In 1795 Pennsylvania, Peter Droot's will turns an inheritance into a deadly temptation, and two members of the family are marked for death by an axe.

This Crime Classics broadcast aired on August 10, 1953. It is listed as episode 9 in the archive.

This version is based on The Axe and the Droot Family, How They Fared.

Other versions or closely related recordings in the archive include The Axe and the Droot Family, How They Fared (August 10, 1953), a rebroadcast.

CBS historical true-crime docudrama created, produced and directed by Elliott Lewis.

Listeners can expect crime, documentary, and drama, anthology in format, and dark, humorous, and cerebral in tone.