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Crime Classics was a radio docudrama of CBS which was aired from June 15, 1953 to June 30, 1954. The show was produced, created and directed by Elliott Lewis. With consultation with Lewis, Morton Fine and David Friedkin wrote every single episode of the s


    • Jul 8, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 66 EPISODES


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    Crime Classics 1954-06-30 (051) Good Evening, My Name is Jack the Ripper

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    Crime Classics 1954-06-30 (051) Good Evening, My Name is Jack the Ripper (AFRTS)

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    Crime Classics 1954-06-23 (050) Ali Pasha - A Turkish Delight (AFRTS)

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    Crime Classics 1954-06-16 (049) The Death of a Baltimore Birdie and Friend

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    Crime Classics 1954-06-09 (048) The Assassination of Leon Trotsky

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    Crime Classics 1954-06-02 (047) Mr. Jonathon Jewett; How Most Peculiarly He Cheated the Hangman

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    Crime Classics 1954-05-26 (046) The Lethal Habit of the Marquise De Brinvilliers

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    Crime Classics 1954-05-26 (046) The Lethal Habit of the Marquise De Brinvilliers (AFRTS)

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    Crime Classics 1954-05-12 (045) Mr. Clarke's Skeleton in Mr. Aram's Closet; The Noise it Made (AFRTS)

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    Crime Classics 1954-05-05 (044) Bunny Baumler, His Close Brush with Fame (AFRTS)

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    Crime Classics 1954-04-28 (043) Widow Magee and the Three Gypsies; A Vermont Fandango

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    Crime Classics 1954-04-21 (042) Cesare Borgia - His Most Difficult Murder (AFRTS)

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    Crime Classics 1954-04-14 (041) James Evans, Fireman; How He Extinguished a Human Torch

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    Crime Classics 1954-04-07 (040) The General's Daughter, the Czar's Lieutenant and the Linen Closet

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    Crime Classics 1954-03-31 (039) Robby-Boy Balfour; How He Wrecked a Big Prison's Reputation

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    Crime Classics 1954-03-17 (037) Old Sixtoes, How He Stopped Construction on the B. B. C. and I

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    Crime Classics 1954-03-10 (036) New Hampshire, the Tiger and Brad Ferguson; What Happened Then (AFRTS)

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    Crime Classics 1954-03-03 (035) Roger Nems, How He, Though Dead, Won the Game (AFRTS)

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    Crime Classics 1954-02-24 (034) The Good Ship Jane, Why She Became Flotsam

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    Crime Classics 1954-02-17 (033) John Baptiste Troppmann, Killer of Many (AFRTS)

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    Crime Classics 1954-02-17 (033) John Baptiste Troppmann, Killer of Many

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    Crime Classics 1954-02-10 (032) Twenty-Three Knives Against Caesar

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    Crime Classics 1954-02-03 (031) The Incredible History of John Shephard

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    Crime Classics 1954-01-27 (030) The Boorn Brothers and the Hangman, a Study in Nip and Tuck

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    Crime Classics 1954-01-20 (029) Madeline Smith, Maid or Murderess

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    Crime Classics 1954-01-20 (029) Madeline Smith, Maid or Murderess (AFRTS)

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    Crime Classics 1954-01-13 (028) How Supan Got the Hook Outside Bombay

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    Crime Classics 1953-12-30 (026) Coyle and Richardson, Why They Hung in a Spanking Breeze

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    Crime Classics 1954-01-06 (027) The Younger Brothers, Why Some of Them Grew No Older

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    Crime Classics 1953-12-30 (026) Coyle and Richardson, Why They Hung in a Spanking Breeze (AFRTS)

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    Crime Classics 1953-12-16 (025) John and Judith, Their Crime and Why They Didn't Get to Enjoy It

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    Crime Classics 1953-12-16 (025) John and Judith, Their Crime and Why They Didn't Get to Enjoy It (AFRTS)

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    Crime Classics 1953-12-09 (024) The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

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    Crime Classics 1953-12-09 (024) The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln (AFRTS)

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    Crime Classics 1953-12-02 (023) If a Body Need a Body, Just Call Burke and Hare

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    Crime Classics 1953-12-02 (023) If a Body Need a Body, Just Call Burke and Hare (AFRTS)

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    Crime Classics 1953-11-25 (022) The Killing Story of William Corder and the Farmer's Daughter

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    Crime Classics 1953-11-25 (022) The Killing Story of William Corder and the Farmer's Daughter (AFRTS)

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    Crime Classics 1953-11-18 (021) The Triangle on the Round Table

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    Crime Classics 1953-11-11 (020) Blackbeard's Fourteenth Wife, Why She Was Not Good For Him

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    Crime Classics 1953-11-04 (019) Raschi Among the Crocodiles, and the Prank He Played

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    Crime Classics 1953-11-04 (019) Raschi Among the Crocodiles, and the Prank He Played (AFRTS)

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    Crime Classics 1953-10-28 (018) John Hayes, His Head and How They Were Parted

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    Crime Classics 1953-10-21 (017) Billy Bonny Bloodletter, Also Known as 'The Kid'

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    Crime Classics 1953-10-14 (016) The Seven-layered Arsenic Cake of Madame Lafarge

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    Crime Classics 1953-10-07 (015) The Hangman and William Palmer, Who Won

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    Crime Classics 1953-09-30 (014) The Bloody, Bloody Banks of Fall River

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    Crime Classics 1953-09-07 (013) The Torment of Henrietta Robinson, and Why She Killed (AFRTS)

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    Crime Classics 1953-08-31 (012) Your Loving Son, Nero

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    Crime Classics 1953-08-31 (012) Your Loving Son, Nero (AFRTS)

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    Crime Classics 1953-08-24 (011) The Alsop Family, How It Diminished and Grew Again (AFRTS)

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