December 2, 1946 sparked the beginning of a dark and chilling old time radio anthology based off a series of adaptations from Doubleday Crime Club imprints. Each episode of The Crime Club lasted for roughly 30 minutes and aired on the Mutual Broadcasting System. The shows would begin with the telephone ringing... only to be answered by the ominous tones of the Librarian, played by Raymond E. Johnson (best known for his work in The Inner Sanctum). What set this particular old radio show apart from its comtemporaries was that it was seemingly a story within a story with the Librarian delivering spine-tingling mysteries to the listeners. The Crime Club was directed and produced by Roger Bowen, while some of the more hair-raising scripts were done by Willis Cooper of Lights Out and Quiet, Please fame.
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Title |
Synopsis |
| 1947-06-12 |
029 DeathIsAKnockout |
Mutual net. "Death Is A Knockout". Sustaining. A crime story with an unusual twist. The crook who tries to fix the prizefight is found murdered! Sydney Smith, Ted de Corsia, Bruce Smith, Stedman Coles (writer), Roger Bower (producer, director), Barbara Joyce, Arthur Vinton, Joan Tompkins. |
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| 1947-06-19 |
030 HearsesDon'tHurry |
+ Mutual net. "Hearses Don't Hurry". Sustaining. A crusading prosecutor suspects that the daughter of his mentor is involved in several murders. Roger Bower (producer, director), Steven Ransome (writer), Stedman Coles (adaptor), Sydney Smith, Charlotte Lawrence, Joseph Julian, Helen Shields, Larry Haines. |
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| 1947-06-26 |
031 DeathNeverDoubles |
+ Mutual net. "Death Never Doubles". Sustaining. A lawyer and a crook are doubles and the crook's mob mistake the lawyer for their old boss. Stedman Coles (writer), Chester Stratton, Larry Haines, Julie Stevens. |
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| 1947-07-03 |
032 DeathAt710 |
+ Mutual net. "Death At 7:10". Sustaining. Susan Ward Steel, a woman everybody hated is dies of atropine poisoning in the compartment of a mystery writer on a train. Her story is told through flashbacks. H. F. S. Moore (author), Stedman Coles (adaptor), Roger Bower (producer, director), Raymond Edward Johnson, Helen Shields, Cameron Prud'Homme, Ted Osborne, Eleanor Phelps, Pierce Carlton, Reese Taylor. |
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| 1947-07-10 |
033 ConeyIslandNocturne |
+ Mutual net. "Coney Island Nocturne". Sustaining. A dumb cop has his pocket picked on the boardwalk. His wallet is found later on a corpse. Stedman Coles (writer), Walter Kinsella, Joan Alexander. |
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| 1947-07-17 |
034 DeathDealsADiamond |
+ Mutual net. "Death Deals A Diamond". Sustaining. A great diamond thief, just out of prison, is framed for another robbery. Stedman Coles (writer), Roger Bower (producer, director), Larry Haines, Charlotte Lawrence, Maurice Franklin, Reese Taylor, Joan Tompkins, King Calder. |
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