Radio Drama · Old Time Radio · Mystery & crime

Crime Does Not Pay

Heard
1949–1951
Episodes
61

Episodes, in broadcast order

  1. The Kid with a Gun

    · No. 1 · 25 min

  2. All-American Fake

    · No. 2 · 26 min

  3. Trigger Man's Moll

    · No. 5 · 26 min

  4. Body of the Crime

    · No. 6 · 25 min

  5. Summertime Take

    · No. 7 · 27 min

  6. Female of the Species

    · No. 8 · 27 min

  7. A Piece of Rope

    · No. 9 · 26 min

  8. Gasoline Cocktail

    · No. 10 · 26 min

  9. Dead Pigeon

    · No. 11 · 27 min

  10. Glossy Finish

    · No. 12 · 27 min

  11. Clothes Make the Woman

    · No. 13 · 25 min

  12. Law of the Jungle

    · No. 14 · 26 min

  13. For He's a Jolly Good Fellow

    · No. 19 · 26 min

  14. Death on the Doorstep

    · No. 20 · 26 min

  15. Kangaroo Court

    · No. 21 · 26 min

  16. What's in a Name

    · No. 22 · 26 min

  17. Thick as Thieves

    · No. 25 · 26 min

  18. Ingenious Woman

    · No. 26 · 26 min

  19. Don't Write, Telephone

    · No. 31 · 27 min

  20. Between the Dark and the Daylight

    · No. 32 · 27 min

  21. The Second Hand Pistol

    · No. 33 · 27 min

  22. Imported Headaches

    · No. 34 · 27 min

  23. Clip Joint

    · No. 37 · 26 min

  24. The Professor Pulls a Switch

    · No. 38 · 26 min

  25. The Lady Loves Kittens

    · No. 39 · 26 min

  26. Once Too Often

    · No. 40 · 26 min

  27. Burglar Alarm

    · No. 41 · 26 min

  28. Horseshoes Are for Luck

    · No. 42 · 25 min

  29. Beauty and the Beast

    · No. 43 · 26 min

  30. Giddyup Horsey

    · No. 44 · 26 min

  31. The Gangster Was a Lady

    · No. 45 · 27 min

  32. Murder Makes Book

    · No. 46 · 27 min

  33. Father's Boy

    · No. 47 · 27 min

  34. The Weak Spot

    · No. 48 · 27 min

  35. Horse Face

    · No. 49 · 25 min

  36. They Gotta Have What to Eat

    · No. 50 · 26 min

  37. The Recruit

    · No. 54 · 27 min

  38. Escort for Hire

    · No. 55 · 27 min

  39. The Big Book

    · No. 56 · 26 min

  40. Mow the Man Down

    · No. 57 · 27 min

  41. The Celluloid Candle

    · No. 58 · 27 min

  42. The Doll

    · No. 59 · 27 min

  43. Kid Shive

    · No. 60 · 26 min

  44. Two Gun Annie

    · No. 61 · 26 min

  45. Strange Token

    · No. 62 · 26 min

  46. Building Blocks

    · No. 63 · 27 min

  47. Death on the Upgrade

    · No. 64 · 27 min

  48. Edge of the Desert

    · No. 65 · 24 min

  49. Cards and Spades

    · No. 66 · 31 min

  50. The Old Mob Goes

    · No. 67 · 25 min

  51. Love Is Not All

    · No. 68 · 27 min

  52. Heir Apparent

    · No. 69 · 28 min

  53. Carnival Frail

    · No. 70 · 25 min

  54. Rough Customer

    · No. 71 · 25 min

  55. For Sweet Charity

    · No. 72 · 27 min

  56. Operation Payroll

    · No. 73 · 25 min

  57. Diamonds Trumped

    · No. 74 · 32 min

  58. Through the Hoop

    · No. 75 · 27 min

  59. Plug Ugly

    · No. 76 · 27 min

  60. Front Boy

    · No. 77 · 27 min

  61. Violets, Sweet Violets

    · No. 78 · 27 min

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  1. Crime Does Not Pay

    Old Time Radio · 61 episodes here · archive.org (opens in a new tab)

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