Episodi

  • Crime Classics - "Jean Baptiste Troppmann Killer of Many" (Old Time Radio, 1954)

    Crime Classics - "Jean Baptiste Troppmann Killer of Many" (Old Time Radio, 1954)
    Oct 18 2026
    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 produced and directed by Elliott Lewis.

    Narrator Thomas Hyland, played by Lou Merrill, recounts a notorious 1869 French criminal case involving young Alsatian mechanic Jean-Baptiste Troppmann and the disappearance of the Kinck family. As investigators focus on disturbed ground near Pantin, outside Paris, a troubling Second Empire mystery begins to unfold.

    Old Time Retro Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:44 Original Broadcast
    28:40 Closing

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    29 min
  • Crime Classics - "The Boorn Brothers and the Hangman a Study in Nip and Tuck" (Old Time Radio, 1954)

    Crime Classics - "The Boorn Brothers and the Hangman a Study in Nip and Tuck" (Old Time Radio, 1954)
    Oct 11 2026
    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, produced and directed by Elliott Lewis, with Lou Merrill as host and narrator.

    Based on Vermont’s real Boorn-Colvin case, the story follows brothers Jesse and Stephen Boorn after the disappearance of their brother-in-law, Russell Colvin, draws suspicion, accusations, and growing public pressure. Set against the perilous justice system of early-19th-century New England, it is a tense account of suspicion and a capital case closing in. The cast includes Virginia Gregg, Lamont Johnson, Bill Conrad, and Jack Kruschen.

    Old Time Retro Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:48 Original Broadcast
    30:52 Closing

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    31 min
  • Crime Classics - "Your Loving Son Nero" (Old Time Radio, 1953)

    Crime Classics - "Your Loving Son Nero" (Old Time Radio, 1953)
    Oct 4 2026
    Crime Classics presents “Your Loving Son Nero,” originally broadcast on CBS on August 31, 1953. This is episode 12 of the series.

    In ancient Rome, Emperor Nero struggles against the continuing influence of his formidable mother, Agrippina, as political power and family resentment collide in the imperial court. William Conrad stars as Nero and Betty Lou Gerson as Agrippina in this darkly ironic historical drama, produced and directed by Elliott Lewis.

    Old Time Retro Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:54 Original Broadcast
    29:53 Closing

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    30 min
  • Crime Classics - "Incredible History of John Shepard" (Old Time Radio, 1954)

    Crime Classics - "Incredible History of John Shepard" (Old Time Radio, 1954)
    Sep 27 2026
    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 Friedkin, with Elliott Lewis directing and producing.

    Set in early-Georgian London, this historical true-crime drama follows the young burglar John Sheppard as a nighttime break-in, a turbulent romance with Beth Lyon—known as “Edgeworth Bess”—and mounting attention from the law shape his remarkable reputation. Inspired by the real-life London criminal John “Jack” Sheppard, the story offers a darkly comic portrait of a famously audacious eighteenth-century outlaw.

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    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:41 Original Broadcast
    30:37 Closing

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    31 min
  • Crime Classics - "Twenty Three Knives Against Caesar" (Old Time Radio, 1954)

    Crime Classics - "Twenty Three Knives Against Caesar" (Old Time Radio, 1954)
    Sep 20 2026
    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 drama follows Julius Caesar’s return to Rome and the unease stirred by his growing stature among citizens and senators alike. Edgar Barrier stars as Caesar, with Harry Bartell as Brutus and Marvin Miller as Cassius; Morton Fine and David Friedkin wrote the episode, produced and directed by Elliott Lewis.

    Old Time Retro Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:50 Original Broadcast
    30:46 Closing

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    31 min
  • Crime Classics - "John Hayes His Head and How They Were Parted" (Old Time Radio, 1953)

    Crime Classics - "John Hayes His Head and How They Were Parted" (Old Time Radio, 1953)
    Sep 13 2026
    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 regular-season run. Written by Morton Fine and David Friedkin and directed by Elliott Lewis, it features Lou Merrill as crime historian Thomas Hyland, with Betty Harford as Catherine Hayes and Alastair Duncan as John Hayes.

    Based on the 1726 English case of John and Catherine Hayes, the story follows John’s return from military service to an uneasy household shared with two boarders. As suspicions grow and a grim discovery near the Thames draws public attention, the case develops through troubled domestic circumstances and unusual physical evidence.

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    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:46 Original Broadcast
    30:36 Closing

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    31 min
  • Crime Classics - "Death of a Baltimore Birdie and Friend" (Old Time Radio, 1954)

    Crime Classics - "Death of a Baltimore Birdie and Friend" (Old Time Radio, 1954)
    Sep 6 2026
    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 music composed and conducted by Bernard Herrmann.

    In contemporary Baltimore, a noisy late-summer gathering on Utah Place—complete with Chesapeake crabs, beer, bourbon, and uneasy conversation—takes on a darker tone. Drawing on court reports and newspaper accounts, Hyland recounts a remarkably recent case in which names were changed to spare those still living.

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    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:52 Original Broadcast
    30:35 Closing

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    31 min
  • Crime Classics - "Axe and Droot Family How They Fared" (Old Time Radio, 1953)

    Crime Classics - "Axe and Droot Family How They Fared" (Old Time Radio, 1953)
    Sep 6 2026
    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 Hyland and was written by Morton Fine and David Friedkin.

    In Pennsylvania Dutch country in 1795, Peter Droot’s will divides family property and sets powerful inheritance motives in motion. Directed and produced by Elliott Lewis, the story brings Crime Classics’ wry historical style to a tense tale of family loyalties, greed, and danger.

    Old Time Retro Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:41 Original Broadcast
    30:50 Closing

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    31 min