CBS
CBS · 1952–1954
Broadcasts
72
Cadence
Twice weekly
Rated
PG
Since
1952
The run
Crime Classics came to CBS September 30, 1953 and was a neat little series of "true crime stories". The show introduced itself succinctly: "Crime Classics, a series of true crime stories from the records and newspapers of every land, from every time.
Restoration quality — measured from the surviving files
Source collection
Old Time Radio Researchers Group
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
The shape of the run
11 dated broadcasts across 3 years on the air. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Restored broadcasts from 1952, in original transmission order.
3 Dec 1952 · 26 min
Broadcast 3 December 1952. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
6 Jul 1953 · 29 min
Broadcast 6 July 1953. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
10 Aug 1953 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on CBS, 10 August 1953. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
31 Aug 1953 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on CBS, 31 August 1953. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
21 Oct 1953 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on CBS, 21 October 1953. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
25 Nov 1953 · 27 min
Originally broadcast on CBS, 25 November 1953. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
9 Dec 1953 · 29 min
Broadcast 9 December 1953. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
13 Jan 1954 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on CBS, 13 January 1954. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Same night on the air
Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 21 Oct 1953.
21 October
1953
Mutual
Wednesday
14 min
Broadcast 21 October 1953. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
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21 October
1953
CBS
Wednesday
27 min
Broadcast 21 October 1953. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
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