# Crime Classics

Networks named by its archives: CBS. Heard 1952–1954. 64 episodes.

CRIME CLASSICS Crime Classics came to CBS September 30, 1953 and was a neat little series of "true crime stories". The show introduced itself succinctly: "Crime Classics, a series of true crime stories from the records and newspapers of every land, from every time. Your host each week, Mr. Thomas Hyland -- connoisseur of crime, student of violence, and teller of murders." Thomas Hyland was played by Lou Merrill, although you'd never know it was an "actor" doing the part. The great Elliott Lewis, actor, producer and director of Suspense, Broadway is My Beat, and On Stage is in charge of this very intelligent and enjoyable show. Bernard Herrmann composed the music that duplicated authentic music of the era being dramatized. Morton Fine and David Friedkin wrote the scripts. Lewis and his writers collected and developed true crime stories expressly for Crime Classics. Thomas Hyland's delivery is measured and mild-mannered, as if giving a college lecture. Would that all professors were this interesting! The actors in the stories themselves are uniformly sensitive. Orchestral scores by the great Bernard Hermann, who did Orson Welles' Mercury Theater radio show and then Alfred Hitchcock's films, give the stories sophistication and mood. So do the tasteful sound effects. There is a wry, cool-blooded tone to the proceedings. Cases profiled on the series ranged from seventeenth-century murder to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Each and every story, however bizarre, is actually…

## Sets

- Crime Classics - Single Episodes (Old Time Radio Researchers): CC BY-NC-ND 2.5, as its uploader states it at the Internet Archive. Source: https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles

## Episodes, in broadcast order

1. [(Audition)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/18e1fdae64d9), aired 3 December 1952 (27 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201952-12-03%20%28000%29%20The%20Crime%20of%20Bathsheba%20Spooner%20%28Audition%29.mp3
1. [The Crime of Bathsheba Spooner](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/4c79a3f712cb), aired 15 June 1953 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201953-06-15%20%28001%29%20The%20Crime%20of%20Bathsheba%20Spooner.mp3
1. [The Shockingly Peaceful Passing of Thomas Edwin Bartlett, Green Grocer (AFRTS)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/a97b1c563530), aired 22 June 1953 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201953-06-22%20%28002%29%20The%20Shockingly%20Peaceful%20Passing%20of%20Thomas%20Edwin%20Bartlett%2C%20Green%20Grocer%20%28AFRTS%29.mp3
1. [(AFRTS)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/52cf9126e460), aired 29 June 1953 (29 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201953-06-29%20%28003%29%20The%20Checkered%20Life%20and%20Sudden%20Death%20of%20Colonel%20James%20Fisk%2C%20Jr.%20%28AFRTS%29.mp3
1. [The Terrible Deed of John White Webster](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/949206755e3a), aired 13 July 1953 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201953-07-13%20%28005%29%20The%20Terrible%20Deed%20of%20John%20White%20Webster.mp3
1. [The Death of a Picture Hanger](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/713c4aa733a2), aired 20 July 1953 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201953-07-20%20%28006%29%20The%20Death%20of%20a%20Picture%20Hanger.mp3
1. [(AFRTS)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/535d7af5f6b2), aired 27 July 1953 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201953-07-27%20%28007%29%20The%20Final%20Day%20of%20General%20Ketchum%2C%20and%20How%20He%20Died%20%28AFRTS%29.mp3
1. [The Final Day of General Ketchum, and How He Died](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/6de01761ae98), aired 27 July 1953 (29 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201953-07-27%20%28007%29%20The%20Final%20Day%20of%20General%20Ketchum%2C%20and%20How%20He%20Died.mp3
1. [Mr. Thrower's Hammer](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/19ef184b6c73), aired 3 August 1953 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201953-08-03%20%28008%29%20Mr.%20Thrower%27s%20Hammer.mp3
1. [(AFRTS)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/ae42bef0682b), aired 10 August 1953 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201953-08-10%20%28009%29%20The%20Axe%20and%20the%20Droot%20Family%2C%20How%20They%20Fared%20%28AFRTS%29.mp3
1. [The Axe and the Droot Family, How They Fared](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/fccd6b8dd71a), aired 10 August 1953 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201953-08-10%20%28009%29%20The%20Axe%20and%20the%20Droot%20Family%2C%20How%20They%20Fared.mp3
1. [The Incredible Trial of Laura D. Fair (AFRTS)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/91e79d072d1f), aired 17 August 1953 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201953-08-17%20%28010%29%20The%20Incredible%20Trial%20of%20Laura%20D.%20Fair%20%28AFRTS%29.mp3
1. [(AFRTS)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/d3667159b550), aired 24 August 1953 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201953-08-24%20%28011%29%20The%20Alsop%20Family%2C%20How%20It%20Diminished%20and%20Grew%20Again%20%28AFRTS%29.mp3
1. [The Alsop Family, How It Diminished and Grew Again](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/89fb5516659e), aired 24 August 1953 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201953-08-24%20%28011%29%20The%20Alsop%20Family%2C%20How%20It%20Diminished%20and%20Grew%20Again.mp3
1. [(AFRTS)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/2e696b98aae4), aired 31 August 1953 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201953-08-31%20%28012%29%20Your%20Loving%20Son%2C%20Nero%20%28AFRTS%29.mp3
1. [Your Loving Son, Nero](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/006817d980ea), aired 31 August 1953 (29 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201953-08-31%20%28012%29%20Your%20Loving%20Son%2C%20Nero.mp3
1. [(AFRTS)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/c848fcfcfb3d), aired 7 September 1953 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201953-09-07%20%28013%29%20The%20Torment%20of%20Henrietta%20Robinson%2C%20and%20Why%20She%20Killed%20%28AFRTS%29.mp3
1. [The Bloody, Bloody Banks of Fall River](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/fcca2bdd028f), aired 30 September 1953 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201953-09-30%20%28014%29%20The%20Bloody%2C%20Bloody%20Banks%20of%20Fall%20River.mp3
1. [The Hangman and William Palmer, Who Won](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/bd25f5bf57b0), aired 7 October 1953 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201953-10-07%20%28015%29%20The%20Hangman%20and%20William%20Palmer%2C%20Who%20Won.mp3
1. [The Seven-layered Arsenic Cake of Madame Lafarge](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/40e8fb4110c7), aired 14 October 1953 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201953-10-14%20%28016%29%20The%20Seven-layered%20Arsenic%20Cake%20of%20Madame%20Lafarge.mp3
1. [Billy Bonny Bloodletter, Also Known as 'The Kid'](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/065457bb34f5), aired 21 October 1953 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201953-10-21%20%28017%29%20Billy%20Bonny%20Bloodletter%2C%20Also%20Known%20as%20%27The%20Kid%27.mp3
1. [John Hayes, His Head and How They Were Parted](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/7b9d71a65b77), aired 28 October 1953 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201953-10-28%20%28018%29%20John%20Hayes%2C%20His%20Head%20and%20How%20They%20Were%20Parted.mp3
1. [(AFRTS)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/e00b14eb1ca8), aired 4 November 1953 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201953-11-04%20%28019%29%20Raschi%20Among%20the%20Crocodiles%2C%20and%20the%20Prank%20He%20Played%20%28AFRTS%29.mp3
1. [Raschi Among the Crocodiles, and the Prank He Played](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/fffac60b5471), aired 4 November 1953 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201953-11-04%20%28019%29%20Raschi%20Among%20the%20Crocodiles%2C%20and%20the%20Prank%20He%20Played.mp3
1. [Blackbeard's Fourteenth Wife, Why She Was Not Good For Him](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/61163ecf79a0), aired 11 November 1953 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201953-11-11%20%28020%29%20Blackbeard%27s%20Fourteenth%20Wife%2C%20Why%20She%20Was%20Not%20Good%20For%20Him.mp3
1. [The Triangle on the Round Table](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/fd3479ba3fc9), aired 18 November 1953 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201953-11-18%20%28021%29%20The%20Triangle%20on%20the%20Round%20Table.mp3
1. [(AFRTS)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/35d2d804ba1e), aired 25 November 1953 (29 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201953-11-25%20%28022%29%20The%20Killing%20Story%20of%20William%20Corder%20and%20the%20Farmer%27s%20Daughter%20%28AFRTS%29.mp3
1. [The Killing Story of William Corder and the Farmer's Daughter](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/4ebf70ed2028), aired 25 November 1953 (28 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201953-11-25%20%28022%29%20The%20Killing%20Story%20of%20William%20Corder%20and%20the%20Farmer%27s%20Daughter.mp3
1. [(AFRTS)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/31e66eda37c2), aired 2 December 1953 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201953-12-02%20%28023%29%20If%20a%20Body%20Need%20a%20Body%2C%20Just%20Call%20Burke%20and%20Hare%20%28AFRTS%29.mp3
1. [If a Body Need a Body, Just Call Burke and Hare](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/5ea5bc7c90b8), aired 2 December 1953 (29 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201953-12-02%20%28023%29%20If%20a%20Body%20Need%20a%20Body%2C%20Just%20Call%20Burke%20and%20Hare.mp3
1. [(AFRTS)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/f477d0d36d1e), aired 9 December 1953 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201953-12-09%20%28024%29%20The%20Assassination%20of%20Abraham%20Lincoln%20%28AFRTS%29.mp3
1. [The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/0305e56e5f83), aired 9 December 1953 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201953-12-09%20%28024%29%20The%20Assassination%20of%20Abraham%20Lincoln.mp3
1. [(AFRTS)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/9009b2196efa), aired 16 December 1953 (29 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201953-12-16%20%28025%29%20John%20and%20Judith%2C%20Their%20Crime%20and%20Why%20They%20Didn%27t%20Get%20to%20Enjoy%20It%20%28AFRTS%29.mp3
1. [John and Judith, Their Crime and Why They Didn't Get to Enjoy It](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/57e86c4ba9b8), aired 16 December 1953 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201953-12-16%20%28025%29%20John%20and%20Judith%2C%20Their%20Crime%20and%20Why%20They%20Didn%27t%20Get%20to%20Enjoy%20It.mp3
1. [(AFRTS)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/ca882dd60579), aired 30 December 1953 (29 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201953-12-30%20%28026%29%20Coyle%20and%20Richardson%2C%20Why%20They%20Hung%20in%20a%20Spanking%20Breeze%20%28AFRTS%29.mp3
1. [Coyle and Richardson, Why They Hung in a Spanking Breeze](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/caf3255cc043), aired 30 December 1953 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201953-12-30%20%28026%29%20Coyle%20and%20Richardson%2C%20Why%20They%20Hung%20in%20a%20Spanking%20Breeze.mp3
1. [The Younger Brothers, Why Some of Them Grew No Older](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/1203e05f85ee), aired 6 January 1954 (29 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201954-01-06%20%28027%29%20The%20Younger%20Brothers%2C%20Why%20Some%20of%20Them%20Grew%20No%20Older.mp3
1. [How Supan Got the Hook Outside Bombay](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/87a1955a4bd6), aired 13 January 1954 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201954-01-13%20%28028%29%20How%20Supan%20Got%20the%20Hook%20Outside%20Bombay.mp3
1. [(AFRTS)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/8be40c5203d9), aired 20 January 1954 (29 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201954-01-20%20%28029%29%20Madeline%20Smith%2C%20Maid%20or%20Murderess%20%28AFRTS%29.mp3
1. [Madeline Smith, Maid or Murderess](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/c01d0d683ee4), aired 20 January 1954 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201954-01-20%20%28029%29%20Madeline%20Smith%2C%20Maid%20or%20Murderess.mp3
1. [The Boorn Brothers and the Hangman, a Study in Nip and Tuck](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/c8aa05752759), aired 27 January 1954 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201954-01-27%20%28030%29%20The%20Boorn%20Brothers%20and%20the%20Hangman%2C%20a%20Study%20in%20Nip%20and%20Tuck.mp3
1. [The Incredible History of John Shephard](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/d3307e516ef2), aired 3 February 1954 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201954-02-03%20%28031%29%20The%20Incredible%20History%20of%20John%20Shephard.mp3
1. [Twenty-Three Knives Against Caesar](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/54902b141d67), aired 10 February 1954 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201954-02-10%20%28032%29%20Twenty-Three%20Knives%20Against%20Caesar.mp3
1. [(AFRTS)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/3918d13f04e6), aired 17 February 1954 (28 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201954-02-17%20%28033%29%20John%20Baptiste%20Troppmann%2C%20Killer%20of%20Many%20%28AFRTS%29.mp3
1. [John Baptiste Troppmann, Killer of Many](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/bccb0cecf1e1), aired 17 February 1954 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201954-02-17%20%28033%29%20John%20Baptiste%20Troppmann%2C%20Killer%20of%20Many.mp3
1. [The Good Ship Jane, Why She Became Flotsam](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/567947736af5), aired 24 February 1954 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201954-02-24%20%28034%29%20The%20Good%20Ship%20Jane%2C%20Why%20She%20Became%20Flotsam.mp3
1. [(AFRTS)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/8d02380ab6c2), aired 3 March 1954 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201954-03-03%20%28035%29%20Roger%20Nems%2C%20How%20He%2C%20Though%20Dead%2C%20Won%20the%20Game%20%28AFRTS%29.mp3
1. [(AFRTS)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/f23612e62c3c), aired 10 March 1954 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201954-03-10%20%28036%29%20New%20Hampshire%2C%20the%20Tiger%20and%20Brad%20Ferguson%3B%20What%20Happened%20Then%20%28AFRTS%29.mp3
1. [Old Sixtoes, How He Stopped Construction on the B. B. C. and I](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/52a1dd251267), aired 17 March 1954 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201954-03-17%20%28037%29%20Old%20Sixtoes%2C%20How%20He%20Stopped%20Construction%20on%20the%20B.%20B.%20C.%20and%20I.mp3
1. [Robby-Boy Balfour; How He Wrecked a Big Prison's Reputation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/7f8e1b38e021), aired 31 March 1954 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201954-03-31%20%28039%29%20Robby-Boy%20Balfour%3B%20How%20He%20Wrecked%20a%20Big%20Prison%27s%20Reputation.mp3
1. [The General's Daughter, the Czar's Lieutenant and the Linen Closet](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/cda963557e09), aired 7 April 1954 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201954-04-07%20%28040%29%20The%20General%27s%20Daughter%2C%20the%20Czar%27s%20Lieutenant%20and%20the%20Linen%20Closet.mp3
1. [James Evans, Fireman; How He Extinguished a Human Torch](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/086bd981c59c), aired 14 April 1954 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201954-04-14%20%28041%29%20James%20Evans%2C%20Fireman%3B%20How%20He%20Extinguished%20a%20Human%20Torch.mp3
1. [(AFRTS)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/5497733b6351), aired 21 April 1954 (29 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201954-04-21%20%28042%29%20Cesare%20Borgia%20-%20His%20Most%20Difficult%20Murder%20%28AFRTS%29.mp3
1. [Widow Magee and the Three Gypsies; A Vermont Fandango](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/31d0c7276abb), aired 28 April 1954 (29 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201954-04-28%20%28043%29%20Widow%20Magee%20and%20the%20Three%20Gypsies%3B%20A%20Vermont%20Fandango.mp3
1. [(AFRTS)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/6419d81f71b8), aired 5 May 1954 (29 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201954-05-05%20%28044%29%20Bunny%20Baumler%2C%20His%20Close%20Brush%20with%20Fame%20%28AFRTS%29.mp3
1. [(AFRTS)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/69bd33e862b6), aired 12 May 1954 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201954-05-12%20%28045%29%20Mr.%20Clarke%27s%20Skeleton%20in%20Mr.%20Aram%27s%20Closet%3B%20The%20Noise%20it%20Made%20%28AFRTS%29.mp3
1. [(AFRTS)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/a304dae0e847), aired 26 May 1954 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201954-05-26%20%28046%29%20The%20Lethal%20Habit%20of%20the%20Marquise%20De%20Brinvilliers%20%28AFRTS%29.mp3
1. [The Lethal Habit of the Marquise De Brinvilliers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/06ccb4b29533), aired 26 May 1954 (29 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201954-05-26%20%28046%29%20The%20Lethal%20Habit%20of%20the%20Marquise%20De%20Brinvilliers.mp3
1. [Mr. Jonathon Jewett; How Most Peculiarly He Cheated the Hangman](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/0cd47a6ccbb3), aired 2 June 1954 (29 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201954-06-02%20%28047%29%20Mr.%20Jonathon%20Jewett%3B%20How%20Most%20Peculiarly%20He%20Cheated%20the%20Hangman.mp3
1. [The Assassination of Leon Trotsky](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/49c55911a707), aired 9 June 1954 (29 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201954-06-09%20%28048%29%20The%20Assassination%20of%20Leon%20Trotsky.mp3
1. [The Death of a Baltimore Birdie and Friend](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/6da9a81cc2fd), aired 16 June 1954 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201954-06-16%20%28049%29%20The%20Death%20of%20a%20Baltimore%20Birdie%20and%20Friend.mp3
1. [(AFRTS)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/d6b87ea4e3b2), aired 23 June 1954 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201954-06-23%20%28050%29%20Ali%20Pasha%20-%20A%20Turkish%20Delight%20%28AFRTS%29.mp3
1. [(ARTS)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/edfdf814f5bc), aired 30 June 1954 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201954-06-30%20%28051%29%20Good%20Evening%2C%20My%20Name%20is%20Jack%20the%20Ripper%20%28AFRTS%29.mp3
1. [Good Evening, My Name is Jack the Ripper](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/crime-classics/76ebe74d2e43), aired 30 June 1954 (29 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Crime_Classics_Singles/Crime%20Classics%201954-06-30%20%28051%29%20Good%20Evening%2C%20My%20Name%20is%20Jack%20the%20Ripper.mp3

A set by the Old Time Radio Researchers Group (otrr.org), at the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio collection.

Nothing here is called public domain on this site's say-so. In the United States, sound recordings first fixed before 15 February 1972 have federal protection under the Music Modernization Act of 2018, for most until 2067 at the latest, so most American radio of the 1930s to the 1950s is not in the public domain there. Each set shows the licence, mark or statement its archive gives, and says whose it is.