The Crime Club

The Crime Club was an imprint of the Doubleday publishing company, which later spawned a 1946-47 anthology radio series.

Many classic and popular works of detective and mystery fiction had their first U.S. editions published via the Crime Club, including all 50 books of The Saint by Leslie Charteris (1928-1983). The imprint also published first editions in Sax Rohmer's Fu Manchu series.

Radio

Stories from this imprint were dramatized on the Mutual Broadcasting System's half-hour radio series, The Crime Club. Each installment was introduced by the series host, The Librarian, portrayed by Barry Thomson and Raymond Edward Johnson (who was better known as the host of Inner Sanctum Mysteries). The series began December 2, 1946 and continued until October 16, 1947. Crime Club novels were also adapted for an earlier radio program, The Eno Crime Club.

Reference

Dunning, John. Tune in Yesterday: The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio, 1925-1976 (1976) ISBN 0-13-932616-2

Listen to

• Boxcars711: The Crime Club: "Epitaph for Lydia" (May 1, 1947)
• Zoot Radio: Crime Club (31 episodes) (requires registration)