Crime Classics | Old Time Radio brings infamous crimes, notorious criminals, and remarkable true-crime cases from history to life through the distinctive storytelling of classic radio. Each episode combines dark humor, suspense, historical detail, and dramatic recreations of crimes that once captured public attention. Each episode is an Old Time Retro Radio production, presenting the original broadcast with gently cleaned and mastered audio, a newly produced introduction and closing, and custom episode artwork. Created by Elliott Lewis, Crime Classics became one of radio’s most distinctive true-crime anthology series, dramatizing unusual murders and criminal cases from centuries of history. Rediscover classic old time radio true crime, historical crime, murder mysteries, suspense, crime drama, and vintage radio.
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Signup to Generate a PitchCrime Classics | Old Time Radio brings infamous crimes, notorious criminals, and remarkable true-crime cases from history to life through the distinctive storytelling of classic radio. Each episode combines dark humor, suspense, historical detail, and dramatic recreations of crimes that once captured public attention.
Recent episodes include "Crime Classics - "Killing Story of William Corder and the Farmers Daughter" (Old Time Radio, 1953)" (1 November 2026, 29 minutes), "Crime Classics - "Bloody Banks of Fall River" (Old Time Radio, 1953)" (25 October 2026, 30 minutes), and "Crime Classics - "Jean Baptiste Troppmann Killer of Many" (Old Time Radio, 1954)" (18 October 2026, 29 minutes).
Crime Classics | Old Time Radio publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 30 minutes.
Booking probability for Crime Classics | Old Time Radio is 32%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Crime Classics | Old Time Radio requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Crime Classics | Old Time Radio's contact route on record: verified email.
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Crime Classics | Old Time Radio
Crime Classics presents “Killing Story of William Corder and the Farmers Daughter,” episode 22, originally broadcast on CBS on November 25, 1953. Thomas Hyland recounts a true-crime story from England in 1827, drawn...
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Crime Classics presents “Bloody Banks of Fall River,” originally broadcast September 30, 1953. Episode 14 of the CBS series, this archival drama was written by Morton Fine and David Friedkin and produced and directed by...
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Crime Classics presents “Jean Baptiste Troppmann Killer of Many,” originally broadcast on CBS Radio on February 17, 1954. Episode 33 of the series, this archival drama was written by Morton Fine and David Friedkin and...
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Crime Classics presents “The Boorn Brothers and the Hangman: A Study in Nip and Tuck,” originally broadcast on CBS on January 27, 1954. Episode 30 is a historical crime drama written by Morton Fine and David Friedkin...
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Crime Classics presents “Incredible History of John Shepard,” originally broadcast on CBS Radio on February 3, 1954. Episode 31 is narrated by Lou Merrill as Thomas Hyland and was written by Morton Fine and David...
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Crime Classics presents “Twenty Three Knives Against Caesar,” originally broadcast on February 10, 1954. In episode 32, host Thomas Hyland examines a stylized historical crime from ancient Rome. Set in 44 B.C., the...
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Crime Classics presents “John Hayes His Head and How They Were Parted,” originally broadcast on CBS on October 28, 1953. This historical crime drama is episode 18 overall, also listed as R05 of the 1953–54...
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Crime Classics presents “Death of a Baltimore Birdie and Friend,” originally broadcast on CBS on June 16, 1954. Episode 49 is narrated by Lou Merrill as Thomas Hyland, with a script by Morton Fine and David Friedkin and...
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Crime Classics presents “Axe and Droot Family How They Fared,” originally broadcast on CBS on August 10, 1953. Commonly cataloged as episode 9, this historical true-crime drama is narrated by Lou Merrill as Thomas...
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Crime Classics presents “Blackbeards 14th Wife Why She Was No Good for Him,” originally broadcast on CBS Radio on November 11, 1953. This is episode 20 of the series, written by Morton Fine and David Friedkin and...
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Crime Classics presents “The Checkered Life and Sudden Death of James Fisk Junior,” originally broadcast on CBS Radio on June 29, 1953. Episode 3 of the series, this historical drama was written by Morton Fine and David...
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Crime Classics presents “Good Evening My Name Is Jack the Ripper,” originally broadcast on CBS on June 30, 1954. Episode 051, this is the series finale, written by Morton Fine and David Friedkin and produced and...
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Crime Classics presents “Cesare Borgia: His Most Difficult Murder,” originally broadcast on CBS on April 21, 1954. Cataloged as episode 42, this historical true-crime drama was written by Morton Fine and David Friedkin...
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Crime Classics presents “Madeline Smith Maid or Murderess Which,” originally broadcast on CBS on January 20, 1954. Episode 29 of the historical true-crime anthology is hosted by Lou Merrill as Thomas Hyland and written...
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Crime Classics presents “The Crime of Bathsheba Spooner Audition,” originally broadcast December 3, 1952. This CBS sustaining audition was written by Morton Fine and David Friedkin and produced and directed by Elliott...
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Crime Classics presents “Death of a Picture Hanger,” originally broadcast on CBS on July 20, 1953. Episode 6 of the historical true-crime anthology was written by Morton Fine and David Friedkin and produced and directed...
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Crime Classics presents “Terrible Deed of Dr Webster,” originally broadcast on CBS on July 13, 1953. This fifth episode of the summer series dramatizes the infamous 1849 Parkman-Webster case, written by Morton Fine and...
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https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Crime Classics (OTRR) Roger Nems, How He, Though Dead, Won the Game (AFRTS) [episode 35], Broadcast 3/3/1954 Roger Nems, How He, Though Dead, Won the Game (AFRTS) [episode 35]...
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https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Crime Classics (OTRR) The Good Ship Jane, Why She Became Flotsam [episode 34], Broadcast 2/24/1954 The Good Ship Jane, Why She Became Flotsam [episode 34], Broadcast 2/24/1954 This...
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https://www.OldTimeRetroRadio.com Crime Classics (OTRR) John Baptiste Troppmann, Killer of Many [episode 33], Broadcast 2/17/1954 John Baptiste Troppmann, Killer of Many [episode 33], Broadcast 2/17/1954 This episode is...
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