FREE FAST SHIPPING On All Items 30 DAYS MONEYBACK Worry Free Returns CUSTOMER SUPPORT Excellent Service 100% SATISFACTION Satisfaction Guaranteed Product Description Crime Classics Old Time Radio Show in mp3 format on a disc We sell this in Audio CD also! contact us for help. Broadcast Years: 1953 Language: English Format: MP3 Audio Number of Episodes: 51 Episodes Number of Files: 51 MP3 files Length per Episode: 30min Total Length: 25+hrs Total file size: 900MB Note: Picture is for listing purpose only. The items we sell are not commercially produced. In order to provide our customers the best price, they will not come with jewel cases or DVD boxes with the inserts and art work. You will receive a disc in a sleeve This disc is mainly intended to play on a PC or Mac computer. Bit Rates: These shows were produced at a lower Bit Rate than the Standard Audio CD so the sound quality IS NOT going to be that of a store bought music CD. Please understand this. Most of these sound really, really good, but there is a reason they are called “Old Time Radio Shows”. Synopsis Crime Classics came to CBS September 30, 1953 and was a neat little series of "true crime stories". This show introduces itself succinctly: "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. " Thomas Hyland is played by Lou Merrill, although you'd never know it was an "actor" doing the part. The great Elliott Lewis, actor, producer and director of Suspense, Broadway is my Beat and On Stage is in charge of this very intelligent and enjoyable show. Composer Bernard Herrmann duplicated authentic music of the era being dramatized, and Morton Fine and David Friedkin were the writers. Lewis and his writers collected and developed true crime stories expressly for Crime Classics. Thomas Hyland's delivery is measured and mild-mannered, as if giving a college lecture. Would that all professors were this interesting! The actors in the stories themselves are uniformly. Sensitive orchestral scores by the great Bernard Hermann, who did Orson Welles' Mercury Theater radio show and then Alfred Hitchcock's films, give the stories sophistication and mood. So do the tasteful sound effects. There is a wry, cool-blooded tone to the proceedings. Cases ranged from seventeenth-century murder to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Each and every story, however bizarre, is actually based on fact. For example, the show on the Younger Brothers of the American West has some very interesting background details concerning Quantrell's Raiders and the Kansas Jayhawks. In the story of "John Hayes, his Head, and How They Were Parted," we hear the tale of a glassblower who blows glass perfectly and completely surrounding the severed head of a unknown deadman. Then it is placed in a museum where it remained pending identification. Thus his killers were found out by the dead man, using his head. This show is a good companion to other old time radio shows that are historically-oriented, such as Cavalcade of America, You Are There, and American Trail. For science and research, the shows Science Magazine of the Air and Adventures in Research are very good. Episodes Crime Classics 52-12-03 (00) The Crime of Bathsheba Spooner (Audition).mp3 Crime Classics 53-06-15 (01) The Crime of Bathsheba Spooner.mp3 Crime Classics 53-06-22 (02) The Shockingly Peaceful Passing of Thomas Edwin Bartlett, Greengrocer.mp3 Crime Classics 53-06-29 (03) The Checkered Life and Sudden Death of Colonel James Fisk, Jr.mp3 Crime Classics 53-07-06 (04) The Shrapnelled Body of Charles Drew, Sr.mp3 Crime Classics 53-07-13 (05) The Terrible Deed of John White Webster.mp3 Crime Classics 53-07-20 (06) The Death of a Picture Hanger.mp3 Crime Classics 53-07-27 (07) The Final Day of General Ketchum, And How He Died.mp3 Crime Classics 53-08-03 (08) Mr Thrower's Hammer.mp3 Crime Classics 53-08-10 (09) The Axe and the Droot Family, How They Fared.mp3 Crime Classics 53-08-17 (10) The Incredible Trial of Laura D Fair.mp3 Crime Classics 53-08-24 (11) The Alsop Family, How It Diminished And Grew Again.mp3 Crime Classics 53-08-31 (12) Your Loving Son, Nero.mp3 Crime Classics 53-09-07 (13) The Torment of Henrietta Robinson, And Why She Killed.mp3 Crime Classics 53-09-30 (14) The Bloody, Bloody Banks of Fall River.mp3 Crime Classics 53-10-07 (15) The Hangman and William Palmer, Who Won.mp3 Crime Classics 53-10-14 (16) The Seven-layered Arsenic Cake of Madame Lafarge.mp3 Crime Classics 53-10-21 (17) Billy Bonny Bloodletter, Also Known As 'The Kid'.mp3 Crime Classics 53-10-28 (18) John Hayes, His Head And How They Were Parted.mp3 Crime Classics 53-11-04 (19) Raschi Among the Crocodiles, And The Prank He Played.mp3 Crime Classics 53-11-11 (20) Blackbeard's Fourteenth Wife, Why She Was Not Good For Him.mp3 Crime Classics 53-11-18 (21) The Triangle on the Round Table.mp3 Crime Classics 53-11-25 (22) The Killing Story of William Corder and the Farmer's Daughter.mp3 Crime Classics 53-12-02 (23) If a Body Need a Body, Just Call Burke and Hare.mp3 Crime Classics 53-12-09 (24) The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln.mp3 Crime Classics 53-12-16 (25) John and Judith, Their Crime And Why They Didn't Get To Enjoy It.mp3 Crime Classics 53-12-30 (26) Coyle and Richardson, Why They Hung In A Spanking Breeze.mp3 Crime Classics 54-01-06 (27) The Younger Brothers, Why Some Of Them Grew No Older.mp3 Crime Classics 54-01-13 (28) How Supan Got the Hook Outside Bombay.mp3 Crime Classics 54-01-20 (29) Madeline Smith, Maid Or Murderess - Which.mp3 Crime Classics 54-01-27 (30) The Boorn Brothers and the Hangman, A Study In Nip And Tuck.mp3 Crime Classics 54-02-03 (31) The Incredible History of John Shepard.mp3 Crime Classics 54-02-10 (32) Twenty-Three Knives Against Caesar.mp3 Crime Classics 54-02-17 (33) Jean Baptiste Troppmann, Killer Of Many.mp3 Crime Classics 54-02-24 (34) The Good Ship Jane, Why She Became Flotsam.mp3 Crime Classics 54-03-03 (35) Roger Nems, How He, Though Dead, Won The Game.mp3 Crime Classics 54-03-10 (36) New Hampshire, The Tiger and Brad Ferguson; What Happened Then.mp3 Crime Classics 54-03-17 (37) Old Sixtoes, How He Stopped Construction On The B. 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C. and I.mp3 Crime Classics 54-03-31 (39) Robby-Boy Balfour, How He Wrecked A Big Prison's Reputation.mp3 Crime Classics 54-04-07 (40) The General's Daughter, the Czar's Lieutenant and the Linen Closet.mp3 Crime Classics 54-04-14 (41) James Evans, Fireman, How He Extinguished A Human Torch.mp3 Crime Classics 54-04-21 (42) Cesare Borgia - His Most Difficult Murder.mp3 Crime Classics 54-04-28 (43) Widow Magee and the Three Gypsies, A Vermont Fandango.mp3 Crime Classics 54-05-05 (44) Bunny Baumler, His Close Brush With Fame.mp3 Crime Classics 54-05-12 (45) Mr Clarke's Skeleton in Mr Aram's Closet, The Noise It Made.mp3 Crime Classics 54-05-26 (46) The Lethal Habit of The Marquise De Brinvilliers.mp3 Crime Classics 54-06-02 (47) Mr Jonathon Jewett, How Most Peculiarly He Cheated The Hangman.mp3 Crime Classics 54-06-09 (48) The Assassination of Leon Trotsky.mp3 Crime Classics 54-06-16 (49) The Death of a Baltimore Birdie and Friend.mp3 Crime Classics 54-06-23 (50) Ali Pasha - A Turkish Delight.mp3 Crime Classics 54-06-30 (51) Good Evening, My Name Is Jack the Ripper.mp3 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Any device that can open mp3 files. This includes all computers, laptops (PC or Mac), chromebooks, all tablets, smartphones. Most modern car audio systems can play mp3 files. Please check before purchase. FAQ FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS What is the bit rate of these audio? These shows were produced at a lower Bit Rate than the Standard Audio CD so the sound quality IS NOT going to be that of a store bought music CD. Please understand this. Most of these sound really, really good, but there is a reason they are called “Old Time Radio Shows”. What devices can I use to listen to these audio files? You can listen to these audio files on all computers (Mac or PC), tablets such as iPad, any smart phones such as iPhone, Samsung Galaxy, Android Phones. Special apps or software are required to open the audio files. If you need help, let us know. Does the disc come with a case or artwork? Picture is for listing purpose only. The items we sell are not commercially produced. In order to provide our customers the best price, they will not come with jewel cases or DVD boxes with the inserts and art work. You will receive a disc in a sleeve. PAYMENT PAYMENT POLICY We accept all Credit Cards and Paypal. SHIPPING SHIPPING POLICY You will receive a disc with a CD sleeve. This helps to reduce your shipping cost. Majority of our shipment are via USPS with tracking number RETURN RETURN POLICY If you are not satisfied for any reason, please contact us within 30 days upon receiving the item. Provide us details of the issues. We will work with you to make it right. DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER The recordings are from the original radio broadcasts which are in the public domain. They are from the Writer’s Original Work, which is now in The Public Domain and made by us. They are not copies of any other copyrighted commercially available recordings. You are paying for the time and effort for us to put this together for your enjoyment.All artwork are created by us and there are no infringements on copyrights. This item does not infringe on any eCRATER or Vero Rules. This Product is NOT AN ILLEGAL COPY nor does it break eCRATER's Digital Media Policy. I am fully within my legal rights to resell this product as I am either: An authorized re-seller, owner of the copyright, or the works are all in the Public Domain. The Audio Books or Old Time Radio Shows on this media were copyrighted prior to January 1, 1923, or released to the Public Domain before Jan. 1st, 1978 and therefore falls under the Public Domain Copyright Act of 1909. This listing does not violate the Digi