Cops and Crime Radio Programs - Crime Classics

Starring Elliott Lewis

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Each episode began with this description: "A series of true crime stories from the records and newspapers of every land, from every time. Your host each week, is Mr. Thomas Hyland -- connoisseur of crime, student of violence, and teller of murders." The voice of the fictional connoisseur of crime Thomas Hyland was that of deep voiced Lou Merrill. This show aired on the CBS radio network from June 15, 1953, to June 30, 1954.

Episodes of The Crime Classics Program

June 15, 1953 - Crime Classics, The Crime of Bathsheba Spooner >

June 22, 1953 - Crime Classics, The Shockingly Peaceful Passing of Thomas Bartlett >

June 29, 1953 - Crime Classics, The Checkered Life and Sudden Death of Lolonel James Fisk >

July 6, 1953 - Crime Classics, The Shrapnelled Body of Charles Drew Senior >

July 13, 1953 - Crime Classics, The Terrible Deed of John White Webster >

July 20, 1953 - Crime Classics, The Death of a Picture Hanger >

July 27, 1953 - Crime Classics, The Final Day of General Ketchum >

August 3, 1953 - Crime Classics, Mr. Thrower's Hammer >

August 10, 1953 - Crime Classics, The Axe and the Droot Family >

August 17, 1953 - Crime Classics, The Incredible Trial of Laura D. Fair >

August 24, 1953 - Crime Classics, The Alsop Family >

August 31, 1953 - Crime Classics, Your Loving Son Nero >

September 7, 1953 - Crime Classics, The Torment of Henrietta Robinson >

September 30, 1953 - Crime Classics, The Bloody Banks of Fall River >

October 7, 1953 - Crime Classics, The Hangman and William Palmer >

October 14, 1953 - Crime Classics, The Seven Layered Arsenic Cake of Madame Lafarge >

October 21, 1953 - Crime Classics, Billy, Bonny Bloodletter >

October 28, 1953 - Crime Classics, John Hayes, his Head, and How They Were Parted >

November 4, 1953 - Crime Classics, Raschi among the Crocodiles >

November 11, 1953 - Crime Classics, Blackbeard's Fourteenth Wife >

November 18, 1953 - Crime Classics, The Triangle on the Round Table >

November 25, 1953 - Crime Classics, The Killing Story of William Corder and the Farmer's Daughter >

December 2, 1953 - Crime Classics, If a Body need a Body, Just Call Burke and Hare >

December 9, 1953 - Crime Classics, The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln >

December 16, 1953 - Crime Classics, John and Judith >

December 30, 1953 - Crime Classics, Coyle and Richardson >

January 6, 1954 - Crime Classics, The Younger Brothers >

January 13, 1954 - Crime Classics, How Supan got the Hook Outside Bombay >

January 20, 1954 - Crime Classics, Madeline Smith - Maid or Murderess? >

January 27, 1954 - Crime Classics, The Boorn Brothers and the Hangman >

February 3, 1954 - Crime Classics, The Incredible History of John Shepard >

February 10, 1954 - Crime Classics, Twenty Three Knives against Caesar >

February 17, 1954 - Crime Classics, Jean Baptiste Troppmann >

February 24, 1954 - Crime Classics, The Good Ship Jane >

March 3, 1954 - Crime Classics, Roger Nems >

March 10, 1954 - Crime Classics, The Tiger and Brad Ferguson >

March 17, 1954 - Crime Classics, Old Six Toes >

March 31, 1954 - Crime Classics, Robby Boy Balfour >

April 7, 1954 - Crime Classics, The General's Daughter, The Czars' Lieutenant and the Linen Closet >

April 14, 1954 - Crime Classics, James Evans, Fireman >

April 21, 1954 - Crime Classics, Cesare Borgia, His Most Difficult Murder >

April 28, 1954 - Crime Classics, Widow Magee and the Three Gypsies >

May 5, 1954 - Crime Classics, Bunny Baumler >

May 12, 1954 - Crime Classics, Mr. Clarke's Skeleton in Mr. Aram's Closet >

May 26, 1954 - Crime Classics, The Lethal Habit of Marquise de Brinvilliers >

June 2, 1954 - Crime Classics, Mr. Jonathon Jewett >

June 9, 1954 - Crime Classics, The Assassination of Leon Trotsky >

June 16, 1954 - Crime Classics, The Death of a Baltimore Birdie and Friend >

June 23, 1954 - Crime Classics, Ali Pasha, A Turkish Delight >

June 30, 1954 - Crime Classics, Good Evening, My Name is Jack the Ripper >