Golden Classics Great OTR Shows

The Adventures Of Leonidas Witherall xxxx-xx-xx-The Resort Murder

The Adventures Of Leonidas Witherall The Corpse Meets A Deadline". Murder in a newspaper printing plant.

The Adventures Of Leonidas Witherall 7:00 P. M. Leonidas finds that someone has switched corpses on a train to Chicago

The Adventures Of Leonidas Witherall 9:00 P. M. Three different people threaten the life of a miserable old women. When she is found dead at the state fair, all are suspect

The Adventures of Leonidas Witherall 1944-09-17-The Reunion

The Adventures Of Leonidas Witherall 09.14.1944 ( September 14, 1944)

The adventures of a boy's school headmaster who looks like William Shakespeare, and is very good at solving murders. This story takes place at a mountain resort where a murder has been committed by someone who is very adept at throwing knives.

Mrs. Mollet has been kidnapped. After she escapes, she and Leonidas set out to capture the crooks. The program has also been dated June 23, 1944.

The first show of the series on Mutual. Walter Hampden gives a short talk at the start of the show, explaining the characters in this detective series. A dead man is occupying Leonidas' closet during an afternoon tea. It turns out the Nazis are at work!

Crime Classics. 10-28-1953. CBS net. "John Hayes...His Head...and How They Were Parted". Sustaining. Mr. Hayes returns from war to his lonely wife to find her afrolic with two comely boarders. His head is shortly thereafter found by the side of the Thames...and then encapsulated in a glass jar. Lou Merrill (host), Morton Fine (writer), David Friedkin (writer), Bernard Herrmann (composer, conductor), Elliott Lewis (producer, director), Betty Harford, Jeanette Nolan, Richard Peel, William Johnstone, Bob Lemond (announcer), Alastair Duncan, Ben Wright, Charles Davis. 1/2 hour.

Crime Classics. 10-21-1953. CBS net. "Billy Bonney, Bloodletter: Also Known As 'The Kid'". Sustaining. The story of the very violent life of young William Bonney. William Conrad (as Pat Garrett) plays the entire first scene by grunting six times. Lou Merrill (host), Morton Fine (writer), David Friedkin (writer), Bernard Herrmann (composer, conductor), Elliott Lewis (producer, director), William Conrad, Sam Edwards, Jane Webb, Dick Beals, Frederick Shields, Bob Lemond (announcer), Clayton Post, Tony Barrett, Harry Bartell, Barney Phillips. 1/2 hour.

16. Crime Classics. 10-14 -1953. CBS net. "The Seven Layered Cake Of Madame LaFarge". Sponsored by: Plymouth ($25,000 contest, introducing the 1954 models). A murderous wife or a scheming mother? Bernard Herrmann (composer, conductor), David Friedkin (writer), Edgar Barrier, Elliott Lewis (producer, director), Eve McVeagh, Irene Tedrow, Joseph Kearns, Lou Merrill (host), Morton Fine (writer), Roy Rowan (announcer), William Conrad. 1/2 hour.

Crime Classics. 10-07-1953. CBS net. "The Hangman and William Palmer: Who Won?". Sustaining. Dr. Palmer enjoys horse racing and poisoning. Lou Merrill, Morton Fine (writer), David Friedkin (writer), Bernard Herrmann (composer, conductor), Jay Novello, Betty Harford, Bob Lemond (announcer), Elliott Lewis (producer, director), Ellen Morgan, Joseph Kearns, Ben Wright, Alistair Duncan. 1/2 hour.

Crime Classics. 09-30-1953. CBS net. "The Bloody, Bloody Banks Of Fall River". Sustaining. What happened at 92nd Street on a hot summer's evening in 1892. Since Lizzie was acquitted, who killed Mr. and Mrs. Borden? Lou Merrill, Morton Fine (writer), David Friedkin (writer), Bernard Herrmann (composer, conductor), Irene Tedrow, Jeanette Nolan, Herb Butterfield, Bob Lemond (announcer), Elliott Lewis (producer, director), Betty Harford, Sarah Selby, William Johnstone, Paul Frees. 1/2 hour.

Crime Classics. 09-07-1953. CBS net. "The Torment Of Henrietta Robinson and Why She Killed". Sustaining. A lady of Troy New York in 1845, and her doll Cecily. Very insane and very homicidal. The last show of "the summer series." Ben Wright, Bernard Herrmann (composer, conductor), Betty Harford, Bob Lemond (announcer), David Friedkin (writer), Elliott Lewis (producer, director), Joseph Kearns, Lamont Johnson, Lou Merrill (host), Morton Fine (writer), Paula Winslowe, Sam Edwards, Sammie Hill. 1/2 hour.