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Crime Sydicated
GenreAnthology
Presented byRudolph Halley
Herbert O'Conor
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time30 minutes
Original release
NetworkCBS
ReleaseSeptember 19, 1951 –
June 23, 1953

Crime Syndicated was an American anthology series that aired on CBS from September 18, 1951, to June 23, 1953.[1]

The Program featured dramatizations of actual cases from the FBI and local law enforcement agencies. The series was hosted by Rudolph Halley, the Chief Counsel to the Senate Special Committee to Investigate Crime in Interstate Commerce, when he became president of the New York City Council in 1951, he alternated hosting with Maryland senator Herbert O'Conor.[2]

In March 1952, the series alternated with City Hospital.[3]

The program was sponsored by the Shick razor company.[4]

References

  1. ^ The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present Ballantine Books. 2003. pg. 251. ISBN 0-345-45542-8
  2. ^ Grieveson, Lee; Sonnet, Esther; Stanfield, Peter (2005). Mob Culture: Hidden Histories of the American Gangster Film. Rutgers University Press. p. 79. ISBN 9780813535579. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  3. ^ Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle F. (2009). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present. Random House Publishing Group. p. 299. ISBN 9780307483201. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  4. ^ "How TV straightens Schick's seasonal sales curve" (PDF). Sponsor. August 2, 1952. p. 30. Retrieved 3 December 2017.