Crime Classics
The Final Day of General Ketchum and How He Died
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Crime Classics presents dramatized accounts of notorious crimes and the people involved in them. Hosted by Thomas Hyland, the series frames its stories as investigations into real cases, drawing on the language and atmosphere of historical crime reporting.
Each program unfolds as a radio drama, using performers, dialogue, and sound to bring a case to life. The stories range across different periods and places, focusing on the circumstances surrounding a crime and the evidence or motives that shaped its outcome. This episode is titled “The Final Day of General Ketchum and How He Died.”
The series combines crime storytelling with a documentary-minded approach, giving its dramatizations a measured, sometimes macabre tone. Its appeal lies in hearing history recast as suspenseful radio theater, with the host’s framing lending the proceedings the feel of a case being examined rather than a conventional mystery being solved.
This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.
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