This CBS program aired from 06/15/53 to
06/30/54 and starred Lou Merrill as the narrator, Thomas Hyland identified as
a "connoisseur of crime, student of violence and teller of
murders." Cast members include Herb Butterfield, Jeanette Nolan,
Jack Kruschen, Bill Johnstone, Ben Wright, Paula Winslowe, John Dehner, Sam
Edwards and many others. The series was written by Morton Fine and David
Friedkin.
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- Each of the following broadcasts are 30
minutes in length unless otherwise noted.
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- To order, select the following
CD number(s) of your choice:
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- CD015022.
- 12/03/52
The Crime Of Bathsheba Spooner – Audition Program (1778)
- 06/15/53
# 1 The Crime Of Bathsheba Spooner (1778)
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- CD015023.
- 06/22/53
# 2 The Shockingly Peaceful Passing Of Thomas Edwin Bartlett,
Greengrocer
- 06/29/53
# 3 The Checked Life And Sudden Death Of Colonel James Fisk, Junior
(1872)
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- CD015024.
- 07/06/53
# 4 The Shrapnelled Body Of Charles Drew, Senior
- 07/13/53
# 5 The Terrible Deed Of John White Webster And His Crime That Shocked
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The Nation
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- CD015025.
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07/20/53 # 6 The Death Of A Picture Hanger
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07/27/53 # 7 The Final Day Of General Ketchum And
How He Died
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- CD015026.
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08/03/53 # 8 Mr. Thrower’s Hammer
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08/10/53 # 9 The Ax And The Droot Family: How They Fared
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- CD015027.
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08/17/53 #10 The Incredible Trial Of Laura D.
Fair (VG+)
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08/24/53 #11 The Alsop Family: How It Diminished
And Grew Again (AFRS)
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- CD015028.
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08/31/53 #12 Your Loving Son, Nero
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09/07/53 #13 The Torment Of Henrietta Robinson
And Why She Killed
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- CD015029.
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09/30/53 #14 The Bloody, Bloody Banks Of Fall River
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10/07/53 #15 The Hangman And William Palmer Who Won
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- CD015030.
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10/14/53 #16 The Seven Layered Arsenic Cake Of Madame
Lafarge
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10/21/53 #17 Billy Bonnie Bloodletter: Also Known as
“The Kid”
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- CD015031.
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10/28/53 #18 John Hayes, His Head, And How They Were
Parted
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11/04/53 #19 Raschi Among The Crocodiles And The Prank He
Played
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- CD015032.
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11/11/53 #20 Blackbeard’s Fourteenth Wife: Why
She Was No Good For Him
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11/18/53 #21 The Triangle On The Round Table
(VG)
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- CD015033.
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11/25/53 #22 The Killing Story Of William Corder And The
Farmer’s Daughter
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12/02/53 #23 If A Body Need A Body, Just Call Burke And
Hare
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- CD015034.
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12/09/53 #24 The Assassination Of Abraham Lincoln
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12/16/53 #25 John And Judith, Their Crime, And Why They
Didn’t Get To Enjoy It
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- CD015035.
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12/30/53 #26 Coyle And Richardson: Why They Hung In A
Spanking Breeze
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01/06/54 #27 The Younger Brothers: Why Some Of Them Grew
No Older
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- CD015036.
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01/13/54 #28 How Supan Got The Hook Outside Bombay
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01/20/54 #29 Madeline Smith, Maid Or Murderess: Which?
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- CD015037.
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01/27/54 #30 The Boorn Brothers And The Hangman: A Study
In Nip And Tuck
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02/03/54 #31 The Incredible History Of John Shepard
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- CD015038.
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02/10/54 #32 Twenty-Three Knives Against Caesar
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02/17/54 #33 Jean Baptiste Troppmann: Killer Of
Many (VG+)
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- CD015039.
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02/24/54 #34 The Good Ship Jane: Why She Became
Floatsam
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03/03/54 #35 Roger Nems: How He, Though Dead, Won
The Game (VG)
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- CD015040.
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03/10/54 #36 New Hampshire, The Tiger And Brad
Ferguson: What Happened Then (VG)
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03/17/54 #37 Old Sixtoes: How He Stopped
Construction On The B.B.C. & I.
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- CD015041.
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03/24/54 #38 Francisco Pizarro: His Heart On A
Golden Knife (Missing – NOT HERE)
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03/31/54 #39 Robby-Boy Balfour: How He Wrecked A
Big Prison’s Reputation
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- CD015042.
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04/07/54 #40 The General’s Daughter, The Czar’s Lieutenant
And The Linen Closet:
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A Russian Tragedy
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04/14/54 #41 James Evans, Fireman: How He Extinguished A
Human Torch
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- CD015043.
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04/21/54 #42 Caesar Borgia: His Most Difficult
Murder (VG-) (AFRS)
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04/28/54 #43 Widow Magee And The Three Gypsies
– A Vermont Fandango
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- CD015044.
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05/05/54 #44 Bunny Baumler: His Close
Brush With Fame (VG) (AFRS)
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05/12/54 #45 Mr. Clarke’s Skeleton In
Mr. Adam’s Closet: The Noise It Made (VG)
(AFRS)
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- CD015045.
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05/26/54 #46 The Lethal Habit Of Marquise De
Brinvilliers
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06/02/54 #47 Mr. Jonathon Jewett: How, Most
Peculiarly, He Cheated The Hangman
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- CD015046.
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06/09/54 #48 The Assassination Of Leon Trotsky
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06/16/54 #49 The Death Of A Baltimore Birdie And Friend
(VG+)
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- CD015047.
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06/23/54 #50 Ali Pasha: A Turkish Delight (AFRS)
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06/30/54 #51 Good Evening, My Name Is Jack The
Ripper
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