Crime Classics - "Incredible History of John Shepard" (Old Time Radio, 1954)

Crime Classics presents “Incredible History of John Shepard,” originally broadcast on CBS Radio on February 3, 1954. Episode 31 is narrated by Lou Merrill as Thomas Hyland and was written by Morton Fine and David Friedkin, with Elliott Lewis directing and producing.

Set in early-Georgian London, this historical true-crime drama follows the young burglar John Sheppard as a nighttime break-in, a turbulent romance with Beth Lyon—known as “Edgeworth Bess”—and mounting attention from the law shape his remarkable reputation. Inspired by the real-life London criminal John “Jack” Sheppard, the story offers a darkly comic portrait of a famously audacious eighteenth-century outlaw.

Old Time Retro Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:

00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction

00:41 Original Broadcast

30:37 Closing

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