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The Crime Club.
The Librarian has a book waiting under the reading lamp. The Crime Club turns that invitation into a different murder mystery each week, moving from the quiet promise of a story to the danger inside it.
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About the programme.
This is an anthology rather than the continuing career of one investigator. Its framing voice links the plays, while the people and situations change. The connection with the Doubleday Crime Club gives the programme a bookish identity without requiring you to have read the story first.
Programme at a glance.
- Broadcast history
- 1946-1947
- Network or distribution
- Mutual
- Programme cast
- Barry Thomson, Raymond Edward Johnson
- Main characters
- The Librarian
Broadcast history.
The Mutual series ran in 1946-1947. Barry Thomson and Raymond Edward Johnson were associated with the Librarian role. Roger Bower produced and directed much of the run, with adaptations among the scripts. These series credits are separated from any unverified cast details for individual recordings.
Where to begin.
Open any complete story. Stay for the framing introduction: the invitation to settle down with a book is part of the atmosphere. Try a second title to hear how different a mystery can feel within the same presentation.
Choose your next episode.
Showing 1-20 of 31 episodes. Order follows the captured public catalogue, not a verified original broadcast chronology.
Cowhide
29:28Death At 7:10
28:59A Pitch In Time
30:02Murder Rents A Room
29:15Fear Came First
30:05The Topaz Flower
29:15Silent Witnesses
29:22Serenade Macabre
28:37Cupid Can Be Deadly
29:30Murder On Margin
26:33No Time For Murder
31:01Sentence Of Death
29:09Self-Made Corpse
28:32A Deed Indeed
30:13The Sun Is A Witness
29:24Fish For Entree
29:57
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Sources and recording notes.
Historical programme reference:
Crime Club - programme log ↗Historical programme reference:
Old Time Radio Researchers - programme and collection notes ↗Modern recording information:
Official Heritage Radio Vault programme ↗Historical references describe the programme. Spreaker supplies the selected Heritage Radio Vault titles, artwork, recording lengths and modern publication information. Anonymous public catalogue evidence was checked 4 November 2026. Syndicated transmission dates and surviving versions can differ.
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