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Jean Baptiste Troppmann - Killer Of Many (Aired February 17, 1954)
To characterize Crime Classics as a 'docudrama' stretches the point to bursting. From the fictional 'expert' host to the program titles, it's clear that Elliott Lewis very much intended this project to be a tongue-in-cheek send up of some of history's most notorious and infamous crimes. Indeed, it's obvious that given the over-the-top violence depicted in each of the program's accounts, there was no better palatable way to portray them during the 'family values' sensibilities of the 1950s. Even more obvious are the often apocryphal and anecdotal details used to frame many of these notorious crimes. Show Notes From The Digital Deli. THIS EPISODE: February 17, 1954. CBS network origination, AFRS rebroadcast. "Jean Baptiste Troppmann, Killer Of Many". In 1865 France, a mere youth devises a way to fame and fortune through murder and mayhem. Lawrence Dobkin, Junius Matthews, Joseph Kearns, Irene Tedrow, Morton Fine (writer), David Friedkin (writer), Lou Merrill (host), Jack Edwards, Elliott Lewis (producer, director), Bernard Herrmann (composer, conductor), Kurt Martell, Dix Davis, Bob Lemond (announcer). 27:52. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.