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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 show. The show was hosted by Thomas Hyland which was played by Lou Merrill.

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    • Jan 1, 1970 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 66 EPISODES


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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 29:32


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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 29:42


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    Crime Classics 1953-08-17 (010) The Incredible Trial of Laura D. Fair (AFRTS)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 29:39


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    Crime Classics 1953-08-10 (009) The Axe and the Droot Family, How They Fared

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 29:51


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    Crime Classics 1953-08-10 (009) The Axe and the Droot Family, How They Fared (AFRTS)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 29:45


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    Crime Classics 1953-08-03 (008) Mr. Thrower's Hammer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 29:48


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    Crime Classics 1953-07-27 (007) The Final Day of General Ketchum, and How He Died

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 29:05


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    Crime Classics 1953-07-27 (007) The Final Day of General Ketchum, and How He Died (AFRTS)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 29:44


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    Crime Classics 1953-07-20 (006) The Death of a Picture Hanger

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 29:49


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    Crime Classics 1953-07-13 (005) The Terrible Deed of John White Webster

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 29:48


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    Crime Classics 1953-07-06 (004) The Shrapnelled Body of Charles Drew, Sr.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 29:47


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    Crime Classics 1953-06-29 (003) The Checkered Life and Sudden Death of Colonel James Fisk, Jr.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 29:40


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    Crime Classics 1953-06-29 (003) The Checkered Life and Sudden Death of Colonel James Fisk, Jr. (AFRTS)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 28:35


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    Crime Classics 1953-06-22 (002) The Shockingly Peaceful Passing of Thomas Edwin Bartlett, Green Grocer (AFRTS)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 29:41


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    Crime Classics 1953-06-15 (001) The Crime of Bathsheba Spooner

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 29:55


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    Crime Classics 1952-12-03 (000) The Crime of Bathsheba Spooner (Audition)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 26:54


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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 29:18


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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 29:34


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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 29:31


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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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 29:25


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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 29:27


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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)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 29:58


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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 29:54


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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 29:17


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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 29:28


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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 29:13


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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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 29:52


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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 29:54


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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 29:53


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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 29:36


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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 29:57


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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 29:44


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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 27:56


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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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 29:49


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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 29:32


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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 29:15


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