arsenic.

how supan got the hook 01/13/1954

12/5/2008
Episode 28. Brother versus brother in old Bombay, and a tiger.

younger brothers 01/06/1954

11/28/2008
Episode 27. Life and death in 1866 Missouri.

coyle and richarson 12/30/1953

11/21/2008
Episode 26. A large, powerful gent of Scotland and his small companion, engage in a nautical life of crime.

john and judith 12/16/1953

11/14/2008
Episode 25. A tale of arsenic poisoning in olde England.

if a body needs a body 12/02/1953

10/31/2008
Episode 23. Two gents of old Scotland supply dead bodies on demand for the medical profession.

killing story of willima corder 11/25/1953

10/24/2008
Episode 22. Willie the knife sharpener plans to marry Moriah in London town. Moriah has been killed and Willie has married another.

triangle on the round table 11/18/1953

10/17/2008
Episode 21. An unusual and interesting program set in King Arthurs day.

john jayes 10/28/1953

9/26/2008
Episode 18. Mr. Hayes returns from war to his lonely wife to find her afrolic with two comely boarders. His head is shortly thereafter found by the side of the Thames and then encapsulated in a glass jar.

blilly bonny bloodletter 10/21/1953

9/19/2008
Episode 17. The story of the very violent life of young William Bonney.

seven layered arsenic cake 10/14/1953

9/12/2008
Episode 16. A murderous wife or a scheming mother.
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