The Black Museum - "The Brass Button" (05-10-53)

The Brass Button (Aired May 10, 1953)

Noted Crime Reporter Percy Hoskins of London's Daily Express was integral to the development of both Whitehall 1212 and Secrets of Scotland Yard. To that end, it's worth noting that the more dramatic, morbid, or salacious elements of The Black Museum's presentations aren't nearly as exacting in detail or as precise in background as those of Secrets of Scotland Yard and Whitehall 1212. Nor, one might well argue, should they have been. By the time that The Black Museum aired, both Whitehall 1212 and Secrets of Scotland Yard had broadcast virtually all of the crimes behind The Black Museum's scripts. They didn't so much steal The Black Museum's thunder as much as virtually demand that. Show Notes From The Digital Deli.
  

THIS EPISODE:

 May 10, 1953. Program #8. Syndicated, WRVR-FM, New York aircheck. "The Brass Button". Participating sponsors. Janet Morgan, the "Swamp Girl" is found murdered. The date is approximate. Syndicated rebroadcast date: November 6, 1974. Harry Alan Towers (producer), Orson Welles (narrator), Ira Marion (writer), Sidney Torch (composer, conductor). 29:03. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.