Crime Classics
Crime Classics
Crime Classics 1953-10-21 Billy Bonny Bloodletter, Also Known as 'The Kid'
21 Oct 1953 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on CBS, 21 October 1953. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
The run
- Network
- CBS
- Years active
- 1953–1954
- Surviving broadcasts
- 43
- Genre
- suspense
On Stage appeared on CBS from 1 January 1953 until 30 September 1954, a total of 78 episodes. Only 41 of the 78 shows are in circulation today. The show was produced and directed by Elliot Lewis and starred the husband and wife team of Elliot and Cathy Lewis. The idea for the show came about when someone suggested they work together in the 40's. CBS gave them the go ahead for the show in 1952 and they formed the production company Haven Radio Productions. Each show was written with a strong male and female part. Both were at the pinnacle of their careers. At the time Elliot was playing as Frankie Remley on The Phil Harris…
Source collection
Old Time Radio Researchers Group
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
Every broadcast below carries its own provenance sheet — transfer quality, file source and rights.Archive record: OTRR_On_Stage_Singles_201901
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
10 dated broadcasts across 2 years on the air, with 1 year where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
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1953
1954
Clean transferListenableRough but complete No surviving recording
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1953, in original transmission order.
- 1. The String Bow Tie · 1 Jan 1953
- 2. A Poetic Tragedy · 15 Jan 1953
- 3. A Corner of Autumn · 5 Feb 1953
- 01
The String Bow Tie
1 Jan 1953 · 29 min
Broadcast 1 January 1953. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 02
A Poetic Tragedy
15 Jan 1953 · 29 min
Broadcast 15 January 1953. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 03
A Corner of Autumn
5 Feb 1953 · 29 min
Broadcast 5 February 1953. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 04
A Fifth of Tears
26 Feb 1953 · 29 min
Broadcast 26 February 1953. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 05
Dig, the Thief
26 Mar 1953 · 29 min
Broadcast 26 March 1953. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 06
Casey at the Bat
16 Apr 1953 · 29 min
Broadcast 16 April 1953. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 07
The Bear
7 May 1953 · 29 min
Broadcast 7 May 1953. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 08
And a Fond Farewell
4 Jun 1953 · 29 min
Broadcast 4 June 1953. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Same night on the air
21 Oct 1953
Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 21 Oct 1953.
Alka-Seltzer Time
Broadcast 21 October 1953. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Also on CBS
CBS in 1953–1954
Other series the network carried while On Stage was on the air.
Same seasons
suspense on the air then
Series in the same genre whose runs overlapped this one.
What it became
The anthology of dread
A voice, a creaking door, and a self-contained story designed to frighten you in half an hour. Suspense and Lights Out built the grammar every horror anthology still uses.
Lineage is written by our editors, not inferred from listening data.
Descendants
Working in the tradition of On Stage
Modern series carrying this form forward.
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