In seventeenth-century England, highwayman James Alsop digs a grave on a stormy night and prepares to add murder to the family's crimes after objecting to a relative's bride.

This Crime Classics broadcast aired on August 24, 1953. It is listed as episode 11 in the archive. CBS Radio Network carried the broadcast.

This version is based on The Alsop Family, How It Diminished and Grew Again.

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.