Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Black Museum "The Door Key" (1952)

Opening in 1875, the Crime Museum at Scotland Yard is the oldest museum in the world purely for recording crime. The name Black Museum was coined in 1877 by a reporter from The Observer, a London newspaper, although the museum is still referred to as the Crime Museum. The idea of a crime museum was conceived by Inspector Neame who had already collected together a number of items, with the intention of giving police officers practical instruction on how to detect and prevent burglary. It is this museum that inspired the Black Musuem radio series.THIS EPISODE *Exact Air Date Unknown - Rebroadcast 9/18/741952 - Syndicated, WRVR-FM, New York aircheck. "The Door Key". Sponsored by: Hemlock Farms. A key is found beside a dead body. The actual date is unknown. Syndicated rebroadcast date: September 18, 1974. Harry Alan Towers (producer), Orson Welles (narrator), Ira Marion (writer), Sidney Torch (composer, conductor). 28:18